Shen Fu.

"The old man finally understood why Zhang Ge Lao wanted to shut the mouths of those officials, except for spreading rumors and attacking political enemies, the rest would not be anything else, the old man really shouldn't have been soft on them in the first place."

This has just returned to the home of Deshen Shixing, who scolded indignantly.

He is outside, no matter what others say, he has always been a gentleman's style, is indifferent, but in his heart is hateful to the bone, this is human nature, he suggested Wanli to open up the way, it is really a good intention, but it has attracted such evil results, how can he not hate, but he usually comes home, and then scolds, out of the resentment in his heart.

"Uncle Yue is angry about Governor Cheng's affairs?" His son-in-law Cao Ke walked out from the side and asked with a concerned face.

Shen Shixing nodded and said: "If you want to say that you colluded with Guo Dan when you return, the old man will also go to them, Your Majesty will not listen to them, but they have no evidence, they open their mouths, and they intend to rebel when they return, and their hearts can be punished." ”

Cao Ke frowned and said: "Uncle Yue, this matter can be big or small, I am afraid that they will use this to attack Uncle Yue, and the son-in-law thinks that it is a top priority, and he should immediately send someone to the Daimyo's Mansion to ask Cheng Guishi about the situation." ”

Shen Shixing said: "I have already sent someone, but when I return, I must have no intention of rebelling, and the old man must not stand idly by." ”

Cao Ke pondered for a while and said, "Don't be angry, my son-in-law thinks that this matter involves businessmen and Shilin after all, and if it is not handled well, it may cause public anger." ”

Shen Shixing glanced at Cao Ke and sighed: "Actually, the old man didn't want to get involved in this matter, and even intended to help the household department and let Guo Dan pay more taxes, they targeted the old man first, why did they sue Cheng Guishi for rebellion, isn't it because Cheng Guishi is a student of the old man, they are insinuating, once Cheng Guishi is convicted of this crime, the old man will definitely be implicated." ”

....．

Metropolitan Inspectorate.

"When Cheng returned, he was only the prefect of a state, but it was impossible for him to rebel alone."

The Imperial King snorted.

Zou Deyong, the imperial historian beside him, nodded and said, "Brother Wang is reasonable, if he has no one in the court, it is impossible." And as we all know, Cheng Guishi and Shen Shixing once had the name of master and apprentice, and in Guo Dan's matter, Shen Shixing never stood up and spoke, it is obvious that what really colluded with Guo Dan was not Cheng Guishi, but Shen Shixing, and Cheng Guishi was just acting on orders. ”

As soon as these words came out, several of them couldn't help but look at each other.

Li Zhi said suddenly: "I thought this was a later story, we should first take Cheng Guishi down and ask for the guilt." ”

The implication is nothing more than that we should break each one, take it when we return first, and then involve Shen Shixing.

This is also a common routine of officialdom, concentrating firepower to first sit down on one's criminals, and then radiate to the periphery to bring in more political enemies.

This made these officials very excited, and they had been fighting for two or three years in the cabinet, and this reconciliation was impossible.

And Cheng Guishi colluded with Guo Dan, that is, against the entire bureaucracy, which was unpopular in the DPRK and China, and it happened that Cheng Guishi was Shen Shixing's person, at this point, to fight with Shen Shixing, they took advantage of the right time, place, and people, this opportunity is really a golden opportunity, how could they let it go.

As for Guo Dan.

Immediately from the biggest villain, to the little fish and shrimp, as long as these people are taken down, even if it is to let Guo Dan go, they are willing, after all, the cabinet is their biggest enemy, Guo Dan is also a businessman in the end, although it is annoying, but he has no ability to hurt them, and it is not too late to slowly rectify Guo Dan in the future.

A no-tooth line.

"Uncle, the transaction of Qian Zhuang has dropped a little in the past two days, and there is not a single customer this morning."

Xiao An came to the general manager's office and reported to Guo Dan.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "I know, you go out first." ”

This is what he expected, if such a big thing happens, the business of the tooth shop will definitely be affected, as long as this matter passes, the one who should go will still go, anyway, the money village is now enough to pay taxes, and he is not so anxious.

After Xiao An left the office, Guo Dan smiled at Aunt Xu, who was sitting at the tea table reading a book: "This policy is really wonderful!" This rumor made them kill each other, but they couldn't take care of me. ”

Two days ago, there was a lot of noise, but now he is happy.

Aunt Xu put down the book and said, "I just let things go back to normal, if you hadn't interrupted them at the beginning, they would have fought even more fiercely now." ”

"It turns out that I have done good deeds of sacrificing myself for others." Guo Dan laughed at himself, and then asked: "Then according to the layman's opinion, who will have the last laugh in this battle?" ”

Aunt Xu shook her head and said, "If this happens, there will only be losers, and there will be no winners." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Guo Dan meaningfully, and added: "I'm just pointing to Chaozhong." ”

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "I'm also a loser, didn't you listen to Xiao An, if they don't trouble me, my business may have gone to the next level, alas... What a loss. ”

Wanli also did not benefit, the DPRK and China fought back and forth, consuming national strength, and Wanli, as the king of a country, must also be a victim.

Knock knock!

There was a knock on the door.

"General manager, someone from the palace has arrived."

"Got it!"

Guo Dan looked at Aunt Xu again and said, "Your Majesty came to me to ask about it, I'm afraid I also asked about it, I don't know how I should respond?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "Of course it's telling the truth, don't you know that bullying the king is to kill your head?" ”

“......！”

Guo Dan was speechless for a while, and said in his heart, Damn! At this time, you only said the crime of bullying the king, is it a little late, who in this world does not deceive the king?

When he came to the Qianqing Palace, Wanli asked, "Guo Dan, I heard that you had a close relationship with the Daimyo Prefect Cheng Guishi?" ”

Guo Dan immediately said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the lowly post has met with Cheng Guishi once, and your father-in-law also knows about this matter, and the lowly post was really forced to be helpless at that time, because at that time, Kaifeng Mansion and Zhangde Mansion were all closed, if the Daimyo Mansion also closed the road, then Weihui Mansion would really be trapped alive by them, and the lowly office also invited your father-in-law to go to Kaifeng Mansion and Zhangde Mansion in advance, but it was unsuccessful.

They disobeyed the yang and the yin, and turned a deaf ear to the local landlord's road closure, so in desperation, they went to talk to Cheng Guishi in person. ”

Wanli asked again, "Then what did you all talk about?" ”

Guo Dan told the truth, and said: "Your Majesty, the humble post is just to ask Lord Cheng to let go of the humble position, don't close the road in the name of the government, and there is nothing else." ”

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Does anyone else know about this?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Only your father-in-law knows, and the lowly position has not signed any documents with Cheng Guishi, the lowly position is just to analyze the pros and cons with Lord Cheng, as long as he does not target my Weihui Mansion, it is beneficial to Weihui Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion." ”

Wanli pondered for a while and said, "Remember, no matter who asks about this, you can't say that you met Cheng Guishi. ”

Guo Dan said: "Obey orders." ”

.....．

Such a struggle between the DPRK and China, once the trigger is pulled, it will definitely not stop, there are constantly officials playing, Shilin also began to create public opinion, they have nothing to do with Shen Shixing, they are not on the side of the official, they just think that it is because of Cheng Guishi's collusion with Guo Dan that the plan to encircle Guo Dan failed.

They hoped that they could take Cheng Guishi down, replace him with another person, and continue to besiege Wei Huifu.

Now in this situation, as long as the Daimyo's Mansion is blocked, the Weihui Mansion will be over.

So it fermented very quickly.

There are constantly twists and turns, and the impeachment process returns.

So Wanli finally summoned Shoufu Shen Shixing.

He directly showed Wang Shixing's recital to Shen Shixing, and after Shen Shixing finished reading it, he asked, "What does the Qing family think?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it just so happened that the Daimyo Prefect Cheng also came up to play a piece of music when he returned, and I also asked Your Majesty to take a look."

Shen Shixing immediately handed over a piece of music.

"Really?"

Wanli immediately said: "Hurry up and submit it." ”

Li Gui hurriedly took the fold and handed it to Wanli.

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty, Cheng Guishi has indeed negotiated with those landlords recently, but the purpose is to let those big landlords pay taxes, for the sake of national finance, although the method is improper, but he is also forced to be helpless, it is those big landlords who evade taxes first. And now those landlords and wealthy merchants took the initiative to pay taxes, and the financial crisis of the daimyo was able to breathe.

This is a good thing for the country, but it is really chilling to be slandered.

If the imperial court blames an official who can collect taxes, then it will inevitably make the officials of other state capitals fearful, and there will only be more tax evaders. In fact, officials and gentry have always cooperated, and the minister thought that this was understandable, but Wang Shixing and others had suspicious motives, why did they obstruct Cheng Gui from collecting taxes from the landlords. ”

"I see." Wanli put down the fold, and then said: "Please rest assured that the Qing family will definitely find out about this matter and will never tolerate the adulterer." ”

"Your Majesty."

After Shen Shixing left, Wanli pointed to the side and said to Li Gui: "You immediately draft a decree to depose Wang Shixing to the capital for the crime of slandering officials and spreading rumors." ”

Li Gui was stunned for a moment, and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, if you do this, the matter will only get bigger and bigger, and it will be even more difficult to calm down." ”

Wanli said with a smile: "It's not that I haven't given them a chance, but these people have never understood my hard work, if this court is too calm, they won't even let go of a businessman, when do you say they were born in peace." ”

Li Gui immediately understood, and hurriedly drafted the purpose.

This will go down, but it really stabbed the hornet's nest, and the hundred officials immediately played for Wang Shixing, asking Wanli to withdraw his fate, you can't distinguish between black and white, it's obviously the fault of Cheng Guishi, we are loyal, you don't care about the rebels, but you punish the loyal ministers, and the faint king is just like that.

Wang Shixing was not only not angry, but very happy, this time he became famous, and the whole Shilin was upset for him!

This is an important reason why the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty liked the emperor, and those who scolded the emperor were all loyal ministers and heroes, and on the contrary, they were all ministers.

Yang Mingshen went to find Shen Shixing and asked: "Is it really as the outside world said, Shen Shoufu and Guo Dan secretly colluded?" ”

Shen Shixing knew what kind of person Yang Mingshen was, and he didn't dare to offend Shilin, spread his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Not to mention that Master Yang and I, Shen, have known someone for many years, even if we have never been masked, do you think that I should be the head of the court and go to collude with a businessman?" I'm not short of that money. ”

Yang Mingshen asked: "How should the matter of the king's imperial history be explained?" ”

Shen Shixing said: "Why didn't Master Yang go and ask them? In the absence of any evidence, they actually sued Cheng Guishi for attempting to rebel, and their intentions were very obvious, they were targeting me Shen someone, so how could I sit back and wait for death, this was all their own finding. ”

Yang Mingshen was speechless, and after a while, he sighed and said, "How could it be like this." ”

He is defending the law of etiquette and class, and he is also targeting Guo Dan, so he supported Wang Shixing and others in advance, but he did not want to be an enemy of Shen Shixing, and now listening to Shen Shixing's words, he also knows the seriousness of this matter.

Shen Shixing defends his own life, once Cheng Guishi is taken down and questioned, then the Yanguan group will definitely involve him, everyone knows that Cheng Guishi is a student of Shen Shixing, which is a very important relationship in ancient times.