The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 331 Liu Daxia Supervisor Pay

Sure enough, as Hu Zan expected, in June, the emperor ordered his servants Liu Daxia, Li Jieju and Zuoqian Capital Censor to supervise Xuanfu and Datong's military pay.Li Jie went to Xuanfu, while Liu Daxia went to Datong to take up his post.

And just one day before Mr. Liu Daxia, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of Zuoqin Capital, arrived in Datong to take up his post, Wang Yu, the criminal minister and commander of the avant-garde of Datong who was imprisoned in the prison of Taiyuan government office, committed suicide by poisoning himself.

This incident caused a storm in Taiyuan City for a while.

Not only was Hou Xun, the governor of Shanxi at the time, furious, he ordered all the jailers in the government prison to be strictly interrogated to find out the source of the poison.Even Liu Yushi, who inspected Datong and supervised the military pay, rushed to Taiyuan after hearing the news.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, Wang Yu led the crowd to chase the Tartars and was ambushed, causing the entire army to be wiped out.

However, this can only be determined after Wang Yu is taken to Beijing and interrogated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Now that a person died like this in the prison of Taiyuan Mansion, what would the court think?
Of course, Xie Shen was the most depressed one.

He thought he had found some clues, and he could find out the culprit behind Pao Ze's entrapment if he just followed the clues.

Who would have thought that the person behind the scene would have taken a step forward and poisoned Wang Yu in advance.

Xie Shen did not believe that Wang Yu would commit suicide.Warriors have the principles and ethics of warriors, and will never accept the humiliating way of suicide.

But the lights are off, and now all the clues are cut off, how should I track it down?

In the Governor's Xingyuan, a group of bigwigs gathered together to discuss how to deal with Wang Yu's matter.

Sitting at the top is naturally Liu Daxia.And the first person sitting on the left side of his lower head is the governor Hou Xun.

Further down are the prefects of various prefectures in Shanxi.As far as the eye can see, there are all crimson official robes.

In addition to Xie Shen, the prefect of Lu'an, Du Lian, the prefect of Pingyang, and Feng Shaoshan, the prefect of Datong.

As for the chief officials of Zezhou, Qinzhou, Fenzhou, Liaozhou and other prefectures - Zhizhou, they are not qualified to appear here at all.There is no way, the difference between the fourth-rank official and the fifth-rank official is one level, which is an essential difference.

It stands to reason that both the governor and the assistant minister are third-rank, but the assistant minister is a member of the ministry, so he overwhelms the governor.

Hou Xun suffered a dumb loss.

Both of them concurrently held official positions in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, one was the deputy imperial envoy, and the other was the imperial censor, and Hou Xun had a slight advantage in this respect.

Liu Daxia came from the household department, so he was naturally very sensitive about money and food.In fact, his main task in coming to Datong this time is to supervise the grain.

But if you catch up with this incident, if you treat it as if you didn't see it, it really can't be justified.

Therefore, Liu Daxia did not go directly to Datong Mansion, but went to Taiyuan first, and discussed with the governor Hou Xun how to deal with this matter.

"What do you think about this matter?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Daxia directly called Xie Shen by name, and his voice was flat as usual.

Xie Shen had also met this Zuo Shilang of the Household Department in Beijing before, but that could only be regarded as a one-off chance at best.Liu Daxia inspected Datong, instead of discussing with the governor Hou Xun, why did he ask him, the little prefect of Lu'an, for his opinion instead?

But since Elder Liu asked, Xie Shen can't pretend to be stupid, he paused for a moment, then he cupped his hands and said, "When I reported back to Duke Yong, I thought Commander Wang was poisoned to death."

For a moment, everyone looked at Xie Shen, thinking that this kid is too daring to speak, right?
But Liu Daxia nodded and said: "Jinxiu, you continue to talk."

With Liu Daxia's backing, Xie Shen naturally had no more fears, so he said in a deep voice: "Commander Wang is guilty of underestimating the enemy, but after all, he has been guarding the border for many years, so it is not impossible for him to bring back a single soldier. The officer thought that someone must have come from among them Obstructing and cutting off Commander Wang's retreat."

Liu Daxia was silent for a moment thoughtfully, and then raised his voice: "You mean that Wang Yu originally arranged for a supporting army as a follow-up. But these troops didn't show up in time?"

Xie Shen nodded and said, "Mr. Shi Yong has an excellent opinion! In fact, this matter is easy to explain. See who can benefit the most from it and then you will know who did it."

Hou Xun also nodded and said: "Brother Shi Yong, what Jinxiu said is reasonable."

Well, the two big bosses backed Xie Shen, and Du Lian, the prefect of Pingyang, and Feng Shaoshan, the prefect of Datong, dared to say anything, so they had to agree.

"This matter is very complicated, and it can be said that it will affect the whole body." After a pause, Liu Daxia said in a deep voice: "I mean to slow down and investigate in secret. The most urgent task right now is to raise food and grass for the Tartars. People are harassing again."

After all, he is an old man in the officialdom, Liu Daxia can still distinguish the priorities.

The Tatars are the masters of tigers and wolves, and they will certainly not be satisfied with a big victory.In their eyes, Datong is just a piece of fat, and if given the chance, they would definitely pounce on it like hungry wolves.

"Brother Shi Yong is right, the immediate priority is to solve the problem of food and grass."

Hou Xun echoed, "But I'm afraid brother Shi Yong also knows that there is not much grain left in the warehouse in Taiyuan Mansion."

Fortress is a place of bitter cold, and the grain yield is not high.In addition, Shanxi is an important border defense area, and all the food is used to support the soldiers, so there is not much food left.

"kindness."

Liu Daxia snorted and accepted Hou Xun's complaint.

"Honestly, I heard that within the territory of Shanxi, it is necessary to buy thousands of grains of millet and ten thousand bunches of grass. Therefore, wealthy merchants can control the sale and purchase of grain and grass, thereby making huge profits. If it is changed to hundreds of grains of grass, and more than ten grains of grain, it is allowed. Buying and selling may be able to solve this chronic illness."

Datong is the front line against the Tatars, but it is impossible to raise food only in Datong.That's why Liu Daxia shared his thoughts with Hou Xun.After all, Hou Xun is the governor of Shanxi, if he doesn't nod, no matter how good an idea Liu Daxia has, it is impossible to implement it.

"This"

Hou Xun showed embarrassment.

"I don't have any problems here. But Eunuch Hu probably won't allow it."

There was something in Hou Xun's words, but Liu Daxia said with a straight face: "How do you say it?"

"The guarding eunuch Hu Zan has been running Shanxi for many years, and most of the food and grass business has something to do with him. On the surface, it is those wealthy merchants who are involved, but in fact it is Hu Zan who is doing the business."

Hou Xun had long been displeased with Hu Zan, and it was only because he was not sure of victory that he didn't tear himself apart with Eunuch Hu.

It is indeed a great opportunity for Liu Daxia to come to Datong to supervise the grain.Because Liu Daxia has a reputation of being stern and selfless, and he also hates eunuchs very much.

Let him know that the grain and grass trade in Shanxi is actually controlled by the guardian eunuch Hu Zan, how can he bear it?

Sure enough, Liu Daxia's complexion changed upon hearing this, and he said, "Eunuch Hu? He's just a guarding eunuch, how could he meddle in the business of grain and grass?"

People depend on food, and the importance of food is self-evident.

In wartime, the sufficiency of food and grass can directly affect the battle situation.

(End of this chapter)