"Master Wu will go." Chen Zhengzhi smiled and said, "I always thought that Master Wu was afraid that he would stay in Nan'an and retain the position of guest in the Nan'an Marquis Mansion for one or two years, which was a reward for Mingda's work. In addition, it was almost impossible to ask Master Wu to go to the Dongfan."

"By the way." Chen Zhengzhi said at the end: "Since you have left these days, you will bring some news to Mingda. I won't write a letter."

The younger sister smiled and said, "Please tell me if you are the eldest brother of the Chen family."

"Mingda should prepare more pig iron." Chen Zhengzhi said: "It is best to look in the Dongfan to see if there are shallow ore veins nearby that are convenient for iron ore to be taken. It is better to smelvets at home and make utensils without being controlled by others."

My younger sister has been in the Nan'an Villa for a long time and her mind is already very agile. She said immediately: "What's wrong with Tingzhou and Jianzhou?"

Before this, because the development of the Dongfan required a large amount of pig iron and iron, the Nan'an Hou Mansion and the Changwen Hou Mansion jointly purchased a large amount of iron in Tingzhou and Jianzhou.

Many large businesses such as the Yang family in Nan'an also cooperated quite well, so the purchase was quite smooth. Large-scale purchases directly pushed up the price of iron tools in Fuzhou and other places by 10%. The absolute amount of purchase was not so good. It was just that in a hurry, several ships of iron tools were purchased in a short period of time, which was quite normal to have an impact on the price.

"Wang Yue, the governor of Jianzhou Army and State, was cruel and illegal. He was impeached by his father before and was reprimanded by the appeasement envoy. He was resentful and had already turned to King Zhao." Chen Zhengzhi said helplessly: "Wang Yue asked to set up an observer to unite the Jianzhou Xiangjun, and impeached many officials related to my family and appointed officials who turned to King Zhao. Now Tongzhi, Tongzong, and the magistrates of several counties are replacing people. Then it is a transfer, Changping and tax customs, which are probably going to change. He has already spoken out that he wants to cut off the supply of iron from Jianzhou to Nan'an. According to his usual practice, he should do this soon."

"Can no one cure him?" the little sister said in a little shocked and angry.

Chen Wenjun shook his head and said, "Many local affairs in this dynasty are tacit understanding, such as the use of ministerial money, and the government handling of local affairs. Officials are in accordance with laws and regulations. When they are given the highest examination, they will be promoted. If they are only willing to stay in office and not promoted, there is actually no way to control local officials."

The younger sister said thoughtfully: "When I left, my elder brother said that the area around the valley entrance in Jianzhou is unstable. If anything goes too far, it may affect the stability of the local area. It seems that Wang Yue is talking about."

"Mingda said so?" Chen Zhengzhi frowned and said, "But even if it is true, we have no way to say... let alone anything to do."

As long as the things that the military officials do within their own authority are not obviously beyond the rules, the inspectors will be unable to impeach fundamentally. Impeachment without hurting the skin is useless, especially when an official has strong background support, general impeachment will be even more ineffective.

The administration of the Great Wei Dynasty ranged from Qingming Festival to corruption, and even local officials made false names and were uncontrolled. This situation began to break out during the reign of Emperor Wenzong and during the reign of Emperor Chengzong. During the Chongde period, the emperor was eager to seek governance, but he asked local officials to pay taxes. If he paid more, he would make contributions and less. He would make mistakes, regardless of disasters and local income, and even morals.

This led officials to do whatever they wanted, even the people.

The situation on Fujian Road was quite good before this. The open sea areas, the industry and commerce were well developed, people had a lot of knowledge, and officials were not too busy. The administration was much clearer than other places.

The rampant bandits on Jinghu South and North Roads are also closely related to the corruption of officials.

The atmosphere in the officialdom also changed from Qingming to complete corruption.

The last time Xu Zixian entered Beijing, he participated in the coup and the big events of life and death. Is it because he lacked understanding of the official spirit of the capital, and he just looked at it in general.

In fact, since Emperor Wenzong, the officialdom has become quite scattered.

"Brother probably will come here." The younger sister did not regard it as a great event. Jianzhou and Tingzhou are both important towns produced by Fujian Iron, especially Gukou Town, which have good quality and low prices, so Nan'an Hou Mansion had previously purchased a large number of people near Gukou.

If Wang Yue is in trouble, it is amazing to go farther away, just go to Tingzhou to buy it.

It is even impossible for sea merchants to buy iron from Jiangling. Jiangling also produces iron, with a lower quality than Fujian iron, which is better because of its high volume and better price.

My younger sister is the director of the family and is no longer unfamiliar with these financial matters.

The Chen brothers and sisters did not stay for a long time and placed the doctors they led and sent carriages to Nan'an in batches. Their mission was completed.

The development in Dongfan was quite smooth, which was why Changwen Hou Mansion was willing to continue to invest.

"Little sister," after leaving the house and getting on the bus, Chen Zhengzhi said to Chen Wenjun: "Mingda's second sister is not old and has a little bit of a clear understanding of the world. She can help Mingda in everything. You will not be bad either, but I advise you not to interfere in military and political affairs, and to be at ease in the other courtyards with peace of mind."

"Brother means, don't have any signs of the back home interfering in politics?"

"Yes." Chen Zhengzhi chuckled and said, "It would be fine if my family's power is weaker. Now our Marquis' Mansion and Nan'an Marquis' are cooperative. If you are stronger, you will inevitably feel too rebellious. Mingda himself is very powerful... but he also values ​​feelings. As long as we save some trouble and save him some attention, no matter what happens in the future, Mingda will not forget his current friendship, which is enough."

Chen Wenjun said nothing, and after a while, he said to Chen Zhengzhi: "No wonder others say you are mediocre and useless. My father never cared about it. Once he talked to me about my eldest brother in private and said that you are not confused about your big things. What's the use of being smart in our family? People who are in charge of the family can't be wrong with big things. Now it seems that my father loves my eldest brother the most after all, so you know this very well with your eldest brother."

"Wrong." Chen Zhengzhi smiled bitterly and said, "I beat it step by step. Of course, the ones who my father, Junhou, really loves you, especially you, little sister."

Chen Wenjun didn't comment this time, just smiled sweetly.

...

The younger sister brought more than 100 doctors and assistants from Fucheng to Nan'an, and then received a batch of farm tools and seeds, and carried them to the Fu-1 ship.

The ship has been repaired at the port for several days, scraping algae, replacing the ship board, inspecting the cabin, and repainting the hull. After more than ten days of hard work, it looks completely refreshed.

Before leaving, chaos broke out in Nan'an Town.

A team of Kongmu official yamen sent by Jianzhou Prefecture surrounded the iron artifacts in the town. More than a hundred public men showed up in the town and issued a sea arrest document to arrest Zhang Mingliang.

Such a scene has not appeared for many years, and the town is suddenly filled with people.

"The yamen in Jianzhou ran to the gate of our Nan'an Villa to get people?"

"Of course, Wang Zhizhou is brave."

"He may not dare not do this... Wang Yue is now dependent on King Zhao, sorting out all matters in the military and states, and has great power. I heard someone talk about it a while ago that when Wang Yue was treating guests, he openly said that King Zhao of Fuzhou was the first, Lin Anfu envoy was the second, and Wang Yue was the third."

"Did you really say that?"

"Look, I'm going to see." The person who said sneered slightly and whispered: "Wang Yue is a man who is sinister and cruel, and no one can subdue him. When the King of Qi was there, he was not allowed to interfere in the military affairs of Jianzhou, but only managed civil affairs for him. Wang Yue was dissatisfied and complained to the two governments repeatedly. The King of Qi ignored him, and he had no choice. Now King Zhao handed over all the affairs of the General State to this person. This person is a person who is above the top. I think King Zhao may not be able to surrender to him."

"It's not that easy for him to come here to make trouble..."

Of course, Wang Yue could not come here in person when arresting Zhang Mingliang. It was a escort officer who came with a large number of officials and yamen. More than a hundred people were holding knives and iron rulers to surround the Zhang merchants in Tingzhou.

"Where is Master Zhang Dong?"

"I saw it once on the dock before, but now I don't know where it is."

"If people ask them to take it away, will we Nan'an people still have the face?"

"Shut up. The Marquis's Mansion will stand up for this matter, so it's not our turn to come forward."

"The Marquis' Mansion? The Junhou is not here."

"Wu Weisan is here. This man is too old and I'm afraid he may not dare to come forward."

"That's right, Old Wu smiled when he saw people. At the critical moment, his waist is probably not straight and he can't stand it..."

People around were talking, and there were many worries in their words.

Indeed, Xu Zi, the Marquis of Nan'an, is not in the other courtyard at all. Li Yi, Kong He, Qin Dongyang, Liu Yi, and other core civil servants and generals are not there either.

There was only one battalion of military soldiers in the villa and the barracks in the villa, and at the same time, they launched a delegation to train donations to protect the wharf.

Without large-scale bandits, more than 500 soldiers in the first battalion were enough.

But everyone did not expect that there would be such a situation now. More than a hundred Jianzhou yamen runners rushed to the town to arrest important members of the Chamber of Commerce... What would happen if Xu Zi was there first, and what would happen if Li Yi or Qin Dongyang were there?

"Old Wu," Lin Dingyi and Yang Shizhi and other leaders of the Chamber of Commerce rushed to the military camp, and each of them looked quite ugly. Lin Dingyi took the lead and said to Wu Weisan: "We have no other requests for you, we just want to protect Zhang Dongzhu and leave."

"Leave?" Wu Weisan frowned and said, "Where to go?"

"Go to the East Fan." Yang Shizhi said: "No matter how long the Magistrate Wang's hand is, he can't reach the East Fan."

"What excuses do they use to get people this time?"

"It's very funny." Lin Dingyi smiled bitterly and said, "Zhang Dongzhu had no son in middle age. Later, there was a temple in the Daffodil King at the entrance of the valley. He took his family to burn incense and beg for a son. Sure enough, he gave birth to a son. Because he felt that the Daffodil King was effective, the kid was called Da Wanger. As a result, Wang Zhijunzhou found out, so he sent a sea arrest to sign a ticket, saying that Zhang Dongzhu had a good name, had a bad plan, and had a rebellion..."

Yang Shizhi shook his head and said, "Brother Zhang is not very cautious in this matter. In fact, I have said a long time ago that a boy is not a good name. It is best to support a bad name, and it is not a bad thing to do."

The Great Wei did not have too strict control over the people. At least in terms of naming, there are actually all kinds of strange names.

In fact, the government would not mind too much. If you grasp the loopholes and make excuses like Wang Yue, you cannot say that it is wrong in terms of law. This is also Wang Yue's confidence.

But if such a thing is spread, officials will lose their image and official voices. However, for people like Wang Yue, they will not care about these "small things".

As long as the goal can be achieved, Wang Yue will not care about any loss in image and reputation.

Wang Yue had been away for a long time, so he took advantage of his position in other places to indulge in love with men and women wherever he went. During the period of the magistrate of Chuzhou and Yuezhou, whether in the alleys in the city or on the lake, he would instruct his subordinates to force his men to rob the mansion to offer his lust.

During a trip, I saw a girl named Zhao quite beautiful, so I ordered someone to find out the details. The girl had been betrothed to someone. So Wang Yue ordered someone to find the man's mother and persuade him to break off the engagement, but his mother refused. He also ordered someone to intimidate the girl's mother. The girl's mother gave the excuse of the man's mother's opposition, but she refused him.

Wang Yue was so angry that he "heard" that a monk had an affair with the man's mother, so he scolded the two and punished them, and eventually forcibly occupied the Zhao woman.

Amid the narratives of Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi and others, Wu Weisan shook his head repeatedly, but there was not much emotion on his face.

At the end, Wu Weisan said: "My lord and lord have always said that the ethics of the officials of the Great Wei Dynasty were no longer as good as before, but the more I didn't expect that Wang Zhizhou would act like this."

"Anyway." Lin Dingyi said solemnly: "If Brother Zhang falls into his hands, he will not survive that night of the state prison."

Yang Shizhi smiled bitterly and said, "It may not be too ugly. First, hit dozens of small boards. Is this the power of the state officials? Is it? I was locked up at night, and a few black-hearted yamen runners went to the state prison, stacking them up layer by layer with cloth bags until they died. The next day, he reported that he died of discomfort after being punished. Could it be that the state officials cannot torture the people? So Wang Zhizhou still has no responsibility..."

"It's so dark." Wu Weisan said: "Please wait."

After saying that, he stood up and turned into the side room on the east side.

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't know what Wu Weisan was damaging.
Chapter completed!