Cute Wife Divorce Husband: Black-bellied Prince and Little Dumb Concubine

Chapter 161 Furious, nonsense!

In order to go shopping with her today, I got a bag of silver, no wonder it attracted beggars.

The beggar in front of him knelt down and begged for mercy: "My lord, we don't dare anymore, never dare again!"

Xiao Zijun glanced at it, and said in his usual indifferent tone, "Hand it over to the yamen and let them deal with it."

This sentence basically pronounced their fate.

This group of little beggars were the best at observing his words and expressions, and seeing his cold face, they began to beg gently for mercy.

"Good aunt, please spare us."

"We were really hungry, so we had no choice. Our parents died a long time ago, and the flood washed away our farm house, woohoo...we will be beaten to death if we go to the yamen!"

Seeing that they are only eleven or twelve-year-old children, and they are also short, and thinking that their parents are not around, the idea of ​​calming things down somewhat arises in their hearts.

"That..." She tugged at Xiao Zijuan's sleeve, "Shouldn't it be forgotten? Anyway, our money is still there, and they look pitiful. If they really caught it, they might be beaten up—"

Xiao Zijun remained silent, as if he was thinking, and then turned his head to signal Gao Ming and the others.

Gao Ming then said in a pompous manner: "Listen, you guys! If our son and girl were not kind-hearted, I would send you to the yamen to have your skins stripped right now! You can beg, but you must not steal. If there is a next time , will not be forgiven lightly!"

The little beggars knelt on the ground and kowtowed to express their gratitude, "Thank you, son and aunt! We don't dare anymore, don't dare!"

Gao Ming scattered some more money to get rid of a few beggars.

After the beggars had dispersed, Gao Ming followed carefully and reminded: "Master, these beggars are emerging one after another now, if you treat them well for a while, they will make more progress. Later, there may be beggars from other gangs coming around to beg, Aren't we causing trouble for ourselves?"

Only then did Wei Qing think of this level, no, there is also a group of beggars coming over there.

It is said that Xiao Zijun let them go just now, just because he remembered that he was also suffering from the flood, and he was tortured in the prison before. Slaves, or sick and dead in prison.

At this time, Xiao Zijuan looked not far away, those beggars who used to stand on the side of the street watching things, now also came to his side.This is the result of the kindness just now.

Wei Wei thought that Xiao Zijun would lose his patience and get angry, but unexpectedly, he stopped and looked at all kinds of people on the street, seemingly worried.

He said to himself: "Generally the common people live and work in peace and contentment, so how can there be so many people begging for a living? After all, there are only a few people who get something for nothing."

Wei Wei seems to understand but half understands, but has some feelings.

It turned out that he was indeed a prince, and his way of looking at people and things was different from ordinary people.A prince who can think about the sufferings of the people should be a good man.

On the way back, she saw Xiao Zijun's gloomy face, seeming to have something on his mind, so she kept talking about some happy things.

"Hey! Are you upset because they call me aunt, who is a generation taller than you?"

It's just that even if she spoke dryly, the prince on the side just nodded and didn't respond.

She poked Xiao Zijuan for a long time, "Hey, did you hear that?"

"Yeah." He just came to his senses and looked at her with a puzzled look on his face: "Say it again."

……

When the King of Jin returned to the county mansion, he was originally here to deal with the garrison of Xiling County, and he came to inspect the officials by the way, but he should not be concerned with the performance evaluation of the officials.

Just because of the floods this year, food looting incidents occurred in many places. Xiling City is considered a relatively wealthy city, but this year, more beggars flocked into the city than in previous years.

"This year, the summer floods hit two counties in Xiling County. Doesn't it mean that the relief food has been distributed? Now that a large number of beggars are pouring in, the accent is from a foreign place. Why?"

The officials below all looked at each other in blank dismay, each with plans in their hearts.The purpose of the prince's trip is military affairs, why did he suddenly ask about disaster relief?

The county magistrate carefully reported back: "Go back to the prince, the relief food has been distributed, but I'm afraid there are yin and yang violations in various places."

"How many loads will be issued? Bring the ledger!"

The prince actually wanted to check directly.

After a while, the officials of the county government hurriedly brought over an account book.

The king of Jin just scanned the two pages twice, and immediately threw the account book in the face of the nearby sheriff, "Your account book is a muddled account. The king doesn't look at anything else, only the amount of food distributed here." , which is half of the amount required by the imperial court to open a position."

"Furthermore, the two cities and four counties in Xiling, and the west gate of Daqi, the account books are so messed up, what about other matters?!"

"The imperial court is not for fooling around! Official positions are not for fooling around!"

The county guard was not originally in King Jin's camp, and this time King Jin came here for military affairs. King Jin has been in charge of the Ministry of War for the past few years, so he doesn't think he is aware of the details.

At this time, he said unhurriedly: "My lord, this year's floods have caused no harvest anywhere. The relief money issued by the imperial court has only been reduced by half, and it is difficult to raise more relief food for a while. Besides, Xiling is a border county. Food is the first choice to supply military rations. When the relief funds are complete, the lower officials will raise money—"

Before the words were finished, Jin Wang immediately took a picture of the table.

"What nonsense!"

"Military food supplies have always been allocated from the national treasury as special funds, but they are all deducted from the tax bank when they are used in your locality. The case of withholding military supplies has not yet been investigated because of floods. The relief food funds are issued by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry. How can it be confused with military rations?!"

"Is the relief money issued by the court in full, or has it been embezzled? I'm afraid you all know it well! Even if it's only half of the relief money, according to the current purchase price, the relief food has only reached [-]%."

"Master Lin, what about the remaining [-]%?"

Lin Mi, who previously thought that King Jin didn't understand the inside story, was sweating there now.

"On the one hand, I told the court that there was a shortage of grain and silver, and on the other hand, the granaries of the lords and squires were damaged by the rats every year. Whenever something happened, they asked the court for food and money, not to mention whether the distant water saved the near thirsty, or not. Is it possible that the officials are holding the imperial court’s salaries, asking for them when they encounter problems, and have no good way to save themselves? I’m afraid it’s because they lack the sincerity to share the worries of the people and serve the country?!”

"Whether it is a loyal minister and good general who is devoted to the heart, or a local Shuoshu who is deceiving and domineering, you can see the difference at the critical moment! After the king returns to Beijing, he will make a memorial of the situation here, one by one. The emperor explained. In the future, when the imperial envoys come down, this king will not be able to protect you."

"My lords, take care of yourself!"

King Jin criticized so much, and all the officials had their own thoughts. What did Prince Jin mean in the end?This is showing mercy?
So each expressed their loyalty, promising that during this period of time, they would try their best to do a good job in relief and remedial work, and find out the problems of grain deduction and retention.

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The king of Jin returned to his official residence, and the confidant generals of the king of Jin in Xiling County also came to visit.

"My lord, why are you so angry?"

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