Chapter 504

In the third month of Jiang Chuanzhong's tenure in Shaanxi Province, the Yellow River dam burst and flooded, flooding thousands of acres of fertile land, leaving the people homeless.

Jiang Chuanzhong, who had just arrived at Hegong Road, was naturally going to inspect the gap.

But when he went to the site for investigation, he found that there was a gap about seven or eight feet open on the dam, and the broken walls at the gap were due to disrepair.

"Hasn't this levee been built?" Standing on the dam, Jiang Chuanzhong looked at the breach and asked the officials who were following him.

The petty official also said with a look of embarrassment: "every year they say they want to repair it, but they don't see the funds from the top. After all, they give priority to the construction of the South dike, and the North dike has been so abandoned."

"South dike first?" Jiang Chuanzhong followed the little official's hand and looked over. Sure enough, the section of the river bank on the other side of the river was well built

, solid as gold.

Looking at the different banks on both sides of the river, Jiang Chuanzhong was puzzled and said, "Why build the south bank instead of the north bank?"

"Master, you don't know. The south bank is the land of the official's family, and the north bank is the land of ordinary farmers..." the petty official said with a flattering smile with Jiang Chuanzhong, "it's natural to give priority to the south slope first..."

Jiang Chuanzhong heard that there was something else he didn't understand. Over the years, he took care of the old man's family with good farmland in the south, so when the flood came, it naturally washed the north slope.

But now that the dike on the north slope has been broken, it must need to be overhauled, but it also needs money to build the river dike.

So as soon as he went back to Daotai yamen, he asked how much money the Department had set aside at the beginning of spring.

Unexpectedly, the people under his command faltered and didn't say that he was ugly for a long time.

"Yes, yes, no, No. what do you mean by your appearance?" Jiang Chuanzhong stares at the man.

"Back to the master, this spring, the household department has set aside 100000 Liang to repair the dike, of which 50000 Liang has been repaired on the South dike..." the man said in some embarrassment.

"That is to say, there should be fifty thousand taels of money left on the account for repairing the dyke?" Jiang Chuanzhong frowned and thought, "less money is less, but at least we can make up the gap in the north, and then we can reinforce the river..."

"But... But... Master... We have no money on the account..." the little official said helplessly.

"No money? Didn't you just say fifty thousand taels were left? " Jiang Chuanzhong was shocked.

"Sir, I just said that it took 50000 Liang to build the dike, but I didn't say that we still have 50000 Liang on our account." The little official said with a look of embarrassment, but he thought in his heart, don't you say that the master was released from Beijing? How come this way of doing things is like a fool who doesn't understand the rules of officialdom at all.

"But what you are saying is that the Ministry of household affairs has set aside 100000 Liang and spent 50000 Liang to build the South dike. What about the remaining 50000 liang?" Jiang Chuanzhong

Clapping hands asked the little official.

The petty official had to smile bitterly and said, "there are 50000 Liang left... 50000 Liang left to be expropriated by the governor's Yamen..."

Governor yamen?

Jiang Chuanzhong thought of Yang Zhicheng, the governor of Shaanxi, who he met at the reception when he first took office in Shaanxi. Thinking of the talk and laughter he had with him during the toast, he decided to go to the governor's Yamen first.

As soon as he arrived at the governor's Yamen, he found that Wu Yougu, the Taoist of the grain road, was also there. It turns out that when the flood broke, the grain road, which is specially responsible for raising and transporting grain, was also greatly affected. Wu Yougu came to Governor Yang Zhicheng to ask for advice.

As soon as Yang Zhicheng saw Jiang Chuanzhong coming, he motioned Wu Yougu to put his case on the table and asked Jiang Chuanzhong what was important.

When he learned that Jiang Chuanzhong had come to ask for the 50000 taels of silver on the river, Yang Zhicheng was embarrassed.

He sighed with Jiang Chuanzhong: "I can't help it either. I have to move the east wall to make up for the west wall all day long. Before, the Shaanxi general army came to me and said that the imperial court was dragging me

He couldn't let his subordinates defend the border here hungry because he didn't give him his food. So I decided to pay him a part of the money for repairing the dike. I thought that the food on his side would be used to make up the river for you. But who knows that the court has been dragging on for more than half a year. Instead of waiting for the food, it's waiting for the flood! "

Jiang Chuanzhong, who came here with resentment before, felt that Yang Zhicheng's misappropriation of the money for repairing the embankment was indeed a helpless thing, and his resentment was half gone.

But he still asked: "but now the dike has been decided, it's impossible not to repair, but the money for repairing the dike..."

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhicheng didn't let him finish what he said. Instead, he waved his hand and said, "Mr. Jiang, you have to eat every mouthful of food and do everything one by one. If we want to build the dyke, at least we have to wait for the river to recede? And isn't the immediate priority to appease the victims first? "

The implication is that your proposal and project funds for building levees should be paid slowly first. Let's wait for a moment.

Jiang Chuanzhong had no choice but to go back to Daotai Yamen. Then he happened to receive a letter from Jiang Chuanxiao from the capital, asking him where he was in Shaanxi

SIKO is still adapting.

As he had no place to tell, he wrote a letter to Jiang Chuanxiao about the lack of money in Daotai Yamen and the lack of money in Huanghe Yamen.

As soon as the letter reached Jiang Chuanxiao's hand, he was shocked.

The Yellow River burst its dyke so big, but these people in Beijing don't know it at all!

Jiang Chuanxiao suddenly realized that if the governor of Shaanxi didn't intend to hide it, it was someone in the cabinet who deliberately suppressed it.

Moreover, Jiang Chuanzhong also mentioned in his letter that the Ministry of the people's Republic of China had only allocated 100000 Liang for river repair at the beginning of spring, but he clearly remembers that when the cabinet discussed at that time, the Ministry of the people's Republic of China had allocated 300000 Liang for Shaanxi road!

Where are the 200000 taels of money for river repair?

Jiang Chuanxiao was lost in thought.

At the end of October, the news of the disaster victims' uprising suddenly came from Shaanxi.

"Rioting of the victims?" On the Jinluan hall, I heard the news

Xiao RUIZHAO, Emperor Xuan, got angry on the spot. "The Yellow River burst its banks in September in Shaanxi. Why didn't anyone report it? After forcing these victims to revolt, he wanted to write a letter to the court asking for suppression? "

"The official forces the Ming rebellion, the official forces the Ming rebellion! Do you really think it's just talk? Three hundred thousand taels, not even a river can be built! After the accident, I still want to deceive people. " Xiao RUIZHAO waved his hand in the hall, "check! Give me a hard check! Who is the problem! There is one to catch one, there is a group to catch a group, even if all the officials in Shaanxi are caught, they are not soft handed! "

King Xuan's words were loud, and all the ministers in the Jinluan hall were shocked. They all showed the color of fear##### First watch