Chapter 9: Differentiation Scheme ()

Since he couldn't think of any good solution for the moment, Tang Feng no longer forced himself to take a look and decided to take a look first. After all, this matter cannot be solved in a short time. However, Tang Feng planned not to cause trouble for those people for the time being, but the account book was still reading. He wanted to understand the inside story in it, and he could take the lead when he really wanted to deal with those people in the future.

In addition to handling official tasks and reading a lot of documents in daily life, Tang Feng spent the rest of his time practicing martial arts according to the skills mentioned in solving doubts. Although he practiced internal energy continuously every day, he did not feel the flow of true energy in his body for several days, which made him very discouraged. However, in order to make his body stronger and not be so weak, Tang Feng still practiced diligently, and at the same time, he also asked him to solve doubts to teach his external fist skills every morning and evening. When he thought, if he practiced inside and outside, he might suddenly succeed on one day.

Although I knew in my heart that Tang Feng could achieve great success in martial arts at this age, I didn’t want his son to be discouraged, so I didn’t mention this matter, but just taught him something that was easy to understand as much as possible.

Finally, his time paid off. Although Tang Feng's internal skills are very small, because he is constantly practicing martial arts, he is very weak. His body looks much stronger when he looks like a gust of wind blows down, which is also the motivation to support him to continue practicing. On this day, when Tang Feng was learning to hold a sword in the backyard, he explained to the side: "Young Master, when your sword is stabbed out, your strength is too dispersed and your strength cannot be concentrated, so that he will not have too strong damage ability when facing the enemy." Seeing that Tang Feng looked at him without understanding, he walked forward, took the sword from Tang Feng's hand, and then stabbed casually. The three-foot sword body was wiped into the trunk, leaving only the hilt of the sword still outside.

Tang Feng had tried to stab a tree with a sword before, but he could only pierce the bark. Seeing that he had solved the problem so quickly and neatly, his eyes lit up and asked hurriedly: "How did you do it? I stabbed with all my strength, but you were just a casual sword. Why is the effect huge difference?"

He answered the question and said, "Young Master, although you have used all your strength, your strength is dispersed when it reaches the tree. If you want to pass through the tree with one sword, the most important thing is to concentrate your strength at one point. As the saying goes, the force is weak."

"The power is weak, and the power is weak..." Tang Feng murmured several times, as if he had some insight. Suddenly he seemed to have grasped something again, which was more important than practicing martial arts by himself. After pronunciating the four words "The power is weak" several times, he suddenly understood: "The power is weak! I always thought of being an enemy of the entire yamen, but why didn't I think of differentiating them and dealing with them? These greedy people will stand together only when the interests are consistent. If I find a way to make them no longer trust each other, the power they can fight against me will inevitably be weak, which means that the power is weak. Since ancient times, these corrupt officials have not been loyal people, and they will not sacrifice themselves for their fellow party members. Yes, if I want to deal with these people, I should divide them!"

When he saw Tang Feng staying there after hearing what he said, he was puzzled. However, he did not ask Tang Feng what he thought of, but just stood with him in the yard. After a while, Tang Feng woke up and smiled, he continued to practice the sword. He felt that a stone pressing on his heart had been removed, and he should take action next.

After having this method in mind, Tang Feng began to pay attention to the people under his command, and he wanted to find a suitable person for his plan. After a few days of observation and analysis based on his own insights, Tang Feng chose the oldest Tian Jing.

From some observations and conversations, Tang Feng knew that Tian Jing was very unusual. He had been a magistrate in this county government for more than 30 years. No matter who he changed to be a county magistrate, he could not live without, as a person who knew She County very well. Since this person is indispensable, his power is naturally only under the county magistrate, and he can be said to be the second-in-command in the county. But in fact, there is a second-in-command in the county government, that is, the county magistrate Gao Ming. In this way, the two of them will inevitably have conflicts. But perhaps because neither of them is too powerful, or for some other reason, Tang Feng has never seen any conflicts between these two. But it is impossible to see that it does not mean that there is no such thing, so Tang Feng decided to differentiate the two second-in-commands to achieve his own goals.

After having the goal and plan, Tang Feng began to implement it. After completing all the trivial matters this day, when the time was no longer enough, Tang Feng asked everyone to go home. But when these people were saying goodbye and leaving, Tang Feng kept Tian Jing: "Master Tian, ​​please stay, I have some things to ask you."

Others didn't care about Tang Feng's behavior of leaving alone, so they all surrendered. Tang Feng just asked Tian Jing about some past events in the county, and let Tian Jing leave.

Then the second day, Tang Feng left Tian Jing alone, asked him some questions and asked him to go back. The same was true on the third day, and the fourth day even left him for dinner... Tang Feng kept Tian Jing alone for several consecutive days, which made the people in the yamen start to think about what County Magistrate Tang was talking to this master, and it would take several consecutive days for him to do. At the beginning, Gao Ming didn't care, just when Tang Feng was new to come and needed to understand the affairs of all sizes in the county. But then he saw that Tian Jing and the County Magistrate were moving more frequently, and those who were in charge were guessing some things from time to time, he began to feel suspicious. But he couldn't ask the two people, and even if he asked, he didn't think the other party would tell the truth. In this way, he had a doubt in his heart.

Tian Jing was still confused and thought that the county magistrate valued him very much, thinking that he would be valued by Tang Feng's men in the future. As soon as he thought he had a backer, he began to ignore Gao Ming and often confronted Gao Ming in front of others, which made him even more unhappy.

All of this fell in Tang Feng's eyes. He knew that the ally relationship between the two had already had a difficult-to-heal rift, and the two had lost their original trust. So he decided to take action.

On April 15, Tang Feng called everyone in the county government office to the second hall. He looked at these people with a deep face and did not speak for a long time, which made the people standing below feel uncomfortable. When he felt that they were about to be unable to support him, Tang Feng said, "Today is the day when I arrived in She County for a full month. I originally wanted to talk to you and thank you for your help. But today I learned something that the people in the county government office were actually greedy and illegal. I want to ask you, is this true?" As he said that, his eyes slowly swept across everyone's face.

Everyone who was scanned by him had a tight expression. No matter who they were, they had more or less benefited, so they felt nervous after hearing Tang Feng's words. Gao Ming's heart immediately began to guess how Tang Feng knew about this corruption. If he had known it a long time ago, he would have come to trouble him a few days ago. Since he had only brought this matter up now, it was the thing he had only known in the past few days. And the only person who could get him news in the past few days was Tian Jing, who always conspired with him. Thinking of this, Gao Ming glared at Tian Jing fiercely and said to himself: "You old man, you have also been greedy. Now, in order to gain Lord Tang's trust, he actually betrayed us!" Although he thought so in his heart, he still couldn't be sure that it was Tian Jing.

Tang Feng had already seen Gao Ming's actions and knew that the other party had been hooked, so he continued, "You don't have to mess around. I am already familiar with this matter. Last year, you and the previous county magistrate embezzled 1,637 taels of silver from taxes. In December and January, more than 300 taels of gold were embezzled. Is there any such thing?"

Everyone's hearts were shocked. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate knew the total amount of corruption he and others clearly, so he really couldn't argue. After hearing this, Gao Ming was already 100% sure that it was Tian Jing who told Tang Feng. Because only he was the number of silver, the former county magistrate and Tian Jing could know so clearly. Since he had never said it, of course it was Tian Jing who said it. Thinking of this old man so unethical, in order to clear himself, he reported the matter in detail. "Since you are in the first grade, don't blame me for being fifteen!" Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately stepped forward and said, "Sir, the official has something to say."

"You said." Tang Feng couldn't help but jump out when he saw Gao Ming. He felt a little happy, but his face remained calm.

"Sir, we have indeed greedy for a lot of silver, but most of them are still in the bags of the county magistrates of the previous few. Please ask for a clear review. Moreover, as a teacher of several terms, Tian Jing is even better than us in greed for a lot of money. Please ask for a clear investigation!" He said and knelt down.

Tian Jing, who was standing behind him, was stunned. Even after knowing that he was clinging to him, he also came forward and knelt down and said, "Why did you wrongly accuse me? Although I have been a ruling in the county government for decades, I have always been strict with myself in terms of money. If it weren't for the coercion of the county magistrate of the previous few days and Gao County Magistrate, I wouldn't have greed for these silver. Please ask the adults to investigate." As he said that, he even communicated with tears and looked very embarrassed.

When the others saw that the two of them had admitted it, they naturally dared not refuse. They all knelt down to Tang Fengchen and said how unwilling they were, but they had to be greedy due to the situation. For a moment, the two halls were filled with urging committees, and Tang Feng's head hurt. He really couldn't have imagined that these people would have such a terrible scene.
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