Seeing that Fan Jin agreed to make a move, Chen Xizhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the brocade guard was also relieved. At present, the people in the entire Jiangning officialdom are eager to solve the problem, and they will naturally not refuse Fan Jin's request. Fan went in and out to capture the ticket, and sent someone to Jiangning County to get people, and Chen Xizhang was in charge of the flowers, with his approval, Shangyuan arrested and quickly raised people across the county from the procedural aspect, and the other point is that no one wants to drag Fan Jin into the water with this matter. Fan Jin deliberately gave a few words in Zhang Tieji's ear before letting a cadre of officials go out.

As soon as this major event came to an eyebrow, other matters were not urgent for the time being, and Chen Xizhang also regained a little calmness and sat down to taste the good tea of the Yang family. In front of the two civil officials, a thousand households in brocade clothes had nothing to say, and they were uncomfortable even staying, so they hurriedly retreated. When Chen Xizhang saw him leaving, he said in a low voice:

"Think back, what are you going to do with this Feng Bangning? You can't really ask him about his sin, can you? ”

"Shaofu rest assured, the lower officials are not confused, how can they not know what is involved. As long as he doesn't rebel, even if it's killing people and setting fires in the street, there's nothing we can do about him. However, the people are on fire right now, and saying that saving people is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and saying that taking people makes the people sound at least smooth, and it is more convenient to lead people. ”

"It's rare to think that you are so calm at a young age, you don't panic, and you can think of the people's hearts, and it's no wonder that those fathers and villagers are willing to buy your account. If our officials can be like you, why is there such a mess. The official came from Jiangning County, and there was chaos along the way. I don't know where the public is going, if it weren't for a team of soldiers to escort it, even the official's palanquin would not be easy to get here. As soon as the Qinhuai River was crossed, the scene changed, although there were many more soldiers on the street, but in general, it was peaceful. Many large households still have military fortifications on their doors, which is much stronger than the chaos in Jiangning County. It is no wonder that so many people braved the heavy rain to cross the river and run to Shangyuan, originally the two counties lived in the same city and lived with the river as the boundary, and the jurisdiction was different from the people's livelihood, but now it seems that there is a difference between cloud and mud. ”

Fan Jin smiled, "Shaofu praised it." Xia Guan just did some errands in his own part, and he didn't dare to be praised by Shaofu. As long as the people are regarded as the people, the people will treat me as their parents, and they will not let me be unable to step down, and the situation can be maintained. In the past, Shangyuan County put an end to usury, did not allow people to repay debts, and did not allow violent debt collection, although these things were still a beginning, but for those slaves, it was a hope. If they are not desperate, how can they be slaves? Shangyuan County gave them a way out, so they naturally wouldn't go overboard. Moreover, it is the errand who is willing to patrol hard, rain or shine. When Shangyuan set up a canteen for the officials to provide rations for the families of the officials and re-practiced the third shift, there were a lot of strange words in Jiangning County, thinking that we were grandstanding and making trouble for nothing. Now there's the difference. The servants on his side are quick to arrest, but they are just messing around, and they are the ones who bully the people on weekdays, but now when they come out to employ people, they can't see any of them, and they naturally can't count on the matter of quelling the people's uprising. There are gains and losses, there are rewards for pay, and the world is so fair. ”

Chen Xizhang is only half of Fan Jin's words at most, and he has been in officialdom for a long time, and his eyes are like electricity. Looking at the layout of Shangyuan County, it is not so much that the daily patrol is effective, but that it has been prepared in advance. It was as if he had known about this slavery in advance and had taken precautions. But the problem is that there is no evidence for this accusation, and Fan Jin's roots are not necessarily weaker than Feng Bangning, he is not crazy in his brain, so he naturally will not bite Fan Jin without evidence.

As the second-in-command of Ying Tianfu, the problem he is thinking about now is not how to keep the city, but how to keep Wusha afterwards. Rescuing Feng Bangning or finding Fan Jin are all preparing for this incident. After all, if there is such a big mess, he will definitely be held accountable afterwards. The civil and military yamen were reluctant to take action, and they were also worried that they would be ripped off at this moment. Fan Jin is Shangyuan County Commander and sent a tolerance to arrest Feng Bangning, so he can't say that he is completely irresponsible in this matter, plus he also has a backer, so he doesn't care much about carrying mines. According to Chen Xizhang's thoughts, the best ending is that Fan Jin also helps to share some pots and reduce the pressure of Yingtian's officialdom.

But if you can think of this kind of thing, Fan Jin doesn't care about it now, then the matter is still difficult to do, so I have to use words to trick him. Although Fan Jin is young, he can't slip his hands, and at the same time he resolutely refuses to take the blame, pushing everything away, so that he can't catch it.

Chen Xizhang had no choice but to ask again: "Thinking about this idea of saving people is not bad, it is better than sending troops to take it hard." But I don't really understand, why do you have to sue the Yang family? The name of the Yang family, this official has also heard of it, and in the past, it was by relying on the power of Eunuch Huang that he had this family business. Now that Eunuch Huang is seeing that he is unable to protect himself, and the Yang family has had accidents one after another, he can't support it for long. There is no need to let him take the lead, even if he wants to show favor to the gentry, he should be replaced by another person. ”

"Are the slaves and maids in Huang Enhou's house also making trouble?"

"It's much more serious than that, his inner weaving and dyeing bureau is occupied by mechanics, and it's about the same as the Shenbo Hall. Huang Enhou is now running to hide in the Jinyi Guard's yamen, but he will not wait for someone to save him like Feng Bangning, but if such a big thing happens, the responsibility will definitely not be able to escape, and the Yang family has no hope of using him as a backer. ”

"The Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau has been seized, and the government still doesn't send troops to help him take it back?"

Chen Xizhang smiled bitterly, "He also wants the government to send troops, but although there are many yamen in Jiangning now, there are few people who are willing to send troops to troubled the water." What the officers leading the troops are most worried about is that the current soldiers are also instigated to mutiny, and it is too late to restrain their subordinates, and they will not be able to draw many troops. Besides, no one wants to go to the place of the Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau. All the silk is placed there, and the account books have always been in the hands of Huang Enhou. Judging from Huang Enhou's personality, at this time, when he sent troops to quell the chaos, he turned his head and counted the deficit of silk and satin cloth on the heads of the officers and soldiers, and no one was willing to do thankless things. So as long as he doesn't die, no one will do the thing of sending troops. Besides, if you want to send troops now, you must have troops to send out. ”

The number of servants in the whole city is far more than that of the soldiers and horses, and they make trouble together, and the officers and soldiers have a great worry of taking care of one thing and losing the other, and besides, it is not something that the officers and soldiers can make a decision about where to save first and then where to save, and everything must be arranged by the superiors. As the superiors of these officers and soldiers, the matter they are thinking about is not as simple as suppressing the rebellion and restoring order.

It is necessary to consider not only Huang Enhou's face, but also the attitude of the gentry, and most importantly, his own future. At present, there are many places to be soldiers, and there is a serious shortage of troops, and it is impossible for everyone to be saved, and some people are destined to be sacrificed, and their belongings or families will be lost.

Logically, Huang Enhou is the highest priority for rescue, but from a practical point of view, Huang Enhou is only a eunuch and does not help much with the local administration. Local governance still relies on the support of the gentry, and at this time, it will be difficult to carry out local administrative work in the future if troops are not sent to rescue these people first, but first to save eunuchs.

Besides, the discipline of the officers and soldiers in these years is not trustworthy, and in places like the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, all the silk is placed, and there may be silver. When the officers and soldiers arrived in that kind of place, it was difficult to guarantee that Qiu would not commit any crimes, and coupled with Huang Enhou's personality, naturally no one wanted to look for trouble. In fact, even saving the gentry is the same, Fan Jin has a relationship with the Duke of Wei, and can control the patrols of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the general yamen does not have this ability to restrain his subordinates, and there is no way to ensure that the soldiers will not burn and loot when they arrive at the big households. Those gentry who were robbed by slaves had no place to reason, and if they were robbed by officers and soldiers, those people would not be polite to the government.

With these concerns, although there are soldiers in Jiangning City, no one dares to send them. Everyone does more and makes more mistakes, and less mistakes and mistakes are not taken care of except for ensuring the safety of the noble family and the official palace. As for Huang Enhou, he had a bad relationship with Jiangning's civil and military yamen, and who was impatient to help him at this time.

Although the eunuch did not lose the responsibility of the yamen's beheading, Chen Xizhang was a veteran of officialdom and had already smelled a trace of it from it. I'm afraid this matter is just the beginning, the real trouble is still to come, and when the slavery subsides, Huang Enhou's trouble may have just begun.

Although the Yang family has a good name, they have also helped civil and military officials take care of their private wealth and help them make a fortune, but over the years, the Yang family and Huang Enhou have been too close, and they have become estranged from the orthodox yamen. In addition, Yang Shida himself acted somewhat domineeringly, and some officials did not like him. Now that the Yang family is over, his own family is also crumbling, and there are far more people who are willing to kick it than there are people who help him.

Fan Jin smiled: "Shaofu is high-minded, but the lower officials also have their own difficulties. Feng Bangning is difficult to treat, even if the evidence is conclusive, what can he do? Everyone knew that he was not easy to deal with, so no one dared to mess with him, especially the Shang Jia's family. But in Shangyuan County, there are not a hundred or eighty big families who hate him, but if they really dare to come out to sue him, I'm afraid there is not one. Only a family like the Yang family, which is about to be finished, has the courage to do this. We are not Huang Enhou, nor are we Feng Bangning, they are making a lot of trouble in Jiangning, and they can just leave without worrying. But we have to continue to be officials here, and if we get too stiff with the locality, we won't be able to get by. So if you think about this matter, you can't offend Gonggong Feng, but you also have to give an explanation to Jiangning's fathers, and you can't let Hecheng's fathers poke our backbones in the back, right? ”

His face sank slightly, "Shaofu, please think about it, this time the people dare to confront the officials, how far is the situation from the people's rebellion?" Once we lose the support of the people, there will be one or two powerful people in the future who will incite the people to make trouble, and I am afraid that it will be a sword and a soldier to meet each other. At that point, no matter what the outcome is, our future is probably coming to an end. So no matter what you say this time, you have to give the people a sigh of relief, and you can't make them feel that the government can't give them justice. If the government can't give justice, everyone will only find a way to solve it if they have something. Xiaguan just wants to form an order in Jiangning, so that the people can develop the habit of reporting to the official if they are bullied, instead of fighting if they are bullied, and hope that Shaofu will be fulfilled. ”

"It's too much to think about." Chen Xizhang hurriedly waved his hand, "The old man is just a little puzzled, so he asked you, and he definitely didn't mean to accuse you of interfering with you." Now that you have a case, just do what you want. If you need any help from the house, just tell the house, and the official will try his best to help you. ”

"So thank you Shaofu. The lower officials still have some things to settle down, and the Shaofu sits widely. ”

Fan Jin said goodbye and left Chen Xizhang in the room to drink tea. Now there is still a big chaos in Jiangning City, although the order of Shangyuan is far better than that of Jiangning, but as a magistrate, Fan Jin also has a lot of work to do. What's more, there are Jiangning people rowing over in a boat, and it is not a small matter to settle them, he said goodbye at this time, and Chen Xizhang has nothing to say.

Fan Jin walked out of the door, looked outside, the rain was a little lighter, called Guo'er to ask, and went straight to the small study where he was entertained during the last visit.

For him at the moment, there is actually no forbidden area for the Yang family, even if it is an inner house, there is no taboo. When they came to the small study, they saw several female bodyguards on guard nearby, Fan Jin gestured to them, and several women hurriedly moved away.

Pushing the door in, I saw Song sitting inside. She had a scripture in her hand that she had picked up from nowhere, and she flipped it around in her hand, and she could see that she was absent-minded.

Fan Jin smiled: "At this time, do you still have the heart to read Buddhist scriptures?" ”

Seeing that it was him, the Song family hurriedly got up and saluted, "Master...... The slave maid is just very confused, and she wants to read the Buddhist scriptures and fix her mind. ”

"It's useless to read Buddhist scriptures, and it's doomed to fail to succeed in using the Buddha's sword to cut off the demons. If you want to break the demons, the first thing is to have your own heart hard, and secondly, the demons are not strong enough. If it's a little worse, it's doomed to fail. ”

"The old man ...... high-minded"

Fan Jin sat down as he spoke, and motioned for Song to sit down. "I asked you to sue Feng Bangning, do you know? I'll write it, all you need is guts, do you have the guts? ”

"Slaves and maids listen to the master and act according to the master's orders, there is nothing to dare to."

"Believe me so? Aren't you afraid that I'll take you as a victim? ”

"The life of the slave and the maid is under the manipulation of the master, if the slave and the maid are born, they will live, and if they want to die, they will die, everything is decided by the master, and the slave and maid dare not disobey. Besides, the slave and maid believe that the master will not harm the slave and maid. When Song said this, he lowered his head and raised his head, revealing a charming smile, "I know the master...... Reluctant. ”

Women from good families occasionally show a hint of charm, especially the noblewomen who are usually high-minded, this kind of charm is even more moving. Fan Jin stroked his palm and said, "Clever! You're right, I can't bear to sacrifice you. I asked you to sue Feng Bangning, the first is to let you gain a reputation among the Jiangning gentry, and those who dare to touch Feng Bangning will be a golden sign in the business field in the future. The people will also remember your actions, and the original lost hope can be gradually regained. The second is to make you rich, with this money, you can at least have start-up capital, and then use the money to make money, to make a bigger fortune. The Yang family is now struggling, if you can make the Yang family prosper again, you will be the number one hero in the family, and no one will take away this position of master. Originally, you have lost too many opportunities, but this time, for your sake, this official will give you one last chance...... If you miss it this time, you are destined to never have it again, understand? ”

The rain hit the roof and crackled, and Fan Jin's eyes were like firelight, making Song's body hot and his body trembling slightly. She is a shrewd businessman, and naturally knows that there are gains and losses, and there is something to give. Fan Jin has a very good future here, and if he wants to go up, he has to pay something. Thinking of the beginning of the two of them in this house, and their own regrets, now that they are here, it is time to continue.

Her eyes swept over the Buddhist scriptures she had just read, and she couldn't read the words on them, but she only remembered a sentence in the Buddhist scriptures that the nuns had told them before: Everything has a way, like a dream bubble. If dew is like electricity, it should be viewed as such. As for whether this scripture is the one you read...... And what does it matter.