The sky is dark, but the moon is very bright, and the Zhen Mansion in front of the alley is also brightly lit, taking advantage of the light, Mr. found that this is the burden he used to wrap things, and suddenly his heart tightened, and the numbness from the heart to the limbs was transmitted to the limbs, regardless of the physical no, even the crawling belt rolled up, groping to find the things in the baggage, but at this time, a cloud covered the moon, a pitch black, which can be touched by the afterglow of the lamp, a little touch, Mr. is just a scholar, back and forth several times, tired and paralyzed in the corner.

The dark clouds gradually dissipated, the bright moonlight poured down, and the illuminated alleys were also clear, and there was nothing else in the clean alleys.

At this point, if you don't know what happened, Mr. has lived in vain for so long. Leaning against the corner, thinking of the trembling that had just received this, the joy of being about to go out of the alley just now, and the fantasy of being promoted and making a fortune, everything was gone, and it was possible to invite murder.

He wanted to escape, but he had been a member of the Zhen Mansion, and he still didn't know where the Zhen family's power was in this area, and where he could flee to! Not long ago, he was so happy with the general trend of the Zhen Mansion, so now how afraid and disgusted he is of it. After being silent for a long time, Mr. Chai stumbled to his feet and went to Zhen's mansion......

Not far from Zhen's house, there is a dwelling, in which people in uniform clothes come and go, but they settle silently, this is where the fairy son who caused the controversy between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law is located, but this fairy boy did not go out much in the past, this gatehouse is closed, there are many idle things in the market, and he is gradually moved by other things and no longer pays attention.

In the past few days, the officialdom in Jiangnan has been turbulent, pouring into darkness, and all kinds of news have converged and sorted out records here, along with all kinds of account books, including those obtained from the hands of Zhenfumen not long ago, all of them have been gathered together, wrapped in oilcloth paper, and handed over to the chief steward first, and then given to Gongzi, who is not a bystander, but the master among the master servants sitting in the teahouse, and Jiang Zining, the cousin of the fourth prince Zhao Qisheng, the fairy son.

Jiang Zining just took a look at it and put it down. The gentleman's style is unparalleled in the world, and the corners of his lips outline a mocking smile.

"It's also a shame that this Zhen family claims to be a century-old family, and it looks so ugly!" The slightly vulgar and ugly words came out of the mouth of this jade man, as beautiful and elegant as poetry.

"In this Jiangnan region, including Jinling, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other major tax-paying areas and grain-producing cities, about eight to ninety percent of the officials are either confidants of the Zhen Mansion or vassals of the Zhen Mansion, and there are even some places where there is a saying that only the Zhen Mansion does not know the imperial court...... "The chief manager asked.

"It's just some people who tend to be inflammatory, and they only know the trend of cooking oil and flowers in the fire, but they don't know that the tree is big and windy, and sooner or later the tree will be cut down, and the tree can only fall and scatter. ”

"The emperor is old, and he has the grace of Zhen Guifei's second prince's party, even though Prince Yizhong survived with the help of the eldest princess, but he has no chance, the emperor only sees the second prince's mother and son, the second prince's party is rich, powerful and favored, how can the tree fall?"

After all, it's not my own person, and I don't even know this. This manager was sent by the four princes, and Jiang Zining just disliked him for being clumsy and rude, but for the sake of the four princes, he had to say it carefully. Besides, he and the four princes seem to have a close relationship, but if the plan is successful, it will be the difference between the monarch and the minister.

In the past two years, the climate has been abnormal, and the imperial court has to spend a lot of money to relieve the disaster, and there is a big drought in Shanxi, and the emperor has ordered to take the Huguang Jiangnan tax and silver to the disaster relief.

No matter how old and eccentric the emperor is, he is also the emperor! In addition, the Zhen Mansion is powerful, and you only see the height of this city wall, but you don't see its shoddy workmanship, and it will fall down as soon as you push it. When the emperor is angry, it's our chance. ”

Which parents are not partial, but there are always those who can suppress this partiality, such as elders, etiquette, identity, responsibility, public opinion, etc.

"Childe is wise. ”

"Don't look at all of this, let's send it all back to Kyoto!"

The manager nodded yes, handed the thing to the others, and then asked,

"It's an eventful time now, why don't you go to Kyoto earlier so that you can help your master plan for great things. ”

"Ahem, my mother and father thought I was weak and let me live up to their wishes in Jiangnan, how could I live up to their wishes?" Obviously smiling gently, the manager felt a trace of coldness for some reason.

As Jiang Zining expected, the emperor ordered the minister to come over to collect grain taxes and silver, but Jiangnan and other places were first harvested by the former prince for a while, and then controlled by the Zhen family, where would the Zhen family spit out when they ate it.

The ministers did not dare to force the foreign family of the prince of Yide, so they could only force those rich salt merchants and the yamen of the government, but these people were also looted, on the one hand, they desperately squeezed the people to get some money, and on the other hand, they fooled the Qincha.

Qin Cha is not easy to fool, seeing that he can't be fooled, the bold businessmen directly joined forces with the tax officer to kill Qin Cha.

The people are not simple, the city is not bad, they do not rely on the fields to eat, outside, those free people who farm, almost all have been persecuted, the small people have no way to live and are not willing to survive, and they even made a mess for a while.

Originally, the emperor looked at it, there was no major disaster in the south, and the tax revenue had always been sufficient, all of which were used for disaster relief, and if the imperial court added some more, there would be no big problem. This situation has been going on for some years, and the emperor is not too worried.

Who would have thought that Jianghuai and other places that have always been reassuring have also had accidents, the prince's loss of power has exposed the shortcomings of the second prince himself, his ability is insufficient, not enough to restrain the people, his Zhen family's power is extremely expanded, no one can touch its edge, and even in the south of the Yangtze River with one hand to cover the sky, murder Qincha, almost caused civil unrest.

Although it was suppressed, Shanxi's relief food was not to be had, and now the emperor, who was originally strong, spit out blood deeply, and his body was even worse, even Xue Yuanzheng's magic medicine was useless.

What's more, he had lost too many officials because of the prince's affairs, and there was a problem with the operation of the court for a while, and he couldn't dismiss him to investigate the Jianghuai officials, so he could only scold the prince of Yide and ground him in the mansion, but no matter how much he couldn't do.

Because of the saint's physical discomfort, Liu Lin was unfavorable, and the saint could only repeatedly ask Zhang Shoufu to come out to preside over the overall situation, but Zhang Shoufu repeatedly refused, because the situation was really unstable, and he could only take over.

Zhang Shoufu is worthy of being an old minister of the two dynasties, as soon as he took office, he announced that he would only punish the first evil, and the servant would be guilty of meritorious service, and the Zhen family would be fined for two years, and the two sons and nephews of the Zhen family with a good future were taken down, and the two sons and nephews of the Zhen family with a good future were taken down, and the prestige of the gang was greatly increased for a while, and the handling of things was smoother.

But the affairs of Shanxi and Jiangnan cannot be delayed, and at the same time, there is still a little anxiety in the emperor's heart, he is now in a coma all day long, and when he is rarely awake, he is thinking about the affairs of his successor.