The first county magistrate in history

"What? Wu Guanggui has already distributed the disaster relief gold to various disaster areas?" Qin Zheng was shocked in the tent at the edge of the farmland.

Wu Xiaoyou looked at Qin Zheng and said with a wry smile, "They learn the adults' methods really quickly!"

Xia Mo Ning couldn't help laughing: "Master Qin, it won't be long before you have students all over the world."

Qin Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This saves me a lot of trouble. However, it's a good thing for Wu Guanggui, because I haven't even raided his house yet."

"Ah?" Xia Mo Ning almost fell over: "You still want to rob his house?"

Qin Zheng said disdainfully: "He counts as six?"

Wu Xiaoyou was very enthusiastic about learning: "Sir, what clever trick do you have this time?"

Qin Zheng said without hesitation: "Drain the firewood from under the cauldron!"

"Great!" Xia Mo Ning suddenly realized and thought to herself, this is a good plan, I must remember it, it will definitely be useful in the future.

The next morning, Qin Zheng led his team to the countryside. He did not enter the city but inspected and verified the damage to the farmland.

Xia Mo Ning thought she would see the tragic situation in Yangping County.

But what I saw was the scene of people digging wells in full swing and the relieved smiles of the people.

"Wu Guanggui acts really quickly!" Xia Mo Ning was surprised.

Wu Xiaoyou sneered, "He's doing it for his official position. Anything can be falsified, but the damage to farmland can't be falsified because it's clearly there. Wu Guanggui naturally knew how much he had inflated the affected area, and he was afraid the adults would find out. He's more anxious than the adults. According to our intelligence, he's already dispatched a large number of troops and summoned craftsmen since last night to survey and dig wells overnight. The sooner water is available, the sooner the drought will be alleviated, thus covering up the inflated figures."

Xia Mo Ning was shocked. So that's how it is.

She felt sad in her heart that if she had not followed Qin Zheng to provide disaster relief, she might never have known the local operating methods in the palace.

Qin Zheng visited some farmers and learned that the relief grain had been distributed.

Xia Mo Ning admired: "How many people did Wu Guanggui send to move so quickly?"

Wu Xiaoyou seemed to know everything and said, "According to the time calculation, only the farmers near Fengyu City have received the food."

Xia Mo Ning's eyes flickered: "Master Qin, should we go directly to the remote village to take a look?"

Qin Zheng smiled and shook his head: "Now, we have to follow the pace of Liang Jinfu and not push too hard. Otherwise, if he breaks the jar and throws it away, it will be difficult for us to end it."

"Sir Qin, what we gave him was fake gold, which is not enough for disaster relief. Even if they admit that they are unlucky, do they really have so much money for disaster relief? Why are they so happy to do so?" Xia Mo Ning was like an elementary school student eager to learn.

Qin Zheng patiently explained, "A year as a prefect is worth 100,000 silver coins. This is not groundless, nor is it fabricated."

Xia Mo Ning understood everything in just one sentence, and gnashed her teeth as she said, "These termites!"

Suddenly, he looked at Qin Zheng and asked seriously, "Sir Qin, you are not trying to make some money on this mission, are you?"

Qin Zheng glared at him. "Nonsense! I've been working diligently, honest and unfailing. I'm as pure as water, like a curling ice in the autumn moon, spotless. Ask Xiaoyou, when I first became the magistrate of Hongtong County, I went without food or water for seven days because of official business. It was Xiaoyou who saved me with a bowl of porridge!"

Xia Mo Ning was shocked: "Sister Xiaoyou, really?"

Phew!

Wu Xiaoyou couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Suddenly noticing Qin Zheng’s warning look, he quickly said, “It’s more real than real gold. My lord has devoted himself to this and almost starved to death!”

It is indeed true.

However, at that time, the people of Hongtong County and everyone in the county government ignored Qin Zheng, the county magistrate, and sidelined him.

Qin Zheng had money in his pocket, but no restaurant would sell him food.

He had indeed been hungry for seven days and fainted from hunger. She couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so she secretly fed Qin Zheng a bowl of porridge...

Xia Mo Ning was shocked. Qin Zheng was truly an upright official who devoted himself to his work!

No, I have to tell my sister. It’s a pity that such a great and honest official doesn’t come to the court.

Inspect along the way.

The next afternoon, Wu Guanggui sent someone to deliver the confiscated silver notes.

Xia Mo Ning watched with her own eyes as Qin Zheng handed the banknote to a special agent with a smile on his face, and the special agent rode away at full speed.

"Sister Xiaoyou, where did the banknotes go?" Xia Mo Ning asked curiously.

Wu Xiaoyou shook his head: "I don't know."

Xia Mo Ning was speechless. You can tell from your expression.

Are these two people lying to me?

Could it be that the banknotes were sent back to Hongtong County?

Xia Mo Ning didn't ask any more questions. Today was the day she and Uncle Yuan had agreed to meet to exchange intelligence. She would let Uncle Yuan investigate then...

During this period, her information was spread in this way. With Yuan Bo's martial arts skills, Qin Zheng and others have not discovered it until now.

The palace!

"Giggle..."

In the imperial study, Empress Xia Mochu looked at the memorial sent back by her sister and laughed so hard that she fell over. "This Qin Zheng is so mean. I tricked him, and he tricked Wu Guanggui. Hehehe..."

Li Qiuhan looked at His Majesty speechlessly. It was over. Ever since His Majesty went to Hongtong County, he had become bad and learned how to cheat people, and he was even proud of it.

"Your Majesty!" The eunuch's voice came from outside the door: "The Grand Tutor is here!"

"Hurry up and call in the tutor!" Xia Mochu quickly stopped laughing and sat up straight.

Otherwise the old-fashioned tutor would scold her.

Soon, the sixty-year-old Grand Tutor Wei Xuelin walked in, his face filled with excitement: "Your Majesty, Qin Zheng is truly a prodigy. Your Majesty, no matter the cost, you must bring him into the court and let him serve our Daqian."

Xia Mochu was startled: "What's wrong, Master?"

Wei Xuelin's goatee trembled with excitement. "Your Majesty, there are some parts of Qin Zheng's textbooks that even I, a humble servant, cannot understand. However, I have already deciphered some of the mathematics and Olympiad math sections, which have completely overturned my understanding of arithmetic..."

Wei Xuelin was really excited, spit flying everywhere, and couldn't wait to explain and demonstrate to Xia Mochu...

Following the Grand Tutor's explanation and demonstration, Xia Mochu and Li Qiuhan were shocked beyond words...

Qin Zheng thought that since Wu Guanggui distributed the fake gold, one or two local officials would inevitably come to him, the imperial envoy, to complain because they were unable to make up the deficit.

He also didn't believe that there was no clean-handed person in Liangjin Prefecture.

However, until a month later, when Qin Zheng inspected the last piece of farmland that was being irrigated, no one came to complain.

Qin Zheng was disheartened, which was enough to explain everything!

The glimmer of hope that had remained in his heart was completely extinguished.

Daqian, there is no hope!

Sure enough, it was right for me to choose the independence of Hongtong County.

It would be wise not to enter the court.

Given his temper, it is estimated that he would become enemies with officials all over the country soon after entering the court, and would die without a burial place.

At this time, all droughts in Liangjin began to improve.

Qin Zheng's disaster relief mission was basically completed.

Qin Zheng led the team back to Fengyu City.

I plan to stay for a while and then return to Hongtong County.

As for going to the imperial capital to report to the empress, he would not go.

When he returned to Hongtong County, the empress could do nothing to him.

Wu Guanggui's methods are much more sophisticated than Jia Sizhen's.

At least, everything was normal in the city. No trees had been gnawed bare, no beggars were walking the streets. And there were plenty of soup kitchens in the city.

Xia Mo Ning said happily: "It seems that Fengyu City has sufficient reserves!"

Wu Xiaoyou said, "This is just a superficial phenomenon."

Hongtong County had suffered a disaster, so she knew the tactics of these officials best.

Xia Mo Ning was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Qin Zheng said: "No refugees!"

Xia Mo Ning suddenly realized, "I felt something was wrong, and now it's right. In the past, disasters occurred around the imperial capital, and a large number of refugees poured into the imperial capital. So, what about the refugees in Liangjin Prefecture? Or are there really no refugees?"

Qin Zheng's eyes were stern. "How could there be no refugees? It's just that they are all under control and can't leave the disaster area."

Xia Mo Ning's expression changed. "Doesn't that mean many people will starve to death before we arrive? Isn't this even more extreme than what was done in Yangping County?"

Qin Zheng and Wu Xiaoyou didn't say anything.

Xia Mo Ning felt cold all over.

Wu Xiaoyou suddenly sighed, "Sir, we didn't hide our whereabouts, nor did we wear disguises or go incognito, but whether we went to the countryside or into the city, these people still didn't dare to get too close to us. They were obviously intimidated... They were scared..."

"Xiaoyou, we tried our best." Qin Zheng sighed, looking extremely lonely!

"Help me..."

Suddenly, a woman with disheveled hair and plain clothes rushed out from a nearby gate with a sign that read "Baihua Tower".

The two guards chased out aggressively.