"The eunuch came all the way and worked tirelessly. I am here in this state. I have thanked the eunuch on behalf of the people of Xizhou. Next, it will be up to you, eunuch." Tang Feng said with a smile.
Feng Zheng held the teacup, nodded, and said casually, "Well, our family is trusted by His Majesty, and coming to Xizhou to mediate is what our family should do."
"Speaking of which, our family met Dongshan Marquis once before in the Imperial City. Judging from his behavior, he doesn't seem like a villain with treasonous intentions. Could it be that Master Tang is mistaken?"
Feng Zheng spoke for Su Qi'an. For those who didn't know, he thought that the two had a good relationship and had some friendship, or that Feng Zheng was an upright person and just wanted to give both parties justice.
If you really think so, you are totally wrong. Feng Zhenggui is one of the four supervisors and a popular figure around Su Xuanyong.
Compared with Wang Xian and Huang Feng who died before, Feng Zheng was quite upright on the surface and looked fair and just. In fact, he was extremely greedy for money in private.
Anyone who wants to ask him to do something is prepared to suffer heavy bleeding.
Feng Zheng's method of amassing money is not like that of ordinary corrupt officials, who accept money as soon as they see it without any scruples.
On the contrary, he is very cautious and usually hints to the other party through dialogue, and the other party must understand his intentions and know what he wants.
Unknowingly, if you collect money and give money carelessly and foolishly, not only will you not be able to do it well, but you will also not be able to ask Feng Zheng to do anything in the future.
It is precisely because Feng Zheng is good at doing things, taking people's money, helping people to eliminate disasters, and doing things very beautifully. Therefore, even if it is a big hemorrhage, as long as the things can be done well, it will be worth it no matter how hard you pay.
After hearing what Feng Zheng said, Tang Feng quickly stood up and stood in front of Feng Zheng, cupping his hands and looking like he was bursting into tears.
"Prince, you don't know something. What this Dongshan Marquis did in Xizhou is truly the anger of heaven and earth. There is no one in Xizhou who doesn't hate him."
"Because of his royal status, this state tolerated him again and again, but instead of repenting, this person left Xizhou, developed his power in Jiaozhou, sent a large army to invade Xizhou, and captured my eldest son."
"Please also ask the Chief Superintendent to make a clear decision. The Chief Superintendent must make decisions for the countless suffering people in Xizhou."
Tang Feng said it as if he was the biggest victim.
The folded arms were raised towards Feng Zheng again.
Feng Zheng stood up, supported Tang Feng's arms, and groped with his palms inside Tang Feng's wide sleeves.
Feng Zheng looked at Tang Feng seriously, with an awe-inspiring expression, "Since Mr. Zhou Mu has said so, our family must seek justice for the suffering people of Xizhou, if not for anything else."
"As the saying goes, you know people but don't know their hearts. Some people can't be judged by one-sided relationships. Our family knows how to deal with it here. Please ask Mr. Zhou Mu to keep your heart in mind. This time our family will definitely do it for you. support."
Tang Feng hugged his arms again, cupped his hands and continued, "Then here, I would like to thank the eunuch on behalf of all the people of Xizhou."
Feng Zheng supported him, nodded, and then, under Tang Feng's gaze, Feng Zheng left the room.
Tang Feng's tearful face showed a burst of physical pain. He lowered his head and glanced at his sleeves.
While the two sides were supporting and pushing each other, Tang Feng had already hidden the prepared land deed in his sleeve robe.
In the tears just now, Feng Zheng had already taken away the land deed.
It can be said that the two made a seamless and perfect deal.
If there were outsiders present, they would definitely feel that it was a bit too much.
After all, there are only two of them in the room, so there is no need to be so pretentious. It can be said that heaven knows and earth knows, you know and I know.
But this is precisely why Feng Zheng has not meant to be brought down after all these years, even if he has accepted a lot of money.
It relied on his caution. This kind of cautious transaction, regardless of whether there were outsiders present, could at least ensure that Feng Zheng could escape unscathed.
He will not fall into the hands of outsiders. Even if he is found to have a lot of money, who can tell clearly about this thing.
After all, it is impossible for anyone to
If you identify someone face to face, as long as you are not 100% sure of bringing the opponent down, it is better to have one more friend than one more enemy. This is the unspoken rule of officialdom.
Especially in the imperial court, there was such a popular person that it was too late for them to fawn over him, and how could they possibly become enemies?
This time, in order to completely confirm Su Qi'an's rebellion and ruin his reputation, Tang Feng would suffer a lot.
The land deeds prepared this time are not ordinary land deeds, but land deeds for three of the seven counties in Hanzhong County.
Except for the three county government offices, local wealthy families and other places, the rest of the places were all owned by Feng Zheng.
It is no exaggeration to say that Hanzhong County is the granary of Xizhou.
Secretly transferring half of the land to Feng Zheng is much better than collecting money.
Compared with money, land deeds are safer. Feng Zheng does not need to show up at all, nor does he need to prove that the land in the three counties belongs to him.
He just needs to sit back and wait to collect money and grain every year.
In order to completely bring down Su Qi'an, Tang Feng could be said to have spent a lot of money.
"Hmph, Su Qian, I want to see how you can turn the world upside down this time when I come to Benzhou!"
At this time, in Sichuandu County, after three days of disinfection and cleaning work, the city was finally lifted.
As the ban was lifted in the city, people who had been hiding in Tibet gradually returned to Sichuan City under the inspiration of Su Qi'an.
Today's Sichuandu County is definitely not as lively as it was three years ago, but as long as Su Qi'an is here, the people in the city believe that Sichuandu County will gradually recover and even be better than before.
All this was due to the orders given by Su Qi'an in the city.
In addition to carrying out disinfection and cleaning and opening porridge sheds, the people who returned to the county saw something relatively new.
It was called a public trial meeting. At this kind of meeting, they saw a group of policemen from Sichuandu County, including the county governor, and even Xizhou officials.
They were bound and judged in public, and the crimes they committed were listed one by one.
In the end, according to the degree of the crime committed and according to the laws of Daliang, the sentence will be how it should be.
This scene shocked all the people who had participated in the public trial meeting. Even after the meeting, they could not calm down for a long time.
In their eyes, these officials are superior officials.
On weekdays, even if you see them, you have to kneel down and salute from a distance. If you dare to look directly at them, your eyes will be gouged out.
But now, these high-ranking officials have such a day.
Being tried in public, and in front of them, is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented. It is so shocking.
Moreover, this public trial not only tried these officials, but also arrested the bullies and thugs who had maliciously oppressed the people and run rampant in the countryside in the past three years.
These captured bullies, thugs, and thugs were killed without any courtesy.
The impact this gave was enough to give those bullies who were hiding in the dark and had not yet been caught a considerable shock.
They knew that with the return of Dongshan Hou, the situation in Sichuandu County would completely change.
The public trial gave them a huge shock, one after another.
Looking back now, what impressed them most was not the severe punishment of these superior officials, thugs and bullies.
Instead, it was what Su Qian said, what is it called, from now on, in Sichuan County, not only Sichuan County, as long as he takes the place, there will be no such high-ranking officials, only the lower-level people like them. He is the real master and is the master of what he wants to do.
Su Qi'an's words somewhat embarrassed them. With their level of knowledge and thoughts, these words made them a little confused.
Although they didn't understand, General Su Qi'an's words made the people feel very happy for some reason, and there was a faint excitement that their blood swelled.
And this is what Su Qi'an wants to see. He doesn't expect that a so-called public trial can immediately change these people who have been oppressed for many years.
Be obedient to the thoughts of the people.
What he wants is to plant a seed of resistance in their minds.
Even if this seed is weak, or even decays after appearing for a few seconds, as long as it exists, it will leave a mark on their hearts.
As long as there is a mark, as time goes by, if one thing he did in Xizhou accumulates more in the future, it will definitely explode and be ignited at some point.
This kind of awakening took Su Qi'an three years in Jiaozhou to achieve some results. The people of Xizhou could not wait in a hurry.
This time Su Qi'an dared to hold public trials in every county that was captured. On the one hand, it was to leave some mark on the local people.
The more important point is that it announces Su Qi'an's return, and Su Qi'an is determined to be in Xizhou.
With the conclusion of the public trial, good news also came from the war in Guangyang and Yong'an.
After continuous attacks by Chen Dao and Song Biao, the defenders of the two counties knew that they could not wait for reinforcements and finally chose to break through the city and break out.
In this chaos, this method, although the losses were heavy, still allowed some of the defenders from the two counties to escape.
Statistics after the war showed that the two county defenders each suffered more than 10,000 casualties. The remaining more than 10,000 people suffered another 5,000 casualties during the breakout of the city, 3,000 were captured, and 2,000 escaped. ap.
The defenders who escaped did not need to think about it and fled towards Xizhou City in the rear.
Su Qi'an did not order the pursuit.
On the one hand, Song Biao, Chen Dao and others also suffered casualties in this war between the two counties, about 5,000 people.
Secondly, after the two counties were captured, the most important thing was to consolidate and recuperate, rather than sending troops to attack.
Based on the level of defense of Xizhou City and Tang Feng's preparations, if the army does not assemble and just rely on dividing the troops to continue the attack, they will probably suffer big losses.
For now, half of Su Qi'an's goal of capturing Guangyang and Yong'an counties has been achieved.
Three counties were taken, and the defense line that Tang Feng was proud of was completely destroyed.
The next step is to gather the troops and start the final decisive battle with Tang Feng in Xizhou City.
After waiting for so long, it was finally time to settle the accounts. Thinking of this, Su Yong, Xie Cang, Chen Dao, Er Meng, Song Biao and others all became excited.
