Chapter 309: Entering the Sword (2)

After hearing Zhang Wencong finished speaking everything, Tang Feng gave him a thumbs up: "You did a good job, otherwise you would do everything I want you to do and say, and you also know how to master the psychology of these people, so that they can fully believe you. Yes, if this time it can really clear the administration of Shandong, you General Zhang will be the first contribution."

Zhang Wencong laughed when he heard this: "Sir, you have been too rewarded. In fact, after you reminded Mo Jiang that this matter is unusual, Mo Jiang had already planned to do this. Most of them underestimate us martial artists. As long as you grasp this point, they will not have any doubts about Mo Jiang's words." Then he asked again: "Sir, what are you going to do next?"

Tang Feng smiled and said, "Then we have to wait for them to fully enter my trap. I think they will take action in these few days."

While Tang Feng said this with confidence, He Bichang was also confident in the mansion of the governor over there: "After you say this, I will be more confident in ensuring that we are all safe. What Lord Tang wants is only money. As long as we hand over the IOU, he will mediate for us in the court, and we will rest assured from now on. If he wants us to be able to fulfill those IOUs, we must keep us all."

"My lord is indeed a great opinion. Now he is the envoy Tang Qin wants to get benefits from us, but after he received our IOU, he was on the same front as us. It seems that he had such a big backer in the court later. Why should we be afraid that some things will be exposed?" someone immediately echoed.

At this time, someone came out to pour cold water on it. It was Meng Qingguo, whose status was second only to Hebichang. He frowned and said, "Don't you think this matter is a bit inconsistent? Since Tang Feng could return the silver he received hundreds of thousands of taels of taels to the people before, he was not the greedy person. How could he accept our IOU? Could it be a trap?"

"Mr. Meng, it seems that you have too many cases. How can you tell the conspiracy in everything? He took out the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver he had before, because he was forced by the momentum, not willing to do so. If he didn't do this at that time, I'm afraid that the people who have been incited will be in chaos again. From this point of view, I can see that Tang Feng's future will be unlimited, because he knows priorities and knows when to give up. But doing this does not mean that he doesn't like money. We can hear this from the mouth of Zhang Wencong who came with him." He Bichang said and shook his head at Meng Qingguo, and sighed: "You must know that he is a celebrity next to Eunuch Wei in the court. Do you think he can really get out of the mud without being stained?"

Other officials also nodded and said, "Mr. He said so much. We still remember that he had hinted several times before, but we had not made a promise at that time, so we did not make a promise. If we had no more expressions at this time, I'm afraid Lord Tang would be very dissatisfied with us."

Seeing that everyone said this, Meng Qingguo could not put forward different opinions anymore, otherwise he would be isolated by these people, so he had to say, "Since Lord He and everyone think this way, I will naturally advance and retreat with you. I wonder how everyone plans to send the things to Lord Tang, and how much are they going to give him?"

He Bichang had already made plans and said after hearing this: "If you just want Lord Tang to help us cover up the matter, as long as each person spends tens of thousands of taels of silver, we can't miss this great opportunity. If Lord Tang gets promoted after this rebellion, we must flatter him even more, so I mean giving more, and it's best to have a long-term connection with him. Only in this way can we have a support in the future."

Everyone agreed with his opinion. Although this would make them spend more money to respect Tang Feng, it would be worth it to be able to get in touch with the celebrity around Wei Zhongxian. Moreover, their money was also plundered from the people. As long as they use more care, they could make up for the gap in spending. Of course, they would not hesitate to such a thing that benefits others and self-interest.

After thinking about it, they did it. Soon, someone brought pens, ink, paper and inkstones. These officials began to write IOUs in turn. They either "owed Tang Feng 30,000 taels" or "owed Lord Tang 25,000 taels of silver", one by one. Then, why Bichang was even more straightforward and wrote an IOU with a wave of his hand. He understood that as long as he could get in touch with Lord Tang, this mere 50,000 taels of silver was nothing.

After writing these things, we will sign the letter. Everyone looked at He Bichang and saw how he wrote it. This letter is indeed a bit particular, but it is not difficult for He Bichang to write it. He just wrote it on his own: "Why do you want to go to Shandong governor?" Everyone is a person with a bright heart. He knew the mystery at a glance. He added an official title before his name, reminding Tang Feng that only when he was still in the position of the governor, this IOU would be useful, otherwise it would be a piece of waste paper. In this way, Tang Feng would try his best to keep He Bichang's official position in order to get the 50,000 taels of silver.

Everyone was amazed at Lord He's method of being unscathed, and then they signed their name and official positions in his style. In a short while, dozens of people were completed. He Bichang said: "These IOUs should not be seen by us and Lord Tang, except for us who can know about them, so I think people should be sent to him secretly."

The others had long been impressed by He Bichang's methods. Now, after hearing what he said, they naturally didn't agree. They immediately said: "Please ask Lord He to make an arrangement, so we will follow you."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "We just thanked Lord Tang before. Now it would not be abrupt if we send a table of good wine and food. Just put all the IOUs in those food boxes and send them to him."

"Sir, two people carrying picks came outside, saying that they were ordered by the people of Bichang and the others to send you some food to express their gratitude. Do you think they want them to come in?" At noon the next day, when Tang Feng was about to have a meal, someone came to report.

Tang Feng looked at the simple dishes in front of him, and nodded and said, "Okay, since someone has brought lunch, of course I can't refuse. Let them pick up all the food in. By the way, you go and call General Zhang, Miao Qianhu and Huang Baihu, and I will invite them to have dinner together."

After a while, the table of good mats were placed on the table, and then the people who were picking food boxes left. Seeing that they winked at him, Tang Feng took his eyes and looked at the empty food boxes, he knew that there must be something strange. After they left, they opened the food boxes that should have been empty and were taken back, but found that there was a thick stack of paper in one of the boxes. When they picked it up and looked at it, they found that it was dozens of IOUs.

Tang Feng was surprised just by looking at it casually. The number of each IOU here was extremely large, with 20,000 yuan and 50,000 taels. It seemed that this stack of white paper was worth as much as one million yuan. Just when Tang Feng was shocked by the efforts of these people, Zhang, Huang and Miao had already arrived. When they saw the rich face, they were all very satisfied.

"Your face is still Lord Tang. I was called to dinner by them, but I don't have the ability to send things to my door like you." Zhang Wencong joked. The other two Jinyiwei people were also surprised. With their understanding of He Bichang and other officials in Jinan, they had never seen them flattering Shangguan so much, so they flattered him a few words.

Tang Feng just smiled softly at this: "What is this cubicle? There are things that surprise you even more." As he said that, he took out the large stack of IOUs in his hand and shook them in front of them.

All three of them are quick-witted. Although they just flashed past their eyes, they still saw the numbers written on the IOU on the top and immediately opened their mouths in surprise. Tang Feng slapped the IOU on the table and said, "These people are really big. They gave me million taels of silver at the first move. Are you too bold to say this?"

The two Jinyiwei were not sure about the cause and effect of the matter, and looked at Tang Feng in confusion. However, Zhang Wencong said, "Sir, now we have such good evidence. Can we arrest people?"

Tang Feng first expressed his plan: "Although this chaos in Shandong is inseparable from what these people do, I don't want to replace all the officials in Shandong at this time, so I need to find out the evil leaders. However, there is no way for them to turn against each other on the same boat, so I can only catch their handles first and make most of them stand on my side for self-protection. Now with these IOUs, it is enough to coerce them with them."

Miao and Huang then realized that Tang Feng was not really greedy for money, but had other plans, so he nodded and said, "Sir, it's really a clever plan. With these IOUs they wrote personally, it's no longer a difficult task to make them make. But when do you plan to expose the matter?" This final question was also what Zhang Wencong wanted to know.
Chapter completed!