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  Chapter 1413 Xin Zijuan ready to go

"Ask me? I don't even know about this matter. If you ask me, I have no choice but to drag you to Mr. Wu to find out what happened." Feng Ziying shrugged, "But before going to report this matter to Mr. Wu , you first tell me a rough idea, and the relationship with what we want to investigate, and your next plan, let's add up."

Fang Kezhuang nodded, "If it weren't for this matter involving Tongcang, I wouldn't be so anxious. We can get news, and I guess these people in Tongcang will also know about this situation, so what should we do? Do you take advantage of the momentum and strike hard, and just push it away, so you can make a fuss, or wait for a while and observe the situation first, so as not to cause panic among these people, which may lead to a small loss and a big loss?"

   "Talk about the situation first." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Now I don't know anything, how can I make a quick decision?"

  Fang Kezhuang stopped talking nonsense, and shared what he knew. At the same time, he also talked about the situation passed from the government office, and the instructions to the Tongzhou government office.

  The case is complicated and complicated, and simple and simple. The complicated thing is that it involves too many aspects. The simple thing is that the situation on Tongcang's side is directed at one person, Tongcang's deputy envoy Xu Lixiang.

According to the last letter left by the clerk who hanged himself in the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport, Nanjing dug up a series of long-standing cases of internal and external collusion in the Water Transport Water Warehouse, shoddy, old for new, and even shortages. In Huai'an's Shuici warehouse, it was found that there was a shortage of grain grains of up to 60,000 shi, and there was a shortage of 40,000 shi in Xuzhou.

  Feng Ziying's face was a little ugly. Shuicicang alone was found to be so different. What about the larger Linqing? Wouldn't it be a shortage of 100,000 stones? What about Jingcang and Tongcang, which are not comparable in scale?

   Thinking of this, Feng Ziying shuddered.

After so many years, the previous Jingcang and Tongcang ambassadors have not been able to find out the situation of the warehouse. Gein involved too many people, not only the officials and sergeants, but more importantly, they and the big people in the capital city. The collusion of grain merchants has formed a complete industrial interest chain.

These big grain merchants also have their own warehouses in Tongzhou. To put it bluntly, as long as they get the news in advance, within a day or two, they can easily mobilize the transportation of tens of thousands of stones of grain into the warehouse. You have to find out the problem. It would be impossible unless it was pointed out by insiders, and several parties were required to investigate at the same time to prevent them from tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.

Seeing Feng Ziying's serious face, Fang Kezhuang also sighed softly: "Ziying, it's not that I'm being weak, this time we've hit a big deal, and I thought there was something wrong with the open warehouse, but over the years, the imperial court, The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Household Affairs are also reasonable. There must be some long-standing abuses. Let's check it out. It can be regarded as cleaning the house so that people can live in it? Who would have thought that this house is about to be destroyed by them. If something really happens, the court urgently needs it. When using grain, I opened the warehouse and saw that there was either none, or a pile of unpalatable old grain mixed with sand, gravel and soil. You said that although the responsibility lies with the Ministry of Households in the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport, are we negligent? The key is not who As for the issue of taking responsibility, what should we do at that time?"

  Fang Kezhuang's earnest words made Feng Ziying nod her head slightly.

He didn't have a deep impression of Fang Kezhuang at first. Although they are all scholars from the North, there are too many scholars from the North. Fang Kezhuang is still young, and there is nothing too special. But now it seems that this talent is really doing practical things, and he has some skills.

He vaguely recalled that in his previous life, he seemed to have vaguely heard of this name among officials in the late Ming Dynasty, because this surname was rare, and anyone who could impress him, regardless of loyalty and treachery, must be someone with some ability, so it seems This guy should be capable and ambitious, and now he is on the same line as himself, so he is a usable person.

   "Brother Yang Chu, what's your opinion?" Feng Ziying asked again.

   "My opinion? Hmph, that depends on the attitude of our Governor Wu." Fang Kezhuang's face darkened, apparently extremely dissatisfied with the Governor of Wu's perfunctory attitude.

"Wu Fu Yin doesn't seem to take this matter very seriously?" Feng Ziying has already guessed Wu Daonan's attitude, this is nothing more than normal, if Wu Daonan is really interested or wants to do something big, that would be weird Well, maybe there are special interests involved.

"It's not just that they don't pay attention to it. The official document handed over by the government is an understatement requesting verification, and no other opinions have been signed. I was surprised when I read it. How can such a serious matter be compared to a poem in the eyes of the Wu government official?" Yes?" Fang Kezhuang said indignantly: "The busy one dies, the idle one dies, this is really what everyone deserves."

   "The temperament of Wu Fu Yin is like this. The whole family knows it, so we don't care about it, so we have to take the initiative to promote it. Let's discuss a way first, and we can report to the Fu Yin later,..."

   Before Feng Ziying finished speaking, Fang Kezhuang sneered: "Then he still pushes back and forth?"

"Explain the pros and cons, propose a plan, and we will do the specifics." Feng Ziying said softly: "He just doesn't like to do things, it's not that he doesn't understand. We are willing to take the initiative, and he won't stop it. It’s a bit of a fun to watch.”

  Fang Kezhuang took a deep look at Feng Ziying, and finally nodded.

They are all smart people. There are also factions among the scholars in Jiangnan, and they also have political leanings. There is no doubt that most of the scholars involved this time are the scholars of the Jiangnan native faction, as well as Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe, and Li Tingji, who are already high in the court. There are still some differences in people's interests and attitudes. To be precise, the people involved are closely related to scholars like Tang Binyin, Mio Changqi, Gu Tianjun, Zhen Yingjia, and Zhen Yingyu who have been entrenched in Nanjing for a long time.

  Wu Daonan is Ye Xianggao’s direct descendant, belongs to a party in the Fujian-Jiangyou Alliance, and has relatively little relationship with those people in the Jiangnan faction. It is impossible to get involved. Isn’t it good to just sit and watch? Anyway, the thugs are from the lower ranks, and they are all scholars from the north, so it’s hard to blame him. He was handed over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Zhang Jingqiu, the censor of Zuodu, is also a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, he listened to the emperor. .

  The two discussed briefly, and then went to report to Wu Daonan in the back hall.

  Wu Daonan was a little relieved when he learned that the two were seeking to see each other and also heard about the previous situation.

Feng Ziying still understands the rules, unlike Fang Kezhuang, who is stunned, who is much older than Feng Ziying, who is young and sophisticated. No wonder everyone has been promoted to a fourth-rank official. There is a whirl in the product.

  He also knew that he was a little perfunctory about the instructions to transfer to investigate, but in his position, someone told him not to let Feng Ziying intervene, and he was unwilling to intervene, so he just pushed the boat along.

  He also knew the situation. Most likely, some people were worried that Feng Ziying, a mad dog, would not let go of his bite.

  Su Daqiang’s murder at night caused great repercussions. Now that Feng Ziying casually asked about the Xishan Kiln, the entire capital city was shaken. Wu Daonan was a little envious of this power.

  Many people are also worried that once Feng Ziying gets started with this matter, they are afraid that he will make waves and make use of it. When the higher-ups have not yet determined their ideas, it is the safest move to delay and put it aside, so he will handle it this way.

  …

  Leaving from Wu Daonan, Feng Ziying and Fang Kezhuang breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, Wu Daonan didn't hold back too much. Except for raising some concerns and demands, everything else was just a general talk. After Feng Ziying and Fang Kezhuang introduced their ideas and general plans, Wu Daonan stopped talking. Said to entrust Feng Ziying with full authority to handle it, but should report to him at any time.

  It makes sense, if you do things, I can grasp and understand, but if there is any serious situation, you should report to him at any time, this is the level of a shopkeeper.

   "How?" Feng Ziying smiled, and cast a sidelong glance at Fang Kezhuang.

"Hehe, you still know Mr. Fu Yin, as you expected, it is indeed the case, but this is also good, we have more room to maneuver, and we can be more flexible to deal with it according to the situation, so we don't have to be too rigid." Fang Ke Strong confidence.

"Brother Yang Chu, I want to remind you that we are obsessed with this matter. I am afraid that not only in Nanjing, but also in the capital city, there are many people who hate us deeply and want to get rid of it quickly." Feng Ziying reminded the other party: "You need to find one or two guards to protect yourself, don't underestimate your own safety."

"I understand that your assassination at Guhe Ferry is a wake-up call for many people. The capital city is not peaceful. If you want to do something, you will inevitably touch many people. I heard that you plan to move the Xishan Kiln? "Fang Kezhuang laughed, "That's also a hornet's nest. If you poke it, many people will emerge. They are no worse than Tongcang, and even involve more interests. You'd better make a call with the Shanshan merchants." Say hello, let them move too, share your pressure, don't push everything on you, you may not be able to bear it."

Of course Fang Kezhuang’s kindness Feng Ziying understands. Now that everyone is tied together, if the two of them want to unravel the shady scene of the warehouse, they will definitely need some external forces. The same is true for Xishan Kiln, but he does not yet To touch the Xishan kiln, you will make too many enemies, and the wise will not do it.

"Brother Yang Chu, you and I need to be careful. To win the battle of opening warehouses, I think the officials should also open their eyes and take a good look." Feng Ziying said proudly: "Let them see too, are you and I Those who do things, there are too many vegetarians in the Shuntian Mansion, so there are so many evils left behind, do they have to wait until they can't go on before doing it?"

  Fang Kezhuang couldn't help feeling fierce, "Okay, then let's have a good fight."

  (end of this chapter)