The winter moon has passed, and the beginning of the lunar month is coming. On the official road leading from Cizhou to Anyang County, the seat of Zhangde Prefecture, a group of knights escorted several carriages, ran through the thin snow, and slowly moved forward.

In the only carriage used to carry people, Gao Pragmatic and Shuai Jiamo sat opposite each other.

In fact, only Shuai Jiamo was sitting on his knees in a regular manner, while Gao Pragmatic was leaning on a side of the brocade with one hand, half-lying obliquely.

There is a small copper stove between the two to ensure the temperature in the car, but there is a plan next to the copper stove, on which there is a lot of paper, and the paper is full of words with charcoal pen that is highly pragmatic "invented".

"Your talent for math is really good." Gao Pragmatic looked at Shuai Jiamo, who was doing the question in front of him, and smiled: "After the case in Huizhou is over, how about coming to Beijing to help me?" ”

Shuai Jiamo raised his head, smiled, and replied, "If the waiter is not invited again, Xiaosheng will also recommend himself." ”

Gao pragmatic laughed, pointed at him with his finger, and said: "You have this ability, you can also check the accounts in She County, and you see, you can also find out that the incident is coming, after this matter is over, I estimate that you will not be able to stay in Huizhou, but it is just right to come to me, I have a lot of things, and I may have to rely on you in the future." ”

"How dare you be an attendant and read the word dependence." Shuai Jiamo smiled bitterly: "The number of math skills of the waiter is a hundred times better than mine, if you don't see it in person, you can't believe it." He paused, and then said: "This time the Xia Shui Shengsi case will be like this, to be honest, it has far exceeded Xiao Sheng's expectations...... I just hope that I will have a stable meal in the future. ”

"You still don't understand my concern for math." Gao pragmatic shook his head: "In fact, there are many things in the world that need the support of mathematics, in addition to the ones you can think of, there are many ...... More. ”

"Serving with foresight, how can people like Xiaosheng understand ......"

"Hah, here we go again." Gao pragmatic waved his hand, and suddenly said: "If I tell you that even fighting a war is just a number of techniques, will you believe it?" ”

Shuai Jiamo opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and said embarrassedly: "This ...... I can't believe it. ”

But Gao Pragmatic didn't bother to explain, he changed his posture, lifted the curtain slightly, looked outside, and asked, "The front should be almost Anyang, right?" I heard that Anyang was Yecheng back then? ”

Shuai Jiamo nodded and said, "Yes, Zhangde was called Yin, Xiang, and Ye in ancient times, and its place is now Anyang, but Guye City should be about twenty miles north of today's Anyang, which is almost where we are now." ”

Gao pragmatic said: "I don't know much about Anyang, and when it comes to Yecheng, I can almost only think of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao." ”

You can even write "Dragon Whip Shadow", how can this be the only point in terms of historical standards?

Shuai Jiamo was only pragmatic and humble, smiled and didn't speak.

However, Gao Pragmatic didn't plan to talk about heroes with Shuai Jiamo, so he directly changed the topic and said: "If I'm not mistaken, Zhangde seems to be King Zhao's feudal country?" ”

However, Shuai Jiamo didn't know, so he had to say: "Judging from the position, it should be...... There are too many princes of our Ming Dynasty, and Xiao Sheng really can't remember clearly. ”

"yes, that's too much." Gao pragmatically nodded, but did not continue.

Shuai Jiamo felt from his pragmatic tone that he seemed to be unfinished, and this person was really not a person with great talent for being an official, so he subconsciously followed: "The waiter seems to be a little dissatisfied with this?" ”

"Dissatisfied?" Gao pragmatic turned his head to look at him and smiled: "Why should I be dissatisfied?" ”

Shuai Jiamo hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "In fact, many scholars feel that there are too many princes of our Ming Dynasty, and the burden on the country is getting heavier and heavier......"

"Do you have the data?" Gao Pragmatic said lightly: "How much is it heavy?" ”

"This ......" Shuai Jiamo smiled bitterly: "The waiter is laughing, Xiaosheng is just a small official, how can there be such data?" ”

"That's it, Zi said: 'Not in his position, not in his government.'" Zeng Zi said: 'A gentleman can't think of his position', since you are just a small official, why bother asking about this? ”

Gao Shishi sighed: "There are many things, when you are in the wild, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, and you will know that it is difficult to do when you are in the court." Do you think that so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the country and dynasty are really too stupid to see these problems? Shuai Jiamo, you know that it is useless to just ask questions in the matter of the silk tax, and you have to give a solution, why do you still ask me if I am dissatisfied with too many princes? Whether I'm satisfied or not, can I solve it now? ”

Shuai Jiamo was a little embarrassed and defended: "Maybe it's okay to serve the prince's close ministers...... Uh, affect a little. ”

"Not yet." Gao pragmatic bluntly reached out to stop his words.

Shuai Jiamo didn't dare to ask again, and after a while, he said: "Waiter, what do you think is the chance of Xiaosheng winning in the matter of the silk tax?" Xiaosheng heard that the five counties had come up with new evidence. ”

Gao pragmatic nodded and said, "They did come up with new evidence, as far as I know, you are not superior in this matter now, at least in terms of evidence." ”

Shuai Jiamo's face was worried, and he hesitated for a moment: "But no matter what, it is indeed unfair to let She County pay this tax bill." ”

"Fairness and justice are not the same thing in the first place." Gao pragmatically smiled and said, "Besides, what this matter needs is neither fairness nor justice. ”

Shuai Jiamo was stunned: "Why? ”

"Fairness or justice can't solve such a problem." Gao Shishi said lightly: "After the last assassination, I was forced to delay in Ansu for six days, and then along the way, all the places along the way were very nervous, they were not only nervous about me, but also nervous about you, because this case is now big." ”

Gao pragmatic put the last assassination case on Shuai Jiamo, so that now even the cabinet is paying attention to the case of Ding Sijuan, a native of Huizhou.

Shuai Jiamo was surprised: "How big is it?" ”

Gao Shishi laughed and said: "You are outstanding people in She County, and a large number of high-ranking party officials in Zixiang have been sparse. ”

This is indeed true, in such a short period of time, officials from She County have been sparse one after another, in order to form public opinion pressure, the following can be regarded as representatives:

Wang Shangning, a native of Zhukou in Shexian County, is a jinshi, and the official is the right deputy capital of the Imperial Palace.

Wang Daokun, a native of Qianqiuli in She County, was a jinshi, and an official to the governor of Yunyang (historically, he would be promoted to the left squire of the military department a year later). Moreover, he is extremely famous, and Wang Shizhen is known as the two Simas of the north and the south, one of the "five sons".

Jiang Zhen, a native of the south of Shexian County, a Jinshi, and an official to Guizhou Zuobu political envoy.

Fang Hongjing, a native of the south of Shexian County, a jinshi, and an official to the right attendant of the household department in Nanjing.

Cheng Dabin, a native of Huaitang in Shexian County, a Jinshi, has served as the chief of the examination of the Southern Officials' Department, the deputy envoy of Guangxi, and the southern Yunnan Xuezheng.

Cao Lou, a native of Xiongcun Village, Shexian County, was a scholar and an official to participate in politics in Jiangxi.

Jiang Dongzhi, a native of Jiangcun in She County. At this time, he was not yet a scholar, and he would not be admitted until the year after next. Later, he first fired at Feng Bao as an imperial historian, and he was also a celebrity in the Wanli Dynasty.

Shuai Jiamo was stunned when he heard this, and only reacted after a while: "What about the other counties, they didn't deal with it?" ”