Comprehensive Wu Jianghu: I am Dali Temple Minister

Although Ji Yaohua used inappropriate words, Yang Qingyuan still nodded in embarrassment. Ji Yaohua's semantic expression is not a problem.

Politics has been a profound knowledge since ancient times. Ji Yaohua didn't understand it, neither did An Shigeng, and Yang Qingyuan himself only learned a little bit.

An Shigeng thought that his identity as a grain merchant would be the best cover for stealing grain from the warehouse, and of course it did serve as an excellent cover in the early stages.

Anjia is the largest grain merchant in the capital, so there is no doubt that Anjia transported a large amount of grain outside the capital. In addition, he bought the water transportation department, so even in the first few months of Anjia, the grain shipped out increased significantly. , and no one doubted.

No, there should be some people who suspected it. Qian Liangping, the supervisory censor, discovered the problem during his inspection of the water transportation, and kept investigating it, but before the result was found out, he was silenced by the An family.

If Anjia's identity as a grain merchant was the best cover before the granary case was discovered, then after the granary case was discovered, it would have more counterproductive effects than the previous benefits.

Emperor Zhou was a wise ruler, diligent in governing and caring for the people, and widely applying benevolent government.But all of this needs to be based on the solid foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

On weekdays, Emperor Zhou might not have used extraordinary means, but the blizzard in Jizhou was like the straw that broke the camel's back.

Today's Great Zhou seems to be peaceful in the world, but it is actually on the verge of crisis. As long as Jizhou does not have enough food for disaster relief, and there are civil uprisings, the northern border will be in chaos.

In this case, Anjia's status as the largest grain merchant has become Anjia's biggest crime.

Yang Qingyuan believed that if he casually threw a few grain bags from the official warehouse in An's warehouse, and then brought the grain bags and the 17 shi of grain to Emperor Zhou, saying that An's family was behind the granary case, Emperor Zhou would accept it with pleasure. .

In this way, Emperor Zhou could openly inspect Anfu and obtain Anjia's food and grass to fill the vacancy in Jizhou.

At this time, it doesn't matter whether the An family is the real murderer or not. What Emperor Zhou needs is a justifiable reason to confiscate the An family's food. This is politics.

Yang Qingyuan can do this, but he doesn't want to yet.

Although he was sure that An Shigeng and his son must be behind the granary case, Yang Qingyuan didn't have enough evidence.

Convicting someone without evidence is no different from injustice, unless it is absolutely necessary, Yang Qingyuan does not want to do so.

Handling the case like this, Yang Qingyuan was worried that it would become a stain on him, not only would it affect his future career, more importantly, the long history, he must not be tolerated!

After deliberating the next steps again, Yang Qingyuan took Ji Yaohua out of An's warehouse.

In order to prevent being suspected by An Shigeng, Yang Qingyuan continued to seal up several warehouses, making the seizure of An's warehouses less abrupt.

Just after Yang Qingyuan sealed off the three warehouses, a team from the Imperial Forest Army's Beijing Battalion rushed to report.

"Adults are not good?!"

"Don't panic, speak slowly!"

The team breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "My lord, a group of porters surrounded the water transport terminal and asked us to open the terminal!"

"what?!"

Yang Qingyuan's gaze became serious all of a sudden, it seems that there are still masters behind this scene, and they reacted so quickly, causing trouble for himself.

"Go! Let's go and see together!"

A group of people walked to the entrance of the Water Transport Wharf, and a group of porters were already standing at the door.

But there was no pushing and shouting as expected, a group of people just stood there quietly, waiting for the person in charge in the water transport terminal.

Yang Qingyuan walked to the door and asked the captain beside him, "What's going on?!"

The lieutenant spread his hands helplessly, "I don't know about the humble officials, these people just gathered here, claiming to see the person in charge, and the humble officials came forward to ask, but they were unwilling to tell the humble officials."

The lieutenant paused for a moment, then continued, "Sir, there are already a lot of people gathered here! If this goes on like this, there may be a civil uprising. Do you need to lead people to disperse these people!?"

Yang Qingyuan waved his hand, "Don't act rashly without my order!"

After finishing speaking, Yang Qingyuan stepped forward and said, "I am the new water transportation envoy of the school inspection. I was ordered by the emperor to specialize in water transportation. Is there any reason for the elders to gather here?"

After everyone heard Yang Qingyuan's words, there was a commotion, and then a middle-aged man came out with several young people.

"Xiaominwang Jiudi sees your lord!" He said and brought everyone to kneel down to salute.

Yang Qingyuan's figure appeared in front of Wang Jiudi in an illusion, and with a slight push of the real yuan in his hand, he helped several people up.

However, Yang Qingyuan's strength alone is limited after all. Although he can support Wang Jiudi, he can't stop so many people from kneeling down.

In desperation, Yang Qingyuan could only shout with his true energy: "Everyone, please get up!"

After saluting, everyone slowly got up.

"Little people dare to ask your lord's name!"

"I'm Water Transport Envoy Yang Qingyuan!"

"Master Yang! I really need Master Yang to come here!" Wang Jiudi bowed his hands to Yang Qingyuan and continued, "Please Master Yang unseal the Water Transport Wharf and save us a way out!"

Yang Qingyuan's complexion changed slightly, and he had already thought of something.

Seeing that Yang Qingyuan was silent, Wang Jiudi continued, "The grassroots don't know why the imperial court banned the Water Transport Wharf, but if the Water Transport Wharf is not unblocked, our life will really be difficult!"

Yang Qingyuan asked expressionlessly, "The imperial court has just banned the Water Transport Wharf? Why do you say that?!"

"My lord, I don't know. We haven't received any wages since the officials from the six gates came to the pier three days ago to inspect them! The people from the Cao Gang used this as an excuse to not pay us wages."

"My lord! We are all poor people here, and we don't have much surplus food at home. The porters here have only a handful of hard work, and they have no other way to make a living. If there is no more wages, it is really There is no food left! Those of us who are so hungry can survive a few meals, but many of us have women and children at home..."

Yang Qingyuan looked around, and there were thousands of people gathered here.

Almost all of them were sallow and thin. It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, but many of them were wearing extremely thin clothes. With Yang Qingyuan's eyes, they could be seen trembling slightly.

Yang Qingyuan thought of a saying, to measure the civilization of a country, it is not by how brilliant the top is, but by how humble the bottom is. The so-called civilization is trying to improve the bottom line.

The Great Zhou Dynasty can be called a glorious and prosperous age, with a vast territory and far away from the previous dynasty, the four barbarian small countries, all of which came to the dynasty, Yang Qingyuan once thought that this was a prosperous age.

But at this moment, Yang Qingyuan's heart was shaken when he saw these rough-faced and disheveled water transport workers struggling to make ends meet. Is this the prosperous world he wants to pursue? !

Looking around, Li and Shu are panicked, heartbroken and sighing, mourning the loss of people's livelihood.