high official

Chapter 426

There is a saying that 'I didn't cultivate in my previous life, so I became the county magistrate of Fuguo'.The so-called Fuguo County is not a specific county name, but refers to the kind of county that does not have an independent county seat, and the county government is located in the state capital or the prefectural city.Unfortunately, when I become this kind of county magistrate, the magistrate and the prefect are overwhelmed, and I can't even be called a "grand master".

It can be deduced from this that only those who committed crimes in the previous life became the county magistrate of the provincial capital; only those who committed crimes in the eighth lifetime became the county magistrate of the prefectural city, the provincial capital and the capital... Zhao Youde, the county magistrate of Yangqu, is such a man who has collected all kinds of tragedies. All in one character.The county magistrate of Qipin is placed elsewhere, that is one of the parents, but in Taiyuan City, it is a grandson... His county government is located, there are Zhifu Yamen, Fantai Yamen, Standard Taiwan Yamen, Dusi Yamen, and a Jinwang Palace... ...It is conceivable how miserable his life was.

Over time, Zhao Zhixian also developed a character of being cautious and carrying eggs across the river. 'Seeking no merit but no fault' has become the highest creed of his official career.It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zhixian was selected by the officials of Futai and became No.1 to be interviewed by imperial envoys.

"Ah, my subordinate, my subordinate..." Hearing that he was the first to be questioned, Zhao Zhixian's face turned green, and he murmured: "This subordinate is afraid that the government will mess it up."

"Don't be afraid," Magistrate He instructed on the way to Xingyuan, "You just need to be careful and simmer slowly..."

"Oh, the meaning of Futai is..." Zhao Zhixian's ability to understand Shangyi is naturally very strong, and suddenly said: "Let me... delay?"

"Yes, if you make him dizzy and impatient, you will complete the task." Zhao Zhixian said with a smile: "If the task is done, you have done a great job. Not only I will thank you, but Fang Bo will also thank you." Will remember you."

"Then subordinate...do your best." Zhixian Zhao has no right not to agree. He followed Zhifu He to the Xingyuan, and saw that the security here was heavily guarded. The guards were all Jinyi guards wearing flying fish suits and carrying embroidered spring knives. , the atmosphere is extremely strict.

Zhao Zhixian swallowed silently, followed Zhifu He to the lobby, and after bowing down to the imperial envoy, Wang Xian asked people to watch.

Today's Wang Xian is wearing a bright yellow flying fish suit, with a wingless black gauze on his head, a gloomy complexion, frosty brows, especially those star-like eyes, which make people feel cold and dare not look at him.

"Your step is Zhao Zhixian, right?" Wang Xian looked down at the file, Zhao Zhixian immediately bowed and said, "It's the next official."

The magistrate of Zhao County was working hard enough to perform the miraculous skill of 'You abuse me thousands of times, and I bring you like first love'. When he came to welcome the imperial envoy's baptism, Wang Xian said indifferently: "You should avoid it first, my officer." I need to ask the prefect of He beforehand."

"Ah..." Zhao Zhixian said with a face of reluctance: "Didn't you say you should ask the lower officials first?"

"You are an imperial envoy and I am an imperial envoy?" Wang Xian said coldly.

"Yes, yes." Zhao Zhixian shrank his head, gave He Zhifu a helpless look, and stepped back.

"On business, why do you want me to be interrogated?" Zhao Zhixian said a little angrily.After all, he is also a senior member of the fourth rank. Logically speaking, even an imperial envoy cannot just go to trial.

"I'm just asking you about the situation, not an interrogation," Wang Xian said with a smile, "Relax."

"Hehe, should I have said it earlier..." Magistrate He laughed and said, "The attitude of the superior really overwhelmed the subordinate."

"Of course I can calm down. Otherwise, how can I fight the monsters and goblins in Shanxi?" Wang Xian said with a half-smile.

"There are so many demons and ghosts in this blue sky and bright sky," He Zhifu forced a smile, twitching the corners of his mouth.

"That's why I'm seeing ghosts in the daytime." Wang Xian suppressed his smile and said in a deep voice, "Prefect He, I'm asking you a few questions as an imperial envoy, and I hope you can answer them truthfully."

"Naturally." Magistrate He straightened his clothes and said seriously.

"What role will you play in the mission of delivering military rations this spring?" Wang Xian asked.

"Transfer committee member." He Zhifu said: "This has already been reported to the superior."

Wang Xian asked: "What does the transshipment committee do?"

He Zhifu said: "Assist the Minister of Transshipment and be responsible for the transportation, storage, and transfer of military rations in Shanxi."

Wang Xian asked: "Who is the minister of transshipment?"

Magistrate He said: "Zhang Fantai."

Wang Xian asked: "How did you divide your powers and responsibilities before?"

He Zhifu said. "Of course it's the Lord Fantai who is in charge of the overall situation, and the lower officials are in charge of specific affairs."

Wang Xian asked: "Can it be understood that you are responsible for sending and receiving all military rations?"

"You can say that." Zhifu He nodded.

"Do you still remember the specific number?" Wang Xian asked in a deep voice.

"Generally I still remember." Zhifu He said with a dry smile: "It's been more than half a year, and the officials are busy with work, and some figures may need to be checked."

"Today I'm just asking a general question." Wang Xian said expressionlessly, "Let me ask you, how much grain and grass has been transported to Taiyuan?"

"I remember this, it's about 450 million shi." Zhifu He thought about it.

"According to the account statistics you provided, it is 470 million shi. Did you get greedy for the 20?" Wang Xian said in a cold voice.

"I was joking..." Zhifu He hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I misremembered, it is indeed 470 million shi."

"Where are these grains now?" Wang Xian asked.

"The ministers were incompetent and did not transport the army rations to the front line in time. After the army returned, the emperor issued an order to store it in Datong's grain depot for future use." Zhifu He said.

"Then what is the amount that can be checked in the account now?" Wang Xian asked with a colder expression.

"This..." Zhifu He hesitated, he never expected that Wang Xian could sort out the messy accounts within three days, if he had known this, it would be better than showing him a fire.

"Do you need me to remind you?" Wang Xian said coldly.

"No need." Zhifu He shook his head and said with difficulty: "It should be 250 million stones..."

"It's 230 million stones," Wang Xian said coldly, "Can you make up for the missing 20 stones?"

"I'm joking again on business trip..." Magistrate He pretended to be relaxed and wryly smiled.

"You can still laugh?!" Wang Xian slammed the case, raised two thick eyebrows, and said angrily: "You are shouldering the heavy responsibility of transporting food and grass for the army of the Holy One, but not a single grain of rice has been sent to the front line. , but more than half of the food and grass disappeared! How sensational is this? I searched through the history books, but I can’t find a precedent! It’s really unreasonable, and people and gods are all angry! But you can still laugh!"

"Stop your anger..." Zhifu He hurriedly said with a bitter face: "This official is born with a smile, and it looks like he is smiling when he opens his mouth, but in fact, my heart is bleeding right now..."

"That's about the same." Wang Xian exhaled foul air, picked up the teacup, drank a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and said, "Where did the half of the food go?"

"On business trips, I sent to Xuanfu three times, and was robbed in Guangling County three times, and lost more than 70 shi each time." Zhifu He hurriedly explained: "There is also loss of storage and transportation... It was the rainy season at that time, and several times The transportation was caught up with the torrential rain that had not been seen in many years. The grain trucks were covered with a layer of mats and covered with tarpaulins, which still could not prevent the grain from being soaked in water. The sun was too old to dry, so I could only watch the carts of grain moldy Moldy... mildewed food will eat dead people and can only be discarded." Naturally, this is a well-thought-out rhetoric, and even all related parties have unified the caliber. "This number sounds scary at first, but in fact, there has been at least a [-]% loss in the transportation of food and grass over the years. This has been robbed three times, so there will be such a large loss."

After he finished speaking, he took a peek at Wang Xian, only to see that the other party was expressionless, and said to himself, this time I can always scare you, right?

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The conversation between the two stopped abruptly, and the lobby was silent. Wang Xianwei closed his eyes, as if he was thinking.It took a long time before he opened his eyes, and looked at Zhifu He with some confusion in his eyes, and said, "A question that is not relevant?"

"Excuse me." Although he said so, Prefect He did not dare to be careless.

"How much does a carriage weigh?" Wang Xian asked softly.

"This..." Zhifu He was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what he meant by asking this.But he still answered truthfully: "Excluding the weight of the cart, a carriage can pull up to [-] catties."

"How do you count?" Wang Xian asked another seemingly meaningless question.

"The last of the six arts of my generation of scholars is counting." Magistrate He said with a little pride: "I'm not an official, but I have read a few books of "Zhou Bi Suan Jing" and "Nine Chapters of Suan Shu."

"That's great, you can count for me." Wang Xian said with a half smile: "150 million stones of grain and grass, how many cars do you need to transport?"

"Is this..." Zhifu He faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't do two things at once, so he could only do the hard counting first, but under the helpless confusion, he couldn't figure it out, and even made his head dizzy. sweat.

"How many stones is [-] jin?" Wang Xian temporarily became a math teacher, teaching He Zhifu who "familiarly read" the arithmetic.

"Yes, yes..." Zhifu He snapped his fingers and murmured for a while before his eyes lit up and said: "Fifteen stones!"

"How many cars do you need for the 150 million shi?" Wang Xian asked again.

"One hundred thousand!" Prefect He answered much faster this time.

"Then may I ask how many vehicles are used by the Shanxi side to transport military rations to Datong every time?" Wang Xian finally wanted to see the dagger, and drew his sword lightly.

"This..." Zhifu He's complexion changed drastically. His heart, which had been relaxed just because of the calculation, shrank into a ball, opened his mouth a few times, and then said in a mosquito-like moaning voice, "One hundred thousand?" The answer, he himself did not believe it.

"How did this number come from?" Wang Xian smiled, a kind of lion playing with its prey, cruel and well controlled.

"The lower official guessed it..." Zhifu He whispered: "The lower official really can't remember clearly, please allow me to go back and look it up before answering."

"Okay, bring up the booklets for Master Futai." Wang Xian ordered, and the guards came up with a stack of booklets. Zhifu He looked at the words on the top cover, which read, "Yangqu County Conquer and Issue Minfu Details Booklet." ', I can't help but lose my mind!
　The competition is so fierce, this month we will forge ahead, ask for a monthly pass at the beginning of the month!There are more at night...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)