In fact, this cannot be entirely blamed on Lin Chong for being so secretive. Some things are still uncertain. If he really told everyone about the matter in advance, then the opportunity for the Third Battalion to redeem himself might be gone.
On a rare trip to Dali Temple, Ling Yiqu specially called Feng Ying over.
Lin Chong actually wanted to come over and ask about the interrogation. Guan Ying was pulled over by Guan Qu to report to Lin Chong with a look of displeasure. He casually handed a confession to Lin Chong and left as quickly as possible.
Lin Chong blinked, finding it difficult to adapt to Guan Ying's wind-like speed. After opening the confession, he read it carefully.
Sure enough, as he had estimated before, the second boss was just hired to kill people. He himself was not a political power, and his knowledge of the people who hired him was very limited.
Guan Ying hardly used any punishment, and he explained the situation honestly and clearly. A man in black clothes came to find him at the foot of the mountain, saying that he wanted him to go back immediately. They had a guest in Heifeng Village.
If he can deal with this guest quietly, he will give him one hundred taels of silver after the incident is completed.
Fifty taels of them were paid in advance, and the other fifty taels had to be handed over at the foot of the mountain after the work was completed. Zhang Yang was an ordinary farmer who had learned boxing and kicking skills for a few days. He had never seen a figure as big as one hundred taels of silver.
Thinking that I was just getting rid of one person, I didn't take it seriously, so I happily agreed.
After he was arrested, he realized that the person he wanted to kill was the emperor of the dynasty. He was so frightened that he peed his pants. He never dreamed that the emperor would be a guest in their poor little place.
After Guan Ying coerced and coerced him, he told everything he could think of. Although he had described the characteristics of the man who hired him in as much detail as possible in his confession, because the man was wearing black at the time,
He also wore a black hat, so it was really difficult to describe his appearance in detail.
He could only remember one feature, which was that Zhang Yang found an oval-shaped birthmark above his left wrist when the man handed him the money. This was the only feature he could clearly identify.
Lin Chong read the confession twice and stuffed it casually in his clothes. Maybe he would use it one day. If he really caught this person, he could also use this confession to force him to reveal the person behind the scenes.
It can be regarded as circumstantial evidence.
Lin Chong briefly learned about the recent situation of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Because of Lin Chong's previous instructions, they had always suppressed the cases of the three camps without trying them. Well, even if they did try them later, they would only deal with a few cases.
He is an insignificant person. Apart from that, there have been no special cases recently, so both the Criminal Department and Dali Temple have been very quiet.
After hearing what they said, Lin Chong guessed the reason why Guan Ying had been so irritable recently.
After returning to the palace, Lin Chong discussed something with Wang Chengen. Wang Chengen had discovered that Xiao Dezi had been monitoring Lin Chong's whereabouts and would report to King Xiang.
But because he still couldn't figure out what His Majesty the Emperor meant, the matter was never dealt with. In addition, Lin Chong had been away for the past two months, so the information he could get was very limited, and it hardly posed any danger to Lin Chong.
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But things are different now. Lin Chong returned to the palace after handling the matter, and the assassination he encountered before made Manager Wang very worried.
Fortunately, what Lin Chong wanted to discuss with him was exactly this matter. This person was indeed unable to move now, and he had already been discovered, so naturally he had to make good use of it.
It is now about to enter December, the weather has gradually turned colder, and the prices of grain stores have begun to rise. The most important thing for Lin Chong now is how to distribute grain properly for disaster relief.
On this issue, the two people who have the most say are Gu Yanwu and Zhou Ze. These two people have been working on the front line of disaster relief. Zhou Ze temporarily left the disaster relief work because he was sent to Liuye Village halfway.
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Gu Yanwu was different. He had a very clear understanding of the disaster relief matters, as well as the resettlement situation and subsequent progress of the refugees. Therefore, if Lin Chong wanted to arrange the disaster relief matters, it would be most appropriate for him to assist him.
But when he thinks of Gu Yanwu, Lin Chong will think of Gu Qinghuan who always loves to cry, and he doesn't know if she is doing well now. With that boy Wei Changqing here, she will not be wronged.
Gu Yanwu didn't know about his daughter's move south before. Gu Qinghuan packed her luggage and left without even discussing it with her father. Lin Chong admired this.
When Gu Yanwu went to the palace to visit Gu Qinghuan, Lin Chong told him that Gu Qinghuan had left. At that time, old man Gu was naturally very angry, but because Lin Chong was present, it was difficult to get angry, so he held it back for a while.
Zhang Heilian walked away angrily, but Lin Chong thought it was quite interesting.
This time he asked Gu Yanwu to enter the palace for a serious matter. Gu Yanwu was also a person with general knowledge. When her children grow up, they always want to go out and have a try. Since she has left, I can only hope that she will be safe and happy in the future.
When mentioning the need for disaster relief, Gu Yanwu's expression immediately became serious. He had also noticed the abnormal food prices in the capital, but he did not expect that it was serious enough to require disaster relief.
Lin Chong explained to him the specific amount of grain he had collected. Gu Yanwu already had his own calculations in mind. After asking about the situation, he quickly withdrew. Lin Chong knew that he wanted to inspect the grain.
Let him go.
The rest of the peaceful days did not last more than two days. In mid-December, several major grain stores suddenly stopped selling grain. After a month of waiting in fear, the people finally received the news that the price of rice had increased tenfold.
There will be neither drought nor floods this year. Logically speaking, such a situation should never happen, but if we continue to wait, rice prices will only rise more and more.
Lin Chong had discussed it with Ni Yuanlu early in the morning. If he really wanted to distribute food to help the poor people, and at the same time prevent those who were truly wealthy from taking advantage of the court, then it was obviously not possible to just rely on everyone's consciousness, and something must be introduced.
relevant policies.
This was not difficult for Lin Chong. He immediately thought of the implementation of those food stamps and meat stamps during the planned economy period in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
It is undeniable that the planned economy did play a very important regulatory role during the period of material scarcity. Lin Chong decided to temporarily implement this management method at this time, and his instructions were quickly implemented.