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Chapter 513 Zhang Cong
The reason why Zhu Houzhao said he wanted to see his fineness.

It is because Zhang Cong is really powerful in history.

It's just that a big ceremony makes people think he looks like a political opportunist, and it's just that mainstream literati look down on this kind of person the most.

In addition, after he became the first assistant, his methods were particularly drastic.

Especially with regard to land annexation and rectification of the administration of officials, Zhang Cong was quite tough in solving it. According to historical records, "Qing Xun Qi Zhuangtian dismissed the guarding officials, all officials obeyed the law, Baoju Road was cut off, and the country was governed."

Which of the officials who do these two things can escape the literati's pen?
In fact, many later generations also compared Zhang Cong with Zhang Juzheng when they investigated Zhang Cong's official and human behavior.Some people even think that Zhang Juzheng's corruption performance is actually not as good as that of Zhang Cong.

Zhang Cong is a clean and honest official.

Because of this style, he went up and down a few times, and the few times he left Beijing, he was like a cold scholar.

However, officialdom changes people a lot. The same person is not the same in his 30s and 40s.

Even if they are all the same, it is impossible for Zhu Houzhao to raise a county magistrate suddenly.Human ability itself is to be exercised and manifested in the wind and waves.

For Zhang Cong himself, he was very satisfied when he first served as the magistrate of Shanyang County.

Zhang Cong was born in Chenghua for 11 years and is 35 years old now.He doesn't have any powerful parents, but he is fairly intelligent and studious, so he is famous for his talents when he is young.

It's a pity that he entered the imperial examination in Beijing many times in a row, but failed to get a Jinshi.For a child from an ordinary family, in his twenties, he still studies every day, and after finishing his studies, he is still not a Jinshi. This is actually a lot of pressure.

From the situation at that time to being a county magistrate at this time, how can he not be satisfied?
It is also because it is not easy to come by, so Zhang Cong cherishes it even more. He thinks that the official is still hardworking.

Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture is an area of ​​the Jianghuai Plain, with a lot of arable land and a large population. One thousand and ten thousand is farming and grain.

However, after several investigations, he found that the big families in the county often occupy a hundred hectares of land, but the living people have no place to stand.

Moreover, the relationship in the county is complicated, even in his own yamen, there are many people who always talk to the big family.

Zhang Cong didn't care about this. In the first year of Zhengde, there was a case of land occupation in Shanyang County. He resolutely protected the people, but he didn't award the land to a few big families.

The matter went to the governor of Fengyang,

At that time, Yangzhou and Huai'an attracted the attention of the imperial court because of the salt industry. Jin Yiwei and Yu Shi often came to investigate, but no one dared to commit crimes against the wind.

After this case, Zhang Cong became famous.

In the second year of Zhengde, the imperial court decided to build a wide road between the north and the south Zhili.

Zhang Cong had stayed in the capital, and he had seen with his own eyes how the imperial court used this method to solve the livelihood problems of the poor people, so he quickly realized that this was an opportunity.

After that, there was active operation and coordination. Many people in Shanyang County joined the engineering team, and they could earn a few wages with a lot of effort.

This kind of farming and work has been done by him, the county magistrate, and of course it has some effect.

It's just that after three years of Zhengde, the situation gradually deteriorated.

The engineering team no longer settles wages on time. At the beginning, it was delayed for three to five days because they had no money. Fortunately, it will be fine after a while. The common people are not good at making trouble, so let it go.But after that, it was seven or eight days, and then ten days and a half months...

In the winter of the third year of Zhengde, the wages for three or four months were often not settled.

During the Spring Festival, it was said that it could be finished after the festival.

When the time comes, it will be over, and only a little bit, so the common people will naturally not want it.

Zhang Cong's county government also began to become 'lively', with complaints filed every now and then.

For this reason, he has approached the officials and engineering team of the Shaofu, but no one is willing to hand over the money. Submitting the memorial is his last action, and it is also an action to lift the table.

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There was a reaction there.

In the cabinet, the Shaofu set up several official clean-up departments. The section in charge belongs to the fortification clean-up department, and the official clean-up department has sub-projects, and each project has a doctor.

Linear projects like this need to be managed in sections, so under the doctor's office, the government is the boundary, and each has a master.

Huai'an Mansion has a master.

His seat is also in Sanyo.Sanyang was originally the seat of the government.

The name of the person in charge was Yan Liwen, and he left the door in a hurry after receiving the news that morning.

The direction to go is the government office of the prefect of Huai'an.

In the backyard, he showed things to others.

"The court's decree is to send people down to investigate this matter. Prefect Tian, ​​this is your territory, and it is your responsibility to guard it. You should have an idea!"

Tian Ruofu, the magistrate of Huai'an, was eating porridge with pickles, but he put down his chopsticks to see the note, and never picked up his chopsticks again.

"Why does this make me responsible for guarding the land? This matter is a matter of road construction, and the road construction is in charge of the Shaofu. How can I guard the land?"

"How to keep the soil?" Mentioning this Yan Liwen still got angry, "Is that Zhang Cong, the magistrate of Shanyang County, your subordinate? Is it under your control? He poked this basket in the memorial, even if he greeted him Don't fight with your boss?"

"What does Zhixian Yan mean by this? Could it be that I secretly instigated it?!"

The two exchanged a few words, but that was all, they took all the money, there would be no such thing as a traitor, and no one would make things difficult for themselves.

"Can this county magistrate of Shanyang be removed?" Yan Liwen thought of a rough solution.

"Remove people at this time? There is no silver 300 taels here, even if there is nothing to do, there should be something to do. Besides, even if it is only a seventh-rank magistrate, he is also an official ordered by the court. Unless it is a serious crime such as treason, otherwise even this official cannot easily remove him from his post."

"There is no way?"

Tian Ruofu, the governor of Huai'an, got up and walked around. He stroked his goatee and didn't speak for a long time.

In fact, I was anxious, Huai'an Mansion was not far from the capital, and the people sent would arrive soon.

"Master Yan, who did the imperial court send down? It's unlikely that Shang Shu and Shi Lang will come here in person for such things."

"On this point, I will inquire carefully when I go back. Now I only know that someone has come down and who it is, and the cabinet has not made a list."

Tian Ruofu thought for a long time, and finally began to say, "No matter who it is, we still have to deal with it that way. In the end, we have to deal with two people, one is the person who came down from above, and the other is the magistrate of Shanyang. The county magistrate is easy to handle, he acts aggressively and offends a lot of people, so it is not difficult to accuse him of several crimes. What is difficult is the people who come down from above."

"Fu Zun means that the following matters cannot be resolved." Yan Liwen narrowed his narrow eyes, "What if the money is not good enough to stop their mouths?"

"Money alone is not enough. It is to keep the case from being investigated."

When this threshold is reached, the smaller the case, the worse it is, the bigger the better, and the bigger the case, the greater the impact, and most people have to worry about it.

Yan Liwen thought for a moment, "This case... can't be said to be small. How dare you and I have such courage? Leave this matter to me."

The division of labor between the two is relatively clear.

In addition, Tian Ruofu also reminded, "The account books that should be there must be done well, and don't show your feet on it."

"So...wages are paid or not?"

"Let's ask those foremen a little. If we really want to ask, let's explain that the salary has been delayed for a few days for some reason, and it has been made up now. As for the foremen, tell them that we will compensate them later. "

Yan Liwen was also a little worried, "Tian Fuzun, you have to keep an eye on where to check after people come, so that you can prepare in advance. It's best to let them not find anything!"

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This afternoon, Tian Ruofu went directly to Zhang Cong.

There was a lot of turmoil, and those who didn't know thought something big had happened.

Although Zhang Cong has a tough personality, he still has to abide by the basic official rules, so he went out of the lobby to greet him.
"Your official has seen Tian Fuzun."

"Zhangzhi County, order your men and horses, and follow me to count the warehouses in the county to store grain!"

Zhang Cong was surprised, "Master Tianfu, the grain storage in the warehouse in Shanyang County should be 1 shi. Last year, there were disasters in the villages of Banshi, Daxing, and Zhangji in Jiangpu County in the Qing Dynasty, so they borrowed [-] shi. Now There are [-] shi of surplus grain, all of which are in the account book, and the lord of the government can check it out."

Tian Ruofu turned around with his hands behind his back, "I lent it to Qingjiangpu County? Which yamen, which boss, when and when did I ask you to borrow food?"

"What does Fu Zun mean by this? It is in this county government office that Fu Zun came to tell the subordinate officials that the disaster victims are waiting to be fed, and the subordinate officials are following the orders of Fu Zun."

"Bold!!" a middle-aged man behind Tian Ruofu yelled, "Preparing grain storage is a matter of life and death. You said that the magistrate ordered you to borrow grain?"

Zhang Cong was dumbfounded, "There is no decree. But at that time, the situation was urgent, the governor opened his mouth, and the subordinate officials followed suit. How could there be a decree for grain adjustment?"

"Since there is no such thing, how dare you say it was ordered by the Fu Zun?! It is clearly your own decision!"

Zhang Cong understood in an instant that this was a crime of intentional crime, so there was nothing wrong with it!
"Tian Fuzun, you don't see a subordinate official in your eyes. The subordinate official knows it, but if you turn black and white and frame the subordinate official, it is impossible! There is a holy son in the court, and the world is clear, so you must consider the importance of the speech !"

"Bold! This officer will join you in the crime of reselling grain storage!"

Zhang Cong was very angry, "Even if this matter is in front of the imperial court, the lower officials will have to argue with reason. The people in Qingjiangpu County can all witness it!"

Tian Ruofu narrowed his eyes and laughed, "Without an order, there will be no witnesses. You open your mouth and say that the victims of the disaster in Jiangpu County in Qingjiang ate the grain you borrowed, and who is the grain purchased with the funds allocated by the magistrate's office?" Have you eaten?"

Zhang Cong's face turned red and white for a while.

He knew that these people were bad, but he didn't expect them to be so bad.

"I know, you are regretful because I participated in the deduction of wages for the North-South Zhili Road Project when I went to the court! I will call you Fu Zun again. Today is a very smart person. You just want to get rich when you become an official. Sooner or later Something is going to happen!"

Tian Ruofu didn't care, didn't he get rich when he was an official?
That's still a fucking bird officer.

(End of this chapter)