In addition, Wang Shiyang had also reviewed the case file.
The document officer had already clarified the whole situation to him.
Why did Song Ji detain Zong Shichang?
The reason was that Zong Shichang had drunk alcohol during an official meeting, so he was arrested under the pretext of dereliction of duty to vent his anger.
What anger was being vented, you may ask? When Zong Shichang managed the flood control in Nanliu County, he chose not to flood the areas downstream where the peasants lived, but instead damaged the Song Family's farmland.
But he was the Prefectural Governor, and Zong Shichang's actions were in line with Wang Shiyang's interests.
Being a large clan, the Song Family had strong capabilities to withstand natural disasters; after the floods, they just lost some money.
But if the ordinary people were flooded out, left homeless, starved to death, died from disease... would he still get promoted?
