Section 69 It is not easy to be an official
When entering Luanzhou City, Feng Ziying looked at this famous state city.
The blue brick wraps the wall, the moat formed by the water of the Luan River is about more than a zhang wide, the suspension bridge is towering, the pheasant moat is majestic, and even the corner tower can be seen on the head of the city wall, it is obvious that the city standing on the bank of the Luan River still maintains a certain vigilance, perhaps it is the southern invasion of the Chahar people more than ten or twenty years ago still makes the people here remember it vividly.
The Wenfeng Pagoda and Bixia Yuanjun Temple in the south of the city are extremely famous in the entire Yongping Mansion, and they have already heard of Feng Ziying before they come to Yongping, so Feng Ziying also plans to use the time to visit.
Yongsheng Inn is the best inn in the entire Luanzhou City.
Weifu privately, Feng Ziying didn't plan to go to the post station, in comparison, he would rather spend a little money to live better, after all, he still has a woman, and he can hear some more things in such an inn.
For him, it is necessary to familiarize himself with the situation as soon as possible through various means, so that he can also get started as soon as possible in all aspects of affairs.
Even if Wu Yaoqing collects intelligence for himself from all aspects, many times Feng Ziying still hopes to be able to feel something most intuitively, which will help him to make judgments.
"Luanzhou is second only to Lulong County, where the government is located, and its land area, fertility and population are second only to Lulong, far better than other counties." Wu Yaoqing sat opposite Feng Ziying, "Zhizhou Xie Wenli, a native of Dengzhou, Nanyang, Huguang, is quite shrewd and capable, and he was born in the 33rd year of Yuanxi, but he has a bad relationship with the local gentry, because of the cruel methods, it has also caused a great backlash, and the gentry often write letters to complain to Beijing,......
"Oh? So where is the main contradiction? Feng Ziying asked.
"First, Lord Xie has repeatedly cleaned up the land in the county, especially those who have encroached on the land in the name of Weitun to crack down on Haoqiang; The second is to use the labor of the county to repair the river and the embankment, and the county gentry and big households think that the embankment on both sides of the Luan River around the county should be repaired first, but Lord Xie strongly advocates that the line from the south of the city to the confluence of the Hulu River and the Dingliu River should be repaired first, because this embankment is in the worst condition, and most of them are self-cultivated farmers, and the upstream is mainly the land of the big households,......"
If we want to stabilize the situation in the state and try to avoid the emergence and outflow of displaced people, then we must focus on repairing the areas dominated by ordinary peasant households, otherwise in the event of a flood, these people's ability to resist disasters is much weaker than that of the gentry and large households, and if they do not do well, they will receive a turmoil.
"In this way, this Lord Xie is a good official who loves the people like a son." Feng Ziying said with a smile.
"Then you have to look at it." Wu Yaoqing shook his head, "This person has a rigid and harsh personality, and he is especially harsh on the gentry, even to the point of nitpicking, so the gentry in the county also hate and fear him, and the news we got is that some people even want to take risks,......
Wu Yaoqing's words made Feng Ziying nervous all of a sudden, and he didn't say it before, if he took office as a co-intellectual, and there was something unexpected for an official like Zhizhou, it would really be a slap in the face again.
"Yaoqing, is this true?"
"It's just some rumors, we think it's unlikely, although there are some contradictions, it shouldn't be to the point of facing each other, killing officials and rebelling, that's to punish the three clans!" Wu Yaoqing shook his head, but hesitated again, "But the information that the informant got is said to be very accurate, which makes me a little uncertain." ”
Wu Yaoqing has been consciously spreading informants since half a year ago, although Feng Ziying said that it was mainly based on the Beizhili Prefecture, but it still hinted that he might Yongping Mansion and Shuntian Mansion would be the focus, Shuntian Mansion is where the Jingshi is located, needless to say, but specifically mentioning Yongping Mansion, naturally there is a deep meaning, so he not only found some people through various channels, but also asked from Ni Er for a lot of people who were originally from the counties of Yongping Prefecture and who had only come to Beijing in recent years to settle down, and selected some smart people from them to return to their hometowns in various capacities.
According to Wu Yaoqing's requirements, these manpower must have proper professional cover, such as the county government officials and the personnel of the inspection department, such as sitting in the commercial business, such as Lizheng, such as a certain gentry and a big household to help idle customers, which is also a rather grand project.
But fortunately, Feng Ziying said before that there is no restriction on money and silver, the key is to be able to play a role, once he takes up his post in Yongping Mansion, he must be able to quickly collect the situation of various states and counties from another channel other than the government, and he can't let himself grasp the situation only by relying on the line of the government.
Feng Ziying is very uneasy about the situation reporting channel of the government's line, if he has enough time to spend three or five years to operate slowly, it is not a problem, or he just wants to gild and learn from Zhu Zhiren to either take care of his illness or let go, and he can mix for two years.
Anyway, this Tongzhi identity is a very delicate role, if you want to manage things, you can intervene in anything, even if you are the deputy of the prefect, you don't want to take care of things, there is a prefect, there are general judgments and pushes officials in the government, as well as the experience department, the Zhaomo Office, the prison department, the tax department, the miscellaneous bureau and the Confucian officials.
But Feng Ziying's coming to Yongping Mansion was not as simple as gilding, he wanted to show his ambitions here.
This is the throat hub of Liaodong leading to the interior of the Central Plains, and it is also a solid backing to ensure the security of Liaodong.
Not only is there abundant coal and iron resources, which will allow them to develop their ambitions in the future, and even become the foundation of their own business, but also have excellent ports for development, and it is also a transit point connecting Liaodong, Korea, Japan and Shandong from the sea.
And the news he got that Yongping Mansion was very unstable, of course, there were factors such as the government, the army, the local gentry and the Japanese on the sea, and there was also the biggest hidden danger - the White Lotus Sect.
The news from Shandong, the people who arranged for it a few years ago have been fed back, from Linqing to Luanzhou.
This made Feng Ziying a little incredulous.
Linqing is still some distance away from Luanzhou, and the initial news is that the outsiders who played a considerable role in it during the Linqing People's Revolution are from the south, Caozhou, Yuncheng, and Juye, why did they suddenly turn to the north now, and it just happened that they were in Luanzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of Yongping Mansion, where he was going to be the same knowledge?
This is also too much of a coincidence.
But if there is a map can also be seen, this is actually not too much of a coincidence, from Linqing along the canal, across the river between the prefectures and counties to arrive at Tianjin Wei, and Tianjin Wei and Yongping Mansion are actually far away, in the middle of the coastal area of Shuntian Mansion is Baodi County.
But the news from that side is very certain, although the activities of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong are very active, but most of them are under the instructions of the Beizhili side, and the Chuantou, the general Chuantou, and the Zongzhangjing who came to preach the Tao in the early stage are all people from the Beizhi side, and it is only later that the local Chuantou in Shandong began to be promoted and became the leader.
Thinking of this, Feng Ziying's mood became heavier and heavier, according to what was said over there, Luanzhou is likely to be the White Lotus Sect, well, also called the Eastern Mahayana Sect, and now it is called the core area of the Wenxiang Sect, but Leting, Qian'an, and Changli also have quite White Lotus Sect activities, and it is said that there are people in the town guard army to join the faith.
Although it is not certain whether the other party's information is accurate, there is no doubt that the activities of the White Lotus Sect in Beizhili, especially in Yongping Mansion, are extremely rampant, even surpassing those in Shandong.
"Yaoqing, you arranged for someone to follow up and investigate this matter, I don't want to encounter such a bad thing as soon as I take office." Feng Ziying realized that the various crises hidden in Yongping Mansion were probably more complicated and worse than she imagined, but since they had already come, she was afraid that she would only have to go with the mentality that I would not go to hell and who would go to hell.
"Don't worry, adults, the small ones have already arranged for people to be carefully investigated, but we still have fewer people here, the time is too short, and many people's veins have not yet been established." Wu Yaoqing is not without regrets, if he had laid out two or three years in advance, with his own means and Feng Ziying's unsparing support in money and silver, he would definitely not have been in this fog now.
"Well, I think even if this kind of thing is going to happen, there should be an intensifying focus, we should still have some time, you just hurry." Feng Ziying sighed, "Yaoqing, I'm afraid the food in Yongping Mansion for a few years is not delicious." ”
Wu Yaoqing smiled indifferently, "My lord, the food on the side of Si Yamen is not delicious because of the salt transportation in Lianghuai, and the smuggler over there has done everything for money and silver, and the little brother has broken several ribs under his ribs, and he was sniped by these smuggler salt dealers." ”
"Oh?" Feng Ziying didn't expect Wu Yaoqing to have such an encounter, and asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”
"It's nothing, the dark line arranged to go in was noticed by them, and then set up a set for me to go to the joint to meet, and then it was an ambush and sniper, but fortunately, I had an extra heart and arranged for two of my subordinates to respond, otherwise I would have to be left there on the spot."
Feng Ziying frowned, indeed, it is inevitable to encounter such things when engaging in intelligence, but it must also be very important to let Wu Yaoqing personally go out with intelligence, "Yaoqing, you can't often come forward in person for this kind of thing, you have to cultivate one or two trustworthy assistants and helpers, although the people you should look for are selected, if you have a trustworthy one on the Beizhi side, even if you recruit it, everything else is easy to say." ”
Wu Yaoqing pondered for a moment, "My lord, I don't have too many connections here in Yongping Mansion, but I still have some network resources here in Shuntian Mansion, and there are also a lot of contacts between Hejian, Baoding and Yongping Mansion, so I plan to find some people from Hejian here." ”
"You can do it, if you need me to come forward, just let me know." Feng Ziying is suspicious, Wu Yaoqing is his personal staff after all, he has no official status, and many times he comes forward by himself, which is often much more effective than Wu Yaoqing's various persuasions.
Wu Yaoqing is actually waiting for this sentence, after all, Feng Ziying's identity is there, not to mention the famous name of Xiao Feng Xiu in the Jingshi City, just the identity of the son of the governor of Jiliao can make many people of the three sects and nine streams extremely hot, if you add the identity of the eighteen-year-old Zhengwupin Yongping Mansion Tongzhi, it can really be said that it is invincible.
But no matter what he says, people will have doubts, but as soon as he comes forward, he only needs to say a few words and reassure him, and many things can be solved.
"The small one will be done, and the adults have instructed the small ones to have some news in Yongping Mansion, the specific situation is more complicated, and it may take some time to sort it out." Wu Yaoqing is full of confidence.