In the Diligent Palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The emperor frowned as he looked at a fold handed to him by the crown prince, but there was no joy or anger on his face.

The crown prince, on the other hand, stood respectfully to the side and did not speak.

What is written on the excerpt is the result of the investigation of the case of the Marquis of Zhongshan's forcible occupation of fertile land.

And the results of this investigation also involve the Xuanguo Mansion.

It is true that the Marquis of Zhongshan bought fertile land in Yuzhou, and what did Mrs. Marquis of Zhongshan do when she bought land in Yuzhou? These forcibly bought fertile fields were not recorded in the name of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion as the property of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion, nor did they become the dowry of the Zhongshan Marquis Lady, but were recorded in a name called "Dong Er".

And this Dong Er looks ten percent similar to Jiang Erlang, who should still be in exile.

It is not difficult to find out that the Marquis of Zhongshan bought off the magistrate of Jiang Erlang's exile place, found someone to serve the sentence on behalf of Jiang Erlang, and then quietly got Jiang Erlang back.

The Marquis of Zhongshan and his wife were not bold enough to let Jiang Erlang return to the capital, so they sent Jiang Erlang to Yuzhou, changed his name and surname to "Dong Er". Mrs. Zhongshan Hou was afraid that her youngest son would suffer, and she knew that her youngest son's future in this life was over, so she purchased a large piece of fertile land and planned to give her younger son a place to settle in the future.

It is true that Mrs. Zhongshan Hou bought fertile land in Yuzhou, and it is also true that she used some connections to force some landowners to sell their land, but she did not plan to buy it at a low price. It's just that the person who helped Mrs. Zhongshan Hou go to Yuzhou to buy land is playing the signboard of Zhongshan Houfu, and he is only willing to give five taels of silver for one acre of fertile land, and tens of thousands of silver dollars for ten thousand acres of fertile land.

And the reason why this person has such greed is entirely because he listened to the instigation of others, and the person who instigated him only recently met him, but the two hit it off at first sight, and immediately called him brother and brother, and this person also gave him an idea on how to use the signboard of the Marquis of Zhongshan Mansion to buy fertile land at a low price to fill a part of his private pockets. And this person also happens to be the distant nephew of the wife of the housekeeper of the Xuanguo Mansion.

In the end, the person who protected the landlord who had been encroached on the fertile land went all the way to Beijing to sue the royal court, and he was also the cousin of the Duchess of Xuanguo, a foreign official.

If there is no handwriting from the Xuanguo Mansion, neither the emperor nor the prince will believe it.

The psychology of the common people has always been that the people do not fight with the officials, although the ordinary people are forced to buy the good land, but they give me enough money in line with the market, and they can endure it, but now you only sell my land at half the price. The dog will jump off the wall when he is in a hurry, not to mention that there is a person behind him who is willing to support him and encourage him to go to Beijing to sue the emperor.

If this matter can be so big now, there must be someone behind it.

The emperor threw the excerpt on the table and hummed, "One or two are not good birds!" After speaking, he looked at the prince standing below and asked, "What do you think should be done?" ”

The crown prince raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor, and said, "I don't know if the father emperor refers to the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion or the Xuanguo Mansion?" ”

The emperor looked at the crown prince and snorted deliberately, this son has also learned to play with him?

The emperor said, "Let's talk about both." ”

The prince said: "For the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion, although the father still wants to use the Zhongshan Marquis, but the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion has really done whatever he wants recently, and he can't let it go, otherwise there will be more than this invasion of the land, so the Zhongshan Marquis cannot be punished lightly." However, the penalty shall not be severe. The Marquis of Zhongshan is responsible for the construction of the north-south straight road, the construction of the straight road takes a long time, the project is large, and there are many interests involved, if the father and emperor severely punish the Marquis of Zhongshan, so that the Marquis of Zhongshan loses his prestige, it will inevitably hinder the construction of the straight road.

As for the Xuanguo Mansion, it cannot be disposed of in the same way as the Zhongshan Hou Mansion, first, the Xuanguo Mansion did not participate in the encroachment on the fertile land, as for the person who instigated the Zhongshan Marquis's cronies, he was only a little related to the housekeeper of the Xuanguo Mansion, and the Xuanguo Mansion could be easily justified; Second, the Xuanguo Mansion only donated a large amount of money for the construction of the straight road last year, and the father and the emperor disposed of the Xuanguo Mansion only at this time, which will inevitably make people misunderstand that the father and the emperor are cooking rabbits and dead dogs. ”

In the matter of offering silver, although the Xuanguo Mansion has a lot of blood, the reality is indeed to buy some reputation. Easily disposing of the Xuanguo Mansion will cause some people to boil.

The prince continued: "But we can't turn a blind eye to some of the little tricks played by the Xuanguo Mansion, and we should beat the warning, lest the Xuanguo Mansion take everyone for fools." ”

The emperor nodded, somewhat satisfied with the crown prince. Especially when it comes to the disposal of the Xuanguo Mansion, neither took the opportunity to suggest that the Xuanguo Mansion be severely punished, nor did he let the Xuanguo Mansion go in order to avoid suspicion, everything was said to be within the right range.

The emperor said: "There is no need to rush to punish the Marquis of Zhongshan's mansion, I want to see what the Marquis of Zhongshan will do." ”

The Marquis of Zhongshan should be about to arrive in the capital, but he wants to see him, whether he will ask him for this after returning to Beijing, or defend himself.

The prince said yes respectfully.

After speaking, I looked at the sky outside, and it was almost noon. The prince guessed that the emperor was going back to Changkun Palace to accompany Lin Yan to dine at noon, and was about to retire with interest.

As a result, at this time, Gonggong Wan walked in from outside, first saluted the emperor, and then whispered something to the emperor.

After hearing this, the emperor nodded, and instructed Wan Gong to be fair: "Let the imperial dining room make a few more imperial dishes and reward them to Changkun Palace." ”

Wan Gong said yes fairly, and then went out to order.

The emperor looked at the crown prince again, his voice was a little softer, with some kindness, and said, "Tai'er will accompany me to lunch, you and I, father and son, may not have had a meal together for a long time." ”

Naturally, the prince will not say badly.

When the imperial meal was served, the emperor and the crown prince ate directly in the inner hall of the Qinzheng Palace.

There was a fried magnolia slice with lilies in the imperial meal, and when the emperor saw it, he remembered that Lin Yan loved to eat the lilies in this dish very much, so he pointed to it and said: "Send this dish to Changkun Palace, you mothers love to eat it." ”

Gonggong Wan smiled and said yes, and then instructed the little eunuch to put the dish in the food box.

Gonggong Wan was used to being close to the emperor, and even joked: "The emperor has other dishes to reward the queen's mother, and the servants will send them over together, so that the slaves will have to run back and forth several times." ”

The emperor glanced at Gonggong Wan with a smile and said, "When did you become so tonguey?" ”

Grandpa Wan laughed.

The emperor really swept the dining table, and finally found a stir-fried mushroom, and felt that this dish was good for Yuan Yuan, who was now pregnant, and said: "Put this dish together." ”

Wan Gonggong smiled and pointed again, and put the fried mushrooms in a box.

Gonggong Wan asked again: "Does the emperor have anything else to say to the slave to pass on to the mother?" ”

The emperor said: "Let her not be picky eaters, don't always eat sour and spicy things, it's not good for your health." Don't forget to eat the bird's nest stewed every day, this is good for children's skin. ”

Gonggong Wan smiled and said, "Yes, the slave must bring the emperor's words." Saying goodbye to the emperor, he led people to Changkun Palace in person.

The emperor turned his head and looked at the crown prince who was eating rice with his head down, his face was calm and calm, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.

The emperor put a piece of pork ribs in sauce and put it in his bowl and said, "Eat more, this is your favorite food when you were a child." (To be continued.) )