Shi Renji was indeed a happy man. When he said that he could do it, after lunch with Wei Zheng, he went to the chief hall to hand over the seal letter to the chief secretary, asking him to take the post of governor to handle all the government affairs in Ningzhou, and then came back very casually to ask them what they were going to set off.

There is a word called "Going back is like an arrow". Dou Kuan didn't know if it was suitable for Wei Zheng. He couldn't even stop at the post station and kept urging him to Chang'an. He didn't know that his wife, the old Bin Hanzhu, was going to have a baby!

In Chang'an, Dali Temple Prison, Shi Renji was wearing a dirty green official robe, crossed his legs and lay on the pile of hays, holding a grass in his mouth and humming a small song. Just as he was about to fall asleep, the iron chain outside the door was opened, and Dou Kuan, who was wearing casual clothes, walked in with an evil smile on his face.

"Marquis of Leling County, let's go, it's time for you to go out!"

"Where can I go? I have to wait for noon when I go on a red trip. The Xiaguan Hall has not passed yet. Why? Wei Zheng has covered the sky in the court with one hand. He doesn't have to go through the court to kill a governor. Is there an order?"

"Come on the court? Okay, then we have to prepare too!" After a smile, Dou Kuan sat down on his own.

"It's all my business to get through the court. The subordinates are exchanging grain for rotten grains, but they are different from that old bastard Wei Ting. As for the superiors, they can judge them whatever they think! We are not the one who wags his tail and begs for mercy."

"Okay, you are so kind that you dare to feed rat meat to the prime minister of the current dynasty. Any unexpected move is not so amazing. Among the civil and military officials in the court, you are absolutely the only bold!" After stretching out your thumbs at Shi Renji, Dou Kuan clapped his hands, and the yamen runners beside him took a set of casual clothes.

"Change it, go to see a noble person with me. Look at your dirty look, it's too unconventional." After saying that, Dou Kuan also covered his nose with his sleeves. The sanitation conditions of Dali Temple are too poor. It's a good person who is in a few days to be locked up here, which is very frightening.

Hum? What does this Shangshu Dou mean? Is this Dali Temple Prison? It is a serious criminal prison in the country. Even if he is an important official in the court, he would not take this criminal out if he wants to take it out! Besides, if he is sentenced to be guilty, wouldn’t it be more convenient to just open a document and release it directly? Why do you do such a lot of fun!

Especially when you meet noble people, what kind of noble people are there? The Tang Dynasty's laws have a saying that they discuss noble people in person, but for a county marquis who have no connections in the court, it is not much better to point them out.

Confused, Shi Renji was taken to a noodle stall in West City. Apart from a honest noodle stall owner, he was a young man with phoenix eyes, and there was something noble there. However, this young man looked very familiar. Shi Renji, who had not returned to Chang'an for many years, really couldn't remember seeing this person there.

"Come on, sit down!" The young man waved to Shi Renji, and then ordered the noodle stall to give him and Dou Kuan two bowls of noodles.

"Shi Renji, the second son of the general of the State, was first appointed as the Marquis of Leling County in May of the third year of Zhenguan. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, he served as the commander of Bingzhou Grand Commander General, and was transferred to the governor of Ningzhou in May of the following year. Shi Renji, you are a grain official, so you naturally know the difference between good grain and rotten grain. Can you tell me why you did this?"

Listening to the young man making his resume so clearly, Shi Renji felt a sudden sigh of heart. No one who is an official knows what kind of yamen Dushuiguan and the inner guard are, but what he committed is not a crime of rebellion. How could he make these guys who eat people and don’t spit out bones? Why do you want to punish yourself on the street?

So, Shi Renji, who was angry, said with disdain: "I am very pleased to find a wealthy family to exchange good grain for rotten grains and forage. This shows that I have not worked in Ningzhou for several years, and I still have some thin faces in front of the gentry!"

After eating a few bites of noodles, Shi Renji continued: "Do you not understand that I wasted public funds, almost delayed the spring plowing matter, and humiliated the prime minister. He dared to be so arrogant, not as trembling as most officials?"

After hearing the young man opposite him say the three words "please give me advice", Shi Renji settled the accounts for him and Dou Kuan, and also poured out his grievances. Anyway, it would not be better if it fell into their hands. So what else can't be said? Let me talk about it first!

In Ningzhou, Shi Renji's policy is to exchange one pound of good grain for five pounds of rotten millet, which means that the food that could have saved one person can now be saved five people. That's right, these rotten millets that emit stench are usually fed to animals, but are hungry people still considered humans?

Those who are about to die of tranquility and are about to starve to death are not humans, they are human-shaped beasts, that is, animals. As long as they can live, they can still share good food and rotten grains, which are all good things. Grassroots, tree bark, dead dogs, and insects, as long as they can fill their stomachs, there are so many taboos!

Are you shocked? Don’t let it go, there are some behind you. You are all eating imperial grain, and when you walk there, you are rushing forward and behind. What you see are all the local officials who are willing to let you see. As for the things that are pickled in the corners, your mind will never think of.

When I saw my official exchanged the subsidy for spring plowing, I thought I was a corrupt official, and then I held the broken book written by Kong Laoer in the yamen and scolded him hard! Have you ever seen someone who swelled himself to death by eating Guanyin soil? Have you ever seen all the trees in the Qianli Plain without any skin?

OK, even if you haven't seen it, you don't know that the word "Yi Zi and Food" must have heard of it! Of course, this book is written, and you must have learned it. Didn't the army under his command feed on people at the end of the Sui Dynasty? The same would be true if it was hungry people.

I did see with my own eyes that it is also very particular about changing children to eat. My children are raised with shit and urine, so I can’t bear to eat it, so I can only exchange it with my neighbor. Let me tell you that it’s just a pile of meat in the pot!

Ningzhou is under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou. Sixty percent of the land there is belonged to the King of Wei and the nobles and gentry. They do not need to pay food and serve. Of course, it is rich, but does this mean that the people are rich too?

Looking back at the war, the court recruited soldiers and fought for food, and when did it not have to seek compensation from the people? Last year, Ningzhou suffered from disaster relief, but it was recruited and paid taxes. Didn’t they all be exhausted? Can they not cause famine?
Chapter completed!