"It's not inconvenient at all. Lord Xiao, you can check it at will." Qiu Zehong said seriously, not afraid at all that Xiao He would check it.
Xiao He glanced at Qiu Zehong and said no more. Instead, he suggested eating and resting. He was tired after traveling for two or three days.
Sitting alone in the guest room looking at the files, Xiao He went through them once, and then had someone deliver the files on the situation in Longxi County. He got to know the entire county, compared all the data in his mind, and found no problems for the time being.
On the second day, Xiao He and Qiu Zehong went to visit and express condolences openly, and also brought compensation from the court, striving to help those who were severely affected recover as soon as possible.
The imperial envoy from the court came and visited in person to deliver the compensation given by the court. This moved many chiefs of Guizhou. It turned out that His Majesty had always remembered them.
Xiao He not only delivered gifts, but also asked about the lives of the people and the governance of local officials.
Xiao He asked very carefully, and the officials who came with him on the visit became a little nervous, because these people were all officials from these places.
If Lord Xiao finds out that they have done something wrong and leaves a deep impression on him, and then reports those things to him, then their official career will be over.
After a day of visiting, Xiao He had a good idea of what good things he had done for the local officials and which local merchants and local tyrants he had good relationships with.
Especially those clerks, whose relationships with some local tyrants were so complicated that even Xiao He was a little surprised.
Fortunately, we haven't heard of those people doing anything illegal or exploiting the people.
At this time, Xiao He particularly understood why the court changed the assessment and position changes of officials to every three years. If the current situation continued, it would be easy for bribery and collusion between officials and businessmen to occur locally.
Your Majesty is foresighted and has formulated many measures to prevent these situations.
On the other side, Cao Shen made secret visits. As he negotiated more with those merchants, he became more aware of the situation here.
In particular, these people have studied thoroughly which officials can be given certain benefits, what conveniences can be obtained, and what officials like.
After receiving these things, Cao Shen's face was very bad. What did these officials do? These businessmen knew so much about them that they could easily control them.
I don’t know how much convenience these businessmen and local tyrants have gained from these things.
The extent of the disaster and the number of injured people were more than the data in the memorial submitted by Qiu Zehong.
It seems that there are a lot of tricks involved.
Cao Shen clenched the report in his hand. Due to the disaster during this period, the prices of medicine in the entire Longxi County have risen a lot.
In addition to medicines, the prices of building materials have also increased a lot.
These people made money from the national crisis, which made Cao Shen look very ugly.
After the investigation was almost completed, Cao Shen went to meet up with Xiao He.
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After receiving the memorial from Xiao He and others, Zhao Qingrui read it calmly. These situations were all within expectations.
The only thing that displeased Zhao Qingrui was that they had actually lied about the number of people affected, and even underreported it by a significant amount. What were they trying to do? To whitewash the situation? To make it easier for them to climb the ladder?
In her requirements for officials, she always emphasized that the people are the most important. Before they take office, the court will ask them to perform some oath-taking ceremonies to remind them that they shoulder heavy responsibilities and must not be corrupt or abuse the power.
It seems that many people regard the oaths taken at this ceremony as nonsense, and they need to be taught a lesson.
"Send a message to the Minister of Personnel." Zhao Qingrui was ready to clean up the officialdom and give it frequent warnings in the future to prevent some people from becoming arrogant.
Feng Quji came over and Zhao Qingrui told him his decision. Although it increased the workload, it was also for the sake of integrity in the officialdom. Feng Quji had no objection and took the job directly.
After learning about the specific disaster situation in Longxi County, Zhao Qingrui began to focus on the situation in Shu County.
The discovery of the iron mine is a big deal. Feng Jie has not sent back any news yet, and no one knows how the investigation is going.
At present, the court has a great demand for iron ore. The Ministry of Works needs a lot of it, and the army also has a great demand for weapons and armor. Currently, there is a shortage of supply.
If there were enough iron ore, Zhao Qingrui even wanted to completely popularize iron and steel utensils so that the people could use them with confidence.
If she was trying to save face by marrying a husband, she had been in power for several years, and even when her father was the regent, she had not developed to the level necessary for her rebellion.
It is extremely difficult to make Daqin develop thoroughly.
"Your Majesty, someone from the Ministry of Works has arrived. They have improved the bird gun again, and the effect is now more stable. Your Majesty, would you like to watch the test?" Shang Lian came over and asked.
"Let's go and take a look." Zhao Qingrui said immediately. He was very concerned about the upgrading of weapons.
When Zhao Qingrui came over, the test site was already ready.
The craftsmen in the Ministry of Works were very excited when His Majesty came in person.
"Your Majesty, please stand over here. Even if the barrel explodes, it won't hurt us here." Gongshu Yu said with a smile.
"You're still talking about a barrel explosion. It seems like you don't have enough confidence in the bird gun improved by the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works." Zhao Qingrui looked at Gongshu Yu with a smile.
"There's nothing we can do about it. We've thought of many ways and reduced the probability of barrel explosion to a minimum." Gongshu Yu said helplessly.
Three teams were arranged to conduct the test, and they aimed their bird guns at the bull's eye. The first team hit the bull's eye, and the bird guns did not explode.
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