Chapter 1277： No comparison, no harm (middle)

Chapter 1277 No comparison, no harm (middle)

After Tan Lun accompanied Xu Hai and others to come out of the black market, his expression was a little bit lost. He has worked hard for the Taizhou government these days. The situation is still so serious. The operation is as fierce as a tiger, and the record is zero and five, so how not to let people down.

"It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice. This is because of the situation and it's beyond human power. Tan Zhifu has done a good job." After Wang Meng noticed Tan Lun's disappearance, he patted him on the shoulder and gave him a word of encouragement.

"Tan is deeply ashamed for having owed the emperor's kindness." Tan Lun still couldn't bear the loss.

"Tan Zhifu is so dedicated to the people, and the situation is still like this, I don't know how corrupt Jingnan is!"

Xu Hai couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Zhu Ping'an is to the people of Taiping, just like cooking the ears of a pot, and the people of Jingnan are all cooking. There is no room here, and we can't delay for a moment. Let's go to Taiping County quickly, call the magistrate of Taiping County, and go straight to Jingnan. Let the people of Jingnan get rid of this evil."

Zhang Wenbo took the opportunity to say, urging everyone to set off and go to Jingnan to bring the corrupt official Zhu Pingan to justice.

"Of course."

Peng Cheng and others nodded repeatedly.

Zhu Ping'an was the most important task of their trip, so Xu Hai and others, accompanied by Tan Lun, went straight to Taiping County.

As soon as Xu Hai and others entered the boundary of Taiping County, they found that the situation in Taiping County was much more severe than that of Taizhou City.

There are as many hungry people as cattle and sheep, supporting the old and the young and mourning all over the field. Xu Hai and others saw more than a dozen corpses of the victims who died of starvation. Leaves, bark, grass roots, everything that can be eaten is eaten clean.

"Is this a flood or a drought?" Looking at the tragic scene, Xu Hai and others couldn't help sighing.

The magistrate of Taiping learned that Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou, had come with his official mission from the capital. He organized the subordinate officials of the county government and old wealthy households from the gentry to greet him, and at the same time sent people to drive away the refugees at the north gate of the county to maintain the image.

However, when the magistrate of Taiping County was still organizing at the gate of the city, Xu Hai, Tan Lun and a group of people came. Just in time to see the Taiping county magistrate ordering the guards to push and drive the refugees away and whitewash the appearance.

Seeing this situation, Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help but support his forehead

"I didn't know that the superior and the government officials came to the county, but the subordinate officials failed to welcome them from afar. It's a crime worthy of death"

The magistrate of Taiping County recognized Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou in casual clothes, and knew that the person accompanying him was a businessman from the capital.

"Okay, don't torment the common people, nonsense!" Xu Hai glanced at him, and shouted with displeasure.

It is said that preconceived ideas come first, just because of the scene at the gate of the city, Xu Hai lost his favor for the magistrate of Taiping, and his antipathy increased greatly. Driving away refugees and disaster victims, whitewashing the peace, this kind of local officials who falsify and make superficial articles are the most despised by officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"Yes Yes."

The magistrate of Taiping County was in a panic, and hurriedly ordered the guards to stop.

A whitewashed welcome scene turned into a complete farce, full of hot eyes.

Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, was dissatisfied with the magistrate of Taiping, but seeing the clumsy performance of the magistrate of Taiping, he frowned even more. The magistrate of Taiping County is an official under him, and the magistrate of Taiping County was caught for cheating, and his face was dull.

"I'm waiting for you to come here, I think you know it well. Don't change your casual clothes quickly, and go to Jingnan with us to investigate the Jingnan magistrate Zhu Ping'an's collusion with grain merchants, driving up grain prices, and accepting huge bribes."

Xu Hai waited for the magistrate of Taiping to stop the farce at the city gate, and said to him with a long face.

Sure enough, I came here for Zhu Ping'an. It seems that my memorial has already been listened to by Dasheng, so it's my luck. , I took off my official uniform and put it on in the corner behind the city gate.

Before going to Jingnan, in order to show off and restore the image of the city gate, the magistrate of Taiping specifically asked Xu Hai and others to stop by to see their grain store in Taiping County, showing that he had stabilized the price of grain in Taiping County.

Firstly, they came to Taiping County to welcome them, and secondly, they came to drop by. Xu Hai and others also fulfilled the wish of Taiping County Magistrate.

Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, watched this with cold eyes, and followed Xu Hai and others to inspect the situation in Taiping County.

However, Taiping County is the same as Taizhou Prefecture, or even worse. Although Taiping County has also stabilized the price of grain, the price of grain is 500 yuan per stone, but there is no market for the price. I visited a few grain shops along the way. Like Taizhou, there are no grain prices, no grain to sell, and a lot of grain. All the shops are closed, and only one is still selling grain, which is also limited.

I have seen the grain market, and the black market too. Zhang Guyi, a hundred households in Dongchang, found a black market nearby.

As a result, the price of grain in the black market in Taiping County is even more ridiculously expensive than that in the black market in Taizhou. People scrambled to buy food, several fights happened, and the whole hip was broken.

After coming out of the black market, the magistrate of Taiping had cold sweat on his forehead, and the embarrassment and embarrassment on his face was even worse than that at the city gate. He hurriedly expressed his opinion to Xu Hai and others: "Wait for a handwritten letter from the next official, order the guards to clear up the black market here!"

"Stupid!" Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help scolding the magistrate of Taiping when he heard the words, "The black market has no fixed place to live, like the resurrection of leek cutting, how can it be settled in a short while?! Now the important task of the dispatchers is to check the Jingnan Zhu Ping An's collusion with a grain merchant for corruption, how can I have time to wait here for a handwritten letter from you?!"

"Yes, the lower officials messed up their sense of propriety, and almost missed the mission and the important matters of the government." The magistrate of Taiping hastily bowed and admitted his mistake.

"Let's go to Jingnan."

Xu Hai said expressionlessly.

So a group of people went straight to Jingnan from the south gate of Taiping County. When they left the south gate of Taiping County, they saw a large open space. There was a dark and dilapidated shack in the open space, which seemed to be burned. However, it was supposed to be a gathering place for victims of disasters, but it was burned at this time, and no one lived in it. It was very depressed. Flocks of crows eating carrion were flying and landing in the dilapidated shantytowns, as if there was food for them.

"This was originally a refugee resettlement area set up by the lower officials, but more than ten days ago, the county government had no food for relief. There was a plague here a few days ago, and people dispersed. The lower officials were worried that the plague would spread, so they burned the place. place."

Looking at the probing gazes of Xu Hai and others, including people from Dongchang, Taiping County Magistrate could only explain with a look of embarrassment.

Passing through the resettlement area for the victims, head south all the way to Jingnan.

The road was full of mourning and misery. When we approached Jingnan, the situation was a little better. Although the villages on both sides of the road were in ruins, the villages were all empty. , but with the greenery, the trees and bushes can be preserved.

Going further south, I saw many groups of disaster victims on the road, bringing the old and the young, and seemed to be fleeing in the direction of Jingnan.

Is the direction wrong? ! How to escape to Jingnan, there is a corrupt official Zhu who cannibalizes people without blinking an eye! It's **** on earth now!

"Old men, where are you fleeing?" Xu Hai and others couldn't help but stop a group of victims and asked.

"Of course I will go to Jingnan, and if we go to Jingnan, everyone will have something to eat." Someone among the victims replied with determination and longing.

What? !

When we arrive in Jingnan, everyone has something to eat? !

Are you hungry and stupid? !

Xu Hai and others were astonished, with disbelief on their faces, feeling that these disaster victims are so pitiful that they are going to **** to escape!

(end of this chapter)