Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Dai Mingde, governor of Ruzhou, welcome the imperial envoy to Ruzhou!"

"The governor of Zhengzhou is rising, come to welcome the imperial envoy into the city!"

"Anzhou Inspector Zhao Feixuan..."

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Immediately afterwards, several officials from the Governor's Office of Ruzhou reported their identities one after another, such as Sima of Ruzhou, Governor of Ruzhou, and the Six Cao Zuoguan of the Governor's Office of Ruzhou, etc.

However, Guo Ye didn't pay attention to the identities of the latter, and only remembered the identities of the first three.

Good guy, Guo Ye took a deep breath, thinking in his heart, the governors of Ruzhou, Zhengzhou, Anzhou, and the three states gathered together, and came to the gate of the city to welcome him together, what a big formation!

Guo Ye turned his head slowly, and scanned the governors of the three states with sharp eyes, one by one, as if he wanted to see through the depths of the three people's hearts.

Chapter 360 The Strangeness at the Banquet

Soon, Guo Ye was welcomed into the city of Ruzhou by the three state governors of Ruzhou, Zhengzhou, and Anzhou, as well as officials at all levels of the Ruzhou governor's office.

After entering the city, it was at noon, and the first thing to do was naturally a feast to cleanse the dust.

As the host, Dai Mingde, the governor of Ruzhou, held a banquet at Jiangbinlou, the largest restaurant in Ruzhou County, to wash away the dust for the imperial envoy and supervisor of the censor Guo Ye.

Regardless of the fact that the governors of the prefecture are all fourth- and fifth-rank civil servants, Guo Ye is neither an official of the six departments with real power, nor a general who controls the army and horses. He is just a sixth-rank supervisory censor.

However, neither Dai Mingde, governor of Ruzhou, Zhang Shiyuan, governor of Zhengzhou, nor Zhao Feixuan, governor of Anzhou, dared to neglect Guo Ye.

First, the supervisory censor of Yushitai, commonly known as the nemesis of officials, specializes in catching the pigtails of officials from all over the country and making small reports to the emperor.

Second, Guo Ye was ordered to go out of Chang'an to inspect the disaster situation in the three prefectures and the distribution of disaster relief money.Take the sacred order and supervise it according to the order, and they will not dare to be disrespectful.

In addition, the three lords of the governor did something wrong and felt guilty. Even the officials at all levels in Ruzhou who attended the banquet did not have a clean buttocks.

Therefore, this banquet is really unique, and Guo Ye has been praised by all the officials...

Guo Ye continued to maintain the rebellious spirit of an imperial envoy, he would not refuse the flattery of the officials, and his face was full of pride.

It's quite like a young man who once achieved his ambition, and the young phoenix crowed and supported the nine heavens.

but,

He is very clear-headed, and his heart is very clear. None of these people are clean.

Guo Ye ignored the other officials, but paid special attention to the three governors of the state when he exchanged cups and cups with them, exchanged cups and cups, and made false claims.

Dai Mingde, the governor of Ruzhou, was about fifty years old, with a lot of seniority in the officialdom, always accompanied by a smiling face, as if he was harmless to humans and animals.

At first glance, it looks like a honest old man, but Guo Ye knows that all this is an illusion.

Zhang Shiyuan, the governor of Zhengzhou, was in his forties. He said that he was a civil servant, but he was more like a general.Not only is he extremely rough-looking, without the gentle appearance of ordinary civil servants, but also when he and Guo Ye are exchanging cups at the same table, they are both elder brother Guo and brother Guo short, as if the two have been best friends for many years.

However, the more Zhang Shiyuan let go of the airs of the governor of a state and got so close to himself, the more Guo Ye felt that this person could not be trusted.

As for Anzhou Inspector Zhao Feixuan, compared to those two, he is not only much younger, but also more like a serious scholar who deeply understands the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.

And judging from his face and eyebrows, this Zhao Feixuan and Zhao Shishi didn't look like the kind of person who harbored filth and filth in his heart.

During the dinner, this person didn't take the initiative to flatter Guo Ye at all, he just kept drinking with his head down, and basically never took the initiative to say a word.

In an unintentional eye contact with him, Guo Ye caught a trace of something wrong, that is, Zhao Feixuan just looked at him, and immediately dodged away.

Could it be that this person didn't collude with the two governors of Ruzhou and Zhengzhou to embezzle ink and disaster relief money?

But soon, he overturned this idea.

Because of the order of the imperial court, the 150 million disaster relief funds were jointly allocated and supervised by the governors of the three states.

If Zhao Feixuan hadn't participated in the ink corruption case, how would the other two governors have dared to risk their heads and kill the three clans to do this?

Grandma's, it's so weird!

Immediately, Guo Ye recalled the scene when he had just entered the city, from the city gate all the way to Jiangbin Building.

The streets are extremely clean, and the people coming and going are orderly, and they have never seen the scene of corpses strewn across the fields that should be seen in times of famine.

The doors of the shops on both sides of the street are still open, those who are doing business are doing business, and those who should be shouting are shouting...

This is clearly the scene of the Taiping years, where are the scenes of corpses strewn all over the fields, starving and dying?

However, Guo Ye still vividly remembers the tragedies one after another outside the city.

Apparently, the peaceful scene in Ruzhou city was intentionally created by Dai Mingde, Inspector Dai, in order to blind his eyes and numb his attention.

For a while, Guo Ye was caught in a conflict because of Zhao Feixuan, the governor of Anzhou, who was in trouble.

I kept asking myself, grandma, who is a human and who is a ghost?Or is it that the city of Ruzhou is full of ghosts?

After thinking for a long time, he simply picked up the cup, slapped Dai Mingde, the governor of Ruzhou, and asked: "Dai Mingde, Ruzhou, Anzhou, and Zhengzhou have suffered disasters and famines because of the Yellow River's embankment. It is an indisputable fact, and I came here to inspect it under the sacred order. However, I think that Ruzhou City is clean and tidy, and it doesn’t look like it has suffered a disaster or a famine. I really don’t understand. What is going on, I hope Dai Inspector can clear up Guo's doubts."

Well?

Hearing Guo Ye's question, a trace of panic obviously flashed across Dai Mingde's face, but it was quickly disappeared and he returned to normal.

Then he burst out laughing, and said with a look of complacency: "Guo Yushi doesn't know something. Since the imperial court appropriated the relief money, the governor, Zhang governor, and Zhao governor have cooperated sincerely and allocated the funds reasonably and quickly. Disaster relief money. The famine after the disaster was brought under control at the first time. With the disaster relief money from the imperial court, the government had money to buy food, and the common people had food rations after the disaster.”

Speaking of this, Dai Mingde glanced at Zhang Shiyuan and Zhao Feixuan respectively, and continued: "Under such a catastrophe, Ruzhou City was able to control the disaster so quickly and keep the casualties of the people to a minimum. 20 of my fathers and villagers died in Ruzhou. Don’t you think so? Governor Zhang!”

The last sentence was directed at Zhang Shiyuan, the governor of Zhengzhou.

Zhang Shiyuan nodded heavily, stood up and sighed: "Yes, this is the case in Ruzhou, and so is my Zhengzhou. Although the disaster is huge, the casualties are extremely low, extremely low! The 30 people in Zhengzhou, after the disaster There were almost zero casualties, this is not only the glory of the Zhengzhou officials, but also the dignity of the court, fortunately, fortunately!"

At the end, he held up the wine cup and said with emotion: "As the saying goes, the catastrophe is ruthless, but the court is merciful. The Holy One can allocate the relief money so quickly. He is definitely the first king in the ages. He loves the people like a son. Nothing beats this!"

"Cough cough cough..."

Suddenly, Anzhou Inspector Zhao Feixuan, who lowered his head and only focused on drinking, coughed suddenly, as if he drank too fast and choked.

Guo Ye turned his head to Zhao Feixuan and asked intentionally: "Inspector Zhao, what do you want to say? Or do you have something in your heart that you can't express?"

Obviously, Guo Ye had something to say.

But Zhao Feixuan just got up, cupped his hands and replied: "Master Imperial Envoy, I am not feeling well, I want to go back to rest earlier, so I will take my leave first!"

After speaking, they rushed to Zhang Shiyuan again, Dai Mingde and the two nodded, turned and left slowly.

Guo Ye looked at the back of this guy leaving, and thought to himself, I'm stupid, I'll leave as soon as I say it, and I have a personality, this guy surnamed Zhao, why can't my buddy know it?

At this time, Zhang Shiyuan next to him lit up his rough voice, and explained for Zhao Feixuan: "Guo Yushi, don't blame me, Zhao Shiyuan has been exhausted recently due to disaster relief work, and I don't mean to be negligent."