Linzhi

playing what?He's not a three-year-old kid.

Yu Feng was baffled and didn't think about it for a while. When he got into the carriage and saw He Rong sitting opposite him, he woke up like a dream, feeling like he was on a thief's boat.

"Your Highness, where are we going?" He asked cautiously.

Yu Feng felt that he was not like those few merchants, who were ignorant and arrogant, thinking that they could not pay attention to King An because they had a noble family as their backer. After all, he was the governor of Lingzhou. Yu Feng was still a little aware of what he was doing, he didn't believe that King An really came here to live in seclusion to avoid disaster.

"Since I came to Lingzhou, I haven't had a long talk with Maolin and exchanged thoughts. The spring is just right now. If Maolin is not busy with business today, why don't you go out for a walk with me?"

Yu Feng didn't want to exchange any feelings with King An at all, but he still said with a dry smile: "Your Highness has this leisure, and I will accompany you as an official. But, where are we going?"

He Rong glanced at him, and finally gave the answer: "Beicheng Barracks."

Yu Feng was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "What are you doing there?"

He Rong smiled but said, "I heard that Maolin has been in office for two years, but he hasn't been there once?"

Yu Feng was a little uncomfortable, he knew that Wang An had seen something, coughed lightly, and moved his body.

"Your Highness, Lingzhou Mansion's army has accumulated a lot and is full of problems. It has been like this since the official took office. I also tried to make a move, but then the capital came to reprimand. It must be that the official refused to do anything." Yu Feng He defended himself in a low voice.

As Sun Ling reported to He Rong, the problem of empty pay for soldiers in Lingzhou Prefecture is very serious. There are a total of [-] registered soldiers, and the imperial court has also allocated [-] armored military pay, but Yu Feng knows that Lingzhou The actual number of soldiers may not even reach [-]%.

These issues, as early as the beginning of his tenure, he was gearing up, ambitious, and wanted to report the matter to the court. At that time, he didn't know that the forces behind these merchants in Lingzhou were intricate, and who knew that his blood was poured with cold water. However, Yu Feng did not wait for a reward from the court, but instead waited for a stern order, saying that he raised boys, accepted bribes, and didn't think about business, so he was fined for three months.

He Rong said with a bitter face, but He Rong's expression remained unchanged, and he asked: "Then it's true that you feed male pets and accept bribes?"

Yu Feng's face froze, and he forced a smile and said, "Your Highness, since you know, don't mention it any more?"

He Rong said coldly: "It's normal for you to be held accountable and not be able to accuse others of your innocence. If you are innocent, how can you be beaten?"

Yu Feng sighed: "Speaking of bribery, it was actually a trap set by them. When I first took office, they frequently invited me to dinner. I know that these people are from aristocratic families behind them, so it is not easy to offend them. If you want to pretend to be false, you will not be offended." I went there. They wanted to send money, but I refused to accept it. They wanted to send calligraphy, paintings and antiques, but I also refused. As a result, one day, they found out from nowhere that I love peaches, so they sent a whole basket of peaches. Xiaguan didn't care at first, so he took some and asked people to send the rest to...cough, so who, Yulang's place."

When mentioning the male favorite in front of King An, Yu Feng's face was very unnatural, and his speech speed was much faster, and he hurriedly said vaguely: "After eating the peaches, I found that the basket was still heavy. The servant was curious, so he took the peach leaves underneath. Get it out."

He Rong took his words: "It turns out that there is gold underneath?"

Yu Feng smiled wryly: "It's not gold, but it's about the same. They didn't know where they found out that my mother was seriously ill and needed good nourishment from Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng, so they spread a thick layer of Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng on the bottom. It’s been hundreds of years. If it’s gold or silver, I can still refuse, but it’s about my mother, I... Your Highness, if you encounter such a thing, how will you choose?”

He Rong said lightly: "My mother died a long time ago."

Yu Feng choked, thinking of the legend about Wang An's birth mother, he thought to himself that he really couldn't open any pot and carry which pot.

"Loyalty and filial piety have been difficult since ancient times. If you take their things, you are destined to be manipulated by others." He Rong said, he didn't bother to say the truth, and believed that Yu Feng knew as much as he did, but people's hearts are like this, Often one thought leads to two completely different paths.

Yu Feng sighed: "What Your Highness said is true, I only used two copies of those medicinal materials, and my mother was already helpless and passed away. I didn't take the rest, and sent them back intact. Give it to them, but whether to accept it or not, since the performance failed, they don't pay attention to me, the governor of Lingzhou, and I can't do anything to them at all."

After this incident, Yu Feng was disheartened, and he simply didn't care about these things any more. Apart from handling official duties, he hung out with his male favorite every day, and turned a blind eye to what the Zhou family did. No more corruption and bribery, and no complicity with those merchants, but it is out-and-out inaction.

He complained to He Rong: "It's not that the lower officials don't want to rectify, it's the people under my command. Nine out of ten are the old people left behind by the predecessor and the former governor. , Even when the imperial court sent censors to inspect, they can hide the truth, not to mention that the lower officials can do something alone."

I still don’t forget to say a few flattering words: “Actually, Your Highness, if you want to punish these people, you can only ask for it, and you will support it with your hands. How can you hold them? Only when you come can you hold them!"

He Rong closed his eyes and said nothing.

Yu Feng was a little apprehensive, and couldn't help but asked anxiously: "Your Highness, you went to the military camp this time to attack those black sheep among the government soldiers? But behind them are those merchants..."

He Rong didn't open his eyes, and leaned against the car wall to rest his mind. It wasn't until Yu Feng felt restless that he finally said, "Do you know why I asked them for money?"

Yu Feng was taken aback.

He really didn't know.

He thought An Wang was crazy about money.

Isn't it?

Yu Feng closed his mouth and began to think hard, He Rong suddenly felt that the world was quiet.

……

The barracks are not far away, and we will be there soon.

When getting off the carriage, Yu Feng saw that He Rong was holding a bamboo stick, and he stretched out his hand to help him, but he stretched out a hand to block his hand, Yu Feng didn't react, Sang Lin had already helped him. Give He Rong a hand.

The corner of Yu Feng's mouth twitched, so he could only follow behind pretending not to care, thinking about the conversation between him and Wang An just now.

King An hibernated for half a year. Today, he first entertained the Zhou family and others, and then came to the Beicheng military camp. Could it be that he really wanted to cleanse the turbidity of Lingzhou?

He suddenly found that King An had brought many people here today. These people arrived at the barracks before them, and now some are waiting in line, while some are missing.

Yu Feng followed An Wang to the school grounds, and found that at this time, the soldiers were usually practicing, but at this time they were called together by Xue Tan. Yu Feng was a little dazed at the sight of the huge school grounds.

He found that in addition to himself, the governor, the judges, soldiers and officers of Lingzhou Prefecture, as well as the county magistrate of Fucheng Huile City, and generals large and small in the Beicheng military camp, all came.

The soldiers were lazy and lazy, and they didn't stand up. Even if He Rong was there, it didn't change them much.

He Rong suddenly asked: "When Duke Qin was in Lingzhou, how did he use these people to fight against the Turks? How did Chen Wei manage the army when he was in Lingzhou?"

Yu Feng realized that the other party was asking him, and hurriedly replied: "Duke Qin brought troops and horses here, Chen Wei is very strict in governing the army, when he is here, the soldiers of Lingzhou dare not act recklessly."

These people know that Chen Wei is ruthless, and no one's face is useless, so they can barely cope with it. They were trained by him to cry their parents and mothers. When Chen Wei was in Lingzhou for a day, those who colluded with the government and businessmen did not dare to be too rampant. Everyone secretly tried their best to let Chen Wei leave earlier, but luckily Chen Wei didn't stay for a few years, and as soon as he left, the Lingzhou government soldiers showed their true colors again.

The merchant stretched out his hand to the military pay. Behind the merchant was the aristocratic family, and behind the government soldiers were local officials. There were layers of entanglements in interests, and even Chen Wei couldn't clean it up. He could only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

He Rong already knew the inside story, and actually smiled when he heard the words: "Oh, it turns out that he didn't take me to heart."

You have been hiding in the house for half a year, and no one cares about you except me. Can people take you seriously?Yu Feng secretly slandered.

Before He Rong could speak, Judge Deng laughed and said, "I don't know if His Highness summoned us here on a hot day, what is your order?"

He Rong said: "Please come and play."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and before they recovered, He Rong had already raised his hand.

Followed by Xue Tan's hasty order.

"Go!"

What are you doing?

Everyone was at a loss at first, and then shocked. Yu Feng saw a lot of soldiers rushing out from behind He Rong, and rushed towards the soldiers of the government. In the blink of an eye, he had already picked out a dozen of them, twisted their arms left and right, no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't break free. open.

"let me go!"

"What are you doing, is there any king's law!"

The soldiers of Lingzhou Mansion watched the leader of their unit being taken out, and there was a moment of commotion.

But immediately, after Xue Tan gave an order, another group of people rushed in from outside, stood in front of He Rong and the others, set up their positions, and pointed their bows and crossbows at the government soldiers.

Xue Tan said coldly: "King An wants to interrogate the criminals, and those who are not related to the personnel are not allowed to act rashly, otherwise, they will be killed without pardon!"

The last three words uttered a murderous aura. On a bright spring day, Yu Feng and the others felt the cold air passing through their bodies, and couldn't help shivering.

The leaders of the government soldiers who had been twisted out shouted their grievances loudly, and Sang Lin ordered cloth strips to be stuffed into their mouths, and they fell silent immediately.

A group of officials looked at each other, and Judge Deng hesitated: "Your Highness, what mistake did they make, why are they arrested?"

He Rong: "Ignore the law, know the law, break the law, collude with merchants, and embezzle military pay."

Deng Bansi was stunned for a moment, and said haha: "I'm afraid I made a mistake, arresting people without proof, His Highness's move, I am afraid that it will shake the morale of the army!"

He still wanted to say something, but when He Rong's cold and emotionless eyes swept over him, he suddenly couldn't continue.

"Do you want evidence?" At this moment, He Rong suddenly smiled, his smile was bright and indescribably bright.

A person who doesn't smile often, but his smile is so good-looking, will inevitably make people stunned for a while, but the reason why Judge Deng can't speak is the account books that Xue Tan conjured up from nowhere.

……

"What does King An mean?"

In the main hall of the Zhou family, there were a few people who had just attended the banquet. These people basically monopolized Lingzhou's salt and grain. It would not be an exaggeration to say that a single stomp can shake Lingzhou three times.

Fan Xuan frowned: "When it comes to paying filial piety, each of us will pay 12 to 12 yuan. I have no objection, but Wang An asked for [-] yuan. Who can bear it? And the first time it cost [-] yuan. , who knows how much it will cost next time?"

"It's not 12, it's 12." Lu Qing corrected.

Fan Xuan sneered: "Then let it be 13. This King An really doesn't make a sound, he is a blockbuster, he is so frightened to death! If we don't give it, what can he do, go to the emperor and cry, saying that we Bully him? Or pack up and change to a fief?"

The young and energetic Zhou Zhi, the young master of the Zhou family, also followed them and booed: "That's right! From my point of view, King An must have thought that we would have to rush to pay tribute as soon as he came. Who knew that we would send him off after half a year? After a few salutes, he couldn't satisfy his appetite, so he started to make a fuss? Don't even look at who is behind us!"

"Shut up!" Father Zhou Shu reprimanded, "The elders are talking, there is no room for you to intervene here!"

Zhou Zhi was a little unconvinced, but he didn't dare to refute, so he just kept his mouth shut.

Zhou Shu said to others: "I always feel that the number proposed by King An has a deep meaning. Who of you can think of the key?"

Although everyone laughed at King An for being poor and crazy and never seeing money, they didn't have the time to sit here and taunt people, and they all started to use their brains.

"Could it be that the construction of the Dudu Mansion is still short of 12, and he wants us to fill this vacancy?" Someone asked.

"But since this number has already been proposed, why don't you simply say more and make up a whole number?" Others refuted him.

"Perhaps he thinks he's talking too much all at once, and we can't get it together for a while?"

There was a lot of discussion among the people, Zhou's servants came in from outside and reported to Zhou Shu: "Your Majesty, King An and Governor Yu have gone to the Beicheng military camp."

Zhou Shu was taken aback: "What are they doing there?"

Naturally, the servant couldn't answer, but Zhou Shu heard Fan Xuan suddenly groan.

"I remembered, isn't this 12 yuan the total amount of the batch of military rations we sold last time?!"