Chapter 289: False

Although Tang Feng's current official rank is far from being Bichang, he represents the court and the emperor after all, so he is naturally much nobler than him. After seeing Tang Feng looking at the streets, he looked at him inquiringly. He Bichang immediately knew what he meant and said with a hurried smile: "Please rest assured that there is no change in the city. It's just that because the situation is special now, the streets are forbidden, and the people are not allowed to go out casually for no reason, so it seems a little empty."

At this time, Zhang Wencong, who had always been with Tang Feng, showed a look of joy after seeing a man wearing a commander's armor. He smiled at him after a slight coughing to attract his attention. The man had just seen Zhang Wencong, and now he recognized him, and smiled, and then gave him a wink. This commander was Xie Baokun, the highest commander of Pingshan Guard.

While they were still flirting with each other, everyone had already arrived at the prefect's office. Tang Feng kicked and walked in. Zhang Wencong hurriedly greeted several personal soldiers and followed them in with the things they had responded, so he didn't care about winking with Xie Baokun. After coming to the lobby with everyone, Tang Feng coughed seriously and said, "There is an imperial edict!"

When the officials heard this, they immediately knelt down on the ground again. This was something they had already prepared for. Since the imperial envoy arrived, there would naturally be an imperial edict from the emperor. Tang Feng respectfully took the imperial edict written in yellow satin, and then opened it and read it: "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor's edict said: The people are the foundation of the world, and my people..." Reading these tangled words, Tang Feng secretly felt glad that he had done his homework before, otherwise there would be no punctuation marks.

The ancient Chinese essay made him feel like he was going to make a big joke when he read it. While thinking about this, he didn't stop. He first talked about how the wise king of ancient times treated his common people, and how the people loved his leaders. Then he talked about how the emperor was uneasy when he was in Shandong. To be honest, Tang Feng blushed when he read these. The Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao only knew how to do his carpenter work all day long and never handled state affairs. Will he still feel uneasy about this?

After finally explaining these things that are meaningless but are essential, they turned to the topic, saying that the emperor was considering the people and specially ordered Tang Feng to calm the chaos: "...The officials of Shandong prefectures and states must do their best to help them, calm the chaos as soon as possible, and return peace to me in Shandong! I'm so proud of this!" Only then did he finish reading the imperial edict of thousands of words, and sweat broke out on Tang Feng's forehead. He had just read it word by word before, but he didn't expect that it would be even more difficult to read it now.

"Long live my emperor, long live my life, long live my life! I am here to receive the order, thank you!" He Bichang waited for the officials to perform the grand ceremony of kneeling and slamming again. After Tang Feng put the imperial edict back on the tray behind him, he said with a smile: "Sir, please get up quickly, we will help each other from now on. I have just arrived in Shandong and know very little about things, so everything depends on your strong help."

The officials then stood up, and even said he didn't dare to take it. Some people said they must. At this time, a few people like He Bichang who knew about the affairs in the court looked at Tang Feng a little different. Before, they saw that he was just a young man about twenty-five years old, they were very dissatisfied, but after they knew that his name was Tang Feng, they completely changed.

In the past two years, there has been no one in the court who can surpass this young man. He has dared to be enemies with officials in the court since he was a magistrate, and then made great contributions in Liaodong, which is enough to make people look at him. If these are old stories, the battle between him and Cui Chengxiu was spread to various places a few months ago. When they learned that even eunuch party officials like Cui Chengxiu were driven out of the court by this young man, they did not dare to underestimate him.

Now everyone was very respectful to Tang Feng and asked him to sit up. Then they thanked Tang Feng one after another, thanking him for leading the troops to retreat the rioters today. Although Tang Feng was very surprised in his heart, why did such mobs make the officials of this city so afraid, he still said casually and said that he was just a coincidence.

Seeing that Tang Feng was so unpretentious, everyone felt a little nervous. At this time, someone came to report that the banquet for Tang Feng and others was ready in the back hall. Tang Feng and the others moved to the back and continued to eat and chat to deepen their relationship. Of course, Tang Feng did this with his intention. On the one hand, only at the table can he quickly bring his relationship with these officials closer. On the other hand, he can also have more time to observe these people and find the breakthrough he needs. The officials were very happy to see that Tang Feng did not refuse the invitation, at least it showed that the imperial envoy was not too difficult to get along with.

At the banquet, Tang Feng was naturally the main object of toasting for everyone, and he was very generous, but he refused to refuse any respect. This made all the officials feel gloomy. Half-drinking, why did you wink at the officials? Immediately, someone gave Tang Feng a glass of wine and asked, "Mr. Tang, you were ordered by the emperor to come to Shandong, but have you planned to calm the civil changes this time?"

Tang Feng looked a little drunk. After burping, he said, "This official had thought about quelling the matter as soon as possible! I still want to go back to Beijing to celebrate the New Year!" As soon as these words came out, the officials looked at each other. Lord Tang was too loud. It was almost November. He actually wanted to calm the chaos in a month?

Tang Feng glanced at them drunk, as if he could see their distrust and said, "What? Don't you believe in the words of this official? The people I brought are the most elite soldiers in the Beijing camp, and they are all good at fighting against the people who have no combat capabilities. It's not easy to win against those people who have no combat capabilities? Don't forget that just under the city just now, my army under my command made the chaotic people run away in one battle!"

Everyone hurriedly said that they did not dare to doubt Lord Tang's words. At the same time, He Bichang and others were also happy. Depending on the situation, Lord Tang only wanted to suppress the people who were causing trouble. This was news that they could not be better for them. What they feared most was that the people sent by the court not only wanted to calm down the civil unrest, but also found out the root cause of the matter. Then none of them could escape. At the same time, they knew their own affairs. These officials knew how decayed the military officers in the garrison in Shandong were now. If the soldiers and horses brought by Lord Tang were really so elite, they would be the savior.

After everyone thought about these things, they became more active in toasting, and began to praise Tang Feng. Those who knew his past achievements kept saying how good he was to fight, and that even the Jin people were not afraid of them. Of course, those grass-roots people would not be his enemy of one blow. Listening to these words, Lord Tang was indeed even more excited. He was drunk and kept boasting about how great he was. This made He Bichang and the others completely relax, thinking that this Tang Feng might be able to fight, but he was a scheming person.

Seeing that he was already 80% drunk, someone asked carefully: "Since Lord Tang is deeply trusted by the court, he naturally knows the court's view on the turmoil in Shandong. I don't know how the adults in the court will deal with our officials."

As soon as this was said, everyone on the table calmed down and everyone looked at Tang Feng. Tang Feng seemed to have no idea what to do after drinking a glass of wine: "I have heard of this, the nine thousand-year-old and adults in the court meant to see your performance this time. If you can quickly calm down the civil unrest and make Shandong normal again, and you all put in your efforts, the blame will be lighter this time, or you can just be fined. But..." At this point, Tang Feng deliberately stopped.

When everyone saw him keeping him in hiding, they were anxious to pry open his mouth. Of course, this was just thinking. Everyone stared at him without a moment, and someone asked, "What's it? Please give me a message."

"Tell you the truth. After seeing the abilities of these rioters, I can say that I will be able to clean up them within a month. But then the time comes, the contributions to the court will be based on my memorials, so..." Speaking of this, Tang Feng looked at the officials around him, but just smiled and stopped.

After the officials were stunned, they all understood what he meant, and they laughed with understanding on their faces. Of course, many people cursed in their hearts: "It's really worthy of being the one who is valued by Wei Zhongxian. They dare to ask for bribes in public, and they are even more arrogant than us!" But the situation is stronger than others now, so these people naturally dare not say anything. They just laughed a few times, and then began to think about how they raised some money to bribe this guy.

After saying this, Tang Feng stood up and said, "I am not good at drinking, so I won't be with you anymore! If there is anything, let's talk about it until tomorrow!" As he said that, with the help of the attendant, he walked towards the wing room that had been prepared for him.

He Bichang and several other leaders looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was willing to accept bribes and said something to him and others, it would be easy to do, and he could feel at ease.

But after those people helped them into the room, Tang Feng waved his hand and said, "You all go down. I am not used to people being by my sleep!" The servants of the government office naturally did not dare to disobey their orders. After agreeing, they all retreated. After they left, Tang Feng's drunken eyes returned to normal and became clear as usual: "It seems that the sobering pills prepared by Lu An and the others for me are really good things. I have drunk so much wine but I am not drunk."
Chapter completed!