Chapter 1319 I relied on the imperial examination to get ahead and become a great official in Xinjiang (26)
Uncle Qin's eyes were red. He never thought that the good deeds he had that day would actually receive good results today.
From then on, Uncle Qin stayed with Gu Mo in the name of his adoptive father, and everyone around him respectfully called him "old man".
Gu Mo began to develop Qiongnan.
Another year has passed, and it has been four years since Gu Mo was assigned abroad.
When Kangzhou was also showing a prosperous and lively scene, the plague suddenly broke out in Yuzhou, which was closest to Kangzhou.
The governor of Yuzhou was infected during an inspection and died three days later due to ineffective treatment.
The plague in Yuzhou is now serious, with numerous deaths and injuries. It was already in chaos and leaderless.
Local officials were vying for the position of the new governor and had no intention of providing disaster relief.
If this continues, the epidemic will expand and may soon spread to several other states.
When the imperial court heard the news, it realized that it was too late to send people there, and there was no one left to send.
With Gu Mo in front of him, the Supreme Being saw all the civil and military officials in the dynasty, and felt that they were all useless and no one could stand up to the trouble.
Thinking that Gu Mo was nearby and capable, he immediately sent another imperial edict to Kangzhou, asking Gu Mo to take over the position of governor of Yuzhou.
Of course, she is also the governor of Kangzhou, so she will be the governor of the two states in the future, with greater authority.
The officials in Kangzhou seemed to have seen the day when Gu Mo would be inferior to ten thousand people in the future, so they naturally wanted to curry favor so that Gu Mo would become more powerful in the future and remember those who obeyed her in the past.
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As a result, when they arrived at the Governor's Mansion, they found that Gu Mo looked at them with particularly kind eyes, unprecedented kindness.
Kind enough to make people's hair stand on end.
All the officials had a bad premonition, thinking that Gu Mo was going to do something big.
Sure enough, as soon as they sat down, Gu Mo spoke up, "You all know the current situation in Yuzhou. I have just taken office as the governor of Yuzhou, and I have to rely on the help of my colleagues for many things."
The officials thought to themselves, you are the only one in Kangzhou, but you don't want our help at all.
Only when you need money...
So you don’t want to ask us for money again now, do you?
The officials trembled and looked at Gu Mo.
Gu Mo said, "Yuzhou is dangerous and the people are in danger. If you want Yuzhou to tide over the difficulties, you need money. Without money, it's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. So this time, I will bring all my belongings to support Yuzhou."
If there is any difference in the state, I would like to ask my colleagues to make up for it."
Oh my god!
Disaster relief! That horse riding is a bottomless pit!
Actually asking them to pay?
An official said dissatisfiedly: "Sir, didn't the court allocate money for disaster relief?"
Gu Mo, "The imperial court certainly gave it, but the imperial court also had its own difficulties. It didn't give much. As local officials, we can't rely on the imperial court for everything and have enough food and clothing ourselves, right?"
All the money you have been greedy for has not been handed over to the court.
Officials, "..."
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Everyone held their hands together and pretended not to hear what Gu Mo said.
Seeing them like this, Gu Mo's face slowly darkened, and then he slapped his hand on the table, frightening all the officials.
Gu Mo said, "Didn't your lords hear what I said?"
Someone whispered, "Sir, you are the governor of two states and have the responsibilities of both states, but the officials and others are not officials of Yuzhou, right? We haven't even finished sweeping the snow in our house, so how can we care about others?"
From home? Aren’t you making things difficult for me, sir?”
"Yes, sir, what does the matter in Yuzhou have to do with us Kangzhou officials?"
"We are all common people of the Moon Kingdom. It is difficult for one side to get support from all sides. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their door. I am afraid that when the plague reaches Kangzhou, it will be difficult for you to sweep the snow away."
Gu Mo reasoned with them at first, with a gentle tone.
However, they were just like Gu Mo when he first came to Kangzhou, pretending to be poor.
"Your Majesty, what you said is very reasonable. Xiaguan and others also want to help the people of Yuzhou tide over the difficulties, but we are all good officials with a clear mind, and we have more than enough ambition but not enough power."
However, the Gu Mo now is not the Gu Mo who first came to Kangzhou. They said that without Gu Mo, they would really not be able to move.
So Gu Mo kept a cold and honest face and tapped his fingers on the table, which invisibly gave people a great sense of oppression.
With this official's pressure suppressed, all the officials were on pins and needles.
"My Lord Governor, my family is really impoverished. I can't even get out a penny. If you don't believe me, go and search. As long as you can find a tael of silver, consider it as a donation from me."
Gu Mo raised his eyebrows, "You mean, as long as the governor finds it, it will be regarded as your donation?"
"That's natural. Go ahead and search for it, Mr. Governor."
Gu Mo suddenly laughed, "I have worked with all my colleagues for so many years, how come I don't even have basic trust in you? Please relax, don't be nervous."
Then he raised his hand and asked people to serve him various melons, fruits and refreshments, and left first.
The officials looked at the table full of delicacies, but felt a little scared. They looked at each other, got up and left.
But they didn't expect that the door was heavily guarded and they couldn't get out at all.
"What does Governor Gu mean?"
The guard's face was expressionless, "Governor Gu kindly invites all of you to have dinner with us. Please don't be disrespectful to me."
About two hours later, Gu Mo came back, followed by two people carrying a large box.
Do you think these officials really have no money?
If they were honest officials, Gu Mo really believed that they had no money, and he would definitely not force them.
But the problem is that when it comes to making money, each one of them is more skillful and active than the other.
If they say they have no money, then there won't be a single rich person in the entire state of Connecticut.
However, for the sake of safety, there are relatively few of them in local banks in Kangzhou, and most of them are in out-of-town banks. Otherwise, they would not dare to ask Gu Mo to search confidently.
However, Gu Mo's espionage intelligence system had already known their details clearly, and now what was in the box were all the ticket numbers they had saved.
Basically, all the money that was taken from the people in the past fell into Gu Mo's hands.
When all the officials saw those ticket numbers, their legs went numb, and they thought it was over...
But I heard Gu Mo say, "I know that all of you are upright and upright officials. This amount of money is huge. It must not have been saved by you. They are all profiteers who pretended to be your names and deposited money in the bank. If word spread,
Isn’t it ruining the reputation of all your lords?”
Gu Mo was filled with indignation, and when he got excited, he kept pounding the table with his hands.
"I really can't bear to see upright officials like you sir being dragged down by profiteers. In order to punish these profiteers, I immediately went to the Supreme Court to report the behavior of these private profiteers to the imperial court, so that the imperial court can clean up and investigate them, and the world must be punished.
