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As a large number of Japanese pirates died, it took half a day to clean the entire prefectural government office.

Only then will all the blood on the ground be cleaned.

Hundreds of corpses of Japanese pirates were transported out of Hangzhou City overnight by Jiang Wenzhong and burned in a centralized location.

Xia Yun doesn't have the time to bury these worse-than-beast creatures.

"Sir, those pirates have already left the city. I believe they will reunite with the main force of pirates next."

In the lobby, Jiang Wenzhong, who received the news, immediately went to Xia Yun to report.

Hearing this, Xia Yun's gaze shifted directly to Chen Jingzhong.

"General Chen."

"The end will be here."

The two of them asked and answered questions.

"Quickly report the whereabouts of the fleeing Japanese pirates to the Governor-General, and tell him that it is me, Xia Yun, who is sending him a thank-you gift!"

Xia Yun smiled slightly.

At this point, the Japanese pirates have sneaked into Hangzhou City again and again, and this is certainly due to the secret help of Zuo Anning and others.

But it also shows that the Japanese pirates had a large hideout in the prefectures and counties near Hangzhou City.

"The general will get the order!"

After receiving the order, Chen Jingzhong left the yamen lobby with an excited look on his face.

However, not long after Chen Jingzhong walked away, he saw a soldier hurriedly entering the prefectural government office.

"Your Excellency, the imperial prosecutor appointed by the court has arrived in Hangzhou and is currently entering the city through the east gate!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the court had different expressions on their faces.

"finally reached."

Sitting on the armchair, Xia Yun let out a sigh.

It seemed that seven or eight days had passed since the day when the imperial report was received.

The Censor finally arrived in Hangzhou after much haste.

"Come here, prepare the ceremonial guards to welcome the Imperial Censor!"

Xia Yun followed with an order.

After a while, Xia Yun and his men quickly rushed to the east gate.

At a glance, the convoy brought by the Censor stretched for hundreds of meters.

There is no other reason.

This was because the Censor was escorting 200,000 dan of disaster relief grain allocated by the imperial court.

At the same time, Xia Yun also saw a middle-aged official in a blue official robe getting off a carriage and checking the street conditions.

"Xia Yun, the prefect of Hangzhou, has been waiting for you, the censor, for a long time."

After a while, Xia Yun came to the blue-robed official and took the initiative to greet him.

Hearing the voice, Chen Ming was stunned at first, then he looked at Xia Yun from head to toe.

"Are you Xia Yun?"

Chen Ming was a little surprised, and blurted out the words subconsciously, forgetting the official etiquette.

Before he came to Hangzhou, he read the memorials from officials impeaching Xia Yun.

He originally thought that Xia Yun would most likely be a vicious person.

But the young man in front of him with a smile on his face did not seem to have anything to do with the word "vicious" at all.

"I am Xia Yun, for sure."

Xia Yun smiled calmly, not caring about the other party's disrespect.

He had heard of these censors in the Censorate a long time ago.

Rigid, stubborn, and one-track-minded are all the best ways to describe them.

But there is a good thing about this.

That is, although these officials are a bit stubborn, they generally abide by the law and handle cases seriously.

Since the founding of Daliang, there has never been a case of corruption or bribery by an imperial censor.

"Master Xia, do you know why I came to Hangzhou?"

Seeing Xia Yun's open-minded attitude, Chen Ming raised his eyebrows.

"Of course I know. The reason why the censor came here is to investigate Xia's corruption and abuse of power."

Xia Yun responded immediately.

"In that case, Master Xia is quite straightforward."

Chen Ming nodded.

He had investigated and dealt with many corrupt officials in the past, but he had never met someone like Xia Yun.

"Xia has just arrived in Hangzhou and has been in office for only a month, but he has been found guilty of corruption and abuse of power. Your Excellency the Censor may investigate."

"But now Xia is still the fourth-rank prefect of Hangzhou City. According to the imperial rule of law, it is Xia who should welcome the arrival of the censor."

Xia Yun spoke again, the smile on his face still undiminished.

"What Lord Xia said is not wrong."

Chen Ming nodded.

Indeed, the court asked him to come to Hangzhou only to investigate the case and did not directly remove Xia Yun from his official position.

"The government office has prepared a banquet. I wonder if Lord Chen would be willing to come and have a look."

Xia Yun continued.

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words were spoken, Chen Ming's expression, which had just relaxed, was instantly filled with gloom again.

"Zhejiang has been suffering from famine for more than half a year. Now there are starving people everywhere, and people everywhere are starving and freezing to death."

"Sir Xia, I am here today to escort 200,000 dan of disaster relief food and fodder to save the people of Hangzhou from danger. I think we should skip the banquet!"

Chen Ming's voice was almost a scolding.

In his opinion, the whole Zhejiang province was in the midst of famine, but Xia Yun still had the mind to drink and eat meat. He really was unworthy of being an official!

Hearing this, Xia Yun showed a rare look of embarrassment on his face.

Only then did he remember.

When he submitted memorials to the imperial court before, he described the situation in Hangzhou as if it were the end of a famine, as if the entire city of Hangzhou would become a dead city in a short time.

Chen Ming has arrived now, but he obviously doesn't know the true situation of Hangzhou City.

Thinking of this, Xia Yun shrugged helplessly.

If anyone else dared to say what he just said, he would definitely make that person pay for it.

"Mr. Chen is right. In my opinion, Mr. Chen should provide disaster relief first."

After thinking for a moment, Xia Yun quickly came up with a solution.

Doesn’t this guy want to provide disaster relief?

Then let him see whether there is any disaster relief available in the current city of Hangzhou.

"Master Xia, what you said is exactly what a local official should say!"

Chen Ming's expression relaxed a lot again.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ming began to issue a series of disaster relief measures.

"From now on, the men I brought will be divided into four groups and head to the four city gates of Hangzhou to set up eight porridge stalls and cook eight pots of thick porridge. The porridge must stand upright without tipping over, and the bags must not leak!"

"Also, quickly post a notice, ordering all disaster victims in and outside Hangzhou to quickly go to the four city gates to receive thick porridge!"

In just a few seconds, Chen Ming arranged the most direct way of disaster relief on the spot.

With such ability, he can indeed be considered a capable official in the Censorate.

No wonder the court sent him to Hangzhou.

Xia Yun pondered inwardly.

But at the same time, the Hangzhou city officials following Xia Yun all showed strange expressions on their faces.

Nowadays, there is no more famine in Hangzhou City.

Even in several counties near Hangzhou city, there have been no incidents of people starving to death in the past half month.

What on earth is this censor from the imperial court here for?

Xiao Haiyang, a fifth-rank official in Hangzhou, really wanted to stand up and tell Chen Ming the truth.

However, when he looked around, he found that everyone remained silent, so he gave up the idea of ​​speaking.

After all, you're just sitting around doing nothing, so you might as well have something fun.