Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 346 Rotten rich and powerful!
Every flood of the Yellow River is a huge disaster for the people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

In particular, the financial difficulties of the Great Wei in recent years have led to poor water conservancy.

As a result, the natural disaster loss this time is unprecedented.

The most severely affected are the two prefectures of Shandong.

Suffering first from drought and then from floods, the people are really in dire straits.

If what Prince Zhongshun said is true, then the Jia family and his son deserve to die!
Feng Yibo was already furious in his heart.

Although he himself took advantage of the opportunity to profit, what he "fished" was the profit of the population.

The people affected by the disaster were relocated to Donghai County, which is also a disguised way to help the local resettlement of the victims.

It is precisely because of this that the local officials acquiesced to a certain extent, and even estimated his behavior.

For this reason, Donghai County has never been impeached.

But according to what Prince Zhongshun just said, the actions of the Jia family are making the country rich!
Anyone who hears such a thing may find it difficult to accept it.

To be honest, Wei's political system is, after all, a centralized system of authoritarianism.

Living in such an era, what Feng Yibo expected in his heart, the bottom line of this era, is naturally not like that of later generations, which truly pursues a harmonious society where human life is greater than heaven.

Due to the limitations of the times, it is already a benevolent family that gives tolerance and dignity to slaves like Jia's mansion.

Compared with other dignitaries, even in the Ning Mansion, there are very few slaves who have been killed or dismissed in these years.
For these dignitaries, taking a few lives is really nothing.

Especially the death of a maid, servant, such a slave's life.

Even if it was heard occasionally, Feng Yibo could only sigh with emotion.

This is not because he is insensitive, but because he has not been able to completely change the status quo of cannibalism for the time being.

In such an era, it is not an exaggeration to say that such things happen every day.

He can't take care of other families, and he can't take care of Jia's.

Even if you really want to control it, you should make institutional changes.

Only by completely changing from the root can we prevent such things from happening to the greatest extent.

This is also one of the reasons why he tried to abolish the cheap registration in Donghai County.

However, he can temporarily ignore a few lives.

It can also be said that I am waiting for the future to accumulate enough to carry out institutional reforms.

However, it is not the same to make a fortune in a country!
This is not a common problem in this society!
It is the bottom line that should not be touched by anyone, under any system, at any time!

This is the righteousness, he can't turn a blind eye!
As long as you are still a "human being", you cannot tolerate such a thing happening!
"My lord knows, who is involved in this matter?"

Feng Yibo's eyes filled with evil spirits, and he looked at himself.

Prince Zhongshun was inevitably a little surprised, sat up straight, frowned and said:
"What? Do you really want to take care of this?"

Hearing this, despite being furious, Feng Yibo still kept his eyes open.

Prince Zhongshun's words are credible, but not all.

If the Jia family and his son really did such a thing, someone should have impeached them long ago.

Even if the Kandao Yanguan becomes a vegetarian, it is impossible for him to be indifferent to such a matter, right?
"No, I just inquired casually."

Feng Yibo realized that his emotions were exposed, so he quickly calmed down.

Smiling, he waved his hand towards Prince Zhongshun, and said:

"Ping'an Prefecture is only a small section of the Yellow River, so I thought along the way, do other rivers that have been vacated due to diversions also have such problems?"

During the Yuan Dynasty, the Yellow River suffered the most floods once.

At that time, there were fifteen breaches, and finally formed three tributaries.

One of them passes through Zhongmu County and enters the Huai River from Yingshui.

One branch breaks in Kaifeng and flows south, entering the Huaihe River from the Guohe River.

And the largest one goes to Pei County, passes through the Shan and Feng Rivers, and then enters the Cao River in Ping'an Prefecture.

In the past few years, the tributaries of the Yellow River that flowed into Huai gradually silted up.

The Yellow River began to trend eastward, that is, it mainly flows into the sea from the Caohe River.

However, the Shan and Fengjian rivers have narrow channels and shallow channels, and the water flow is not smooth.

Therefore, in the area of ​​Ping'an Prefecture, dikes often overflow.

This time, the land of the two prefectures was even more charred.

Now after two years of governance and dredging, the waterway in the lower reaches of the Yellow River has completely changed its direction.

Today, the Yellow River no longer flows through the Caohe River.

Instead, it passes through Dangshan and Xuzhou from Heze, and finally seizes the Huaihe River into the sea.

It was just thinking of this that Feng Yibo realized something was wrong.

Because although Ping'an Prefecture was severely affected by the disaster, the Yellow River only once flowed into Caohe from there.

Now even if the Yellow River is diverted, there should not be many river courses that can be moved.

After all, the Cao River is not simply a tributary of the Yellow River, it has its own source.

In other words, there is a riverbed in Ping'an Prefecture.

But in terms of quantity, it shouldn't be too much.

And the real big head should be Jining in the south of Ping'an Prefecture.

There used to be a channel of the Yellow River, but it was also a transitional part from the Yellow River to the Cao River.

Therefore, what Prince Zhongshun said should be true.

But obviously, there are still reservations about the overall situation.

"There are indeed many people, but the Jia family is definitely the most blatant one."

Sure enough, upon hearing Feng Yibo's deduction, Prince Zhongshun paused for a moment before replying with a smile.

Although it is not obvious, it should be a little embarrassing?
But he covered it up in time, and said:

"I don't know if there is such a situation in other places, but the river channel vacated in Ping'an Prefecture was almost swallowed by the Jia family, and the profit from it was at least 10 taels."

Sure enough!

These moths!
Upon hearing this, Feng Yibo understood in his heart.

Although Prince Zhongshun talked about him from left to right, he was talking about Jia's family inside and out.

But obviously it's not just the Jia family!
It is very likely that multiple forces were involved in this matter.

No wonder someone impeached!
Hearing the meaning of this, even Prince Zhongshun himself is not clean!

It's just that he didn't touch the river in Pingan Prefecture, so he dared to say it generously.

"What about other state capitals?"

Feng Yibo tried again.

But this time, Prince Zhongshun didn't take up the quarrel, but continued what he said just now, saying:

"To be honest, if you hadn't recruited many disaster victims, the people would have changed a long time ago."

The immigration policy of Donghai County has given the victims of the disaster in Shandong a way out.

This is also one of the important reasons for the explosive growth of Donghae County's population.

Seeing that Prince Zhongshun changed the subject, Feng Yibo couldn't keep asking about the river.

"It's just a small effort, not to mention the lack of population in Donghai County, which is a good thing for both sides."

He first waved his hands with a smile, thought for a while, then asked about the victims, and said:

"What's the real situation over there now?"

Hearing this question, Prince Zhongshun was slightly taken aback.

He looked at Feng Yibo in some surprise, and said:
"It seems that I have always underestimated you before. You are not only able to make profits for yourself, but you also have a heart that cares about the country and the people?"

Originally, he thought that Feng Yibo was always devoted to self-interest.

Not only to dig the corners of Wei Wei, but also to transfer the coastal population.

He also cooperated with upstarts and made a lot of money together.

Just now when he inquired about the river course, Prince Zhongshun also thought that he wanted to learn more secrets.

After all, the reason why he mentioned this was to keep Feng Yibo and the Jianguo lineage at a distance.

I also want to provide some information to him as a trump card.

Let him not be so passive when meeting King Beijing.

But now, upon hearing Feng Yibo's question, Prince Zhongshun finally came to his senses.

He had just heard that the Jia family and his son had occupied those rivers in Ping'an Prefecture that were about to be converted into farmland.

The anger shown doesn't seem to be feigned.

But really emotional exposure?

Feng Yibo laughed when he heard that:
"Where do I have any heart to worry about the country and the people? At most, I have a good conscience?"

"Eh...you still have a conscience?"

Prince Zhongshun was even more surprised when he heard this.

"Hahahahaha!"

As if hearing some joke, Prince Zhongshun couldn't stop laughing.

Finally, the whole person nestled in the soft chair and said:

"I didn't see it, Yibo, you still tell such jokes?"

Feng Yibo smiled and said nothing, thinking about how to find out the news again.

"Great Wei is full of civil and military affairs, one counts as one, which one doesn't look like a dog on the surface, but is full of male robbers and female prostitutes behind the scenes?"

At this moment, Prince Zhongshun started talking along this topic.

Seeing that Feng Yibo didn't believe it, he added:

"Maybe you think I'm exaggerating, but if you've read the files of the Dragon Scale Guards, you might scold me harder than me!"

"Oh?"

Hearing the words, Feng Yibo still had a look of disbelief, and asked:

"Aren't there a few good ones?"

"Even if some of them are passable, those in other clans may not be."

Mentioning these, Prince Zhongshun showed disdain, and gave another example:

"For example, some people appear to be honest and upright officials and never accept bribes, but their family has thousands of hectares of fertile land. Much more comfortable!"

Having said that, he smiled slightly and asked:

"How did you say he got this fertile land?"

merger!

While these two words appeared in Feng Yibo's mind, he pretended to be stupid and said:
"It was passed down from the ancestors?"

Upon hearing this, Prince Zhongshun looked at Feng Yibo in surprise.

Seems to be sure he's joking.

After thinking about it, Feng Yibo was only from a rural eunuch after all.

It is reasonable to know not much about Xungui.

Thinking of these, he said angrily:

"How many generations have the eight princes of the four kings and eight princes passed down? How many fields do you think will be left after a dozen or twenty houses are divided?"

When the Great Wei was founded, among the four kings, except King Beijing, he voluntarily gave up.

The other three kings all had fiefdoms.

It's just that with the inheritance of titles, the three kings have been reduced to guarding one side of the feudal officials.

Now, Emperor Jingshun only needs to move his mouth.

Either they rebel and wait to be crushed by the army.

Or just be obedient and hand over the territory honestly.

Fortunately, the backbone of the old Xun, the Supreme Emperor, is still there.

The three families have been operating in the local area for several generations, and have long since become real and unknown emperors of the land.

In addition, the Great Wei has been plagued by natural and man-made disasters in the past few years, and Emperor Jingshun has been unable to take action.

If it weren't for these many factors, the Three Kings would have moved somewhere a long time ago.

The Hachiko is different from the Three Kings.

Although they have no fiefdom, they have divided many fields.

Many of the prefectures and counties around Jinling were divided up by these veterans.

However, now after several generations, the eight families have gradually branched out, and the fields have also been divided out.

Hearing this, Feng Yibo continued to play dumb and said:

"Four princes and eight males should be cleaner, right?"

He seemed to be pretending to be stupid when he said this, and he was asking about four princes and eight princes.

In fact, it brought the topic back.

"Among the four princes and eight princes, the Jia family is considered the cleanest."

Prince Zhongshun thought of Feng Yibo's humble background, but now he is the king of the county.

It seems that he has already taken refuge in himself, so he is also obliged to give him a popular science.

"Of course, and the stupidest."

Speaking of the Jia family, Prince Zhongshun added another sentence before sighing:
"As far as the Jia family's family background is concerned, if there is no one in the palace who gave birth to the emperor's heir, it is estimated that there will be no need for the emperor's brother to do anything. In one or two generations, there will be only two mansions built by the royal family for one duke."

Holding the Dragon Scale Guard in his hand, he knew the information of the various families in the court very well.

The evaluations made are often to the point.

The Jia family has been passed down to this day, and there is no one who can carry the tripod.

If Yuan Chun hadn't given birth to a son, the Jia family's wealth would have come to an end just after the trash of the jade generation came to power.

If it weren't for the imperial edict of both governments, resale is not allowed.

He estimated that the Jia family might not even be able to keep their mansion.

Feng Yibo agreed with the comparison, and nodded when he heard the words, and asked suddenly:
"Are the other companies involved in the Shandong matter?"

"Other families naturally..."

Zhongshun was about to answer, but he felt something was wrong just halfway through.

He frowned and stared at Feng Yibo, as if he wanted to see what he was going to ask,

Seeing him stop, Feng Yibo smiled and said:
"Just asking casually. After all, I am also an official in the court. It is good to know more about the domestic situation."

Prince Zhongshun naturally did not believe such an excuse.

However, he also felt that Feng Yibo might be looking for information about the founding of the country, in preparation for meeting King Beijing.

So I didn't take it too seriously, I just said:
"The disaster situation in the two prefectures of Shandong has ended, but it has not slowed down, especially the rampant banditry, which has spread to the whole of Shandong."

He answered Feng Yibo's question, but only talked about the situation in Shandong.

Instead of mentioning the occupation of the river.

Obviously, this is not to say much.

Seeing this, Feng Yibo nodded, and said in doubt:
"But such a big event, why is there no news in the court?"

This question is still being explored.

There was no news in the court, which was naturally due to the entanglement of many forces.

As long as Prince Zhongshun answered this question, he would quickly return to the original question.

In other words, what forces are involved in it!
"What is such a big deal? It is always inevitable after a catastrophe, and banditry is nothing but a disease."

After the catastrophe, chaos abounds.

Compared with plagues and civil uprisings, banditry is really nothing.

But the banditry that spread throughout Shandong was obviously not the disease he was talking about.

Feng Yibo frowned slightly, before he could ask any more questions, Prince Zhongshun said again:

"I have already reported this matter, presumably all state capitals have also reported on it."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and explained:
"Such matters are still under the control of the court. Presumably that person didn't take it too seriously, so he didn't discuss it in the court?"

It seems that Prince Zhongshun's interest in talking has disappeared.

Or, like the matter of the river course, what other things are involved in it...

In short, regarding the bandits in Shandong, he only casually said a few words, and said directly:

"These have nothing to do with today's topic, so I won't mention them any more."

(End of this chapter)