The best little eunuch

Chapter 119
Chapter 119
After both of them sat down, Lin Feng asked, "Have you asked the two adults for their names?"

"Xiaguan Beijiang Provincial Chief Envoy Feng Yuanji, currently all matters in Beijiang Province are temporarily in charge of the Xiaguan. Since your Excellency has arrived, this matter should be handed over to your Excellency in charge of the department." The chief envoy sitting on the right Feng Yuanji said.

"Xia Yizhi, the Inspectorate of Beijiang Province, my next official," said Xia Yizhi, the Inspectorate sitting on the left.

"During this period of time, the affairs of the Beijiang Province have to be troubled by the two adults." Lin Feng said: "I am in charge of the three provinces, and things are busy. The work of the Beijiang Province must be attended to by the two of you."

"These are the duties of subordinate officials." Feng Yuanji and Xia Yizhi said at the same time.

"Master Feng, how is Beijiang Province recovering?" Lin Feng asked.Although the Beijiang Province was not affected by the war, it was terribly damaged by the rout of the army. The overall situation was probably worse than that of the Nanjiang Province.

Shaking his head, Feng Yuanji said: "The situation is not optimistic. Now many people in the county are relying on the relief from the government. If they want to recover, I am afraid they will have to wait until after the autumn harvest this year."

"The situation is so serious?" Lin Feng asked.Originally, he heard the meaning of Hu Dazhi's words, and felt that although he was very pessimistic, he never thought that he had reached such a point.

"Yes. The most serious counties, except for some relatively remote villages, were almost ransacked. The people were even robbed of the grain for planting in the spring, not to mention other financial resources in the family. Many families have lost It's a broken family." Speaking of some things in Beijiang Province, Feng Yuanji seemed a little disappointed.He has personally been to those places, and the tragedy cannot be described in words at all.

"In this way, the government will come forward to purchase grain, farm tools and cattle, and help the people everywhere to plant spring as soon as possible." Lin Feng said.If these people are not allowed to start spring sowing as soon as possible, they will have to wait for the next year when the spring sowing season is over. In this way, the court will have to support them all the time, otherwise, they can only become refugees.He left his hometown and eventually died in another country.

"My lord, the lower officials have already sent people to do this matter, but the current situation is that the treasury can't afford the money, and the little silver allocated by the court is enough to help the victims." Feng Yuanji said helplessly.

He also wanted the people under his rule to live and work in peace and contentment, but the reality did not allow it.The treasury of Beijiang Province has been looted time and time again. The current treasury may even starve to death of rats. How can there be money to help the victims?

"Money is a big problem." Lin Feng said, patting his head.

"I don't know if my lord can ask the imperial court for some more funds. The situation in Beijiang is quite serious, and the little money from the imperial court is completely useless." Looking at Lin Feng, Feng Yuanji asked.

He smiled wryly, if the imperial court could afford the money, then why would he come to Jiangnan by himself?It's not because the imperial court has no money, so I asked myself to come to Jiangnan to try out the collection of commercial taxes.

"The imperial court can't be counted on, and we have to rely on ourselves." Lin Feng said: "Which are the largest families in our Beijing province?"

"My lord, why do you ask this?" Looking at Lin Feng, Feng Yuanji asked.Could it be that Lin Feng wanted to imitate those defeated soldiers and plunder these big families directly?You know, even those defeated soldiers rarely dared to rob them.To say that Beijiang was not affected by the disaster, it was probably these few wealthy families.

"Nothing to do, just want to get to know some famous nobles in Beijiang." Lin Feng said.Of course, the main thing is to get money out of them.

"Could it be that your lord has set his mind on those people?" Xia Yizhi, the inspector who hadn't spoken all this time, asked.

Slightly nodding his head, Lin Feng said: "That's right, now I can only borrow some money from them. Otherwise, life in Beijiang Province will be difficult."

"Your Majesty said something presumptuous, my lord, it's not that Master Feng and I haven't thought about this matter, but it won't work." Xia Yizhi said to Lin Feng.At the beginning, they also thought about borrowing part of the emergency from the local wealthy family, but they found that it would not work at all.

"Master Xia, can you explain in detail?" Lin Feng asked.

Xia Yizhi glanced at Feng Yuanji and saw Feng Yuanji nodded. Xia Yizhi said: "My lord, at the beginning of the year, Mr. Feng and I took office. At that time, the imperial court did not allocate any relief money. At that time, Beijiang's treasury was empty. After discussing with Mr. Feng, we invited several local wealthy families. However, those wealthy families have never even seen us. And they even let out the word that there is no way to borrow money from them."

"Don't these powerful families know that if the people in Beijiang disappear, their good days will come to an end?" Lin Feng asked.Most of these rich families have a lot of land and business.If all the people in Beijiang left, who would they ask to farm for them?There is no one in Beijiang, who else will they sell their things to?
"Master Xia and I have told those people all this, but they still kept the original sentence: no loan." Feng Yuanji said helplessly: "Even if Xiaguan and Master Xia promised to pay them an IOU, they would not borrow it." unwilling to borrow money."

"Headache." Lin Feng patted his head vigorously and said.This is really a troublesome question. These people are obviously like dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water. They don't borrow money, and they like to do whatever they want.Your court can't blatantly snatch me, right?

"Are all these wealthy families living in the provincial capital?" Lin Feng asked.

"That's not true. There are also a few who live in Linjiang Mansion, not far from here." Feng Yuanji explained.

After thinking for a while, Lin Feng said: "Since they are not far from here, Lord Lao Feng will send someone to pass on a message to them, saying that I invite them to come to the garrison camp."

"My lord, why don't you just say that directly?" Feng Yuanji looked at Lin Feng and asked.There was a hint of threat in Lin Feng's words.If such a direct message is sent, will it make people think that the imperial court is blackmailing the local gentry?
"That's it, don't change a word." Lin Feng said.He was clearly threatening.Since he is in charge of the three provinces, he has to come up with some iron and blood methods.Otherwise, can he still count on those gentry to hand over the money to the court?To collect money, there must be bloodshed.

"Yes, I will send someone there right away." Feng Yuanji said.

Feng Yuanji and Xia Yizhi came all the way, and after Lin Feng asked them to rest, he called Niu Jin over.

"My lord, what do you want from me?" Niu Jin came in and asked.

Handing the letter he just wrote to Niu Jin, Lin Feng said, "Send someone to deliver this letter to Mr. Lu Shuai immediately, the sooner the better."

"Okay, I'll send someone." Niu Jin said, and immediately turned around and left.

The content of Lin Feng's letter to Lu Shuai was very simple, asking him to check the details of these wealthy families in Linjiang, the more clear the better, it would be better if there was something dishonorable.It would be much easier if he was allowed to grasp something.

Moreover, based on Lin Feng's not-so-rich life experience, it can be deduced that none of these rich people's buttocks are clean, as long as they can't be found.

At lunch, Lin Feng ate with Hu Dazhi. "General Hu, I have something to trouble you for." During the dinner, Lin Feng said to Hu Dazhi.

Looking at Lin Feng, Hu Dazhi said: "Your Excellency, if you have anything to do, just tell me, if there is any trouble, don't bother."

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at the latest, there may be a few guests visiting your camp, so that the brothers can practice well. Release their murderous aura on the battlefield." Lin Feng said to Hu Dazhi.He did this just to give those gentry a feeling: If you don't give money, you will die!

"That's the way to do more things. Starting tomorrow, I will train them every day, and I will definitely not embarrass you." Hu Dazhi assured Lin Feng confidently.These days, because of Lin Feng's arrival, the food in the barracks has improved a lot. Hu Dazhi saw those puppies frisky all day long, and wondered if he should increase the amount of training. Just as Lin Feng said, he should increase his strength. training volume.

"Okay, I will trouble General Hu with this matter." Lin Feng said to Hu Dazhi.

The next day, the people sent by Feng Yuanji came back with the replies from the gentry: no.

"The shit is preparing for spring plowing, will they go to the field by themselves? Naturally, the housekeeper at home will arrange for this kind of thing." Lin Feng saw that they were busy with spring plowing and had no time to visit Lin Feng, the governor of the three provinces. He also invited Lin Feng Forgive me for such a thing.

"My lord, I have already said that these gentry have communicated with each other. They will not come." Feng Yuanji said to Lin Feng.Anyway, Feng Yuanji has been in Beijiang for a while, and he still knows some things about Beijiang very well.

"I still don't believe in this evil." Lin Feng patted the table and said: "Go again, tell those gentlemen and gentlemen that if they don't come, I will bring the soldiers to visit in person and let them prepare the soldiers' rations. .”

"My lord, is this inappropriate?" Feng Yuanji asked.

"There's nothing wrong with it." Lin Feng waved his hand and said, "We have to give them some color."

This time, the person who sent the message came back a little late, and brought back good news. The gentry in Linjiang decided to come to the garrison camp to condolences to the soldiers.And brought the hearts of the gentlemen.

Hearing this news, Lin Feng said: "It can be regarded as getting these old foxes here. If you don't bleed some blood this time, I will let you go back so easily?" Lin Feng was thinking in his heart, and he was also eagerly waiting for Shuai Lu. side news.

According to the replies in the letters from the gentry, they will come to the barracks in three days.For this, Lin Feng is not in a hurry, anyway, Lu Shuai's news hasn't come yet, so it doesn't matter to wait.

(End of this chapter)