After Qin Zhan left, Fang Yuan lay back in the big chair and asked Jing Jie, "Third brother, how many sergeants did the three general soldiers of Ma Lin, Feng Ting, and Naji bring to Fengyang this time?" ”

Jing Jie was stunned, Fang Yuan suddenly asked such a sensitive question about the number of sergeants, which showed that he was really suspicious of Ma Lin. The number of troops participating in the parade, Jing Jie had strictly checked it before, Fang Yuan suddenly asked, he also blurted out, "Boss, Feng Ting brought three hundred, Najib brought even less, only one hundred people accompanying the guards." The sergeants brought by these two men were within reasonable limits. As for Malin, who brought two thousand on this trip, he still came by sea, and twenty large sea ships docked at the wharf in Fengyang. ”

It's not that they came to Fengyang to support the battlefield, the number of 2,000 people is too big!

Fang Yuan's premonition was confirmed, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly, "Ma Lin, he brought so many sergeants here, what does he want to do?!" Zhejiang went north to Fengyang, it should have been the Grand Canal, why did he take the sea route?! ”

Jing Jie had sensed that something was wrong with Ma Lin and his party before, but because Ma Lin was a veteran general, and there was no other news to prove that Ma Lin's behavior was different, he didn't pay much attention to it.

At this moment, Jing Jie linked the issue of emergency grain reserves, and knew that Ma Lin had brought so many accompanying sergeants to Fengyang on this trip, and he was really ill-intentioned, so he snorted coldly and said, "Boss, Ma Lin is really a wolf ambition!" ”

Fang Yuan had a different opinion from him, shook his head and said, "No, Ma Lin doesn't have the courage to plot against him, he is actually a thief!" If there is an accident, he wants to escape south from the Grand Canal back to Zhejiang, and he will be blocked by layers along the way, and he wants to escape back to Zhejiang by sea. ”

Jing Jie also agreed with Fang Yuan's reasoning, and hurriedly asked, "Boss, should we quickly cut through the mess and arrest Ma Lin immediately?!" ”

Fang Yuan still shook his head and said, "All this is our speculation, and it is guessed that Ma Lin cannot be convicted. Before the case is investigated, there is no need to make a fuss. Wait for Governor Hu and the news from Lao Si's side to arrive. Third child, you sent someone to secretly monitor Ma Lin, and the two thousand sergeants you brought. Well, arrange some more military affairs for Ma Lin, drag him in Fengyang, and don't have an excuse to return to Zhejiang. ”

Jing Jie understands in his heart, to deal with a veteran general like Ma Lin, there must be real evidence, Fang Yuan is waiting for Jinyi Wei to find out, and then deal with Ma Lin. Until then, I still don't want to startle the snake.

Seeing off Jing Jie, Fang Yuan returned to his tentative residence in the Fengyang Governor's Mansion alone.

According to Fang Yuan's arrangement, from the consideration of saving expenses, the palace of Fengyang Imperial City did not have to be repaired, and only the Fengtian Hall of Fengyang Imperial City was selected as the palace for handling official business; The Wenlou, the Wulou, the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall in front of the Fengtian Hall are respectively used as the offices of the Cabinet, the Six Ministries and the Military Office; The harem is divided into the East Palace and the West Palace, Fang Yuan took the East Palace as his bedroom, and the three small palaces in the West Palace were left to the princess, Xiaoyuan, and even Chen Yuanyuan had a budget.

As for the scale and texture of the construction, it can be saved, and it is not necessary to make carved fences and jade bricks, which are brilliant and splendid, and the people and money are lost.

According to Jing Jie and Xi Benzhen's estimates, it will take at least a year for the Fengyang Imperial City to be repaired, and before that, Fang Yuan can only temporarily live in the previous Fengyang Governor's Mansion.

Fang Yuan had just returned to his dormitory, and Wang Bingjian, the first assistant who had moved to Fengyang in advance, came to ask for a meeting, but brought urgent government affairs that needed to be dealt with.

Fang Yuan immediately returned to the lobby, met Wang Bingjian, and asked him to sit down and watch tea.

Wang Bingjian said with a solemn expression, "Lord Regent, the Fujian Political Secretary has come to report that the hurricane has swept the five coastal provinces, and the 300,000 people and fishermen along the coast have no food and clothing. The local government has long run out of food, and the palace is required to immediately allocate 200,000 stone of grain to Fujian for disaster relief. ”

Disaster relief is like fighting a fire, if it is a day late, countless lives will be lost, Fang Yuan hurriedly said, "Yes, 200,000 stone of grain will be allocated from Zhejiang's emergency reserve grain and transported to Fujian for disaster relief nearby." ”

Wang Bingjian said again, "Second, did the regent agree to King Lu of Huai'an Mansion to borrow 200,000 stones?!" ”

Huai'an Mansion has just gone through the war, and the people's livelihood is withering, and lending grain to Zhu Yihai is not for Zhu Yihai to squander, but actually to save the people of Huai'an Mansion. In addition, Zhu Yihai has already surrendered to Fang Yuan, Huai'an Mansion is not only Zhu Yihai's fiefdom, but also Fang Yuan's territory, of course, he can't die without help.

Fang Yuan nodded again and said, "Yes, this cabinet is also going to be done soon, or it will be allocated from Zhejiang's emergency reserve grain and sent to Huai'an Mansion along the Grand Canal!" ”

Wang Bingjian also wrote it down again, and continued to ask, "Regent, Fengyang has just been occupied, and there is no surplus grain this year. The 150,000 Xuanjia Army is stationed in Fengyang Mansion, and the military food consumed in a year is 300,000 or 400,000 stones, and the regent is also ready?! ”

Fang Yuan spread out the account books of the independent accounting group and carefully checked the accounts, Zhejiang's emergency reserve grain still had 850,000 stones, which should be enough to support the military rations of the Xuanjia Army garrison. He couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately, he took precautions and built an emergency reserve military field in Shaoxing Mansion, otherwise it would be really overstretched to transfer so much military ration at once.

Fang Yuan also nodded, "Yes!" The official rations of the emergency reserve are sufficient to meet the needs. ”

Wang Bingjian saw that he was full of confidence, and he had nothing to say, "Then, the regent, the cabinet, and the six ministries will go and do it." ”

Fang Yuan looked at Wang Bingjian's back and secretly thought that at present, the food in various places is only enough to barely meet the expenses of all places under his jurisdiction, and there is no surplus military food to support the Northern Expedition. It seems that the time of the Northern Expedition will be delayed at least until after the autumn harvest next year.

Of course, a thought that made Fang Yuan uneasy also came to mind, that is, the amount of emergency grain reserves in Zhejiang. The number of emergency reserve grain in the account is 850,000 stone of grain, and Fang Yuan has already arranged a radish and a pit to use. If there is no 800,000 stone of grain in the granary, the consequences are really unimaginable.

Fang Yuan returned to the bedroom in the backyard with a heavy heart, these days, Chen Yuanyuan and the two maids brought from the peach garden had already made the bedroom warm and comfortable, with a high bed and a warm quilt and a fragrant breeze.

Fang Yuan tossed all day, parades, celebration banquets, and also dealt with the affairs of the military and the cabinet, he was already tired like a dog, and when he returned to his bedroom, he just lay on the high bed, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Chen Yuanyuan is considerate and gentle, and he doesn't disturb him to rest, but just gently massages his head and cheeks for him, and hums Jiangnan tunes in his mouth.

Fang Yuan listened to Chen Yuanyuan's Jiangnan tune, but his thoughts returned to the courtyard in Beijing seven years ago. At the beginning, Xiao Yuan was only twelve or thirteen years old, and like Chen Yuanyuan, he took care of his daily life carefully, occasionally humming small tunes and telling jokes, and his life was warm and quiet.

Seven years have passed, and the soft-spoken girl has become Mrs. Yuan of the palace, and she has also given Fang Yuan two sons, and she can even temporarily handle government affairs on behalf of Fang Yuan, which is more powerful than the princess. But the soft language of the year is gone, replaced by ambition; The quiet life in the backyard is gone, and the princess is known to passers-by, framed, assassinated, and does everything.

What's more, the independent accounting team under her name actually colluded with the military generals and began to make fake accounts. The harem colluded with the Jinyi Guard, which Fang Yuan could tolerate, because it was all a matter of the inner court. But if the harem colludes with the military, it is the harem interfering in politics, which is the way to cause trouble in all dynasties, and Fang Yuan will never tolerate it.

Xiao Yuan came to this point, Fang Yuan was both distressed and cold, and couldn't help but groan, "Life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind sad painting fan!" ”

He thought about it, hated Xiao Yuan, was angry at his misfortune, his nose was slightly sore, and tears flowed out.