Renzi Scroll, Section 174: The Rongguo Mansion was devastated at the beginning (continued)
"This is all a trivial matter. If you don't come, let someone come and say hello, and I can take care of it for you." Zhao Wenzhao seemed very happy, "If you come, it will arouse people's suspicion and think there is something really inside."
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"What can there be? Rare treasures? Rebellious letters?" Feng Ziying laughed dumbly, "That's up to them to say, who is from the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"
"Hao Tugao." Zhao Wenzhao frowned, "I am a scholar from the North, but he is a rebellious person. I heard that he often contradicts Master Qiao's words."
Hao Tugao? Feng Ziying knew this person. He was a native of Mei County, Shaanxi Province, and a censor of Henan Province. Unexpectedly, the Metropolitan Procuratorate actually asked this person to be responsible for supervising and inspecting the Jia family. This was a difficult master to serve, and Feng Ziying also
I knew that this person was quite dissatisfied with me. When I was in Yongping Mansion, I was rectifying the local gentry in Yongping. One of them seemed to be his in-law, so I had some discord with him.
For this reason, Qiao Yingjia also specially helped to mediate, but the effect was not good. Although this person did not say anything later because he was transferred from Yongping Mansion, he must have been resentful.
Thinking of this, Feng Ziying felt a little headache. Master Qiao didn't know how to arrange a role for him to get along with, but asked Hao Tujiao to come. Wasn't this deliberately tormenting him?
I was still worried that the Ministry of Punishment would be difficult to deal with, but I never thought that the Metropolitan Procuratorate would give me a difficult problem first.
Thinking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as he walked to the edge of Fengyao Bridge and saw the corner of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he saw Hao Tujiao with his hands behind his back scolding Long Jinwei and the people of the Xicheng Army and Horse Division: "There is no grass in this garden."
Every piece of wood is filled with people's fat and oil. You are here to inspect it, not to destroy it. In the future, these will be sold. If you and others deface it and damage it, and you suffer some loss, who does it belong to?"
Feng Ziying and Zhao Wenzhao both looked at each other, this guy was really a bit unusual, he actually thought about the imperial court.
"Master Zhao, you are here at the right time. Please tell your people and the people from the Military and Horse Division not to get together. This garden is so big and involves so many pavilions and pavilions. Don't move around at will. Every plant and tree is valuable. Protect it."
It can be sold to the court at a good price..." Hao Tujiao was skinny, but in good spirits. When he saw Feng Ziying in casual clothes, he was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "Who is this, Mr. Feng?
?It seems that your people from Shuntian Mansion were not arranged for this inspection, right?"
Feng Ziying bowed to Hao Tujiao gracefully. After all, he was a senior Northern scholar. He could be rude, but he had to abide by the rules.
Hao Tujiao was a little embarrassed by Feng Ziying's bow, so he had to return the favor, and his expression softened a little.
"To be honest with Mr. Hao, I am here privately and have nothing to do with official matters." Feng Ziying was very calm. Although she and Hao Tujiao had some disagreements, they were both Northern scholars. He believed that Hao Tujiao would not ignore the overall situation.
, framed him, so he simply said it clearly and openly: "You also know that the Feng family and the Jia family are family friends. The Jia family is in Fu Ni, and the court has its own laws to investigate and deal with it. But because I am engaged to a wife and a concubine, it is also
In the past two years, the daughter of Lin Hai, the salt censor of the Huaihe River, lived in Rongguo Mansion. Lin Hai was the son-in-law of the Jia family. He died of illness a few years ago. The Lin family was small, so he temporarily lived in his uncle's house. When this happened,
I also plan to take the two of them out..."
After hearing what Feng Ziying said, Hao Tujiao also knew about Lin Hai and nodded: "I know that Lin Hai died of illness. He was two years ahead of me, but I didn't know that he was related to the Jia family by marriage. You fiancée
Live in Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"
"Yes, I have lived here for several years. If this thing hadn't happened, she would marry into my family next year..." Feng Ziying spread her hands helplessly, "Who would have thought..."
Hao Tujiao frowned, "Then the objects in the yard..."
Feng Ziying casually took out a piece of IOU from her sleeve and handed it to Hao Tujiao: "Master Hao, please look at this. Before Jia Yue died of illness a few years ago, the Jia family borrowed it from Jia Yue to build the imperial concubine's provincial villa, which is this garden.
Two hundred thousand taels of silver. Logically speaking, this silver should have been my fiancée's dowry, and it should be considered my property. But in this situation, what can I do? I also lost my teeth and was bleeding.
Swallow it into your belly."
Hao Tugao looked at the IOU carefully. It didn't look like a fraud, because it was not difficult to check. In addition to Jia Zheng, Jia She and Jia Mu were all here in the Jia family. Feng Ziying probably wouldn't pay for this money.
He has to ignore his reputation. Looking at the other party's attitude, it seems that he has no intention of going to the court to expose this matter and get a clear understanding...
"This matter is indeed difficult to handle. If it had been made clear earlier, it would have been easier to talk about it. If we talk about it now, I'm afraid it will be seen as conspiring with the Jia family to transfer assets, and the court will definitely not agree." Hao Tugao shook his head.
"So I don't expect this, but as my fiancée lives in Jia's house, some of the items she carries with her may not be valuable, but they are old things around her and have feelings for her, so I ask Mr. Hao to do it for you." Feng Ziying said sincerely.
Hao Tugao hesitated for a moment, and then glanced at Zhao Wenzhao who said nothing. Knowing that this guy had probably made an agreement a long time ago, he finally said: "There are still people from the Criminal Department here. If they have no objections,
I don’t know about this, but it can’t be taken too seriously.”
"Master Hao, is Feng Ziying a ungrateful person?" Feng Ziying said sternly: "Please rest assured, Feng has absolutely no greed."
Hao Tujiao also knew that the Feng family was wealthy and would not do anything for such a thing. Moreover, if Feng Ziying was well-informed about what he really wanted to do, he would not wait until now to do it in public.
"Well, it's good that you understand. You are also a leader among our Northern scholars. Qi Gong has high hopes for you. I hope you will not disappoint." Hao Tugao and Qiao Yingjia were not on good terms, but Qi Yongtai, a Northern scholar,
But people are very respectful.
"Thank you Mr. Hao for reminding me, Ziying will be spared." Feng Ziying also breathed a sigh of relief, "I wonder who is here in the Criminal Department?"
"Zhong Zhou Qiyuan, the official of the Jiangxi Qing Dynasty Ministry of Justice," Hao Tugao said calmly.
Feng Ziying knew as soon as she heard that Hao Tugao and Zhou Qiyuan were not on good terms, but she pretended not to know: "Master Zhou seems to be from Fujian, right?"
"Well, he was a Jinshi in the thirty-sixth year of Yuanxi, and he is in the same department as me." Hao Tugao nodded, "He has quite a lot of trust from Mr. Liu."
This Master Liu should refer to Liu Yishen, the Minister of Punishment, and Feng Ziying nodded to express her knowledge.
The rift between the North and the South is not based on personal will. Even students in the same department may become tense.
"Master Zhou is also in this garden?" Feng Ziying didn't believe Long Jinwei. The heads of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department were all here. Did they all know that he was coming, so they couldn't target him?
"That's not true. Someone reported that Jia She colluded with Sun Shaozu to resell prohibited materials in Datong Ping'an Prefecture, make huge profits, collude with foreigners, and harm the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he was watching Jia She's situation over there..." Hao Tugao shook his head.
"This garden is full of women's residences, and he is not interested."
"Then why do you want to come to this garden? Shouldn't it be over there?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile.
"The imperial court will definitely sell off the Rong Ning Mansion in the future. I heard that the Grand View Garden was built by the Rong Guo Mansion to welcome the virtuous concubine to visit the bride. It cost a lot of money. I am worried that these rough guys will mess up the garden and it will be messed up in the future.
It's hard to sell them at a good price. Before I came, Mr. Zhang explained that the main task at the moment is to raise funds to prepare for the southern expedition to Nanjing. As for the disposal of these people, it comes second..." Hao Tugao glanced at Feng Ziying and said,
"Your Majesty's army is coming from the east of Qingyang in a steady stream. Everything they need must be provided by the imperial court. It consumes a lot every day. The Ministry of Household Affairs is also complaining that it is too much. If it doesn't come from these places, where will it come from?"
Feng Ziying thought that Hao Tujiao was from Mei County, and she raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Your Excellency is also from Shaanxi. You should know the difficulties of the Northwest Army. Those big soldiers have been exposed to the sun for decades to guard the border. Now the imperial court wants to transfer them to the east to fight. Is it still possible?
Can you let them have enough to eat? Among the four towns in the northwest, except for Yulin Town, the situation is slightly better. Mutinies and rebellions over wages are common in the other three towns. My father wrote in a letter that he had dealt with the rebellion over wages and wages in Qiqi after being there for two months.
Killing two guerrillas and one general was the only way to curb the momentum. As a last resort, the elites from the four towns were transferred to Qingyang for military training. In fact, they were afraid that the story of the Ningxia rebellion would happen again, so they did not see this coming.
Is Liu Dongyang the pioneer?"
Speaking of this, Hao Tujiao actually became interested.
Liu Dongyang is from Ningxia, and Ningxia belonged to Shaanxi at this time. In a sense, Liu Dongyang can also be regarded as a native of Haotugao Township.
Feng Tang used Liu Dongyang, the leader of the Ningxia rebellion, as the vanguard and led the army eastward, which also caused great shock in the court.
Especially for the northern scholars, the Ningxia rebellion brought huge losses to Shaanxi, and the court spent a lot of money. Now the instigator has openly acted as a pioneer after being recruited, and it is said that people like Liu Baichuan and Tu
Wenxiu and other rebel generals were all included by Feng Ziying as the leading generals in this southern expedition, which is even more difficult to let go.
"Ziying, your Majesty has brought Liu Dongyang, Liu Baichuan and Tu Wenxiu to the east. Even though these people are all strong men, it is a bit unacceptable. What if..." Hao Tugao paused.
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"Master Hao, wouldn't it be more dangerous to keep them in Shaanxi?" Feng Ziying asked back: "Master Hao, you should know how serious the drought is in Shaanxi this year, right? My father judged that the refugee uprising is a high probability event, if these people are not allowed to follow my father
If you come from the east and stay in Shaanxi and get mixed up with the refugee rebellion, wouldn't it be a spark that starts a prairie fire?"
Hao Tugao was stunned by Feng Ziying's rhetorical question. Of course, he was very concerned about the situation in his hometown. Severe drought had been rare in the past twenty years. Feng Tang's judgment should be that they were inseparable. It was indeed dangerous for these warriors to stay in Shaanxi.