The ministers ate this meal with trepidation.

I was afraid that Guifeng would suddenly have another seizure.

Fortunately, Guifeng just sat quietly and ate his meal and didn't cause any trouble.

Seeing that Guifeng was not doing anything, I felt relieved.

Fortunately, this Dian Gong did not cause any more trouble.

No wonder not many officials were executed when the new emperor ascended the throne. It turned out they were waiting here.

After the banquet.

Qiao Jing arranged for someone to take Guifeng and the others to their respective houses.

Fu Guang: "General, are we going to collect the debt later?"

Gui Feng: "Of course, we will go. Not only that, we will go with great fanfare. We will leave soon."

Fu Guang nodded to show that he understood: "Okay. Then I will go to see the house that the emperor gave to my sister three times as a reward, and then I will go to the general's mansion to find the general."

Fu Guang now wanted to go and see the reward in his home, but the emperor said that the reward had already arrived.

When the time comes, I will use the gifted cloth to make a few sets of clothes, and when I return to the border, I will bring them back for my two sisters.

The mansion that Qiao Jing gifted to Gui Feng was located in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital, a quarter of an hour away from the imperial palace.

The house is also very big, and the decoration and layout inside are also very good. It used to be the residence of a marquis, but it was ransacked last year.

That marquis used to love to enjoy life, and he decorated his mansion very exquisitely.

The flowers and plants in the mansion had been cleaned and cared for some time ago.

There were many large boxes in the yard, all of which were gifts from Qiao Jing.

There were also several large boxes stacked in the front hall.

The eunuch who came to lead the way took out the blueprints from the general's mansion and handed them to Gui Feng: "General, these are the blueprints from the mansion. You can familiarize yourself with them first."

Guifeng wanted to give one or two taels of silver to the eunuch.

The eunuch took it happily and said, "Thank you, General. General, I would like to remind you that Lord Fang Feng may have been paying close attention to you recently. If there is something missing from this mansion, we can still explain it, but if there is something extra, we cannot explain it clearly."

Gui Feng understood that the eunuch was reminding him to prevent Feng from harming him in the future.

"Thank you for the reminder, Grandpa."

Wait until the eunuch who led the way leaves.

Guifeng opened the drawing and took a look.

This time he came back with some wounded and disabled soldiers who had no one to live with at home. These soldiers were responsible for looking after the house from then on.

Guifeng took a look at the reward.

Have the steward you bring register these things.

He took out a few pieces of cloth and later had someone send them to the best embroidery shop in the capital to make some winter clothes for Chi An.

Winter is coming soon.

After I arranged everything, it was already an hour later.

The others also arrived at the gate of the general's mansion.

Guifeng saw that the time was almost up, so he took his men to go door to door to ask for money.

Fu Guang specially took out the gong that he had prepared long ago and started hammering along the way.

It attracted many people who came to watch the excitement.

In the afternoon, the sun was getting brighter.

Most people are staying at home and having fun.

Seeing the generals coming back this morning, hammering and banging with their men, some people went up to them curiously and asked, "Generals, what are you doing?"

When Fu Guang saw someone asking him about this, he immediately changed his expression, looking sad and sorrowful: "Alas, you don't know what our army has been through in the past few years. Before His Majesty ascended the throne, the army had not received any salary for four years, and the soldiers were starving."

"Our old general Mu Song came several times in person to ask for military pay, but he didn't get a penny. Later, after the emperor ascended the throne, he conducted a thorough investigation and found that the military pay for several years had been embezzled by those officials. The emperor was merciful and only asked them to make up the embezzled military pay, but a day passed and no one came to pay."

"During those four years, many soldiers died of hunger or illness. Many of their family members fell ill and wanted to ask someone to send money back to them, but the money had been embezzled by those corrupt officials, leaving them with nothing."

Mu Song didn't want to come at first. He was already old and wanted to leave in a dignified manner.

But Fu Guang dragged him over by force: "If you don't come today, believe it or not, those officials will not admit their mistakes after today. Do you deserve the suffering you have endured in the past four years? Some officials are just like the scoundrels in the market. If you don't act tough, you won't get a penny."

Fu Guang told the story with some exaggeration.

At the end, he added: "Some corrupt officials look down on our generals because they are men, and look down on some of our generals because they are women. What's wrong with men and women? The emperor has said that men and women are no worse than men. They are disobeying the emperor."

"I think what His Majesty said is wrong. The meal they enjoy is enough to buy hundreds of winter clothes for the soldiers on the border. They look down on the general's brother for becoming a general, but none of them rushed away when foreign tribes attacked. On the one hand, they enjoy the national well-being brought by His Majesty and the general, but on the other hand, they despise it. Alas, if you don't believe me, ask General Mu Song."

After Fu Guang finished speaking, he poked Mu Song with his arm.

Mu Song, who was silently serving as a sad background, did not expect that he also had lyrics.

This seems to be different from what we had agreed upon in advance.

Wasn't it agreed at the beginning that he would just be a background figure and give him enough emotions?

Why add drama at the last minute?

Mu Song thought about the life he had four years ago, and he was suddenly overwhelmed with sadness and couldn't stop crying.

Based on what Fu Guang said, he repeated it with some embellishments.

Although they both added fuel to the fire, the emotions were well-placed.

Those who hear it are heartbroken and those who listen to it shed tears.

Moreover, the two of them specifically explained the emperor's wisdom.

Even if Qiao Jing wanted to investigate later, he couldn't find any fault.

More and more people gathered.

A group of people headed towards the home of the official listed on the scroll in a mighty manner.

Fu Guang took the scroll and asked for the bills one by one, starting from the name at the top.

Several kind-hearted people volunteered to lead the way.

Some officials originally wanted to smooth things over and refused to give it.

But when he saw the crowds of people outside the mansion, he was immediately frightened.

I gave it to you honestly.

Gui Feng took a look at the silver that was brought out and said, "This ten thousand taels of silver has been in the bank for four years, and it has earned at least two hundred taels of interest."

Although Guifeng spoke in a relaxed tone, he did not explicitly ask the official to pay interest.

But the official looked at Guifeng's expression, and then looked at Guifeng's hand that was already pressing on the hilt of the knife.

While dodging the stones thrown by the people on the street, the official asked his steward to take out another two thousand taels from the storehouse.

Official: Damn it, this Gui Feng is such a fool. Didn’t he say he would give it to me? How come he personally brought people to ask for it after only two hours? He is so ignorant, as if he has never seen money in his life.

Gui Feng had only collected debts from ten people this afternoon. As the sun was getting darker, Fu Guang looked at Gui Feng and said, "General, should we wait until tomorrow to collect the debts, or should we continue to collect them?"

Guifeng: "Go on. Let's finish today's work."

As time goes by, these officials come up with some new tricks.