The chief said: "The former county magistrate Wu Penghui has family members. He was a Jinshi. He came to Bocheng County as a county magistrate without taking his family. However, if such a thing happens, his family members will definitely come to him!

If this happens at other times, then it’s fine if we tell the truth, but it happens on the eve of the Fengshan ceremony. If we tell the truth to his family, a series of problems will inevitably be involved, and the involvement will become wider and more troubles will be added. And once this matter is revealed, the court will lose its face.

Even I believe that when ordinary people talk about this Fengshan ceremony in the future, they may not remember the grand occasion of the ceremony at that time, but only remember a big case that happened at this time. If such consequences really occur, it would be really bad. No one of us can bear the blame!"

Li Rizhi was speechless. Of course he didn't want such consequences. Even if he didn't want to whitewash the peace, he had to put on makeup for the Taiping in front of him. There was nothing to say. This was something that a feudal official had to do.

The chief minister looked at Li Rizhi's face and said, "I have no experience in this kind of thing. I just don't know if the supervisor has a plan. Can you tell me it out and let me discuss it together?"

Li Rizhi sighed and said, "I actually have an idea, that is, the county magistrate Wu Penghui died because of excessive labor. In this way, if he died in office, the court would also give him a compliment. In this way, his family will not pursue the matter, nor will it affect the Fengshan ceremony. However, in this way, Wu Penghui's family will not know the truth of his death. Will this be a bit cruel to his family?"

When the chief minister heard the first half of what Li Rizhi said, he touched his beard with his hand and nodded slightly, expressing his agreement, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he couldn't help but look at Li Rizhi and thought to himself: "How can this be considered cruel? For Wu Penghui's family, what can you do if you know the truth? In short, there is no one. Give them some actual benefits is the most important thing. If you don't believe it, you can ask Wu Penghui's family and ask if they want the truth or the benefits!"

The chief minister said: "Then try to get more benefits for Wu Penghui's family, such as Yin Yizi. If Wu Penghui's descendants want to enter the official career, they will start higher than others."

Li Rizhi had no better way, after all, people could not be resurrected. Although Wu Penghui was innocent, he died. In addition to avenging him, the greatest benefit to his family was to have his wife and children.

After the two discussed, they discussed some matters about the Fengshan ceremony. Only then did Li Rizhi send the Changshi away. Then he recorded what happened that day and planned to send it to Xu Jingzong in the future.

In the following days, Li Rizhi inspected everywhere and checked various projects about the Fengshan Ceremony.

As a result, something that surprised him!

Li Rizhi found that the projects in various places and the projects under the Yanzhou officials were of course in no problem and met the standards, but they were only met the standards. It is not necessarily true that they were good or outstanding.

However, the projects in charge of Bocheng County not only met the standards. What surprised Li Rizhi was that these projects were completed very well, all of which exceeded the standards, and could be regarded as model projects!

Li Rizhi was very puzzled. The project in Bocheng County must be the responsibility of the Xiangma, but will the Xiangma do their best to repair the project for the emperor and the queen?

This is obviously impossible, but why is the project of Matthew much better than that of normal officials?

Li Rizhi then asked the craftsmen who repaired the project, but the craftsmen's answers surprised him even more!

The craftsman in charge of the Bocheng County project told Li Rizhi that no one supervised them because they were all craftsmen who collected wages, and they were not forced to bring in civil servants. Moreover, even if there were culprits from the county, they were all calculated wages. In short, since everyone has collected money, they must work hard. It doesn’t matter whether there is a supervisor or not, and there will be no situation where anyone will run away.

This is completely different from catching the Great Wall!

The craftsmen in charge of the Bocheng County project all said that the county’s servants gave them enough wages, and they would give them as much as they said they would. The wages were paid every ten-day, and a lot of money was paid, so everyone worked hard to do the work, and they would do whatever the project was good.

But when Li Rizhi asked about the project that Yanzhou officials were responsible for, the craftsmen were hesitant at first, and they refused to say it until Li Rizhi repeatedly asked that they told the truth, saying that the Yanzhou officials gave them insufficient wages, and there were many complaints in their language.

If you want to say whether Xiangma will embezzle the project funds, the answer is 100% yes. They will definitely embezzle. Of course, this cannot be said to be corruption, because they are Xiangma and not officials, so they withdraw the project funds, which should be considered robbery.

But even the Xiangma people were very greedy, just like Zhen Mengde and Wu Bufu, the greed was still a little bottom line. The money they gave to the craftsmen and the civilians was actually deducted half of the money they gave to the craftsmen and the civilians, which was equivalent to half of the time when they met each other. The Xiangma people directly took away half of the project payment and gave the remaining half of the money to the people working.

But the greed of Xiangma and others is still incomparable to the officials. The officials actually took away 70% of the project funds, and then the remaining 30% were given to the people who worked. But even these 30% were not given enough. The officials and servants in charge had to take away 10% and a half. So in the end, the worker finally got to the hands of the workers, and the project funds were actually only half.

It can be called a miracle to be able to complete the project in accordance with the standards by only half of the money. It can also be imagined how much the craftsmen and civilians have paid. How can they not let the people hate it when doing the project in this way?

Li Rizhi couldn't help but sigh that it was impossible to become a robber if he wanted to make a fortune, he had to be an official!

In this era of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many officials who dared to blatantly embezzle, but there were only a few, and there were still some, but there were not many opportunities for embezzlement. If there were no opportunities, the officials would naturally have fewer corruption.

However, a major project suddenly appeared in Bocheng County, and the officials were able to make a big move. As a result, this situation occurred. The project that the officials built was not as good as the Mahjong, and even the Mahjong did not supervise it.

Li Rizhi was angry. He could not write this matter into a document to report. After all, the face of the court is important, and Empress Wu's face is even more important. However, he could tell Xu Jingzong that this matter would not be mentioned for the time being. After the Fengshan ceremony, he would settle the accounts after the autumn, and he could not escape from the monk or the temple!
Chapter completed!