Collecting grain is a trivial and meticulous work, and there is no urgency, even if Fang Yingwu has the ability to reach the sky, he can only come step by step, but fortunately, the progress has been good.

Before the Xuande Dynasty, the money and grain in Jiangnan needed to be transported to Beijing by the grain chief. When Jingshi was in Nanjing, the distance was not too far, and when Jingshi moved to the north, this grain transportation errand was so hard that it could ruin people's families.

Emperor Xuande was considerate of the people's feelings and changed the rules. Set up water warehouses along the Yangzhou and Huai'an canals, and the people of Jiangnan only need to transport the tax grain to the water warehouses before the end of the year, and then the Cao army will be responsible for transporting them to Beijing in the spring of the next year.

Therefore, as far as the other party is concerned, the task will be completed at the end of the year, and the amount of grain delivered to the Jiangbei Water Warehouse is the performance.

As for the beginning of spring next year, that is the matter of the governor of Caoyun, and it does not belong to the scope of his work as a grain inspector.

In November, the official Shang Liangchen came to Suzhou Mansion and held several exams. Fang Yingwu moved backwards, and recommended all the "young" people with a bad taste.

He gave Tang Bohu Wen Zhengming two talents to make a name for himself, and Zhu Zhishan's luck had to wait until the township test in the next year. I don't know how the fate of the original science field will change now that he has his own help.

Then in December, the 20th year of Chenghua was coming to an end, and the autumn harvest and grain collection had also entered the final stage.

According to rough statistics, excluding losses, the actual amount of grain collected by Suzhou Prefecture this year can reach about 2.4 million stones, the highest in 50 years, and the Jiangnan region can reach about 4.5 million.

In other words, the superintendent did not rack his brains and painstakingly in vain, and he was probably able to successfully complete the errand. To the point where it has come to this. Fang Daqincha also gradually relaxed, and his mind was more used in other places.

For example, where to celebrate the New Year is a question. It is a good choice to go back to Zhejiang or go to Nanjing to find a cheap grandfather. However, the official body is not autonomous, and he cannot go wherever he wants without the permission of the imperial court. If you go in private, you will be impeached.

So Fang Yingwu thought about it again and again, and still stopped thinking about going to the New Year. It's better to set off and return to Beijing here, go back to the business as soon as possible, and spend it wherever you go during the New Year.

Anyway, they are all strangers in a foreign land, so what difference does it make if you spend the New Year there?

Just when Fang Yingwu had a rare wisp of Wenqing feelings and was about to immerse himself in it carefully, the front gatekeeper rushed out of the house in a little panic and reported loudly: "Master Qincha!" There were a lot of people coming outside, and there were always dozens or so. Noisy to see the master! ”

Another mass incident? Fang Daqincha, who had been dull for nearly two months, stood up from his seat, and didn't know whether Lu Dao was excited or anxious and asked, "Do you know why the other generation came?" ”

Menzi replied: "The little ones didn't have time to ask, they could only see them kneeling outside the gate, looking aggrieved as if they were about to complain." ”

Fang Yingwu thought for a while, suppressed the idea of going out, and ordered: "You go and tell them that if you have a grievance, you can go to the county yamen to complain." This official is not a pro-people official, so it is inconvenient to receive the petition in person at every turn! ”

Menzi went in response. But it didn't take long for him to come back again, holding a stack of papers and reporting again: "This time I inquired and understood, and outside the gate were people from nearby Songjiang, Jiaxing and other places!"

This time, they united to find Master Qincha, and what they wanted to sue was to purchase the eunuch Wang Jing. Which prefecture and county yamen can manage it? He refused to accept it. ”

Is it to sue Wang Jing? Fang Yingwu understood. Now in the entire Jiangnan region, if the people want to sue Wang Jing, they can only come to find themselves. At the same time, only he can have the upper hand over Wang Jing.

After a brief flip, Fang Yingwu left all the forms. Himself went out of the door.

But I saw a group of people kneeling outside, and there were even women and children wearing linen and filial piety. Shivering in the cold wind, but still holding on.

Fang Qincha sighed very sympathetically, if it weren't for Wang Jing's calamity to the place, how could these people come to Suzhou City to complain to him at the end of the year when the weather was freezing cold?

He bowed to the crowd before he spoke: "Your grievances are all understood." Previously, the official Wang was in his body, and it was inconvenient to leave Suzhou Mansion, so he indulged the eunuch Wang Jing to run rampant in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, what happened to you is also the fault of the official. ”

When the people heard these intimate words, they immediately shouted all over the place, and shouted again and again: "Eunuch Wang Jing has plagued the local poison of the people, and I implore the master of Qincha to make the decision for us, it is not too late!" ”

In the face of the people's pleas, Fang Yingwu agreed, "This official will write a chapter and impeach the procurement eunuch Wang Jing!" ”

Someone else shouted: "It is really difficult to quench the thirst of the court from far away, I heard that Wang Jing has recently set off to return to Beijing, and Suzhou Mansion is the only way."

But he was afraid of the prestige of the lord, so he only dared to go around the city from Suzhou, and now he is staying ten miles north of the city! ”

Fang Yingwu still agreed without hesitation, "It's okay!" After the official finished sending out the recitals, he then went to meet with Wang Jing and told him to repent in person! ”

After that, Fang Yingwu instructed the handymen: "Bring out the cauldron in the kitchen, and cook hot porridge for them to eat here, so as not to hurt their bodies due to hunger and cold." ”

After solving the problem in a few words, Fang Yingwu turned around and went back to the inner courtyard,

Chang followed Wang Jing left and right, and couldn't help asking, "Are you too good at talking today?" What those people out there say, you should do?

Besides, don't you plan to entangle with Eunuch Wang? Why did you agree to impeach him and meet today? ”

Fang Yingwu pointed to the gate and said: "Looking at this situation, and then look at their hopes pinning their hopes on me alone, don't you think it's boring to care about personal gains and losses at this time!" ”

Wang Ying was dumbfounded: "Do you believe this?" ”

But he knew that Fang Yingwu must have something else in mind, but he just refused to say it explicitly. Then he asked again: "My lord, even if you have the king's order banner, you can't help another eunuch." ”

Fang Yingwu said mysteriously: "The people's will is in me, and the will of heaven is in me!" Wang Ying couldn't help but ask rhetorically: "Do you believe this?" ”

"I believe it, you don't believe it, so I'm the minister of the Qincha, and you can only be a long-term follower." Fang Yingwu laughed a few times, and made a joke that was neither big nor small, and then turned around and went into the room to write a recital.

said that when it came to the New Year, Fang Yingwu suddenly remembered something. In the historical materials of another time and space, there were three catastrophic changes in the last years of Chenghua, each of which caused political turmoil.

The first two times were very coincidental, the first time was at the beginning of the first month of the twentieth year of Chenghua, and there was an earthquake in the Jingshi area;

The second time will occur on the first day of the first month of the 21st year of Chenghua, that is, at the time of the upcoming New Year's court, when the red star white belt will appear in the western sky, and the thunder will fall to the ground after the most luke.

For two consecutive years, there has been a catastrophe in the first month of the year, which is really impressive. At that time, who would dare to say that "the sky is not enough to fear"?

Even the Son of Heaven, who has always been superstitious, encounters this kind of catastrophe, he must seriously reflect on it, and it will stop for at least a few months, what is Wang Jing? (To be continued......)