Zhenwu's imperial guard left Tianjin. On that day, the Han Chang Mansion stationed in Wuqing County was stationed in Han Chang's mansion. After washing up, he met several officials who came to welcome him. They were all officials from surrounding prefectures and counties. After a brief inquiry about the situation of spring drought and grain prices in various places, he sent them out. He did not believe the words of these officials. Seeing that it was still early, he changed into casual clothes and prepared to visit the county town for a private visit to learn about the situation on the spot.

Just as he was about to go out, Bao Fuquan hurriedly walked in, bowed and presented a secret note, saying, "Your Majesty, this was sent by Shi Shilun, the governor of Zhili, just now."

Could it be that the Haihe diversion project is inappropriate? Zhenwu felt a little surprised. After taking the secret letter and looking through it, he couldn't help but smile. Shi Shilun was giving him a scapegoat.

The emperor is known as the emperor, the emperor, and is the son of heaven. All solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, and star transformation are closely related to the heaven. This natural disaster is naturally inseparable from the emperor. The court and the public regard natural disasters as celestial phenomena to warn. For all natural disasters, we must find the reason for summoning disasters. Is the emperor not taking care of the political end? Or is it improper employment? Or is there any complaints in prison? In short, we have to find a reason for summoning disasters, or find a scapegoat.

Shi Shilun reported in a secret complaint that whenever Tongzhou was distributed rice, there were royal family members. The princes and ministers chose rice knives, and even several people occupied one meter knives and were not allowed to be collected by others. According to the rules of the court, the rice knives should be distributed in order, and after one mattress was distributed, another mattress was opened.

Although Shi Shilun did not make any clear statement in his secret complaint, Zhenwu knew that this was implying that there was a major deficit in the storage of Tongzhou. He was originally planning to go out for a private visit, but immediately gave up his thoughts and turned back to the room to sit down.

Warehousing deficits are not new. Since the 30th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, local warehousing deficits have been common, but Tongzhou warehousing deficits are not a trivial matter. Tongzhou granaries are known as the "Emperor's Outer Warehouse" and all the storage of white rice are stored. They are also relatives and nobles of the royal family in the court, and all the princes and ministers are derived from this, and their scale is beyond the size of the local warehouses.

There are three granaries in Tongzhou, divided into Zhongcang, Xicang and Nancang. There are four "Bingmi Factory" in the north of the city, with a total of more than 400 warehouse knives. The so-called guillotine is a house that stores rice and grain, five are called a guillotine, each guillotine can store 12,000 stones of grain. Just a guillotine can store 5 million stones of grain.

Such a large warehousing loss is definitely not a small matter. Zhenwu couldn't help but frown slightly. It was the time of drought and famine. If this case was revealed at this time, would it stimulate the surge in grain prices in the capital? It seems that we still have to wait until the first batch of rice and grain in Nanyang arrives and calculate the time. It is the end of the month.

Tongzhou.

Tongzhou is located at the end of the Grand Canal, forty miles away from the capital. Nine rivers, including Baihe, Zhahe, Hunhe, Yuhe, etc., converge here. They are the water of Jiuhe, Taihang, and the water of the west mountain of the capital. The water of Yanshan Mountain to the north is not too far from Tongzhou City, and is an extremely important hub. After building the city, it is the important storage area of ​​the capital.

After the city was built by Tongzhou, it has been repaired dozens of times in all sizes. The city was filled with people, and the military, civilian, and officials lived in a mixed life, temples, pavilions, pavilions, academies, schools, and earth and stone dams, and grain storage warehouses. It is extremely prosperous. It is actually a Tongdu Dayi, a grain ship, passenger ship, poet, and princes and grandsons coming and going, and it is endless all year round. It is known as the Zuofu Xiongfu in the capital.

However, the biggest feature of Tongzhou City is the official office. In the small county town, there are many official offices, including the Governor's Office, the State Administration, the Tongyongdao Office, the Ministry of Revenue, the Grain Department, the Gongyuan Office, the Department of Dayun Xicang Supervision Office, the Dayun Zhongcang Supervision Office, the East Road Office, the State Council Office, the State Council Office, the State Judicial Office, the Xuezheng Office, the Training Office, the Office of the Personnel, the Office of the Tonghui Deputy General Office, the Zuoying Dushi Office, the Right Ying Guard Office and the County Office.

When he heard that Zhenwu's imperial guards arrived in Tongzhou, the officials and gentry of Hecheng were welcomed by the suburbs of the city. However, Zhenwu's imperial guards did not enter the city, but moved directly into the Yanjiao Palace. He did not meet any officials and gentry on the grounds of being tired from the journey. The climate has changed in the past two days. All the officials in Tongzhou thought that Zhenwu's dragon was unwell, so no one thought much. After hearing the news, they dispersed.

Zhenwu actually stationed in Yanjiao Palace for His sake, but instead rushed into the capital with a group of guards.

The next morning, Zhenwu did not hold an early court, but rushed to Changchunyuan Qingxi Shu to pay tribute to the Supreme Emperor Kangxi. After half a month of leaving Beijing, the first thing he did to return to Beijing was to pay tribute to Kangxi. The Qing Dynasty governed the world with filial piety. He naturally wanted to set an example for the world. Moreover, during this period, he made such a big move, and he also wanted to see Kangxi's reaction.

After reporting, Li Dequan quickly came out and greeted Zhenwu, he said, "Emperor, the Supreme Emperor is calling Jin."

Zhenwu glanced at him and wanted to ask about Kangxi's condition, but was worried that he would cause trouble for him. After a slight salute, he went straight into the hall without saying a word and entered the hall. Seeing Kangxi half lying on a recliner, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Son Yinzhen, please respectfully invite Emperor Ama Sheng'an."

Kangxi looked up and down at him before he said effortlessly: "Sit."

After Zhenwu got up and sat down, Li Dequan presented tea. Zhenwu glanced at him and asked, "Can Emperor's treatment improve recently?"

"Back to the Emperor." Li Dequan hurriedly bowed and said, "The Supreme Emperor's condition has stabilized."

This is because I haven't grown up. Zhenwu was pondering how to comfort me, but Kangxi tried his best to say two words, "Sacrifice, rain." Li Dequan hurriedly said, "The Supreme Emperor is reminding the emperor not to forget to sacrifice and pray for rain."

Zhenwu's heart moved slightly, and Kangxi seemed to be uneasy. He hurriedly bowed and said, "The Emperor is solemnly respecting the Emperor's Holy Order." After hesitating, he tentatively explained the Tianjin Haihe diversion project and the punishment for officials who greedy for disaster relief money and grain.

Kangxi said slightly, "Okay." After saying that, he stopped talking. Seeing that there was saliva on his lips, Li Dequan hurriedly stepped forward to block Zhenwu and quickly wiped him away.

Seeing this situation, Zhenwu felt a little sad. After pondering a little, he ordered Li Dequan: "If the energy is getting warmer today, please discuss with the imperial physician to see if the Supreme Emperor can walk around the garden every day. The necessary activities will be conducive to recovery."

"Slaves respect the orders." Li Dequan hurriedly bowed.

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After returning to the palace, Zhenwu washed up for a while, Bao Fuquan came in and bowed and said, "Report to the emperor, Prince Lian Yinsi, Yibeile Yinxiang, Yinzhen, Ministers of Shangshu Zhang Pengfeng, Ma Qi, Xiao Yongzao, Songzhu, Wang Yu, Fu Ning'an, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Gamintu, Minister of Justice Lai Du, Minister of Justice Kuixu, and others handed over signs to ask for their visit."
Chapter completed!