The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Ning Yi saw his lost look and understood that he was disappointed with the court.

"Gao Qingshui, you're only thirty years old. Don't you want to achieve something? Do you want to just retire and live in depression?"

Gao Qingshui smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, I also want to work for the country and make a difference, but now..."

There are many things that cannot be said in front of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Ning Yi understood: "No need to complain like that."

“How many people who have accomplished great things have never encountered setbacks?”

"Why waste your whole life because of a temporary failure?"

It sounds nice, but Gao Qingshui feels very aggrieved.

He wanted to do something, but in the Honglu Temple, there was no chance at all.

No official recommended him, and anyone who saw him either despised and mocked him or avoided him.

Ning Yi: "Gao Qingshui, if this prince gives you a chance, are you willing to work for me?"

Gao Qingshui was stunned: "Your Highness, what do you want me to do?"

Before he finished speaking, everyone understood that His Highness called them over, what could they do? Rebellion?

He would definitely not agree to this.

Ning Yi chuckled: "Your Highness is now in charge of disaster relief, do you understand?"

"Of course I understand."

Ning Yi: "All the funds for disaster relief are fully prepared. The only thing missing is someone who can personally oversee the effective distribution of the disaster relief grain."

"This prince has come to you personally because I have heard that Gao Qingshui is honest and upright, and is an expert in investigating corruption."

"I want you to be responsible for the entire disaster relief corruption issue. Do you dare to take it over?"

The teacup in Gao Qingsui's hand was shaking. The Sixth Prince wanted him to continue investigating corrupt officials.

Naturally, he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

He is only thirty years old, how could he be willing to spend his retirement in the Honglu Temple?

However, having experienced many ups and downs, he was not in a hurry to agree.

Instead, he asked, "Your Highness, if you ask me to help investigate corruption, I will naturally be willing to serve. This is not only for the court of Dawu Kingdom, but also for the people of Jiangdong."

"I just want to ask, what is the authority I am responsible for?"

I just want to ask, can I be a deputy or an advisor?

Who can check and who can’t check?

Ning Yi raised the corner of his mouth slightly. Looking at Gao Qingshui's eager gaze, it proved that he still wanted to take on this task.

"Permissions, that's pretty simple."

"Whether it's the capital or the local areas, you can check anyone if you have any doubts."

Gao Qingshui suddenly realized something and looked at Ning Yi in disbelief: "Your Highness, do you mean that I, your humble servant, will be responsible for everything?"

"Yes, that's all of it." Ning Yi confirmed: "As long as it involves disaster relief money and grain, it's your responsibility to investigate."

"If anyone dares to take disaster relief funds, and there is solid evidence, they will be arrested immediately."

"Isn't it because you have no backing in the court?"

"From now on, this prince will be your backer. As long as you are willing to work hard and devote yourself to serving the people of the world, I will help you deal with any difficulties."

What Ning Yi gave was very generous.

Just looking at the current situation, Gao Qingshui is extremely excited.

"How about it, Gao Qingshui? Are you willing to take on this mission? If successful, the disaster relief alone will be enough to become your political achievement for a new rise."

Gao Qingshui knelt down with a plop. "I, your humble servant, am willing to obey your Highness' orders and fight for the Great Wu Kingdom and its people."

"Hahahaha, okay, okay." Ning Yi laughed loudly and helped Gao Qingshui up.

The two of them sat down again and naturally had a pleasant conversation.

After a few drinks, Gao Qingshui said seriously, "Your Highness, disaster relief is actually not difficult. It's nothing more than collecting money, purchasing food, transporting it to Jiangdong, and supervising it at every level."

"Now that Your Highness has gathered the necessary funds, the next step is to purchase grain. However, grain prices have risen nationwide, even reaching several times their previous levels. Suppressing grain prices this time is nearly impossible, but we can look at other approaches."

Ning Yi was puzzled: "Where do I start?"

Gao Qingshui smiled confidently and said, "Simple. Currently, the disaster in Jiangdong is severe. Food can only be transported from various places in the north and from the south of the Yangtze River."

"We can take two steps. First, all the northern goods will be transported to the capital. Then the capital will go through the grain transport office..."

Ning Yi nodded: "This step is already being taken, and we are using the grain merchants in the capital."

There are more than ten grain merchants in Beijing, and six of the largest ones have already cooperated with them.

A large amount of grain has arrived in the capital and will soon be transported to Jiangdong.

Gao Qingshui nodded. "That's great. Secondly, transporting it from Jiangnan is much shorter by water. Furthermore, Jiangnan hasn't suffered any disasters so far, so the grain production there is good and the price is a bit lower. We can transport the silver there, purchase a large quantity, and then ship it directly to Jiangdong."

Gao Qingshui is quite capable and can quickly come up with suggestions for the next steps in purchasing and transporting grain for disaster relief.

"However, Your Highness needs to be careful when merchants sell grain."

Ning Yi frowned: "How dare they pass off inferior products as good ones?"

"Haha." Gao Qingshui shook his head slightly and smiled, "Your Highness doesn't know."

"Merchants are driven by profit, and they have many tricks up their sleeves. For example, they might give you good grain, but during transportation, they might replace it with inferior grain, or even moldy grain."

Ning Yi took a deep breath. Were these businessmen too bold?

"Isn't the Canal Transport Office doing anything?"

"Grain Transport Office?" Gao Qingshui sneered, "They interact with merchants from all over the country all year round. They're more like lackeys of the merchants than an office."

It seems that Gao Qingshui hates the Canal Transport Office very much.

"When I was investigating the salt tax case, the salt merchants clearly received good salt, but when it was transported to the local area, it turned into black salt. What's worse, it was mixed with a lot of sand and stone. Such blatant substitution made the Canal Transport Office the first to bear the brunt of the consequences."

Gao Qingshui gritted his teeth because he wanted to investigate the salt merchants and the grain transport office, but he hit a wall and was kicked to the Honglu Temple, and was evaluated as having failed to handle the case effectively.

Ning Yi nodded: "I will have people conduct a thorough investigation along the way. Wherever they dare to switch the items, we will go there and deal with those rats."

The Sixth Prince has this courage, Gao Qingshui looked at him with admiration.

"Your Highness, if the transportation is done properly and we successfully reach Jiangdong, then the next issue will be the local situation..."

Ning Yi also understood that Gao Qingshui had actually always been concerned about the disaster problem in Jiangdong.

He had nothing to do at home and had already figured out a complete disaster relief plan.

It’s just that his position is low and his words have no influence, and he has a bad reputation in the court.

There was never a chance to present it.

Now that I have such a good opportunity, I can’t wait to tell Ning Yi everything.

He was eagerly hoping that the Sixth Prince, who was said to be arrogant and domineering, would adopt his plan, so that he would feel that his hard work for so long was not in vain.

After Ning Yi listened patiently throughout the whole process, he nodded slightly and said, "It seems that Mr. Gao really has good intentions."

"But we have to eat one bite at a time. For now, we have to take the next step and keep an eye on the grain merchants in the capital."

"Master Gao, from now on, you must keep a close eye on them. If you find evidence, I will personally take care of them."

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As for this brothel, I will never come here again. It is not as important as doing business.