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The first day of August. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The weather is scorching, recently there was a sudden drought in Hebei, the earth seems to be scorched, the acres of fields are cracked, for a while, Hebei is thousands of miles away, the imperial court has begun to organize disaster relief, this year's weather is really abnormal, but the sky is not beautiful, for 20 consecutive days is not a drop of water, the Beijing Division, crowded with all kinds of people, etc., some are nearby farmers who fled the famine, and some are the squires who take precautions, they bring their families to do the residence in Beijing.

Fortunately, this disaster did not move the bones of the Ming Dynasty, although the price of grain rose by 30%, but the continuous supply of ships carrying grain appeared in Tianjin Wei, and then scattered from the gallop road, the relief of the imperial court was also more timely, although many people suffered a lot, but it has not yet reached the point of selling children and daughters as in previous years, starving for thousands of miles.

But now the Jingshi is really not very peaceful, the squires came here to avoid, inevitably to visit relatives and friends, talking about the changes in the township one by one crying, of course, what they are most worried about is not this, although this year has suffered losses, but the land is not able to run, but now the tenants have fled to the famine, one by one disappeared, escaped and fled, this is the Ming Dynasty, the local concept is very heavy, but it is said that the merchants of the nearby states and counties have taken this opportunity to recruit labor, which is not good, These displaced tenants who fled the famine have been recruited, and will they return to their hometowns next year? Therefore, many people are worried that although there is a famine year this year, what will happen next year? Tens of thousands of acres of land at home must be taken care of, and the ladies and ladies must not be allowed to farm? It is not difficult to have land now, but it is rare that there is a shortage of manpower, according to past experience, the tenants who went to work will not come back, and if it is delayed because of the lack of manpower in the spring of next year, it is equivalent to no harvest, and the land can not be left wasted forever.

These people are quite influential, so recently there is a book in the imperial history, the matter said, and then expressed their opinions, in the long run, the farmers are mercenary, only know that the income of the work is greater, so everyone works, but a lot of fertile land is barren because of this, in the long run is not the way, so many people also said that Emperor Taizu set up the national policy of corporal agriculture and industry, it is based on this reason, the imperial court can not be mercenary, you have to consider the stability of the world, Shinong is the root, industry and commerce is the minutiae, how Emperor Taizu is wise.

Speaking of which, this Emperor Taizu is really aggrieved, when he was an old man, these gentry hated him to death, and they became smeared, thinking that this guy had nothing to do, he would arrest people and peel them and fill them with grass, and the officials of the previous dynasty were worried about whether they could come back at night to meet their wives when they went to the early dynasty, so every time they went to the early dynasty on duty, it was like parting with life and death. But now that his interests have been lost, he suddenly remembered the goodness of Taizu. In any case, although Taizu was a little bad for them, some ancestral methods were still beneficial to them.

The words of those imperial histories seem to make sense at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, you are scholars, they are farmers, why do people have to face the loess with their backs to the sky, and you accept their offerings to compose poems and lyrics?

Cultivating the fields is hard, and the income is small, and they have to be exploited by the soldiers, and sometimes they may not even be able to eat a full mouthful, so why should they even interrupt the livelihood of the workers?

Fortunately, the palace only kept such a recital, and did not hold a court discussion to discuss it, in fact, to this point, even the cabinet knew that this kind of suggestion was unacceptable to the palace, so there was no mention of this matter.

The Beizhen Fusi Detective Bureau has also begun to get busy, the influx of foreign population, coupled with many people who have fled the famine, although most of these people are honest friends, but there are also some villains who do evil, Shuntianfu Yamen don't look at the usual situation can still maintain the situation, but when it encounters this special situation, it is dumbfounded, and as a result, this kind of thing is naturally inevitable with the assistance of the Detective Bureau, these detectives are recruited samurai, one by one, they are powerful, and they are the head snakes in the capital, they are patrolling around with knives, It has reassured many people.

The weather is too hot, Beizhen Fusi is already unbearable, it stands to reason that it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, it shouldn't be so abnormal, but God wants to be like this, everyone can't help it, Liu Chengfeng's duty room put a few basins of ice, the ice basin conducts a trace of coolness, Liu Chengfeng is leaning on the chair, casually flipping through the documents handed over by the scribe's room, this kind of thing is the most impatient, so it is usually handled by Li Dongdong, but Liu Chengfeng also knows that he can't be a hands-off shopkeeper, and he also has a little burden, The whole hall is commanding so that even his own yamen can't figure out what's going on, where is this face gone?

The captain of the station brought him a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup, which is a drink to dispel heat and dispel heat, usually Liu Chengfeng does not eat, but today he specially asked someone to buy a bowl on the street, the fire has been too big recently, and the fire must be extinguished.

Liu Chengfeng put down the business at hand, took a few bites of lotus seed soup with a spoon, and Li Dongdong came over there.

Li Dongdong looked a little excited, waved to Liu Chengfeng, and then said, "Grandpa, you have eyebrows." ”

"Eyebrows?" Liu Chengfeng put down the soup spoon, raised his eyes to look at Li Dongdong, and said, "What eyebrows?" ”

Li Dongdong said with great interest: "Naturally, it is Zhao Chuan's eyebrows." ”

Zhao Chuan is the Jinyi Wei Qianhu who was coerced by King Ning, it has been nearly half a month since he entered the palace, there is no eyebrows here for the time being, everyone is busy, it's not that Liu Chengfeng doesn't pay attention to this matter, it's just that he hasn't sorted it out, and it is difficult to find a result, his current solution is only to wait for the rabbit, and he can't imagine that this rabbit will really be sent to the door.

Liu Chengfeng seemed a little surprised, he clearly knew that there should be someone on the side of the East Factory who exposed this person, and now the East Factory is riveting enough to compete with himself for this python robe, and he must be waiting for the rabbit, Liu Chengfeng was originally worried that the person would go to the house at the head of the stall first, and then let the East Factory take the lead, but he didn't expect that his luck seemed to be good, and the person fell into his hands first.

He shook his spirits, and then said to Li Dongdong: "Have you already got it?" ”

Li Dongdong said: "The problem is here, the person is here, and there is a password to contact, but it is not the person who contacts him." ”

Liu Chengfeng frowned: "What's going on?" ”

Li Dongdong said: "It is said that the previous contact person is surnamed Liu, and he is the brother of Liu Yangzheng, a staff member of King Ning, but these times he said that he was doing things for King Ning in Jiujiang, so he couldn't come, and because there was a sudden change on the side of the factory guard, King Ning was also anxious, so he hurriedly asked people to arrange it, first contacted that person, and wanted him to enter Beijing, but the result was that the time was in a hurry, and finally he had to appoint another person." This person was ordered by King Ning, just to know why our guard is behaving abnormally, King Ning is especially concerned about our Jinyiwei, thinking that our Jinyiwei is a big trouble, so this person arrived in Beijing and went straight to Zhao Chuan's mansion, this Zhao Chuan is a thousand households in Jinyiwei after all, he should know what happened in Jinyiwei, after that person arrived, he showed his identity, and our ambush people poured out of the nest and took this person, this person tried to commit suicide, but fortunately, our brothers were quick to stop him. ”

Liu Chengfeng sneered: "This person is tough, and he actually knows that he committed suicide." ”

Li Dongdong smiled and spread his hands, and said: "He knows what crime he has committed, colluding with King Ning and plotting against him, this is a big crime of stealing his family and exterminating the clan. ”

Liu Chengfeng was in a good mood, and he couldn't help but smile, and said: "Don't talk about this, let's bring the person to the trial, I want to see what kind of identity this person is on King Ning's side, I need to check it carefully, and the most important thing is to find out the person with the roster from his mouth." ”

Li Dongdong nodded, hurriedly went, and after a while, several lieutenants escorted a scholar in, this person was in a scarf and shirt, and his face was delicate, but this delicate face was still broken after all, and there was obviously a wound on his forehead, the wound was red and swollen, and it looked quite terrifying.

Liu Chengfeng knew at a glance that this person should have hit his head against a hard object, presumably as Li Dongdong said, he saw the Jinyi guards surrounded from all directions, and he had to beg for death in a hurry.

This scholar was kicked in the calf by the lieutenant behind him, and the whole person staggered and fell to the ground, presumably because of fear, his eyes did not dare to look at Liu Chengfeng, where could he catch Jiang Bing's hardness, so that his hands trembled, obviously in front of Liu Chengfeng, this person's psychological defense line has completely collapsed.

Liu Chengfeng looked at the scholar majestically, and said lightly: "What's your name?" ”

The scholar swallowed, obviously hesitating, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Student Jiang Tao." ”

"Also surnamed Jiang, could it be that Jiang Bing is still your relative?" Liu Chengfeng couldn't help laughing, and glanced at each other with Li Dongdong beside him.

Jiang Tao hurriedly said: "The student is Wang Nu Jiang." ”

Liu Chengfeng didn't ask any more questions, and continued: "Where are you?"

Jiang Tao knew everything: "Nanjing people." ”

"But why are you running for King Ning?"

Jiang Tao hesitated suddenly, and said for a long time: "The student is in Nanjing, although he has repeatedly failed to get the first place, but he is quite famous, and the king of Mengning favored him and asked someone to prepare a gift to invite him. ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh and said, "So, you're still a white family?" It's like you don't know anything about King Ning. ”

(To be continued)