marquis of jingan

Chapter 55 Hypocrisy and Sincerity

Unexpectedly, when this matter developed to the present situation, the most unlucky person on the government's side was not Chen Yu, one of the parties involved, but Feng County Magistrate of Jiangdu County Government!

This is purely a disaster.

In the final analysis, it was because the vacated food market in Jiangdu was too big, and Magistrate Feng's foundation was not strong, so he was gently kicked out of Jiangdu Mansion by the court when dividing the cake.

As for Fengzhi County's greed for money...

To put it bluntly, looking at all the officials in Dachen now, 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 the old accounts.

It's just a matter of whether the court is willing to pursue it.

Although Tian Boping's news was timely, they were all very brief news. In the next day or two, after teaching a few little guys how to make snacks, Shen Yi walked around the city several times by himself 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 businesses were confiscated, and the other half...

Although the house was not ransacked, the money was used behind the scenes and almost bankrupted them.

Of course, it's not that the grain merchants whose homes were ransacked were unwilling to use money. There are some things, even if you have money in your hand, there is no way to use it.

As the richest man in Jiangdu, the Ma family originally had many ways to make money, but this time, the Ma family took the lead in fighting against the imperial court and raising food prices, so that Jiang was unstable. Therefore, even if the Ma family wants to use money at this time, no one dares to accept them.

Even the usually domineering and domineering Fan family now acted like a coward, not even daring to let Ma Jun in.

You know, Ma Jun was kneeling at the door of the Fan family. The Fan family could have brought Ma Jun in first, and then finished the matter with a few casual words. The Fan family turned Ma Jun away because of this matter.

This kind of mean behavior will more or less damage the Fan family's reputation.

Of course, in this matter, the one who was most injured was Master Feng Lufeng.

Because Feng Lu didn't do anything to offend anyone, and he also had some connections in the court, the court's punishment for Feng Xianzun was not to the point where he had nowhere to go, but he was removed from the dinner table in Jiangdu He was kicked out, and because of the crime of corrupting ink, he was demoted to Hui'an County in the southeast as the county magistrate.

The county magistrate is an eighth-rank official, only slightly lower than the county magistrate in the county government.

However, from a fertile county like Jiangdu County, and at a time when it is very likely to be promoted, it is undoubtedly very unacceptable to be suddenly demoted to the county magistrate.

Fortunately, Hui'an County is Master Feng's hometown, and being able to return to his hometown is more or less a comfort.

Because of being demoted, Master Feng was in an extremely bad mood. On the second day, he handed over an errand to the Jiangdu county magistrate in the county government office. He took his wife and concubine and two sons with him in Jiangdu, hired two carriages, and returned to his hometown in Hui'an. .

Although Mr. Feng has not done much good in Jiangdu in recent years, he cannot do anything evil because of his attachment to Guo. The people of Jiangdu don't feel much about the departure of the demoted county magistrate.

Because of being demoted back to his hometown, most officials in Jiangdu felt that the county lord had no future, so when Feng Lu left, no official went to see the county lord off.

County Magistrate Feng's family left Jiangdu City in despair.

As soon as their carriage left, they were stopped by a voice.

"Brother Chaoen."

Feng Lu, courtesy name Chaoen.

Master Feng lifted the curtain of the car and glanced in the direction of the sound. After seeing the person coming, the county master hurriedly stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage with his two sons, bowed his head to the man and said, "See you!" Guofu Zun."

It was Chen Yu, the prefect of Jiangdu.

At this time, Chen Fuzun was dressed in plain clothes, with only one entourage by his side. He looked like a scholar, not the sky of Jiangdu Mansion at all.

The two sons of the Feng family knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Fuzun.

Chen Yu stepped forward, helped the two children of the Feng family up, then looked at Feng Lu, and sighed: "Brother Chao En, let's find a place to talk?"

Feng Lu also lowered his head and sighed: "Dare you not follow orders?"

Ever since, the former parents and officials of Jiangdu sat down under a big willow tree outside the city. Chen Yu looked at Feng Lu, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Brother Chaoen, I'm the one who dragged you down this time. If it wasn't for me , you will never fall to the point where you will be demoted.”

In the past two days, Feng Lu had already scolded Chen Yu many times in his heart, but when he heard these words, he shook his head first, then lowered his head and said, "I can't blame the magistrate, if you want to blame it, you can blame the low-level officials for their shallow foundation. Come, the natural house collapses."

Chen Fuzun looked at Feng Lu, and then said in a deep voice: "I have worked with brother Chaoen for nearly two years. During these two years, I have been mean. Now that brother Chaoen is leaving Jiangdu, I hope you don't blame him. I'm the."

"They are all doing things for the court, there is nothing mean or not."

Master Feng forced a smile, and said, "The Fu Zun is too polite."

Chen Yu looked serious, and said: "Brother Chaoen, don't worry, since this matter is related to me, I won't just sit idly by. You go back to your hometown and rest for a few years. After a few years, I'll calm down, and I will definitely come back again." Give Brother Chao En a future!"

Master Feng was already disheartened. After hearing these words, he looked up at Chen Yu, and said in a low voice, "Isn't Fu Zun a joke?"

"Chen never jokes."

Chen Yu stretched out his five fingers and said, "I will be able to become an official in the capital within five years at the most. At that time, I will definitely bring Brother Chao En 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.

"I'm an official for a lifetime, but the government respects the horse and looks after me!"

Chen Yu quickly stretched out his hand to support him, but he didn't even dare to speak.

At this time, both of them looked like close friends, but at this time, they knew each other very well.

This matter may not be so easy to handle.

For Chen Yu, giving away this subordinate is just to relieve some of his guilt. As for whether he can help Feng Lu in the future, that is a matter of the future.

As for Feng Lu, he didn't count on this mean-spirited official to really pull himself into the capital to be a Beijing official, but an official's knees are worthless, and kowtowing is harmless. What if?
What if the conscience surnamed Chen finds out in the future?

Ever since, this pair of officials bid farewell outside Jiangdu City, and the scene was very touching.

……

At the same time, Shen Yi and Shen Qilang also returned to Ganquan Academy, saw his thigh Master Lu, and after telling Master Lu about the things in the city, this Dean Lu looked up at Shen Yi and said slowly : "Since County Magistrate Feng is going to be transferred from Jiangdu, Qilang, you should stay in the academy for a while and stop running around."

Of course Shen Yi understood Master Lu's meaning. He looked at Lu Anshi and said with a smile, "Mister, do you want me to prepare for the exam?"

"Ah."

Master Lu nodded and said: "Without County Magistrate Feng, you don't have to wait another year. You will have one more year of experience if you take the exam one year earlier. Whether you pass the exam or fail it, for your age... "

Lu Anshi looked at Shen Yi, speaking with sincerity.

"It can all be considered a good thing."

(End of this chapter)