Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 163 The prefect pretends to be a refugee
This imperial envoy was specially sent by the emperor to inspect the disaster situation in various places.

The laws of the Great Zhou stipulated that if natural disasters occurred among the people and caused the people's lives to be miserable, officials at all levels should be held accountable.

This law was established by the ancestor emperor of Da Zhou.

He is clear-headed and knows that the foundation of the Great Zhou is these common people, the daily expenses of the royal family of the Great Zhou, military expenditures of the Great Zhou, and the salaries of officials at all levels of the Great Zhou are all created by the common people in the final analysis.

If the people are gone, the Great Zhou will be gone too.

So he used this law to restrain the royal family and officials, telling them to put people first and put the lives of the people in a high position.

Especially when natural disasters strike and the common people can't handle it, they should give full play to the abilities of these officials to save the common people from the fire and water.

But no matter the concept or the rules, no matter how good the intention of the person who set it is, it will be useless if the people below do not implement it.

In the 200 years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, floods, droughts, and insect disasters have also experienced several times, and each time it will be exposed that many local officials do not care about the lives of the people.

When people suffer disasters and become refugees and beg for a way out, not only do they not help, but they even add insult to injury, defrauding the refugees of their money, exploiting their labor, and making the already difficult life of the refugees even more miserable.

When the emperor sent this imperial envoy, disaster relief was only secondary, after all, the imperial envoy could not lead the food team to patrol everywhere.

The main purpose of going to various places is to check whether the officials in various places are lazy and inaction, and whether they are oppressing the people.

Once an official is found to have violated the law, judging from the circumstances, the lighter ones will be convicted, and the serious ones can be killed on the spot, beheaded first and then played.

The magistrate was clear in his heart, and when he got the news that the imperial envoy came down to make an inspection, he realized the problem and was well prepared.

"Reporting to the imperial envoy, it's not that there are no refugees in Dengzhou Prefecture, it's just that under the dispatch of the official, the refugees have been properly resettled..."

"Where is it placed? Take me to have a look."

The imperial envoy had a look of distrust.

"Coincidentally, it's right in front!"

The magistrate led the imperial envoy to walk forward for a while, and turned a corner at the entrance of an alley.

Inside the box, there were many unkempt men, women and children gathered around a desk.

"Oh, come one by one, don't worry, everyone can get food and share it on the bed!"

Inside the book case, a person bowed his head and asked a person's name, then wrote it in a notebook and registered it.

The imperial envoy followed the magistrate to the front, looked at it for a while, then nodded silently: "It is somewhat organized..."

"My lord, the imperial envoy, thank you."

"Then these refugees..."

"After the names are registered, the people arranged by the official will take them in... Your Excellency, please."

The imperial envoy followed the magistrate into a courtyard where there was a pot, and the refugees gathered in a circle waiting to fill it with food.

There are also some who have obviously eaten, lying next to each other in the courtyard, with thatched bunks on the ground, and every two people have a warm quilt, which looks quite thick.

The imperial envoy couldn't help but nodded: "Well, it's a good job. It's not easy for these refugees to be taken care of in such a disaster."

"It seems that your Dengzhou Mansion is indeed not affected by the disaster, and you can open a warehouse to give out porridge. I am very relieved to see it."

The imperial envoy highly affirmed the prefect's "preparation".

"The government has already ordered all counties in the state capital to do so."

Chin nodded.

The slender figure behind him clung to his ears again, said a few words softly, and the imperial envoy nodded slightly after hearing this.

Then he said to the magistrate: "Very good, you did a good job. I'm tired..."

"Then please hurry up and rest at the mansion, my lord imperial envoy, I have ordered someone to set up a banquet..."

The magistrate hurriedly said.

The imperial envoy nodded and followed the prefect to leave this "refugee resettlement site".

Walking out of the alley, the imperial envoy followed the magistrate to the magistrate's yamen, but the slender figure behind the imperial envoy quietly left the team again.

resettlement point.

Those "refugees" who were lying or sitting got up one after another after all the officers and soldiers had left.

"gone?"

"Shut up, you haven't gone far..."

"Oh, when did I wear this kind of clothes... Ugh, it's dirty and smelly."

"I said Chen San, you can't make porridge well? What is that black powder in the bowl of porridge you drank just now?"

"Change clothes, change clothes, the show is over!"

It turns out that this group of refugees... turned out to be the actors they found!

The yamen servant in charge of making the porridge shouted: "Don't mess up! Lie back! The magistrate has an order. If the imperial envoy stays here for a day, we have to act for a day. We can't slack off for a moment!"

"Hey, that's not the case. Imperial envoys live a good life in the capital, why would they run to such a messy place when they have nothing to do? You are worrying too much."

"I think this imperial envoy has been here for a while, and I'm afraid he never wants to come back again, hahahaha..."

"Stop talking nonsense! You all be honest! Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people, and report it to the magistrate. When the time comes, I'm afraid you will lose your skin!"

When the few people heard what the yamen servant said so seriously, they didn't dare to force them, and they lay back on the straw bed with resentment, and continued to perform.

That yamen servant, Chen San, snorted in satisfaction, threw the porridge spoon into the pot, and turned to go to the inner courtyard.

It's just that as soon as his front foot entered the door, a long and thin arm stretched out and knocked hard on his neck from behind.

Chen San just felt a pain in his head and passed out...

The owner of the hand was the slender figure following the Imperial Envoy. He looked at Chen San, then looked back at the fake refugees outside, unfolded the notice that had just been removed from the notice board, and read it carefully, thoughtfully. .

"Qin Feng? Ninghai County, hum, interesting."

He chuckled lightly, but the voice that came out this time was actually a female voice, and it turned out to be a woman disguised as a man.

She looked around, took a rope from her body, tied Chen San up, put her hands on her shoulders, and threw it along the backyard wall, then jumped up the backyard wall and left.

About half an hour later, she reappeared in the magistrate's yamen, standing beside the imperial envoy.

At this moment, the imperial envoy was enjoying the banquet prepared by the magistrate. She leaned into the imperial envoy's ear again and said, "Those refugees are pretending. Find a way to trick him, and then try to ask him the name Qin Feng..."

The imperial envoy nodded obediently again, as if obeying the woman.

"Prefect Jia...I want to ask you a few questions."

The imperial envoy spoke softly, and the magistrate who was lowering his head to pick the bones of the imperial envoy with his own hands hurriedly raised his head, and asked with a smile: "Your imperial envoy, feel free to ask questions, and the next official promises to know everything."

(End of this chapter)