Chapter 233 Myopia
Zhu Xi said casually: "The crown prince ordered us to come and see how your arrangements are going. Is there enough firewood and charcoal at home?"
The man hurriedly got up and made way for them to go in. Zhu Biao shook the snow on his body and walked in. The inside was very dilapidated, with some uneven ground, several stained buckets, and scratched wooden doors. The furniture, the whole room is basically the same color, which looks very depressing.
A woman came out in a hurry, bowed and saluted, and didn't dare to look up at all. Zhu Biao didn't intend to say anything to them, after all, he had eyes.
In the back room, there was a small wriggling figure under the quilt. It should be a child of the family. He was afraid of being afraid to reveal his identity. Zhu Biao went to the bedside and touched the quilt to make sure it was a cotton quilt.
Then he walked to the stove and looked at the piled firewood, and the charcoal carefully placed on the other side, and finally checked the grain. Zhu Biao nodded in satisfaction. It seems that the distribution of supplies by the imperial court in this village is not bad.
The couple stood aside and bowed their heads, not daring to make a sound. They didn't understand why these nobles came to their house, and they were afraid that something might happen to them.
Seeing that Zhu Biao was still wandering around, the husband hurriedly signaled his wife to boil water, wanting to make some tea for the nobles, but Zhu Biao waved his hand to stop him, and then went out first.
The rest of the people also followed, and when Zhu Xi left, he pulled out a few pieces of beef jerky from his horse and threw them over: "It's rare to recognize this king, let's eat it for your child."
Zhu Biao smiled, the old man's heart is still good, that's good, a group of people rode on horses and went to several houses in the village. The general situation was the same. It's not a big problem to get through this winter.
There are more than a hundred households in this village, and Zhu Biao didn’t have time to look at them one by one. He randomly checked a few households and prepared to go to the next village. After leaving the village, he asked, “Who is in charge of this village?”
Several people behind looked at each other, and finally Zhu Yan scratched his head and said: "It seems that Guo Chong is in charge, and these three nearby villages should be in charge."
Zhu Biao nodded. If the imperial government embezzled some of the relocation materials, they could earn a fortune by selling them elsewhere, especially cotton. Not much was grown in the Ming Dynasty. The only things that Zhu Yuanzhang ordered around Nanjing after the founding of the country planted.
I walked through several villages along the way, and the situation was pretty good. At least the officials were not corrupted. Until I came to a rather remote village, I left two families first, and the situation was normal.
But there was a problem in the third household. Zhu Biao went in and found that the family was covered with a linen quilt filled with poplar catkins, and the family of four huddled inside to sleep.
At first, he couldn't even hear the knock on the door. Zhu Biao thought that the family had been poisoned by burning carbon, so he ordered someone to break in to wake them up. After entering the house, he found that there was no burning charcoal. Trembling, it took a while to say why,
The village got the notice that two families in the village shared a quilt, and now it’s you and me every day. This kind of absurd thing happened. The first two families happened to have quilts, so they didn’t dare to say anything, for fear of causing trouble. upper body.
Zhu Biao ordered people to go door-to-door to inquire, and the result was indeed the case. Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing. After careful inspection, their charcoal was not enough, half less than other villages.
It stands to reason that there should be a connection between the relocated people and the neighboring villages, not to mention that their males are still working together, which shouldn't be the case, but the people here are not dissatisfied, they just feel that they are unlucky .
Zhu Biao has already sent someone to arrest the official in charge here. He should be a first-class Jinshi in the new science department.
Zhu Biao didn't waste too much time here, he already had a bad feeling, and sure enough, there would be problems in the villages in the future, either there was a shortage of food, or there were no quilts and only cotton clothes, and some charcoal was distributed. It was taken back the next day.
Now, Zhu Yu, Zhu Yu, Zhu Di and the others are not happy anymore, my mother, I wait for the dignified prince to come here to suffer and suffer, and you have to drag your feet like this?
Zhu Biao ordered a team, and the three princes each led a team to check. Zhu Biao was not in a hurry. The current situation is that some people want to fish in troubled waters. They think that it is snowing and winter is coming, and His Royal Highness will not leave the city easily.
The crown prince might return to Beijing directly before the Chinese New Year, and he won’t come back until the beginning of spring. As long as the people’s minimum survival requirements are guaranteed and they don’t talk nonsense, the cotton charcoal will be worth a lot of money when transported to the north.
It stands to reason that this is also a common practice. Only 30% of the imperial court’s materials can actually reach the people. Now they are probably worried about Zhu Biao, fearing that there will be a big accident, and at least half of the materials will reach the people’s hands.
On the way back, Zhu Biao ordered people to summon the officials. This matter was not something that a few new scholars dared to do. What are they? of.
However, Zhu Biao really couldn’t understand that he dared to do such things in front of him for the mere money of reselling cotton, grain and charcoal. It was really stupid.
People say that it is only for 100% profit that it will trample on all human laws, and only 300% profit will it dare to commit any crimes, even at the risk of hanging its head.
This is a big benefit. Although they earn nothing, the risk is too great. Zhu Biao suddenly felt that the idiot who did this must be that honorable person, and the civil servants would never be so stupid.
After Zhu Biao returned to the city, Zhu Xi, Zhu Di and others continued to send people back to report. There was no problem with the villages and towns that were far away from Zhu Biao. more and more.
There is also the most unique village, which is Zhu Biao’s place to house disabled children. The embezzlement there is the most ruthless, and there is everything on the surface, but the cotton in the quilt is pitiful, and the charcoal is the worst.
The news of Zhu Biao's fury spread, and officials from all over the Fengyang Mansion came in a hurry. Zhu Yan also sent news that he saw a team of guards distributing supplies as soon as he entered the village, hoping to make up for it before he was discovered.
Those who are close to each other come the fastest, but the others are different. There are even two new scholars who have hanged themselves in the house, and the officials below are even more ugly.
There are also officials who rushed directly outside the mansion to kneel in the snow, and even one of them was specially promoted by Zhu Biao. It is really incomprehensible. If you don’t want a bright future, you must stare at the little profit in front of you. Damn it, **** it Not a pity.
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Since yesterday, I have been suffering from a headache. I don’t know if it’s because I caught a cold, or because I’m fatigued due to irregular work and rest. It’s just that I feel that I’m forced to write. Maybe I really need to take a break and sort out the story.
If you are not feeling well, don’t go to Baidu. I checked and concluded that I can’t live for half a month (╯°°)╯︵┻━┻
(end of this chapter)