"My lord, you may not know that this official has no authority to deal with them."
Zhou Tian said helplessly.
Ye Cheng looked at him in confusion. The dignified governor of the state and the magistrate of Jiangzhou did not have the authority to deal with several grain merchants in the territory?
It sounds ridiculous!
The imperial edict was issued that the prefect has no authority to deal with merchants worth more than 10 million dan in the territory."
"No matter how excessive they do, the only one who can deal with them is your Majesty. Therefore, these low-income merchants have become arrogant and arrogant every year."
Although it turned out that An Qing was really hopelessly stupid, at this moment, Ye Cheng still felt that it was really difficult to evaluate this imperial edict.
Look at his words, they are not like human speech, and look at his appearance, he is not like a human king.
Simply put, if an animal sees this kind of behavior, it will feel like an animal.
"No wonder, so these natural disasters are all man-made disasters?"
Zhou Tian reluctantly raised his hand, "Exactly, what your Majesty wants to do, I really don't know."
"But since this imperial edict, more and more people have been forced to leave their homes."
Zhou Tian said helplessly.
Ye Cheng nodded with a cold face, "I understand. Prefect Zhou, please act in accordance with the military orders provided by me."
"I obey my orders."
As he said that, Zhou Tian took a piece of silk from Ye Cheng's hand, which was filled with orders for this disaster relief.
"Zhifu Zhou, when you pass the order, remember to tell Jiangzhou's civil and military officials that I have the power to do things at an advantage. If you are passive and sabotaging the military aircraft, I can do it at an advantage."
"Yes!"
Zhou Tian hurriedly agreed and went back to the government to make arrangements.
"Zhang Ji, you and I haven't seen each other for eleven years, right?"
"Yes, Brother Ye, it has been ten years since Feilongwei was disbanded."
Ye Cheng nodded slightly, then slowly said, "Zhang Ji, now you are the best among the old brothers, why don't you take care of everyone on weekdays?"
Zhang Jichang sighed, "Brother, the empress is very careful about us, your old subordinates. If nothing else, there are three people installed by the empress in my house." After hearing this, Ye Cheng asked slowly and calmly, "Have those two people ever committed any crime? What's the crime?"
"No, sir."
"Remember it carefully? Are you serious about it?"
Zhang Ji is not a novice in officialdom. When he heard this, he immediately understood what Ye Cheng meant.
Immediately, he said without thinking, "After much thought, little brother, these people are guilty of harming disaster relief."
Ye Cheng nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, I order you to execute those people immediately, and then send troops to various places to supervise the distribution of porridge and food."
"I will obey the general's order."
After arranging all this, Ye Cheng returned to the mansion prepared for them and his party in Jiangzhou.
As soon as Zhou An saw Ye Cheng, he walked towards him, "Master, I've checked it out. There are no secret passages here. I've also sent people to block all the secret back doors."
Ye Cheng nodded with satisfaction, "Well done."
"Have all the things you have been asked to investigate investigated clearly?"
"Master, all my subordinates have investigated everything. Please take a look."
said that, Zhou An handed over the grain tax account books and population migration records of Jiangzhou Prefecture in the past three years.
According to the above records, the food shortage in Jiangzhou began after An Qing’s imperial edict was issued three years ago.
In the past three years, there have been three prefects, all of whom were dismissed because of poor governance that resulted in an increasing number of refugees.
Ke Anqing's imperial edict directly blocked the officials' way to deal with this matter. If your chef is famous all over the world, how can you make white rice without even giving you a grain of rice?
All officials who took office and were dismissed are faced with this dilemma.
How can the people under him deal with the chaos caused by the superior himself?
"Master, there is also this. This is the business map of the past few years that was taken from the houses of the beheaded grain merchants."
Speaking, Zhou An handed over four drawings, which were densely marked with the strongholds of several major grain merchants.
"Okay, very good... This Jiangzhou's surname is not Ye, but Mi Mian?"
"Master, to be honest, your Majesty's move is very unwise. He indulges the grain merchants in this way, which is not a blessing to the world."
"Of course it is unwise, but our Majesty, she is not stupid, she is poisonous."
"All this was done intentionally by her. It was because of the malicious attempts by grain merchants to raise food prices that the people of Jiangzhou were forced to leave their homes because they could not afford to eat."
Having said this, Ye Cheng looked at Zhou An quietly and said, "Zhou An, after you regained your freedom, you also lived in the capital for half a month. Do you know what is the biggest difference between the capital and this place?"
"It's the price of food. The price of food in the capital is normal."
Ye Cheng nodded solemnly and sighed with a dark look, "Yes, the price of food in the capital is normal. As a result, people from all over the country will run to the capital." The disadvantages of layer-by-layer subcontracting are that all the profits are firmly in the hands. "
Ye Cheng sneered when he said this, "It's no wonder that the Demon Locking Tower is getting loose every day."
"Master, what does this have to do with the loosening of the Demon Locking Tower?"
"The Demon Locking Tower is suppressed by the dragon energy and magic power of the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty. An Qing is unvirtuous and acts in the opposite direction. The dragon energy is weak, so naturally the Demon Locking Tower cannot be suppressed."
"Her dragon energy has been almost completely lost now, so... even low-level monsters such as ordinary minotaurs and pig-headed soldiers can break through the seal of the Demon Locking Tower." "
Ye Cheng snorted coldly, "Don't worry about other things. I'm here now to rescue Jiangzhou from the dire straits."
Ye Cheng then asked Zhou An to handle detailed relief matters, while he himself, just like in the capital, lay on a chair and ate grapes.
"Brother Ye Cheng, you will enjoy your leisure time."
An Ning's voice came from behind him. Ye Cheng turned around and smiled slightly, "Yeah, it's up to Zhou An to take care of the matter. I just want to enjoy my leisure time." As he said this, he saw Zhou An coming back in a hurry. Behind him, there were two servants and an official who was tied up. Looking at his robes, he looked like an eighth-rank official.
"Master, my subordinates were ordered to take over the city defense today. As soon as they took over, they saw this guy driving straight to the city gate. Seeing that this man could do it, my subordinates stepped forward to check and found that there were five children in the car, all of whom were children of good people nearby."
"There was also a girl, only three years old, covered in blood, who was so frightened that she could not cry."
Hearing this, Ye Cheng glared at the tied up man in front of him and said, "Tell me, what are your intentions in robbing children?"