Chapter 1251 The last general asked for orders to capture the corrupt official Zhu Pingan
The house leaked and it rained all night, and Chi Chuan encountered another storm. This sentence couldn't be more appropriate for Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou. Some time ago, Japanese pirates invaded Taizhou Prefecture. The bandits were so fierce that they broke through several counties in the territory and surrounded Taizhou Prefecture. Fortunately, Zhu Ping'an, the magistrate of Jingnan, worked hard and made three major achievements: killing the Japanese, defending the city, and restoring the city, which saved Taizhou Prefecture's face. , and with some careful planning, he was able to survive the disaster safely.
But we never expected that just after we survived the Japanese pirates, we would be hit by a once-in-a-hundred-year flood.
Although the flood was a natural disaster and spread to most of the south of the Yangtze River, no one in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang prefectures was spared. The court would not hold itself accountable for the flood, but if the disaster relief was ineffective, it would not be able to escape accountability.
So since the flood, Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun has been working hard every day, personally deploying and directing Taizhou Prefecture's disaster relief matters. From the prefecture to the lower counties, all matters related to the flood, no matter how big or small, are handled. See it for yourself.
With the prefect like this, the officials below naturally dare not slack off, especially Wang Qingcheng from the Yamen Experience Department.
Three days ago, when Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou Prefecture, was checking the mountain and river map of Taizhou Prefecture, he found an official document titled "Jingnan Prefecture Magistrate Zhu Ping'an Respectfully Presents Taizhou Prefecture Early Warning and Flood Control Book" because the official document is The official document submitted by Zhu Ping'an was about early warning and flood prevention, so Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun started reading it.
Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun flipped through the contents and saw the payment time, and couldn't help but become furious.
Jingnan County Magistrate Zhu Ping'an had already sent a document to Taizhou Prefecture to warn of the flood more than ten days before the flood!
Why didn’t you pay attention to it?
If we had followed the advice in Zhu Ping'an's official document and taken precautions in advance, how could the flood disaster in Taizhou Prefecture have been so serious!
As a result, Wang Xingcheng, who was in charge of the government office’s experience department, was called in by Taizhou magistrate Tan Lun and gave him a severe scolding.
If Tan Lun hadn't thought that he was arranging the army outside the city to prepare for the Japanese, and indeed told Wang Qing and them to be officials, and not to disturb him if there was no big deal, otherwise what Wang Qing would have faced would not be as simple as a severe rebuke!
After this incident, Wang Xingcheng's memory sharpened, and he paid special attention to the official documents submitted by the following counties. Once they were related to floods, no matter how big or small, they were submitted to the prefect Tan Lun for review as soon as possible. .
"Sir Wang, this is the official document submitted by Fahai County, Taiping County and Huangyan County today."
A clerk from the Experience Department came in and handed the received official documents to Wang Experience with both hands.
Wang Chengcheng took the official document and read it carefully. Linhai County reported that the domestic grain price has dropped and stabilized at 500 grains per stone. Huangyan County also reported that the domestic grain price has dropped and stabilized at 500 grains per stone. text news.
Well, yes, this is good news. The Master will be very happy to hear it.
After Wang experienced the official documents submitted by Linhai County and Huangyan County, he couldn't help but smile on his face.
The same should be true for Taiping County.
Wang Qingcheng thought as he opened the official document from Taiping County. Well, it was indeed a report that the price of grain in the country had been reduced to 500 yuan per stone. Why is there a page at the end? !
What? ! Expose and report Zhu Pingan? !
After reading the content, Wang Qianqian couldn't calm down and immediately ran to the room of Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, with three official documents in hand.
"House Master, Mansion Master" Wang Xingcheng hurried to Tan Lun's room without even bothering to knock on the door.
"What's going on? How can you be so flustered?"
Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, was discussing with Zuo Zhen the matter of deploying new soldiers into the city to help maintain order in the refugee camp. They were discussing at a critical point when they were suddenly interrupted by Wang Xianwen, who raised his head and spoke with some displeasure.
"What the Prefect taught me is that if you are a lowly official, you have lost your decency, so please ask the Prefect to punish you." Wang Xingcheng lowered his head and said.
"Punishment is waived. Tell me, why did you rush to see me?" Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou, took it easy and did not pursue it further.
"After returning to the mansion, my official received the official documents from Linhai, Huangyan and Taiping counties." Wang Xingcheng reported.
"What happened in the three counties?" asked Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou.
"The three counties all reported that the price of food within their territory has dropped and stabilized at 500 wen per stone," Wang Xingcheng reported back.
"It is a good thing to lower the price of temperature-controlled grains. Why do you do this?" Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, said dissatisfiedly after hearing this.
"Master, the Taiping County Magistrate's official document also contains a report letter, exposing and reporting Jingnan Magistrate Zhu Pingan, saying that Zhu Pingan, in the name of the county government, forcibly set the price of grain in Jingnan at two yuan per stone. Thousands and five hundred articles! According to local people in Jingnan, Zhu Ping'an accepted tens of thousands of silver in bribes from grain merchants. "
Wang Xingcheng picked out the official documents from Taiping County and handed them to Taizhou Magistrate Tan with both hands as he spoke. Lun.
“What?! This is happening!” Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, changed his color instantly when he heard this! His face was full of anger!
"Isn't it possible? Jingnan Magistrate Zhu Ping'an is not like this, is he?!" Zuo Zhen opened his mouth in surprise after listening, but he was skeptical about Taiping Magistrate's report.
Because Jingnan killed an unusually large number of Japanese pirates, he and the prefect Tan Lun went to Jingnan for a private visit to check. In fact, he was very prejudiced against Zhu Pingan at first. He didn't believe that Jingnan would achieve so many achievements. He even suspected that Zhu Pingan killed good people and took credit for his crimes. However, he didn't expect that this was indeed the case. Not only that, they discovered during private visits that Zhu Ping'an, the magistrate of Jingnan County, was highly praised by the local people and was known as a caring, honest and capable official. Therefore, Zuo Zhen's dislike of Zhu Pingan turned into a fan. He did not believe that Zhu Ping'an could do such things as raising food prices and accepting bribes from grain merchants regardless of the lives of the people.
Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun was shocked and found it unbelievable. However, what was recorded in Taiping Magistrate’s official document was well-founded and detailed, and it did not look like fiction. Moreover, fabricating evidence to frame others was a serious crime. Even the magistrate of Taiping did not dare. To be on the safe side, Taizhou magistrate Tan Lun sent people to conduct a secret investigation.
Soon, the secret investigators came back with an official document.
"From today onwards, every stone of grain in Jingnan County will be 2,500 yuan..." There are black and white words on the paper and a bright red seal. There is no falsehood!
Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun and others looked at the official document defining the grain price in Jingnan in front of them, and had to believe that the Taiping Magistrate's report was true. Zhu Pingan really defined the grain price in Jingnan in the form of an official document at 2,500 yuan per stone. ! As for Zhu Ping'an's acceptance of huge bribes from grain merchants, it must be true!
In the current flood situation, the people are in dire straits, how dare Zhu Ping’an act so recklessly! Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help but turned livid with anger.
"Master Fu, please order me to arrest the corrupt official Zhu Ping'an and bring him to justice!" Zuo Zhen gritted his teeth angrily and asked Tan Lun with his fists clasped in his hands.
At this moment, his fan turned negative, and once again became Zhu Ping'an's negative fan. Zhu Ping'an wasted my trust in you and defended you in front of the governor. I didn't expect you to be such a corrupt official who doesn't care about the life and death of the people and only cares about personal gain!
"Yes!" Taizhou Magistrate Tan Lun nodded, but soon shook his head and stopped Zuo Zhen.
"Master Fu! If Zhu Pingan is allowed to continue doing this, how can the people of Jingnan survive?!"
Zuo Zhen was puzzled and asked hurriedly.
"General Zuo, Zhu Ping'an is not an ordinary magistrate. He has made great contributions to the fight against the Japanese. He has just been promoted to the post of Zhejiang Provincial Envoy and Secretary Qianshi. He is only the temporary magistrate of Jingnan. Moreover, his magistrate is At that time, it was said that Xu Ge, the elder of the imperial court, was promoted to the post of Minister of Prosecution and Prosecution in Zhejiang. It was because of this alone. There are many official documents that define grain prices, and it will be difficult to convict him. After a while, when the situation in Jingnan becomes uncontrollable, Zhu Ping'an will not be tolerated. He shied away!"
Taizhou magistrate Tan Lun said slowly. He has always been calm and thoughtful than Zuo Zhen.
In addition to the above, he was also worried that if he dismissed Zhu Pingan in a hurry, he would be criticized for being jealous and intolerable.
Zhu Ping'an was promoted to Zhejiang's Sentinel Inspector Si Qian for his meritorious service. Afterwards, the title of the youngest and most promising official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was transferred from Tan Lun to Zhu Ping'an. He is thirty-two years old, starting from the fourth rank; Zhu Ping'an is only sixteen, and is already the fifth rank, only half a rank lower than himself. With the speed at which Zhu Pingan was promoted, no one doubted that Zhu Pingan would become his boss in a few years. Although he didn't care about this false reputation, many people in the circle said so. He was worried that if he dismissed Zhu Ping'an in a hurry, other officials would misunderstand him as jealous of talents and intolerant of others.
I am interested in becoming a prince and becoming a prime minister. If I leave a bad reputation of being jealous of talents and intolerant of others, I am afraid it will have an impact on my career.
After some time, the situation in Jingnan deteriorated and became uncontrollable, and I would send Zhu Ping'an down again.
No more misunderstandings.
"Alas! That's the only way it can be, but the people in Jingnan will have to suffer for a while." Zuo Zhen sighed. (End of chapter)