Chapter 265 Xia Zhibai, are you kidding us? !
This stagnant atmosphere only existed for a short while.
Wang Xuanfan said: "Since your Excellency has asked, we should answer truthfully."
"The order has been passed down."
"For this reason, we have followed the instructions. The government has complied with the request of the imperial court and continued to provide food for Zao households to maintain their daily lives. Now the local government has stopped to a certain extent. However, after this incident, the original Kaizhong method is obviously no longer applicable. "
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"The imperial court is not willing to bear such a large amount of money and food."
Xia Zhibai shook his head, looked at Wang Xuanfan, and said in a deep voice: "I'm asking about how it went, not because I want to hear some empty words from you. I came here mainly to attend two conferences, one is a government-business conference, and the other is a workers conference. I wonder if the salt merchants in various places have been notified, and whether the list of local salt factories has been handed in, and the candidates for the meeting. It has been selected, when it will be held, and which officials will be present. "
"What I want is this information."
Wang Xuanfan looked at Zhou Ziliang with a slightly embarrassed face. Zhou Ziliang had already looked away and seemed unwilling to speak any more. Seeing this, Wang Xuanfan smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, this is indeed a bit difficult for us."
"We He is the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang Province.”
"How can we control other Chief Secretaries?"
"If we manage, then there is a big problem."
"The only thing I can tell the Imperial Envoy is that I, the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang Province, have conveyed the decree in full accordance with the wishes of the imperial court, and have been exerting pressure. However, after all, I, the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang Province, are busy with political affairs and cannot cover everything, nor can I pay attention to it all the time. "
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"The autumn harvest has just ended, and we will enter service soon."
"There is a lot of water in the south, and there are lakes and rivers. The waterways need to be dredged in time. So what exactly has been accomplished?"
"I really can't answer it for the moment."
"But I can recommend one. The official is Li Benmo of the Salt Transportation Department. He is the salt transportation envoy of Zhejiang. After receiving the order from the court, the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang conveyed the imperial decree immediately. It was just a matter of salt administration. After all, it was not a local political matter in Zhejiang. , It’s really hard for us to interfere too much.”
“Please forgive me,”
Wang Xuanfan said lightly and turned his attention to Li Benmo.
Hearing Wang Xuanfan's words, Li Benmo's face turned dark. He knew that these people coming to him would be up to no good.
This time I put all the blame on myself.
There were so many cutscenes in the past, not only to show loyalty to the court, but also to show determination and attitude, just to blame everything on myself at this moment.
Li Benmo still sat firmly.
Seeing that Li Benmo did not get up, Wang Xuanfan showed a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes and proactively reminded: "Envoy Li Yanyun, didn't you just hear the imperial envoy's question? I want to know how you did this. ? Why don’t you report it to the Imperial Envoy immediately?”
Hearing Wang Xuanfan take the initiative to lead him, Li Benmo couldn't sit down anymore even if he wanted to.
He stood up, his face stiff and full of displeasure.
He slightly cupped his hands towards Xia Zhibai and said: "How dare I neglect the matters ordered by the imperial court?"
"It's just that the Imperial Envoy may not know something. In the past, our Salt Transportation Department did Responsible for the production and sales of salt, but with the advent of steam-driven salt, the main responsibility of our Salt Transportation Department has become tax collection. Production and sales are not controlled by us at all, but you can rest assured.”
“Although the Salt Transport Department has been busy recently settling in the kitchen households, they have not forgotten to convey the will.”
"The specific list of salt companies is being compiled."
"I think it will take a few days to give you a reply."
"But if you ask how many people will participate, I will I can't give an answer, because it's not within the scope of my authority, so I don't dare to overstep my authority. At the same time, the businessman's legs are long, so if they can't insist, there's nothing I can do about them."
"But you can rest assured, sir. "
"I have sent out all the officials from the Salt Transportation Department."
"I will send messages from door to door and deliver the imperial decree."
Li Benmo still said something unclear.
Xia Zhibai nodded.
He looked at Jie Min and others aside, and suddenly said: "Xie Yushi, did these two officials record everything they said truthfully?"
Jie Min's eyes flashed. After a touch of cunning and a bit of confusion, he said: "I have written it all down."
Hear the words.
Not only Wang Xuanfan and Li Benmo, but also Zhou Ziliang and Tang He were stunned.
For a while, I was a little confused about what kind of medicine was sold in Xia Zhibai Gourd.
Wang Xuanfan was surprised and asked: "May I ask, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, why did you write down these words?"
Xia Zhibai covered his right hand with his left hand, and slightly cupped his fists in the direction of Yingtian Mansion. , said: "I will report it to Your Majesty."
"Excuse me." After hearing Xia Zhibai's words, Zhou Ziliang, who was originally calm about honor and disgrace, froze on the spot, with a trace of panic in his eyes that he had not seen for a long time, and said with a dry smile: "Your Majesty, what are you doing? Such a trivial matter? Why is it worth reporting to His Majesty?"
Xia Zhibai shook his head resolutely.
He retorted: "It is wrong to say that you are involved in politics."
"I am traveling on behalf of His Majesty and following His Majesty's orders. How can I dare to act arbitrarily?"
"I shall report everything to Your Majesty."
"Every time officials report something to me from now on, they will truthfully register it in this record."
"I originally wanted to tell you tomorrow, but since you are so elegant and interested, I will take the opportunity to Regarding this banquet, I have told you in advance that you are not answering to me from now on, but are facing His Majesty, so I ask you to be careful in your words and actions."
"The official is just a messenger. "
Hearing Xia Zhibai's words, the faces of all the officials in the field suddenly changed.
Wang Xuanfan asked uneasily: "Isn't there something wrong with this?" I am only a first- and fifth-grade official, how can I be in charge of the salt administration? The only person in the world who can make the decision is your majesty.”
“Report everything that happened in Zhejiang, truthfully and in detail.”
“This is the main thing I will do in Zhejiang this time.”
“Again.”
“This is a good opportunity to reach heaven to listen.”
"How many officials in the world cannot ask for such a good opportunity?"
"I am also thinking about you."
"Only by bringing you closer to the current His Majesty, can you Only by better understanding His Majesty's thoughts can we make the most appropriate and complete solution to this matter. This move can be said to be beneficial to the country and the people, and also to everyone."
"This is what I have thought about. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time.”
“Don’t worry.”
"I'm not here to trouble you."
"Otherwise I wouldn't have told you what I was going to do in advance. If I really wanted to target you, I would have come quietly or secretly. Wouldn't it be more convenient to take action or report something secretly to impeach you?"
"But I did bring a supervisor with me this time."
"That's why. Monitor the contents of the records to see if they are fabricated, embellished, or deliberately framed. This is to ensure that the contents of the records are true and come from your own mouth."
" You can rest assured.”
"But why are you all so panicked?"
"My lords obviously know that I, Xia Zhibai, is only a fifth-rank official. How can I get Duke Xin and the Imperial Guards to come with me? Naturally, I come here on behalf of Your Majesty. This Isn’t it obvious to anyone with a clear eye? Why do you still look so surprised?”
“It’s a bit confusing for me.”
Xia Zhibai looked at everyone with a harmless expression. officials.
It’s just that Zhou Ziliang and others’ faces turned dark.
How could they not know.
They were all set up by Xia Zhibai.
Their plan had been seen through by Xia Zhibai a long time ago, but Xia Zhibai had been playing with it and had taken precautions early. From the beginning to the end, he was playing tricks on them, just like playing with monkeys. Watch them perform.
Hearing Xia Zhibai's words, Tang He was also stunned.
He was sure.
Zhu Yuanzhang never said these words in private.
It is absolutely impossible to say.
Xia Zhibai made up all this, but he made it up in a stylish way, and it makes some sense. Even he, if he didn’t understand Zhu Yuanzhang’s situation, would probably believe it to be true, even if he knew it was true. You have to be careful about fake ones.
Because Xia Zhibai really knows how to do what he says.
He did this more than once.
All of them were put aside by Xia Zhibai.
After Xia Zhibai made such a fuss, the wishful thinking made by Zhou Ziliang and others was completely in vain, and all their subsequent calculations could not be carried out. They dared to fool Xia Zhibai and treat Xia Zhibai as his wife. But I would never dare to fool His Majesty.
What kind of hero is His Majesty today?
How can you not see the little thoughts of these people?
Maybe even if other officials see it, there is nothing they can do about it.
But Zhu Yuanzhang is not.
If he was really angry, he wouldn't care so much and just order the killing.
What's more, Jin Yiwei has been sent.
Killing is just a matter of words, no need to waste time.
Hua Lun and others were also stunned.
In fact, they had no idea what Xia Zhibai was going to do before.
When they entered the restaurant, Xia Zhibai gave instructions to them to take note of something. They didn’t take it to heart at first, but now they felt a pang of sadness when they heard what Xia Zhibai did. Shocked and my scalp felt cold.
They finally knew why Xia Zhibai brought Jie Min and Ding Zhifang with him.
These two people are a censor and a supervisor.
Let’s live together.
It's just that all of them were fooled around by Xia Zhibai.
Seeing that all the officials remained silent, Xia Zhibai frowned and continued: "Since you don't want to speak, it's better for me to continue. The matter of salt administration should be settled sooner rather than later, so we should resolve it as soon as possible. I have notified you in advance. Even if there are differences in the communication from place to place, it has all arrived in the past month, and it is even time to arrive."
"After all."
"I have already arrived. It’s already here!”
“So please come to politics next week and pass on a message for me.”
"Three days later, a government-business meeting will be held. Anyone who fails to arrive will be disqualified from making salt."
"All their salt factory facilities will be confiscated!"
"I gave them a chance. ! ”
(End of this chapter)