If he hadn't been keeping an eye on it, if the emperor had issued the order, out of a hundred dan of grain, it would be good if twenty dan could reach the disaster relief site.
An Zhongyi didn't expect that the new county magistrate had accidentally saved his wife and children a few years ago.
There was also the Chief Censor, who was arrested and sent to the East Factory Prison by him, because he had captured his own man, Magistrate Li, and had even slandered him for corruption. In the end, he had made him accompany Magistrate Li's family in the underworld.
"Those who curse the Nine Thousand Year Old are worse than pigs and dogs. Anyway, the common people over there like the Nine Thousand Year Old and hope he kills more of the imperial officials!"
An Zhongyi looked a little dazed. So that's how it is? How could it be like this?
He has a pretty good reputation among the people.
Over the years, he has killed countless people and defeated many officials and princes, but he has never asked the people for money. First, he disdains to exploit the people, and second, he also came from a poor family. Instead of exploiting the people, it is better to ask for money from these wealthy officials of the court.
After figuring it out, An Zhongyi was suddenly filled with joy. He was not happy about his reputation or how the people viewed him, but because his son did not care about his identity, his past, or the fact that he was a murderer.
"My son, do you really think so?" An Zhongyi confirmed again with trembling lips.
An Jingzhi said happily, "How could it be false?" What he said were all real things that happened in the original owner's memory.
"Dad, you shouldn't have kept this secret from me for so long! Come on, come on, I never thought my dad would be nine thousand years old. Let's get drunk today!"
An Zhongyi was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, "Hahaha, God really is kind to me! Let's go! Let's get drunk tonight!"
Although he lost his entire body and his wife, he still had a son, a son who did not despise him at all.
In the past, An Zhongyi climbed up the social ladder for the sake of his wife, children and the elderly. From now on, An Zhongyi will live for his son.
Both the father and son were drunk at the table. Even the young Xiaobai, who was not allowed to drink, secretly drank a few glasses after seeing that the two were drunk.
In the end, the three of them were so drunk that they lay on the table and talked nonsense.
An Zhongyi said incoherently, "Shun Niang... Shun Niang... I found my son... From now on, I will never let anyone bully my son again..." After that, he fell under the table.
The servants nearby were so frightened that they quickly helped the man up and took him to his respective rooms.
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After being helped into the room, An Jingzhi's cloudy eyes became clear again.
He has been playing dumb these days, which is actually quite tiring. Whether it's the house or the people around him, they are full of flaws, and he can only pretend not to see them.
Fortunately, this layer of window paper was finally broken.
An Zhongyi had looked at him with a very kind gaze before, but there was always a sense of inferiority. An Jingzhi understood that the other party was concerned about his identity.
Jiu Qiansui had a bad reputation among the scholars and civil servants because his existence encroached upon their rights.
There was no good or bad in the power struggle between the two, it was just that the pen was in the hands of the civil officials, and there were many scholars in the world, so the reputation of the Nine Thousand Year Old Killer came from this.
But the people of the world saw it most clearly: the murderous Ninth Prince had never touched a single cent of theirs. Instead, it was those prestigious civil officials who allowed their families to occupy the people's land and force women into prostitution.
An Zhongyi is actually a knife in the emperor's hand, a knife that checks and balances the civil officials. Many times, even he has no choice.
But he had no choice but to continue. If he couldn't be used by the emperor, what good was he? The people below would pounce on him and devour him, so the East Factory was his most useful tool. Once the East Factory appeared, it would definitely bring about a bloody storm, so the people in the capital were very afraid of it.
But in fact, the people targeted by the East Factory were only civil servants or their vassals.
The people from the East Factory did not pay when they went out to eat, and even the restaurant owners had to give them money, but the restaurant owners had no objection at all. The money they gave now would be a stepping stone for them to get into trouble in the future.
And if you give money to the people of the East Factory, which ruffians would dare to come to your door? This is equivalent to protection money.
Rather than handing it over to those ruffians, they would rather hand it over to the East Factory. At least the East Factory can really help them when they ask for it, and it doesn't ask for much, at least it is within the affordability of these restaurant owners.
In his previous life, the original owner did not react much after learning about his father's identity. It was only when he made friends with the children of powerful people that he was fooled by them. After living a good life for too long, he began to act like a servile person and was ashamed of his father. He wanted to be a famous official with a clean history, but in the end he ended up with his head and body separated.
The emperor still needs his father now, so he relies on and trusts his father more, but when the emperor no longer needs his father, he will get rid of him and hint to those civil servants to take action. This is one of the reasons why the original owner and those civil servants were able to join forces to overthrow An Zhongyi.
After all, countless pieces of evidence of An Zhongyi's crimes had been presented to the emperor before, but the emperor turned a blind eye to them all.
The reason why things went so smoothly later was because the emperor tacitly approved.
Now An Zhongyi is still a favorite in the emperor's eyes, but An Jingzhi also has to make plans early.
Thinking of the background of the crazy beggar, An Jingzhi already had a plan in mind.
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The next day, An Jingzhi got up to wash and brush his teeth. After dinner, he looked at the geography map in An Zhongyi's room for a while and then took Xiaobai out.
He casually asked Liu Qianhua beside him, "Where should I go if I want to buy land?"
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