After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 158
"What for the dead ghost? Please explain clearly." Ye Qinghuai said.

Zhang Genggui raised his head and said: "Most of the grain on the plateau is rice, which needs to be turned over before storage. But the speed of turning over the sun is far behind the speed of storage, so there is a warehouse with a yellow roof in the north. It is specially used to collect grain and dry it, and the new grain will be stored there first when it is shipped, and then it will be sorted and put into storage after the drying is completed.”

"Two months after the autumn harvest every year is the time to store grain. After this time, it stands to reason that there will be no more grain trucks coming in and out. But the warehouse where the grain is dried, there are grain trucks coming in and out all year round. At the beginning of each month , There will be a convoy going in and out to transport grain, and a dozen teams of convoys will pull all night, and they will unload and load from that warehouse every time."

"How much food can a team of more than a dozen teams pull?" Ye Qinghuai had no idea about this.

"If it is full, there will be more than 1 stones." Zhang Genggui said.

"Ten thousand stones?" Ye Qinghuai asked in surprise.

There are only 200 million shi of grain in the entire warehouse, and more than 1 shi have to be removed overnight. If you use the usual small carts of farmers, it will take hundreds of cars to say the least.

"The entry and exit of these grains are recorded in the account books of the warehouse as old grains replaced by new ones, and the officials have always believed it to be true. However, recently, the officials thought about it carefully, and the warehouse where the grains are dried is full of new grains that have not been dried. What old food is there?" Zhang Genggui said.

He spoke swearingly, but Ye Qinghuai heard something strange.

Since it is "always believed to be true", why do you suddenly become suspicious?
Ye Qinghuai asked: "Have you looked through the food that is traded in?"

Zhang Genggui shook his head, and said: "The food guards are all Governor Xue's personal soldiers, and no one else can get close."

"Then how do you know that those food teams are not trading in old ones for new ones?"

Zhang Genggui heard the suspicion in Ye Qinghuai's words, his heart tightened suddenly, and he cried out quickly: "Your Majesty, I heard it with my own ears, and I can't be wrong."

"Where did you hear that?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

Zhang Genggui looked troubled, hesitated and refused to speak, as if he was thinking about what to say and what not to say.

Ye Qinghuai's gaze never moved away from him. Seeing that he had scruples, she said, "If you know everything, I will forgive you. But if you conceal it, you are deceiving the emperor."

This Zhang Genggui is obviously a coward. When he heard the word "deceive the emperor", his body softened and he fell on the ground, speaking quickly: "Your official must know everything, and he will never dare to hide anything! Your official Although his knowledge is not as good as that of Mr. Jingzhong, he has studied for a few years and knows the principles of how to behave. After being promoted by Governor Xue, the subordinate officer thought... If a person wants to repay his kindness, he brought some wild goods from his hometown. Find a chance to give it to Governor Xue..."

Dajing expressly forbids bribing officials, and Zhang Genggui naturally knows this, so he hesitated when he said this, and his words were very euphemistic.

After he finished speaking, he carefully looked at Ye Qinghuai's complexion, seeing that her complexion was as usual, without anger, he relaxed a little, and continued: "Governor Xue is usually busy with work, and there are always people coming and going around me. The lower official couldn't find a suitable opportunity, so he found a time to wait for him in his room when there was no one around after the break. It turned out that Governor Xue had a guest that day, and the lower official was waiting in the room when he heard Xue The governor and the guests were walking towards the room while they were talking, and they happened to mention the name of the lower official, and the lower official was nervous for a moment, so he hid."

"What did they say about you?"

"They talked for a long time. Governor Xue first said that the lower official is a safe person, and he reassured the other party. Then... then he talked about Wang Yunzhong and the granary..."

When he said this, his voice changed, as if he remembered something terrible.

Seeing his faltering, Ye Qinghuai said: "What did they say, you tell me verbatim, and I will be the master for you."

"Your Majesty, they silenced the king's book, and they set the fire in the granary! They said... They said that Wang Yunzhong didn't know what's good and what's wrong, and that he deliberately allocated the problematic grain in the sub-storage to the Ministry of War. The matter got serious, and they said... They also said that those who knew about it were disposed of in the fire... By the way, they also said that if something happened to the east window, they would let the lower officials take the blame, and even made the fake accounts with signatures and pledges! Your Majesty, Your Majesty is really just a small clerk, without any knowledge!"

He looked terrified, and he spoke faster and faster, as if there was some evil spirit chasing after him. Tears welled up in his eyes at the end, obviously frightened.

Ye Qinghuai's complexion turned from sunny to cloudy, then plummeted, so dark that it couldn't be darker.

"Who was talking to Xue Song? Do you know?"

Zhang Genggui shook his head again and again: "I don't know, I'm not from the warehouse. I'm in the back room, I dare not poke my head out, and I didn't see anyone coming."

He thought about it, and then said: "But I heard that Governor Xue called him 'Young Master', and his attitude was very respectful. It was that Young Master who gave him instructions. Also, that Young Master mentioned repeatedly that we must not delay The monthly ration team routinely transports rations."

Ye Qinghuai frowned.

The governor of Cangchang is a third-rank official of the imperial court, and there are not many people who can order him to do things like this in Shengjing.This person is probably Xue Song's backer, and he is also the biggest beneficiary of the adulteration of the granary.

"Heh, 'routine' food delivery..." Ye Qinghuai sneered and murmured.

"Your Majesty, I was really wronged!" Seeing Ye Qinghuai's expression suddenly changed, Zhang Genggui immediately kowtowed and shouted for injustice.

When he shouted, Ye Qinghuai turned his gaze back to him.

"Why didn't these matters be reported to the Yamen and the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

Zhang Genggui was stunned for a moment, as if he had never thought of reporting to officials.

He cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, the master lord holds evidence that they mishandled the official food, and the death is still unclear. The official is a small eighth-rank document, and there is no one to sue the third-rank officials with empty words. ? If Governor Xue and the others know, how can the lower officials survive?"

Ye Qinghuai frowned.

Seeing the change in Ye Qinghuai's expression, Zhang Genggui immediately said: "Your Majesty, you are different from them. You are the body of a real dragon with piercing eyes. You must be able to tell the truth of what I say. Your Majesty, I don't want to be promoted and get rich. As the Governor of Cangchang, I only ask His Majesty to give the next official a clean slate."

After speaking, he kowtowed again.

His words were sincere, and it could be heard that he really didn't want to be the governor of the warehouse.

Ye Qinghuai sighed lightly. In his eyes, this third-rank governor of warehouses is probably a hot potato.

This Zhang Genggui is probably the only insider now, he is very crucial to this case, Ye Qinghuai was thinking about how to deal with him, when someone knocked on the door suddenly.

(End of this chapter)