He had even figured out how Ming'er should deal with Yu Wenshu.

As long as the Li family handed over the paper, he would be able to interrogate Yu Wenshu as the prefect of Hangzhou, and when the time came, he would definitely be unable to eat and walk around as a tax inspector, and leave Hangzhou City far away!

However, the truth is far from what he envisioned.

The Li family did not come to avenge their grievances at all, and at the same time, he also learned that Liu Xiancheng was also arrested.

This Liu Xiancheng was ordered by him in person, and asked him to think of a way, but Liu Xiancheng found Xu Deng and Shi Hongwu and asked them to demand taxes in Lin'an County, unscrupulously, and then the girl of the Li family jumped into the river.

In fact, even if it is not the Li family, there will be the Wang family, the Zhou family, and there will always be a village household that is unbearable, so that something will happen.

Who knows, Yu Wenshu can actually gain the trust of the Li family and not sue for taxes!

Lu Xiangjin couldn't sit still and went to the tax customs yamen.

Yu Wenshu saw him coming, and got up to greet him: "Lord Lu came just in time, and the lower officials are having a headache, not only how to deal with this Liu County, he is the county governor of Lin'an County, but it is really improper to meddle in tax affairs, and they are all guilty of demagoguery, and they almost killed people." ”

The people around Lu Xiangjin have been caught again and again, he no longer has the good temper he had before, and said lightly: "Your tax customs were originally going to collect taxes, and Lin'an County owes a lot of taxes, Liu Xiancheng is also anxious, since the girl of the Li family is no longer in trouble, I think it is better to forget it." ”

The corners of Yu Wenshu's mouth twitched.

At that time, the girl of the Li family was rescued by the doctor, and the Li family was very grateful, and knew that he was to blame, and when the complaint was filed, Yu Wenshu realized that someone had really instigated them, and later after verification by all parties, it was found that it was Lu Xiangjin's person.

This man is indeed the mastermind behind everything!

But it's not easy to deal with, just because whether it's Boss Jin, Wang Ji, or Liu Xiancheng, they haven't confessed to Lu Xiangjin, maybe, they are still waiting for Lu Xiangjin to rescue them?

Or, Lu Xiangjin has a very strong backer?

He said in a deep voice: "If this matter is not mattered, where is my Yu face, and the people at the tax customs can't be sent by the little county?" Lord Lu, you are the prefect of a state, and you know where your authority lies, Liu Xiancheng can't even tell who he is, can you continue to be an official in office? Xu Deng and Shi Hongwu, Yu has already been punished, Liu Xiancheng, but you have to deal with it. ”

Lu Xiangjin was annoyed when he heard this, stretched out his hand and patted his sleeve and said: "Speaking of duties, Lord Yu, you came to Hangzhou this time, many days have passed, but I heard that the taxes have not increased, but people are catching them one by one, what is going on?" ”

"This, Yu will be like the emperor himself." Yu Wenshu hugged his fist in the direction of the capital.

This is the meaning that it is not Lu Xiangjin's turn, Lu Xiangjin is angry, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, it seems that Lord Yu must have a clever plan, this official admires!" Liu Xiancheng, I will deal with it, don't bother with it! He ordered someone to detain Liu Xiancheng and left the tax customs yamen.

Since then, the two have torn their faces.

After Yu Wenshu was busy for a day, he returned to the inner house with a tired face, Jiang Sumei hurriedly brought a bowl of ginseng and old hen soup with chicken thighs for him to drink, these days, Yu Wenshu is definitely much harder than her, a pregnant woman.

He took a few bites, suddenly put down the white porcelain spoon, frowned, and said: "Xinchangbo has really escaped a lot of taxes, and in the past few years, it has probably tens of thousands of taels of silver." ”

He arrested Wang Ji, and then began to start from Lin'an County, and gradually found that there was a large area of fertile land in the county that was actually Xinchangbo's, but the account book on the tax customs was blatantly omitted!

This clue came too easily, and it was really not too much hidden compared to the field.

Could it be ......

He tapped his fingers on the table.

Jiang Sumei also thought for a while and asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"I want to inform the emperor in 1510, but the concert is all through the cabinet," he paused and said, "Now that the position of the first assistant is vacant, I don't know how they will give advice." "Most of the ministers first prepared the text of the reply, and then sent it to the emperor for approval together with the original recital.

Jiang Sumei was worried about something else: "Will this annoy the emperor, after all, Xin Changbo is also the emperor's grandfather!" ”

Love the house and Wu, it may not be.

Yu Wenshu shook his head: "If this is the case, the emperor will not send me here, why bother?" What's more, although the emperor loves the queen, he is not a mediocre king, I believe that the emperor wants to eliminate corrupt officials and sort out the country's finances! ”

"Then have you thought about it, will you cross the river and tear down the bridge?" Although Jiang Sumei has the heart of a villain, she always thinks a lot.

"Even so, do I want to be like Hong Qing and ignore it?" Yu Wenshu asked rhetorically.

Jiang Sumei was speechless.

If Yu Wenshu is also jealous of the powerful, tolerates and nurtures traitors, and knows that Xin Changbo evades taxes, but conceals it because he is a relative of the emperor, then what is the point of him coming here? Why did he work so hard?

She sighed: "Well, the future is unpredictable, you are right, we have a good conscience." ”

Yu Wenshu held her hand: "To put it bluntly, we as courtiers have never had a way out, but worm girl," he stared into her eyes, "People live for a lifetime, they can't really be like ants, decades pass by in a flash, long is like this, short is also like this, what is the difference, do you understand?" My grandfather said this to me a long time ago, I have lived until now, I may not be clear, but many things, what should be done still has to be done, I Yu Wenshu does not want to be ashamed of heaven and earth! ”

He was talking about the meaning of life, how could she not understand?

Compared to him, her ideals seemed much simpler.

Jiang Sumei nodded: "I understand, my grandfather can be the first assistant, and his mood is extraordinary, and the concubine only feels embarrassed." ”

Once upon a time, her life seemed to be just to survive, to the end of the road safely, as long as she was happier and freer, at this moment, she really felt ashamed.

Yu Wenshu hugged her: "Don't be ashamed, you just need to be my wife." ”

Have his back.

She snorted, nodded emphatically, and thought to herself, maybe she should also reconsider her life?

Six days later, in the cabinet's duty room, there were three urgent letters on the table, one was written by Yu Wenshu, one was written by Lu Xiangjin, and one was written by Liu Can.

They didn't know what to do for a while.

Judging from the content alone, it is obvious that Yu Wenshu fell out with Lu Xiangjin and even Liu Can, and these two people wrote a letter to expose all kinds of unbearable tax customs.

But the question is, Yu Wenshu is sent by the emperor, and Liu Can is the queen's grandfather, how should they solve it?

Just when several ministers were hesitating, Liu received his father, Liu Zhi.

Liu Zhi hurriedly asked to meet with Liu because he received a letter from his father Liu Can, which mentioned the tax money that Liu Can had missed in the past few years, and asked Liu Zhi to tell Liu Shi that he hoped that the incident would not happen.

"Your grandfather was also confused for a while, and now he knows that he is wrong, mother, we are a family, is it possible to cure your grandfather's sin for this money?" Liu Zhi interceded for his father.

Liu Shi did not come back to his senses in shock.

She didn't understand how her honest grandfather could have become such a person in her memory!

He is obviously a very kind old man who knows how to think about his children!

"Mother?" Seeing that she had not responded, Liu Zhi called softly.

Liu bit his lip and said: "Grandfather should not do such a thing, the emperor is kind, named him Xinchangbo, and allowed him to enjoy his old age in Hangzhou, how can he be so ungrateful?" Father, as the queen, but I can't tolerate him, ask my father to write to tell my grandfather how much tax he owes on those good fields, and ask him to find a way to make up for it, and if he has spent it before, he will sell the land to deduct the taxes! ”

Liu Zhi was shocked: "This, isn't this good?" He's your grandfather! As long as you say a word, Lord Yu over there naturally doesn't dare to uncover this matter, wouldn't it be known to everyone to make up for the tax money in such a big move? You're the queen, and if something happens to your family, your reputation isn't good! ”

"Father is also famous?" Liu said bitterly, "My daughter is often in the palace and doesn't know about family affairs, but my father often corresponds with my grandfather, and I don't know it?" ”

Liu Zhi's face was not good-looking, and he said: "Your grandfather has worked hard all his life, and now that he is old, he can do what he wants, but in fact, it is just a little tax money, and the emperor's annual rewards add up to more than this!" ”

He himself is not greedy for money, and he did not cause trouble for the Liu family in the capital, but Liu Canyuan is in Hangzhou, although Liu Zhi knows something, he also thinks that there should be no big problem.

"Father is so confused!" Liu slapped the table and said, "The emperor sent Lord Yu to Hangzhou, originally with the intention of rectifying the tax customs, how can he hide it?" She stood up, "I'll take care of this matter, please come back first." ”

Liu Zhi refused to leave and repeatedly persuaded him.

Liu flicked his sleeves and said, "Send off." ”

actually sent someone to drive Liu Zhi out directly.

Mother Chen listened and said softly, "What are you going to do?" ”

Liu Shi did not answer, but changed into a formal suit and walked straight out.

When the emperor saw her coming, he was a little strange and said with a smile: "I heard that my father-in-law is here, why is he already gone?" I had wanted to come here after reading these recitals. ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine is guilty!" Liu slowly knelt down.

The emperor was startled, and hurriedly went over to help her up: "The queen has something to say, why do you want to kneel?" ”

Liu refused to get up, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the Liu family has a negative imperial grace, my grandfather bought countless fertile fields in Hangzhou, but he never paid taxes according to the number, and the concubine only found out today, she is really ashamed, and she asked the emperor to punish the crime!" ”

The emperor couldn't help but be moved.

Although he has always been suspicious of Hangzhou's tax customs, and has also thought about why Hangzhou's tax money has been decreasing year by year over the years, and the tax patrol imperial history sent to him has returned in vain, but he never thought that one day, Liu would take the initiative to ask for guilt and tell the story of Xinchangbo's tax evasion.

How can such a righteous act of killing relatives not be moving?

You must know that she favors the harem and is the queen's mother, so she didn't need to be like this originally, as long as she secretly asked Xin Changbo to make up the taxes, who could help her?

But she chose to confess.

The emperor said softly: "I will deal with this matter, please get up quickly, the queen." ”

That's when Liu got up.