Number of People

  Chapter 1778 The first catastrophe of the Rongguo Mansion in the Renzi scroll (continued)

"It's a trivial matter. If you don't come, let someone come to say hello, and I can take care of it for you." Zhao Wenzhao seemed very straightforward, "When you come, it will arouse people's suspicion, thinking that there is really something inside. "

   "What can there be? Rare treasures? Rebellious letters?" Feng Ziying laughed dumbly, "That's up to them to talk about. Who came from the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

   "Hao Tujiao." Zhao Wenzhao frowned, "You are a scholar from the North, but you are a rebellious person. I heard that even Mr. Qiao often contradicts what you say."

   Hao soil ointment? Feng Ziying knew that this person was a native of Mei County, Shaanxi Province, and a censor of Henan Province. He did not expect that the Metropolitan Procuratorate would let this person be in charge of supervising and inspecting the Jia family. I was quite dissatisfied. When I was in Yongping Mansion, because I was rectifying the local gentry in Yongping, one of them seemed to be his in-laws, so I had some discord with him.

   Qiao Yingjia also helped to mediate for this reason, but the effect was not good. Although this person didn't say anything later because he was transferred from Yongping Mansion, he must be holding a grudge.

  Thinking of this, Feng Ziying felt a bit of a headache, Master Qiao didn't know how to arrange an easy-to-get-together role for him, but let Hao Tujiao come, isn't this intentional to torment himself?

  I was still worried that it would be difficult for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to deal with it. Before I thought about it, the Procuratorate gave myself a problem.

After reading Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as he walked to the edge of the Fengyao Bridge, he saw a corner of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and saw Hao Tujiao with his hands behind his back, reprimanding Long Jinwei and Xicheng Bingmasi: "This garden is full of grass. Every tree is full of people's fat and people's anointing, you are here to inspect, not to be damaged by you, and these will be sold in the future, if they are defaced and damaged by you, if there is any loss, who is to blame?"

  Feng Ziying and Zhao Wenzhao both looked at each other in blank dismay. This guy is really a little unusual, and he actually knows to think of the court.

"Master Zhao, you came at the right time. Tell your people not to gather together with soldiers and horses. This garden is so big and involves so many pavilions and pavilions. Don't move around at will. Every plant and tree is silver. Protect At least I can sell it for a good price for the imperial court..." Hao Tugao was thin and bony, but in good spirits, he was taken aback when he saw Feng Ziying in casual clothes, and then sneered, "Who is this, Master Feng? It seems that no one from Shuntian Mansion was arranged for this raid, right?"

  Feng Ziying bowed to Hao Tujiao graciously and generously. After all, he is a senior scholar in the North, he can be rude, but he must obey the rules.

  Hao Tujiao was a little embarrassed by Feng Ziying's bow, so he had to return the salute, and his expression softened a little.

"Let me tell you the truth, Mr. Hao, I'm here privately, and it has nothing to do with business." Feng Ziying is very frank. Although he has had disagreements with Hao Tujiao, they are both scholars from the north. He believes that Hao Tujiao will not be disregarding the overall situation. , framed himself, so he simply stated clearly: "You also know that the Feng family and the Jia family are family friends. Lin Hai's daughter lived in the Rongguo Mansion. Lin Hai was the son-in-law of the Jia family. He died of illness a few years ago. The Lin family was weak, so she temporarily lived in her uncle's house. When this happened, I also plan to take the two of them out,..."

Hao Tujia heard what Feng Ziying said and knew about Lin Hai, so he nodded, "I knew about Lin Hai's death. He was two subjects earlier than me, but I didn't know that he and the Jia family were related by marriage. Your fiancée Do you live in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"

   "Yes, I've lived here for several years. It didn't happen because she was going to marry into my family next year..." Feng Ziying spread her hands helplessly, "Who would have thought..."

  Hao Tujiao frowned, "Then the objects in the yard..."

Feng Ziying casually pulled out a piece of IOU from her sleeve, and handed it to Hao Tujiao: "Master Hao, please take a look, this is a few years ago before Jiayue died of illness, the Jia family asked Jiayue to borrow it for the purpose of repairing the imperial concubine's relatives' villa, which is this garden. Two hundred thousand taels of silver, logically speaking, this money should have been my fiancée's dowry, and it should be my property, but in this situation, what can I do? I also have broken teeth and blood Swallow it in your stomach."

Hao Tugao took a closer look at the IOU. It didn't look like it was a fraud, because it wasn't difficult to check. Apart from Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty and Jia Mu were all present in the Jia family. He was about to ignore his reputation, and it seemed that the other party had no intention of asking the court to reveal this matter to clarify.

   "This matter is indeed difficult to handle. It would be better to talk about it earlier. If we talk about it now, I am afraid that it will be regarded as conspiring with the Jia family to transfer assets. The court will definitely not agree." Hao Tujia shook his head.

   "So I didn't expect this, but my fiancée lives in Jia's house, and some of the things I carry with me may not be valuable, but they are old things around me, and I have feelings, so I ask Mr. Hao to help me." Feng Ziying said sincerely.

Hao Tujia hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Zhao Wenzhao, who was silent, and knew that this guy must have made an agreement a long time ago, so he finally said: "There are still people here in the Ministry of Punishment. If they have no objections, I don't know about it, but it can't be too much."

   "Master Hao, is Feng Ziying a person who doesn't know what is good or bad?" Feng Ziying said seriously: "Please rest assured, Feng has absolutely no greed."

  Hao Tujiao also knew that the Feng family was rich, so he shouldn't do anything for this matter, and if he really wanted to do something, with Feng Ziying's well-informed, he wouldn't delay doing it until now in public.

"Well, it's good that you understand. You are also a leader among our northern scholars. Qi Gong has high hopes for you. I hope you will not let me down." Hao Tujiao and Qiao Yingjia were not on good terms, but Qi Yongtai, a northerner, The leader of the people is quite respectful.

   "Thank you Master Hao for reminding, Ziying will save you." Feng Ziying also breathed a sigh of relief, "I wonder who is here in the Ministry of Punishment?"

   "Jiangxi Qingli Division Lang Zhong Zhou Qiyuan of the Ministry of Punishment." Hao Tugao said plainly.

  Feng Ziying knew that Hao Tujiao and Zhou Qiyuan were not on good terms, but she pretended not to know: "Master Zhou seems to be from Fujian, right?"

   "Well, a Jinshi in the thirty-sixth year of Yuanxi's reign, he is in the same discipline as me." Hao Tujiao nodded, "Master Liu has a lot of trust."

  Master Liu should refer to Liu Yixiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. Feng Ziying nodded to express his understanding.

  The north-south rift is not based on personal will, even classmates in the same subject may cause tension.

   "Master Zhou is also in this garden?" Feng Ziying didn't believe that Captain Long, the heads of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment were all here. Could it be that they all knew that they were coming, so they couldn't target themselves?

"That's not true. Someone reported that Jia She colluded with Sun Shaozu to resell prohibited materials in Datong's Ping'an Prefecture, making huge profits, colluding with foreigners, and endangering Dazhou. So he was watching Jia She's situation over there..." Hao Tujia shook his head, " This garden is full of women's dwellings, he is not interested."

   "Then why did your lord come to this garden, shouldn't he be there too?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile.

"In the future, the imperial court will definitely sell the Rongning Second Mansion. I heard that this Grand View Garden was built by the Rongguo Mansion to welcome the virtuous concubine to visit her relatives. It cost a lot of money. I am worried that these rough men will mess up the garden. In the future It is difficult to sell at a good price. Before I came, Master Zhang explained that the main task now is to raise funds and prepare for the southern expedition to Nanjing. As for the treatment of these people, it is secondary..." Hao Tugao glanced at Feng Ziying, " Your father’s army is coming from the east of Qingyang in a steady stream, and everything you need has to be supported by the imperial court, and the daily consumption is very high, and the household department is also crying, if they don’t come from these places, where did they come from?”

Feng Ziying thought that Hao Tujiao was from Mei County, so he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Your Excellency is also from Shaanxi, so you should know the hardships of the Northwest Army. Can we not let them have enough food? Except for Yulin Town, the situation in the four towns in the Northwest is slightly better, and the other three towns are common for mutiny. My father said in a letter that he had been there for two months and dealt with seven cases of mutiny, big and small. Killing two guerrillas and one general was the only way to curb this momentum. As a last resort, the elites of the four towns were transferred to Qingyang to restrain them for military training. In fact, they were afraid of repeating the story of the Ningxia rebellion. Is Liu Dongyang the vanguard?"

  Speaking of this, Hao Tujiao was really interested.

   Liu Dongyang is from Ningxia, and Ningxia belongs to Shaanxi at this time. In a sense, Liu Dongyang is also a native of Haotujiao.

  Feng Tang used Liu Dongyang, the first criminal of the Ningxia rebellion, as the vanguard, and led the army to advance eastward, which also caused a great shock in the court.

Especially the scholars in the north, the rebellion in Ningxia brought huge losses to Shaanxi, and the court spent a lot of money. Now the instigator has acted as a vanguard official after being recruited, and it is said that Liu Baichuan and Tu Wenxiu and these rebel generals were all included by Feng Ziying as the leading generals of the Southern Expedition Army, which is even more difficult to let go.

   "Ziying, your father brought Liu Dongyang, Liu Baichuan, and Tu Wenxiu to the east. Even though these people are all warriors, it's unacceptable. What if..." Hao Tugao paused.

"Master Hao, wouldn't it be more dangerous to keep them in Shaanxi?" Feng Ziying asked back: "Master Hao should know how serious the drought in Shaanxi is this year, right? My father judged that there is a high probability that the refugees will revolt. If these people are not allowed to follow my father If you come from the east, if you stay in Shaanxi and get mixed up with the refugee rebellion, wouldn't it be a spark that starts a prairie fire?"

  Hao Tujia was stumped by Feng Ziying's rhetorical question. Of course, he was very concerned about the situation in his hometown. The severe drought has been rare in the past two decades. Feng Tang's judgment should be close to ten. It is indeed dangerous for these giants to stay in Shaanxi.

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