Without forcing Li Xi, who knows whether he is an enemy or a friend?
Nowadays, the way to identify friends and foes is simple and clear. All Henan officials who support Yuzhu in severely punishing the embankment killers are friends.
On the contrary, they are all enemies.
Those who do not take a stand are also enemies, because by choosing silence, they are complicit.
Li Xi was pressed against his lungs and windpipe, so he had to hold his hands and said: "Go back to the Yujue Department. I have strictly ordered the state governments to raise nearly one million dan of grain, and it is being shipped in a steady stream."
Very good, this is the attitude Yuzhu wants.
"There are over 10,000 hungry people in the city. Isn't it time to open warehouses to provide food?" Yuzhu didn't want to embarrass Li Xi, so he reminded Li Xi with a smile.
After all, Li Xi is the governor of a province with great power, and being able to obtain his neutral attitude can reduce many troubles.
In this era, the imperial court had its own customs for opening warehouses to release grain, and it was very strictly controlled, so orders had to be requested.
Anyone who dares to open a warehouse to store grain without authorization will be punished.
Yuzhu didn't mention the opening of a warehouse before. That was because the wealthy families in the county were afraid that the refugees would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so they opened dozens of porridge shacks in the city.
However, as of yesterday, the porridge shed was almost unsustainable.
Li Xi hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "The imperial decree has not been received yet, can it be postponed for a few more days?" His words were reasonable and tenable.
However, that was not what Yuzhu wanted to hear, so he said, "Well, I'm going to go out on an imperial mission and temporarily borrow 10,000 shi of grain. What do you think?"
"This..." Li Xi felt a chill in his heart. If he agreed to borrow it, wouldn't he be the enemy of the Ba Ye Party?
Because, during the great flood, Fantai Itang'a deliberately delayed the transportation of relief grains in order to buy the fertile farmland from the victims at a low price.
In times of peace, regardless of whether the grain harvest is good or poor, it is actually difficult for large landowners to acquire fertile land.
Because every household has the simple experience of starvation, and there is always life-saving food hidden in the cellar.
However, after the flood destroyed the homes, the situation was completely different.
The life-saving food has been exhausted, and even small landowners have become paupers and homeless people overnight.
At this time, it is the season to make a lot of money by engaging in land annexation!
Li Xi was in a dilemma. Suddenly he had an idea and turned to Yi Tang'a: "Yifantai, what do you think?"
"No, if there is no imperial decree, who dares to disturb Chang Pingcang?" Yi Tang'a refused extremely resolutely, leaving no room for error.
The vassal was in charge of civil affairs, and all matters such as money and food were under the jurisdiction of Tang A.
Yuzhu's offer to borrow grain was just a pretense, and his purpose was to hold back the high-ranking officials in Henan Province.
In fact, since this dynasty, it is not surprising that imperial envoys have been sent out to serve as officials to borrow grain from time to time.
The imperial court did not allow local officials to open warehouses without authorization, mainly because they were worried that Han officials would buy the hearts of the people.
Yuzhu was a banner official and the imperial envoy of Cha Yu. When he proposed to borrow grain, the court always encouraged and acquiesced.
What he was waiting for was the word "It can't be done". Yuzhu lowered his face and said sternly: "Yifansi, why can't it be done?"
Yitang'a raised his chin and said rebelliously: "Chang Ping Cang, it can't be moved without purpose."
Yuzhu caught hold of his words and said in a deep voice: "Did I say it was Changpingcang?"
"Uh..." Yitang'a blinked his eyes, his mind was a little confused, and he didn't understand what Yuzhu meant.
In the Qing Dynasty, granaries were divided into Changping warehouses and provincial, prefecture and county treasury.
Although Changpingcang is under the control of the province, the rules are that only people can move in and no one can move out without permission.
The meaning of Yuzhu is actually very clear, which is to borrow grain from the Henan Provincial Treasury.
According to Tang Aze, Yuzhu wanted to borrow the grain stored in Chang Pingcang, which led to a beautiful misunderstanding.
"Several prefectures in the province were hit by disasters, and the provincial treasury did not have much surplus food." Yitang'a was in charge of the vassal treasury, and his words were quite weighty.
Li Xi was attacked from both sides and looked particularly embarrassed.
The Yuzhu people were in Yucheng County and had no way to go to Kaifeng's provincial treasury. This was based on Tang'a's judgment.
Unexpectedly, Yuzhu made a false move and did not mention the matter of borrowing grain from the provincial treasury, but instead talked about the matter of donation.
"Henan suffered a disaster and the imperial court was in need of food. I have decided to start a flood donation immediately!"
Yuzhu was originally in charge of the donation office of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After the disaster in Henan, it happened to comply with the rules of donation.
The system of the Qing Dynasty had both a rigid side and a flexible side.
Opening donations has nothing to do with Yitang'a. It is a matter within the scope of Yuzhu's responsibilities.
Because he wanted to hold back the officials in Henan, Yuzhu did not use harsh measures, but used both kindness and power to control the situation.
After the discussion was completed, Yuzhu invited everyone to join the banquet.
When a great disaster comes, the banquets served by the jade pillars are plain. However, the wine is good.
Yuzhu's drinking capacity was astonishing. During the dinner, he frequently raised his glass and paid special attention to Yi Tang'a and Li Xi.
There are endless bad rules in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, official banquets, and all kinds of rules. They must be implemented one by one, which takes a lot of time.
In addition, Yuzhu deliberately delayed time and drank the wine for two hours.
When the banquet broke up, Li Xi and Yi Tang'a were both drunk.
Yuzhu took advantage of the situation and in the name of increasing the number of punishments, he kept Chang Jixun, who had not drunk much, and the local magistrate.
However, just as tea was served and before Yuzhu could speak, Lao Shisan came back with a happy face.
"Haha, unexpected victory, wonderful!" After the important witness was caught, Old Thirteen didn't care anymore and appeared in the room openly.
Yuzhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Lao Shisan succeeded successfully, which was a great kindness!
These days, the court does not pay much attention to physical evidence when handling cases, but pays more attention to oral confessions.
Chang Jixun didn't know Lao Shisan, so he asked displeasedly: "Who are you? How dare you break into the imperial envoy's residence?"
Lao Shisan was too lazy to talk to Chang Jixun. He smiled and said to Yuzhu: "Thank you for your help. Without your help, there will definitely be fish that slipped through the net."
Yuzhu did not take any credit, but reminded him with a smile: "Thirteenth Master, it is only right to ask for a confession as soon as possible. "
"Hey, I used some tricks on the road and got an important confession." Lao Shisan accomplished a big thing and found evidence to clear the blame for Lao Si. He was so happy that he stopped talking.
"Ah, Thirteenth Master?" Chang Jixun was immediately stunned, with his mouth wide open, looking at Old Thirteenth in a daze.
Lao Shisan looked at Yuzhu with a smile and reminded: "Imperial Envoy Yu, is it time to come up with the secret decree?"
As soon as these words came out, Yuzhu was immediately convinced that Lao Shisan had indeed succeeded.
"There is an edict, Chang Jixun will accept it!" Yuzhu took out the secret edict from Kangxi from his arms and raised it high above his head.
Chang Jixun was immediately frightened, his face turned pale, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.
"The cabinet has issued an order, and the jade pillar has full authority to deal with the breach of the Yellow River and harm the people. All the governors of Henan and below can be dismissed from their posts and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for serious consideration. I appreciate this."
Yuzhu hid deep enough and endured it for so many days before he took out his big weapon and defeated Chang Jixun in one fell swoop.
The Baye Party has two pillars in Henan Province. One is the governor Chang Jixun, and the other is the feudal lord Yitang'a.
Now that Chang Jixun has been arrested, Yitang'a, who was drunk, is no longer able to escape.
(PS: There will be more updates in the early morning.)