Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

"Inspection Officer..."

The emperor stood up, walked to the window, raised his hand and pushed it open. The sunlight poured in and he squinted slightly.

"Besides Wei Xiyu, who else has secretly gathered information?"

Eunuch Hong's eyes flickered as he immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Guards Temple has also visited."

"Lu Shenglin?" The emperor chuckled softly, "Why do I remember that he and Prime Minister Cui had a good personal relationship?"

That's right!

Eunuch Hong nodded his head, "Your Majesty is wise!"

He did not wrongly accuse Lu Shaoqing and Cui Xiang. An official should be brave enough to take responsibility for his actions!

The emperor walked back to the imperial desk with his hands behind his back and picked up a memorial. "It's time to appoint an inspector. Better early than late, let's choose him. After the Huihe Dam is completed, we will work with the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Metropolitan Water Conservancy Bureau to inspect it. Once the dam passes inspection and is put into use, I will personally go and inspect it."

Eunuch Hong felt his back tighten, not knowing which sentence to be shocked by first.

The inspector selected by His Majesty...

Not to mention Cui Xiang and others, I'm afraid even this person himself would never have thought that he could be the inspection officer...

and also.

"Your Majesty, will you go in person on the day the gates are opened?"

"What?" The emperor raised his arm, took down the steel knife from the rack, and waved it casually twice. "No?"

Eunuch Hong was so frightened that he took two small steps back and said quickly, "I will report this to the Minister of Rites..."

"No need." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the emperor: "I will go incognito, you and Yiqun will follow."

Eunuch Hong answered in a low voice, but he kept complaining in his heart.

Every time His Majesty went incognito, he would start preparing several days in advance, fearing that he might encounter something unclean along the way...

......

The day before the dam was completed, the Tong'an cloth shop and bookstore opened for business at the same time, catching the people off guard.

But within half an hour, the news spread like wildfire throughout the streets and alleys of Shangjing, causing people to block doors and loot.

All the cloth merchants and booksellers in Beijing had no way to express their grievances. After gathering together and discussing for a long time, they came up with a solution - lowering the price.

Lord Shen is behind the Tongan Cloth Shop and Bookstore. How dare they overestimate their own capabilities? They have no other choice but to lower their prices to attract customers.

For the people of Tongan, today is an extremely happy day.

The next afternoon, Tongan Seal Shop started work simultaneously. Yu Shizhang was in charge of the seal shop, personally supervising the typesetting, and also taking care of the bookstore next door.

At the same time, on the Huihe Dam, Shen Zheng was taking Zeng Tongshi and others to inspect it to ensure that there would be no problems when it was completed tomorrow.

Just as he had carefully inspected the dam, the guard outside the dam came to report: "Sir Shen, the officials from the Ministry of Justice are here, and they said they are looking for you."

Shen Zheng was stunned, and Zeng Tongshi was also stunned. He subconsciously asked for Shen Zheng, "Which official from the Ministry of Justice is it?"

Logically speaking, Lord Shen has nothing to do with the Ministry of Justice, so why would someone from the Ministry of Justice come looking for her in person?

The guard glanced outside the dam and answered truthfully, "I don't know either. The driver only said it was someone from the Ministry of Justice, but he didn't specify which one."

Shen Zheng rubbed her sore waist and thought about all the bad things she had done recently.

Could it be that... that petty-minded villain Lan Qiyi was the first to file a complaint and brought it to the Ministry of Justice?

It shouldn’t be!

Although she was the mastermind behind the scenes, the Yulin Guards were also accomplices. Even if the Ministry of Justice wanted to investigate them, they should have asked the emperor for his opinion first, right?

Could it be that the emperor betrayed them?!

With doubts, Shen Zheng stuffed all the drawings into Zeng Tongshi's hands.

"You guys continue the investigation, I'll be back soon."

After taking two steps, she turned back and said, "If I don't come back tomorrow, complete the work according to the process and don't delay the work."

Everyone's hearts were shocked.

What a righteous Lord Shen!

Zeng Tongshi thought for a moment, then thrust the blueprints into the hands of the Water Conservancy Bureau personnel, "I'll go with you."

No matter who the person from the Ministry of Justice is, he will go with him, at least he can take care of him!

The two of them walked together to the dam entrance.

There were several carriages parked at the dam entrance, but they still recognized the Ministry of Justice's carriage at a glance - it was completely black, without any accessories, and even the carriage pulling the carriage only had a saddle.

Seeing them coming, the driver turned around and reported to the carriage: "Sir, Lord Shen is here."

The driver got out of the carriage after hearing what the people in the carriage said and said to Shen Zheng, "Master Shen, please get in the carriage and have a chat."

"......" Shen Zheng just took half a step, then stopped again when she realized what was happening. "I wonder who this gentleman is, and what you want from me?"

What kind of person is this? He forces people to get on the car as soon as he arrives. He has no manners at all.

As he was cursing in his heart, the carriage curtain was pulled open. Luo Bizhi forced a gentle expression and said, "It's me."

Zeng Tongshi took a deep breath and said, "Minister Luo?"

Why would this black-faced god come to see Lord Shen in person!

Is Lord Shen in big trouble?

He was even more nervous than Shen Zheng. His throat twitched twice, and he leaned close to Shen Zheng and said, "Master Shen, do you want me to ask Uncle for help?"

Shen Zheng studied Luo Bizhi's expression and shook her head gently, "Master Zeng, please go back. Master Luo is an upright man. He must be looking for me on official business."

Zeng Tongshi looked back every few steps, wondering who he should ask for help if Lord Shen couldn't come back later.

After Shen Zheng got on the carriage, Luo Bizhi ordered the driver to roll up the curtains and spoke first: "I just happened to be passing by here. Have I delayed Lord Shen's work by coming here rashly?"

Shen Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

Sure enough, Luo Bizhi was not here to ask for punishment.

"It's not a delay." She sat up straight and asked, "I wonder why you, sir, are looking for me?"

Luo Bizhi was not good at small talk, so seeing that she got straight to the point, he stopped wasting time and took out a thick stack of papers from the box beside him.

"I came here today to do business with Lord Shen." He handed the stack of papers to Shen Zheng. "These are the essays you sent me earlier. I and the other officials in the Ministry of Justice have carefully read them and are deeply moved."

Taking the straw paper, Shen Zheng casually flipped through it.

In order to avoid Luo Bizhi's suspicion, she sent these papers to the Ministry of Justice in four batches. In short, it was like squeezing toothpaste, squeezing a little bit each time.

Half a month passed unknowingly, and the two criminal investigation books were completely bought by her.

She casually opened a page, admiring her own handwriting while asking, "I am a humble official, and my words are not taken seriously. I dare not ask you to do business with me, sir. What are your instructions?"

Luo Bizhi's eyes fell on the paper, and the four words "Autopsy Brief" were particularly conspicuous.

These essays sent by Shen Zheng can be said to have opened the door to a new world for the Ministry of Justice.

It’s not that the people in his Ministry of Justice are stupid, but that she and Li Shiyuan have unique ideas and can always come up with some unexpected methods.

At first, the criminal officer and the coroner in the yamen said that Shen Zheng was "taking shortcuts" and that these methods were "useless".

But after putting them into practice, they found that those methods were not "useless" at all, but clearly "had great potential"!