Great Ye Empress

Chapter 227
Li Shaoqing pulled a tumbler and sat down beside Xie Yunchu, while eating cakes and drinking soup, he said: "I have already sent someone out to investigate this matter, such a large amount of grain... Only grain merchants from all over the world can swallow it. Check the accounts of these grain merchants, and you can always find out where these grain merchants get their grain."

"Master Li, come and see this..." Xie Yunchu put the meatloaf aside, and pushed the ledger of the Taiyuan Mansion's granary in front of Li Shaoqing, "It is normal for the granary to wear out, but this kind of gradual wear and tear increases, I am afraid it is not Is it normal? Not to mention the granary of the imperial court... it is the granary of our Xie clan. There was a loss in the first year, and there must be a way to improve it in the second year. I can’t guarantee that there will be no loss in the second year, but it must be the first year. Less than a year!"

Xie Yunchu looked at Li Shaoqing: "The Ministry of Household sends out to inspect the granary every year, didn't they find out, and there is no punishment?"

Li Shaoqing flipped through the ledger and frowned.

"Food is the most important thing for the people... Food is the most important thing. If I remember correctly, the court's punishment for this is ranging from being slapped to prison, and in severe cases, beheaded and exiled." Xie Yunchu was familiar with the laws of Daye. I still know, "How dare Yu Si and the officials in charge of the granary dare to be so careless?"

Li Shaoqing nodded and said, "This is indeed a problem, but now we are investigating a case of disaster relief and corruption. When this case is over, your Censor Desk can make comments to His Majesty."

"Master Li, you don't understand what I mean. What I mean is that someone in the Ministry of Housing colluded with Secretary Yu to cover for Secretary Yu, so this time... Is it possible that Secretary Yu is covering for the corrupt people in the Ministry of Housing?" Xie Yunchu's black-and-white eyes were clear and clear, "Several batches of food with such a huge amount of food for disaster relief in Qinzhou and Minzhou, it would be difficult for the grain merchants in Da Ye to digest them all at once, especially when they are still in the limelight of disaster relief. To adjust grains, grain merchants from all over the country have donated several batches of resources, whether they are forced or resourced, and the sum of these amounts is so huge!"

"The price of commodities fluctuates up and down, which is related to the demand and supply, but the price of food does not seem to drop, but it has risen a lot because of the disaster. If so... Where did the food go? Will the food for disaster relief be fundamental? If you didn't leave the granary, Yu Si is covering up for the people in the household department?"

Xie Yunchu's white fingers tapped on the table, asking questions.

Li Shaoqing listened to Xie Yunchu's orders, and his heart beat was extremely fast.

In other words, this court is going to be rotten.

no, it's rotten...

Just relying on a grain of rice for the disaster relief, and not a single copper plate was used on the victims, you can see how corrupt this court is!
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was also a case of corruption and disaster relief, but what was delivered to the common people was not rice, but chaff... it was moldy rice, anyway, the common people could eat and wrap their stomachs, but Da Ye did disaster relief...

Xie Yunchu's remarks stopped the officials who were looking at the account books and looked at the top-ranking scholar of Sanyuanji.

"Could it be that the grain merchants colluded and hoarded strangely?" an official asked.

"Although it is possible, the amount of grain is too large. I don't think it is feasible, but... grain merchants still have to check!" Xie Yunchu looked at Li Shaoqing, "But, this time, the granary for disaster relief and grain adjustment cannot be leaked, and it must be Send someone to investigate! And the household officials who have gone to inspect the granary all these years, all have to be detained before the case is over..."

If you go to check these granaries, you can't leak the wind in advance. If you leak the wind, they will transfer the grain, or even burn it down with a big fire...

For corrupt officials, being greedy will cost their lives.

And these food, I don't know how many people in the disaster-stricken areas can be saved!
After examining the dizzy Censor Niu for a day, he heard Xie Yunchu's series of speculations as soon as he walked to the door.

"The officials of the household department who went to inspect the granary will be detained. From the year when they found out that something was wrong in the ledger... The officials who inspected the granary should also come back!" Niu Yushi put on the official hat in the crook of his arm and glanced at the house. All the officials in the room, "Everyone in this room is not allowed to go out for half a step, and no one is allowed to come in before I come back!"

Censor Niu also knew that the matter could not be disclosed, so he straightened his official hat: "You guys should check now to see which granaries in the locality have problems!"

Having said that, the Censor Niu stepped out and brought up the Ministry of Household officials who had just been tried, and tried again.

As soon as the emperor got up, Eunuch Gao came to report, saying that Yushi Niu had something very important to report to the emperor before the early court.

The emperor asked the general to invite people in.

Censor Niu told the emperor what Xie Yunchu discovered and suspected today.

"Wei Chen arraigned the officials of the household department overnight, and some things came out. Wei Chen thought... I still have to send people to check the granaries in various places, so as to know where the grain has gone, and then find out the grain and send it to the disaster-stricken. This place! It can also pull out the worms in the court!" Niu Yushi looked up at the emperor who had already put on the court clothes, "The soldiers are very fast, Wei Chen wants the officials of the Censor Terrace to set off, and I came here to meet His Majesty. Ask for an order, and if there is a problem, ask the local defense generals to escort the criminal to Bianjing to prevent the criminal from being killed on the way."

The emperor pursed his lips and said, "Just do as you say! You go to Guo Shangshu to give orders, and say it's what I mean."

The Minister of War, Mr. Guo, has a very upright temperament. If he knew what the Imperial Censor Niu was going to do, he would definitely not hesitate, let alone what the emperor meant.

Early in the morning, Censor Niu looked at the granary that Xie Yunchu and Li Shaoqing had found out of question, looked at the officials standing in the room, and said, "It is said that soldiers are expensive and fast, so this official intends to let you all set off for these problematic granaries immediately. The granary, go check it! If you find the problem and find all the food, that is a great achievement! You are the benefactor of the disaster victims! This official will definitely remember your credit! If there is a problem with the granary you checked, this official will only Just ask!"

"This officer has already sent someone to inform your family members to pack up for you. After a while, you will go home with your staff and leave immediately after making arrangements. Remember not to tell your family members where you are going or what you are doing, or you may be killed." Niu The censor said, handing over the transfer order to Xie Yunchu and letting Xie Yunchu send it on, "You two and two, it is important to investigate the case, and you must take care of your own safety."

After Xie Yunchu sent out the order given by the Ministry of War to let him escort the prisoner, he took an extra copy and handed it back to the Censor Niu.

"You take this piece. Someone must go to the disaster-stricken place, so Li Shaoqing has to go to the disaster-affected place to check. The granary of Taiyuan House... I will give it to you to check it. You can go there alone with the censors, dare you?" Censor Niu asked Xie Yunchu.

(End of this chapter)