Chapter 43: Historical Accounts
Many years later, Lin Shengjie, one of the "Ten Masters of the Lin family" who was compared with the "Thirteen Wife of Lin's Sect", and served as Minister of Works, had repeatedly told others about his first meeting with Lin Feng:
"That day, my elder brother was not in good condition, but his spirit was extremely high. On that day, he told us a lot of hopes about the future. Those words became the eternal beliefs in my brothers and I in the future. For us, the scene of Brother Lin squatting among us with a big bowl and having dinner together also became the image of his elder brother who will never fade in our brother's heart."
After having dinner with a group of little brothers, Lin Feng pulled Ximucheng and Lu Jiang went to the study to listen carefully to everything that happened in the Shouzhou military, politics, civilians, and the Academy of Sciences over the past month.
While the two of them were telling each other, Lin Feng listened quietly. Many things were going smoother than originally thought, but the progress in scientific research seemed to be small. At the same time, until now, none of the former Shouzhou governor's mansion took the initiative to show their favor to them, which really made them wonder, but it was difficult to send special soldiers to monitor them.
Lin Feng didn't care about this. Touching interests is often much more difficult than touching the soul. If the reform that essentially changes the interest structure is so easy to succeed, it would have been a long time ago that feudal China would not have been like this. He directly threw this group of people into the cold palace. They did not go to the capital to file a lawsuit, and it was already very good not to make trouble publicly.
After the discussion of the matter, Lin Feng directly ordered Xi Mucheng to accompany him to Anfengtang early tomorrow morning to learn about the relevant land disputes. Lu Jiang set out to prepare for the upcoming World Rich Business Conference in Shouzhou City on June 5th. The two of them quickly nodded in agreement.
Before leaving the door, Lu Jiang turned around and said softly: "Yaya, Feifei, Xiao Feier, Duan Feihong are both in the east room of the backyard, while Miss Zhou is in the west room of the backyard."
Lin Feng immediately smiled bitterly. Although he had verbally told Zhou Ehuang about Xiao and Duan and the other two, and had received the approval of the daughter of the daughter, the three of them were now living face to face in the same yard, completely in a state of Mars hitting the earth. Who knows how it will develop?
After thinking for a moment, Lin Feng had to use a rogue trick of "enjoying sympathy", holding the wounded part of the rib with his left hand, pretending to be a serious injury, first went to the east room of the backyard, and greeted each in the west room, then retreated in the name of writing a memorial overnight, and walked into the study alone.
As soon as Lin Feng finished laying the bed, Zhou Ehuang came out silently from behind him, gently pushed him to the desk outside the study room, laying the quilt quickly, then walked to the desk, quietly polishing the ink for Lin Feng. After that, she took out her own book of treasure vocabulary and sat beside him and looked quietly.
The study suddenly became quiet, only Lin Feng started writing and Zhou Ehuang flipped the book.
Outside the study room, Xiao Feier, who was hidden behind the tree, silently finished the silhouette of the harmonious scene of the piano and se, sighed lightly, pulled up Duan Feihong, and tiptoed into the darkness.
Early in the morning of May 28, Lin Feng took Feng Jingyun, Ximucheng and took a carriage to Anfengtang, southwest of Shouzhou City.
After a quick look at all the complaints received by the governor's office during this period, Lin Feng looked up and asked Xi Mucheng: "Mr. Xi, what do you think the matter in Anfengtang should be handled."
Xi Mucheng pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "The historical old tent of Anfengtang is a mess, but to completely solve this matter, it is easy to say it, and it is not easy to say it, it depends on how Lord Lin is preparing to deal with it. However, my subordinates think that Lord Lin has already set the handling principles."
"Well, we are in no time now. Every quarter of an hour is very precious. We must not waste time on these trivial issues. We can only cut the mess quickly and resolve the disputes once and for all." Lin Feng said in a deep voice.
"Was Lord Lin decided to recognize only the original landowner and not the subsequent transaction? This is indeed a fair way. However, the land purchasers were mostly civil gentry or the city's wealthy people, I'm afraid they would not be willing to do so." Xi Mucheng expressed his concerns, but his face was as calm as Lin Feng. They had already piled up all the former Shouzhou governor team, so how could they care about any local forces in Shouzhou?
Lin Feng replied coldly: "No matter how unbearable the world is, you have to talk about the most basic principle. It is originally stolen goods, so no matter how you buy stolen goods, you must not let the thief who buys stolen goods become the owner of the stolen goods."
If the land around Anfengtang that Liu Yanzhen had robbed was compared to stolen goods, the historical mess of Anfengtang will suddenly become much clearer. This example suddenly made Xi Mucheng chuckle and gave Lin Feng a thumbs up.
Lin Feng did not laugh, but asked: "Shangshu's right servant, Lord Sun Sheng, has searched Liu Yanzhen's family, have you ever left behind thieves?"
Xi Mucheng smiled wryly and shook his head: "No, we sealed all the things in the Shouzhou Governor's Mansion as soon as we arrived. After checking the warehouse, we did not find any related money."
Lin Feng also smiled bitterly. Needless to say, all the ill-gotten wealth Liu Yanzhen plundered was taken back to the capital by Sun Sheng to please the emperor. It only made him suffer and had no money to appease the troubled people of Anfengtang.
Since the handling principles have been set, the following things are much simpler.
Lin Feng and the other four rushed to a large village in the north of Anfengtang in a car. They immediately summoned all villagers to the village entrance for a meeting in the name of the governor of Shouzhou. They showed a seal and asked all villagers to select five or seven highly respected and fair villagers on the spot. The seven representatives only need to do one thing to figure out the initial boundaries of the village before Liu Yanzhen intervened, and the villagers belonged to him. Within seven days, they compiled a list of all villagers who signed and approved by all villagers. At the same time, three other villagers who were principled were selected to represent all villagers and were responsible for supervising the process of sorting out the selected villagers and land lists.
Naturally, Lin Feng still talked about all the good and ugly words to the forefront. These selected villagers will naturally receive a certain reward after successfully completing this matter. However, if any of them is discovered by the supervisory representative or exposed by others, as long as the matter is true, they will be immediately put into prison; if anyone dares to threaten, hurt or bribe these elected villagers and supervisory representatives, they will decide to punish according to the severity of the situation. The minor ones will be taken to Bagong Mountain for three years of hard labor, and the seriousness of the worst of the matter will be killed, which will harm the whole family.
At the end of the village meeting, Feng Jingyun made a stunning appearance and smashed nearby trees or stones with a pair of flesh palms on the spot. Lin Feng would hold the objects to pieces and swear in public: "When Lin said that, if it is contrary to what he said, it will be like this."
Speaking of this, Lin Feng ordered Xi Mucheng to record the list of the last selected personnel at the conference, not listen to any specific disputes, not talk to anyone, and get up and go straight to the next village.
In this way, Lin Feng and his group of four patroled six villages in one afternoon. Finally, they saw that it was too late, so they temporarily stayed at a villager's home.
Early in the morning of May 28, Lin Feng still repeated this procedure six times, traveling all the twelve major villages that were harmed by Liu Yanzhen around Anfengtang, and agreed with representatives of each village to go to the Shouzhou Governor's Mansion on June 2, which ended the secret visit.
Chapter completed!