Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 391
Wang Mang didn't go back to the big tent of the Chinese army, but returned his consciousness directly to Chang'an City, and landed on Wang Laoshi. Wang Laoshi's eyes flashed, and he became Wang Mang in an instant.

Chu Feng is routinely reporting the current situation of Chang’an City to Wang Laoshi. As the director of law enforcement, Chu Feng is still relatively busy, but no matter how busy he is, Chu Feng will find Wang Laoshi to report on his work regularly. Chu Feng knows that he is not liked by Wang Mang. Now it looks like flowers are blooming, but in fact life is not easy.

As a minister, if there is no holy family, what's the point.

Seeing Chu Feng for the first time, Wang Mang was taken aback for a moment, then after thinking about it, he interrupted Chu Feng's report directly: "Chu Feng, I remember that you once served as the Order of Hedong?"

Chu Feng was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why the left-behind prince suddenly asked such a question, so he nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, I served as an officer in Hedong 15 years ago. That was my only local experience, and I was deeply touched. Recalling that time many times in these years, I have the idea of ​​returning to Hedong to do things for the people of Hedong."

"Since you have such an idea, Chu Feng, why not let His Majesty Wang Zuoming ask you to be the Hedong Commander?" Wang Mang laughed.

Chu Feng's expression froze, he meant to say polite words and brag, how could he really go to Hedong, so he said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty was joking, this officer is now in charge of the Law Enforcement Bureau, this is His Majesty's newly established yamen , There are a lot of affairs, and I am busy until midnight every day, and I still feel that I don’t have enough time. If I have more free time, I can go to Hedong, but now I really can’t do it because of the errands assigned by Your Majesty.”

Wang Mang looked at Chu Feng with a half-smile, and said a lot of nonsense, but actually he only said a word, and didn't want to go, but Wang Mang didn't bother to expose him, so he asked, "When you were the Hexi Commander, did you have any contact with the Hexi Commander?"

Hearing this, Chu Feng's thoughts immediately diverged. The news of Hexi ordered Chen Hongliang's suicide had reached Chang'an. When he arrived in Hexi, Chu Feng immediately understood what the person in front of him wanted to ask.

Chu Feng said directly: "Back to the lord, when I was an official, I was young and didn't have much social contact, and I didn't have any contact with the Hexi Ling at that time."

"Really?" Wang Mang said, "Why did I hear that the people of the east and the west of the river often fight together for a golden river, and the county magistrates of the two places often sit together and talk to deal with the conflicts caused by the golden river. Are you really not familiar with He Xiling at that time, or..."

"Xiaguan now thinks about it. It's really like this. Every year, Xiaguan will discuss the water consumption of Jinhe with Chen Li, then Hexi Ling. However, the contact between Xiaguan and Hexi is limited to Jinhe affairs. It is really a trivial matter in Xiaguan's management of Hedong affairs, not worth mentioning, so Xiaguan didn't think about it for a while." Chu Feng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and refused to admit it.

Wang Mang knew that Chu Feng had scruples, and he didn't want to say or dared to say many things, but at this moment he had to say it, and with a cold snort, Wang Mang said: "Chu Feng, you should know that this king, the stay-at-home prince, has been given by His Majesty." You should understand what you should say if you are the one who cuts first and plays second."

"Your official understands." Chu Feng wiped his cold sweat again.

"It's good to understand." Wang Mang snorted coldly: "My king told you one thing, Hexi Commander Chen Hongliang colluded with South Korea to lead Han soldiers into Qin, and repeatedly harassed the imperial court's rescue army at Hangu Pass. His Majesty was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. Do you know what that means."

"I don't know." Chu Feng was really frightened at this moment. He only knew about He Xiling's suicide, but he didn't know why. It was too big, and Chu Feng couldn't imagine how Chen Hongliang would dare to do such a thing.

"It doesn't matter if you know it or not." Wang Mang continued: "What I want to tell you is that Hexi Ling Chen Hongliang is a spy of South Korea, and the eight counties near Hexi are also more or less unclear from South Korea. If it wasn't for this, it would be impossible for Chen Hongliang's men to arrange all the soldiers from Hexi to the area close to Hangu Pass."

After a pause, Wang Mang continued: "So His Majesty has ordered Haifeng to send people to thoroughly investigate the officials of all the counties and counties near Hangu Pass, not only the current affairs, but also the past ones, and you are also on the list."

Chu Feng was just frightened just now, and now he collapsed on the ground, looked at Wang Mang with a pale face, and said, "Your Majesty, you have to tell Your Majesty that this matter has nothing to do with the lower officials, who have been away from Hedong for more than ten years. No matter what happened in Hedong, I don't care about the matter of the lower officials."

"You have been away for more than ten years, but the question is, did the matter between Han Jun and Hexi happen in the past few years or in the past few months?" Wang Mang asked.

The tunnels in the Hexi Ling Yamen will never be repaired in a short time. This kind of tunnel that can communicate between the two countries, whether it is newly built or repaired, will consume an astronomical amount of manpower and material resources. Therefore, the Hexi Ling of all dynasties It may not be clean, and the counties near Hexi may not be clean either.

Seeing Chu Feng, Wang Mang also had a sudden whim, and wanted to try this old boy to see if he had anything in his hand. He didn't expect to see the old boy's expression, as if he really knew something. I have to ask thoroughly.

Chu Feng is really afraid of Wang Mang now, he managed to keep his status as a minister in the court by begging for nothing, and he is unwilling to give up his current glory and wealth no matter what, the Wang in front of him is honest, regardless of him What was his origin in the past, but now he is the prince who stays behind, Wang Mang’s most trusted clan prince, and Wang Mang’s confidant, Chu Feng even wondered whether the person in front of him said what he said or what Wang Mang wanted to ask him, but Chu Feng also understood , no matter which one, he is powerless to resist.

Racking his brains and thinking over and over again, Chu Feng said with a sad face: "My lord, you just let go of the lower officials. The lower officials really don't understand the things in the east and west."

"Didn't you just say that you did a lot of practical things for the people there?" Wang Mang asked.

"It should have done a lot." Chu Feng said weakly.

"What do you mean should be, what should be should be what should be, what should not be should not be, what does should mean?" Wang Mang said coldly.

"This..." Chu Feng gritted his teeth, and said directly: "My lord, this is actually the case. Although I am serving as the commander of Hedong, I really can't get my hands on the affairs of Hedong. When I was an official, I was in the center of the court." Serving as an officer in Hedong is to get a resume of governing the region. In fact, the subordinate officials did not know anything about governing the region at that time. , I really haven’t done it before.”

"Then why do you say you have done many things?" Wang Mang said.

"This was reported by the subordinate officials in Hedong at that time." Chu Feng said with embarrassment: "My lord, in fact, it's not that the subordinate does not do anything. In Hedong, the subordinate is just an outsider. Those locals in Hedong The officials are the real masters of the river east. No one knows what the lower officials do when they come out of the yamen for gold plating. What the lower officials can do is to let the subordinate officials do it. Anyway, from the report, what they do is also pretty good."

"Hmph!" Wang Mang snorted coldly, and Chu Feng, who had just stood up in shock, collapsed again.

(End of this chapter)