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Chapter 312: Wealth and Silk Touching the Heart

As the imperial envoy, Zhou Zheng inspected the local area, served as the Yongping Prefecture, and rectified the military equipment. How could no one pay attention?

Since Zhou Zheng entered the territory of Yongping Prefecture, he was stared at all times, especially when he arrived at the government office. This was even more so. I don’t know how many pairs of eyes were staring at the every move of the prefect’s office.

The people brought by Zhou Zheng were moving very quickly, repairing the government office and hiring all kinds of servants. The news was not very loud, but the movement was not small.

Especially the incident of "100,000 taels" was accidentally reported, which alarmed countless people.

Zhang Mansion.

A middle-aged man with crutches quickly pushed the door into a room. He looked at the old man who closed his eyes and rested not far away. He moved a little slower and walked closer and whispered: "Sir, check it out. Zhou Zhengyun is the second son of Zhou Yuanshan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Before he came, the Ministry of Revenue did allocate 100,000 taels of silver to him to rest and rectify the people's livelihood and military facilities in Yongping Prefecture."

The old man is Zhang Yonglian, the Zuofucheng of Yongping Mansion, and the commonly known Tongzhi.

He opened his eyes, his eyes as sharp as an eagle, looked at the middle-aged man at the foot of the slope and said, "Confirm?"

The middle-aged man at the foot of the sloping sect was a clerk in Yongping's office, and Mo Lingui.

Mo Lingui looked at Zhang Yonglian with his eyes firmly and said, "I'm sure, what he brought should be 20,000 taels."

"Twenty thousand taels..." Zhang Yonglian looked outside the door, his eyes becoming sharper.

Yongping Prefecture is a low-class prefecture. Although it is located in the northern Zhili area of ​​the capital, it is backed by Shanhaiguan and Jizhou for many years and is even more barren. It is a big number for them!

Molingui looked at the greed in Zhang Yonglian's eyes and whispered: "Sir, what do we do?"

Zhang Yonglian glanced at him lightly and said, "I still need to teach you? Changli County has suffered a drought this year. Although the imperial court has waived money and food, it still needs to provide disaster relief, right? Isn't Funing County suppressing bandits? Isn't there a shortage of money and food? Isn't the salary of all officials in the government still owed this year? Could it be that the money brought by the inspectors are to be filled with personal pockets?"

Molingui smiled ambiguously and said, "Sir, wise."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant came in and said, "Master, the government office posted a notice saying that before noon today, all the officials of the government office must report to him, otherwise they will be dismissed and investigated."

Molingui's face changed slightly and he looked at Zhang Yonglian.

Zhang Yonglian looked calm, reached out to grab the teacup, and said, "If you are sleepy, come and send a pillow. This patrolman is interesting, so go."

Moringui immediately understood and hurriedly said, "It's an adult, villain will go now."

Zhang Yonglian looked at his back, waited for him to leave, turned to the servant and said, "Is the eldest master back?"

The servant hurriedly said, "I heard that the eldest young master was a little injured and he would have to wait a while before he could come back."

Zhang Yonglian's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he snorted, saying, "Dare you hurt my son, no matter whether you are an imperial envoy or an inspector, don't think you can leave Yongping Mansion in peace!"

...

After cleaning up, the government office has changed a lot and looks much more comfortable.

Shangguan Lie and Ding Qi argued about how to decorate.

Shangguan Lie's mouth never stopped. Ding Qi couldn't get into the mouth at all, and he was so anxious that he sweated slightly on his head.

At the end, Ding Qi gritted her teeth and said, "You and your sister are about to leave. How do you manage the government office to modify it!"

This sentence hit Shangguan Lie's lung tube, making him speechless and unable to speak.

He and his sister Shangguan Qing both "escorted" Zhou Zhenglai to take office. Logically, they both had to leave, although they were even well-known in their hearts, they were going to stay.

Zhou Zheng came out of the back hall, watched them quarrel, and said, "Is anyone here?"

Ding Qi looked up at the sky, and it was noon, and turned to Zhou Zheng and said, "Sir, no one has come."

Zhou Zheng looked at the somewhat dim sun and said, "It will close as soon as time comes, and no one will come."

"Yes." Ding Qi responded and turned to the gate.

Ding Qi was counting the time and was about to close the door. Mo Lingui led seven or eight people to the door, raised his hand, and smiled respectfully, "The villain is a government official and a house clerk. I'm here to report his duties to the inspector."

Ding Qi looked at the time and felt annoyed. These people were clearly contempt for Zhou Zheng when they pinched the time.

With anger overwhelmed, Ding Qi said lukewarmly: "Come in."

Mo Lingui smiled and took the people straight to the back hall. He was familiar with the magistrate's class room without any scruples.

Zhou Zheng had already received the news, sat on the chair, watching a group of men entering in a crowd.

Mo Lingui looked at Zhou Zheng's young face and sneered in his heart. If there wasn't a good man, how could you become a patrolman and get 100,000 taels of silver?

He was disdainful, but Mo Lingui said with a respectful look on his face: "The villain official Mo Lingui has met the governor."

"The villain Xing Shuying Tao has met the inspector."

"Little Artificial Shu Linji has met the Admiral."

"The experience of the villain..."

"The Little Man's Prison, the Prison..."

"The villain's photomas..."

These people were the sixth house of the government office and the heads of the officials. They stood not far away from Zhou Zheng with respect and bowed their heads. After saying that, they would not say a word.

This situation seems to be the prisoners who are pleading guilty to Zhou Zheng and waiting for the fall.

But reality is not. This kind of calmness and indifference is more like treating Zhou Zheng as a passerby, and he is dealing with it very clearly.

Zhou Zheng seemed not to see their expressions, nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I know everyone, let's talk about what you have at hand."

The group of people looked up and looked at Molingui in front of them.

Mo Lingui raised his hand unswervingly and said, "Returning to the patrol, the position of the prefect has been vacant for more than half a year, and many things have been abandoned. There is nothing wrong with the villain and others."

Zhou Zheng's brow moved slightly and said to himself, "Is this going to completely undermine me? Is it impossible to deal with me?"

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "Where are the two officials now?"

Mo Lingui said: "When I go back to the patrol, Lord Zhang feels unbearable pain in winter. Now I am recuperating in the house and haven't left the house for many days. Lord Zheng returned to his hometown to visit his relatives last year and has not come back yet."

OK, two ministers, one is at home to recuperate and the other is visiting relatives in the village.

The government affairs of Yongping Mansion are really abandoned.

Zhou Zheng looked at these people and said boredly: "Is there anything else to report?"

Molingui quickly raised his hand and said, "Sir, there is."

Zhou Zheng immediately sat down a little and said, "Tell me quickly."

Mo Lingui looked at Zhou Zheng's actions and contemptuous, and said, "Sir, Funing County was hit by the disaster last year, and tens of thousands of people were homeless. It takes 20,000 taels to ask the adult to allocate silver for disaster relief. In addition, the Hulu River soared last year, and the river water broke through the dam and flooded for dozens of miles. There were countless victims. It takes 10,000 taels to ask the adult to allocate silver for the river."

Zhou Zheng smiled deep in his eyes, so he said in a difficult manner: "Well, the situation is urgent, how much money does the treasury have?"

Molingui looked unmoved and said, "Sir, there is no one or two taels of silver. In addition, the government owes all officials 63,241 taels and five cents of salary, and the adults need to pay it immediately."
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