Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1251 The last general asked for orders to arrest the corrupt official Zhu Pingan

  The house leaks happen to rain all night, and the late boat meets the headwind. This sentence could not be more suitable for Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou. Some time ago, Japanese pirates came to invade Taizhou. The thieves broke through several counties in the territory and encircled Taizhou. Fortunately, Zhu Pingan, the magistrate of Jingnan, made three great achievements in killing Japanese, defending the city, and restoring the city, which saved the face of Taizhou. , plus he took care of it, and he survived the catastrophe safely.

  But I never expected that after the Japanese pirates' catastrophe, the once-in-a-hundred-year flood came again.

  Although the flood was a natural disaster, it spread more than half of the south of the Yangtze River, and none of the prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were spared. The imperial court will not hold themselves accountable for the flood, but if the disaster relief is not effective, it will be inevitable that they will be held accountable.

  So since the flood, Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, has been working hard every day, personally deploying and directing the disaster relief in Taizhou.

  Since the magistrate is like this, the officials below naturally dare not slack off, especially Wang Experience of the government's experience department.

Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou, found an official document titled "Zhu Ping'an, the magistrate of Jingnan County, submits the letter of early warning and flood control to Taizhou Prefecture" when he was looking at the map book of mountains, rivers and rivers in Taizhou Prefecture for three days, because the official document was submitted by Zhu Pingan. The name of the official document was about early warning and flood control, so Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, began to read it.

  Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, flipped through the content and saw the time of the payment, and couldn't help being furious.

  Zhu Pingan, magistrate of Jingnan County, sent a letter to Taizhou government more than ten days before the flood to remind him of the flood!

  Why didn't it attract attention!

  If Zhu Ping'an's proposal was followed and precautions were taken in advance, how could the flood in Taizhou be so severe!

  Therefore, Wang Jin, who was in charge of the government's experience department, was called by Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, to criticize him severely.

  If Tan Lun hadn’t thought that he was preparing the army outside the city, and had indeed told Wang Experience that they were officials, and that they should not bother him if there was no serious matter, otherwise Wang Experience would not have faced a harsh criticism!

  After this incident, Wang's experience improved his memory, and he paid special attention to the official documents submitted by the following counties. Once it was related to floods, no matter how big or small, he would submit them to the prefect Tan Lun for review as soon as possible.

   "My lord, this is the official document submitted today by the following counties: Fianhai County, Taiping County, and Huangyan County."

  A clerk from the Experience Department entered the door and handed over the received official documents to Wang Experience.

  Wang experienced the official document and looked at it carefully. Linhai County reported that the price of grain in the territory had been reduced and stabilized at 500 renminbi per shi, and Huangyan County also reported that the domestic grain price had been reduced and stabilized at 500 renminbi per shi.

  Well, yes, this is good news, Fu Zun will be very happy to hear it.

  Wang experienced a smile on his face after looking through the official documents submitted by Linhai County and Huangyan County.

  Taiping County should be the same.

  Wang experienced while thinking, while opening the official documents of Taiping County, um, it was also the news that the price of food in the territory had been reduced to 500 renminbi per shi. Hey, why is there a page behind it? !

What? ! Expose and report Zhu Ping'an? !

  Wang experienced that he couldn't calm down after reading the content, and immediately ran to the room of Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, with three official documents.

  "Fu Zun, Fu Zun" Wang experienced hurried to Tan Lun's room, without even knocking on the door.

   "What's the matter? How can you be so flustered?"

  Taizhou prefect Tan Lun was discussing with Zuo Zhen about sending recruits into the city to help maintain the order of the refugee camp. He was discussing at a critical point when he was suddenly interrupted by Wang's experience.

   "What the lord of the government taught me is that the lower officials are inappropriate, so please punish the lord of the government." Wang experienced bowing his head.

   "Punishment will be avoided. Tell me, why did you come to see me in a hurry?" Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, took it lightly and did not pursue it further.

   "Returning to the government, the officials have only received the official documents from the three counties of Linhai, Huangyan, and Taiping." Wang Jingzheng reported.

   "What happened in the three counties?" Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, asked.

   "The three counties all report that the price of grain in their territory has dropped and stabilized at 500 ren per stone, and another." Wang experienced the report.

   "It's a good thing to lower the price of temperature-controlled food. Why do you do this?" Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, said dissatisfied after hearing the words.

"Fu Zun, there is also a letter of accusation in the official document of Taiping County Magistrate, exposing and accusing Zhu Pingan, the magistrate of Jingnan County, saying that Zhu Pingan forcibly set the price of grain in Jingnan at 2,500 yuan per stone in the name of the county government! For personal gain, according to the local people in Jingnan, Zhu Pingan accepted bribes from grain merchants as high as tens of thousands of silver."

  While talking, Wang experienced picked out the official documents of Taiping County and handed them to Taizhou prefect Tan Lun with both hands.

   "What?! There is such a thing!" Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, immediately changed his face when he heard this! The face is full of anger!

   "Impossible? Zhu Pingan, the magistrate of Jingnan County, is not such a person, is he?!" Zuo Zhen opened his mouth in surprise after listening, but he was skeptical about the magistrate of Taiping County's report.

  At the beginning, because Jingnan beheaded more Japanese pirate heads than usual, he and the prefect Tan Lun went to Jingnan for a private visit to check. In fact, at the beginning, he was very prejudiced against Zhu Pingan, he didn't believe that Jingnan would have so many gains, and even suspected that Zhu Pingan would kill the good and pretend to be meritorious, but he didn't expect it to be the case. More than that, they discovered during their private visits that Zhu Pingan, the magistrate of Jingnan County, was highly praised by the local people, and he was known as loving the people, being clean and capable. Therefore, Zuo Zhen became a fan of Zhu Ping'an. He didn't believe that Zhu Ping'an could do such a thing of disregarding the life and death of the people, raising the price of grain and accepting bribes from grain merchants.

Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou, was shocked and found it unbelievable, but the records in the official documents of the magistrate of Taiping are well-founded and detailed, and it does not seem to be fiction. Moreover, fabricating criminal evidence to frame others is not a small crime, and the magistrate of Taiping dare not . To be on the safe side, Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, sent people to investigate secretly.

   Soon, the secret investigator came back with an official document.

   "Starting today, every stone of grain in Jingnan County is 2,500 Wen..." Black and white, bright red big seal, there is no falsehood!

Taizhou prefect Tan Lun and others looked at the official document defining grain prices in Jingnan in front of them, and they had to be convinced that Taiping magistrate’s denunciation was true. ! As for the fact that Zhu Ping'an accepted huge bribes from grain merchants, it must be true after all!

  Floods are currently underway and the people are struggling to survive. How dare Zhu Pingan act so recklessly! Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou, couldn't help but turn pale with anger.

   "Master Fu, please order to arrest the corrupt official Zhu Pingan and bring him to justice!" Zuo Zhen gritted his teeth angrily, and begged Tan Lun for his order.

  At this moment, his fan turned black, and became Zhu Pingan's black fan again. Zhu Pingan wasted my trust in you, and even defended you in front of the government official. 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!

   "Quite!" Taizhou prefect Tan Lun nodded, but soon shook his head and stopped Zuo Zhen.

   "Fu Zun! If Zhu Pingan is allowed to mess around like this, how can the people of Jingnan survive?!"

   Zuo Zhen was puzzled and asked hastily.

"General Zuo, Zhu Ping'an is not an ordinary magistrate. He has made great contributions in fighting against the Japanese. He has just been promoted by the Holy Spirit to be the governor of Zhejiang Province. It is said that he was promoted to Zhejiang Province to be punished as a procuratorial envoy, and it was because Xu Ge took care of him. If it is only based on this official document to define the price of grain, I am afraid that there will be many evasive and sophistry words, and it will be difficult to convict him. And After a while, when the situation in Jingnan is corrupted and the troubles get out of hand, then send Zhu Ping'an. At that time, he won't be allowed to shirk!"

  Tan Lun, the magistrate of Taizhou, said slowly that he has always been calm and considerate than Zuo Zhen.

  In addition to the above, he was also worried that if he sent Zhu Pingan out in a hurry, he would get the reputation of being jealous and intolerable.

  Zhu Ping'an was promoted to Zhejiang for his meritorious service. After the incident, the name of the youngest and most promising official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang fell from Tan Lun to Zhu Pingan. I am thirty-two years old, from the fourth rank; Zhu Ping'an is only sixteen, and he is already the fifth rank, only half a rank lower than himself. With the speed at which Zhu Ping'an was promoted, no one doubted that Zhu Ping'an would become his boss in a few years. Although he didn't care about his fame, many people in the circle said this. He was worried that if he sent Zhu Pingan out in a hurry, he would be misunderstood by other officials as being jealous and unable to tolerate others.

  I am aspiring to be a marquis and a prime minister. If I leave a bad reputation of being jealous of the virtuous and capable, and not tolerant of others, it may have an impact on my official career.

   And after a while, the situation in Jingnan is corrupt and the chaos is out of control, and Zhu Ping'an will be sent down by himself.

   No longer misleading.

   "Oh! That's the only way to go, but the people of Jingnan will have to suffer for a while." Zuo Zhen sighed.

  (end of this chapter)