eldest son of Ming dynasty

Snapped!
A yamen servant kicked open the gate of the prefect's yamen in Huai'an Prefecture, and two teams rushed in and stood up.

Outside the main entrance, an official with a round collar and a red robe and a black gauze cap came out of a sedan chair. The dignified magistrate's yamen seemed to be out of his sight. He was short in stature, but his face was not angry and majestic, so he walked in calmly.

However, Tian Ruofu wanted to scold who dared to be so bold at first, but when he came out from inside, he only saw a vague figure, and immediately ran out with the hem of his clothes and his head bowed.

"The lower official didn't know that General Cao was coming, and he was far away from welcoming him. Please forgive him."

Snapped!
Although the visitor was short, he could still reach Tian Ruofu who was kneeling on the ground. Such a slap was so crisp and clear that everyone in the yard could hear it. The sound and strength were like a slap on someone's heart.

Then he pointed at Tian Ruofu's head and yelled, "I'm not here for a few days, and you caused such trouble! Tell me about your affairs, which one of you did it beautifully?!"

"Forgive me, sir, forgive me, sir," Tian Ruofu covered his face, as if a big man was about to cry.

He was really unlucky, because the one who lost his temper with him was his immediate boss—Chen Tai, Governor of Water Transport.

This has to deal with the administrative relationship here.

First of all, Nanzhili is divided into two parts, one is the governor of Yingtian, and the other is the governor of Fengyang.The governor of Yingtian is always stationed in Yingtian, that is, Nanjing, and the governor of Fengyang is mostly in Huai'an.

But the governor of Fengyang is generally a part-timer, and there is a long list in front of him.

Chen Tai's full official name at this time should be "Governor of water transportation and admiral of military affairs, governor of Fengyang and other places, and also in charge of river channels".

Water transportation, Fengyang, river courses...all of these are not trivial matters, but the headquarters of the General Cao is indeed in Huai'an.

Because the city of Huai'an was a proper hub city in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The northwest of Nanjing is Fengyang, and the northeast is Huai'an. If the focus of Fengyang is military, then the focus of Huai'an is water transportation.

Because Huai'an is the confluence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Huaihe River, all merchant ships coming and going will stop at Huai'an.

Secondly, the national fortunes of the Ming and Qing dynasties were bound together with the water transport. For this reason, there was a special governor of the water transport, and the governor's office was in Huai'an.

In addition, during the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River and entered the sea. Until the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River passed through Huai'an and entered the sea for more than 600 years.

However, the Yellow River was flooded. In the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River was relatively infested, so the Governor of Water Transport also had the word "concurrently in charge of the river course". Of course, if such a major flood really happened, the imperial court would temporarily send a commissioner to deal with it.

Afterwards, from the Jia and Wannian years of the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River began to go crazy. Emperor Kangxi also regarded the governance of the Yellow River as his three major careers, so one person really cannot hold several jobs.

The Ming court first began to separate the river and the water during the Chenghua period. Of course, they were combined later, and the separation and reunification were repeated several times. Finally, from the late Wanli period until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the river and the water were always separated, and it was the same in the Qing Dynasty.
The governor of the river and its governor's mansion are also in Huai'an.

There are not many governors in the world, but for a long time, there were two in Huai'an, which shows the key to this geographical location.

To this day, there is still an ancient road of the Yellow River in Huai'an City, and the locals call it the "Abandoned Yellow River". The two incidents of the river and the Cao River also left two scenic spots, the Jiangnan River Governor's Office and the Water Transport Governor's Mansion.

So at this time, Chen Tai is not only the governor of water transport, but also the governor of Fengyang and also in charge of the river. Such an official position... If the imperial court wants to transfer the governor of water transport, it usually needs to be selected from among the servants.

This was still the Ming Dynasty, but in the Qing Dynasty, river channels and water transportation became more and more important, so they had to be second-rank officials.

For an official of this level, slapping Tian Ruofu, the magistrate, is really a trivial matter. Not to mention slapping him, it is even more outrageous. As long as he says, Tian Ruofu has to do it honestly.

It's just that Tian Ruofu was really wronged. He was working hard, and he didn't know what happened, so he was slapped for no reason. Looking at Chen Tai who was shaking his sleeves, he accompanied carefully and said:
"Your official, I don't know what has offended the Chief Cao. Please give me your instructions, and this official will correct it immediately!"

"I don't even know it. Do you know that because of your incident, Jingli sent a cabinet to come down!"

"Ah! Master Ge is coming?!"

Tian Ruofu was so shocked by this news that his jaw dislocated, and he couldn't speak for a few breaths.

"President, Chief Cao, lower officials, lower officials..."

"Don't be demoted again!" Chen Tai scolded angrily, "What an idiot, why did Beijing send people down to investigate the case? Isn't it just because a memorial from the county magistrate got into the eyes of the Holy Majesty? Do you think that so many officials have left Beijing, so the Holy Majesty won't give his nod? But you, at this time, charged him with a crime and sent him to prison! Now this person can't be killed or let go. He can't care about his head, but he can't care about his back. It's extremely stupid and absurd!"

"Go!" Chen Tai pointed at him, "Send someone to release him!"

Tian Ruofu's lips were trembling, and he said in a mournful voice, "President, Chief Cao, but he did run out of grain storage, and that's true!"

"Do you know the truth yourself! This person has no foundation here, so naturally he can talk nonsense as you like. Those stupid geese from Beijing only want to protect themselves and won't get into it with you, but once the boss arrives, what are you going to talk about?
Who transported the [-] shi of grain, where did it go, and who will take over? Have you killed all the people inside and outside?Or is it that the magistrate of Qingjiangpu can hold on in front of elder Ge? ! "

Chen Tai's words were like a heavy hammer hitting his heart.

In a high position and an important minister of the country, his brains must not be inferior to his.

After talking about it this way, I feel that the crime I have planted has many loopholes, and the biggest loophole is that there are many people who have dealt with it.

He is still the magistrate, and these people can't speak for themselves and the whole family, but if he is taken down, it will be difficult to speak.

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Chen Tai ordered himself angrily. He pointed to the people in the magistrate's yamen and said, "I will say it again, go and let him go. If you lose a finger, none of you can afford it!"

Tian Ruofu hadn't spoken yet, but he shrank like a tortoise. The people below looked left and right, but they still followed Zongcao's instructions.

After all, this official is too big.

In fact, Tian Ruofu is now a little hopeless.

How could the dignified Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang stand up for a small magistrate of Shanyang County? They must have seen the direction of the wind and started to stand in line.

The reason for standing in line is also obvious, and Jingli became suspicious.

It's a pity that he can't stand up to this team.

……

……

When Xie Guangxie and Liu Chun heard that Mr. Ge was coming, they immediately felt very bad.

"Could it be that there is something wrong with the memorials we went up?!"

Liu Chun carefully thought about what he had written. They came to investigate the case of deducting wages, and all the replies were related to it. After consulting the people, it was indeed the case, but the account books of the Shaofu were complete, and they paid the money. In other words, the problem lay with the engineering team.

According to the general case,

If there is no particular voice in the palace, then they will close the case.

Arrest the members of the engineering team, copy their wealth, and then distribute some to the people, and distribute the excess.

This way everyone is safe and sound.

As for Zhang Cong's storage of grain in that warehouse, it was Tian Ruofu's fault, he shit and wiped his own ass.

Anyway, when the people received the money, their task was completed.

But now the imperial court's reaction is that elder Ge came down directly, which is not good.

This at least directly shows that the emperor is quite dissatisfied with this, otherwise he would not have reacted so quickly and violently.

What are you dissatisfied with?

"The case was investigated lightly," Liu Chun said.

Chen Ding also thought so, "A county magistrate who wants to sue the Shaofu regardless of his life must be groundless. If it's just a matter of a few engineering teams, even a ninth-rank magistrate can get money for the people from their iron teeth. There must still be a government presence."

Xie Guangxie nodded again and again, "That's right! The Shaofu's account still needs to be investigated! The prefect of Huai'an Prefecture also has problems. He must send Zhang Cong to prison at this time. Why? This case is full of doubts, and it is indeed inappropriate to close the case hastily. Fortunately, the memorial we submitted is not closed, but the current situation is the case. Next, we will investigate more carefully."

"It's our duty to find out what's going on here," Liu Chun added.

simply put,
Now at this juncture, they are about to start to "disembark".

"Xie Fuxian, Liu Shilang, the officials thought that Zhang Cong, the magistrate of Shanyang County, should be released immediately. He didn't know the seriousness, and he would not casually submit the letter of withholding wages. Since he did, he must rely on something. Otherwise, how is this different from suicide? Therefore, the officials feel that if we want to investigate this case clearly, we still need to rely on their strength."

Both bosses nodded.

"Come on! Go to the magistrate's office!"

It's easy for a dignified imperial envoy to catch someone.

It's just that when they rushed to the magistrate's yamen in a hurry, they didn't even look at Zong Cao's back.

When I caught someone inside and asked, I realized that someone took Zhang Cong away before them.

This Chen Tai did have some skills, at least he reacted faster than them.

However, as ministers of the Ministry of Punishment and the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they can still enter the gate of the Governor of Water Transport.

So he changed his way to the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport a few miles away.

And this time,
Zhang Cong had already been unshackled and changed into clothes, and then was led to Chen Tai.

Chen Tai was sitting in the pavilion at the end of the corridor.

Zhang Cong was fortunate enough to have seen him several times from a distance, so he still recognized him, so he immediately knelt down, "Criminal Zhang Cong, pay my respects to Chief Cao."

"Get up." Chen Tai's face was wide and fat, his flesh was puffy, and his voice intentionally leaked a bit of kindness, "Your word is Bingyong, and you have been a Jinshi in Bingyin Division in the first year, and you have been in Renshanyang for three years, right?"

"It's been three and a half years since I returned to Zongcao."

"Do you know why I saved you?"

"I don't know."

"There are not many admonishing officials in the world. If you dare to go to that letter, this official will know that you are an extraordinary person. In addition to being the chief cao, this official is also the governor of Fengyang and acting on behalf of the emperor. In addition to defending the people, there are also recommending officials. You are not ready to die."

When Zhang Cong first entered the officialdom, he only felt that the Governor of Water Transport in front of him was upright, and that he had saved his life. Naturally, he couldn't hide his excitement, "Criminal Zhang Cong, thank you Zongcao for saving your life and reminding you! The kindness of Zongcao is like a rebirth of a parent, and the next official will definitely repay him in this life!"

"Hahaha. I still expect you, a county magistrate, to repay you?" Chen Tai stroked his beard and laughed, and helped him stand up. "Bingyong, you are not guilty, and you don't need to call yourself a criminal official. You just need to remember that you should investigate and report the case of wage embezzlement by officials in the Shaofu. It doesn't matter how many officials are involved. At worst, I will report it to Your Majesty!"

When Zhang Cong heard that this was a platform for himself, he became even more excited, "I will obey the order!"

Chen Tai felt more at ease, and the cabinet was old, this matter must have attracted the emperor's attention.He knew the emperor's character, and at this time, instead of trying to fight against him, it's better to create a good image of himself.

As for him coming to report to His Majesty?
Where is it needed? No matter how big things Zhang Cong caused, there would still be Ge Laowang, who would report to the emperor.