newbobooks Chapter 1195 You've Been Fired
Chapter 1195 You've Been Fired
The Lord of the Mansion smiled and said, "No, no, that's not the case. It went very smoothly. Everyone is very grateful to General Xu of the Xu family. They call him a living Bodhisattva and even set up a longevity tablet for you! If it weren't for your help this time, I'm afraid that few people in my mansion would have survived."
Or they will all become refugees, running around the world, but in the end only a few will survive.
Zhou Guo said, "That's good. I wonder how the adults are preparing for the spring plowing. What's the plan? Have you prepared all the grains, seeds and farm tools?"
The whole prefecture was hit by a severe drought. Before the relief grain was distributed, everyone was eating wild vegetables and tree bark. I guess the seeds that were left would not be able to be preserved.
The prince's forehead was covered with sweat. "My lord, you also know that our prefecture suffered a severe drought last year. When there was no drought the year before, we were at war all year long. There was not much grain harvested in the past few years, which resulted in not much relief grain for the people who suffered from the disaster. To be honest with you, I really can't provide this grain."
The Lord of the Mansion was about to cry. It was very difficult for him too. When had there been any peace in these years?
We finally had peace last year, but then there was a severe drought. The granaries were so empty that even the rats had to avoid them. How could we get any grain or seeds?
Zhou Guo found his expression amusing and said, "Don't worry. Didn't I just distribute so much food? This food can be used as seed. They are used to being poor. They know better than us how to plan for their own families."
Moreover, according to letters from Wu Jiang and several others, the same thing as in Fengfei County happened in many places after the relief grain was distributed.
The grain had just been distributed and the people had barely even warmed their hands when they were coaxed and deceived into taking it away.
Or maybe it was never distributed at all and fell into the hands of those people.
There are many such cases.
She wrote a letter with Xu Xiushan's seal on it. The seal was distributed everywhere as if it were free.
After getting the seal, he started killing people everywhere as if he had obtained the imperial sword, without mercy. During this period of time, he had raided countless houses, and the silver and grain he seized were enough for the use of the entire county.
Therefore, she was not so anxious. However, it seemed that the Lord of the Mansion didn't know about this yet?
She asked, "Sir, do you know what has happened in the counties below in recent days?"
The Lord of the Mansion glanced at Zhou Guo and said thoughtfully, "I have heard a little bit about it."
Xu Xiushan's seal appeared in every county town. How could he not know about such a major event? He just turned a blind eye to it. It was obvious that his superiors didn't want him to interfere, so he didn't have to.
Zhou Guo said, "That's good to know. I'm sure you've heard that many families have been confiscated. With the donations from these wealthy families, spring ploughing in the entire city will no longer be a difficult task. The city doesn't need to worry too much and just needs to wait for the harvest."
The Lord of the Mansion breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, yes, sir, you are right. I wonder what your plans are next?"
Zhou Guo said: "I have to go down there and take a look. So many places have gone wrong. Sir, why don't you go and take a look and find out what's wrong?"
The Lord of the Mansion nodded, "I have to go, just like you, I have to go down and supervise the spring plowing."
Zhou Guo smiled, stood up and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore. It's up to you whether you want to kill these people, extort them, force them to do hard labor, or send them to the border. I won't ask."
The Lord of the Mansion said, "Please rest assured, my lord. I know what to do."
Among so many options, none of them can live comfortably, and it is impossible to let these people go.
Zhou Guo didn't even rest in the city. He just had a meal and left.
She looked through the letters from Qian Duoji and went to the counties where corruption was serious one by one.
Some county magistrates followed the local big families in corruption. After all, they had more money but their status was not enough, and they did not have many people under their control. Even if they had General Xu's seal, it would not be easy to accomplish this task.
There are many such places in the two provincial cities.
They have limited manpower and cannot stay in one place for too long, otherwise they will miss the spring ploughing, and then the common people will suffer.
She arrived before the group had even finished their work.
The benefits of having more than a thousand people around you are obvious. No big family in the county has the power to resist such a vital force, and even if several families join forces, they cannot do anything.
She led her men to the gate of the first county. When the county magistrate received the news, he was still in his arms and legs.
She went into the county government office with a list and solid evidence. Only then did the county magistrate crawl out of his bed in dishevelled clothes.
Seeing the fully armed Zhou Guo and his group, he was so scared that he almost wet his pants, and trembled and said: "You, you, you are so bold, this, this, this is the county government office, I, I am the county magistrate..."
Zhou Guo looked at him like a coward and frowned in disdain, "How did someone like you become a county magistrate? Did you donate money to get this position?"
"How dare you, I..."
Before he could finish, Zhou Guo threw the account book in his hand away and said expressionlessly: "You are fired!"
"It's the county magistrate..."
Two voices fell at the same time, and the person on the other side was stunned. What did he hear?
"Who are you?"
Zhou Guo raised his eyebrows, "Xu Anbei, the fourth son of the Xu family!"
The county magistrate collapsed to the ground, "Xu family, Xu family..."
They came to his door. The relief grains distributed by the Xu family in recent days were still stored in his county government office and the homes of various families. Before they could even get warm, they were found?
Zhou Guo stood up, put his hands behind his back, moved his lips, and began to read his life story, "Zhu Wenlong, forty-eight years old, from Zhujia Village, Qingtai County, born in..."
The magistrate's face turned paler as he listened, and the ground beneath him was wet.
Zhou Guo started from the first year he became an official and began to accept bribes. He matched the time, place and numbers one by one. He had even forgotten many of them himself and didn't know where she had found them from.
"In the fifteenth year of Changlong, which is this year, a total of 200,000 shi of disaster relief grain was embezzled!"
After she finished reading, she looked at the man on the ground and asked, "My Lord, County Magistrate, I don't know if you still remember what I said?"
The county magistrate was speechless and was shaking with fear.
Zhou Guo snorted and continued, "If you didn't covet the relief grain this time, I wouldn't have done anything to you. But you definitely shouldn't have set your sights on the relief grain. My things don't belong to you, so they're not so easy to take. Since you took them regardless of your own life, you have to know that you have to pay the price."
He called the county magistrate and said, "You, post the great achievements of your county magistrate in recent years so that everyone can see what kind of borer the people of our county have raised."
"Yes!" The county magistrate obediently picked up the account book and copied it aside.
The one with such fast hands couldn’t even see the shadow of the pen.