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"Your Highness, we...may have made a mistake."

After saying this sentence, Liang Yan's complexion flashed a little tangled, he rubbed the center of his eyebrows with some headache, and handed all the stacks of documents in his hand to Shen Jinghe's hand.

Shen Jinghe was stunned for a moment, without looking at Luo Guang who was fidgeting on the spot, took the thick stack of ledgers and letters and began to search through them.However, when he finally saw the content on it clearly, his eyes slightly enlarged due to surprise.

——What was recorded in black and white in the ledger was not the record they imagined about embezzlement and disaster relief money.Looking over, the paper is a record of various tight expenditures in the government office in the past few years. I wish I could break a penny into two pennies. The poverty of the government office is self-evident.

Looking back, I saw that after the floods, Luo Guang paid out his own money and sent it to the grain shop in the city, and asked them to give porridge to the Dragon King Temple every day to do good, but secretly covered his name. .

"Magistrate Luo, why are you..." Shen Jinghe raised his head from the account book and looked at Luo Guang with a complicated expression.

Liang Yan sighed, reached out and pulled out the pile of letters under the ledger, and presented it to Shen Jinghe, "Look at this again."

Shen Jinghe bowed his head in response, all he could see was that these correspondences were all evidence of secret collusion, corruption and bribery of Jiangnan officials, among which there was no lack of evidence that Chen Zhongquan had repeatedly ordered his subordinates to domineering and domineering the common people.If these evidences are presented to the capital, all of them will make those corrupt officials no longer stand up.If someone hadn't collected it with great concentration for many years, they would never allow the slightest leak.

Shen Jinghe stood up abruptly, with a solemn face, and bowed deeply to Luo Guang to apologize, "Magistrate Luo, I'm sorry, but we misunderstood you earlier. You are a person who really works for the people. Please, good officer... I hope you can forgive us for judging you so hastily."

"It can't be allowed, it can't be allowed at all!" Luo Guang hurriedly got up and helped Shen Jinghe up, his face was a little emotional, "The sixth prince is right, the lower official did make two copies of the real and fake accounts. Both of you If you have doubts in your heart, it is perfectly normal."

"Magistrate Luo, you obviously have so much evidence in your hands, and you have been serving the people wholeheartedly for many years. Why did you never think of writing to the capital to expose it? When you saw us coming to inspect, you deliberately covered up What about covering it up?" Liang Yan looked at him and asked rather puzzled.

"General Liang doesn't know something. The water in the south of the Yangtze River is very muddy...Xiaguan has been the county magistrate in Qingchi County for ten years. In the past ten years, the officialdom has been filthy and intriguing, but Xiaguan has already I've read it all over." Luo Guang invited the two of them to sit back and sighed, "When I was outside the county seat, the reason why my subordinate officials said that it was not easy to change the river course or build the reservoir was because there was no one in the official office. A sufficient amount of taels of silver will be used to make it happen. Although the imperial court has allocated 30 taels of official silver, these silver taels must be supplied to and from the colleges and distributed to all levels of appropriation in addition to floating sales in various departments. Yamen and officials."

He took a breath, and continued: "After the money was deducted by a layer, it finally reached the hands of the magistrate, and the money was almost never used to control the water. Big and small, anyone who has a job in the river workers can divide up part of it and get a lot of money. The silver taels that are really used to repair dams and relieve floods are very few, let alone Pensions are used to supplement the money of the people.”

Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan looked at each other at the same time, they were both surprised and angry at the group of corrupt officials who only knew how to plunder the people.

"Magistrate Luo, if you had told us earlier, we would have helped you, and we wouldn't...would not have done such a thing to misunderstand you." Shen Jinghe showed a trace of embarrassment, he sincerely said Looking at Luo Guang, he apologized again and again.

"How can the sixth prince be blamed for this. If you want to talk about it seriously, even before today, the lower official had some doubts about you in his heart, so I have to ask you to forgive me." Luo Guang waved his hands and smiled wryly. With a sound, he turned his head and looked out of the window with Youyuan eyes, "Jiangnan has visited the officials several times in the past, but they took advantage of Chen Zhongquan and turned a blind eye to the various abnormalities in Su County. They are really a nest of snakes and mice I saw it a few times, and gradually became discouraged. A few days ago, when the officer saw you, your... performance in Jiangcheng, it was just like usual, and he didn't dare to take reckless risks."

His last sentence was a little vague, and his hands on his knees moved slightly, with a embarrassed look on his face.

Shen Jinghe smiled, knowing that he was talking about the playful appearance he made on purpose in the past few days, and nodded knowingly, "I see. In order to lower Chen Zhongquan's vigilance, I let him let us go to the surrounding streets in a fair manner. From the prefectures and counties, they eat, drink and play recklessly during the day, and seem to care nothing about the flood."

Liang Yan looked sideways at him, as if he had thought of something, his eyes softened with distress, "However, every night, the Sixth Prince lights up the lamp to carefully study the county annals of Su County, thinking about the most comprehensive Strategies for water control. Every night until midnight, they refuse to rest no matter what.”

When Luo Guang heard the words, his expression became serious, and he saluted him with admiration, "The Sixth Prince's heart is on one side of land and water, and he only wants to benefit thousands of people in the south of the Yangtze River. Please accept my respect!"

"Magistrate Luo doesn't need to be so polite. Since we have the same heart to solve the flood, we will work together to calm the flood in the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible." Shen Jinghe stopped him and said sincerely.

Then Luo Guang straightened up, sat back on his seat, and sighed.

"The lower officials have not exposed their evil deeds for so many years. It is not because they are afraid of losing their official positions, but because they are afraid that if they fail to report, they will bite back and be relegated. Two common people. After the subordinate officials leave, if other officials are replaced, I am afraid that the people in Qingchi County will live even more bitterly."

Shen Jinghe looked at him and nodded solemnly.

"Magistrate Luo, don't worry, with these evidences. No matter how much backing Chen Zhongquan and the others have in Beijing, they will definitely be doomed this time."

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Flying pigeons rushing straight into the sky quickly sent a secret letter to the capital.A few days later, news of the emperor's fury came - hearing that the emperor had smashed the inkstone on the imperial case on the spot when he finished reading the secret letter, Longyan was frightened and angry, and had not calmed down for a long time.

A large number of officials in the south of the Yangtze River were relegated to exile one after another, beheaded and ransacked their homes. The leader, Chen Zhongquan, was escorted back to the capital to be beheaded in public within a few days.These corrupt officials have oppressed the people for many years, and there are countless gold and silver in their families.The seized silver taels were sent to Shen Jinghe for collection by the emperor's own orders, and he handed them over to Luo Guang. Together with the 5 taels he pretended to accept before, they were used for disaster relief.

On this day, the light rain came and went, and the sun wheel first appeared.

Walking to the front of the government office without haste, before Shen Jinghe opened his mouth, the yamen servants standing on both sides had already seen him from a distance, and saluted him with admiration and respect, "Sixth prince, wait a moment, I would like to invite you to Luo The adults come to greet you."

"No need." Shen Jinghe waved his hand, glanced at Liang Yan, who was always keeping a distance of two steps behind him, and turned his gaze back with a smile, "Lord Luo is a new official, and now I think it's time to be busy. , General Liang and I can go and visit on our own."

The yamen servants in front of the mansion also responded one after another, and bowed to send them into the official office with respect on their faces.

"Lord Luo, you've worked hard these few days. The bank has to go into the warehouse, and then you have to calculate the material resources for repairing the dam. Presumably the government office has been extremely busy these few days, right?"

Shen Jinghe stepped into the main hall, and immediately saw Luo Guang, who has now replaced Chen Zhongquan as the magistrate of Su County.He was sitting upright in his seat, reviewing and processing official documents with his pen flying like a fly.

Hearing his voice, Luo Guang quickly stood up, and led Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan to sit aside, with a smile on his serious face, "Not busy, not busy. With these silver taels, the flood disaster can be solved just around the corner. Next It doesn’t matter if the officials and the officials in the government office work a little bit more, the most important thing is to save the people from the disaster of flooding as soon as possible.”

"Although the official duties are busy, Lord Luo still needs to take care of his health." Liang Yan glanced at the stack of documents on the table and said curiously, "We heard from the master in the government office that Lord Luo seems to be doing relief work these days. worry?"

"That's right, otherwise, the lower officials wouldn't have invited the two of you to bother me again." Luo Guang also sat back to his original place, frowning slightly, "Although we have obtained a large amount of money now, we still need to count it. It took a lot of time. The officials in the government office also have different opinions on the current whereabouts of the silver. Some say that it should be used to repair the river embankment first, and some say that they should first buy food from other places to supply the people. Both sides hold their own opinions. , and they all have their own reasons, and the lower officials can't make up their minds for a while, so I want to hear the opinion of the sixth prince."

"This is indeed a problem. It's hard to decide which of the two is more important." Shen Jinghe nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "I have a plan, maybe it can be used For reference, Mr. Luo. Among the funds for repairing dams, manpower accounts for a large proportion. Why don't we use relief to promote work, replace relief with work, and use food to hire refugees to repair Wujiang. In this way, not only the project of repairing dams can be If it is completed as soon as possible, the hungry people can be fed, and the government office can use the saved money for other government orders that benefit the people, wouldn't it be great?"

Luo Guang clapped his hands excitedly, "Three kills with one stone, this plan is very clever! The sixth prince is indeed extremely intelligent, and I will order them to continue."

Luo Guang acted swiftly and resolutely, within a day, he had already promulgated the government order together with the officials in the government office.There are more and more sunny days every day, and the breaches on the long dikes of the rivers are also carefully repaired day by day. The wide and thick dams are as solid as gold, blocking the gradually calming river flow.

Standing on the small hill again, the scene as far as the eye can see is no longer surrounded by endless turbid water as before.The houses in good fields have gradually restored their original appearance. It can also be seen that the people who received official food returned to their homes and repaired the scattered doors and windows by stepping on a shallow layer of water.

"The rainy season has passed, and when most of the cities and counties in Su County recover, we can start to study the century-old plan to open and improve the river." Luo Guang raised his eyes and looked at the land in the south of the Yangtze River that was gradually regaining its vitality. His expression was filled with emotion.

Shen Jinghe walked to Liang Yan's side, looked at the busy figures of the people below him side by side, and sighed in the same way, "Yes, the flood has finally subsided. Detaining floods and diverting rivers and building canals are long-term solutions, so don't be in a hurry For a while. After General Liang and I leave, Master Luo can invite the surrounding officials to discuss it in detail, and then it will not be too late to make a final decision."

Although it was known that the flood had basically subsided, the imperial envoys on the southern tour had no reason not to return to the capital to return to their orders.However, looking at these two people who have been working hard for the people in the south of the Yangtze River these days, Luo Guang still has a deep sense of admiration and reluctance in his heart.

"Sixth Prince, General Liang." Luo Guang made a deep bow to the two of them, with a sincere tone, "I know that neither of you is a person who sticks to small etiquette. However, this ceremony not only represents the lower official, but also It represents all the people in the south of the Yangtze River who have been favored by you. I have discussed with the officials in charge of water conservancy in the government office. If you implement this strategy, not only will there be no worries about floods and droughts in Su County for more than ten years, but also Make the south of the Yangtze River conducive to the harvest of grain, and it will be prosperous year after year, benefiting one side."

"We are just making rough suggestions. If it can really benefit the people, it will be because Mr. Luo will continue to be diligent, caring for the people, and willing to work hard in the future." Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan looked at each other with a smile, turned their heads and said humbly , "These few strategies are left to Mr. Luo. I believe that Su County has a new parent officer, and the government will be smooth and the people will be harmonious, and the good times will be even better."

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On the day Shen Jinghe left, all people saw him off.All the people in Su County and the surrounding villagers who heard the news rushed to the streets of the city to see him off, and those who lived far away even set off early in the morning under the gloomy sky, just to calm them down by sending him off. The great benefactor who opened a storehouse to release grain after the flood.

The bustling streets were crowded with shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. They all tried their best to hold up the local products and food in their hands and rushed forward to the convoy, intending to give them to a few people to wrap their stomachs on the road.Many people even wept and embraced the horse's head, longingly covering the way, reluctant to let them go, thanking and praising their achievements repeatedly.

Shen Jinghe's current reputation in the south of the Yangtze River is by no means just a mere word.

During this period of time, he and Liang Yan have worked tirelessly around, which is obvious to all and passed on by word of mouth, not to mention that he has also dragged down all the corrupt officials in the south of the Yangtze River who are domineering and bullying men and women.The people in the south of the Yangtze River have suffered from their oppression for a long time. Now that the imperial court has finally punished them heavily and appointed a clean and honest official to take office, how can these people not be happy and grateful?

The energetic horse in front of the carriage neighed loudly, moving its hooves in small steps on the long street.The parcels and dry food have all been arranged and neatly piled up in the convoy, and the attendants and guards are all ready to go and return to their respective positions.

Luo Guang accompanied Shen Jinghe and Liang Yan all the way to the front of the convoy, repeatedly and solemnly promised that he would live up to the expectations of the two, take good care of the area around Sujun, and dredge up the Wujiang River as soon as possible. To prevent flooding.

Shen Jinghe stopped in his tracks, smiled and waved goodbye to him, "Master Luo's ability, we are naturally extremely assured. If we get the chance, we may come to Jiangnan again one day to have a look. At that time, we will bother Lord Luo We welcome you."

As soon as Liang Yan turned over and got on the horse, looking at them, he also smiled, "When the wind blowing banquet comes, I won't rest early because of the wind and headache, but I missed most of the banquet for no reason."

Hearing Liang Yan mentioned the misunderstanding between each other earlier, the three of them smiled with emotion and sighed a lot with each other.

"The hour is almost here, Mr. Luo, let's set off first."

Shen Jinghe raised his head to look at the sky, smiled and nodded to the bustling crowd who were seeing them off, then turned to Luo Guang and said.

Luo Guang shook his robe sleeves, bowed his hands and said goodbye to the two of them solemnly, "Sixth Prince, General Liang, have a good journey!"

Nodding at him, Shen Jinghe was about to step onto the carriage while leaning on the wall of the carriage, but suddenly his heart tightened, and he raised his head and looked outside the city gate as if feeling something.

A puff of smoke and dust rose from the flat ground in the distance, and a horse that was obviously exhausted from running was galloping towards it.Sitting on a bumpy horseback was a messenger-like official, holding a sealed letter in one hand, panting heavily and anxiously.

"Report—the urgent report of the capital! The urgent report of the capital!"

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