Chapter 569 [The Great Drought in the North, Hidden Murder] Two
After hearing what Mu Linfeng said, all the officials dared not mention another word, so they all bowed their heads and remained silent.
But Mu Linfeng asked Hong Chengchou at this time: "So, what can Sir Hong do to prevent this?"
Hong Chengchou cupped his hands to Mu Linfeng and said, "I only think of these things. As for how to deal with it, I haven't thought of it yet!"
Mu Linfeng pondered for a while after hearing the words. It was a great help for Hong Chengchou to say this today. If he had only thought of it when Zhendao started to help the victims, I am afraid that the disaster has already come.
Mu Linfeng said to everyone at this time: "No matter what, the general policy of relieving the victims cannot be changed!" After saying that, he turned around and cupped his hands to Zhu Cixiang and said: "My emperor is kind-hearted, how can I see the people of the past suffering such a disaster!"
When Mu Linfeng said that he saw Zhu Cixiang fell asleep on the table, his expression changed slightly, he turned around and calmly said to the officials: "Now there are two difficult things, one is how to mobilize food and grass, and the other is
How to solve the problem that Mr. Hong just mentioned, Wang Zhizhen is responsible for mobilizing food and grass, and Hong Chengchou and Shi Kefa are responsible for preventing Li Zicheng's troops from pretending to be victims..."
Hong Chengchou, Shi Kefa and Wang Zhizhen heard the words and immediately took a step forward, then knelt down and said: "I obey the order!"
After Mu Linfeng signaled the three of them to stand up, he then said to the other officials: "Relieving the victims is a top priority now. If any official embezzles, accepts bribes, or deprives the victims of food and grass during this period, he will be executed immediately if found out!"
It had only been a few months since Mu Linfeng killed nearly a hundred corrupt officials in Suzhou, but the officials were still more than satisfied. Now after hearing what Mu Linfeng said, they all knelt on the ground and shouted: "I obey the order!"
Mu Linfeng glanced at the eunuch next to Zhu Cixiang at this time. The eunuch immediately understood and shouted at the top of his voice: "If there is something going on, go back to the court if there is nothing!"
At this time, all the officials shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live my emperor, my lord, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years!" and then they came out of Fengtian Hall.
At this time, Mu Linfeng slowly walked up to the high hall, next to the dragon chair, and knocked on the table hard. Only then did Zhu Cixiang wake up and turn around. Seeing that all the officials in the hall had already left, he turned around and saw Mu Linfeng standing there.
Beside him, his face changed drastically, he stood up in a hurry and stood aside, not daring to say a word.
After Mu Linfeng looked at Zhu Cixiang for a long time, he shook his head and said to himself: "You really can't teach a boy!" He thought about it and said to the eunuch beside him: "Serve the emperor and return to the harem to rest!"
The eunuchs and maids escorted Zhu Cixiang out of the hall. Mu Linfeng left the hall and immediately called Kong Wu and asked, "Has Zhou Shixian entered the palace recently?"
Kong Wu was wearing an official uniform at this time and looked particularly majestic. He quickly said to Mu Linfeng: "Since the prince came back from Fujian, Zhou Shixian has never been to the palace again, and the princess has never left the palace. However, the princess's maid Xiao
Cui often leaves the palace!"
Mu Linfeng's expression changed when he heard this, and he asked: "She went to Zhou Shixian's residence? Read the full text novel at...(.С.文.学网"
Kong Wu nodded and said: "Yes, every time Xiaocui seems to feel that he is being followed, but after going around and around, he finally goes to see Zhou Shixian..."
Mu Linfeng muttered: "It seems that Zhu Yu'ao still cares about Zhou Shixian in her heart. Who is this Zhou Shixian? I really want to see it!"
I originally thought that Kong Wu would ask about Zhou Shixian's residence, but after thinking about it carefully, what could he do if he knew about it? There were so many things going on now, and even if he knew about it, he would have no time to be distracted, so he let Kong Wu continue to look at Zhou Shixian.
Kong Wu said to Mu Linfeng at this time: "Your Majesty asked the general to monitor Wang Zhizhen. In the past few days, he has discovered that Wang Zhizhen has a close relationship with Gao Mingheng, the prefect of Nanjing who has taken office. Last night, Gao Mingheng visited Wang Zhizhen's hinterland until sunset.
He came back after three shots, but the specific content of the conversation will never be known."
Mu Linfeng nodded after hearing this. He naturally knew what Gao Mingheng was doing in the palace, and naturally told his mentor Wang Zhizhen what he had said to him yesterday. This was exactly what Mu Linfeng wanted.
the result.
How could Mu Linfeng easily leave such a confidential matter to someone he met for the first time? It was a lie to ask Gao Mingheng to spy on Nanjing officials, but it was true to test Wang Zhizhen's party members in Nanjing.
However, Mu Linfeng knew that now was not the time to close the net. If he wanted to catch all Wang Zhizhen's gang members, he still had to take a long-term approach.
Kong Wu immediately reported some recent situations. There seemed to be progress in the surveillance of Mu Linfeng's mansion. Several stewards of Mu's mansion seemed to have been in and out of Mu's mansion frequently recently, but there were no clues about it in Fan County yet.
Mu Linfeng has always suspected that the traitor Long Qingfeng planted next to him would be one of Gu Meisheng, Bian Yujing or Kou Baimen since he stopped the voyage and heard what Xu Erniang said. After all, the boss behind Chunxiang House in the past was Long Qingfeng.
, this made Mu Linfeng very suspicious, but Wanwan did not expect that he would be the steward of his own mansion.
In the mansion, Mu Linfeng only knew Su Duxiu and three other retainers besides a few of his own women. He didn't know any of these servants, so he never found any clues.
Mu Linfeng still let Kong Wu continue all actions. After all, it didn't mean anything to find out that several stewards went out frequently, and it was probably Gu Meisheng and the others who asked the stewards to go out to do things for them.
Mu Linfeng never directly asked Kong Wu to monitor Gu Meisheng, Bian Yujing and Kou Baimen because he could not believe it in his heart, nor did he believe that the three of them could be traitors, so he still asked Kong Wu to continue to monitor the whole house.
After Mu Linfeng returned home, he learned that Zhong Bin's injury was almost healed, and immediately followed Zhong Nanping to Zhong Bin's room to see him.
At this time, Zhong Bin had almost removed the gauze he was holding on his body, and he could stand up and move around, but he was still not as normal as before. Xiaoyu said that he needed to exercise slowly to return to his previous state.
Zhong Bin was obviously very dissatisfied with his recovery, thinking that he was already well now, and asked Mu Linfeng to let him take up his post immediately. Mu Linfeng told Zhong Bin to take good care of himself and wait until he recovered to discuss everything.
After leaving Zhong Bin's room, Zhong Nanping told Mu Linfeng that Zhong Tian's insurance company headquarters had moved to Nanjing and would be opening soon, and asked Mu Linfeng if he had time to attend the ceremony.
Mu Linfeng laughed when he heard this and said: "My brother-in-law's insurance company has opened, so of course I want to go!"
Zhong Nanping's face turned red when he heard this, and he was so shy. Mu Linfeng was moved in his heart when he saw it, and said secretly: "There is no big thing in Jiangnan now, and Zhu Yousong is also dead. After finishing the work of relieving the victims, we have to ask Zhong Wan
It’s time to propose marriage!”
Mu Linfeng did not tell Zhong Nanping his thoughts. He wanted to surprise Zhong Nanping when he proposed marriage to Zhong Wannian.
The theme of the morning meetings in the following days was all about how to relieve the people in the north, but there was no progress, and the matter of raising money was basically stagnant. Wang Zhizhen suggested to Mu Linfeng that he recruit rice merchants from counties in the south of the Yangtze River.
Mu Linfeng thought about it again and again, and finally decided that it could not be requisitioned, but could only be borrowed. The grain borrowed from the rice merchant could be settled with the rice merchant according to the market price interest, but the money could not be given in one go, it had to be given in batches.