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◎ No rush! It's easy to get.◎
There is a sentence that can vividly describe the cooperation between Lin Ruhai and the Thirteenth Prince, that is - "Others want money, but these two want life."
As a former top scholar, Lin Ruhai's talent and appearance are top-notch.
But even such a gentle, elegant, handsome and unrestrained Lord Lin, when interrogating the case, is very sharp, making people almost breathless.
Lord Lin alone is scary enough, and there is also the Thirteenth Prince next to him. Although
this gentleman is still young, his vision and knowledge are not weak at all. He and Lord Lin work well together, one plays the good guy and the other plays the bad guy, and soon people are trapped in the situation and can't extricate themselves.
Looking back, they had confessed everything.
It was quite chilling.
With the fall of Shandong Governor Zhao Shichang, Jiangnan Jiangxi Governor Ashan and others, several local officials could not stand it anymore.
Some people even couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and simply ran to Lin Ruhai's yard to confess their crimes.
Because Lin Ruhai and Mo Yu lived in a small yard, Mo Yu was also caught several times.
Listening to those corrupt officials crying and admitting to Lin Ruhai that they were corrupt and accepted bribes, and without exception saying that they were just "confused for a moment" and didn't do it on purpose, Mo Yu wanted to laugh.
It seems that from ancient times to the present, the confession routine of corrupt officials has not changed.
It was nothing more than a timid rant at first, and then when they saw the ironclad evidence, they wept and admitted their mistakes, and finally they made all kinds of confessions, swearing and cursing, "I was just confused for a moment," "It was just this time," "It won't happen again"...
Really, there was nothing new at all, and it was boring to watch.
Lin Ruhai certainly wouldn't be fooled by these routines, so he handled them "quickly and decisively," without mercy, and quickly dealt with one corrupt official after another.
Master Kang seemed to have gotten used to this a long time ago - the combination of Lin Ruhai and the Thirteenth Prince seemed to be even more powerful than the combination of Lin Ruhai and the Fourth Prince, and this invincible momentum surprised Master Kang.
As more and more corrupt officials were caught, he felt more and more relaxed. He
felt happy that the expenses for this trip had been paid, so he had no psychological burden no matter what he did.
He did not hide his happiness, and he led the ministers who accompanied him to inspect everywhere with more energy.
After all, in addition to punishing corrupt officials, his most important task in the southern tour was to inspect the river works.
For this reason, he went to the river bank several times and carefully observed the details of the river, hydrology, river bank, dam, etc., for fear that he would miss something and let the people on both sides of the river suffer from the disaster of river water bursting and flooding.
Of course, wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Not to mention that in this era of backward productivity, there is no way to resist such natural disasters. Even in Mo Yu's era, it was impossible to completely resist natural disasters.
Although it is very regrettable, natural disasters and man-made disasters cannot be eradicated. All they can do is to protect them as much as possible.
Mo Yu has a very clear understanding of this in his heart, but he also admires Master Kang as a monarch who is willing to do this for the people. It must be said that it is a blessing for the people.
Because of Master Kang's emphasis on river engineering, all the officials present naturally followed suit.
The river governor Zhang Penghe has always been by Master Kang's side, and the monarch and his ministers have had heated discussions on river engineering issues from time to time.
Both of them were too absorbed in their conversation, and there was a tacit understanding that others could not intervene.
In fact, it was not that others did not want to join in, but mainly because river engineering and water conservancy were too professional, and it was difficult for ordinary people to even interrupt.
And it was not just the officials who were watching and accompanying the driver who felt this way when facing this topic, but also Mo Yu.
Although System 006 had taught him a lot of knowledge about river engineering and water conservancy, this was not his specialty after all. After all this time, he could only be considered to have a superficial understanding at best. It was definitely not enough for him to be able to talk with professionals like that.
Originally, this kind of thing had nothing to do with a small nominal guard like him.
However, Master Kang was determined to do a good job on this matter, and he always had a habit of entrusting important matters to the guards he trusted, so Mo Yu was inevitably dragged into the discussion with them.
Although it was called a discussion, in fact, Mo Yu was mainly an observer.
At most, when he was asked about some professional terms, he would temporarily ask System 006 to translate them, and then say a few concise words - anyway, those sufficiently professional water conservancy books had already been handed over to Governor Zhang, and he really couldn't help with other things.
But this was just his own cognition, and Master Kang and Governor Zhang certainly didn't think so.
In their eyes, Mo Yu was already an expert in water conservancy - even with the help of the system's golden finger, the knowledge Mo Yu provided was far beyond this era.
The few words he occasionally uttered were "divine revelations" and must be strictly implemented.
In this case, Mo Yu even helped to reinforce several river embankments - the material used was exactly the special material "cement" that Mo Yu had contributed before.
Master Kang and Governor Zhang were very happy, but Mo Yu didn't feel anything special.
After all, even if he was not an expert, he knew that this method of strengthening the river embankment was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.
To solve the root cause, we still have to do system engineering.
Clear the places that need to be dredged, reinforce the places that need to be reinforced, and even divert or build reservoirs when necessary.
In short, it is very complicated.
The specific methods are all in the professional books given before. It depends on whether anyone can figure out the secrets and truly understand this water conservancy project.
Anyway, Mo Yu said that he did not have the ability.
After all, he was just a salted fish, without any ambition, and of course he was not so hardworking and diligent that he had to figure everything out.
Mo Yu had already shown it so obviously, but Master Kang and Governor Zhang still did not care at all.
Governor Zhang even admired Mo Yu's mentality. After all, he came from Sichuan, the land of abundance, and could best understand this feeling of going with the flow.
Unfortunately, he is now sitting in the position of governor of the river.
He has to work hard to do all the things that need to be done.
Governor Zhang was originally going to step down in the near future.
After all, he has been in the position of governor of the river for five or six years.
According to historical records, his next successor was Zhao Shichang, the governor of Shandong.
Unfortunately, Zhao Shichang's famous corruption story had been shared with everyone by Mo Yu through his inner voice. Master Kang was furious and had arranged for Lin Ruhai and the Thirteenth Prince to deal with him together.
Zhao Xunfu, who originally came to Master Kang to show his presence so as to continue to get promoted and make money, has been dismissed on the spot, imprisoned, and prepared to be tried at a later date. Obviously, this inheritance cannot be passed on.
However, this is also a good thing. Otherwise, if such a corrupt official is really put in the position of river governor, it would be like a rat entering the rice jar and falling into the trap.
Shandong’s disaster relief money has not been embezzled enough, and he is still allowed to continue to embezzle the money for river repair?
If so, who knows how many people will be harmed by these shoddy projects.
Now that Zhao Shichang is gone, there is certainly one less corrupt official, but a very realistic problem has also come with it.
Who can take over the post of the river governor?
Master Kang was immediately in a dilemma.
After all, the river governor is not an ordinary official position. It is not enough to have qualifications. You also need to have talent, and most importantly, your character must be guaranteed.
Otherwise, it is not impossible that an official who has been missing for a long time will not be able to embezzle hundreds of thousands or millions of taels of silver every year when he sees the millions of taels of silver that are used
to repair the river. These days, it is really difficult to find a person with both ability and integrity.
Especially for a key position like the river governor, it is even more difficult.
Zhao Shichang is talented, but his character is not good. He must not be accepted. Ah Shan's qualifications are sufficient, but his character is even worse...
How come one or two of them are like this? No wonder Lin Moyu complained about me. Sure enough, these first- and second-rank officials are all like this. It's really embarrassing.
Master Kang was angry and in trouble, but the current Governor Zhang looked confident.
It happened to be a calm day, and the boat was moving very fast. It was about to reach the territory of Jiangning Prefecture. Master Kang saw that Governor Zhang had no worries about "no successor", so he gave him the opportunity to recommend a candidate.
Governor Zhang immediately took advantage of the situation and spoke his thoughts in a torrent of words as if he had been waiting for a long time. He spoke in the familiar Mandarin with Suining accent: "To reply to Your Majesty, I would like to recommend Chen Pengnian, the governor of Jiangning, to succeed him as the governor of the river."
[Author's words]
The weekend is so short, I covered my face and crawled away. Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution during 2024-04-12 23:58:26~2024-04-13 23:54:09~Thank you to
the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: 2 bottles of plum green tea;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!