Chapter 1413 Xin Zijuan is ready to go

"Ask me? I don't even know about this matter. If you ask me, I can only drag you to find Mr. Wu to find out." Feng Ziying shrugged, "But before I go to report this matter to Mr. Wu, , please tell me an outline first, as well as its relationship with the matter we want to investigate, as well as your next plan, and we will put it all together."

Fang Kezhuang nodded, "If this matter hadn't involved Tongcang, I wouldn't be so anxious. If we can get the news, I estimate that these people in Tongcang will also learn about this situation, so what should we do? Should we take advantage of the situation to exert our strength, strike hard, and then provoke a lot of trouble, or should we stabilize for the time being and observe the situation first to avoid causing panic among these people, causing the enemy to panic and lose the big?"

“Tell me the situation first.” Feng Ziying shook her head, “I don’t know anything now, how can I make a sudden decision?”

Fang Kezhuang stopped talking nonsense and told all the information he had learned. At the same time, he also talked about the situation passed from the government office and the instructions given to Tongzhou Prefectural Government.

The case is complicated at best, and simple at best. What makes it complicated is that it involves too many areas. What’s simple is that the situation in Tongcang refers directly to one person, Tongcang’s deputy envoy Xu Lixiang.

According to the posthumous letter left by the scribe who hanged himself in the Water Transport Governor's Mansion, Nanjing dug up a series of long-standing cases of collusion between internal and external parties in the water transport sub-warehouse, exchanging inferior goods for good ones, exchanging old ones for new ones, and even short-changing the goods. In Shuicicang in Huai'an, it was found that there was a shortage of 60,000 shi of grain, and in Xuzhou there was a shortage of 40,000 shi, not counting the replacement of a lot of old rice and wheat with new rice and new wheat.

Feng Ziying's face was a bit ugly. Shuicicang alone was found to be so different. What about the larger Linqing? Wouldn't it be a shortage of one hundred thousand dan? What about Jingcang and Tongcang, which are different in scale?

Feng Ziying shuddered when she thought of this.

After so many years, the successive ambassadors of Jingcang and Tongcang have not been able to find out the storage situation. There are too many people involved in it, not only officials and sergeants, but more importantly, they and these big people in the city of Jingshi are involved. The collusion of grain merchants has formed a complete industrial interest chain.

These big grain merchants also have their own warehouses in Tongzhou. To put it bluntly, as long as they get the news in advance, they can easily mobilize tens of thousands of tons of grain to be transported into the warehouse within a day or two. You have to find out the problem. Unless insiders can reveal the truth and several parties conduct investigations at the same time to prevent them from demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, it is simply impossible.

Seeing Feng Ziying's serious face, Fang Kezhuang also sighed softly: "Ziying, it's not that I'm weak, this time we've hit a big deal. I originally thought there was a problem with the warehouse, but over the years, the court and The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Household Affairs are also reasonable. There must be some accumulated abuses. Let's check it out and clean the house so that people can live in it, right? Who would have thought that this house is about to be destroyed by them. Something is really going to happen, and the court is in urgent need of it. When I use grain, I open the warehouse and see that there is either none or a pile of old grain that is hard to swallow mixed with sand, gravel and soil. You said that although the responsibility lies with the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Water Transport Governor's Mansion, are we derelict in our duties? The key is not who Regarding taking responsibility, what should we do at that time?”

Fang Kezhuang’s sincere words made Feng Ziying couldn’t help but nod slightly.

He originally didn't have a deep impression of Fang Kezhuang. Although they were both Northern scholars, there were too many Northern scholars. Fang Kezhuang was still young and not too special. Even the Young Zhuang faction looked up to him. But now it seems that this person is really doing practical things, and he has some skills.

He vaguely recalled that in his previous life, he seemed to have vaguely heard of this name among officials in the late Ming Dynasty, because this surname was rare and could impress him. Regardless of whether they were loyal or traitors, they must be some capable people. From this point of view, This guy should be very capable and ambitious. Now he is on the same line as himself, so he is someone who can be used.

“Brother Yangchu, what do you think?” Feng Ziying asked again.

"My opinion? Well, that depends on our Wu Fuyin's attitude." Fang Kezhuang's face darkened, obviously very dissatisfied with Wu Fuyin's perfunctory attitude.

"Wu Fuyin doesn't seem to pay much attention to this matter?" Feng Ziying has already guessed Wu Daonan's attitude. This is normal. It would be strange if Wu Daonan was really interested or wanted to do something big. That's right, or maybe there are special interests involved.

"Not only did they not pay attention to it, the official document handed over by the government simply asked for verification in an understatement and did not sign any other opinions. I was surprised when I read it. How could such a serious matter be inferior to a poem in Wu Fuyin's eyes? Yes?" Fang Kezhuang said angrily: "Those who are busy will die in a hurry, and those who are idle will die in a hurry. This is really everyone's place."

“Wu Fuyin’s temperament is like this. Everyone in the government knows it, so we won’t care about it. So we have to take the initiative to promote it. Let’s discuss a path first and report to Fuyin later...”

Before Feng Ziying finished speaking, Fang Kezhuang had already sneered: "Then he is still pushing back and blocking?"

"Explain the interests and concerns, propose a plan, and we will do the specifics." Feng Ziying said softly: "He just doesn't like to do things, it's not that he doesn't understand. We are willing to take the initiative and he will not stop it. This is not their business, and maybe it will be fine." I just want to watch the fun."

 Fang Kezhuang took a deep look at Feng Ziying and finally nodded.

They are all smart people. There are also factions and political tendencies among the Jiangnan scholars. There is no doubt that most of the scholars involved are the Jiangnan local scholars, as well as those who are already high in the court, such as Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe, and Li Tingji. People still have some differences in their interest attitudes. To be precise, the people involved have close connections with scholars such as Tang Binyin, Miuchangqi, Gu Tianjun, Zhen Yingjia, and Zhen Yingyu who have been entrenched in Nanjing for a long time.

Wu Daonan is a direct descendant of Ye Xianggao. He belongs to a party in the Fujian-Jiangyou alliance. His relationship with the Jiangnan locals is also relatively weak, so it is impossible to get involved. Why not just sit back and watch? Anyway, those who acted as thugs were from below, and they were all Northern scholars. It was not his fault. They were handed over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Zhang Jingqiu, the imperial censor of Zuodu, was also a Jiangnan scholar. Of course he listened to the emperor's orders. .

The two of them had a brief discussion before going to report to Wu Daonan in the back hall.

Wu Daonan felt a little relieved when he learned that the two had asked for a meeting and heard about the previous situation.

Feng Ziying still understands the rules. Unlike Fang Kezhuang, who is a stupid young man. He is much older than him. He is not as experienced as Feng Ziying. The product is swirling.

He also knew that he was a little perfunctory about the instructions to transfer him for investigation, but in his position, someone asked him not to let Feng Ziying intervene. He was not willing to interfere, so he just went with the flow.

He also knew the situation. Most of them were worried that Feng Ziying, a mad dog, would not let go of his bite.

Su Daqiang's night murder case caused a lot of repercussions. Now Feng Ziying casually asked about the Xishan kiln, which caused the entire capital city to be shocked. This power made Wu Daonan a little envious.

Many people are also worried that once Feng Ziying gets involved in this matter, he will stir up trouble again. Before the superiors have decided on the idea, putting it off is the safest move, so he will handle it this way.

 …

 After leaving Wu Daonan, Feng Ziying and Fang Kezhuang breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, Wu Daonan didn't have much resistance. Apart from raising some concerns and requests, he only talked in general terms. After Feng Ziying and Fang Kezhuang introduced their ideas and general plans, Wu Daonan said no more. He said that Feng Ziying would be entrusted with full authority to handle it, but he should report to him at any time.

This is reasonable. You can do the things and I can understand them. But if there is any big situation, you should report it to him at any time. This is the level of a hands-off boss.

 “How?” Feng Ziying smiled and glanced sideways at Fang Kezhuang.

"Haha, you know Mr. Fu Yin. As you expected, it is indeed the case. But it's okay. We have more room for maneuver and can be more flexible in adapting to circumstances. We don't have to be too rigid." Fang Ke Full of confidence.

"Brother Yang Chu, I have to remind you that we are responsible for this. I'm afraid there are many people not only in Nanjing, but also in the capital who hate us and want to get rid of us." Feng Ziying reminded the other party: "You need to find one or two guards to protect you. Don't underestimate your own safety."

"I understand, your assassination at the Gu River Ferry has sounded the alarm to many people. The land of Gyeonggi is not peaceful either. If you want to do something, you will inevitably touch many people. I heard that you are planning to move the Xishan Kiln? Fang Kezhuang laughed, "It's also a hornet's nest. If you poke it, many people will pop up. They are no worse than those here in Tongcang, and they even involve more interests. You'd better fight over those merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi." Say hello, ask them to move too, share your pressure, don't push everything on you, you may not be able to bear it."

Of course Feng Ziying understands Fang Kezhuang's good intentions. Now everyone is tied together. If the shady story of Tongcang is to be uncovered by the two of them, they will definitely need to rely on some external forces. The same is true for Xishan Kiln, but he doesn't know how yet. If you go to touch the Xishan kiln, you will make too many enemies, and a wise man will not do it.

"Brother Yang Chu, you and I need to be careful. To win the battle of Tongcang, I think the officials should open their eyes and take a closer look." Feng Ziying said proudly: "Let them see if you and I are the same." People who do things, there are too many vegetarians in Shuntian Mansion, so they have left so many evils behind. Do we have to wait until we can no longer delay them before taking action?"

Fang Kezhuang couldn't help but feel passionate, "Okay, then let's have a good fight."

 (End of this chapter)