I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 378 "Fire Dragon Burns the Cang"

Nanchang.

The raging fire swept through the entire Changpingcang. Li Fu, Pei Haicheng, and Nanchang officials all stared blankly at the fire in front of them.

Surrounded by troops from the Huojia (ancient fire brigade), they were going back and forth trying their best to put out the fire.

Unfortunately, the fire was so strong that even though Li Fu and Pei Haicheng were standing at the outermost edge, they could still feel the scorching temperature.

"..."

Pei Haicheng's face was expressionless at the moment, as was Li Fu standing next to him.

Don't get me wrong, the fire-filled Changpingcang is not a palace in Nanchang Fucheng, but a county warehouse in Guo Xinjian County.

"The fire dragon is burning the warehouse. I have been an official in the Puppet Qing Dynasty for many years, and this is not the first time I have encountered it." Li Fu sighed and said, "The people of Jiangxi are really miserable, and they have encountered such a disaster."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Yuanping, the new county magistrate, stepped forward with a gray face and said, "My lords, I'll forgive you. The fire in Changpingcang was due to the lack of supervision by the lower officials."

Fan Yuanping was devastated at this moment. He only received the letter from Futai yesterday evening. As a result, a fire broke out in the county warehouse early this morning.

Even though he reacted quickly, even if he called in fire armor troops from Fucheng to put out the fire, he still couldn't stop the fire from spreading.

Fan Yuanping even thought for a time that it was Lord Futai's handiwork, but now he saw Lord Futai's face.Although his face was expressionless, he had not been an official with this governor for a long time. He had long known that this was Pei Haicheng's most angry state.

Fan Yuanping's mind was spinning and he had a guess in an instant.

Is anyone trying to be smart?Moreover, he is also a close confidant of the governor and can get first-hand information.

Bad thing!
Just when Li Fu wanted to see Pei Haicheng's reaction, Pei Haicheng suddenly rolled the whites of his eyes and fainted on the spot.

"Master Futai, Master Futai!?"

"Mr. Futai is very worried. Go call the doctor quickly."

"..."

Li Fu watched with cold eyes as a group of Nanchang local officials hurriedly led Governor Pei to the government office.

"Let's go!"

Li Fu waved his hand and led the troops back to the inn.

……

Nanchang Station.

Li Fu was just a supervisory censor sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he only exercised the power of supervision. Naturally, it was impossible to directly station at the Nanchang Governor's Yamen, so the government post station was just right.

Li Fu asked: "How is the investigation going?"

Zhan Shouyi said: "Returning to Sir Xiantai, after inspection by three humble people, it has been determined that Changpingcang of Ji'an Prefecture is smuggling and selling grain. Although it is impossible to determine where exactly it was sold, it should have gone to the two lakes by water. direction."

Li Fu's hand that was still drinking tea suddenly froze, and he narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Are you sure it's the two lakes?"

Zhan Shouyi said: "Not sure, but nine times out of ten..."

Li Fu understood clearly that if he went to the two lakes, it would not be a simple crime committed by one province, or even a collusion between government and businessmen. The army might also be involved.

No wonder Zhan Shou and the others came back so quickly. This would be a big deal if it involves the army.At least with the size of Zhan Shouyi and three people, plus the size of Li Fu, it is difficult to find out.

Li Fu stared at the steaming tea cup in his hand, and was silent for a moment before sighing: "This is the same in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, harboring filth and evil, and is worse than a beast."

After that, he put down the tea cup and said to the three of them: "I will write to the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate about this matter immediately. You don't have to be afraid. From tomorrow, I will follow you to inspect Changpingcang, Jiangxi Province. I would like to take a look at this. How big of a hole are there inside?" Zhan Shou was stunned and asked, "Sir, are you closing the net now?"

Li Fu said: "The fire dragon has come out to burn the warehouse. It is really unjustifiable if we don't investigate."

"Fire dragon burning the warehouse?"

Zhan Shou's eyes widened for a moment.

……

The nature of the fire dragon burning the warehouse is so bad that it is almost worse than the shortage of grain in Changping warehouse.

Li Fu originally wanted to attract attention openly and see if he could get some useful information, but he didn't expect that the other party could be so stupid and make such a big fuss.

Moreover, the army may be involved behind this case. The Ming army was separated and it was difficult for civilian officials to intervene in military affairs, so it must be reported.

It turns out that the plan to investigate undercover and undercover failed, so we can only investigate openly.

But it doesn’t matter anymore, the fire dragon has come out of the burning warehouse, this is almost like having mud in your crotch, it’s not just shit, it’s shit.

Smart people should abandon their cars to save their handsomeness at this time!
The interrogation lasted for half a month, and Li Fu's case was already full of confessions.

Deputy Gao Jin said: "The main officials of Nanchang Prefecture, Nanchang County, and Changpingcang County of Xinjian County have all confessed. As expected, there are problems in Changpingcang County, Guo County and Guo County. He was willing to be punished and dismissed from office. However, the Xinjian County magistrate did not know about the fire, and the Changpingcang officials in Xinjian County also admitted that he had acted on his own initiative. Moreover, the Changpingcang officials in the three places unanimously admitted that they had diverted grain from Changpingcang. . And there is a private account book to record the grain mortgage with the grain merchants, which stipulates that the interest will be repaid in the coming year. If the previous law is followed, this is not a violation of the law."

Li Fu sneered: "Not guilty? What a joke. Without local permission and without reporting to the court, they secretly misappropriated Changping warehouse to store grain. How many heads do they have enough to chop off?"

Gao Jin said: "The grain merchants they confessed to also confessed, but they all said that they only transported grain to the two lakes. Someone took over when they arrived. As for whether they actually sold it to the two lakes, no one knows. Moreover, they I guess the people who bought the grain must have already communicated with the army, because they didn’t encounter any difficulties along the way.”

Li Fu said: "Well...then there is nothing to say. Just arrest people according to the confession list! While arresting and interrogating, the action must be fast, and the army must not be alerted."

Gao Jin asked: "You didn't even tell General Huang?"

Li Fu said: "I won't tell you."

This is not because we don't trust the military anymore, but because such a big matter is obviously related to the military, no matter what, we must avoid suspicion.

Gao Jin followed Li Fu's order and immediately sent out his men to arrest people according to the confession list.

Moreover, only the main local officials in Changpingcang and those grain merchants involved in the case were arrested, while the local government completely ignored them.

Li Fu's movements were large and swift, so swift that the local officials, Chang Pingcang, and grain merchants were all caught off guard.

By the time they reacted, everyone who should be arrested had been arrested, but they couldn't interfere yet.

Because the reason is very good. Changpingcang is in deficit and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is arresting people. It is reasonable and reasonable. As long as it does not involve local officials, they cannot interfere.

As for Nanchang, Pei Haicheng, the governor of Jiangxi Province, has been bedridden and unable to govern since the day when the new county was built.

For a time, the whole Jiangxi was in turmoil.

But it was only Jiangxi, not southern Jiangxi and the two lakes.

Well, at least not on the surface.

Huang Dian, Lu Feng, Zheng Dingrui and other generals garrisoned in Jiangxi, Nangan and Lianghu were very keenly aware of the unusualness of Jiangxi.

　Speaking of which, there was also a fire dragon burning the warehouse ten years ago, when Premier Wen went for an interview...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)