The extra 200,000 taels of silver was paid by Li Xun's private person.

Five days ago, the governor of Caozhou wrote a letter to the court to impeach Wang Shaoqun for corruption and bribery, and many local officials participated.

After Zhao Xun saw the memorial, he immediately sent Sheng Shitong, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Zhai Hongliang, to Henan to investigate.

Under the clear guidance of some people, after Shengshitong arrived in Henan, he found more than 6,000 disaster relief food from the home of Wang Chengqing, the county magistrate of Juye County, Caozhou. Among these disaster relief food, only 10% of the food was glutinous rice. The two were mixed together and used as disaster relief food and distributed to the victims for consumption.

Faced with Shengshitong's questioning, the magistrate of Juye County, Wang Chengqing, seemed very open and honest, and said some of them.

Wang Shaoqun smiled bitterly and said, "It is Yun Ji, the governor of Puzhou. In recent years, Henan has been in war and natural disasters. Although the court has successively won brilliant wars, its internal finances are on the verge of bankruptcy and it is impossible to provide large-scale disaster relief to Henan. Therefore, the local government can only find a way for it. During this period, there were several serious riots. After the matter was suppressed, a large number of mobs could not be killed. The subsequent resettlement work required a lot of manpower and material resources. Puzhou was relatively rich. At that time, the court asked Yun Ji to take money and food first to arrange it. It was borrowed by the court and returned it later."

Li Xun looked at Wang Shaoqun and didn't say anything because he hadn't finished speaking yet.

Wang Shaoqun continued, "I followed the first batch of disaster relief food, a total of 93,000 Dan. After entering Henan, Yunji was waiting for me. He invited me to dinner. During the meal, Yunji explained his words directly. He said that he had paid too much and got too little. The court did not keep his word. The current situation in Henan is so serious. You Wang Shaoqun dared to come. It is also considered to be backbone. For this point, I will leave you some face. You can take this first batch of food, but I will intercept the subsequent food. The court owed me a total of 800,000 taels of silver and 430,000 Dan grain. I don't want the silver. I don't want that fraction of the money. I just want 400,000 Dan grain. I have enough food. I won't interfere in the future."

Li Xun frowned and said, "Why didn't I hear any news about what you said? Why didn't you tell me what you know? And..."

Speaking of this, Li Xun said angrily: "He Yun Ji is a little too brave, right?"

Wang Shaoqun glanced at Li Xun and said softly: "The disaster in Puzhou is also very serious. I heard from local officials that due to food problems, Puzhou almost had a mutiny..."

Li Xun was slightly stunned and then fell silent.

The local governor is like a businessman, he is responsible for his own profits and losses. When you are strong, hello, everyone. If you can't do it, the court will only have one mind and find a way to deal with you. The court will do this to the local governor. On the contrary, the local governor may also have the same mind to the court.
Chapter completed!