In October, the weather in Huazhou has cooled, and snow has begun to fall in some places, and preparations for the annual disaster relief have begun again.

Jiang Anyi experienced a snow disaster when he first arrived in Huazhou, so he was committed to establishing and improving the disaster relief system when he was the assassin, and Fang Shishu continued to spare no effort to lay a solid foundation after taking over the assassination, so Huazhou has a complete disaster relief system.

In order to prevent the occurrence of grain and injury to the peasants, the government will purchase a large amount of grain, which is not only stored as military rations, but also enriched to the granaries of the counties, and under the advocacy of Jiang Anyi, the squires of the counties and even villages have donated grain to the set up barns to subsidize those whose families are poor, and they can take grain from the barns for emergency in case of disasters.

At the same time, Jiang Anyi ordered that in the event of a snowstorm, the government should open county schools, nursing homes, and even religious places to accommodate the victims, so that people could not die of freezing and starvation.

One of the main contents of the training of government soldiers, regimental training, and cantonment troops is to ensure that the roads are unblocked, and in the event of heavy snow and road closures, they will urgently dispatch to open up the roads to ensure that the materials for disaster relief arrive in the disaster areas as soon as possible.

With the foundation laid by Jiang Anyi and Fang Shishu, the workload of the government has been reduced a lot. Rao is like this, as Zhou Yongtong's most powerful assistant, Tang Zhiming has been busy these days, and when the last official document is processed, it is approaching.

Stretching his waist, Tang Zhiming pointed to the processed official document and said to the servant: "Send it to Lord Zhou early tomorrow morning, and if there is no objection, let the adult use the seal as soon as possible and send it out as soon as possible." ”

There were several county officials sitting in the corner of the official mansion who came to do business, and when they saw Tang Zhiming get up, they hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "Lord Tang has worked hard, I will prepare a light wine and a thin banquet, and invite Lord Tang to appreciate it." "These officials are here to handle the money and food for disaster relief, Tang Zhiming is a record to join the army, Zhou Yongtong is tired of being involved in government affairs, and Tang Zhiming has a great right to speak on the affairs of the government, and it is easy to please him with more than 1,000 taels of silver.

If it were on weekdays, Tang Zhiming would definitely go there happily, in addition to being able to eat and drink well, these people must have prepared gifts, and a meal would have the benefit of a hundred taels of silver. However, today, the personal entourage sent by Yao County Commander of Wufeng County made an appointment to meet him in Qingfeng Building in the evening, and this matter is more important.

"There is something to do today, another day, another day." Tang Zhiming turned around and said to those little officials: "Go ahead, don't live up to your good intentions." "In the officialdom, if you eat meat yourself, you have to leave some soup for your subordinates, otherwise these little officials will secretly make things bad, enough to do bad things.

It's cold, but the streets are still full of people, and the lanterns in front of the shops illuminate the Nofu, and the steaming heat from the food stalls fills the air, adding a lot of warmth. Tang Zhiming took a deep breath and walked towards Qingfeng Building, and after only half a year of coming to Huiye Mansion, he fell in love with it deeply.

Qingfeng Lou is famous for cooking beef and mutton, and its signature dishes include braised oxtail, cold hoof tendons, steamed beef, sauced beef, stir-fried mutton, ......, and the table is full of Tang Zhiming's favorite dishes, but after listening to Yao Gang's words with Yao County's order, Tang Zhiming lost his appetite.

“…… Feng Xuesong and Liu Quan, the officials who went to Wufeng County to check the fields, seemed to know something, and as soon as they came, they sealed the account books of the households, and then checked the situation of the land sales, and called people to inquire from time to time. ”

Yao Gang's words made the chopsticks in Tang Zhiming's hand shake and fall to the ground. Tang Zhiming didn't bend down to pick it up, but asked, "What did Master Yao say?" ”

"My lord secretly sent two thousand taels of silver, the silver was accepted, but the verification is still continuing, my lord said that these two people have too big an appetite, let me turn to Lord Tang, let you also think of a way." Yao Gang said as he bent down to pick up the chopsticks on the ground.

Tang Zhiming stroked his beard and forced himself to calm down, and Feng and Liu accepted the money, indicating that things still had a turn for the better. Tang Zhiming, who had calmed down, regained his shrewdness and said in a deep voice: "Feng Xuesong is a new science and technology jinshi, I am not familiar with this person, but after contact a few days ago, this person has more good reputation than greed, hehe, the new science and technology jinshi always wants to be rewarded for meritorious service and leave a good impression in the heart of the Son of Heaven." ”

Liu Quan is the record of Dali Temple, I have eaten wine with him, and I am familiar with him, Tang Zhiming thought in his heart. This Liu Quan is similar to his own situation, he has been in the yamen in Beijing for more than ten years, and he got the opportunity by relying on Zhou Yongtong, and the one who Liu Quan made friends with has a close relationship with the king of Chu'an.

Yao Gang saw Tang Zhiming pondering, and spilled the cold wine with a cup of hot wine. Tang Zhiming picked up the wine glass and drank it slowly, a glass of golden jade liquid went down to his stomach, and he already had a plan in his heart.

Tang Zhiming said: "You come to my house early tomorrow morning to get the letter, you give the letter to Lord Yao, and I will explain it in detail in the letter." ”

Yao Gang saw that Tang Zhiming's expression was calm, and knew that he had thought of a way, so he stopped mentioning Qingtian's matter at the moment, raised his wine glass and toasted, and the two of them dispersed happily.

Before noon the next day, Yao Gang returned to Wufeng County with Tang Zhiming's letter, he was Yao County's personal entourage, entered straight through the gate, grabbed a Xu official holding an official document and asked, "Where is your lord?" ”

The official replied: "My lord is running an errand in the second hall." I also instructed Menzi just now, Brother Yao came and waited in the West Flower Hall first. ”

Yao Gang sat in the West Flower Hall for less than a pillar of incense, and the county commander Yao Wenqing hurriedly came. Retreating left and right, Yao Gang handed Tang Zhiming's letter to Yao Wenqing, read the letter carefully, Yao Wenqing's brows wrinkled and loosened, read the letter and thought for a moment, and instructed Yao Gang: "It's hard work, you go down and rest." ”

Waiting for Yao Gang to leave, Yao Wenqing folded the letter, stuffed the envelope back into his arms, Tang Zhiming analyzed the temperament of Feng Xuesong and Liu Quan in the letter, and thought that they should be separated. Liu Quan is easy to do, it is nothing more than spending money to eliminate disasters, and sending a thousand taels of silver should be able to fill his appetite, as for Feng Xuesong, he has already received a thousand taels of silver, so he might as well let him find out something more, send him some credit, as long as he doesn't hurt his muscles and bones, and cover up this right and wrong.

It also costs more than 1,000 taels of silver, Yao Wenqing has some flesh pain, although he said that he did not pay for it himself, but the silver in the treasury has long been regarded by him as his own. Wufeng County is a fat poor, he put five thousand taels of silver up and down in order to get the position, but it is worth it, Ren County ordered less than a year to return to the capital, this time to deal with these Qingtian officials, the harvest is not as good as last year.

Tang Zhiming also said a few ways in the letter, let the local squire come out to the banquet for the two, let them also send some benefits out, and collect a lot of less; Summoning a few red cards or young people in the Qinglou, sending them to the house of the two, and sleeping with the bitch is estimated to be too high; When he was resting, he took the two of them to Xiangxueju to gamble a few handfuls, saw the wind and snow, and found an opportunity to finalize the price directly......

patted the letter in his arms, Yao Wenqing felt a lot more stable, looked at the southwest house, Feng Xuesong and Liu Quan were still there to ask questions, tomorrow is the tenth day of October, so he took the two of them to Xiangxueju according to the method of Tang joining the army, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling together, of course, he had to bring some squires and rich households, and he didn't want to give up this money.

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After 20 October, Qingtian's officials returned to the Yin Hotel one after another, smiling and full of bags, and some even brought back one or two beautiful women, of course, they did not dare to take them directly to the Yin Hotel, and settled in the inn.

The government office, Tang Zhiming reported the situation of these Qingtian officials to Zhou Tingshi, and said with a smile: "These Qingtian envoys have made a lot of money in Huazhou, and there are many inns in Huiye Mansion that have been chartered by them, and they have put the belongings they have asked for, and I see them laughing from ear to ear when they eat. ”

Zhou Yongtong has been in the officialdom for more than 30 years, and he is clear about these shortcomings in the officialdom, and sighed: "When the water is clear, there are no fish, and the officialdom of Huazhou has been rectified by Lord Jiang and Lord Fang, and there are still a lot of private frauds. ”

Tang Zhiming said with a smile: "My lord is wise, I guess Lord Jiang also thinks so." When Master Pan comes back from Tuntian, the matter of clearing the acres of land should come to an end. "The matter of Wufeng County has been settled safely, Liu Quan has collected another 1,000 taels of silver, and Feng Xuesong has a beautiful and gentle maid by his side, they found 56 acres of hidden land in Wufeng County, 2,300 taels of silver for tax evasion, and 32 hectares of occupation of professional land, as for the cheap sale of land, no one mentioned it.

In Huazhou, Jiang Anyi's ears and eyes were the most informed, and the various behaviors of Qingtian officials in various counties were clearly reported on his desk through Long Wei. Looking at Jiang Anyi's face, Zhang Keji said with a smile: "Lord, the world is as black as a crow, who can escape the word fame and fortune for decades, as long as it is beneficial to Huazhou, to the lord, and to the people, there are some things that can only be done." ”

Jiang Anyi sighed, and said with nostalgia: "I think that back then, I went to Renzhou with Master Yu to clean up the fields, and I was bent on sweeping away the national beetles and eliminating the harm for the people, but now, these silverfish are in front of my eyes, and Jiang is helpless to take them, and I am really ashamed." ”

"My lord, don't lose a big thing because of a small one." Zhang Keji advised: "The officials of the Qingtian inspector are not enough to succeed and have more than one failure, if they are allowed to talk nonsense in front of the Son of Heaven for personal gain, the good situation in Huazhou will definitely be ruined by them, and after the Qingtian officials return to Beijing, those corrupt officials will be dealt with." ”

Jiang Anyi sighed and shook his head silently.

Zhang Keji continued: "The silverfish lords in Huazhou can be eliminated at any time, and these Qingtian inspectors and envoys came on behalf of the court, which is the face of the Son of Heaven, and the lords cannot dispose of them at will. If you want to sweep away the national beetle, the lord needs to go further, worship the prime minister, dominate the world, and use the ability to make the officialdom clear. ”

Jiang Anyi straightened his back, his eyes became resolute, and he said, "For the people of the world, I should be encouraged." ”

The mask on Zhang Keji's face flashed with silver light, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said in his heart: Lord, even if you rule the world, you are just an imperial puppet, and if you really want to open your mind, you need to replace it, and I should encourage it.