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    ? Zhao Han personally cultivated and persuaded the farmers, and simplified the etiquette, which is the epitome of the tradition and innovation of the new dynasty.

    ? To sum it up in eight words: respect tradition, be pragmatic and innovative.

    Innovation is always difficult, so difficult that Xiaohong divorced her husband.  Both of them are officials, so they get together less and leave more, and finally return to their hometown for the festival, and they are full of gossip.

    Unable to bear the pressure of public opinion, her husband offered to reconcile, and Xiaohong immediately went to the government to complete the formalities.

    Xiaohong knows her husband's difficulties, why is he eating soft food, and using his wife's relationship to get promoted quickly, and his wife is cuckolding him in other places.  Let alone ancient men, many modern men would be overwhelmed by psychological pressure.

    Sadness is definitely sad. Apart from divorce, the only solution is to resign.

    But Xiaohong didn't want to resign because she had a strong sense of professionalism.

    After the Spring Festival, Xiaohong returned to Quzhou Fucheng.  She learned from Zhao Han in everything, and set up a mailbox at the gate of the government office, and opened and read the letters regularly every month.

    This time I opened and read a letter, the content of which was very simple: the bidding for the construction of the official residence in Quzhou was tricky, the embankment of the Xixi River in Fucheng had cut corners, and the construction party of the two projects was the same trading company.

    Anonymous letter, who wrote it.

    Xiaohong immediately called the colleague in charge of related work, and asked him to investigate whether the embankment was cutting corners.  I got a reply a few days later, and found no cutting corners.

    Xiaohong was still not at ease, and sent her cronies to check the bidding documents for the construction of the official building. It turned out that everything was in line with the normal process.

    Therefore, Xiaohong didn't ask about the matter again, thinking that the content of the report was false.

    Two months later, Xiaohong received a long letter reporting a lot of officials.  The whistleblower also said that the clean government and judicial departments in Quzhou Prefecture and Xi'an County have been corrupted by the Zheng family into a sieve.

    There are even more detailed contents, saying that the umbrella of the Zheng family is Zheng Tongfu, the doctor of the Department of Construction and Repair of the Ministry of Industry.

    This is a fat job. Although the official rank is not high, he actually handles government projects across the country.

    ? On March 3rd, Shangsi goes outing.

    Xiaohong disguised herself as a noble lady and took her maid out of the city for an outing.  Although she was famous, she always wore official uniforms, but suddenly she was dressed as a noble lady, and no one recognized her.

    Arriving at a river embankment outside the city, Xiaohong saw an old flower seller squatting under a willow tree.

    As soon as she walked over, the old man stood up quickly, and asked with a smile on his face: "Madam, do you want to buy apricot flowers? The apricot flowers are very good, I just picked them this morning, and they can be stored for several days when you take them back. You should go out for a walk."  Bring flowers, Madam, look over there, the apricot flowers of the young masters and ladies are all bought from me."

    Xiaohong paid for an apricot flower, and sighed casually: "This river embankment is really well built, and the scenery is even more beautiful when you go outing."

    "Hey, it's well done." There seemed to be a hint of irony in the old man's smile.

    Xiaohong asked: "Where is it not repaired well?"

    The old man shook his head again and again: "Good repair."

    Xiaohong didn't ask any more questions, but after returning home, she sent a confidant to inquire.

    The young man inquired for a few days, and came back and said, "My lord, the river embankment was really cut corners. Several sections were often washed away by floods. The government's request was to use composite soil as the foundation. When the river embankment was repaired last year, it was built with cement.  Watering and then ramming the earth. Also, the business company that built the embankment deducted the wages of the workers, and has not paid them off until now.¡±

    At this time, the quality of the cement is relatively poor due to the problem of furnace temperature, so it cannot be used to build water conservancy.

    As for the composite soil used to build water conservancy, although the raw materials are not expensive, the process is quite complicated, time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive. It is better to use cement to save trouble.

    "What is the reputation of the Zheng family?" Xiaohong asked again.

    "It's hard to say." The boy replied.

    Xiaohong wondered: "What do you mean?"

    The little servant explained in detail: "The Zheng family builds bridges and paves roads in the countryside, especially at the junction of Xi'an and Longyou. Those villages and towns praise the Zheng family. But the people in other places hate the Zheng family deeply. The Zheng family receives goods in the countryside.  , The price is kept very low. The projects contracted by the Zheng family often deduct wages, saying that they will hold it first and settle it next time. There is also a side branch of the Zheng family that has occupied two vegetable markets in Fucheng.  Purchase from the Zheng family."

    Xiao Hong frowned: "The Xi'an government doesn't care?"

    The boy replied: "The Zheng family doesn't come out on their own, but gathers some idlers and beats them if they don't listen to the Zheng family's orders. The government also takes care of it, and punishes them by gathering a crowd to fight, and each beats 50 big boards each time. Xiaomin was beaten.  He was beaten up, and he was fined by the government, and he will not report to the government after a long time."

    Xiaohong knew that the Zheng family was a well-known rich family in Quzhou.

    &I'm afraid of the officials of Datong Bank.  "

    Dai Wenmeng asked: "There is no peasant association in your village? Doesn't the peasant association help farmers?"

    The old farmer said: "There is a farmers' association. The president's surname is Zheng, and the village head's surname is also Zheng. The mayor of the town is a foreigner, but his surname is not Zheng, but he has made an appointment with the one with the surname Zheng. The mayor is also greedy, and he took over with the Zheng family.  A barren mountain, burn lime, burn cement and sell money. The young and strong in the town, only the peasants and soldiers, they dare not mess with. Except for the peasants and soldiers, anyone who disobeys will be beaten."

    "How many towns are like this?" Dai Wenmeng asked.

    The old farmer replied: "The grass people know that there are three towns."

    ? Asked some more questions, and asked the old farmer to mark with his fingerprints.

    On the second day, Dai Wenmeng and Mei Zhuyou returned to the inn in the city to exchange investigation information with other clean government officials.

    An anti-government official named Cao Benshu said: "Lao Liang and I got an inaccurate news. The younger brother of Zheng Tongfu, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, married the daughter of Li Ge's nephew. If the news is true, the officialdom in Quzhou is very bad."  So fast, it is probably related to Mr. Li Ge. Mr. Li may not know about it, but the Zheng family will inevitably use his name to do evil."

    Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and Li Banghua was actually involved in this case.

    "Why don't you present the case to His Majesty first, and see what His Majesty plans to do?" said an honest official.

    Mei Zhuyou sternly said: "Your Majesty is troubled by everything, what do you want us officials to do? Brother Cao, Brother Liang, go and verify the news to see if it is related to Mr. Li Ge. Others, stay in Quzhou and continue to investigate the case. Even if  Involved with Mr. Li Ge, this case can't be fooled, from the government office to the county office to the village, there may be hundreds of officials involved! ?
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