Bachelor

Chapter 454 A Day

It is still six miles from where Sun Dan lives to Dahewei, Fengzhen military camp, and it takes a little time to go back and forth.

Knowing that this matter was no small matter, Han Yue immediately rode on a fast horse and ran towards Dahewei desperately.

Dahewei has its own army and horses, and it will take some time for Feng Zhen to rush over.After all the calculations, half an hour is still needed.

Sun Dan was not in a hurry, anyway, Yang Yiqing in the lobby still had an affair with the Yamen of Huai'an Prefecture and the Yamen of Hecao, and it would not be clear in a short while.

As far as Sun Dan knew, the bonds issued by the Lu Family Bank in the capital worked well, raising millions of taels of silver for the court. Yang Yiqing came to Huainan this time and brought more than 50 taels of silver with him for the earthquake disaster.This is real money, money is used everywhere in the local area, whoever has more and who has less has something to say.

Just now, several counties and rivers in Huainan were arguing over the whereabouts of the disaster relief money, and they all wanted more.Even the Xuedao yamen, which could not be beaten by two or eight poles, also stood up, saying that the counties in the counties have learned water and have become dilapidated houses, and they should take the opportunity to repair them. If the houses fall down and kill the scholars, Who is responsible?Also, should Xuedao reissue the lin rice owed to scholars in previous years?In order to increase their persuasiveness, the major yamen also moved out the account books of previous years, and each of them was red-faced.

Now, Yang Yiqing also knows that everyone needs money, so he can only try his best to coordinate, focus on the big and let go of the small, and strive to use the limited money to the most important places.As a cabinet member, sometimes he is really a paper maker.No matter how annoyed he was, he could only discuss it gently with everyone. After all, disaster relief needs to be done by local officials.

In the world, there is nothing more entangled and jealous than money.Although no one dared to steal the disaster relief money, but if you want to make political achievements, you can't do well if you don't have money.At that time, the imperial court will pursue it, and once the hat of disaster relief is unfavorable, the future will be over.

So, this matter is still up for debate.

Sun Dan was not in a hurry, and let Fang Wei stand there, while he picked up a book and read it leisurely.

Fang Wei was so nervous that he couldn't speak, and when he went to refill Sun Dan's teacup several times, his hands trembled violently.

Sun Dan didn't even look at her from the beginning to the end.

Feng Zhen and Han Yue came very quickly, and after waiting for less than half an hour, they saw Feng Zhen running into the house fully armed.He was covered in sweat, tall and burly, wearing a pair of leather armor, with a big bow on his back, and a wild goose feather knife hanging from his waist. He came with a murderous look, like a King Kong in a temple.

Looking outside the house, thirty guards were also dressed in the same outfit, so fierce that it was hard to breathe.

Feng Zhen: "Master, Feng Zhen is here to report, please give me instructions."

Sun Dan stood up: "Immediately surround the hall, and no one from Hecao is allowed to be released."

"Yes!" Feng Zhen cupped his hands and waved to the people outside. Thirty tough men pulled out their waist knives at the same time and rushed forward silently.

In Sun Dan's hall, there was still a commotion.

Someone is shouting: "Ge Lao, the attic, what do you need so much money for learning Taoism? The rice at the porridge factory is almost gone, and the pot is so clear that you can hardly stand chopsticks. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, If there are no chopsticks in the porridge for disaster relief, the relevant officials will be beheaded."

"The river course is also true. It was your embankment that burst, and now you are the ones asking for money the most. It is an extrajudicial favor not to hold you accountable, but now you are greedy?"

"The breach is a natural disaster, so what does it have to do with my river course? That's right, we need more money on the river course, but it is impossible not to make up for the breach. Every piece of soil, stone, and labor, doesn't cost money." ? It’s impossible to have so much money to do so many things, make up a section, leave a section and ignore it, right?”

……

The room was full of arguments, the rustling of the pages of the ledger.

Yang Yiqing only felt a real headache. As a veteran of the three dynasties, he had been in the officialdom for dozens of years. He naturally knew that disaster relief was not about giving out money.In fact, he can also use his authority to distribute the money all by himself. In this way, although the efficiency is improved.But in the future, there will definitely be people who will be dissatisfied with themselves, and they may not be willing to contribute.

Therefore, he is happy to let them argue, discuss, or bargain. There is no rush for this matter. If you don't wait for them to discuss the matter clearly today, there will be troubles in the future.

On the surface, Yang Yiqing still pretended to have nothing to do with himself, drank tea leisurely, and even chatted with Xia Yan and Wang Shu beside him.

Unlike Yang Yiqing, Wang Shu and Gan Bida seemed a little nervous, or reserved.When talking, I can't stop distracting.

Everyone here naturally has their own thoughts, but Zhang Cong standing in the middle of the hall is relaxed physically and mentally, constantly coordinating with the various yamen, and his behavior is decent, which makes people feel good.

Yang Yiqing couldn't help but nodded, thinking: Although this Zhang Cong is unbearable, he looks like a villain, but he is a good hand in politics, it's a pity.

Zhang Cong's coming to Huainan as an imperial envoy this time is actually the product of compromise between all parties in the court. He was originally the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Affairs and has been idled for two years. If there is no accident, he should be in this position for the rest of his life.

But this time for the disaster relief in Huainan, Huang Jin forced him in. Firstly, it was to add embarrassment to the cabinet members, and secondly, to see if there was any chance for Zhang Cong to take this opportunity to reap his political achievements so that he could recover and serve Huang, Zhang added a member to the party.The most important thing is that Huang Jin also knows that there is a big problem with Hecao. Sun Dan and even Yang Yiqing intend to use the flood to make a big fuss, turn the Hecao upside down, grab the big rabbit, and trap Huang Jin.In order to protect himself, Zhang Cong had to be here to watch.

Naturally, the courtiers were well aware of Huang Jin's thoughts and strongly opposed them.But the emperor probably knew that no matter how rotten the river was, Huang Jin needed to be preserved.Firstly, Huang Jin is his emperor's confidant, and secondly, if something happens to Huang Jin, who can restrain the cabinet?
After thinking about it for a long time, the emperor simply ordered Zhang Cong to be the deputy imperial envoy to put eye drops on the cabinet.

The hall was full of excitement, suddenly, Xia Yan who was sitting next to Yang Yiqing's eyelids twitched suddenly, and turned to look at Old Yang Ge: "Mr. Yang, it seems that something is wrong outside."

Yang Yiqing immediately closed his mouth and listened, only to hear rustling footsteps outside.Looking up, there are figures whirling outside the house, front, back, left, and right.

Startled, he stood up abruptly.

Yang Yiqing's actions attracted everyone's attention, and in a split second, the noisy hall immediately fell silent.

The sound of footsteps outside and clanging of weapons and armor became louder.

"Huh!" With a sound, the door of the hall was pushed open, and a tall man in armor strode in and shouted: "Except those from Nanhe Hecao, all adults can leave on their own!"

In a blink of an eye, the doors and windows were wide open, and the outside was full of heavily armed soldiers, completely enclosing a hall. ,
Everyone in the room is stunned, you look at me, I look at you, they don't know what to do.

Yang Yiqing knew Feng Zhen. He met Sun Dan on the road and joined the imperial envoy going south.Yang Yiqing knew that this guy was Sun Dan's family member, and now he was a thousand householder of Dahewei.

He was trembling with anger at Feng Zhen's audacity, and shouted angrily: "What is your status, Feng Zhen, you can come here? Mobilize the army for no reason, try to detain the court official, do you want to plot rebellion?"

Wang Shu and Gan Bida saw that Feng Zhen surrounded the hall and wanted to detain them as soon as they entered, they cried out badly and looked at each other.Then Ganbida jumped up, and slashed at Feng Zhen's neck with a palm, making it a dharma door with a knife in his hand, trying to get out of the door: "Rebel, take it down!"

Feng Zhen didn't talk nonsense, he punched out, Gan Bida's palm just hit his fist.

Eunuch Gan felt as if his palm had been cut on a fast stone, not only was his mouth bleeding from the shock, his whole body was also pushed back a few steps by a gentle force, and he sat down on the ground.

There was a chill in his heart, this martial art, this skill, even Huang Gonggong can't match it, so it is not an exaggeration to call it the best in the world.

"Except for the Hecao Yamen, all other adults can go out. Otherwise, if there is chaos later, it will be bad to hurt innocent people." Feng Zhen bowed his hands to everyone with a smile, and then said to Yang Yiqing: "The armor is here I can't fully salute you, so please forgive me. Yang Xiangxiu has to worry, Feng Zhen will protect you and leave."

"Boldly, tell Sun Dan to come out." Yang Yiqing raised his eyebrows in anger, he already understood that the delay in Sun Dan's arrival already explained the problem.This Feng Zhen is also Sun Dan's family member. Without Sun Jingyuan's instructions, how dare he surround the cabinet members?

As soon as the words fell, Sun Dan walked into the hall, cupped his hands all around, and said: "My lords have offended, the matter is urgent, today I have to offend."

Yang Yiqing roared angrily: "Sun Jingyuan, what do you want to do?"

When Zhang Cong saw Sun Dan coming in, he knew that Sun Dan must have something important to do. It seemed that he was going to take Wang Shu and Gan Bida to the knife.With a tacit understanding in his heart, he just walked to him silently, his heart was clear, he didn't say anything, and only met Sun Dan's eyes in the air.

Wang Shu also jumped up, and then Yang Yiqing shouted: "Sun Houzi, are you going to rebel? Yang Xiangnai is a cabinet minister and an imperial envoy. If you act like this, aren't you afraid of the laws of heaven and the country?"

Sun Dan didn't talk nonsense, "Feng Zhen, show me the flag of Wang Ming. I am also an imperial envoy, and I have the right to deal with local affairs cheaply."

Seeing Sun Danliang show up as an imperial envoy, Wang Shu and Gan Bida were stunned.

There was a chill in his heart, but cold sweat broke out from his vest.

The two looked at Sun Dan in panic, only to see Sun Dan walking to Yang Yiqing's side and whispering to Yang Yiqing, Zhang Cong and Xia Yan for a long time.

Then Yang Yiqing's eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't help but said in surprise: "This statement is true, do you have evidence?"

Sun Dan replied solemnly: "There is no evidence, but Sun Dan can use his personality to guarantee that this matter is absolutely true. As long as you give me time, I will definitely investigate and find out."

Yang Yiqing's complexion was not good: "There is no evidence. You are too careless to say these things. However, this matter is too appalling, and it cannot be justified without investigation. In this way, you can detain him, but not for too long. One day, I will only give you one day." .”

Sun Dan: "One day is enough time. If there is no result within one day, Sun Dan is willing to resign from the editorial position of the Imperial Academy and apologize to His Majesty."

(End of this chapter)