Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 85
Brothers, monthly pass!monthly pass!monthly pass!I want a monthly pass!
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The Qing Dynasty attached great importance to river engineering, and since the Shunzhi period, detailed regulations have been made on river engineering affairs, from project quotation, acceptance to maintenance, including various punishment measures, two of which are stipulated as follows:

[-]. If it is destroyed within one year, Guanhe Tongzhi and Tongju will be demoted to three levels;

[-]. If the embankment is washed away, but it is concealed and not reported, Guan He Tongzhi and other officials will be demoted by one level, and the sub-district officials will be demoted by one level, and the general He will be fined for one year;
In the 15th year of Kangxi, it was stipulated again that if the embankment was breached, the responsibility should be shared by both repairing and defending parties.In addition, more severe punishments will be given for the violation of the Yellow River within half a year and the canal within one year. The detailed punishment rules such as dismissal, construction, suspension of salary supervision, completion of work (retirement), demotion of salary and other punishment details are added. Those who hide and do not report will be punished with a higher crime.

The regulations of these river works can be said to be extremely detailed, but there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. In the actual implementation process, the upper and lower officials of the river work colluded with each other, and deception and concealment happened frequently.In June of the 35th year of Kangxi, Henan Xiangfu broke the embankment, causing several counties to flood, causing countless deaths and injuries. However, in the official document submitted by the River Governor's Yamen, it was stated that Henan Xiangfu was full of water, and the water situation was not serious. The surrounding counties were not affected by the disaster. .At that time, Kangxi was on his way back to the imperial court, and he didn't check the papers from the capital. The official escaped punishment, and only suffered from the disaster-stricken people. went.

Dong Anguo, as the governor of the river channel, is naturally very familiar with the regulations on the management of river works. Now when Yin Zuo suddenly asked about such punishment regulations, one can imagine the shock in his heart. Looking at Yinzuo, he was dumbfounded and didn't know how to respond.

"In July of the 35th year of Kangxi, what happened to Henan Xiangfu? Don't Mr. Dong know?" Yinzuo asked coldly.

"The lower official, the lower official, the lower official is guilty." Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Dong Anguo fell to his knees and kowtowed like garlic.

"Whether Mr. Dong is guilty or not is not something I can make a final decision on. This matter still needs to be judged. However, it seems that Mr. Dong is not suitable to perform the post of River Supervisor. For the work of the river, please ask Vice President Wei He to take over. Dong Please come back first, my lord."

Dong Anguo kowtowed, and walked away sadly, his back was indescribably lonely, the officials all over the hall saw that the dignified River Governor had ended like this, and some things hurt him, and they booed endlessly.

Weixing Liang, courtesy name Xining, native of Shandong, was born in the early years of Shunzhi and donated officials. The old river engineer is very proficient in river engineering affairs, but because he was born as a donated official, he is not good at flattering people, and has never been valued. He was promoted to the vice president of He, and this official has already come to an end. Weixing Liang himself does not hold any promotion I'm hopeful, I've muddled through these years, and I haven't participated in the shitty things in the river engineering.

At this moment, when he suddenly heard that he was temporarily acting as an agent for the river project, Weixing Liang was really shocked. He was dizzy by this big pie that fell from the sky, and stood there in a daze for a while, until Yin Zuo It took a fake cough before he could react, and the old man knelt down on the ground with tears in his eyes, sobbing and thanking him: "Your Majesty will definitely do his duty faithfully, please rest assured, my lord."

"Well, that's very good. The king will play the defense, Lord Wei must not let down the painstaking efforts of the king." Looking at Weixing Liang, who was kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face, he felt very proud: whether it was for paying off debts, Whether it is the future shipping business or not, it is inseparable from the help of the governor of the river. Although it is not certain that the old man will guarantee his capital preservation, it is always a matter of celebration to be able to install a nail in the governor of the river.

The governor of Hedao went home to listen to the participation, the governor of water transportation gave in, Che Zhenhe, who was clamoring to collude against Yinzuo, was arrested, and the remaining officials, without a backbone, calmed down for a while, just waiting Yin Zuo's debt settlement measures.There are very few people in this world who don't like money, unless they are fools, no matter how noble they appear on the surface, they still love money behind their backs. Spitting out all the money is more difficult than killing them.

Although people have to bow their heads under the eaves at the moment, the big guys are not fools. They each have their own little calculations in their hearts, and they all think that they will be subdued for the time being. Make plans after returning to your respective offices, no matter how ruthless you are, you can't check every road, prefecture, and county all the way, right?At that time, it will be dealt with by doing some tricks.

When Yin Zuo was a civil servant in his previous life, he saw a lot of tricks to deceive his superiors, and he himself helped the leaders of the unit to make fakes. He looked like he was almost laughing out loud, and managed to restrain himself, cleared his throat and said: "My lords are all people who have read the books of sages and sages. I won't say much about the truth. In short, there is only one thing, debtors Pay back the money, do you adults think so?"

At that moment, the officials only wanted to get out of the way early, so naturally they all nodded, and everyone said yes.Yinzuo smiled cheerfully: "Hehe, it seems that all the adults are sensible people. I am very pleased. Well, I am really sorry for delaying you for such a long time."

"Where, where, the prince is wise" and other flattery sounds rang out.

"Forget it, since my lords have agreed to pay off the debts, the king is relieved, but..." Yinzuo stopped on purpose, and seeing that the officials all raised their ears, he continued: "This king is trustworthy." My lords, it’s just that there’s nothing to prove it, my lords still leave a written note, stating when the task of clearing the debts will be completed, um, let the higher-level officials guarantee the subordinates.”

ah?The officials were all dumbfounded by this opening. The written evidence for guarantee is not so easy to write. In this way, all the evidence is in Yin Zuo's hands, and he can be punished whenever it is thrown out.The big guys lost their backbone this time, and couldn't make a fuss. They looked at each other stupidly, but no one dared to be the first bird.

Damn, let's see how you make a fuss, hey, don't pretend to be poor or sick this time, we have evidence in our hands, and it's just a sentence to punish you.Very cool!Yinzuo didn't open his mouth to speak, and looked at the panicked looks of the officials with a smile, but his heart was beautiful.

The officer at the opening was stunned for a while, and after waking up, he chatted wildly for a while, and finally someone stood up. Lin Nanxuan, the servant of Lao Ba's sect, walked forward calmly and said: "Lin Nanxuan, a lowly Taoist member of Ningnan Road, has seen the prince. , I would like to ask you how to write the word Wangye?"

Well, Lao Ba is still cooperative, it seems that he has explained to his subordinates, and the distribution rights of our province are not wasted.Yin Zuo said cheerfully: "It's very simple, I have a format for this king, and you adults just fill in it accordingly."

This so-called form is actually nothing more than a repayment plan. It can also be said to be a form contract, which specifies the amount owed, when to pay it off, the penalty for breach of the contract, and who should guarantee it. , in triplicate.Lin Nanxuan held the contract and looked at it for a while, and didn't say anything else. Not only did he sign it himself, but he also asked all the officials under him to sign it.

Someone took the lead, and the other officials had no choice but to grit their teeth. After a long time of busy work, they finally signed such a certificate of life and death.But the matter is not over yet, Yinzuo looked at the stack of repayment plans in front of him, and said cheerfully: "My lords understand the righteousness, and this king admires it very much, but someone must come to supervise this matter. This time, there are a lot of accounts brought to the Ministry of Accounts, so let them take care of it. My king has always been easy to talk, but now the Ministry of Accounts is in charge of my fourth brother, so you should be careful."

What kind of person Yinzhen is, most of the officials in this group have seen it before, but they are famous for being cruel and mean. Many of these officials have participated in the rectification of Yinzhen last time. Hearing what Yinzuo said , Don't mention how crooked I am, I originally wanted to delay or play tricks like that, but this time it was a waste of money. If the handle of my family really fell into Yinzhen's hands, it would definitely not be able to bear the end of walking around .This time, the bureaucrats scolded Yinzuo with a headache in their hearts, but at the same time they didn't forget to scold Yinzhen a few words, but no matter how they scolded in their hearts, the matter of paying off their debts could not be avoided. The silver had to be spit out, and his face wrinkled in distress.

Hehe, it's a real pleasure to deal with corrupt officials and drag the fourth brother into the blame by the way.beautiful!beautiful!Yinzuo laughed from ear to ear along the way, and went straight to Lin Xuanyi's residence as soon as he returned to the post station.As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard an elegant sound of the qin coming from the room. Yin Zuo was also a master at guqin, and he knew that this piece was the famous song "High Mountain and Flowing Water". Just stopped at the door and listened quietly.

"My lord, I'm back with a big victory today. Congratulations." Lin Xuanyi finished the song and stood up with a smile.

"Thanks to Mr.'s ingenious plan, I dare not monopolize the credit for this victory. Hahaha..."

After the two looked at each other and laughed, Lin Xuanyi looked at Yinzuo seriously and said, "My lord, Li He is still the same old saying, why did the lord set up a trap against the fourth elder brother?"

why?Alas, how do you say this, the fourth child is not showing the mountains and waters at the moment, and he can't show it at all among the brothers, but the problem is that I come from later generations and know how powerful this guy is, since I walked on that road No return, the fourth child is the first target to deal with.But how can this be said.Yinzuo pondered for a while and said: "This king is still the same old saying, the fourth son is the most threatening."

"Hmm." Although Lin Xuanyi was not persuaded, he still nodded his head and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of clearing the debts of the river worker this time is regarded as a success. If Li He's estimation is correct, the fourth elder brother should return to Beijing in a few days. It must be the method of the prince, but the capital is not comparable to the place, and the fourth elder brother is afraid that he will stumble this time." After a pause, he said: "Since the matter of clearing the debt has come to an end, the prince can also start the next step. It's planned."

(End of this chapter)