I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

The governor of Ningbo Prefecture, whose surname is Huang, is a middle-aged man about 40 years old. According to Zheng Zhipeng's understanding, his official reputation is pretty good. He is not a good official, and he has never done anything that seems like a big deal. His political achievements include not much corruption and not messing around with the people.

In such a world, meeting such a magistrate is already very good.

Speaking of which, they are also acquaintances. Ningbo Prefecture is the outlet of the Grand Canal and the largest port in the Jiangnan region. On weekdays, we have quite a lot of dealings with the Zheng family. There are also quite a few businesses in the city that depend on the Zheng family for their livelihood. Merchant.

Therefore, as soon as Zheng Zhipeng entered the city, he immediately gave Magistrate Huang a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Master Huang, I'm a little anxious, don't blame me."

Magistrate Huang snorted coldly and ignored him with a stern face. He just waved his hand as a greeting. After all, he was the head of a government, so he was forced to open the door. It was indeed very embarrassing. It's embarrassing for him.

"Mr. Huang Fu, may I ask how the situation in Ningbo Mansion is?"

Hearing this, Magistrate Huang sighed and said: "Although the entire province suffered, most of the disasters in Zhejiang were in my Ningbo Prefecture. You have also seen the situation below the city. As the prefect, I am afraid that no matter what, I can’t save it anymore, to be honest, I have asked my family to prepare a coffin for me, and I am ready to die for my country at any time.”

Zheng Zhipeng asked: "Although fire and water are merciless, this flood can be regarded as a sudden incident, but after all, it is only a disaster for several counties. Most places have still preserved rice fields. How did it happen to this field? It has only been a few days. ? How come the people exchange their sons and eat them?"

Hearing this, Magistrate Huang smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of natural disaster is it? It's all man-made disaster. The autumn harvest is around the corner and the people have no food. This flood has directly driven up the price of food. I don't even mention what Liu Xiang did." , In fact, except for our Ningbo Prefecture, the situation in other states and counties in the province is not so bad, that is, it is only slightly damaged. However, the food is in the hands of local large households, and they are all waiting to hoard it and annex the land.

I went to help them borrow money, but they were just like sending beggars away. Ningbo Mansion has no soldiers. The number of soldiers I can use is not as many as the guards of several big families. In addition, we in Zhejiang have always... Well, I am not afraid of you if I tell you. It’s a joke. As a prefect, I’m really not an official in the eyes of those big families. As for the other nearby counties, hehe, others are sweeping the snow in front of them. Who can help me? "

"In other words, the food shortage is not all caused by floods. Instead, most of it is caused by aristocratic families raising prices through hoarding. But doesn't Ningbo have a treasury? Doesn't it store grain? Why not provide relief to the victims outside the city? "

"Ningbo City naturally has a treasury. Not only that, many states and counties in the south, and even some grain from Fujian have to be transferred here. But I don't dare to touch even a grain of rice from that grain."

"Why is this?"

"Because it is military rations, which will be transported to the capital soon, and then transferred to Liaodong from the capital. If the disaster relief is not done well, I will abandon my official position, or even die for the country. But if I tamper with the military rations, I will confiscate my family and exterminate my family." .”

Zheng Zhipeng finally got angry: "What nonsense is this? There is a shortage of food on the front line, so we can only transfer people elsewhere. Ningbo is the hardest-hit area, why do we even need to transfer Ningbo's stored food? There are only a few defenders in Liaodong, and they eat freely every day." , and how much food can be eaten, is it still short of Ningbo?

This is obviously unscrupulous. First, in the name of military rations, disaster relief is delayed, causing starvation and death all over the land, so that some people can annex the land. Then, they do nothing more and later transfer the disaster relief rations to draw water from them. They come back and forth again and again, and they are empty-handed. , they made both land and money, but thousands of ordinary people died, and their consciences were eaten by dogs. "

"Oh, so I can't do anything about it."

"Haha, so you lock the victims outside the city and starve to death?"

"If you put them in the city, they will starve to death and destroy my Ningbo Mansion. If you don't come today, in three days at most, those people outside the city will either die or leave, leaving no one alive." At that time, the wealthy households in the city should provide food relief, either buying land with food, or buying and selling people with rice, which are hugely profitable businesses, but they can barely survive."

Zheng Zhipeng was so angry that he became happy.

"What you did as a parent-official really opened my eyes. You watched your people starving to death outside the city without doing anything. I wonder if you are... a beast in disguise?"

Magistrate Huang closed his eyes and lamented: "General Zheng, why do you have to be so sarcastic? If you were sitting in my position, you would be the same. Civilian officers wear birds, and military attaches wear beasts." , none of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are dressed like beasts."

Zheng Zhipeng snorted coldly and finally lost his patience: "In that case, let me take your seat for a few days. Come on, Huang Fujun is sick. Please help him go back to the government office to rest."

Magistrate Huang was shocked: "Zheng Zhipeng, what are you doing? I am the dignified magistrate of Ningbo, a fourth-rank official. What do you want to do? Hold me hostage? Don't act recklessly because of the respect of the minister. If something happens to Zhang Bu I can’t even protect you!”

"Mr. Huang Fu misunderstood, I just wanted to open a warehouse to provide disaster relief."

"That's military rations! How dare you!"

"I am also using this as military rations! Liu Xiang is here on the tenth day of the month, and I need these military rations to recruit troops to fight against the Japanese!"

"Fart! If you say Liu Xiang will come, will he come?"

Zheng Zhipeng smiled bitterly upon hearing this and said, "As long as he knows that I am in Ningbo, he will definitely come."

"........."

"Master Huang, I am doing this for your own good. If you are so worried that you fall ill now, no matter what I do, you can still shirk it. Even if you can't keep your official position, you can still save your life. If you are not sick, what will I do to you and me?" , it’s all trouble.”

Magistrate Huang was stunned for a long time before he said: "General Zheng... you are so courageous."

"It's not that I'm brave, but the nearly [-] victims in this city force me to do this. Mr. Huang Fu, please."

Magistrate Huang stared at Zheng Zhipeng for a long time with squinted eyes. At this time, two black men were approaching him, one on the left and the other on the right. However, none of the original government officials in Ningbo Prefecture dared to speak out.

"Okay, what a righteous Fourth Master Zheng. He is indeed a tiger brother without a canine brother. I will open my eyes and watch how you deal with the current situation, hum!"

After saying that, Magistrate Huang flicked his sleeves, pushed the two big black men away, and left angrily.

"Where is Tongzhi?"

A short man stood up, but before Zheng Zhipeng could open his mouth to speak, he bowed his hands and saluted: "General Zheng, I have been seriously ill recently. I don't dare to fall because I care about the victims. Since General Zheng is in charge of the overall situation now, Then I resigned."

"........."