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Chapter 73 The Whereabouts of Wu Qingfeng

Chapter 73 The Whereabouts of Wu Qingfeng

"Shuai Lu." Lin Feng called his captain of the guard loudly.Lu Shuai came over immediately when he heard Lin Feng's call.Then he took out a bank note from his pocket and handed it to Li Wenyuan.

Li Wenyuan opened it and took a look, which shocked him.This is a silver ticket of 1000 taels.His annual salary as a county magistrate is only a few hundred taels.This 1000 taels is not a small number.

Looking at Lin Feng suspiciously, Li Wenyuan asked, "What do you mean, my lord?"

"We occupy Master Li's place, so it would be bad if Master Li paid for it? So, we pay the money ourselves. I just hope that Master Li can arrange a delicious meal for the brothers." Lin Feng said to Li Wenyuan Said: "Also, drink enough!"

Li Wenyuan was not an idiot, and instantly understood what Lin Feng meant.Lin Feng knew that Xing'an County was poor and didn't want them to bleed, so he took out the money himself.This also avoided Li Wenyuan's embarrassment.

Bowing deeply to Lin Feng, Li Wenyuan said, "Thank you, my lord."

Hurrying to help Li Wenyuan up, Lin Feng said, "Master Li, what are you talking about? If you want to say thank you, I thank you too."

"The lower officials will definitely make arrangements for the brothers to have a hot and delicious meal." Li Wenyuan almost patted his chest to promise.

"In this way, there will be Mr. Lao Li." Lin Feng also cupped his hands and said.

Lin Feng brought more than 1000 soldiers. If all these soldiers entered the city, there would be no place for them to stay.So Lin Feng ordered He Wei to lead the troops to camp outside the city.In order to cooperate with Lin Feng, Li Wenyuan also urgently mobilized enough cooks from the city to buy a lot of ingredients.Get ready to cook a delicious meal for the soldiers.

The soldiers were stationed outside the city, while Lin Feng and other generals, accompanied by Li Wenyuan, entered the city.After all, Lin Feng and the others can be regarded as high-ranking officials anyway, so they should go to the city as a matter of course.Moreover, Li Wenyuan insisted on asking Lin Feng and the others to enter the city, and it was not easy for Lin Feng to shirk.Of course, the most important thing is that Lin Feng does have important things to do when he enters the city.

Li Wenyuan accompanied Lin Feng, Xin Hong and others to eat at the largest restaurant in Xing'an County.This can be regarded as Li Wenyuan's friendship as a landlord.Regarding this, Lin Feng did not shirk, and followed Li Wenyuan and the others upstairs.

As a local parent officer, Li Wenyuan is still very dignified.The shopkeeper of the restaurant personally waited on him.Hearing that Lin Feng and others are high officials of the imperial court, the shopkeeper was really frightened.When had he seen such a posture?However, a few words from Li Wenyuan relieved the nervousness of the shopkeeper.For this, Lin Feng had to admire Li Wenyuan.

Li Wenyuan, Lin Feng and others entered a box.In order to express his warm welcome to Lin Feng and others, the shopkeeper actually announced that the restaurant was closed to the public and devoted himself to serving Lin Feng and others.Lin Feng disagreed with the boss's approach, and it would be fine to let the boss continue to operate normally.

But the boss is unwilling to say anything.Lin Feng had no choice but to ask the boss to stop the business.I can only wait for them to finish eating and compensate the boss for a little loss.

With the concerted efforts of the rest of the restaurant, a table of sumptuous meals soon appeared in front of Lin Feng and the others.Of course, Xing'an County is a small place after all, and the cooks are not as good as the masters of the big restaurants in the capital.The style of the dishes is not gorgeous enough, but many of these dishes are made of local specialties, which are impossible to eat elsewhere.

Looking at the table full of food, Xin Hong was not very interested, his eyes kept scanning around.Seeing Xin Hong looking around, the shopkeeper couldn't help asking: "What is this adult looking for, can you tell me?"

"Wine? Where's the wine? It would be a pity if there is no wine for the dishes on this big table." Xin Hong said with a regretful look.When the dishes first came, he was waiting for the wine, but the waiter didn't serve the wine until now.

As soon as Xin Hong's words came out, several other generals immediately laughed. "Why are you laughing? Don't you want to drink?" Xin Hong looked at the generals and asked.

"Shopkeeper, serve some more jars of good wine." Seeing his subordinates like this, Lin Feng couldn't help laughing, and said to the shopkeeper.

"Yes, my lord. It's just that the small shop doesn't have any good wines. They are all ordinary wines. I don't know if the adults are used to drinking them?" The shopkeeper said a little scared.The reason why he didn't let people serve the wine was because he felt that his own wine couldn't be sold.

"It's okay, shopkeeper. As long as it's wine, it doesn't matter if it's a good wine or not? Anyway, we're a rough man, and we can't taste any difference in good wine." Xin Hong said loudly to the shopkeeper.

With Xin Hong's words, the shopkeeper is relieved.Immediately asked the buddy to bring a few jars of wine up.When asked about the aroma of wine, Xin Hong couldn't sit still.He didn't wait for the waiter to put down the wine jar.He went over to take the wine jar by himself.Then he poured himself a bowl.He looked at Lin Feng again, and said with some embarrassment: "My lord, I will try this for you first, try it." Xin Hong took a big gulp while speaking.

Hearing Xin Hong's explanation, Lin Feng also asked cooperatively: "How is this wine?"

"Good wine, good wine." Xin Hong said, and filled Lin Feng, Li Wenyuan and the others.Then he raised his glass and said, "My lord, for our victory, let's do one first." After finishing speaking, he straightened his neck and drank it down.

Shaking his head, Lin Feng has seen someone who loves to drink, but this is the first time Lin Feng has seen someone who loves to drink like Xin Hong.However, during the war, Xin Hong did not drink at all, which also shows that although Xin Hong is addicted to alcohol, he can still know what he knows.

At the wine table, everyone kept drinking and chatting.Especially Xin Hong, with Lin Feng's permission, he completely let go of drinking.The table was full of people, and he basically toasted one by one, just to have a reason to drink more.

After several rounds of drinking, the shop waiter didn't know how much wine was brought up. "Shopkeeper, we don't have much wine in stock." The waiter whispered to the shopkeeper.

"Hurry up to the winery and buy some more. Make sure these adults drink it well." The shopkeeper immediately ordered Xiaoer.Xiao Er took the order and immediately went out to buy wine.From this, it can also be seen how much Xin Hong and the others drank.

Finally, when Xin Hong was drunk, the dinner was considered to be over.With the support of the soldiers who came to greet them, Xin Hong and his generals walked towards the station outside the city.And Lin Feng followed Li Wenyuan towards the county government office.They still have things to discuss.

Sitting in Li Wenyuan's study room, he took a sip of the tea served by his servants. Lin Feng also drank a lot today. If he didn't know that he would have something important to do later, he might have already drunk it.

"There is a place where the hospitality is not good today, and I hope you will forgive me." Li Wenyuan said to Lin Feng.After all, Lin Feng came from the capital, so he didn't know if the food in a small place like his was to his liking.

"What about Mr. Li, I think I'm bothering Mr. Li." Lin Feng put down the teacup in his hand and said: "Today, I returned to the county office with Mr. Li, and I want to talk to Mr. Li about something."

"I don't know what orders your lord has?" Li Wenyuan said very humbly.Although he was very happy today, Li Wenyuan was very restrained and drank the least amount of alcohol among all the people.He was also the only one who wasn't drunk.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lin Feng asked, "What does Master Li think about the situation in Jiangbei and Nanjiang?"

"This kind of thing is naturally planned by the emperor, how can there be room for officials to think too much?" Li Wenyuan avoided this topic very mechanically.After all, he is only a seventh-rank county magistrate, so it is better for him to be less involved in such a big event.

Laughing, Lin Feng said: "Since Mr. Li dare not say it, how about I tell you to listen to me?"

"But according to your lord's orders." Li Wenyuan said.

"The King Wu's rebellion this time directly led to the annihilation of the entire army of officials in Jiangnan Province and Beijiang Province. Although there are also people who have been facing the court like Mr. Li, they will inevitably be transferred from their original positions at that time. Regarding this time Regarding the transfer of court officials, I think most of them will come from the court, but there will also be some people who will be transferred from other places, what does Master Li think?" Lin Feng asked.The reason why he asked Li Wenyuan was because he felt that Li Wenyuan was a good official. Under such circumstances, if Li Wenyuan basically did not find a backer in the court, his official career would basically come to an end here, and Lin Feng was very willing to be his official. of the backer.After all, now Lin Feng has all generals in his hands, and none of the civil servants.

"Your Excellency asked this question, but I still brought the lower official in. Since the adult asked, then the lower official can express his own opinion." Li Wenyuan thought for a while, and said to Lin Feng.

"The lower official believes that the imperial court is very likely to send officials from other provinces, so that it can prevent the Jiangbei and Nanjiang provinces from happening again, and indirectly weaken the control of the local governors. Because there are Once the officials are transferred, some officials will definitely be transferred there. At the same time, the imperial court can gradually take in some power from various places." After Li Wenyuan finished speaking, he looked up at Lin Feng to see what expression Lin Feng had.

"You're right, keep talking." Lin Feng said to Li Wenyuan.What Li Wenyuan said, Lin Feng did not think of it.Indeed, this is also a very good excuse to dispatch officials from various places, and each place will transfer some of them, and it is also under the patience of the governors of those places, so as not to push them into a hurry.

Opening his mouth, Li Wenyuan hesitated, and said: "Also, the imperial court probably doesn't want another Li Henian to appear. Therefore, it is impossible for the imperial court to send all the officials from the capital. Because most of these people are Someone who has a close relationship with the new prime minister."

Of course, what Li Wenyuan said was not complete, but what he said was obvious.The new prime minister naturally refers to Liu Rufeng.If the imperial court removed all the officials from the Jiangbei and Nanjiang provinces and sent someone from the central court, there would be a high probability that they would be Liu Rufeng's people.In this way, the two provinces of Jiangbei and Nanjiang were actually controlled by Liu Rufeng, which was not good for the imperial court.It is estimated that the queen mother can also think of this problem, so when sending new officials to Jiangbei and Nanjiang, this problem must be considered.

"Then which provinces do you think are more likely to transfer people from?" Lin Feng continued to ask.As for the situation in the officialdom, a civil official like Li Wenyuan is much better than Lin Feng.After all, Lin Feng was a monk halfway through, and he really didn't know much about this kind of officialdom.

Shaking his head, Li Wenyuan said: "It's hard to say. It should be one or two people from each province. After all, no matter which province has too many people, it will make the governor of that province feel dangerous."

Nodding his head, Lin Feng knew that what Li Wenyuan said was the truth.Although the court quelled King Wu's rebellion, the court's control over various places is still weak.Once the imperial court shows weakness, it is very likely that the governors in various places will no longer obey the orders of the central imperial court.If King Wu rebelled this time, the court showed a weak side, then the governors from all over the country are very likely to rebel with King Wu. This is one of the reasons why Li Henian has been preventing the troops from the capital from leaving the capital to fight the rebellion.

From Li Wenyuan's analysis of this matter, Lin Feng knew that he knew too little about the officialdom.He urgently needs someone who understands officialdom to assist him.Although I have the support of the queen mother, if I don't pay much attention to the officialdom, I am afraid that even the queen mother may not be able to keep me. After all, the officialdom is a battlefield without gunpowder, and Lin Feng is obviously not the opponent of those old fritters .

"I don't know if Mr. Li has thought about where he will be transferred?" Lin Feng asked suddenly.As an official of Jiangbei Province, Li Wenyuan didn't participate in King Wu's rebellion, but it was difficult for him to stay in his original post afterwards.This is also the unspoken rule of the imperial court.

Shaking his head, Li Wenyuan said: "I'm afraid that the next official will end up as an alternate. Then he will be idle at home." Li Wenyuan himself understands better than anyone else that not only does he have no backer, but the province he is in is one of the two rebellious provinces.It would be a great gift for the court not to hold him accountable, but it would be even more difficult if he still wanted to be an official.

Regarding Li Wenyuan's own guess, Lin Feng was noncommittal.Instead, I asked another question: "Master Li thinks, among the two provinces of Jiangbei and Nanjiang, which prefecture is the most important?"

The reason why Lin Feng asked this was because he really didn't understand.It stands to reason that Jinling City is good, but he has also heard that there is a heaven and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou. According to this, Suzhou and Hangzhou are also good.However, what he heard more was that the merchants in Yangzhou were the wealthiest. This is reflected in the ancient poem "With a waist of [-] guan, ride a crane to Yangzhou." rich.

(End of this chapter)