Chapter 161: Iron Fist
Xiao Wenjun's iron-blooded wrist has achieved initial results.
For a time, the Jiangnan officialdom was panicked, and they began to implement the policies issued by the emperor according to the requirements of the imperial court, and there was no longer the phenomenon of oppressing the affected people.
Among the people, only the corrupt officials are collected by others, and some people do the way for heaven, and they have thanked the Bodhisattva for his appearance.
At the same time, Xiao Wenqing sent from Lanling, and the team escorting grain and grass got in touch with Xiao Wenjun, so all states and counties appeared in the porridge shed of "Lanling Xiao Family".
Things can advance so quickly, thanks to the list that Mingyuan has obtained from a long journey and visits to many places.
Xiao Wenjun's move turned the tide and changed the decline of Jiangnan in one fell swoop.
Only then did everyone suddenly realize that where there was a Bodhisattva manifestation, everything depended on Xiao Wenjun's behind.
The entire Daqi officialdom trembled because of this, the Qianlong Yan of the Qianqing Palace was furious, and Xiao Wenjun left Beijing in a bad mood, all of which they performed for everyone to see, in order to control the floods in the south of the Yangtze River and save the people from fire and water.
I didn't expect the suspicious emperor to trust Xiao Wenjun so much, and was willing to deceive everyone in the world with her. Ask yourself, they have assisted the emperor for many years, and there are not a few heroes from the dragon, and they have never been so kind to Your Majesty!
As for the purging of Jiangnan officialdom, people didn't think about it at all, it was just incidental.
Xiao Wenjun really lived up to the emperor's trust and minimized the impact of the flood.
A good news spread from Jiangnan to Kyoto, settling the victims, repairing houses, repairing roads and bridges, and water conservancy in farmland were all carried out in an orderly manner.
Every common person in the south of the Yangtze River can be fed and clothed, and have the strength to start doing things, those who have the skills to build walls and roads, and those who have no skills to do some chores, rough work and other hard work, all of which are spontaneous to them, such a situation is also the emperor in Kyoto is happy to see it.
Even the plague that he was worried about at the beginning was strangled by Xiao Wenjun when it first appeared.
When she was stranded in Shendu last year, she begged Yun Yilan to study a few prescriptions for treating the epidemic, Yun Yilan was well-read and knowledgeable, and had a lot of miscellaneous books, and she even found a way to cut off the spread of the plague, and handed it all over to Xiao Wenjun selflessly.
At the court meeting, the emperor couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the current situation was much better than he expected, the losses were minimized, and not only did not there be a riot, but gathered more people's hearts.
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On the other hand, Yu Wenzhen's side, he hasn't slept well for a few days, and he learned about the corruption exposed in Jiangnan Province from other channels, but Pei Yangshu, who should have sent news to himself, has not heard from him for many days.
Even the messages he sent were lost in the sea, and there was no reply.
Just when he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, the emperor's dictation came as scheduled.
"Your Majesty's decree orders the fifth prince Yu Wenzhen to enter the palace immediately and face the saint without delay." The one who came to deliver the message was the father-in-law Gao who was bought by Yu Wenyao, "Please also ask Your Highness to go with the old slave!" ”
Listening to this tone, he was not allowed to stay for a moment, so he hurriedly entered the palace with Gonggong Gao.
When Yu Wenzhen came to the imperial study, he happened to meet Yu Wenyao who was full of spring breeze, and it seemed that the latter was praised by the emperor.
The brothers maintained a superficial friendship, and after greeting each other, they left separately.
Yu Wenzhen's heart was even more worried.
In fact, it was not as Yu Wenzhen speculated in his heart, Yu Wenyao entered the palace only by the emperor to ask about some daily affairs, and did not deliberately praise him, but he was deep in thought, and when he saw Yu Wenzhen, he showed a bright and proud smile in advance.
"Have you seen your third brother?" The Emperor's voice was calm, showing no signs of anger.
was ready to be reprimanded, but the emperor asked this sentence without a head, Yu Wenzhen couldn't guess what he meant at all, and only replied sullenly, "Well, Erchen was at the door of the imperial study, and met the third brother coming out of it." ”
"Get up and speak. You are the prince of Daqi, speak and act more generously in the future, don't twist and pinch it, although I am the son of heaven, I am also your father. ”
The emperor was helpless in his heart, the two brothers had a quiet confrontation just now, how could he not know that the fifth brother had already admitted defeat before he figured out the situation, and he thought that he could inherit the unification, but now that he thinks about it, Xiao Wenjun's vision is much better than his own.
Even if you want to support him to fight against Yu Wenyao, you may not be able to support the wall!
These words made Yu Wenzhen even more confused, but the emperor was relieved not to blame him for not doing his errand in Jiangnan.
The emperor called him over this time just to beat him, make him calm down, and firmly hold the power in his hands. Now that Yu Wenyao is getting stronger and stronger, he also feels threatened, if he does not check and balance in time, his son-in-law will be born in the future, and the road is afraid that there will be many twists and turns.
So in the next words, the emperor said more directly, and told Yu Wenzhen half of what he was thinking, and of course the remaining half would not say.
When Yu Wenzhen came out of the imperial study, his expression was stunned.
Someone with a heart naturally noticed his abnormality, and the news quickly reached Yu Wenyao's ears.
The picture turned and came to Jiangnan.
Xiao Wenjun and Wang Jiuyuan handed over the government affairs of Jiangnan Province to Governor Zhang, who held an important position and was justifiable. When everything was sorted out, Xiao Wenjun left with someone to investigate the theft of grain and grass in Wanzhou.
According to the secret granary outside the city, Wu Huai'an's words before he died, and the confessions of the owners of the rice shops in the city, the Shadow Pavilion followed the vine, and the case finally had an eyebrow, and all the clues pointed to a small town by Taihu Lake.
Almost half of the rice shops in the city sell grain from here, and the work is very secretive, and the trading time is not fixed, and the transaction volume is not large, so it is difficult to find out.
Moreover, the price of rice in the town is only 40% of that of normal rice, and the price of 40% is matched with the looted rice after removing impurities and selecting labor.
Xiao Wenjun took a team of 100 horsemen prepared by Governor Zhang, and rushed non-stop to the border between the two provinces, Taihu Town.
Because it is located at the junction of two provinces, and there is a lake with a wide area, there are few fields, and the fishery is not related to people's livelihood and the economic value is not high, so the government on both sides does not take it seriously, and it has gradually become a three-way zone.
When they arrived in the town, the army remained outside the town, secretly guarding all the entrances and exits, waiting for dispatch. The people of the Shadow Pavilion were scattered in and around the town, or stood on guard from high places.
Xiao Wenjun, Wang Jiuyuan, He Hong and other six people, dressed as wealthy businessmen, entered the town leisurely, and seemed to wander around along the way, but in fact, they had a full view of the situation in the town.
As soon as I entered the town, I felt that the atmosphere was suddenly depressed, and on the surface it looked no different from a normal fishing village, but the ratio of men and women in it was not normal, and most of the men were very strong, and there were almost no old, weak, sick and disabled.