0p0 Chapter 501 I am only acting as the prefect
Chapter 501 I am only acting as the prefect
Emperor Longchang knew that Xie Yingfeng was a talented person, so he had the idea of letting Xie Yingfeng stay in the capital.
But Xie Yingfeng refused to give him face, so Emperor Longchang did not force him. He fulfilled Xie Yingfeng's wish and let him go to the north with Wei Ling.
Over the years, even though the memorials to the court and the spies he sent out said that Xie Yingfeng managed Linchuan very well, he did not issue an edict to make Xie Yingfeng, the acting prefect of Linchuan, a regular one. This was because he felt that Xie Yingfeng was in cahoots with Wei Ling. Even though he was in the position that suited him best, Emperor Longchang would not easily let Xie Yingfeng get that position legitimately.
After all, Emperor Longchang now feels a little regretful about what he had promised Wei Ling.
So now when Cui Yushan mentioned those things, Emperor Longchang immediately became furious.
"Oh. These." Xie Yingfeng picked up the booklets compiled by Cui Yushan, took a look at them, and then laughed.
"You can still laugh!" Cui Yushan was immediately furious when he saw Xie Yingfeng being so calm.
In Linchuan, this guy was on guard against him everywhere, just like guarding against a thief, and it was only a matter of a few words to deal with him perfunctorily.
Now that he has arrived in the capital, he still behaves like this.
"Do you have the right to interrupt His Majesty?" Xie Yingfeng glanced at Cui Yushan with contempt.
He is not a fool. He had prepared everything before leaving Linchuan.
Linchuan is developing so fast and so well that there must be people with ulterior motives coveting it. So before he came to the capital, he had copied all the accounts of the county magistrate's office in Linchuan in recent years and brought them to the capital for reference.
As soon as Xie Yingfeng said this, Cui Yushan felt that he had lost his composure. He quickly shut up and looked at Emperor Longchang nervously.
Fortunately, Emperor Longchang had no interest in him; his interest was in money.
"Your Majesty," Xie Yingfeng bowed to Emperor Longchang and said, "I have come to the capital to report this matter to Your Majesty. However, I am currently only the acting prefect of Linchuan County. Although the Ministry of Personnel has my registration, I have not been granted a real official position. Even the seal of the prefectural office is temporarily in my custody. To put it bluntly, I do not have the right to write to Your Majesty and can only wait for Your Majesty to summon me."
He had not been formally appointed to an official position, so how could he dare to write to the court casually? Besides, a Marquis of Zhenbei like Wei Ling could still attend court after arriving in the capital, but it would be difficult for him, an acting county magistrate with illegitimate reasons, to enter the throne.
Even if he wanted to report the situation in Linchuan, he could only wait for His Majesty to see him before he could explain it clearly.
"What you mean is that I have delayed you?" Emperor Longchang couldn't help but snorted coldly.
"Your Majesty, you are too kind," Xie Yingfeng said. "I will just discuss the matter at hand."
"Okay, okay." Emperor Longchang laughed at Xie Yingfeng's anger. "Then tell me what's going on now."
"Your Majesty, could you allow me to go back and get the account books and other things that should have been submitted to Your Majesty?" Xie Yingfeng said with a bow.
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Emperor Longchang asked someone to follow Xie Yingfeng.
He said he was going together, but in fact he was also monitoring Xie Yingfeng.
"Your Majesty." Seeing the eunuchs in front of the palace go back with Xie Yingfeng to retrieve something, Cui Yushan quickly spoke again. "This Xie Yingfeng is extremely cunning. Your Majesty cannot be fooled by him with just a few words."
Emperor Longchang was a little unhappy to hear this.
But he didn't say anything, just glanced at Cui Yushan.
Does he look like a fool who can be fooled?
Cui Yushan was anxious when he saw that His Majesty was silent.
He had been eagerly looking forward to such an important position as the Linchuan County Magistrate!
He has been in Linchuan for so many years and finally found some faults in Xie Yingfeng, but he can't just let it go.
"Your Majesty, Xie Yingfeng has been operating in the North for many years," Cui Yushan said. "I believe the account book might be fake! Your Majesty, please don't be fooled!"
"Enough!" Emperor Longchang growled in displeasure.
Cui Yushan was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Cui Yushan quickly lay on the ground and said in a trembling voice.
"I know what kind of person Xie Yingfeng is!" Emperor Longchang said coldly.
Speaking of which, when Emperor Longchang was still the Prince of Huainan, he and Xie Yingfeng had a life-and-death friendship.
When he was besieged and injured with a high fever, it was Xie Yingfeng who decided to let Chen Xinghe pretend to be him and break out of the siege to divert the enemy, while Xie Yingfeng protected him and a team of guards and led them out of the city through another path.
At that time, Emperor Longchang was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused due to his illness, but he still clearly remembers that it was Xie Yingfeng who protected him all the way to find Wei Ling for support.
They were eventually discovered by the enemy, and Xie Yingfeng had no choice but to jump into the river with him. They were separated from the guards, and it was Xie Yingfeng who dragged him ashore from the water and carried him on his back in the snow and ice for two days and one night before they met the support troops coming from Wei Ling.
Xie Yingfeng saved his life.
Not only Xie Yingfeng, but also Wei Ling and Xue Ziyi, all of them crawled out of the sea of blood and corpses with him.
So no matter how much resentment Emperor Longchang had towards Wei Ling, Xie Yingfeng and Xue Ziyi, and no matter how wary he was of them, he could only say bad things about these people.
Who the hell is this Cui Yushan?
He has sent people to Linchuan for so many years, what achievements has he made?
Like a pig!
After being yelled at by Emperor Longchang, Cui Yushan had no choice but to shut up.
Not long after, Xie Yingfeng returned to the imperial study again.
The eunuchs and guards who went with him came over carrying two boxes of files and materials.
Xie Yingfeng was holding a small box in his hand.
When Emperor Longchang saw it, he couldn't help but be a little stunned.
"Your Majesty," Xie Yingfeng bowed again. "These large boxes contain the account books of Linchuan's revenue and the use of all the money over the past three years. Your Majesty, please review them." He glanced at Cui Yushan and smiled, "Master Cui, even if I wanted to calculate the cost, it wouldn't be easy to produce so many at once, would it?"
Although Xie Yingfeng's smile was as gentle as spring breeze, Cui Yushan felt a chill down his spine, as if someone had stripped him of his clothes in front of him, feeling embarrassed and ashamed.
How could this guy say such a thing! It was as if his dirty little thoughts were suddenly exposed in broad daylight, making him want to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
Emperor Longchang just snorted and stopped looking at Cui Yushan.
"What about the small box in your hand?" Emperor Longchang asked, pointing at the mahogany box in Xie Yingfeng's hand.
"This is a gift from me and all the soldiers and civilians of the North to Your Majesty," Xie Yingfeng said with a smile. "May our lord's reign last for thousands of years, and may the people of Daxie live and work in peace and contentment under Your Majesty's protection forever!"