Chapter 1269: The Investigation Team Arrives
The work efficiency of Wuyi Hall is very high, and not long after Emperor Jiajing spoke, Wuyi Hall had already completed the Jingnan investigation team. After the formation of the investigation team was completed, it set off for the south without a moment's delay.
The Jingnan investigation team has a total of six members, the leader of the team is Langzhong Xu Hai of the Ministry of Officials, and the members of the team are Wang Meng, the head of the household department, Zhang Wenbo, the director of the criminal department, the Zhejiang Provincial Supervision Yu Shi Pengcheng, and Zhang Guyi, the 100 households in the East Factory, and the three pavilions of the head of the East Factory.
Don't look at the Jingnan investigation team, there are only six members, but the composition is complicated. The team leader Xu Hai is a person from Li Mo, the secretary of the ministry, and it is a recognized fact that Li Mo and the Yan Party do not agree; Wang Meng, the head of the household department, Zhang Wenbo, the director of the criminal department, and Shi Pengcheng, the superintendent of Zhejiang Province, are all hardcore strict party members; Zhang Guyi and Hu Sange are from Dongchang.
Of course, the Jingnan investigation team is not only the six of them, in addition to them, there are also several officials who follow them as clerical records, and a team of Dongchang fans who are responsible for protecting their safety.
"Xu Jie is really good this time, and there is no manpower ......," Wang Meng, the head of the household department, and others were very satisfied with the staffing of the investigation team.
There are six members in the Jingnan investigation team, and half of them are strictly party, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.
This time, Zhu Ping'an, the kid who blocked Yan Ge, must be completely taken down!
Wang Meng and others are full of confidence in this. Judging from Liu Wannian's impeachment and Jingnan's official document defining grain prices, Zhu Ping'an's collusion with grain merchants to engage in corruption is already an ironclad fact, and they have no chance of missing this time! They went over this time, firstly, to further fix the evidence, and secondly, to dig deep into the evidence of Zhu Ping'an's crimes, and in front of Dongchang, to turn the case into an iron case! Knock Zhu Ping'an into a land of no return! They also showed their faces in front of Yan Ge Lao and Yan Gongzi and obtained the qualifications for promotion.
The Jingnan investigation team has two missions, one mission is naturally to verify Zhu Ping'an's grain price corruption, which is also the original intention of the establishment of the investigation team, and the other is to investigate and investigate the flood situation in Jiangnan, Jiangnan suffered a flood that occurs once in a century, as the imperial court is powerless to rescue for a while, but there is still to be action.
The Jingnan investigation team left the capital and headed south.
Out of the capital, there is no feeling in Beizhili, and there is a certain feeling when you enter the Shandong territory.
The price of grain in Shandong has risen a lot, from the original 400 wen per stone, to about 500 wen per stone. In addition to grain, the price of oil, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and other edible foods has now increased in price, and the average price has increased by about 20% compared with the original. In addition, they even found some refugees who fled from Jiangnan in Jinan Prefecture, with yellow faces and thin muscles, carrying the old and supporting the young, which was very miserable.
Out of the boundary of Shandong, the further south they went, the more intuitive the investigation team's feelings about the floods in the south of the Yangtze River became.
There are countless hungry people, refugees are in the wilderness, and the cries are endless, and every day you can meet people who are dying of starvation on the side of the road......
The picturesque Jiangnan in the past is now full of sorrow, miserable and miserable, like hell on earth.
"Everyone says that Jiangnan is good, and tourists only meet Jiangnan Lao. The spring water is blue in the sky, and the boat is painted to listen to the rain...... Is this still the Jiangnan that everyone says is good?! Alas, I didn't expect the flood disaster in the south of the Yangtze River to be so serious. The picturesque Jiangnan in the past is now devastated and unsightly......"
Along the way, Xu Hai, who saw the tragic scene of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, sighed more than once.
Wang Meng, Peng Cheng and others were also deeply touched.
Xu Hai and they wanted to offer love on the way, and gave their surplus food to the victims to eat, Zhang Guyi, a hundred households in Dongchang, reminded them to oppose to no avail, and was secretly ridiculed by Xu Hai and insisted on distributing it to the victims.
Unexpectedly, a point triggered a disaster, and when the hungry and red-eyed victims around saw it, they swept in from all directions like hungry wolves, almost turning from robbery to civil rebellion. If it weren't for Zhang Guyi's decisive command of Dongchang Fanzi to forcibly disperse the victims with a thunderbolt and a stick, Xu Hai and the others would not even have their pants left after being robbed. It was only now that Xu Hai and the others understood Zhang Guyi's good intentions.
After this catastrophe, Xu Hai and Peng Cheng felt the severity of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River more deeply.
"People are hungry and cold, and Zhu Ping'an even raised the price of grain to 2,500 wen per stone! Alas, these places have not raised the price of grain, and they are still so miserable, isn't Jingnan a hell on earth?! ”
After Xu Hai and his entourage arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, looking at the hunger, cold, and mourning, Xu Hai couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation.
"The flood has not gone, and Zhu Ping'an's man-made disaster has come again, Jingnan estimates that ten rooms and nine empty rooms, and the people are afraid that they are about to die......" Wang Meng took over the conversation and lost no time in belittleing Zhu Ping'an.
"Alas, one general is incapable of exhausting the three armies, and one is incompetent and exhausting the people of the county, especially when it comes to a corrupt and incompetent county like Zhu Ping'an, the harm is especially serious, and the people of Jingnan are the worst."
Zhang Wenbo nodded, cursed Zhu Ping'an, and felt compassion for the people of Jingnan.
"Judging from miscellaneous families, it may not be ......"
Zhang Guyi, who was riding a horse on the side, heard their criticism and pulled the corners of his mouth silently.
For Zhu Ping'an, he is no stranger. At the beginning of Zhu Ping'an's inspection of Taicang, he was ordered to bring a group of subordinates to assist on the side, and witnessed Zhu Ping'an uncover the Taicang Treasury deficit case with his own strength, whether it was a trace of the Taicang people, or a supernatural accounting and accounting, or a bare-ass inspection of Taicang, he Zhang Guyi was a witness.
Zhu Ping'an's resourcefulness and courage left a deep impression on him.
Whether Zhu Ping'an is a corrupt official or not, he doesn't know.
But he knows that Zhu Ping'an is a smart person, a very smart person.
How could a smart person like Zhu Ping'an engage in corruption at such a sensitive time as a flood by raising grain prices and bribing grain merchants? ! Still posted all over the city?! Lest the world don't know?!
If Zhu Ping'an is corrupt, everyone should still praise him for being honest like water and loving the people like a son, so it is common sense.
Therefore, there must be something strange in Zhang Gu's sleep, maybe when he arrives in Jingnan, Zhu Ping'an will surprise everyone.
Saving lives is like fighting fire!
After the Jingnan investigation team entered Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with the mentality of saving the people of Jingnan from fire and water and relieving the people of Jingnan from hanging upside down, they went straight to Taizhou Mansion without stopping, and went straight to the Yamen of Taizhou Prefect, and informed Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, of their intentions, and ordered Tan Lun to accompany him and go to Jingnan to investigate Zhu Ping'an.
After all, Jingnan is a county under Taizhou Prefecture, and Tan Lun, the prefect, must accompany him in terms of affection, reason, and rules.