"Ask me? I don't even know about this matter. If you ask me, I can only drag you to find Mr. Wu to find out." Feng Ziying shrugged, "I'm going to report this matter to Mr. Wu."
Before that, please give me an overview, how it relates to the matter we want to investigate, and your next plan, and we can put it all together."
Fang Kezhuang nodded, "If this matter hadn't involved Tongcang, I wouldn't be so anxious. If we can get the news, I estimate that these people in Tongcang will also learn about this situation. So what should we do?
Should we take advantage of the situation, strike hard, and just start a fight, or should we stabilize it for the time being and observe the situation first to avoid causing panic among these people, causing the enemy to panic and lose the big?"
"Tell me the situation first." Feng Ziying shook her head, "I don't know anything now, how can I make a sudden decision?"
Fang Kezhuang stopped talking nonsense and told everything he knew about the situation. At the same time, he also talked about the situation passed by the government office and the instructions given to the Tongzhou government office.
The case can be said to be complicated or simple. What is complicated is that it involves too many areas. What is simple is that the situation in Tongcang refers directly to one person, Xu Lixiang, the deputy envoy of Tongcang.
According to the posthumous letter left by the scribe who hanged himself in the Water Transport Governor's Mansion, Nanjing dug up a series of long-standing cases of collusion between internal and external parties in the water transport sub-warehouse, exchanging inferior goods for good ones, exchanging old ones for new ones, and even short-changing them.
A shortage of grain of up to 60,000 shi was found in Shuicicang in Huai'an, and a shortage of 40,000 shi in Xuzhou, not counting the replacement of a lot of old rice and wheat with new rice and new wheat.
Feng Ziying's face looked a little ugly. The Shuicicang alone was found to be so different. What about the larger Linqing? Wouldn't it be a shortage of 100,000 shi? What about Jingcang and Tongcang, which were different in scale?
Feng Ziying shuddered when she thought of this.
After so many years, successive ambassadors of Jingcang and Tongcang have not been able to find out the storage situation clearly. There are too many people involved in it, not only officials and sergeants, but more importantly, they and these big people in the city of Jingshi are involved.
The collusion of grain merchants has formed a complete industrial interest chain.
These big grain merchants also have their own warehouses in Tongzhou. To put it bluntly, as long as they get the news in advance, within a day or two, they can easily mobilize tens of thousands of tons of grain to be transported into the warehouse. You have to find out the problem.
Unless someone from the inside can reveal the truth, and several parties have to investigate at the same time to prevent them from destroying the east wall to make up for the west wall, it is simply impossible.
Seeing Feng Ziying's serious face, Fang Kezhuang also sighed softly: "Ziying, it's not that I'm weak, this time we've hit a big deal. I originally thought there was a problem with the warehouse, but over the years, the imperial court,
The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Household Affairs are also reasonable. There must be some accumulated abuses. Let's check it out and clean the house so that people can live in it, right? Who would have thought that this house is about to be destroyed by them. Something is really going to happen, and the court is in urgent need of it.
When I use grain, I open the warehouse and see that there is either none or a pile of old grain mixed with sand, gravel and soil that is unpalatable. You said that although the responsibility lies with the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Water Transport Governor's Mansion, are we derelict in our duties? The key is not who.
Regarding taking responsibility, what should we do at that time?”
Fang Kezhuang's sincere words made Feng Ziying couldn't help but nod slightly.
He originally didn't have a deep impression of Fang Kezhuang. Although they were all Northern scholars, there were so many Northern scholars. Fang Kezhuang was still relatively young and not too special. Even the Young Zhuang faction looked up to him.
But now it seems that this person is really doing practical things and has some skills.
He vaguely recalled that he seemed to have vaguely heard of this name among officials in the late Ming Dynasty in his previous life, because this surname was rare, and it made an impression on him. Regardless of whether he was loyal or traitorous, he must be someone with some ability. From this point of view,
This guy should be very capable and ambitious, and now he is on the same line as himself, so he is someone who can be used.
"Brother Yangchu, what's your opinion?" Feng Ziying asked again.
"My opinion? Well, that depends on our Wu Fuyin's attitude." Fang Kezhuang's face darkened, obviously very dissatisfied with Wu Fuyin's perfunctory and evasive attitude.
"Wu Fuyin doesn't seem to pay much attention to this matter?" Feng Ziying has already guessed Wu Daonan's attitude. This is normal. It would be strange if Wu Daonan was really interested or wanted to do something big.
That's right, or maybe there are special interests involved.
"Not only did they not pay attention to it, the official document handed over by the government simply asked for verification in an understatement and did not sign any other opinions. I was surprised when I read it. How could such a serious matter be inferior to a poem in the eyes of Wu Fuyin?
Yes?" Fang Kezhuang said angrily: "Those who are busy will die in a hurry, and those who are idle will die in a leisurely manner. This is really a place for everyone."
"Wu Fuyin's temperament is like this. Everyone in the government knows it, so we won't care about it. So we have to take the initiative to promote it. Let's discuss it first and report to Fuyin later..."
Before Feng Ziying finished speaking, Fang Kezhuang had already sneered: "Then he still resists?"
"Explain the interests and concerns, propose a plan, and we will do the specifics." Feng Ziying said softly: "He just doesn't like to do things, it's not that he doesn't understand. We are willing to take the initiative and he will not stop it. This is not their business, and maybe it will be fine."
I just want to watch the fun."
Fang Kezhuang took a deep look at Feng Ziying and finally nodded.
They are all smart people. There are factions and political tendencies among the Jiangnan scholars. There is no doubt that most of the scholars involved here are the Jiangnan local scholars, as well as scholars such as Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe, and Li Tingji who are already high in the court.
People still have some differences in their attitudes towards interests. To be precise, the people involved have close connections with scholars such as Tang Binyin, Miuchangqi, Gu Tianjun, Zhen Yingjia, and Zhen Yingyu who have been entrenched in Nanjing for a long time.
Wu Daonan is a direct descendant of Ye Xianggao. He belongs to a party in the Fujian Jiangyou Alliance. His relationship with the Jiangnan native faction is also relatively weak. It is impossible to get involved. Why not just sit back and watch? Anyway, the thugs are from below, so they are all
He is a scholar from the North, so it is not his fault. He was handed over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Zhang Jingqiu, the imperial censor of Zuodu, is also a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River. Of course he listens to the emperor.
The two briefly discussed it before going to report to Wu Daonan in the back hall.
When Wu Daonan learned that the two had asked for a meeting and heard about the previous situation, he felt a little relieved.
Feng Ziying still understands the rules. Unlike Fang Kezhuang, who is a stupid young man. He is much older than him. He is not as experienced as Feng Ziying.
The product is swirling.
He also knew that he was a little perfunctory about the instructions to transfer him for investigation, but in his position, someone asked him not to let Feng Ziying intervene. He was not willing to take care of it, so he just went along with the flow.
He also knew the situation. Most of them were worried that Feng Ziying, a mad dog, would not let go of his bite.
After Su Daqiang's night murder case, it aroused great repercussions. Now Feng Ziying casually asked about the affairs of Xishan Kiln, which caused the entire capital city to be shocked. This power made Wu Daonan a little envious.
Many people are also worried that once Feng Ziying gets involved in this matter, he will stir up trouble again. When the superiors have not yet decided on the idea, putting it off is the safest move, so he will handle it this way.
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After leaving Wu Daonan, Feng Ziying and Fang Kezhuang breathed a sigh of relief.
As expected, Wu Daonan didn't have much resistance. Apart from raising some concerns and requests, he only talked in general terms. After Feng Ziying and Fang Kezhuang introduced their ideas and general plans, Wu Daonan said no more.
He said that he would entrust Feng Ziying to handle it with full authority, but he should report to him at any time.
This is reasonable. You can do the work and I can understand it. But if there is any big situation, you should report it to him at any time. This is the level of a hands-off shopkeeper.
"How?" Feng Ziying smiled and glanced sideways at Fang Kezhuang.
"Haha, you know Mr. Fu Yin. As you expected, it is indeed like this. But it's okay. We have more room for maneuver and can be more flexible in adapting to changes. We don't have to be too rigid." Fang Ke
Full of confidence.
"Brother Yangchu, I have to remind you that we are responsible for this. I'm afraid there are many people not only in Nanjing, but also in the capital who hate us and want to get rid of us."
Feng Ziying reminded the other party: "You need to find one or two guards to protect you. Don't underestimate your own safety."
"I understand, your assassination at the Gu River Ferry has sounded the alarm to many people. The land of Gyeonggi is not peaceful either. If you want to do something, you will inevitably touch many people. I heard that you are planning to move the Xishan Kiln?
"Fang Kezhuang laughed, "It's also a hornet's nest. If you poke it, many people will pop up. They are no worse than those here in Tongcang, and they even involve more interests. You'd better fight with the merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi.
Say hello, ask them to move too, and share your pressure. Don't push everything on you, as you may not be able to bear it."
Of course Feng Ziying understands Fang Kezhuang's good intentions. Now everyone is tied together. If the shady story of Tongcang is to be uncovered by the two of them, they will definitely need to rely on some external forces. The same is true for Xishan Kiln, but he doesn't know how yet.
If you go to touch the Xishan kiln, you will make too many enemies, and a wise man will not do it.
"Brother Yangchu, you and I need to be careful. If we win the battle of Tongcang, I think the officials should also open their eyes and take a closer look." Feng Ziying said proudly: "Let them see if you and I are the same.
People who do things, there are too many people in Shuntian Mansion, so they have left so many evils behind. Do we have to wait until we can no longer do it before we take action?"
Fang Kezhuang couldn't help but feel passionate, "Okay, then let's have a good fight."