237 [Inexhaustible Corrupt Officials and Corrupt Officials]
Early morning, reservoir construction site.
The torches everywhere gradually went out, and it was time to change shifts again.
A clerk took advantage of the shift change and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Last night's project was rated as the best by one group. The team leader was rewarded with five silver coins, and each group leader was rewarded with two coins. All team members were given extra meals and meat."
!Although the construction speed of the fourth group is not fast, it is not easy because the soil is hard and there are a lot of gravels. You have worked hard and done your best. All members of the fourth group will have extra meals and meat!"
The two engineering teams who received the reward were all smiling.
Especially the group leaders who can get money, the group leaders regard Wang Yuan as a reborn parent. Except for the group leader who is an official in Linqing Prefecture, the group leaders are all selected from the victims. If they can get a few more rewards,
I have enough money for farming to go home in the spring.
After talking about reward, comes punishment.
"The six groups have been ranked last in three consecutive assessments, and the second group leader Xiao Changgui has been dismissed on the spot. All group leaders have been re-elected. The meals for all team members have been halved today!"
No one dared to question, everyone was dejected, and the dismissed officials also left in despair.
Wang Yuan was really ruthless. He not only ransacked the Lu family's house, but also punished those officials who had violated the law and took advantage of the card.
Because of withholding food funds, the master of Zhizhou Malun has been arrested and imprisoned. What awaits him will be deprived of his academic title and then exiled. Other officials involved, the chief secretary of Linqing Prefecture was cut off by Wang Yuan, and his work was transferred to Wang Yuan's
Disciple Baochao took over. Several officials were ordered to commit crimes and perform meritorious service. If something went wrong again, they could accompany the master to the frontier to serve as soldiers.
The grain delivered by Liang Xi, the water transport officer, was inexplicably short of two thousand dan. The hundred households responsible for escorting the grain were also beheaded by Wang Yuan, and his head was brought back to Liang Xi to see.
Linqing Prefecture clerks who were responsible for land acquisition compensation secretly occupied people's farmland and quietly took away land outside the scope of land acquisition. All the officials involved were beheaded, and the previous Linqing Prefecture chief clerk was also killed because of this, otherwise
Wang Yuan would probably make him pay for his crime and perform meritorious service.
Back and forth, Wang Yuan chopped off more than 20 heads. What should we do if there are not enough officials?
Haha, didn't Wang Yuan just accept a disciple named Xingtai? Although the Xing family only has one state, there are many descendants who have studied. Whether they are scholars or young students, they can be temporarily recruited as officials, or even
The accounting clerks of the Xing family are all helping on the construction site!
Moreover, the Xing family is still a local snake, and they can do many things, and they are very easy to use.
Zhu Houzhao has sent ten young censors to supervise the situation in various places in alternating turns. All kinds of gossipy news are reported to Wang Yuan. There are too many corruption news, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. Wang Yuan can only slowly and slowly
Check, once verified, you will either be exiled or beheaded!
In just twenty days, officials at all levels in Dongchang, Linqing, Jining and other places changed their minds upon hearing the news, and their legs became weak when they heard Wang Yuan's name.
Of course, there were many memorials to impeach Wang Yuan.
These officials or gentry, who had some connections in the court, frantically wrote letters to the capital to expose Wang Yuan's misdeeds. Many officials were easily deceived, and they listed Wang Yuan's three major crimes: raiding the homes of good people without reason, killing officials indiscriminately, and embezzling project funds.
countless!
Wang Yuan, on the other hand, wrote a letter to the emperor every three days, explaining the progress of his project and the officials he had killed.
…
Huang Chongde knelt on the ground and said: "Scholar Wang, I have fulfilled your great trust. The required engineering materials have been shipped one after another."
"Get up, you did a good job." Wang Yuan smiled.
Huang Chongde was already doing business in Shandong, and all the Shandong cotton that Wang Yuan needed was purchased and shipped by this person. In addition, Huang Chongde's son had already worshiped Wang Yuan as his disciple, so Huang Chongde was naturally chosen as the general person in charge of investment promotion.
It will definitely make Huang Chongde make money, and it will definitely make his suppliers make money, but don’t try to trick Wang Yuan as a fool. Anyone who dares to raise the price simply because Wang Erlang’s knife is not fast enough!
At this time, it was the dry season in winter, and the upstream river channel was directly cut off by ice cutting, and part of the river water was diverted to the downstream by dug channels.
Wang Yuan came to the Gunshui Dam Engineering Office and asked: "Mr. Li, has the foundation been dug?"
The old eunuch Li Xing said: "It has been dug."
Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Lime and other materials have also arrived, and we will start beating Sanhe soil tomorrow."
Li Xing asked: "Really using Sanhe soil to build embankments? I have never tried it before, so I don't know if it is feasible."
"It is compacted layer by layer and is as hard as a rock. The older it is, the stronger it becomes!" Wang Yuan said with a smile.
Li Xing has experience in building various dams. Twenty years ago, he, Liu Daxia and Chen Rui built the Huanglinggang Dam. Not only did they build three waterproof dams with high walls on the north bank, but they also built a rolling water dam for
Prevent sand and slow down water flow.
At that time, the Huanglinggang rolling dam alone cost more than 30,000 boulders, 3,000 giant trees, 45,000 small trees, and 11,000 kilograms of pig iron.
This old eunuch is very experienced!
Wang Yuan asked: "When will this dam be completed?"
Li Xing smiled and said: "Two months. If it's not too troublesome to tamp down the three combined soils, one month is enough."
The Huanglinggang Rolling Water Dam required 16,000 workers and took four months to complete. However, the Linqing Rolling Water Dam was much smaller in scale and much less difficult to construct. A month of preparation work had already been done in the early stage.
, it can be completed within two months.
"Second brother, the Liu family is here!" Yuan Da suddenly rode up to report.
Not only did people come, but they also brought gifts.
The head of the Liu family, who is over seventy years old, leads the team personally with a cane, and behind him are more than ten carts of wine, meat and food.
"Liu Degui, a grassroots man, has seen Master Qingtian!" Old man Liu led his clan members to kneel and kowtow under the cold river bank.
Wang Yuan smiled and helped him up: "Old Zhang Liu, why did Qingtian say this?"
Liu Degui stroked his beard and said loudly: "Xueshi Wang is upright and selfless, as honest as water, and he can be called Qingtian. Xueshi Wang serves the country and the people, and builds water conservancy, and he can be called Qingtian. Xueshi Wang eliminates harm for the people, and ransacks the house of the Lu family thief.
It can be called Qingtian. With these three great achievements, I am the Qingtian Master of the people of Linqing!"
"Hahaha, Mr. Liu deserves the prize." Wang Yuan couldn't stop laughing.
In fact, it's all nonsense. Not long ago, Liu Degui secretly encouraged the Lu family to stir up trouble. Liu Degui also contributed to the rumor-mongering. Even if Wang Yuan ransacked the Lu family's home, the Liu family relied on their power in the local guard station.
They didn't bother to deal with Wang Yuan, they just didn't want to cause any more trouble.
But as Wang Yuan killed more and more officials, and even cut down a chief clerk and a hundred households, Liu Degui was suddenly frightened and came to reward him.
Liu Degui pointed to the more than ten carts of wine, meat and food and said: "Scholar Wang, this is a little thought from the common people. I wish that the rolling water dam and reservoir in Linqing will be successfully completed!"
"Easy to say, easy to say," Wang Yuan said with a smile, "I inspected the Lu family and found out some fields. These fertile fields have been distributed to the people who were occupied as compensation, and some were also given to the Lu family's servants as private fields. There is still some land left.
It’s a lot, and after much thought, it should be divided between the Liu family and the Xing family. After all, they occupy a lot of fertile land from both of you, and no compensation plan has been given yet."
Liu Degui suddenly said excitedly: "Scholar Wang handles things properly, and the common people admire him very much. From now on, if there is an assignment, everyone in the Liu family will do their best!"
"If you really need help from the Liu family, let's take a step to talk." Wang Yuan said with a smile.
See, this is the advantage of confiscating Lu's house.
Firstly, it scares everyone, and secondly, it can confiscate the property.
The Lu family developed in Linqing during the Yuan Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, they reclaimed a lot of wasteland, and their land holdings were the largest among the three major families. How to compensate for the land expropriation? Let’s divide the Lu family’s land.
After compensation, there was more than enough, and all the rest was used as official land.
Wang Yuan even took the initiative and gave more than ten acres of land to Linqing Prefecture School. These will be used as school fields in the future, and the income from farming by tenant farmers can be used to subsidize school teachers.
Students will also benefit, because part of their travel expenses to take the provincial examinations comes from school gifts - official schools in poor areas, even teachers live in poverty, so naturally it is impossible to provide travel expenses to students.
Don't look at the fact that Wang Yuan offended countless people and even arrested and exiled the masters of Zhizhou.
However, Wang Yuan had already won the support of Linqing Prefecture School, the support of countless young scholars, and the full support of the Xing family and the Liu family.
If any official is disobedient, he can be replaced, and scholars can be temporarily recruited at any time.
Is the official a local snake?
The Xing family and the Liu family are the real local snakes, they are much more effective than the officials!
Linqing Zhizhou Ma Lun is really crying without tears. Wang Yuan has only been here for a few months, but he has directly ignored him as the Zhizhou. Not to mention that his master was arrested, he can no longer control the officials below.
Just after chatting with Old Man Liu, a young imperial censor suddenly came on horseback: "Scholar Wang, there are officials in Dongchang Prefecture, under the pretext of regulating the Linqing River, sending officers to the countryside to forcefully collect fodder! This is true, and I witnessed it with my own eyes.
, countless people were forced to have no food or clothing."
"Okay, I've killed so many people, but there are still people who think their necks are too stiff!" Wang Yuan got on his horse, summoned two hundred soldiers and said, "Follow me to eliminate harm for the people!"