The Reborn Noble Daughter

Chapter 214 214. Flaws

But what the Zhu family is best at is seeing tricks in the smallest details.

Therefore, over the years, a lot of evidence of the corruption of Governor Cao has been collected. At the beginning, King Ding thought of cooperating with the Zhu family, first removing the fig leaf of the Cao family, and then touching others.

Who would have thought that the Zhu family is a master who doesn't get into things, not to mention the evidence, even though his butt is cleaned very well, he can't bite into it.

So we simply attacked Director Cao directly, killed him, and put the suspicion on the Zhu family, allowing them to mess up their positions and expose their weaknesses so that they could be conquered.

Unexpectedly, after Feng Jinxu learned that the Zhu family's son was getting married in May, he checked all the banquets in Jinling City on May 12th.

The Zhu family was getting married to Zhu Xiaoxian, the son of Zhu Hong, the Minister of Water Transport. With their official positions, the father and son could set up at least twelve tables, but on the day of the wedding, there were enough seats set in advance in the name of various people in Jinling City. There are two hundred tables, and they are all well-known restaurants in Jinling City. The banquets are expensive.

After investigating the backgrounds of those people one by one, it was found that they were either the wives of the Zhu family, their mother's family, or relatives of their children and nephews.

In this way, everyone can understand the distant and distant relationships of the Zhu family.

The current head of the Zhu family is Lord Zhu Hong. He is in the seventh rank and is really inconspicuous in the officialdom.

However, his position is very special. Toshiro is the first person who takes the grain from the canal transport department into the warehouse. The specific amount of grain in the hands of the people is registered into the official warehouse and transported to the eastern capital. This first step is He has the final say!

Therefore, although the official position is small, it has real power.

Over the years, this position has brought a lot of benefits to the Zhu family, among which the people close to him have benefited the most.

Including his second brother Zhu Tu, his wife's brother Huo Chong, his son Zhu Xiaoxian, and his eldest son-in-law Quanfu.

These people are the core of the Zhu family, and most of the banquet reservations are made in the names of the four of them.

Feng Jinxu followed the clues and found the four of them, and unexpectedly discovered a grain storage den hidden in a house. The grain accumulation was not much, about a few hundred stones.

But Feng Jinxu's intuition told him that this was just a drop in the bucket.

A small seventh-grade official can hoard so much official food for his own use, let alone go up the ranks.

Thinking of what my father said before, I couldn't help but feel a chill on my back.

Nowadays, only one or two out of ten of the grains that can safely enter the capital's granary are good.

The people in this Water Transport Department are truly the worms of the country!

The people of Jin Dynasty suffered unspeakably of suffering caused by them!

Yang Zhao read the news and had the same idea as Xiao Tingyi. Feng Jinxu was indeed very capable.

If it weren't for his young age and seniority, it might be a wise move to hand over the affairs of the Water Transport Department to him.

"Tell Xu Lin that Liang Quanbin will take office in two days. He and the eldest brother of the Feng family will bring back the evidence first. As for the Zhu family's affair, let's reveal some information to the Cao family. They will not be fools now. If they don't want to be counterattacked by the Zhu family, then their successor Liang Quanbin is their best backer, after all, he is an in-law of the Wei family."

When a dog bites a dog, it's natural to have a hairy mouth. If one of the parties bites fiercely, they may be able to pull out more people.

Xiao Tingyi wrote a big red character, and then smiled lightly.

It seems that there are people behind the Zhu family.

The situation in Jinling City is becoming increasingly confusing.

In the Feng family's Ning'an courtyard, Feng Jinyao received a message from the Bai family, saying that Bai Siruo's injury had recurred again, and asked her to rush to the Bai mansion.

Feng Jinyao was worried about her cousin and hurried over.

Unexpectedly, it was only after entering the Bai Mansion that he realized that it was just a deception trick used by Prime Minister Bai. The purpose was to get her to come and discuss matters.

In the study, Xiang Bai, his eldest uncle and his fourth uncle were all there.

The faces of the three of them were not very good-looking. Feng Jinyao felt strange. Could it be that someone in the court was targeting the Bai family again?

But he never thought that it was Xu Lin who sent the news.

Ever since Feng Jinyao solved the Bai family's predicament with a letter, and then found Qiao Shanjian for the Bai family, Prime Minister Bai and her two uncles have treated her differently, and they have talked to her about many important things in the family. Talk to her and listen to her thoughts.

Now Feng Jinxu is in Jinling, Feng Jinlin is in Yunqi Academy, and Feng Hai is recuperating on the "couch", so naturally she is the only one who can take care of things.

"Boss, show the news to Ayao."

While Xiang Bai was talking, Bai Dalang handed over the message, which recorded everything about Feng Jinxu in Jinling City in detail.

The more he looked at it, the more solemn his face became, "If it's as big brother found out, how much corruption has been committed by the Water Transportation Department from top to bottom! This is not a moth that can be cultivated in a year or two. No one can detect it if it is so bold. Two Zhejiang and Thirteen None of the people in Si are innocent!"

Bai Xiang's eyes showed admiration, A Yao is indeed an amazing child.

You can roughly calculate it just from reading between the lines, which is even more powerful than the two sons in front of you.

"Ayao, if the purge is entrusted to you, how will you proceed?"

Bai Xiang's words were meant to test her.

Feng Jinyao fell into silence for a moment.

Looking back on her last life, before her death, the Water Transport Department just changed the soup without changing the medicine. They arrested a few officials, both big and small, and dismissed them for investigation. There was a deterrent, but it was not enough to root out the roots. It is estimated that the limelight will be over in a few years. , corruption will reappear.

After thinking for a while, he said slowly.

"My granddaughter believes that blocking is worse than sparing. Since corruption cannot be curbed, we simply change the method. Every year, the palace sets a fixed amount of grain payment based on the harvest of that year. The remaining grain can be disposed of by the people themselves, either hoarded or bought. This is one of the reasons why the Water Transport Department has streamlined officials from top to bottom. It only needs to set up the necessary people and the simplest channels for collecting grains. Over the years, too many checkpoints have been set up. Not to mention the large number of officials, the process of collecting grains is also complicated. Naturally, it is easy for others to take advantage of it. This is the second point. The most important point is that it may be troublesome to implement, but it may be possible once and for all!”

"Oh? What method?"

Bai Xi admired the first two points she made. When he heard the words "can be solved once and for all", even the two uncles next to him became curious and looked at her.

"Transfer the conflicts between the government and the people to the merchants and the people. Jinling City is originally controlled by merchants and gentry. The four major families in the city are far more intimidating than the officials. Rather than letting the local officials be trapped, it is better to delegate power. The issue of food payment will be transferred Let them do it. In the same way, the quota is fixed, and the excess can be traded with the people. Prepare umbrellas on sunny days and bring dry food when you are full. With the shrewdness of businessmen, they will not make loss-making transactions. In this way, when there is plenty of food, I will also save it for emergencies and save the court money on renting the granary. What do you think, grandfather?"