Yamazaki and Shandai drank on the streets of the small town, and they didn't separate until early in the morning.
Shandai ran back to the archway to rest, while Yamazaki rushed back to Fengyuan.
Arrived at dawn, just in time to supervise Dong Fenglin and others to do morning homework and accompany them to have breakfast.
Then I took a shower to wash away the residual alcohol smell from last night, and changed into clean clothes.
Then, as one of the wealthy businessmen in the city, he went out to meet the newly arrived officials.
The scene was really noisy and crowded.
Yamazaki blended in with the crowd and kept a low profile. He only recognized people and did not go to dinner with them.
It was a welcome banquet organized by businessmen for officials, and he also contributed a share of the money.
But I didn’t want to go, so I stopped going and went back to the riverside mansion to practice kung fu with Jiang Feiping and Chang Xiu.
…
Three days later, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
After the secret agent commander completed the handover, he left. A large number of officials came out of the city to see him off, and his identity was revealed.
Even if many people had guessed before, they were deeply shocked at this time.
Yamazaki was notified that Lord Zhang, the governor of Xinzhou Guancheng, asked him to come over.
Yamazaki didn't know what was going on, so he simply didn't want to and went directly to the Yamen.
Master Zhang is a tall, middle-aged man, dressed in the uniform of a fifth-grade state official, who is indeed somewhat majestic.
Yamazaki thought that he should know, so he took off his disguise, revealed his identity, and bowed down to pay homage, "Young man Yamazaki pays homage to Mr. Zhang. He is in the world, and he wears his usual clothes. Please atone for your sins."
Mr. Zhang bent down to help the person with a cheerful look, "Ah, Mr. Shan, please rise. Mr. Shan is well-known all over the world. Although he is not talented, he is also admired very much."
"Your Excellency has given you too much praise, and I'm ashamed of myself." Yamazaki stood up and said bluntly, "I'm young and can't hide things in my heart. I dare to ask your Excellency what's wrong with me."
Master Zhang smiled and said: "First of all, I came to meet the young master. He is as smart as the rumors say."
"Your Excellency, this is a compliment." Yamazaki held his hand.
He knew that he was talking about revealing his identity and not hiding it from him.
Mr. Zhang continued, "Secondly, I heard that the young master has taken over the Chang family and needs to deliver the goods now."
Yamazaki quickly bowed and said, "There is really no one available for me, please forgive me."
Mr. Zhang waved his hand, "It's okay. I don't dare to use the Chang family. If the young master takes it, I will forget about it."
Yamazaki held up his hand and said, "Thank you for your generosity, sir."
Mr. Zhang suddenly held up his hand and said, "People from the Chang family have complained about His Majesty's benevolence. Although I am considerate of their situation, I dare not tolerate it because of the reputation of the Holy One."
Master Zhang then said to Yamazaki: "I think that their crimes are even worse, so I should demote them all into sin slaves. I wonder if you would be willing to accept this group of ungrateful people and teach them well."
"I am willing." Yamazaki took out the money with a headache.
He didn't want to. What's so good about these relatives of the Chang family? They were so domineering, how could he command them to move!
It's just that it was clearly a favor and forced upon him, so he had no choice but to accept it.
Mr. Zhang stopped him, "Young Master is sharing the worries of the imperial court, there is no need to do this."
Yamazaki held up his hand and said, "That kid is ashamed of himself. If you have any other instructions, sir, please just tell me. I will definitely do it if I can."
Mr. Zhang smiled and said: "I have just come here, there are many things to do, and there are not enough manpower..."
Yamazaki said quickly: "Sir, although this kid is a little clever, he is originally from the world. He is young and ill-informed, has no knowledge and skills, and is not familiar with affairs. I have been informed by adults, but I really don't dare to do bad things."
Mr. Zhang frowned, "Why did you say this, Master? Your name is known all over the world."
Yamazaki smiled bitterly, "My lords, you should know that this kid has never even gone to school. How can he serve the court and serve the lords?"
Mr. Zhang was also stunned and forgot about this.
Yamazaki bowed and said, "Sir, I'm just a little smart. If you have any difficulties, I might be able to share your worries. I'm really beyond my ability to do anything practical."
Master Zhang nodded helplessly, "I understand."
I was helpless because it was impossible to tell Yamazaki about the embarrassing matter. Firstly, I didn’t know Yamazaki that well, and secondly, I was worried that Yamazaki had contact with the superiors and would report to the superiors.
The superiors asked him to be a state official, not to ask others how to solve problems, otherwise what else would they do!
Yamazaki bowed and said: "Sir, you love me very much. I think there is something that should be made known to you. I forgive you for speaking out."
"It doesn't matter if you tell me."
"Your Majesty's handling of the Chang family's collateral is based on your wishes or the wishes of your superiors."
Mr. Zhang frowned and asked, "What can you say about this matter?"
Yamazaki held up his hand and said, "If that's what you want, I hope you can take it back."
"If this is the intention of the higher-ups, I am asking you to offend the ministers and become a lonely minister."
Master Zhang was shocked, "How can you say this!"
Yamazaki held up his hand and said, "Sir, the incident in Hancheng involves the Tsing Yi Sect. Although it may be false, the rumors in the world are true."
"The purpose of seizing the Chang family's subordinates into the army is not to send them away at will, but to show them to the world."
"It is to let everyone know that although His Majesty is benevolent towards others, he will never be merciful towards certain things. If he does it, the whole family will be beheaded and the whole clan will be exiled to the army."
Master Zhang was sweating, "What are you talking about?"
Yamazaki held up his hand and said, "Sir, you don't know where Master Chang was planted, do you?"
Mr. Zhang wiped his sweat and said, "I certainly know what Mr. Chang has committed, but I don't know the involvement."
Yamazaki bowed, "With all due respect, sir, how did the secret agent commander give you some advice?"
Mr. Zhang said quickly: "My lord said that I was appointed to this position because I had no connection with Hancheng before."
"Your Excellency, please tell me to supervise this state. All matters involving Jianghu gangs must be handled impartially and without favoritism."
"If there are local officials in this state who accept money from Jianghu gangs and favor Jianghu gangs, they will do whatever they want according to the laws of the court."
"Any official who resists will be killed without mercy!"
"As for Jianghu gangs, as long as they don't disturb the people and don't target the government, we can leave it alone for the time being and let Jianghu gangs make trouble among themselves. No matter how many people die, we don't have to worry about it."
Yamazaki nodded, "I see, you are here for the first time, so you can't see how deep the water is in Hancheng, and you don't understand what the secret agent commander is doing in the southeast."
"Oh, does the young master know?" Mr. Zhang was surprised and quickly handed over his hands, then bowed his head hesitantly, "Please give me some advice, the young master."
"Don't you dare, don't you dare," Yamazaki bowed deeply in return, "please sit down, sir."
Mr. Zhang raised his hand and said, "Sit down, sir."
Then someone was invited to serve tea, and Yamazaki also put on a disguise.
Master Zhang did not object and waited for the tea to come before letting him go.
Yamazaki went to disguise again, then drank tea and gave a lecture.
"Sir, look at what happened in Hancheng. Lord Zichang's family, the top family in the city, has collapsed by the dozens overnight."
"This is all because Mr. Chang covered up the flood for the sake of political achievements, and then forced the farmers and merchants who were affected by the flood to pay the autumn grain according to normal years, or pay the grain in money."
"Including taxes, it involves tens of millions of silver coins. Mr. Chang couldn't afford it by himself, so he dragged his relatives and friends together."
"Master Chang was killed, and it was said that it was the Tsing Yi Sect, but the southeast is not the territory of the Tsing Yi Sect. It is basically impossible for them to be here."
"It would be possible to say that he is a land merchant and farmer who hates Mr. Chang."
"However, after Mr. Chang's death, each family did not want to repent and continued to collect autumn grain taxes, and even ordered them to be paid within five days."
"In those days, the atmosphere in Hancheng was tense. More than 100,000 people including land merchants, tenant farmers, and other related parties were working together to refuse to pay the autumn grain tax."
"Fortunately, each company realized something was wrong and backed down in time, so no major disaster occurred."
"This disaster endangered your majesty's country, country, and country, so the secret agents came in person, arrested the person as soon as they arrived, and exempted the autumn grain tax."
"The purpose is not to let this disaster, in which the government forces the people to rebel, happen in Sanya."