Chapter 714: Closing the Street or Closing the City?
Outside Nanping City is a large area of farmland, and most ordinary farmers plant food, but wealthy families or families with relatively large power will specially plant ghost flowers. Qiuli does not think that this thing is a poison sprinkled by the devil on earth. Many locals have been exposed to ghost glue, and this thing has become something that some family forces use to control farmers and workers.
Zhuang Yong originally wanted Chen Leng to wait for him, waiting for him to discuss with his generals and civil servants, but then he thought about what the point of waiting was? The later the more things happened, so he didn't stop him. After lunch, Chen Leng went directly to the camp, transferred 10,000 soldiers and divided them into ten teams. In just half a day, smoke could be seen everywhere inside and outside Nanping City.
Not long after, many people gathered in Zhuang Yong's mansion.
"General Shen seems to be a little too much."
The civil servant in charge of civil affairs in Nanping City was Yan Huo. He was originally a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue. After being transferred to Qiu and appointed as an official, he was directly promoted to the third-rank official. Now it is the Nanping Prefecture Administration. Compared with the prefecture in Daning, his power is much greater, and he is considered to be a success. However, those who are chores like this are not very popular in the Ministry of Revenue.
This person has no problem with his ability, but his emotional intelligence is really low. He has been an official in the Ministry of Revenue for nearly 30 years, and so many colleagues have dated him.
Perhaps it was because he was in power in Nanping City in the past two years that he was even more arrogant. The local Qiuli people would inevitably flatter him and be timid. Many local families also worshiped him as a local emperor. This afternoon, Chen Leng's fire started to burn the fire, and many Qiuli's wealthy families could not sit still. Not long after, Nanping Mansion surrounded many people. Yan Huo hurried to the General's Mansion and realized that it was Chen Leng who personally led his troops to burn the field of ghost addicts.
When Zhuang Yong heard his words, General Chen seemed to have been a little too much, he turned his head to look at him.
If Yan Huo's emotional intelligence is slightly higher, he would not be unable to see that Zhuang Yong's face is a little unhappy.
"General Chen's move is undoubtedly a provocation of national law."
Yan Huo stood up and walked in the room and said, "There are three inappropriate things. One, even if he is a general of the warrior, he cannot lead his troops into other people's private houses and fields at will, let alone destroy other people's things. Second, if this matter has not been communicated with the local government and the warriors come forward directly, what else can I do if I am a local official? Third... General Chen didn't know how much profit the ghost-addicted flower field would bring. Last year, 30% of the taxes paid from Qiuli to the treasury came from Guigan Flower."
He paused for a moment, turned to look at Zhuang Yong: "These three points can be left out. After all, the same dynasty is an official, but if it continues like this, it will cause a civil unrest. General Chen Leng doesn't know, don't the general know? Nine out of ten people are interested in growing wealthy families, and the big ones are thousands of long-term workers, and the small ones are also hundreds of long-term workers. If these people make trouble together..."
Zhuang Yong waved his hand and signaled Yan Huo not to continue talking.
Yan Huo was a little unhappy before he finished speaking, and forced the conclusion to finish: "Your Majesty should not want to see that the entire Qiuli was in chaos because of one or two people's serious mistakes. The turmoil involved millions of people, which was a death sentence."
Zhuang Yong frowned slightly: "How many people are Chen Leng?"
Yan Huo replied: "General Chen Leng? General Chen is naturally a person."
Zhuang Yong asked: "Who is the one or two persons that Lord Yan said? "
Yan Huo was stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied: "Missing the tongue."
Zhuang Yong said: "No matter whether it is a slip of the tongue or what Lord Yan is thinking, I will talk about this first."
Zhuang Yong stood up, and everyone stood up.
Zhuang Yong said: "Chen Leng is leading his troops to burn the field of Guigan Flowers. You all know that I have a field outside the city and planted it. The first one to burn was mine. Chen Leng only had his own personal soldiers and 6000 soldiers. Today, there were 10,000 soldiers from the camp. Chen Leng could not be transferred. Without my military order, no one could be transferred. I know how much tax can Guigan Flowers bring to the court, which should be considered a loss. So I don't mind that you report the situation here truthfully. I just want you to remember one thing."
He glanced at everyone: "The person who wants to participate in the memorial cannot be the first person to be Shen Leng, it must be me, his level is not enough."
Everyone looked at each other.
Even if Yan Huo had low emotional intelligence, he could hear Zhuang Yong's intention to protect Chen Leng in his words, so he just said nothing more, but thought in his heart that since you asked you to put you first, then put you first. You soldiers in pairs of pants are not like officials, more like a group of people who are in the world. They do not focus on the overall situation, but only discuss things based on personal affairs.
Zhuang Yong said: "Let's discuss this today. I was not discussing anything with you, but I told you that Chen Leng is the soldier I brought out. He used to be, now, and in the future, he dared not refuse to admit that the soldier he led was mobilized by me, and I nodded what he did, so you don't need to scold him, and it may be useless if you scold him."
The personal soldiers opened the door of the house, and the civil servants and generals in the room looked at it, and all stood up and left.
Yan Huo stopped after leaving the door and looked back at Zhuang Yong: "General, it will take as long as three to five months to send memorials to Chang'an, and the fastest exchange rate will be half a year or nearly a year. If there is a civil unrest in between, what will the general deal with?"
Zhuang Yong said: "There are two answers, one is five words and the other is three words. Which one should Lord Yan listen to?"
Yan Huo thought for a while: "Five words."
Zhuang Yong: "That's my business."
Yan Huo's face changed and he asked patiently: "Where are three words?"
Zhuang Yong: "You don't care."
He was known as a Confucian general, and people said that Zhuang Yong was gentle and elegant, but these two sentences seemed to be a bit distorted, which was inconsistent with his talent and knowledge of reading poetry and books. However, this is what he wanted to say.
Yan Huo sneered: "The General is probably a little confused. These are four words, not three words."
How stupid is the person who is looking for trouble in these words?
Zhuang Yong said: "I don't care about the three words. I gave you the word you."
Yan Huo snorted and left with his sleeves.
After Zhuang Yong and others left, they couldn't help but sigh: "I heard that this person was a little stupid when I was in Chang'an. It turned out that he was really stupid."
Mrs. Zhuang came out of the inner hall and handed Zhuang Yong a cup of tea: "In this way, all officials of all sizes who are seeking to establish will be annoyed by your words. It won't take long to participate in your memorial and fly to Chang'an like snowflakes, and Your Majesty may be shocked."
"That's all."
Zhuang Yong said: "How old is he?"
Mrs. Zhuang was stunned and nodded: "Yes, how old is he."
He was naturally referring to Chen Leng. No one expected that Chen Leng would suddenly become determined because of this matter. He had to take troops to Saints City, but after returning from Dongyao Island, he was determined not to go anywhere. He just wanted to burn all the ghost-addicted flowers. Zhuang Yong knew that he could not stop this matter, but once he reacted to the court, His Majesty must have an attitude. Chen Leng was still young, so he would take on this matter.
Half an hour later, Nanping City Government Office.
Yan Huo sat in the main seat with anger on his face: "I don't have the final say about your affairs, and I can't control it. The biggest place to stand is Zhuang Yong, the general Zhuang Yong said that this matter has nothing to do with Shen Leng. It was his order. In terms of level, Chen Leng is not as high as me now, but since Zhuang Yong took over the matter, what can I do? You can think of a solution yourself. I am tired and I am going to rest."
The leader of the family was named Gao Kangcheng, and his ancestors were from Chu. After the founding of the country, his ancestors quickly resigned from office and started business. With their own relationships and management, they soon made the family stand firm. Hundreds of years later, the Gao family was already a famous big family. Many people were seeking to establish and become officials in the court. After the founding of the country, the Gao family was one of the first families to express their support for Daning, so they were not involved much.
Gao Kangcheng hurriedly stepped forward and leaned over and said, "Sir, who else can I ask for if you don't make the decision for us? The shipping business at home, a large part of the input is to sell ghost glue to all parts of the Western Regions. If it is broken, the family will be finished..."
It is said to be shipping, but in fact, these businessmen who seek to establish either sell ghost glue to their own people, or sell them to the three southern borders of Daning, and fewer to the Western Regions.
"That's your own business."
Yan Huo yawned: "I said, I'm tired, you guys go back and find a way. You block me. What can I do? Could I still be able to get someone to arrest Chen Leng?"
Gao Kangcheng hurriedly said, "That's not what we mean."
He looked back and the person behind him immediately handed over a wooden box: "This is a little care."
Yan Huo glared: "What do you mean?"
Gao Kangcheng said: "Don't misunderstand this is not a treasure. It's a noble person. We will naturally not insult the reputation of our parents. This is just a small garden. If the adults are unwilling to go back to Chang'an in the future, there will be a place in Nanping City. The manor is in the best place in the east of the city, with landscape gardens and a field. I know that the adults like the joy of the pastoral garden. This garden was built by us personally, and we are quite attentive."
Yan Huo's eyes flashed, and he reached out to open the box and looked at it. There was a land deed inside the box, and there was a row of black rectangular things under the deed. He covered the box with a bang: "You...ah, you are also determined. You know that I am honest and don't be greedy for gold and silver. Speaking of which, I really like to stand here, and maybe I won't leave in the future."
He gestured for a moment, and his subordinates quickly picked up the box and sent it into the inner room.
Yan Huo said: "I just said that I can't care about the matter of ghost addiction to flower fields. Let you find a solution yourself. You are stupid enough to ask me to remind me. Is it difficult? If you have time to block me, it will not solve the problem. Why don't you go to see the general? The general is the biggest person... Do you understand?"
Gao Kangcheng immediately reacted: "I understand, I understand! Thank you for your advice."
He quickly turned around and said, "Let's go, don't hinder the adults from rest."
Yan Huo yawned and went into the inner room. He couldn't wait to open the small box, took out the land deed and threw it aside without even taking a look. The black paste glue at the bottom made his eyes shiny. Not long after he first arrived here, he once said that he had too much official business and was exhausted both physically and mentally. Gao Kangcheng offered this item, saying that it could relieve fatigue and make people energetic.
Outside the General's Mansion, a group of people gathered soon after, and when it was almost dark, there were already thousands of people. They surrounded the General's Mansion and were yelling to ask the General to make the decision for them. Gao Kangcheng and others naturally would not run in to cause trouble by themselves. They sat on the second floor of the teahouse on the other side of the street and watched.
"See some more people."
Gao Kangcheng smiled and said, "It's blocked here, let Zhuang Yong see our attitude. He can't destroy all the major families in Nanping City in one breath."
"That's right, he doesn't have the courage."
"I'll ask me to go back and find all the people in each shop."
As they were talking, they saw the people surrounding Zhuang Yong Mansion split a road. A team of soldiers returned from a distance. These people surrounded them. When the soldiers came over, they really dared not stop them.
Gao Kangcheng saw the general on the huge black mastiff and hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to look again: "It's Shen Leng who is back."
I thought Shen Leng was going to enter the General's Mansion, but the black mastiff actually stopped at the door. Shen Leng jumped down from the dog's back and looked around. Finally, his eyes fell on the teahouse. He walked into the teahouse and the people spontaneously retreated. After arriving at the second floor, Shen Leng looked at Gao Kangcheng and the others. There was only one table of people on the entire second floor.
Shen Leng went over, pulled a chair and sat down and pointed: "Is this asking the general to help you solve the problem?"
No matter who dares to say anything, nodding or shaking his head.
"Is the momentum enough?"
Shen Leng asked again.
Still no one dares to answer.
"I'm a little bit worse."
Shen Leng stood up and walked to the window: "I'll add some more for you and put pressure on the general, let's see what he does."
He waved his hand: "If someone blocks the street, just... let's block it for five days first."
He looked back at Gao Kangcheng: "Is five days enough?"
Gao Kangcheng swallowed and spitted, how could he dare to speak?
Shen Leng said: "It should be almost the same. Let's go for five days first. After all, five days may starve people to death. If not enough, ten days will be ten days. If ten days are not enough, just one month. If ten days are not enough, block the general's mansion for five days. No one can leave. Everyone should work together, hold hands and unite together. Let the general know that we are powerful. I will express my opinion on behalf of the military. Our people will never withdraw within five days. I think you can do it too."
He shouted to Wang Kuohai downstairs: "Close the street for five days, no one is allowed to leave."
Chapter completed!