Xiang Nan immediately went out and came back after a while, "Your Majesty, I have found out clearly that the people in Jiaxing Prefecture are causing trouble and resisting the emperor's food supply."

"What?!" Qianlong's eyes widened when he heard this, "It's okay if the people dare to resist paying the emperor's food. What does Su Kuiwen, the prefect of Jiaxing, do?"

"Your Majesty, don't be angry." Xiang Nan smiled and waved his hand, "We happen to have to stop at Jiaxing Mansion. Why don't you and I dress up in plain clothes and hats, go to the city for a walk, try the local snacks, and take a look at the local snacks?

Ask what’s going on?”

Qianlong heard this and nodded.

…

At that moment, Xiang Nan and Qianlong changed their clothes and entered Jiaxing City together.

The streets were noisy, and groups of menacing villagers holding farm tools could be seen everywhere.

"Master, let's have a bowl of wontons first." Xiang Nan saw many villagers eating in front of the wonton stall, so he smiled and said to Qianlong.

Qianlong nodded and sat down with him.

"Boss, two bowls of wontons~" Xiang Nan called, and then smiled and said to the villagers, "Brother, why is your Jiaxing Mansion so chaotic today?"

"Hey, don't mention it. The government is forcing the people to rebel. If the government doesn't leave us a way to survive, we can't just sit and wait for death." When the villagers heard this, they said angrily.

"Hey, isn't your Jiaxing land of plenty? How come you don't even have a way to survive?" Xiang Nan asked doubtfully.

"Forget it. Since this spring, there has been a drought in Jiaxing Prefecture, and there has been no harvest. Not only does the government not reduce or reduce the imperial ration, but it also imposes an additional 20%.

We have been forced to have no way of survival, what else can we do besides making trouble?" the villagers said, still quite annoyed.

After Qianlong heard this, his face turned pale.

…

At this moment, a government servant wearing a Yong uniform came over.

When these villagers saw him, they scattered one after another.

The officer sneered and sat in front of the wonton stall, "Old Loach, a big bowl of wontons~"

"Okay." The stall owner glanced at him, a little too angry to say anything.

"This Mr. Cha is so majestic~" Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Boss, if I add two more scoundrels to Mr. Cha, they will all be charged to my account."

"Oh, that's so embarrassing." Seeing that Xiang Nan was not dressed like an ordinary person, the Yamen servant said, feeling somewhat flattered.

"It's okay, I'm easy to make friends with." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "Let me ask, what are we doing here? Why is it so chaotic?"

"Don't mention it. Just because of this matter, we almost died of exhaustion." The yamen servant curled his lips and said, "Thousands of people are making trouble around the yamen gate, and we are the only ones guarding the door. As long as one of us doesn't

Be careful, we will all become meat paste."

"Then you have worked really hard." Xiang Nan comforted, "Why are the people making trouble? Isn't it right to pay the emperor rations?"

"That's right. Well, it's my fault that the official is too dark-hearted." The Yamen servant said, "Originally, the grain in the official warehouse was full, and the emperor's grain was abundant. But it suddenly emptied out in the past two days. Alas, but

The warehouses of all major grain stores are full."

"So, the official has sold all the grain in the official warehouse to grain merchants?" Xiang Nan said with a smile.

"Hey, do you need to explain this clearly?" the yamen servant laughed.

"Then the common people are making trouble, aren't the officials afraid?" Xiang Nan asked again.

"Hey, it's a big fuss. How can we not make a fuss three or five times a year, but how can we twist our arms over our legs?" The yamen servant said disdainfully, "It's really a big fuss. When the governor's army arrives, won't everyone be scared back?"

"Then the governor doesn't care about this matter?" Xiang Nan asked.

"Hey, he collects the most money, who else can he care about?" the yamen servant curled his lips.

"Oh, oh, you know that the governor collects money?" Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Don't be the one who made this nonsense."

"My son is just making nonsense." Seeing that Xiang Nan looked down on him, the Yamen servant immediately said anxiously, "To tell you the truth, I was not qualified to know. This was not to transport money to the Governor's Mansion in the first half of the year. In the end, too much money was transported.

, the ship was sunk. I sent people to salvage it, and then the secret was revealed."

"Do you dare to sign and pledge all these things you said?" Qianlong became more and more angry as he listened, and couldn't help but slap the stall and said.

"Oh, you are..." Seeing Qianlong's extraordinary courage and scary words, the Yamen servant immediately guessed the origins of the two of them, and ran away without even bothering to eat.

Qianlong didn't want to eat anymore and took Xiang Nan back to the ship. "It's so abominable! It's so abominable! I just beheaded Wang Danwang and captured Chen Huizu, more than a hundred heads. Why can't I deter these corrupt officials?"

"

Xiang Nan remained silent.

In fact, the main reason why corrupt officials continue to kill is that their actions lead to deeds.

The emperor is the biggest corrupt official. He owns the most land, the most money, the most slaves, and the most women in the world... He is greedy by nature and wishes that all the best things in the world would be his. Then his ministers will naturally be unfair.

The beam is crooked.

Just like Heshen, Qianlong also knew that he was a corrupt official. But Qianlong wanted to use him to make money, so even though he was corrupt, Qianlong forgave him many times.

In this case, corrupt officials will naturally be killed.

"Your Majesty, you can't be merciful this time." Xiang Nan bowed and said, "It's not wrong for you to learn from the ancestors of the emperor and be tolerant, but it's a shame that those corrupt officials are so unscrupulous and regard your tolerance as connivance.

Kindness as protection.

In this way, they become more and more greedy, and the more greedy they are, the more they can't hold back. In the early years of Qianlong's reign, when the infantry army was in charge of Eshan, anyone who embezzled a thousand taels would be punished with death. But now, if someone embezzles a thousand taels, they only need to confiscate the proceeds and give them twenty canes.

.

I am worried that if this continues, sooner or later, officials will embezzle 10,000, 20,000, or even 100,000 or 1 million, and they may just be fined a silver fine.

By then, the world will be full of corrupt officials. Your Majesty, it will be impossible to deal with this."

"Ji Xiaolan, you just like to make alarmist remarks. I'm not that stupid yet." Qianlong waved his hand and said, "He Shen is still in Hangzhou. Give him an edict to kill Chen Huizu, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang! Jiaxing is asking him to give him food.

I will check it out. If I don’t check it out, don’t go back to Beijing!”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiang Nan nodded.

…

The imperial ship stopped in Jiaxing for one night and then continued on its journey.

Shortly after leaving the pier, the ship stopped again.

"What's going on?" Qianlong asked.

"Your Majesty, the fishing boat in front is blocking the way, making it impossible to pass." The guard report reported.

"Where did the fishing boat come from? You are so brave." Qianlong said displeased, why did his trip to the south of the Yangtze River go so wrong?

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the people threw some wood into the water to pray for the Dragon King, which caused the river to be congested." the guard explained.

"Your Majesty, when people pray for rain, they also hope for a bountiful harvest. You are the right one, so why not help?" Xiang Nan suggested with a smile.

"Should I go to pray for rain too?" Qianlong was stunned, "Okay, let's go and take a look."

The two people immediately came to the bow of the boat and saw that there were indeed some pieces of wood floating on the river, with layers of yellow paper stuck on them, which looked quite strange.

"What are you doing?" Qianlong asked in confusion.

"Oh, this is the wood used to build the Dragon King Temple. People call it yellow beam." Xiang Nan explained.
Chapter completed!