I have a book to play

The box brought back to the official post by Sun Peng is extremely important.

He had never met the magistrate of Jinling County, not even once.But through the heavy box, Sun Peng seemed to be able to see that Mr. Huang spent his whole life working hard for the people.

The contents of the box are recorded from the beginning of the drought, involving the disaster situation and disaster response situation in Jinling and other places after the drought began, as well as a lot of local information in Jinling after the disaster began, including the private use of the canal by large households and their reluctance to conflict with the county government. Give water to the people, drive up food prices, etc.

More importantly, at the bottom of the box, Sun Peng found a letter that pierced through the paper.In the letter, he frankly confessed his negligence of duty, enumerating all kinds of bad deeds of the governor of Changzhou since the disaster, among which he denounced the governor of Changzhou for not reporting it.

At the end of the letter, the words "I kowtow and pay homage" hide too much sadness.

"I'm afraid Master Huang wrote this letter before he hanged himself from the beam."

Sun Peng let out a long sigh, then handed over the letter in his hand to Xie Chen.Gou Qi knew that they were going to talk about serious business, so she guarded the door early, leaving only Sun Peng and Xie Chen in the room.

The freshly brewed tea is still steaming when it is poured into the teacup.I don't know whether it was the uncontrollable sadness in the letter that blurred his eyes, or the steam from the tea made his eyes uncomfortable. Sun Peng raised his hand and rubbed his eyes.

"He has written so many things, but he has no way to submit them directly to His Majesty, so he can only hang himself in grief and indignation... Mr. Huang, I am afraid that he will wait until his death, that someone will know the truth and help the people of Jinling."

"What do you want?" Xie Chen scanned the entire letter, folded it again and said, "But you want to report it to the imperial court?"

It is different from the county magistrate who needs to pass through the upper peak layer by layer when reporting to the imperial court.The supervisory censor can directly transmit the news to the censor platform.

Then go through Yushitai, without going through the three provinces, and report directly to Emperor Xihe.In this way, the situation that intermediate messages are suppressed or delayed can be avoided as much as possible.

"The disaster in Changzhou is no small matter. The county magistrate of Jinling County pleaded for the people's life but failed, and hanged himself in grief and anger. I will send people back to Beijing immediately, and I ask the censor to ask His Majesty to judge." Sun Peng said again, "In Before the news comes from the imperial court, we still need to arrange the affairs here in Jinling."

As he said, he raised his hand to grind ink.

Xie Chen reached out to take the ink stick, shook his head and said, "Here comes the poor monk. Qilang is writing."

Sun Peng was particularly serious about sending back the papers for Yushitai.

Every stroke and stroke was firmly placed on the paper, for fear of missing a single word, making Zhezi, who had taken the lives of tens of thousands of people in Jinling and other places, a machete on their heads.

When the last stroke was made, Sun Peng breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the booklet and blew it, and suddenly passed his hands: "Master, is this appropriate?"

Xie Chen paused for a moment, took the notebook, scanned every line on it word by word, closed it when he was done, raised his head and asked, "Who will you send back to Beijing?"

Sun Peng didn't bring many people with him at all, and if he went back with one, he would need less and less.

Sun Peng was silent, and called the name of the person accompanying him: "Let him go. He was born in martial arts in his early years, and riding a horse is not a problem. He also eats food and sleeps in the open. He needs to be strong and strong. He is the most suitable person to go."

Those who returned to Beijing were quickly called into the room.

Gou Qi outside the door didn't know what his family Qilang said to the person, only knew that after the eldest brother came out of the house, his expression became very dignified, and he rode away from the official post not long after.

He looked back at the open door, poked his head in and asked, "Qilang, is there anything I can do?"

Sun Peng lowered his head to write something, stopped writing when he heard the sound, and said slowly: "Tomorrow, you will go to Wuyin County with me." Then, he threw a purse to Gou Qi, "Go to the street to buy something, and visit the governor tomorrow , it’s not good to come to the door empty-handed.”

Wolfberry stepped back in response, and the sound of footsteps came from the stairs, getting farther and lighter.

After the sound of footsteps had completely disappeared, Sun Peng turned his head and looked at Xie Chen: "Master, I may need to troubleshoot with the county magistrate tomorrow to check how much food is still in the lower city. I am afraid that their food reserves can help the people in these cities survive for a while."

Having said that, Sun Peng knew that this was just a whimsical idea.

If these big families were willing to take out their food reserves, they should have done so a long time ago, so why wait until now.What's more, the price of food in the city has been driven up, and their handwriting is behind it.

He didn't dare to put pressure on Xie Chen and the others, so he could only bet his hope on tomorrow in his heart.

*****

Changzhou Governor's Mansion is located in Wuyin County, which is the seat of most government offices in Changzhou.As the supervisory censor, Sun Peng should visit the local governor first after arriving in Changzhou.It's just that he went directly to Jinling as soon as he came, and didn't expect to go to Wuyin first.

What's more, he is the supervisory censor, and he is responsible for supervising officials, inspecting counties and counties, and correcting prisons.Undercover investigation is a matter of course.

But now, for the sake of Changzhou's disaster situation, he still has to visit the governor first.

Sun Peng glanced back at the wolfberry following him, and smiled: "Goji, do you have a gift belt?"

Wolfberry responded happily: "I've brought it with me. Don't worry, Qilang."

On the way out of Jinling, Sun Peng also saw many refugees along the way, and occasionally saw a convoy of families.But when it came to Wuyin, the situation was completely different.

Wuyin is also extremely short of water due to drought.However, countless wells have been dug in various places in Wuyin. Along the way, the wells are scattered everywhere, some with water and some without water, and blooming everywhere.

The people in the city were in a hurry and looked haggard, but compared to those refugees and the people in Jinling City, they looked fine.Wolfberry stopped the passers-by to ask about the disaster, but all the passers-by were frightened and looked around, not daring to say a word to anyone.

"Qilang, this situation looks very wrong." Being rejected by passers-by again, Gou Qi frowned, and said angrily, "Who would even ask a question as if he was afraid of encountering a beast!"

Sun Peng kept looking at the situation on the side of the road, and shook his head: "I'm afraid the city has already issued an order not to have more contact with strangers, and to keep silent about the disaster."

Although there are many shops in Wuyin city, unlike Jinling where most of them closed their doors, none of the common people who passed by stopped to buy one or two, and those vendors even sighed, their eyes glazed over.

Sun Peng had a vague guess in his heart.

There was a lot of traffic in front of the governor's mansion, and countless people came in and out, all of them were beaming, and there was no numbness on the faces of the people.

Sun Peng stood still in front of the door, looked up at the plaque, and stepped forward.

The steward who greeted him at the door saw the stranger's face, couldn't help but smile, looked him up and down, and asked, "May I ask who this gentleman is?"

Sun Peng smiled and cupped his hands: "I am the new supervisor of Jiangnan Dongdao. I am passing through Changzhou. I am here to pay a visit to Mr. Governor."

The steward was stunned, as if he didn't expect the supervisor to be so young, he was a little hesitant.A clever person beside him immediately turned around and ran into the mansion, and came back after a while.

"My lord, my lord is affectionate!"

He went directly to the door without handing over the greeting card. In the past, Sun Peng would not have dared to do such nonsense.It's okay to let the second and third uncles know about this kind of thing, but if the grandfather and father know about it, he will only end up covering the yard covering his buttocks to hide from the whip.

Walking in the Governor's Mansion, Sun Peng couldn't help but smile wryly when he thought of losing this courtesy because of the Jinling disaster.

After the servant who led the way proudly told him that today is a good day for Mr. Governor to accept No. 17 aunt, Sun Peng's face darkened.

The common people outside are better off than dead, but the gentry and wealthy inside are holding gold, silver and jade, complimenting the court and ordering the official to accept a concubine.

Thinking of Xie Chen's mention that Ren Cuiyuan, governor of Changzhou, was a disciple of Shang Shu Ling Wang Youzhi, the fire in Sun Peng's heart became more and more intense.

When Ren Cuiyuan heard the news from his subordinates that the new Jiangnan Dongdao supervisory censor had arrived at the mansion, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then remembered the news from the Wang family in the capital that he had thrown aside casually, frowned, and had to temporarily put down the wine glass in his hand and go out corresponding.

"Sun Yushi." Ren Cuiyuan squinted his eyes, and looked him up calmly, with some disdain in his heart.

Sun Peng didn't seem to notice his gaze, cupped his hands and said, "Master Ren."

Ren Cuiyuan smiled perfunctorily, and said sideways: "Sun Yushi came by coincidence, I am very happy today, Sun Yushi happened to be able to ask for a glass of wine."

Sun Peng did his part.

The two entered the main hall, and everyone at the banquet saw a strange boy coming, and looked at him one after another.Ren Cuiyuan laughed, and mentioned Sun Peng's status as the censor in front of everyone.Everyone at the banquet had different expressions immediately.

Sun Peng didn't care, and after taking his seat, he drank two glasses of wine politely, and then ordered Gouqi to present a meeting gift.

Ren Cuiyuan laughed and ordered someone to accept the meeting gift, and a wealthy businessman next to him yelled a few times to let him open it in public.

Ren Cuiyuan glanced at Sun Peng meaningfully, waved his hand and ordered people to open it.

He didn't pay attention to Sun Peng, the little supervisory censor. He simply glanced at the letter sent by the Wang family, and knew that there was a new censor in Jiangnan Dongdao.Looking at it now, I'm afraid that this person came here to curry favor with himself and the Wang family.

"Big... lord!"

"What's all the fuss about? Could it be that Sun Yushi gave you something precious..."

Ren Cuiyuan was thinking in his heart, when he looked back, his face suddenly darkened.There was no precious gift in the opened box, it was clearly a box of yellow rice.Ren Cuiyuan was furious for a moment, and almost jumped up against the crime.

"What does Sun Yushi mean by this?"

Sun Peng said indifferently: "When I left the capital, I didn't bring anything besides money. This time I came to see my lord on a temporary basis. I lived in Jinling when I came here. My lord must be aware of the current situation in Jinling. Even if you want to buy a big gift, you can’t find a shop.”

He smiled: "After thinking about it, in Jinling, it seems that this kind of rice that is still on the market is the most valuable. But looking at the appearance of adults, it seems that this is just ordinary rice. Since it is ordinary rice, how can it be sold so well?" So expensive, the price is almost as high as Gongmi?"

Ren Cuiyuan's face turned completely dark.

Everyone here does not know that something has happened in Changzhou, among which Jinling is the most serious, maybe whoever is sitting here is not flattering Ren Cuiyuan to live, so how dare they say a bad word.

Seeing that Ren Cuiyuan's face was so dark, everyone dared not take a breath.

Sun Peng raised his eyebrows and glanced at everyone with great interest.

It took Ren Cuiyuan a long time to pause and said: "What exactly does Sun Yushi mean?"

Sun Peng said: "My lord, the drought in Changzhou has intensified, the locust plague has intensified, food prices have been driven up, and water canals have been diverted. As a result, many people in many places have no rice to eat, no water to drink, no money to live with, wives and children are scattered, and families are destroyed. Don't you know?"

"Sun Yushi, don't talk nonsense!" Ren Cuiyuan's eyes flashed sharply, "If it is true as you said, there is no rice to eat, then what is this you sent?"

Sun Peng said: "Chen rice. The color of this rice is yellow, so I'm afraid it's the old rice left over from a few years ago. Even Chen rice, it's hard to find a single dendrobium in Jinling City."

"Absurd! If the Jinling Mausoleum was affected by the disaster, how could I not know about it! Besides, you said that many places in Changzhou were affected by the disaster, but Wuyin County is fine, and there are no refugees!"

"Your Excellency, you really don't know?" Sun Peng got up, holding back his anger and said, "Master Huang, the county magistrate of Jinling County, asked to see Lord Inspector several times, and asked him to write to the court to open a warehouse to release grain and help the people. Lord Inspector has done a thing or two." ? Lord Huang hanged himself in grief and indignation, did Lord Inspector not get the news and report to the court?"

"Absurd! Absurd!" Ren Cuiyuan stopped him, his eyes widened and he said angrily, "I don't think you are a supervisory censor at all! You are so young, how did you get your fame? I am afraid that the family member surnamed Huang pretended to be The court officials, come and make trouble! Ignorant grassroots! Ignorant grassroots!"

Sun Peng's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but sneer.

A moment ago, he introduced his identity as a censor to others, but now he changed his name to a grassroots person who came to make trouble in the blink of an eye.

"Come on, take him down, take him down! Put him in jail, interrogate him severely, and ask who sent him to make trouble!"

Ren Cuiyuan shouted hoarsely, and his mighty servant ran in from outside the banquet to grab someone.

Sun Peng sneered: "Master Inspector really wants to imprison me?"

Ren Cuiyuan's eyes showed a fierce light: "Take it! I want to see, you little boy, how can you fight me!"