Su Jin looked at Pan Jiang and said: "Commander Pan, I'm afraid that the big and small affairs in Yangzhou City can't escape your eyes, since you say it, the envoy will definitely believe it; From what I've observed of you, you're not the kind of person who talks about it; On that day, at the foot of Bagong Mountain, I asked the bandit leader Qiu Dabao to shoot a secret letter to the camp, and it is said that you had an argument about that secret letter; Later, after the triumph, someone mentioned to me what you said that day, and advised me to be on guard against you, saying that you harbored evil intentions and would not save you when you died."

Pan Jiang hurriedly got up and said, "Your Excellency, how can you be that kind of person?" ”

Su Jin pressed his shoulder and asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "If I believe it, how can I talk to you about this in person?" In that situation, the necessary caution should be taken, once you fall into the bandits' tricks and rashly attack, it will be a ruinous situation, you did the right thing, you should have a long mind. ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your magnanimity." Pan Jiang put a little heart,

"You don't need to thank me, it's as it should be; From this, I know you a little more, and I know that you must not be a brainless person, and I will not tell you that you are the first in the list of meritorious performances this time, and I mean to let someone like you have some talent in the position; As far as the eye can see, the mediocre are bustling, but the talented have no chance, this time it is necessary to try their best to recommend it, as for the result, it depends on your creation. ”

Pan Jiang fell to his knees, his eyes moistened, and said: "Thank you for the support of the envoy, the humble position is unforgettable, the adult is high-spirited and bright, and the talent is excellent, and the humble position is the green smoke on the ancestral grave, so that you can follow the adult to do an errand; The battle of Bagong Mountain is the most painful thing that the humble job has done in his life, and the admiration of the humble post for the adults can be seen from the sun and the moon. ”

Su Jin pulled him up with a smile and said, "What is this for?" Let's talk in private, we don't have to bow down, you're older than me, isn't this killing me? ”

Pan Jiang wiped his tears and stood up and said: "The lowly position has never regarded the adult as a weak-crowned young man, when the Japanese army first met in the warehouse, although he was slapped by the adult, but later saw the adult's means of rectifying the road and cang, and the lowly position has already thrown himself to the adult's five bodies." ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "That slap is just for show, don't annoy me." ”

"How dare you, humble and confused, this slap can be endured."

Su Jin laughed and said, "Then, what do you want to tell Ben?" ”

Pan Jiang was taken aback, remembered the matter, and hurriedly said: "This matter is extremely unfavorable to adults, do you know what is the origin of this Feng Laohu?" ”

Su Jin pretended not to know: "How do I know where he comes from, but he is just a gentry in Yangzhou." ”

Pan Jiang said: "My lord, you guessed wrong this time, although this Feng Laohu didn't know his identity before he came to Yangzhou, he came to Yangzhou more than ten years ago, and then made his way all the way in a few years, becoming one of the best people in Yangzhou City. ”

Su Jindao: "What special means does he have that he can't do?" ”

Pan Jiang said: "Feng Laohu's real name is Feng Jingyao, he is a tiger, and it is rumored that his birthday is Shenshi, and he is a tiger foraging for food in the evening, so he is ruthless, and he is nicknamed Feng Laohu." ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "Isn't it ridiculous to talk about birthdays?" ”

Pan Jiang said: "Maybe these are some gimmicks, but such rumors from the outside world don't mean that this person is quite legendary." ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "Go on." ”

"Feng Laohu initially opened a martial arts hall, both bodyguard business, Yangzhou dart bureau martial arts hall quite a lot, there is a tendency to bully and suppress, so he challenged more than a dozen dart bureau martial arts hall one after another, every time he competes with people, he must set up life and death documents, died in his hands of the dart master head as many as six people, eight injured people, so the first war Liwei Yangzhou martial arts hall dart bureau business almost in his arms, and by virtue of the financial resources of the blind third master of Nancheng to recruit disciples, the power expanded rapidly, and gradually sat down."

Su Jin compared his understanding and understood that what Pan Jiang said was true, and it seemed that he really wanted to tell Su Jin the truth.

"This person is so arrogant, has the government done nothing?"

"Adults don't know, arrogance is just a rumor from the outside world, Feng Laohu is very good at disguising himself, treating people with humility and courtesy, and good at collecting people's hearts, often squandering money to build bridges and pave roads, and even the government's grain and taxes are double-shared, for the successive Yangzhou prefects, this person is not only not a trouble, but also a good helper in his political achievements, so he is also polite to him."

Su Jin understands the situation, the prefect generally rotates every three years, and then evaluates the performance according to the audit of the officials, and gives promotions, rewards and punishments, and each prefect hopes to do something big in office, so that he can add points to himself when the officials are evaluated, and the tired officials climb up; And those who have very poor evaluations are either degraded or idle, and may never have a bright future.

These things are the same in ancient and modern times, and in the later generations of the 21st century, Su Jin has seen more of those face projects, which are all face projects done by a leader for political achievements, so that it is not surprising that people will be cold as soon as they leave the tea, and the unfinished buildings and unfinished roads are everywhere.

"What I want to talk about is the relationship between Feng Laohu and the government, let's put it this way, but all the heads of the government departments, Feng Laohu will do what he likes and open up the joints; Therefore, I can't see anything on weekdays, once there is a disturbance, Feng Laohu knows it before anyone else, and even some official documents have not yet reached the prefect, Feng Laohu already knows the content. ”

Su Jin said movingly: "So powerful? Isn't this the emperor of Yangzhou City? ”

Pan Jiang was taken aback, how can the Emperor Taishang say this, doesn't this mean that the prefect is the emperor? The envoy really had no scruples when he spoke, and hurriedly said: "Feng Laohu's methods are tricky, so some people are unwilling to cooperate with him, and they will be squeezed out by his colleagues under his strength, so Feng Laohu's words in Yangzhou City can be said to be more effective than those of the prefect." ”

Su Jin was silent, and only after a while did he say tentatively: "Listening to the meaning of Commander Pan, is there already a large number of people in the current yamen who are used by Feng Laohu?" ”

Pan Jiang gritted his teeth and said: "Speaking of lowly duties, in fact, I want to say this, forgive the humble and disrespectful, the Song prefect is very confused, he is deaf to many things, he only knows how to draw and write, of course, he is a clean official, and he never oppresses the people, nor is he greedy. Corruption is too casual in political affairs and does not have a good judgment of the situation, so that everyone despises him. Feng Laohu wanted to pull the Song prefect into the water several times, but the Song prefect's bones were very hard and he never pretended. ”

Su Jin said: "Since the prefect is not tempted by him, isn't it true that his subordinates are also clear?" ”

Pan Jiang sneered: "That's good, since the prefect, I dare to say that the big and small officials have something to do with Feng Laohu, and they have a very close relationship." ”

Su Jin was shocked: "Is there really such a thing? ”

Pan Jiang said: "If you want me to come up with evidence, I don't have it, but there are some things that don't need evidence, and no evidence doesn't mean that I am talking nonsense; Generally speaking, this little thing on the official face is leaky, but it is extremely difficult to find evidence. ”

Su Jin got up and paced two steps, and suddenly said, "How did you know about this?" ”

Pan Jiang smiled bitterly: "You can ask any official about these things, everyone knows it, but no one wants to say it." ”

Su Jin said again: "As far as you know, how many people are colluding with Feng Laohu?" ”

Pan Jiang shook his head and said: "How do you know this, anyway, I know that I am not, and I can't tell who is who is not from the outside." ”

Su Jin said solemnly: "How do you prove that you are not?" ”

Pan Jiang said: "I have already said that I can't prove who I am, and I can't prove that I am not, but I do things by conscience, originally I thought that yesterday's suspension was the result of me and Pan Shiyi's refusal of Feng Laohu's invitation several times, and then the envoy relieved his doubts before dispelling this idea, but seeing that the envoy was exhausted for the people of Yangzhou, so he took the risk to report this to the lord, and put it before you go to Beikou Sanli, the humble post will definitely not say it." ”

Su Jin understood that he was making such a fuss in Beikou Sanli, but it made Pan Jiang and the others think that he was not involved with Feng Laohu, otherwise he would not have come to tell him this; As he said, it's not clear who is who, he can't prove his innocence, can he prove that he is not connected with Feng Laohu? And such a fuss in Beikou Sanli Hutong just proved that he had nothing to do with Feng Laohu, so he dared to tell himself this.

"Since Feng Laohu has done this a long time ago, why don't you report it in secret letters?" Su Jin asked.

"There's no evidence, my lord, it's not that no one said it, otherwise where do you think this rumor came from? But what if you say it? How does he control it, and for what purpose? These are all ignorant of this, what punishment is used? There are also people who maintain it, and the above orders to find out, but it is the people who are in collusion with Feng Laohu who are checking Feng Laohu, what can be found? Who would risk going to tantric over time? ”

Su Jin sighed, sat on the chair, hung his head and said nothing, everything Pan Jiang said was reasonable, if the matter was so easy to be revealed, Feng Laohu would not be called Feng Laohu, it seemed that the confessions of those officials were ironclad evidence, and there was no other way.