"Ahem, let's go see how Lord Nakatomi Yingzheng is handling it!" Tang Ping coughed dryly and led the people to the gate of the city lord's mansion.
At this time, almost most of the people in Niigata Prefecture have gathered at the gate.
Even the city guards were pushed aside.
"How could this be?"
"Yes, those disaster relief supplies are the life of the people!"
"My conscience is really eaten by dogs!"
"I also heard that the adults in the Suga family deducted 30% of the disaster relief funds before they came out of Nara!"
"Ah? Already 30% has been deducted? Then the city lord will deduct one more time. Does anyone want to live?"
"But you see, just because His Majesty the Emperor knew about this, he appointed Lord Nakatomi Hidemasa as the new city lord, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor still thinks of us."
"Huh, it's just that the adults of Suga's family are beside the emperor..."
"Don't dare to say these words!"
"What are you afraid of? Didn't you see that City Lord Su and I were captured?"
There were a lot of things said outside the gate of the castle lord's palace, but basically they were scolding Soga Kenichi and shouting "long live the emperor."
"Lord Nakatomi Hidemasa, please give me an explanation!" The city guard general who led the troops came to Nakatomi Hidemasa and asked.
He originally received a message from Suga Jianyi, saying that he was being held hostage and asked him to lead troops to rescue him.
When the result came, it was discovered that Nakatomi Yingzheng had detained Suga Jianyi at the gate of the city lord's mansion.
They also listened to the comments of the people nearby, and even if they didn't listen, he probably knew something about what Soga Kenichi was doing in Niigata Prefecture.
At this time, if I go up and take down Nakatomi Yingzheng forcefully, I am afraid it will trigger a civil uprising.
So he could only come to Nakatomi Hidemasa alone.
"See for yourself!" Nakatomi Yingzheng handed the letter of appointment to the city guard general.
It states that Kenichi Soga made the people of Niigata Prefecture furious due to corruption and perversion of the law, so he specially appointed Nakatomi Hidemasa to take over Niigata Prefecture.
The general of the city guard looked over it two or three times, but couldn't see anything wrong with the letter of appointment.
How did he know that Tang Ping had scanned it with a drone in the middle of the night and then went to modern times to forge it.
Tang Ping's cultural relic broker, Pangolin, is an expert in forging cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings. Although he has now become a famous and professional restoration expert, he is mainly responsible for the restoration of some calligraphy and painting cultural relics that Pangolin brought back from abroad.
But it is really a piece of cake to forge such a document that does not need to be aged.
Since there was no problem with the letter of appointment, the city guard general could only salute and said: "I have met the Lord Zhongchen City Lord."
"Okay, let's take the people back to the city guards." It's hard for the city guards to tell whether they had any collusion with Soga Kenichi in the past, and Nakatomi Hidemasa didn't dare to let them stay in Niigata County.
Anyway, he will mobilize the power of the Nakatomi family when the time comes, and he has the appointment of the castle lord. It will not be difficult to control Niigata County.
After finally appeasing the people and saying that they would re-arrange the distribution of relief supplies tomorrow morning, Nakatomi Yingzheng asked someone to take Suga Jianyi back.
He happened to be locked in the same cell where Su Wo Jianyi imprisoned him.
At this time, Nakatomi Yingzheng had time to talk in detail with Shanbei's eldest brother, Wang.
"I received a letter from Nara a few days ago, saying that Prince Yamabeko was killed. I was quite sorry. It's really gratifying to see that the prince is safe and sound today."
Nakatomi Hidemasa is pretty much the same as the rumors say, even when he speaks, he is very serious.
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm very happy to see Lord Nakatomi Eimasa."
"But your highness, how did Nara Castle know about Soga Kenichi's evil deeds?" Nakatomi Hidemasa asked doubtfully: "I wrote to Nara a few years ago, but it was all lost, and I gave up later. ”
"And many of the charges written on it this time are the latest. Is it possible that there are still others in Niigata Prefecture..."
Before Zhongchenying finished his questions, Tang Ping said from the side: "Because we forged the letter of appointment given to you."
"Forged..." Nakatomi Yingzheng was startled, and the folding fan in his hand fell to the ground.
"You...what did you say?"
"It's the letter of appointment appointing you as the city lord. It was Prince Shanbei who asked me to forge it." Tang Ping pointed at Shanbei's eldest brother, and directly passed the blame.
"You...you guys..." Nakatomi Yingzheng has been an upright person all his life and has been loyal to the Fuso court. When he suddenly encountered such a situation, he didn't know what to do.
"Nakatomi-sama, have you ever thought about what would happen to the people of Niigata County if Souga Kenichi was still the lord of this city?" Tang Ping asked.
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"Let me tell you, it's autumn now. If we don't repair our houses quickly, when winter comes, the people with no clothes on their heads and no roof over their heads will freeze to death." Tang Ping did not say anything to Nakatomi Yingzheng. Opportunity: "Have you ever seen people who freeze to death? Before they freeze to death, they will feel hot all over, take off the last piece of clothing on their body, and then become a hard corpse in the ice, snow and cold wind."
"Compared with Lord Nakatomi's personal reputation, are the lives of common people more important?"
"I..." Nakatomi Yingzheng thought for a moment and said with some dejection: "I will write a letter to Nara myself to apologize."
"Why do you want to plead guilty?" Tang Ping asked strangely: "Now that the Soga family controls the government, even disaster relief funds have to be scraped off three layers of skin by them. The common people are miserable, but they are singing and dancing in Nara. The world has suffered from the Soga family for a long time. ."
"Nakatomi Kamazu-sama is alone in Nara and cannot support himself. Doesn't it mean that Nakatomi Eimasa-sama doesn't have the ambition to help the world together with Nakatomi Kamazu-sama?"
Nakatomi Yingzheng was moved by Tang Ping's words, but he said with some worry: "But Yingzheng has little talent and knowledge, and I'm afraid he will embarrass his big job."
"What did Nakatomi-sama say?" Tang Ping stepped forward and grabbed his hands and said, "Don't you, Nakatomi-sama, want the people of Niigata County to live happily?"
"Of course I do. I, Nakatomi Yingzheng, study and read in the hope that I can benefit the people." Nakatomi Yingzheng nodded seriously.
"If that's the case, then why can't the person who makes the people happy be Lord Nakatomi?"
"Nakatomi-sama, come on!"
Zhongchen Yingzheng was inexplicably excited by what Tang Ping said: "Okay, I, Zhongchen Yingzheng, will work hard to make the people live a happy life even if I have to bear the infamy."
After speaking, he bowed deeply to Tang Ping and said: "In the past, I was too cowardly and did not stand up earlier and insisted on impeaching Souga Kenichi, which caused the people of Niigata County to suffer a lot."
"Then please Nakatomi-sama, please start from now on. It's never too late to start!"
Seeing the impassioned expressions of Tang Ping and Nakatomi Yingzheng saying that they regretted meeting each other so late, Shanbei's eldest brother Wang muttered with some confusion: "Is this okay?"
