On September 22, Jiang Anyi returned to Huiye Mansion and immediately summoned the assassin Zhou Yongtong to discuss the matter.

told Zhou Yongtong the news he heard from Lin Yizhen, and Zhou Yongtong smiled and said: "Lord Jiang, I have also heard about these things you said, but please rest assured, this will never happen in my Huazhou." ”

Speaking of which, Zhou Yongtong is very grateful to Jiang Anyi and Fang Shishu, leaving himself a chicken that can lay golden eggs, the prosperity of the border city has stabilized the tax of Huazhou at more than three million taels, Fang Shishu introduced the longevity fruit to make the originally difficult growth of the field tax soared, plus other taxes this year to pay the court four million taels of taxes is not a problem. There are more taxes and more retention, and the retention of the county government at the end of the year is more than 10,000 taels, and there are a few rich counties that even exceed 20,000 taels.

If it weren't for seeing it with his own eyes, Zhou Yongtong really couldn't believe that the people of Huazhou had no worries about food and clothing, most children could read and write, and the lonely and widowed people had to take care of the old and the young, which was simply the "royal paradise" in the book. Zhou Yongtong was ordered to "mix sand", but after seeing the mountains and rivers and people of Huazhou, he really felt that he couldn't "ruin" the good situation in Huazhou, not to mention that after getting along for a long time, Zhou Yongtong found that Jiang Anyi was actually very easy to get along with, and he did not take power, acted above board, and was dedicated to the people. Such a good official is rare, and Zhou Yongtong asked himself that he would never do better than Jiang Anyi.

"Lord Jiang, the Qingtian inspection team of the imperial court arrived at Huiye Mansion on September 17, do you want to meet the inspector Master Pan and come forward to pick up the wind for the inspection team." Zhou Yongtong said.

On September 10, Jiang Anyi set off to Bingzhou to congratulate King Luo on his wedding, in Zhou Yongtong's view, it was quite a means to avoid the Qingtian inspection team, and the supervision led by the team made the contradictions between Pan Heyi and Jiang Anyi known to all officials in the capital, and Zhou Yongtong was also worried that Jiang Anyi would be embarrassed by Pan Heyi, and he would be caught in the middle and difficult to behave. It seems that his worries are a little redundant, Jiang Anyi obviously has no intention of dealing with Pan Heyi, this bearing does have the style of a minister, Zhou Yongtong wondered if he would praise Jiang Anyi in the secret recital to the Son of Heaven.

From Xin Fei's mouth, I learned that Pan Anyi was treated obediently, and with the help of Long Wei, the Qingtian inspection team found out some things in Huazhou, and gained a lot, but they were all designed in advance, so there was no need to worry about it at all. Jiang Anyi said: "The court will check the acres of fields, and the Jingluo Mansion and the Thorn History Mansion will cooperate well, don't get involved in it, just use the hands of the Qingtian Supervision Team to clean up the officialdom of Huazhou." The court has a decree in advance, and the government also has an official document, so that all localities can conduct self-examination first, and if they are found by the inspection team, they will be severely punished according to the law. ”

Zhou Yongtong secretly broke his heart, Jiang Anyi was selfless in his heart, but it seemed that I was a little villainous, and said with a smile: "My lord is public-minded, but for the sun and the moon, Zhou knows how to do it." ”

On September 13, the inspection team of Huazhou Qingtian and his party were stationed in Huiye Mansion, and after Pan Heyi met with the inspection team, he was arranged to live in the Yin Hotel.

For this trip to Huazhou, most of the people in the inspection team were ready to enjoy a "feast", but the results made them very disappointed. Except for the reception banquet hosted by the Assassin's Mansion, their food and lodging were all settled in the Yin Hotel, and they were accompanied by Tang Zhiming, the secretary of the government and the army. Tang Zhiming is a good friend of Zhou Yongtong, and he came to take up his post with Zhou Yongtong, Zhou Yongtong is not good at practice, and Tang Zhiming is actually handling all the big and small matters of the government.

Tang Zhiming can feel the grievances of these "ministers of the Qincha", no wonder these people have grievances, before he came to Huazhou, he was the head of the Ministry of Rites, and was sent to Pingzhou on business, although it was only a small principal, but the local officials still regarded him as a "minister of the Qincha", three times a day, the assassin Shi, Biejia, Sima and other officials came to accompany him, there were beautiful maids in the house, there were four sedan chairs for travel, and the gifts received before leaving were enough to load two cars, at least worthy of his five years of Yulu.

In Beijing, a small official like him, who doesn't expect to be able to go on a business trip. Half of the members of the Qingtian inspection team are new science and technology scholars, these people have not yet been damaged by the officialdom, and the other half are more like their former selves, pointing to this errand to get some oil and water back to Beijing, but being treated so slowly by the Huazhou government, how can they be dissatisfied and resentful.

Tang Zhiming sighed, he had suggested to Lord Assassin Shi that he was a good student to receive this group of "Qin Cha", but Lord Zhou didn't care, and told him to act impartially. For this nerdy Lord Zhou, Tang Zhiming really can't say it, my Lord Zhou, how can you do some things impartially, you have to act under the table, and that Jiang Jing envoy, do you really think that the rule of Huazhou officials is as clear as water, really let the Qingtian inspection team turn out some pickles, let Pan Heyi take the opportunity to deal with you, and see how you end up then.

It's not that Emperor Tang Zhiming is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry, but that he took the opportunity of self-inspection last month to buy 400 acres of mountainous land in Wufeng County, and the price is 200 Wen per mu, which is not surprising elsewhere, but in the mountains not far from Dabeitiangou in Wufeng County, it is estimated that there are people rushing to ask for it.

The reason why Yao Wenqing, the commander of Wufeng County, sold the mountain land to himself at such a low price was because he was making false accounts, and it was clear that the mountain land of four or five taels of silver per mu was only three or four hundred wen per mu on the books, and fifty percent of the silver went to his pocket, and three percent were given to officials such as the county chief and the chief bookkeeper, and two percent fell into the hands of the officials and officials. Tang Zhiming went to Wufeng County with Zhou Tingshi to inspect, and Lord Zhou's mind was on the wind and snow in Xiangxueju, but he found a flaw in the file of the house, so he had this 400 acres of cheap mountain land.

knew that he shouldn't be greedy for this cheapness, Tang Zhiming regretted it, he really didn't expect that the envoy and Master Assassin Shi would treat the inspection team like this, this is not the intention to let the family deal with him, not to mention that Master Pan, who led the team, still has a gap with Lord Jiang. Tang Zhiming was restless, and he had the intention to pay for the people of the Qingtian inspection team to have fun and improve the relationship, but the money he got was not enough to compensate, and besides, was it useful? remembered that Zhou Haochen was driven back to the capital by Zhou Tingshi, and his fate was probably not as good as him. In the past ten years, I have worked hard to meet Zhou Yongtong, and finally came to Huazhou with him, and I haven't started to enjoy it, is it about to end?

At the same time, Pan Heyi convened the people of the inspection team to summarize the day's income as usual, and as in the past, no loopholes could be found in the official documents of self-examination. Xie Guangfeng, the superintendent of the Imperial History Observatory, saw Pan Heyi's face pale, and said cautiously: "Master Pan, we can't just look at the accounts in the Huiye Mansion, we still have to go to the counties to take a look on the spot. ”

Pan Heyi sighed "hmm" and did not make a sound. Xie Guangfeng's words opened the conversation, and everyone said that they wanted to check on the counties, and the more they talked about it, the more angry they became, and the depression of being treated coldly by the Huazhou government these days all broke out. If he hadn't been held by Xin Fei, Pan Heyi would definitely have been glad that the army's heart was available, but now his heart is like ashes, no matter how powerful the spoon is, everything is in the hands of others. I just want An Ansheng to finish the errand, leave Huazhou as soon as possible, and get as far away from Jiang Anyi Xinfei as possible, these days I have nightmares, and I can't sleep well.

Seeing that Pan Heyi was gloomy and silent, everyone thought more and more that they had guessed his heart, and Feng Xuesong, a new science and technology scholar, mysteriously lowered his voice and said: "Today, when I was going to the toilet, I overheard two small officials from the government chatting, saying that it was the county order of Wufeng County to sell the official's land to do tricks, and the profit from it exceeded 10,000 taels. My lord, Wufeng County is still like this next to Huiye Mansion, and I am afraid that there are many corrupt things in other counties, so I will definitely investigate the hands and feet of the Huazhou Prefecture in the fields, and I must express this grievance. ”

Xie Guangfeng said coldly: "My lord, Tuntian is a fat meat, I'm afraid there are a lot of acres of land that are concealed, and the affairs of the Tun army are under the jurisdiction of the Jingluo Mansion. ”

Pan Heyi trembled, and said in his heart that I just went to Chatuntian and was held by Xinfei, and signed a fatal confession, not to mention, and later saw Liu Er being slapped by her. Pan Heyi subconsciously reached out and touched his cheek, as if he was still in hot pain, and the pain hurt all the way to the depths of his heart.

Cheering up, Pan Heyi said: "Very good, everyone is diligent in the king's affairs and has the courage to take responsibility, after the official returns to Beijing, he must play the son of tomorrow to ask for merit." Since you all intend to go to the county seat to inspect, tomorrow I will discuss with Zhou Tingshi and ask the government to send someone to take you to the counties. Huazhou 57 counties, you go to the inventory by yourself, just tell me the grouping situation for the record. In the month of January, on the 30th of October, all the kings must gather here to gather together and summarize the results of the inventory. ”

The crowd responded in an uproar, and most of them were happy, excitedly pulling friends and dividing fifty-seven counties on the map. Pan Heyi understood their intentions, in Huiye Mansion there were Jiang Jing and Zhou Thorn Shi pressing, they did not dare to act indiscriminately, to the counties, then they are worthy of the name of the Qincha, who dares to disobey the slightest disobedience, some people may be calculating how many silver taels can be looted in the six counties, it is conceivable that by October 30, there will be many more carriages loaded with property in the Yin Hotel.

Pan Heyi sneered in his heart, these people are afraid that they have made a mistake, how strong Jiang Anyi is, his wife Xinfei is the supervisor of Longwei's secret guard, and the entire Huazhou is tightly controlled, he originally came in disguise, for fear of being discovered by Jiang Anyi, but the creation of people still fell into his hands. Thinking of the confession he wrote, Pan Heyi's heart is dripping blood, he is so unlucky, you people are also accompanied, if you want to make money and find death by yourself, don't blame me for not saving me.

Pan Heyi said: "The six counties of Hecheng, Yiding, Jingyuan, Huangren, Linsha, and Yantu are the counties where Tuntian is located. ”

After writing the confession, Xinfei gave him a "gift list", which was enough for him to be reused after returning to Beijing. The reason why Xie Guangming was brought was because although Xie Guangming was a petty official of the eighth grade, he was a superintendent of imperial history, a humble and powerful position, and he was not very old, and his eyes were keen, but it was worth investing in, and he might be able to use it in the future.

Many important ministers of the Su Emperor Dynasty were acquainted with him when he was the prince, and when he was having fun today, he also liked to make friends with talented people, this Xie Guangming is said to have known the prince, and Xie Guangming was transferred from the master of Dali Temple to supervise the imperial history when the Son of Heaven cleaned up the imperial history. Although the transfer of the first grade of the official cannot alarm the Son of Heaven, who can say whether the Son of Heaven is instructing it. The Son of Heaven sent himself to Huazhou to clean up the fields, maybe there was his eyeliner in the inspection team, and it was better to be careful.

Xie Guangming heard Pan Heyi ask him to go to check Tuntian by name, and bowed down with a happy face: "Thank you Master Pan for cultivation, Xie Mou will definitely do his best." ”