Chapter 442: Shao Daxia's End (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Do you know that those military men are not reliable in doing things, so they can't go back and report this kind of thing?
Zhang Jiayin was almost choked by this untimely news! Fortunately, Ye Junyao had sent him a statement before the handover of the post of Shexian Commander, saying that Shao Fang had caused various incidents in Shexian County, including the part where Wang Fulin was held hostage to get out, which simply scolded Shao Fang to the blood, and finally said aggrievedly that if it weren't for the fear of hindering the public, he would have ignored the matter and let it reach the sky. Thinking of this, knowing that Wang Fulin and Shao Fang had a grudge, seeing that the little young man was full of stunned at the moment, this Ying Tian Governor finally calmed down.
"Shao Fang's traffic eunuchs, conspiracy with the powerful, bewitching the public, more lawlessness, and even collusion with bandits, his crime is not trivial, so as the governor of Yingtian, this department should bring these demons to justice. Wang Xian's nephew has seen this person's treacherous plot several times, and he has suffered greatly for a while, and he will be able to sit back and relax in the future. After saying this, he immediately came to the door himself, opened the door and whispered a few words to the outside, and then closed the door heavily, and sat down on the main seat again, but one hand kept tapping lightly on the armrest, obviously not at peace in the bottom of his heart.
Although Wang Fulin had already guessed that Qi Jiajun had come to Zhenjiang for another purpose, but when he really confirmed the news, he did not have much desire for revenge, but instead had a deep fear of the alliance of foreign ministers and internal ministers in the capital. The front foot just kicked Gao Gong off the stage, and the back foot immediately asked Shao Fang, and calculated the time, it is likely that Emperor Longqing has just died, and before Gao Gong stepped down, they immediately went to Jizhen to transfer people, and then immediately sent people to Zhenjiang after Gao Gong was ousted, what kind of efficiency is this?
"Thanks to Governor Zhang's discernment." Wang Fulin pretended to be overjoyed and saluted, then pressed his chest and said with a long sigh of relief, "Finally, there is no need to worry about retaliation in the future." โ
Zhang Jiayin was very satisfied with Wang Fulin's attitude. The annoyance of the leak of the news just now also dissipated. However, as for the matter of buying grain, even as a governor, he knew that it was difficult to force the merchant Jia Hao clan to sell grain, so after thinking about it, he thought about it: "As for the matter of buying grain as you said, the Ministry will order someone to contact the Yamen of the prefecture and county and the grain merchants, but. If you really want to be the most efficient, you might as well take a trip to Shao's house. The Shao family is a wealthy family in Danyang, but Shao Fang has only one three-year-old only son, and it is said that the Shao family has accumulated more than 10,000 stone of grain all year round. Now other businessmen and wealthy families are reluctant to sell, but the Shao family cannot have such confidence. โ
Wang Fulin didn't expect Zhang Jiayin to throw out such a plan, and after being stunned for a moment, he smiled and said: "Shao Fang is to blame, if his grain can be used to help the people of Huaiyang, it can be regarded as a merit." Merely. Let's rush to Danyang like this, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, can we ask Governor Zhang for personal favors? I want to see Shao Fang, if I can ask him for a handwritten letter, it should be smoother to go to his house, of course, this letter can be checked by people. โ
Zhang Jiayin is different from Cai Yingyang, the imperial historian of Nanzhili, and he is not a confidant who was raised by Gao Gong. It was only in the middle of the career that he was vigorously promoted by Gao Gong, and he was transferred from Shandong to the governor of Yingtian. That's all. Therefore, the so-called Gao Gong was sent to convey that he had discovered the mystery in an instant, knowing that this must not be Gao Gong, but the person who ousted him from power, just to collect the old part of Gao Gong. Distinguish between what works and what doesn't. Even so, struggling to the end, he still had to accept Zhang Juzheng's vote, and Feng Baohong approved Shao Fang's will, which would be exhausting.
But now that everything has been done. Now he is not hesitant to give such a big favor. Of course, this is not for the sake of a little Wang Fulin, or Ye Junyao, or even Yangzhou County officials to thank themselves, but for Wang Daokun's face. In any case, compared to him at this moment, Wang Daokun is always closer to Zhang Juzheng than himself.
"You and Shao Fang have grievances, and I'm still worried that you won't be able to carry it? But you take it for granted, Shao Fang's stubborn temperament, how can he easily give you a handwritten book? Zhang Jiayin only thought that Wang Fulin just wanted to avenge an arrow, so he immediately nodded happily and said, "However, since you ask for this matter, I will pass on the order, you can go." โ
Wang Fulin did not delay and immediately retired. Seeing that Lu Guangwu followed him out without saying a word, he was worried that this Lu Gongzi couldn't help but sneer at him, but he finally breathed a long sigh of relief. When Zhang Jiayin ordered an officer to go in, after a while, the person came out of the house, but he bowed his hand to him and Lu Guangwu quite politely.
"Come with me, both of you!"
If it was just Zhang Jiayin's orders, of course these generals of the Qi family army would hesitate, but Wang Fulin and Lu Guangwu were related to the Qi family army after all, and they were treated quite kindly. On the way to the government prison, Wang Fulin also smiled and mentioned that when he was "pitted" to Danyang by Shao Fang before, he protected himself all the way from Huizhou, Min Fu and Wu Liuyi, two veterans, and talked about the happy life of Qi Liang and other Qi family army veterans in She County...... Lin Lin always got closer, and the officer who led the way was obviously much more talkative.
"Qi Baihu is a cronie among the cronies around the big handsome, so he took the surname of the big handsome. Although he glanced at it, he quit the army within a few years of arriving in Jizhen, and everyone was a little sorry. Although he often sends letters, after all, hearing is false, but when you say this, Wang Xiaoguan, it is as if I have seen it myself. The officer seemed to have only woken up to his initiative to admit his identity until this time, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Neither Wang Xiaoguan nor Lu Gongzi are outsiders, please take this trip for us to keep it secret, after all, this time the marshal was sent by the secret decree of the palace and the cabinet." โ
"That's nature." Wang Fulin snorted and said happily, "Uncle Mr. Nanming and Qi Dashuai have such a friendship, how can I say it?" Not to mention Lu Gongzi, after all, he was once a battlefield robe. โ
"Thank you very much. But it's been a long time since I saw Gongzi Lu, and I still remember the majesty of those days, and I just hope to see the heroics again. The officer was obviously very good at talking, and when he saw Lu Guangwu smiling lightly, he didn't feel that he was coldly treated, so he immediately changed his words and talked about the scene when he captured Shao Fang, "It is said that the Shao family has how many families and how many high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, hey, as soon as he heard the name of the government, he immediately scattered like birds and beasts, and the remaining loyal protectors were two or three puppies and kittens, that is, Shao Fang, and he didn't know that the general trend was gone, so he was arrested?" Now there are dozens of brothers watching outside the Shao family, and not a single mosquito can fly out. โ
Jiaolian government, for a while, it seems that his hands and eyes are all over the sky, his wealth is powerful, and he supports hundreds of families, but when something really happens, isn't it a tree that is falling and scattered?
Lu Guangwu sighed in his heart, and when he saw Wang Fulin look over, his eyes clearly revealed such a feeling, he didn't speak in the end, but silently followed the officer who led the way to the prison.
Maybe it was because Shao Fang was a key criminal who was ordered to be arrested, or maybe it was because there were not many prisoners in the Zhenjiang Mansion Prison, Wang Fulin didn't see a picture of a pair of hands poking out of the fence and shouting everywhere he passed, even though black shadows could obviously be seen in some cells, most of those prisoners were sitting or lying, as if they were living dead. When he finally came to the innermost cell, as soon as the door closed behind him, he saw a man sitting against the wall in the only cell, as if in a daze.
It was the lowest place in the cell, with no windows, no sunlight, only dim oil lamps on the walls, and an indescribable musty smell in the air. Even though Wang Fulin visited the prison more than once when he was in She County, but now that he has returned to his hometown, he still covers his mouth and nose very simply. As soon as he looked at the person head-on, he recognized Shao Fang's signboard big and small eyes.
"Shao Daxia, meet again."
It had not been half an hour since he was escorted here, and the old enemy appeared in front of him, and Shao Fangzi was inevitably stunned, but more depressed. Seeing that Lu Guangwu also came with Wang Fulin, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "You guys came to see the miserable situation of my prisoner?" โ
Wang Fulin did not answer, but said to the officer: "Governor Zhang knows that I have a lot of personal grudges with Shao Fang, and this time the matter I came from Yangzhou will fall on him, so because of my request, I am allowed to see Shao Fang." There are some things I want to say to him alone, they are not good words, it is a shame for people to hear me, can you make it easier? โ
The officer had just heard Wang Fulin grit his teeth before talking about how to grudge with Shao Fang, and Zhang Jiayin had hinted at this stubble, of course he wouldn't be surprised when he heard this request at this moment. It is the prime minister's business that the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, and those of them who are soldiers are talking about revenge if they can, who is willing to wait for ten years to take revenge? Therefore, he smiled understandingly: "Okay, I won't bother Wang Xiaoguan." โ
Waiting for them to leave quickly, Lu Guangwu, who had just been silent since he saw Zhang Jiayin, spoke: "Shao Fang, do you know that you regret it?" โ
"Regret...... Hehe, of course I regret it. I should have known that I should not have left the capital, I should have persuaded Gao Gong to strike first, and I should have encouraged them to find a way to kill Feng Bao when I handed over those eunuchs! Without Feng Bao, who had a lotus tongue in front of the two palaces and the little emperor, what could Zhang Juzheng do? โ
Shao Fang's resentful voice echoed in the cell, and Wang Fulin only thought of four wordsโstubbornness.
I knew today, why bother at the beginning, if you want to blame it, you didn't do it when you let a good rich man do it, Danyang Shao Daxia didn't do it, you have to get involved in the troubled waters of the court political dispute!
Sure enough, Lu Guangwu frowned, and then said lightly: "Even so, I don't have anything to say to you." Flin, I'll be outside the door for you. โ
Wang Fulin saw that Lu Guangwu was leaving without looking back, he put away the only remaining sympathy, and said bluntly: "Shao Fang, I came here to see you today for the Huaiyang flood. To make it clear, it is for your family's 10,000 stone of grain. If you fall, the Shao family is only a three-year-old orphan, even if you still have a son-in-law, you may not be able to stand up to the wall and push it down. I will buy the 10,000 stone grain at a fair price, and Lu Gongzi will be a witness, you should be able to trust it, and then the money will be placed in your son-in-law Shen Yingkui, and I think that with his righteous and bold nature, he will definitely treat his wife and brother well. (To be continued......)