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Chapter 164 The emperor's grace is mighty, and the disaster relief is ordered!

By the last count, Feng Linggan actually received nearly 500,000 taels of silver for this 50th birthday party and the Ming Dynasty charity night.

Feng Ling was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. He screamed: Today is my fiftieth birthday. I didn't expect you to support me so much. Tonight I announced that I will donate 500 taels of silver from this 500,000 taels of silver to the people who were affected by the disaster in Jinling City!

Everyone flattered each other. Eunuch Feng is really a bodhisattva. It is a blessing for the people to have an official like Eunuch Feng, who loves the people as much as his son in Jinling.

Feng Linggan said: When our family was in the capital, the emperor and the school manager kept warning us that we should not forget to dig wells when we drank water. What do we rely on to have this status today? The people of Jinling. Without them, our Jiangnan Weaving Bureau would be nothing!

Min Qiuye whispered to me, I have never hated anyone so much. Now the people of Jinling are suffering, but he is expending heavy taxes here. It's really hateful!

I said I heard that Lord Min was in Shu before, even the vassal kings dared to do the trick, but why did Jinling become less courageous?

Min Qiuye sighed, now that the people are suffering from disaster, I still hope to spit out something from these people. Moreover, he is a native of the inner court, and even if he is impeached, it is not our turn.

This is not a false statement. The inner court, the imperial merchants, salt, iron and tea prisons in various places, border trade smuggling, and the most profitable transactions in the world have almost all monopolized the inner court.

In addition to the funding of the Ministry of Works, a large part of the emperor's expenses were provided by people like Eunuch Feng. They were independent of the civil and military officer system and were directly under the jurisdiction of the inner court. Even if they were impeached, it would not be the turn of local officials like Min Qiuye.

I said maybe there is a way.

Min Qiu Ye asked, what should I do?

I said let's make a bet, a pot of high-quality wine!

Min Qiuye smiled bitterly and said, "Although I don't like social engagements, you are an exception. Even if you want to invite me to drink, you don't have to make this excuse." I shook my head and smiled, Lord Min just wait and see."

The next day, the whole of Jinling City became manic.

The first thing that was manic was the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. In less than half a day, news came that a major theft occurred in Feng Linggan's Juzhuang. Because of this, Feng Linggan was furious and more than a dozen of the eunuchs in the village were killed.

Immediately afterwards, the rage spread to the six doors.

Feng Linggan used his power to ask Liushemen to thoroughly investigate the treasure loss case, but got news from Zhuge Shaobing that Feng Linggan only asked everyone to check the lost items, but did not explain what it was.

This made everyone feel embarrassed. The heads of the various surveillances expressed their opinions that they had encountered such a ridiculous case for the first time in so many years. Zhuge Shaobing was not convenient to explain, but just threw out all the surveillances and found suspicious people.

Not only that, the regular offenders and disciples of the Beggars' Sect were in trouble. Some of them were pulled in for no reason. Even if they did not participate, they were blackmailed by the police. Those who refused to pay the money were tortured in the account.

After three or four days, many people arrested, but there was no result. Then, some people gradually released the news and said that Eunuch Feng, the young supervisor of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, lost the "that word" and was willing to pay 10,000 taels of silver to buy it.

Some gangsters in Jinling City were short of money, and they were so confused that they didn't think about how to make money from anyone. They even took a donkey treasure to get the reward under the name, but they were castrated by Eunuch Feng with one knife. These were all external words and were expressed in a different way.

In short, Feng Linggan fell into trouble this time, and it was known to everyone. Of course, there are the contributions of "Gossip Weekly" and the tireless efforts of Zhang Youqian and me.

Five days later, the case completely lost its fun and became a topic of conversation after dinner in Jinling City. Feng Linggan's mentality also changed from the beginning of anger to despair.

On this day, Zhuge Shaobing convened a meeting between the six gate departments to discuss this bizarre case. After five or six days of delay, Feng Ling felt pressured and asked Zhuge Shaobing to close the case.

Zhuge Shaobing analyzed that this matter was a bit strange. These thieves sneaked into Feng's mansion. There were so many gold, silver and treasures in the mansion that they didn't steal, but they just went to steal the life of Eunuch Feng. Don't you find it strange? Captain Su, you were in Feng's mansion that day, so let's talk about it.

I stood up and said: There are many doubts about the theft in Feng's mansion. First of all, let me talk about the motive for the crime. If these people are not for money, they are just vengeful to Feng Linggan. Although the Juzhuang is not rich enough to rival the country, it is also full of gold and silver.

Think about it, a thief travels thousands of miles and goes through a lot of hardships to sneak into the Feng Mansion, not for gold and silver, but instead attacks the life of a vulnerable group. What kind of spirit is this? What is the truth? Is it a decay of morality or a distortion of human nature? There is only one conclusion!

Zhuge Shaobing said okay, don’t keep it a secret.

I said calmly, blackmail.

The suspect stole the order of Eunuch Feng. This thing has no meaning to us, but it is extraordinary to Feng Lingyan. Therefore, I concluded that after the suspect stole it, he would definitely find a way to contact the Feng Mansion.

At this time, Feng Bao hurried over and said, "Mr. Zhuge, Captain Su, Eunuch Feng is invited."

We rode a horse to Juzhuang. After a few days, Feng Linghan lost weight a lot. His arrogant look in his eyes in the past was much less, but he had a little more fatigue.

After the ceremony, Feng Linggan said that he received a letter from a thief dart today, saying that our family’s life is in his hands, and we want our family to prepare 500,000 taels of silver. Let me listen to your opinions?

Zhuge Shaobing said, it is unreasonable. We people in the public cannot encourage this kind of unhealthy trend and will never negotiate terms with criminals. As long as he appears, we will have the confidence to capture him alive.

Feng Linggan said that our family is so old, and money is our life. The bottle also has our life. Captain Su, what do you think should we do?

I said I think it’s better to use silver to redeem your life. The roots are better. You can make another profit if the money is gone, but your original imported life is the only one. If you don’t have it, there is no place to find it.

Feng Linggan said that I came to you. The letter said, this time I went to redeem my life~ Genzi, I designated you to go with me. Captain Su, we were a little unhappy before, but then again, everyone was working in Jinling, so it would be better to support each other in some things.

I said I forgot everything about that night. Even if I think about it occasionally, I can’t get angry because of the ten thousand taels of silver from Eunuch Feng, right? Haha!

Feng Ling said, Captain Su has a big belly.

But I thought to myself that even if I can't kill you, I will let you peel off the skin this time. But I asked, how do you confirm that the other party has what his father-in-law wants?

Feng Linggan said that the jade ears in the glass bottle of both ears were broken down and sent over. Captain Su, today, you accompany me to the Mawang Temple in the west of the city for delivery.

I said the other party probably doesn't know how to collect cash notes. Five hundred thousand taels of cash is not a small amount. I want to see how they can transport them away. As soon as they get what their father-in-law wants, we will arrest people immediately.

Feng Linggan has no idea, saying that everything will be done as you said.

That night, Feng Linggan indeed prepared 500,000 taels of silver. After a birthday, he pulled out almost all the silver he received, hired 30 taels of carriages, and under the protection of all the soldiers, he came to the Mawang Temple.

After waiting around, Feng Linggan was also a little impatient. But I laughed secretly from the side and did not expose it. Finally, Feng Linggan couldn't help but ask if Captain Su could go ahead and check it out?

I pushed the door open and looked in a pretentious manner. I found a piece of paper that said, "The transaction will be cancelled and the transaction will be made at noon tomorrow at Confucius Temple Street in Qinhuai River.

Feng Ling said angrily, is this a fun trick on us?

I said I was probably pretending to be a suspicious array, and everyone was cheering up and was careful that someone would rob the silver cart.

Feng Linggan said you were still thoughtful.

I had nothing to do all the way, and I returned to Juzhuang, and I said it would be tomorrow.

When I got home, Zhang Youqian and Lin Hongyi had been waiting for a long time. I said that you didn’t see Feng Linggan’s face today, and it would be great to think about it.

Lin Hongyi asked, "Is this possible or not?"

I said I promised Lord Min, and I would never be vague, but you ended up working in vain. Lin Hongyi smiled and said, "Although that's the case, I still feel very happy."

On that day, I discussed with Lin Hongyi and deliberately delayed Feng Linggan for several days. Now that Jinling City is suffering, the people in the city are suffering, and Min Qiuye is powerless, so he has to let Feng Linggan bleed.

This time, 500,000 taels of silver were extorted, and the people of Jinling City went to collect it. Although there were some mistakes, they were quite different and would not be exploited at all levels, giving private individuals the opportunity to fill their pockets.

Lin Hongyi was worried, would Feng Linggan break his promise? The people of Jinling received the silver and used Feng Linggan to make money to make money. Will they send someone to take back the silver after they were sent out?

I thought about it and found that there is indeed a possibility, but there is no better way. It cannot be that this matter has to stop because of this, right?

The next morning, I met Feng Linggan and thirty carts of silver were pulled to Confucius Temple Street. Feng Linggan said on the horse's back, "We want to see how those people transport the silver away under our noses."

The entire Jinling City began to cause a sensation, and more and more people came to Daofuzi Temple Street. I had already said hello to Min Qiuye, and he had already arranged for officers and soldiers to maintain order.

When we arrived at Confucius Temple Street, Feng Ling felt the crowd of people and asked what was going on? At this moment, a short arrow shot from a black shed across the bank, and I grabbed it in my hand.

The letter: The silver and money are gone, and the treasures come.

I handed it to Feng Linggan and asked what to do?

Feng Linggan showed an unwilling look in his eyes. He said to Feng Baodao, and he would do it according to what they said. Humph, he actually teased our family like this and ordered people to record all the people who received the money. When our baby comes back, he will settle the score with them in the future!

What I was worried about finally happened, and Feng Linggan must be stingy with money. Now he has to do it. If he really waits for this matter to pass and he turns back to settle the score with these people, what should he do?

In this way, we may have helped.

At this moment, a merchant ship came up on the Qinhuai River, and two banners hung along the mast.

The first one reads: The emperor's grace is vast.

Another one says: Relief of disasters according to the order.

Seeing this, Feng Ling was so angry that his hands trembled, and shouted, "A traitor is hurting me, a traitor is hurting me!"
Chapter completed!
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