I never expected that when this matter developed to the current situation, the most unlucky person on the government side was not one of the parties involved, Chen Yu and Chen Fuzun, but Magistrate Feng of Jiangdu County Government!
This is a completely unreasonable disaster.
In the final analysis, it was because the cake of the vacant grain market in Jiangdu was too big, and Magistrate Feng's foundation was not strong, so when the cake was divided like this, he was kicked out of Jiangdu Prefecture by the court.
As for Feng Zhixian’s greed for money...
To put it bluntly, if we look at all the officials in Dachen today, there are basically no officials who are completely clean. As long as the court is willing to investigate, they can be overthrown by just looking through old accounts.
It's just a matter of whether the court is willing to investigate.
Although Tian Boping's news was timely, it was very brief. In the next day or two, after teaching a few little guys how to make snacks, Shen Yi wandered around the city several times and found out a lot of detailed information. information.
First of all, not all the grain merchants in Jiangdu were confiscated. Only half of the dozens of grain shops were confiscated, and the other half...
Although their home was not confiscated, the money was used behind the scenes and almost bankrupted them.
Of course, it's not that the grain merchants whose houses were raided were unwilling to use the money. It's actually something that means that even if you have money, you don't have the means to use it.
As the richest man in Jiangdu, the Ma family originally had many ways to make money. However, this time, the Ma family took the lead in resisting the imperial court and raised the price of food, which made the river unstable. Yang Jingzong and Yang Xianggong named him to confiscate the Ma family's property to quell public resentment. Therefore, even if the Ma family wanted to use money at this time, no one would dare to accept it from them.
Even the Fan family, who were usually arrogant and domineering, now acted like cowards and didn't even dare to let Ma Jun in.
You know, Ma Jun was kneeling at the door of Fan's house. The Fan family could have brought Ma Jun in first and then said a few words to finish the matter. However, at that time, the Fan family had received a letter from Fan Shilang in the capital, telling them not to interfere in Jiangdu's affairs. It was only because of the incident that the Fan family turned away Ma Jun.
This kind of mean behavior will more or less damage the reputation of the Fan family.
Of course, the most injured person in this incident was Mr. Feng Lufeng.
Because Feng Lu had not done anything to offend anyone, and he also had some connections in the court, the court's punishment of County Lord Feng did not go so far as to make him desperate, but only removed him from Jiangdu's dinner table. He was kicked out and demoted to Hui'an County in the southeast because of the crime of corruption.
The county magistrate is an eighth-rank official, and is only slightly lower than the county magistrate in the county government.
However, from a fat county like Jiangdu County, and at a time when he was very likely to be promoted, to be suddenly demoted to county magistrate is undoubtedly a very unacceptable thing.
Fortunately, Hui'an County is Mr. Feng's hometown, and it is more or less a comfort to be able to return to his hometown.
Because he was demoted, Mr. Feng was in an extremely bad mood. The next day, he handed over the errands to the Jiangdu County Magistrate at the county government office. He took his wife, concubines and two sons in Jiangdu, hired two carriages, and returned to his hometown in Hui'an. .
Although Mr. Feng has not done any great good deeds in Jiangdu in the past few years, he cannot do any evil things because of his attachment to Guo. The people of Jiangdu do not feel much about the departure of the demoted county magistrate.
Because he was demoted back to his hometown, most officials in Jiangdu felt that the county master had no future. Therefore, when Feng Lu left, no official went to say goodbye to the county master.
Magistrate Feng and his family left Jiangdu City in despair.
As soon as their carriage left, they were stopped by a voice.
"Brother Chao'en."
Feng Lu, courtesy name Chaoen.
Mr. Feng opened the curtain and glanced in the direction of the sound. After seeing the person, the county man quickly stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage with his two sons, bowed his head and saluted the man: "See you there."
Guofu Zun."
It was Chen Yu, the prefect of Jiangdu.
At this time, Master Chen was dressed in plain clothes, with only one entourage by his side. He looked like a scholar, not like the emperor of Jiangdu Prefecture at all.
The two sons of the Feng family knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mr. Chen.
Chen Yu stepped forward, helped the two children of the Feng family up, then looked at Feng Lu and sighed: "Brother Chaoen, let's find a place to talk?"
Feng Lu also lowered his head and sighed: "Dare you disobey your orders?"
As a result, the former parents of Jiangdu sat down under a big willow tree outside the city. Chen Yu looked at Feng Lu and lowered his eyebrows and said: "Brother Chaoen, it was me who dragged you down this time. If it weren't for me,
, you will not be demoted no matter what."
In the past two days, Feng Lu had scolded Chen Yu countless times in his heart, but after hearing these words, he first shook his head, then lowered his head and said: "I can't blame the governor, but I blame the lower official for his shallow foundation and the strong wind."
Come, naturally the house will collapse."
Chen Fuzun looked at Feng Lu, and then said in a deep voice: "I have been working with Brother Chaoen for nearly two years. During these two years, I have been mean in many ways. Now that Brother Chaoen is leaving Jiangdu, I hope I don't blame him in my heart.
I'm the."
"They are all doing things for the imperial court, there is nothing mean or unkind."
Mr. Feng forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, you are too polite."
Chen Yu looked serious and said: "Brother Chaoen, don't worry, since this matter is related to me, I will not sit idly by and ignore it. You go back to your hometown to rest for a few years. After a few years, I will calm down and I will definitely come back again."
Give Brother Chaoen a future!"
Mr. Feng was already disheartened. After hearing these words, he looked up at Chen Yu and whispered: "Isn't this a joke, Mr. Fu?"
"Chen never jokes."
Chen Yu stretched out his five fingers and said: "In five years at most, I can go to the capital to be an official. At that time, I will definitely bring Brother Chaoen with me, and we will go to the capital to be an official together!"
Feng Lu was originally sitting under the big tree, but now he struggled to stand up and was about to kowtow to Chen Yu.
"If you lower your official rank, the government will obey you!"
Chen Yu quickly stretched out his hand to help him without even daring to say a word.
At this time, the two of them looked like close friends, but at this time, they both knew very well.
This matter may not be so easy to handle.
For Chen Yu, giving this subordinate away was just to relieve some of his guilt. As for whether he can win over Feng Lu in the future, that is also a matter of the future.
As for Feng Lu, he didn't expect that this somewhat mean Shangguan could really drag him to the capital to become a capital official, but the knees of an official were worthless, and kowtowing was harmless, so what if?
What if in the future, the conscience named Chen is discovered?
As a result, the pair of officials said goodbye outside the city of Jiangdu. The scene was very touching.
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At the same time, Shen Yi and Shen Qilang also returned to Ganquan Academy and met his thigh Master Lu. After briefly telling Master Lu about the things in the city, Dean Lu looked up at Shen Yi and said slowly : "Since Magistrate Feng is going to be transferred away from Jiangdu, Qi Lang, you should stay in the academy for the next period of time and stop running around."
Of course Shen Yi understood what Master Lu meant. He looked at Lu Anshi and said with a smile, "Sir, do you want me to prepare for the exam?"
"Um."
Master Lu nodded and said: "Without County Magistrate Feng, you don't have to wait another year. If you take the exam one year earlier, you will have one more year of experience. Whether you pass the exam or fail the exam, for your age... "