Many officials had smiles on their faces, but no one could answer Du Ning's question.
At this time, Du Ning's official power appeared, like a lion looking at its prey, his eyes became extremely sharp.
"Since you don't say it, I will say it for you."
Du Ning said: "The Mingshan Prefecture is taking bribes and perverting the law in the name of building bridges for the people. It costs one hundred thousand taels to build a bridge? Ridiculous! What benefits did the Mingshan Prefecture give you? He asked you to support him with one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Two cents of silver to build a dispensable bridge?"
As soon as the words fell, the faces of some officials suddenly turned extremely pale.
Xing Feng's eyes widened, with a look of horror on his face. Du Ning's words were almost a direct scolding of them. Officials and Mingshan magistrates were protecting each other and working together to divide most of the money. Only the other half would be used for construction.
On the bridge.
Many officials took deep breaths and then exhaled for a long time.
Du Ning sneered in his heart. Although it was his first day to come to Lanzhou Yamen, Du Ning had not been idle before coming to Lanzhou Yamen. He used his position as a civil servant to transfer officials from various governments under Lanzhou's rule in the Holy Court.
The files of each county keep all the news in Lanzhou in recent years in mind
It was precisely because of these preparations that Du Ning dared to take up the post at Lanzhou Yamen.
Otherwise, Du Ning would have added a batch of official documents without knowing anything, allowing Magistrate Mingshan to embezzle money and money from them, and become a target for other officials to take advantage of.
Du Ning's eyes were glaring. Officials from Lanzhou's government wanted to take advantage of the fact that he had just assumed the post of state pastor and had not yet taken control of state government affairs to trick him into helping these corrupt officials. They underestimated themselves too much.
Since he already knew that Lanzhou officials would take advantage of the situation, how could Du Ning allow them to take advantage of it?
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Du Ning looked directly at Xing Feng, already rudely accusing Xing Feng of being inferior to himself.
Xing Feng was so angry that his chest swelled and hurt. He didn't expect that Du Ning had done so much preparation. Even he didn't know how many bridges there were in Mingshan Mansion, but Du Ning knew them all.
Such terrifying learning ability and memory are simply terrifying.
"Du Jun, this is indeed a momentary negligence of the official. The official will approve this official document intact and return it to Mingshan Mansion Office."
Xing Feng's voice sounded a little more fearful. In any case, Du Ning is now the real state pastor. If Du Ning seizes the opportunity to fight back, they will be extremely uncomfortable.
At this time, another official said unconvinced: "Jun Du, I found an official document from Qiantang Mansion here. The content is to build a river channel. It is estimated that it will cost 150,000 taels of silver. The waters there are relatively large."
The rivers are rich and the construction of rivers will help people grow crops. Why don't you approve this matter?"
Du Ning glanced at the other party and smiled slightly, "It turns out to be Master Cao, the copywriter. I want to ask you, how many years has it been since Qiantang Mansion built river channels?"
"This..." Master Cao's expression changed.
"Oh? You don't even know how many years Qiantang Mansion has been building the river, so you dare to question me?" Du Ning sneered again and again.
Chief Cao hurriedly replied: "Xiaoguan knows that Qiantang Mansion has been building river channels for five consecutive years."
"Then do you know how much Qiantang's grain harvest last year was?"
"This... I don't know about this..." Chief Cao broke into a cold sweat.
Du Ning said slowly: "I tell you that the grain harvest of Qiantang Mansion ten years ago and six years ago was about 4.5 million to 5 million dan per year. However, starting from five years ago, Qiantang Mansion's annual grain harvest
The food supply dropped to about 2.5 million to 3 million dan."
When he said this, some officials couldn't help but take a breath of air.
"Master Cao, Qiantang Mansion builds rivers every year, but the food supply is getting less and less every year, so what is the point of building rivers? Will building rivers make Qiantang Mansion's harvest better?"
"I'm going to the official position... I'm going to be the official position..." Master Cao was sweating like rain.
Du Ning said bluntly: "The official document of Qiantang Prefecture has been approved. By the way, I will tell the prefect of Qiantang Prefecture that the river channel in Qiantang Prefecture still needs to be repaired, but Lanzhou households will not be given a penny. If the river channel he built can continue to be used."
If it doesn't break down in three years, I can approve an additional subsidy of 80,000 taels of silver for each household. If he can do it, he can do it. If he can't do it, there are many people who are willing to wear his hat."
"Yes...yes..."
Chief Cao didn't have any temper at all. He thought that Du Ning was really terrible. It was his first day in office, but he was very clear about the affairs in all the prefectures in Lanzhou.
Ning.
At this moment, other officials who had objections all shut up in unison.
Since Du Ning knows so much about the political affairs of Lanzhou, then Du Ning will never make random corrections on official documents.
"I originally thought that all of you are experts in governing the place, but it turns out that I think highly of you." Du Ning looked a little disappointed.
Many officials were so angry that their eyes were splitting. Du Ning's words were simply the greatest humiliation to them!
"Now, does anyone still have objections to the official documents I have reviewed?" Du Ning asked.
Many officials headed by Xing Feng looked at each other for a moment, and then said in unison: "We have no objection."
"Okay."
Du Ning nodded with satisfaction and continued: "I was ordered to come to Lanzhou to serve as state pastor for one year in order to promote the new law. From today on, the "New Laws of China" will be implemented in various places under the rule of Lanzhou. Please forgive me.
In the name of Lanzhou Yamen, your Excellency will send the "New Laws of China" to all prefectures and counties."
While talking, he took out several copies of "New Laws of China" and placed them on the desk.
"In order to facilitate everyone's memory, I ask you all to copy it by yourself. Make sure there are no mistakes or omissions. Remember to check it again after copying. In addition, the font must be correct and not sloppy."
Many officials were stunned. They did not expect that Du Ning would counterattack so quickly. Du Ning used the name of copying the "New Laws of China" to force many officials to memorize the new laws. If they accidentally made any mistakes, they would be punished.
Welcome Du Ning’s ruthless punishment.
Because new laws were to be implemented, no one was familiar with the "New Laws of China" at the beginning. Copying was the best reason and the most difficult to refute.
"What? Didn't you hear what I said clearly?" Du Ning's eyes narrowed.
"We will obey the order."
All the officials gritted their teeth and agreed, copying books when they were studying and studying, and they would have to copy books when they became officials. Du Ning was helping them recall their good school days!
"I will go and settle down first, and I will leave this place to you."
After Du Ning finished speaking, he left the courtroom with a swagger.