The scholars of this era have a kind of upright naivety, which makes them jealous and hateful, and dare to say and do, which is most obvious in the scholars who have just left the academy or just entered the officialdom.

However, with the increase of official age, this innocence will be slowly eroded, some people say that they hide their hearts, but if they hide it, they will disappear.

What is rare is that Lin Qing still maintains this "innocent" heart so far, which makes Lin Xi sad and envious at the same time.

"Dad, these are not the most important things. It's just a matter of the ledger, how could Senior Brother Pei know? How much do you know?" Lin Xi touched the teacup in front of him, and took a small sip of it gently.

Speaking of this, Lin Qing's face became ugly, "It's also because my father doesn't know people clearly, half a year ago, I got a letter from a friend in Beijing, knowing that the emperor was going to make a big move in Jiangnan, so I thought, although Xuan'er has not entered the officialdom, she is often taken by her father by her side, and she also knows a lot about Jiangnan*." Since his father has made up his mind, he naturally wants to make plans as soon as possible, so he informed Xuan'er of the matter, Xuan'er has always acted in a proper manner, and he is clear about his father's ambitions, but he doesn't want him to ...... Alas......"

Lin Xi was silent for a moment, his heart said that such a life-threatening thing, it would be good for you and my father and son to know, how could there be a third person?

Yes, Lin Xi knows the account book. Not only does he know, but he is also the first hero, and there is a story in this, which is a long story.

Lin Qing beat Lin Xi when he was a child, he didn't want Jin Gui's son to take the road of the imperial examination, because reading is also a physical job, and it is not uncommon for those who rush to take the exam to walk into the examination room vertically and be carried out horizontally.

He doesn't have high requirements for Lin Xi, he can read and write, just know etiquette and understand etiquette, and in the future, his eyes will not be black, and others won't understand what they say, so Lin Qing personally enlightened Lin Xi.

Just this teaching, Lin Qing found that his son was extremely intelligent, and all the words could be recognized almost once taught, although he often lacked horizontal and skimming when writing, but every stroke was quite orderly, and he could sit still, and would not be as noisy as other children, which was rare for a three- or four-year-old child. No matter how big it is, Lin Qing will choose the simpler ones in the Four Books and Five Classics to teach, and Lin Xi can understand them one by one, and even draw inferences from one another.

So Lin Qing taught more and more diligently, and sighed more and more at the injustice of the sky, even if Lin Xi's health was getting worse and worse, this did not stop.

As everyone knows, this is also what Lin Xi wants, he can't pretend to be an ordinary child, and as a sick man, he has cut off the possibility of communicating with the outside world, and the only way to absorb the information of this era is to pass Guò Lin Qing, and Lin Qing knows far more than the entire Lin Mansion.

So he has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child, but even so, Lin Qing is unwilling to talk to a child about things that are inappropriate for children, such as court affairs and officialdom. But it doesn't matter, Lin Xi is weak, Lin Qing naturally dotes on this only son in every way, hiding in the quilt and weakly pulling his father's sleeve to ask for a story, Lin Qing has no way to refuse.

For the ancient Duanfang doctors, they can't tell the romantic fairy tales of the tadpole looking for their mother, Snow White, Kong Rong let the pear, and Meng's mother move three times This estimate is the limit. But even if Lin Tanhualang has articles in his belly, he can't stand his son from asking for one in three days, and this kid has a good memory, so he will know it when he repeats it. Lin Tanhua, who was embarrassed and angry, didn't throw off her sleeves, but when she saw that sick little face, she looked at herself pitifully and wanted to cry, and she didn't have any temper.

When he first arrived in Huaizhou, the officialdom stumbled, his wife died, and Lin Qing, who had not yet apprenticed to Pei Xuan, had no one to sue, and Lin Qing, who had no story to tell, finally sighed to the young Lin Xi that life was not easy and the officialdom was difficult.

There are few natural disasters in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are frequent floods in summer, and once the rain is excessive, the water level of the Huai River rises, and the water is fierce and easy to break the embankment.

Lin Qing's second year as the prefect of Huaizhou was a major flood, and the imperial court allocated silver taels to rebuild the embankment.

Although he was upright, he also knew that the silver could not be used entirely to repair the embankment, and that some of it would always be taken by officials at all levels for personal gain, and of course, if the amount was small, he could turn a blind eye. However, they didn't know that the officials in Huaizhou would be so bold that the disaster money had been carved up before even the treasury was entered! What was even more ridiculous was that that day, Master Li was waiting in his office with a smile on his face, and next to it was a large wooden box, with its mouth half-open, and the white silver shook so that Lin Qing's eyes hurt.

Seeing Lin Qing coming in, he smiled and said: "My lord, this time the silver has been set aside, and the blessing dam of Lord Tuo has been built, and my colleagues have praised you. ”

The brighter the smile on Master Li's face, the colder Lin Qing's heart became.

In an instant, the blood came up, and he scolded Lord Li, his rhetoric was already outstanding, and his ability to scold people was even different, without a dirty word, but it made Lord Li's face more and more gloomy, and he couldn't wait to throw his sleeves and leave. It's just that Lin Qing is his peak after all, and this stunned Qing estimates that Master Li has not seen one or two, and after his breath has stabilized, he sneered and said, "Lord Lin, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, so it's better to be polite." Xia Guan heard that Lin Gongzi's health was not very good, and the adults were in a bad mood, and they were both fathers, and Xia Guan could understand it. As for the banquet in the evening, it seems that the adults are not free today, and I am afraid that the thin wine in the drunken country garden will not be able to enter the mouths of the adults, so let's find a better place tomorrow and invite Lord Lin to enjoy the light. ”

As he spoke, he arched his hand and strode away.

Lin Qing returned home and faced Lin Xi, still uneasy. Lin Xi only needed to take a glance and knew that Geng Zhi's father had hit a wall again, and this time he was so angry that he couldn't pay it back, so he asked carefully.

However, when he heard the box full of snowflakes and silver, his face couldn't help but show surprise.

"My father didn't look carefully, but I estimated that there were two thousand taels. Lin Qing sighed, "Huaizhou is originally rich, and the imperial court has only allocated a total of 100,000 taels. ”

"Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, not to mention 100,000 snowflakes of silver! This is all people's fat and people's ointment, I thought that ten out of ten would go to one or two, and three or four reached the limit, but I didn't expect it...... This is not intended to be left to the people! How can you be such an official! The books of the sages have been read into the belly of a dog!"

Lin Xi touched the stove in his arms and looked at his father sympathetically, this had obviously broken through his bottom line, and it was estimated that he would have to write a chapter tonight.

Sure enough, I heard a sound of slapping the table, "Xi'er, this can't be done, my father must inform the court that such a corrupt official can't continue to keep the country's capital!"

Is...... Just guess it.

"Dad, calm down first. Lin Xi persuaded, "Dad, have you ever thought about why Lord Li and the others can so blatantly defile the money?"

"Naturally, it is an upward and downward effect, and it is in cahoous!"

"You are from the Huaizhou prefect of the fourth grade, Dad, they actually dare to do their own things without your orders, who gave them such courage?" Seeing that Lin Qing was silent, Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's not that you can't think of it, it's just that the more you think about it, the more sad you become, and if you think about it, you have to point to the capital." If you take this money, you will be your own person, and if you don't take it, you will be the enemy. ”

Lin Xi picked up his medicine bowl and drank the medicine slowly.

"But Xi'er, this silver is absolutely ......"

"Dad, take it. ”

If Lin Qing wasn't too precious to this son, it was estimated that the slap would have fallen.

Lin Qing's face was so black that he could drip ink, but Lin Xi was not afraid of him, he just drank the medicine slowly and handed the empty bowl to Lin Qing, who looked at him, Lin Xi's small eyes also looked back, and after a long time, Lin Qing took it with a black face, and pushed a small plate of candied fruit in front of him.

Lin Xi smiled and picked up one and put it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Dad, if you don't take it, you should move the place in less than three months." After my mother left, the Yongning Marquis Mansion was completely offended by you, and it is estimated that it is more likely to be suspended, so your revenge, ten years of hard work will not come to naught. If you take it, you will at least not be as negative as your subordinates, oppose your colleagues, and do everything badly. ”

"Xi'er, these fathers all understand, but they are only officials and people, if they are not right, if they can act confidently?"

Then you have to sit down tightly!" Lin Xi thought silently, but he still had to say it in a different way.

"Think about it, even if you don't take it, can that money be used to build the dam? No, it will go into their pockets, and in the end it will be what will happen. But if you take it, it's a big deal that we don't move the money, even if we can't build the embankment in the name of the word, but it can also be used elsewhere, open a ditch, strengthen the city wall, even if you buy ploughs, buy seedlings, buy seeds, as long as it is used for the people, what does it matter in what name you give a sum of silver? Think about it again, if you don't take it, you lose your official position, and there will be a new Huaizhou prefect taking office, won't he take it either? The final result is that the people will suffer, but it is better to be false and wronged, and to open and close your eyes. One last thought, isn't that the reason?"

It's a crooked reasoning! It's just nonsense!

Lin Qing knew that this was wrong, but he was strangely unable to refute it, held it for a while, and finally said: "Anyway, this deviates from the way of being an official for a father, it is really ...... It's ......."

Pedantic!

Lin Xi really wanted to give him a blank look, "If you can't get over your conscience, Dad, you might as well write down all this, how much you have received, how much you have used, how to use it, if one day the imperial court orders the rectification of Jiangnan, it is better to make a certificate." Thinking about it this way, Dad, you are not in the same stream, but there are priorities, and now your strength cannot compete with the entire Huaizhou or even Jiangnan forces, so you have to show weakness first and act cheaply. The eldest husband can bend and stretch, as long as you keep your heart, what are you afraid of?" "At least you can get the Lin family out and not end up in exile for thousands of miles, maybe you can make up for your mistakes, and you can be safe."

In fact, having said so much, Lin Xi has only one purpose, he doesn't want to lose his current life at all, not only because he is used to the days when he opens his mouth with food, but also because of his poor and pathetic body, without the support of power and money, he can't live long at all.

Thinking of this, the selfish Young Master Lin continued to lobby before Governor Lin could sort out his thoughts, "Dad, if you make up your mind, leave the account matter to me." ”

The next day, Lin Qing arrived at the yamen and entered the office, and Master Li stood inside with a smile on his face again, the difference was that now it was not a big wooden box, but two.

"My lord, the governor heard that your son was in poor health, and immediately asked the lower official to come to condolence with his heart, explaining that if Lin Gongzi is still not good, he can't say that his old man will come to visit in person, and on the way to the lower official, he happened to meet the governor sent someone to pass the word, saying that it was the hard work of Lord Lin to supervise the construction of the river dam, he was very pleased, and he had to play the emperor to show you for your merits. ”

This time Lin Qing was silent.

Master Lee left with a smile on his face.

And the original ledger was born in Lin Xi's hands.