I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 421 Scapegoat

Zhejiang, Ningbo port.

At this moment, Zheng Michang was looking gloomy, and walked out of the yamen of the Maritime Trade Department.

The development of the matter did not exceed his previous expectations. After learning of his intentions, the officials of the Maritime Trade Department not only rejected him without hesitation, but also taunted him.

"Damn, these dog officials, don't fall into my hands, otherwise, let's see how I deal with you!"

I saw Zheng Michang turned around, looked at the Yamen of the Maritime Trade Department behind him, clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth.

Seeing Zheng Michang coming out of the Office of Maritime Trade Department, the guard in charge of guarding his safety hurriedly greeted him, and asked Zheng Michang: "My lord, let's go next..."

It's just that before the guard could finish speaking, he was coldly interrupted by Zheng Bichang.

"Let's go back to the Governor's Mansion!"

"Yes, my lord!"

……

After three days of traveling day and night, Zheng Michang finally returned to the Governor's Mansion.

Soon after Zheng Michang returned to the Governor's Mansion, he ordered his subordinates to summon He Maocai and others to the Governor's Mansion's meeting hall, and he wanted to tell them the news face to face.

The subordinates quickly took orders to leave, and soon after, He Maocai, Ma Ningyuan, and Gao Hanwen came to the meeting hall of the Governor's Mansion together. When they saw the exhausted Zheng Michang sitting on the main seat, they had guesses in their hearts .

Seeing the three people approaching, Zheng Michang pointed to the vacant seat beside him, and immediately spoke.

"Sit, everyone sit!"

Everyone quickly sat down in their respective seats. After that, Zheng Michang cleared his throat before speaking unhurriedly.

"As you can see, after hearing about my intention to come, the officials of the Maritime Trade Department categorically rejected my request!"

When Zheng Michang said this, his tone was full of helplessness: "It seems that we have to think about it carefully to see if there is any other way to overcome the current difficulties."

As soon as Zheng Michang's words fell, everyone immediately fell into silence, and the current situation was almost incomprehensible.

After all, food cannot be transformed out of thin air. If the food is transported from the capital, the time will not catch up at all. Even if the time can be caught up, Qingliu will definitely hinder it, preventing the food from reaching Zhejiang.

As for the provinces adjacent to Zhejiang, from the current point of view, there is not much food to mobilize.

Moreover, even if there is surplus food, the current ranks of Zheng Michang, He Maocai and others cannot be called to help others. After all, those who have the power to mobilize food are the governors of a province, and they are veritable frontiersmen. big official.

In other words, Zheng Michang, He Maocai and others do not have this qualification at all!
Seeing that things were about to fall into a predicament, Zheng Michang looked away helplessly and said with emotion.

"Oh, if only the governor hadn't set off to suppress the Japanese!"

Zheng Michang's voice fell, and Ma Ningyuan beside him added.

"Starting from Hangzhou, it will take at least ten days to reach Jingning. If you count the delay on the road and the time it takes to wipe out the Japanese pirates, if there is no accident, the teacher should be leading the army back on the way."

Ma Ningyuan's voice fell, and He Maocai and Gao Hanwen on the side also expressed their agreement.

"Yes, in a short time, the governor will not be able to come back for the time being, we have to find a way by ourselves!"

After that, Zheng Michang suppressed his chaotic thoughts, and immediately asked everyone.

"By the way, has anything happened during my absence in recent days?"

He Maocai on the side heard this, and after thinking for a moment, he immediately responded: "After the relief food was distributed, those mulberry farmers lived in peace for a few days, and they didn't gather together to make trouble for the time being!"

After that, He Maocai frowned as if remembering something, and then added: "However, in recent days, there are two rumors that have been widely circulated in the city."

"One is that people from the government gave the relief food that should have belonged to those mulberry farmers to Tanmo, and the second rumor is that there is not so much relief food in the warehouse!"

When He Maocai said this, he was not angry at all, and turned to say in a deep voice: "This group of unscrupulous people is really hateful. The government kindly distributed relief food to them, and they actually spread rumors and slandered the image of the government. What a shame! His heart can be punished!"

"These gangsters don't care about the government's difficulties at all. Who cares about their little relief food?"

After listening to He Maocai's narration, Zheng Michang keenly sensed something was wrong, and immediately turned to the crowd and said.

"The relief food distributed to those mulberry farmers last time can only last for five or six days at most."

"And when the time comes, those sang farmers will starve and starve, and if they don't keep them together, they will rise up and make trouble. At that time, coupled with the instigation of this rumor, I'm afraid there will be big trouble!"

After Zheng Michang's analysis, all the people present also understood the seriousness of the matter, especially Ma Ningyuan who was at the side, his face was full of panic, and he hurriedly asked.

"Then what should we do next, it's impossible, just let things happen like this?"

Zheng Michang waved to Ma Ningyuan, signaling him not to panic, and then unhurriedly offered his proposal.

"Since those sangnong think that the people from the government are greedy for the relief food that should belong to them, then we might as well take advantage of this matter and take the initiative to introduce a scapegoat to appease their anger!"

"In this way, the whole matter can be controlled within an acceptable range, and the grievances accumulated by those Sannong in recent days can be vented on the scapegoat."

When Zheng Michang said this, he paused for a moment, then looked at the crowd and asked back.

"In this way, no one will pay attention. Is there enough food in the warehouse?"

As soon as Zheng Michang's words fell, He Maocai on the side followed closely to express his approval. He slapped his thigh suddenly, his eyes were full of excitement: "Well, this is a good idea!"

After this, Ma Ningyuan turned to raise his own doubts: "But where should I find this scapegoat?"

Hearing this, Zheng Michang looked confident, and turned to say: "Don't worry, I already have a specific candidate!"

Seeing this situation, Gao Hanwen moved his lips slightly, but after much deliberation, he finally did not choose to speak.

And Zheng Michang, who was sitting at the top, seemed to have noticed Gao Hanwen's behavior, and immediately comforted him: "Don't worry, the scapegoat I pushed out is definitely not innocent!"

When Zheng Michang said this, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth and said: "Before this, I told them many times not to tamper with the relief food, but they just didn't listen. If that's the case, don't blame me. The officer is ruthless!"

Seeing that the matter was almost discussed, Zheng Michang turned his gaze to the crowd, with an unconcealable exhaustion on his face, he immediately spoke.

"Since that's the case, then you can also let the wind out by the way, and say that the government has already caught people who are greedy for Mo Sangnong's food relief!"

"If there is anything, just let me know."

After Zheng Michang's words fell, He Maocai stood up and said, "Old Zheng, we won't bother you anymore, you should have a good rest."

Zheng Michang nodded slightly when he heard the words, and replied weakly.

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)