Ma Jingyuan took the two magistrates back to his prefect's office, but did not serve them tea, and asked directly: "You tell me the truth, can the allocated grain be embezzled?"

Qian Yiai has never touched his hands at all. First, he has a new arrival and has not yet a deep foundation, and his subordinates do not understand it. Second, Qian Yiai's family is a big landlord in Changshu. The family has a huge asset, and there is such a small profit. Not only does the money be small, it will also damage his reputation. However, he doesn't know how his subordinates are, Qian Yiai said, "Mr. Ma, I have never embezzled it, but I don't know how his subordinates are!"

Zhang Yuanlin despised Qian Yiai when she heard Qian Yiai say this. Qian Yiai is really shameless. I don’t believe that he doesn’t reach out to such a fat man? But it’s really admirable to blame him for his subordinates.

Zhang Yuanlin didn't dare to say that she had embezzled the relief grain, and bowed and said, "Master, the officials have never touched the food, but the officials have just arrived. I believe the officials are also aware of what they are like. They can't guarantee whether they touched the officials!"

Ma Jingyuan was very scratched when he heard these two people say this, but now there is no way, so he can only get through this difficulty first.

"Okay, I will believe what you said first. This time the emperor personally inspected the private camps. The matter is very serious. If anything goes wrong, we will be in trouble. No matter what method you use, I will make up for the shortage of food overnight when I go back today. If something goes wrong, don't blame me for not saving you!"

Qian Yiai and Zhang Yuanlin nodded repeatedly, and promised that there would be no problems with the inspection in two days.

After hearing these two people say that, Ma Jingyuan waved his hand and asked them to go down. Ma Jingyuan is now the prefect of Yingtian. In addition to Shangyuan, there are six counties in Jiangning. This time, the emperor has to put more than 200,000 people in Yingtian Prefecture to place the refugee. Now, there are problems in Jiangning, Shangyuan. The other counties are not much different. Ma Jingyuan quickly wrote a document on the other six counties, and should not extend his hand on the relief grain for refugees. If you are caught, don’t blame the ruthless law of the country.

Qian Yiai left the prefect's office and sat in his official sedan chair in a daze. Although he was smart, he knew nothing about such officialdom. Could it be that he went home to ask his father? But now he has come out to be an official, and asking his father again can't help but make people laugh.

Qian Yiai sat in the sedan chair and went there without saying that, the sedan chair owner was very puzzled. One sedan chair owner asked, "Grandmaster, should you go there?"

Qian Yiaiyi thought that there was a high-ranking scholar in his mansion? Liu Fangyuan would rather ask him about his salary of 2,000 silver dollars a year.

Qian Yiai returned to her Shangyuan County and went to the back house to find Liu Fangyuan. She saw Liu Fangyuan tasting tea and reading books under the help of her concubine. This high-ranking envoy was really worthless. Liu Fangyuan had never given any ideas since she became her master. She borrowed 200 silver dollars from her and bought a new thin horse as a concubine. She hid in the house every day and was in a romantic and happy manner with her concubine.

Liu Fangyuan saw Qian Yiai coming and smiled, "Zigao is here, Qin'er, don't you give me tea to the great master yet!"

Qian Yiai asked with a smile: "Brother Wendu is so comfortable. I don't know if there is any difficulties in this month? Just talk if you need silver dollars!"

Liu Fangyuan knew that Qian Yiai said this and he was a little unhappy, but Liu Fangyuan's big radish face was neither red nor white, and said, "Zi Gaozhen said that I was in my heart! I also need to pay an advance salary of 200 silver dollars to add some jewelry to Qin'er!"

Qian Yiai was so angry that he heard Liu Fangyuan say this. Although Liu Fangyuan is not as rich as his own family, he is also a well-off family in Hangzhou Prefecture. Now he completely regards himself as a landlord and wealthy person, and he is now a big shot.

Liu Fangyuan was also a little unhappy in this way. He used to be a fourth-rank prefect, but now he is so down-and-out that he wants to be a master for a juren. Although this is the teacher's arrangement, Liu Fangyuan is still a little resentful. So when he arrived in Shangyuan County, he never came up with any ideas for Qian Yiai. Every day he was full of love and love.

Today, Liu Fangyuan came to see Qian Yiai without even taking off his official uniform. He knew that the young master had encountered a problem. Although he was unhappy, he still had to help him in seeing his master's face.

Liu Fangyuan took a sip of tea and asked, "Zigao, have you encountered any problems? Can you tell me about it?"

Qian Yiai quickly told Liu Fangyuan what happened just now and asked herself what to do?

"Zigao, this is very simple. Are you going to be the one who wants to help food? "

"Brother Wendu, Zigao has been deeply favored by the emperor. He can do that kind of thing, and with this little money, grain and money, I still don't like it!"

Liu Fangyuan smiled and said, "Isn't this going to end? What are you afraid of if you don't take the money?"

Qian Yiai said anxiously: "Of course I'm not afraid of not taking it, but what do those clerks under him look like? Brother Wendu should know, what if they take it and implicate me?"

"Hey! Zigao, do you think those clerks are a bunch of waste? Their methods are much better than you. Just tell them the emperor's orders, and they will do the rest themselves!"

"What? Leave this kind of big thing to the clerks themselves?"

Liu Fangyuan glanced at Qian Yiai and sighed in his heart. This junior brother is smart, but he still doesn’t understand the officialdom!

"Brother Gao, these clerks have always been concerned about deceiving their superiors and hiding their subordinates. If you are new to you, you don't know them. I guess it would be good if the court allocated a third of the relief food."

"One-third? What are the refugees outside the city eating?"

"Whatever the culprit should be in charge of what he eats!"

Qian Yiai thought for a while and asked, "Brother Wendu, what should I do?"

Liu Fangyuan was very helpful to Qian Yiai's respect, so he took a sip of tea and continued: "This is an opportunity for me to calm my heart. We must give our kindness and power. The board is raised high, but it is gently fallen down so that those clerks can work happily in the future!"

"But they are not punished for embezzlement of money and food? Do they still have to exonerate them?"

"Brother, you are wrong. You are just alone. Can you do things in the whole county? Aren't you going to improve your political achievements? This requires these clerks to collect taxes, solve cases, and collect labor service, so they can only comfort them. If the matter is serious, you can find a few scapegoats to put them in the jar, but you can't beat them all to death with one stick, do you know?"

Qian Yiai thought for a while and said, "Zigao understands, what should I say in the future?"

"This is simple, tell them to wipe their butts and never tolerate them if they commit the crime!"

Qian Yiai got Liu Fangyuan's true teachings, nodded and went out to find the head of the Zaoban and asked him to beat the drums and slap the yamen.

The Paiya is an important right for local officials, which is probably similar to the enlarged meeting of county-level standing committee members in later generations. The magistrate sat in the middle, and the officials under his subordinates reported the situation, which was very majestic.

The head of the soap troupe didn’t know what the troupe was doing at this time. Isn’t the troupe every time the troupe was on the morning of the 15th day of the lunar month? Now it’s almost evening?

"Report to the great master, it's almost night now, and the county government has no staff, so why not wait until tomorrow?"

Qian Yiai heard the head of the group say this and said angrily: "Do you still need to teach me what I do? Those who are not here will go to the house to find them. As long as those who are not dead, they will be found for me. Those who are not here for half an hour will beat ten bans!"

The head of the troupe was angry when he saw the young county magistrate, and did not dare to speak much, so he quickly went out to beat the drums and slap the yamen.

Zhenru said that the head of the troupe, only five or six people came after the drum beat, and no one of the sixth house masters came, and neither was the county magistrate, chief clerk, and dictionary. Qian Yiai waited for half an hour before the county officials arrived.

The county magistrate of Shangyuan was a juren, and his fame was the same as Qian Yiai. Seeing the young master called Paiya so late, he couldn't help but ask: "Grandmaster, I wonder what's going on with my subordinates coming so late?"

Qian Yiai saw that 90% of his subordinates came, and several important officials came.

"Today I ask you, can the 12,000 stones of grain allocated by the Ministry of Revenue last month be there?"

When the county magistrate heard how to ask this question, he quickly replied: "Grandmaster, they are all in the twelve granaries outside the city, and there are guards of the inspection department! Master He, go and take the account book for the Grandmaster to watch!"

The chief clerk was in charge of the county's money and grain. He thought that the great master was going to check the accounts today. He was about to go to the back to get the account book, but he didn't know that Qian Yiai said, "No need, today I will ask you the truth, how much food is left?"

The chief clerk didn't know why the county magistrate asked about this matter today. He looked at the county magistrate and complained that it was better to give it to the county magistrate at that time. Now, the county magistrate will hold on and let it go!

The county magistrate quickly stood up and said, "Grandmaster, the food was allocated on February 24th, and there are still more than 10,000 stones left!"

Qian Yiai stood up and said, "I am not investigating you today. The emperor issued an imperial edict in the afternoon. He will come to check the refugees in two days. If you don't tell the truth, what happened will happen, everyone will be in trouble together!"

The county magistrate originally thought that the county magistrate had not gained any benefits and today he was in trouble. Now, when he heard that the disaster was right in front of him, his face turned pale.

Qian Yiai saw that the officials under her had changed their appearance and color, and knew that these guys were not honest and asked, "Tell me quickly, how much food is left?"

When the county magistrate saw that he could not hide it, he could only tell the truth: "Grandmaster, there is no food in one stone!"

Qian Yiai felt dark when she heard the news. He thought that these officials could have some left after all, but he thought that these guys were so bold that they had all the food.

Qian Yiai stabilized her mood and said, "Okay! OK! You are so bold to wait to go to the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei!"

At this time, the county magistrate, chief clerk and several officials realized that something was wrong. Since Zhu Hongsan occupied Nanjing, the Jinyiwei made the entire Nanjing officialdom frightened. Qian Lide's newly formed Jinyiwei was far above the old Jinyiwei, and he cleaned up the officials who had clinged to the Qing Dynasty. The nobles were merciless. Qian Yiai's former magistrate was put into prison for collecting military rations for the Qing Dynasty. All the males in the family were beheaded and abandoned. The woman sold Jiafangsi as an official prostitute. Before the execution, these officials and clerks in Shangyuan County were organized to watch the execution. The magistrate's family of nine males, including the underage child, were beheaded and tossed and turned on the ground for half an hour before they died. Thinking of himself, many officials were sitting in the hall with their legs weak, and several were so scared that they peed their pants.
Chapter completed!