The melon-eating system, everyone listens to my voice

Emperor Yongning cast a sharp gaze at Jiang Youwen, his eyes full of questioning!

At this time, Gua Gua continued, [However, Jiang Youwen is not the mastermind behind the scenes, he was implicated.

Someone is acting in his name, waving the tiger flag to do unjust things.

The county closest to the city in the north that was hit hardest by the drought was called He County.

When Imperial Envoy Lin transported grain to He County, the local official was Jiang Shuzhi.

This person is a close relative of Jiang Youwen and ranked fifth in the palace examination.

With the help of Jiang Youwen, Jiang Shuzhi was transferred to He County as a ninth-rank official. It has been seven or eight years since then.

With Jiang Youwen's face on his side, Imperial Envoy Lin had no choice but to attend the banquet despite Jiang Shuzhi's repeated invitations.

During the banquet, Jiang Shuzhi only asked about the news of his cousin Jiang Youwen in Beijing, and did not mention any issue about food.

But in fact, Jiang Shuzhi had already sent people to tamper with the food in the boxes.

The next day, when Lin Ruofeng transported the grain to Jiangzhou, he opened the box and found that the grain had turned into sand.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the boxes were not opened in front of the disaster-stricken people, thus not causing chaos among the lower classes, allowing Lin Ruofeng to pass the news back to the capital in time.

During this period of waiting, the remaining food was used for disaster relief and to comfort the people affected by the disaster!】

Shen Zhao: [Then the murderer behind this case is Jiang Shuzhi.

Or is it that Jiang Shuzhi is just the last link in the process of exchanging sand and gravel for grain?

Come to think of it, he was just a minor official of the ninth rank. How could he have such courage and power?

However, Jiang Shuzhi is one of the black-hearted officials after all, and Jiang Youwen is his cousin, so he is really unlucky.

All these years have passed and there has been no progress.

How could he have the nerve to waste so much time in a ninth-rank official position? Logically speaking, with a second-rank cousin, his promotion would have been smoother.

As a result, this is it?

That's right, how can a villain who can only do dirty tricks in secret play a role in governing the county and evaluating political performance? 】

Shen Zhao complained a lot. Her impression of Jiang Shuzhi was extremely bad.

If Jiang Shuzhi stood in front of him, she would slap him twice.

As soon as she heard it, she knew that Jiang Shu was distributing food directly to the disaster victims because someone promised him benefits, possibly to help him get a promotion.

Pooh!

It would be best if his uncle the Emperor confiscated his property and exterminated his clan, so that his descendants would become pariahs.

All the officials cast meaningful glances at Jiang Youwen. This cousin of Minister Jiang is really a piece of useless shit!

Gua Gua: [Host, you are absolutely right!

Jiang Shuzhi cursed the court more than once for not giving him a promotion, giving him middle or lower grades in the annual assessments, and suppressing him every year to be a ninth-rank official.

There is also Jiang Youwen. Jiang Shuzhi has long regarded this cousin as an enemy and even made a voodoo man to curse Jiang Youwen.

In Jiang Shuzhi's opinion, Jiang Youwen was a second-rank official, so it would be easy to promote him.

Every year he would prepare a car full of generous gifts for Jiang Youwen.

Basically, all the money and wealth that was plundered from the people was exchanged for generous gifts and sent to Jiang Mansion in the capital by the escort agency.

As a result, Jiang Youwen accepted annual gifts from him for so many years but did not give him any chance of promotion.

Jiang Shuzhi deliberately dragged Jiang Youwen into trouble this time.

Even the confessions of those who escorted him would include Jiang Youwen's name. 】

Shen Zhao asked curiously,

[Gua Gua, did Jiang Youwen really do such a shameless thing?

Although I don't like Jiang Shuzhi, the gifts he gave me were real money.

Jiang Youwen accepted the gift and ignored the person, which was quite excessive. 】

Jiang Youwen wiped the sweat from his face and was unwilling to even look up at Emperor Yongning.

Ever since Emperor Yongning heard Guagua say that Jiang Shuzhi sent him a New Year gift.

Moreover, those things were squeezing the people's money, and the emperor's face was as gloomy as ink.

[Received!]

After all, it is a New Year gift from a cousin of the same clan. Not accepting it would be a lack of respect for my fellow clan members.

But the New Year gifts that Jiang Youwen gave to Jiang Shuzhi were usually two or three cents more expensive than those given by Jiang Shuzhi.

Therefore, Jiang Youwen doesn’t owe Jiang Shuzhi anything!

As for why he didn't use his connections to help Jiang Shuzhi get promoted, it was because Jiang Youwen himself looked down on incompetent officials.

At that time, Jiang Zuzhi was ranked fifth in the imperial examination. He felt that this cousin at least had certain talents and knowledge.

Considering the ties of fellow clansmen, Jiang Shuzhi was placed in He County.

He County is close to the provincial capital Jiangzhou, and it only takes one hour to walk from He County to Jiangzhou.

Relying on its advantageous geographical location, He County has accelerated its development.

Normally speaking, as long as Jiang Shuzhi serves as a good official and performs his duties conscientiously, promotion is a matter of time.

But when Jiang Shuzhi passed the imperial examination and ranked fifth among the Jinshi, he was already 36 years old. His decades of hard study finally paid off.

He didn't want to work so hard anymore, so he just indulged himself and started enjoying himself.

Enjoying pleasure for a moment is refreshing, but enjoying pleasure all the time will lead to eternal depravity!

Jiang Shuzhi was an unjust official, unkind to the people, and unfair in judging cases, so he wasted several years in He County.

Shen Zhao sighed, "I feel like I have gone through untold hardships to become a Jinshi, and now the hard work has paid off!"

I don’t want to go back to the days of hardship, and now that I have money and power, I become arrogant! 】

Guagua agreed, "Yes, yes, there are several county magistrates in the same situation.

In their view, passing the imperial examination is the most important thing in life.

You can enjoy the rest of your time! 】

Emperor Yongning looked thoughtful!

Shen Zhao: [Guagua, after talking for so long, you still haven't told me who is the mastermind behind this case? ]

The people in the hall were cheered up, as the important moment was about to come!

Guagua: [Host, the person who ordered this is from the capital, and he is the Yongning Emperor’s cousin—Prince Li! ]

Emperor Yongning: ???

Other ministers: The emperor’s cousin???