Chapter 219 Seven Days (Part 1)

"Any herder's official loses the word "push" and acts illegally, and incites good people, so he gathers people to rebel and loses the city and kills them."

——"The Law of the Qing Dynasty"

March 18th, the birthday of the Birthday.

According to the convention and rules, except for officials who come to Beijing to pay tribute, local officials should take a shower, change clothes, pray for blessings and praise. Although no one looked at it, everyone expressed this to show their loyalty.

For example, those with high-quality grades can be said "honestly" when congratulating the emperor on his birthday.

Even those with low grades and are not qualified to give me a message, they have to go through this form because of the upward and downward effect. It is just a matter of consuming some things, which is better than being caught by those who are blindly blind as a tail and impeached for "unprincipled and ruthless" and "noble in the eyes".

However, Ye Fu, the governor of Yizhou who was temporarily invited to the study of the Daotai Yamen, did not have the interest to pray for blessings at this time. He only felt his hair numb and he really didn't understand why his young and noble junior brother was like this. Could it be that this is the "three fires of new officials taking office", but this fire is not easy to burn, and maybe it will become a "steady fire".

He looked at the handwritten letter with Dongyan Dao Shou Dao seal in his hand, his arms trembled slightly, his face became heavy, he hesitated a little, and hesitated, and he advised, "Sir..." Because he saw Cao Yong wearing official uniform, Ye Fu called him this.

More than a month after arriving in Yizhou, Cao Yong wore a fourth-grade white geese for the second time. There was no smile on his face. He looked completely different from the warmth of the past, and his whole body exuded a sense of coldness.

Ye Fu just thought he was doing Guanwei and did not notice his abnormality. He frowned and shook his head and said, "Sir, don't move the pot lightly! The water here is too deep. Even if you are the noble status of the princess and princess, if you offend these people..." With concern, he forgot the title of honor.

Seeing that Ye Fu's concerns were not like fakes, Cao Yong was secretly moved and said, "Mr. Ye, don't worry. 'Supervising agriculture and sericultures and purifying tax sources' is the responsibility of this official. Even if they make trouble in front of the imperial court, there is no mistake for this official!"

Although it is indeed a bit troublesome to rectify the roasting farm, it is the only way to raise grain as quickly as possible and stabilize rice prices. Moreover, the roasting roast has become a major local problem to date. If it is allowed to develop, it will make local rice and grain more tense, and things like this year will continue to happen.

Thinking of offending some people, and thinking about the subsequent relationships, Cao Yong felt annoyed, but he also felt a little excited about challenge. It seems that although he is not as good as "in-one with the flow", he should be "with the light and dust". Otherwise, he will not have any dominance and will only become more and more passive. In order to be comfortable in the past three years, it is better to be under his control.

Besides, it is now the 51st year of Kangxi. If history has not changed, then he will not have much time left in Yizhou, and the time he will remain in this world is also a countdown. Since he has come to Yizhou as an official, he cannot have a fight in vain. He always has to do his best to leave something for the people here. Even if he does not have the idea of ​​leaving a name in history, he does not want to live a life of memorial and cannot even leave a trace.

"'I would rather offend gentlemen than villains', the light will not come, and the dark will not come. How can adults live at that time?" Ye Fu said.

Seeing that Ye Fu did not mention the people's living and said this blindly, Cao Yong looked at the ink traces on his cuffs and asked, "Master Ye, do you know that rice prices have risen in the past half a month?"

Ye Fu thought for a while and said, "It seems that I have heard from my family mention it twice. This is not uncommon. New wheat is harvested in the end of May and early June, and March and April are the time when the green and yellow are not met. Rice prices rise every year!"

Daxing serves as the lees for rice and grain sales, and the sighs of people in front of the rice shop in Linmu Town and Junan Town, and then to the family in Juzhou that hugged their heads and cried bitterly. This is not unusual? The crying of the little girl seemed to be in Cao Yong's ears, and it was unstoppable. This was a beautiful and happy family. Men work and support their parents, wives and children. Even if they are more bitter, the family is still a little excited. The price of grain soared, making the steamed buns and dough cakes on the table turn into noodle soup. The biological flesh and blood were almost separated.

Cao Yong couldn't help but be a little annoyed by Ye Fu's unconventionality and frowned and said, "It's not unusual? In previous years, it only increased a few points, at most one qian. Now the rice price in Yizhou has increased by one, two or three qian per stone, two and a half times the original one; local counties also have more than two to three times! It's only March, and it's still nearly three months to harvest new wheat in June. If it continues like this, who can afford rice? What do you eat?" Later, the higher the voice, the more serious the face is.

Even if Ye Fu is nerdy, he still understands what Cao Yong means. Now that the grain alone rises, the rest is not rising, and the people's livelihood will become more and more difficult.

Take the yamen runners of the prefectural yamen for example. Two taels of silver per month could have bought three stones of rice and more than 300 kilograms of rice, and a few bites of rice, all the young and old of the family could have enough. Now, they can only buy one stone of rice and more than 100 kilograms of rice. It’s okay if the small population is too small, but families with a large population will have to drink porridge. If the price of rice rises again and you can’t even buy a stone of rice, the whole family will be hungry. After a long time, I don’t know what chaos will happen.

Ye Fu put away Cao Yong's handwriting and said seriously, "The emperor is ashamed, but please rest assured, the emperor will definitely live up to his fate!"

Cao Yong thought for a while and asked, "How many constables can you do to mobilize your yamen?"

Ye Fu thought for a moment and said, "When I say that, more than 40 people, if I try to pull them out as much as possible, there are fifty people!"

Cao Yong nodded and said, "It's okay to have a rice and grain shop here. On the other side of the roasted pot village, ask them to pick the younger ones first! I will send someone to Andongwei. In two days, they will send troops to various prefectures and counties to help everyone 'clean up the tax source'."

Ye Fu then remembered that some Shaoguozhuangzi were not something that he could handle. He had a little admiration for Cao Yong on his face, and he couldn't tell anything in his heart. He said goodbye and left, and went back to the yamen first to prepare for it.

In the study, Cao Yong was the only one left.

Cao Yong sat on the chair all of a sudden, his face became more and more difficult to explain, and he was inexplicably sad. He held the letter on the desk tightly, and his body couldn't help but tremble. Mr. Zhuang and Wei Hei were not here, and he had no one to speak at the moment. He could only bear everything himself.

No one can feel Cao Yong's sadness and self-blame. He remembered his first encounter with Ning Chun and his little time with him over the past few years, his face became more and more gloomy.

I heard the bad news, it was really shocking!

Just half an hour ago, Cao Yong was secretly calculating seven days, thinking about making arrangements step by step to see where the most likely mistakes are made and where special attention is needed. The servant came to report that the sender of the letter came to the capital, claiming that he was sent by the uncle of Wanyan Mansion.

Uncle Wanyan’s Mansion, who else is besides Yongqing? Cao Yong hurriedly asked to bring it with him.

When I saw the man's beard and covered in dust, I seemed to be unable to stand steadily when I saw him standing. Cao Yong was frightened and asked, "What's wrong?"

The person who came was Changsui Qijin beside Yongqing, which was also common with Cao Yong. He immediately beat Qianli and then took out a letter from his arms. Qijin came out of the capital on March 14th. He rushed more than a thousand miles in four days and only took one or two hours a day. It was no wonder he was so useless.

Cao Yong pointed to the chair and asked him to sit down. While unpacking the letter, he said, "I'm so anxious, but something amazing happened?"

Qijin did not take his seat when he heard this, but knelt in front of Cao Yong with a "thump" and said, "I beg Master Cao to help my uncle, my uncle... My uncle is going to be forced to death by the master!"

Wan Jiha forced Yongqing to death. Even if the father and son were not in harmony, there was no need to do so. What was this? Cao Yong didn't care about calling Qijin, and he looked at three lines at a glance. He wanted to read the contents of the letter first.

This was written by Yongqing. Ning Chun and his father and brother were exposed. On the fifth day of the March, the four fathers and sons "death fear of crime" and Ning Chun's wife Niuhulu committed suicide by committing suicide on the eighth day of the March. On the eighth day of the March, Ning Chun's wife, Niu Hulu, committed suicide by committing suicide for her husband.

The more Cao Yong looked, the colder he became. What was going on? How did Yongqing’s incident involve Ning Chun? What crime could have caused Ning Chun’s father, son and brother, and several men in the family to be imprisoned?

After being stunned for a while, Cao Yong asked, "You can know more about Master Ning's affairs when you are with your grandfather. Can you tell me... What exactly has his family been 'exposed', what is the 'crime' and who is the 'reporter'? Who is the person who reported it?"

Qijin replied: "The young man knows a little, and the person who reported it is an alternate. He was originally the deputy envoy of Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department and had been a colleague of Ning Ye Ama. What he revealed is that after Ning Ye Ama came to Jiangnan in the 39th year of Kangxi, he embezzled salt funds and sponsored the publication of books that were "Great Rebellion"!"

The two hats of "greed and ink" and "great rebellion" are about to kill Ning Chun's family! What else can be used to print books that can make Kangxi angry at the beginning of the month besides "Nanshan Ji"? Ning Chun's family is a bannerman, and even the bannerman is involved, so why doesn't Kangxi get angry? However, it's just a cover. If it is true, there will be no so-called "self-death" later.

Cao Yong waved his hand and called Qijin to get up. He narrowed his eyes slightly, his heart tightened, and he wished he could fly back to the capital immediately to find out what Ning Chun was doing, and to get revenge if he had kindness and revenge if he had revenge! However, when he saw the handwritten book he had just written on the book case, he remembered the crying of the little girl's family in his mind, and he slowly calmed down and asked about what Yongqing was doing.

I remember not only Cao Yong, but also Yongqing, who remembered Ning Chun's life-saving grace. When it comes to the friendship between the three, even without the so-called "life-saving grace", he could not stop watching Ning Chun's affairs.

The Ning family father and son were imprisoned for three days. Yongqing kept walking around inquiring, thinking about washing their family's crimes. As a result, he was sued in front of Amawanjiha.

Wan Jiha had just been promoted to the capital. It was the time when he was in a state of pride that he saw his eldest son joining in these lifeless things, so he scolded him fiercely, and directly claimed his sick leave in the yamen and confined him to the mansion.

A few days later, Yongqing found an opportunity to leave the mansion and heard all the bad news. Yongqing went to find several masters who could speak on weekdays, but were all turned away. During this period, someone threatened and intimidated Yongqing through various channels.

Originally, he had no idea. This unexpected abnormality made him carefully. Following clues, he knew that the affairs of the Ning Chun family were not that simple. There must be someone in the six ministries and nine ministers, otherwise it would not cause the Ning family to be destroyed in just a few days and there would be no room for a turnaround.

In order to ask Ning Chun's family for an explanation, Yongqing, a straightforward man, had no good idea, so he went to the inspector to beat the "Wen Deng Gu" and kowtow to sue the Ning Chun's family.

The incident of Niuhulu wearing red clothes and swallowing gold to sacrifice his husband's death has long been spread in the capital. After all, the affairs of Ning Chun's family were too bizarre, which caused all kinds of rumors among the people.

Yongqing's beating has escalated the rumors. Ning Chun's family was wronged, and more and more people believed this. However, the versions of various rumors were really bizarre. Even the Niuhulu family was buried in red, which made everyone speculate. Even the versions of evil men and domineering people came out. It was said that there were princes and nobles who fell in love with this young grandmother, so they tried to murder her husband and father-in-law, with the purpose of forcing her to remarry. Unexpectedly, the young grandmother was chaste and would rather die than follow her husband and go to the underworld.

Although the Kowtower can reach the heavenly listening, it is not so easy to complain? According to the law, regardless of whether the military and civilians or not, the injustice of the people, the Kowtower will travel thousands of miles. At that time, the mountains are high and the road is far away, how many people can come back alive? Except for the time when it is absolutely necessary and force people to have no other law, there will be someone who can use this method to seek justice.
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