Li Dongyang remembered that a housekeeper sent a letter to his family.

Got out of the carriage, sat on a piece of bluestone, and opened the letter handed by the spy.

I thought it was a letter sent by the housekeeper, but I was shocked, but the handwriting was exactly the same as his handwriting.

The only person in the capital who has such a similar handwriting to him is Yan Chengjin.

This guy actually overstepped his bounds......

Li Dongyang looked at the letter again:

Li Gong went to Qufu to talk about Qing'e? Yan Sheng Gong invaded most of the land in Shandong, and the people of Shandong Province either dug up and ate the dead, or sold their relatives cheaply, moved and looted, and escaped for their lives, Yan Sheng Gong was no longer worthy of Qing'e......

When he saw this, Li Dongyang's back was cold.

It's as if someone is standing on a higher level, peeking into their own actions.

How could this son know that he implied to speak to Yan Shenggong?

Further down, list the incriminating evidence collected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It seems that when Shandong's sparse performance arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this son had already begun to investigate.

"This guy deliberately let this official leave the capital! The official thought it was ......"

Li Dongyang got into the carriage and entered the Shandong realm, and ten miles ahead, it was very chaotic.

Thieves rode horses to chase people and rob people of their property, and the guards fought and killed.

People who rob people and money are everywhere, and even officers and soldiers are involved.

Li Dongyang looked through the curtain of the car and said to Yang Shun, a thousand households in Jinyi: "Go and invite a common man, the official has to ask." ”

After a short time, Yang Shun came with a fleeing citizen.

When the people saw the guards who were drawing their swords against each other, their legs weakened with fear.

"Old man, the court has sent out relief food, why did you still run away with your family, and why did they arrest you?"

When the old man saw Li Dongyang's kind face, he cried: "There is no land to plant, of course the small ones have to escape." ”

Li Dongyang pointed to the fertile field outside the car curtain: "Aren't these grounds?" ”

"Adults don't know, these are the lands of big families."

Li Dongyang coughed dryly: "Why did those people and the government arrest you?" ”

"The government doesn't want us to go, and if we leave, they won't have anyone to cultivate, and the land will be desolate, but the small... I can't live anymore.

If you go to Qingzhou, the thieves will plunder even more, hundreds of groups will be in groups, openly looting during the day, and haunting unscrupulous, my lord, you should turn back, right? ”

In the old man's opinion, Li Dongyang brought these hundreds of people, which was not enough to go to Qingzhou.

Li Dongyang frowned, Shandong, as the granary of the East, is so barren.

Could it be that this big family is really Yan Shenggong?

During the Chenghua Dynasty, Yan Shenggong plundered the land and troubled women, but the Chenghua Emperor only deprived Kong Hongxu of his title.

Among them, there is another reason.

Kong Hongxu is the son-in-law of Li Xian, a former cabinet scholar.

With Li Xian's forces, the remnants of the party were circling in the court, and the land and other properties of the Yan Sheng Gong were retained.

Li Dongyang turned his head and said, "Come on, bring a pen." ”

……

Beijing, Li Mansion.

Li Qing'e was embroidering in the boudoir, and the fat maid rushed into the room: "Miss, the master sent a letter." ”

On the ground, his mind was lost, and the embroidery needle pierced his index finger, condensing a small bead of blood.

Then, the eldest maid who served the Xue family came to report: "Miss, Madam asked you to go to the main hall, Lord Yan is here." ”

When Li Qing'e arrived at the main hall, Yan Chengjin was reading the letter sent back by Li Dongyang.

As Yan Chengjin expected, the proposal failed, and he started all over again.

Master Li agreed, and Miss accepted the bracelet.

Li Qing'e took the letter, only to see her father say in the letter: If you like it, you will accept it, and if you don't like it, you will not accept it.

A simple sentence doesn't seem to care about it, but you can see that there is a deep sorrow behind the word.

According to her father's understanding, there was something more important that bothered him.

Xue sent the mutton fat jade bracelet and put it on Li Qing'e's hand and praised: "It's so beautiful." ”

Li Qing'e consciously accepted Yan Chengjin's valuable gifts, and she couldn't feel at ease, so she took out the bag from her arms, obviously prepared.

"Lord Yan, this is when I was incense with my mother, I asked for it in the temple, and I could keep it safe."

The brocade bag is embroidered with a golden mandarin duck pattern, exuding a good aroma, like smelling the fragrance of flowers.

It was inconvenient to stay in the Li Mansion for a long time, Yan Chengjin got up to say goodbye, sat in the sedan chair, and opened the bag, which was a milky white jade pendant of the high door of the fish.

"Hehe, young master, the quality of this jade is good, and we won't lose anything." How can he be happy.

"Miss's mind, how can it be measured by money, vulgar, and fined two taels of silver."

Yan Chengjin never wears expensive jewelry, and this jade pendant can only be hung at the head of the bed.

……

Cabinet duty.

The civil official walked eagerly, walked through the small courtyard, and stepped into the duty room where Liu Jian and Xie Qian were: "Liu Gong, the sparse performance sent back by Li Gong." ”

Bin Zhi went to the Confucian Temple to worship, and returned to the sparse music halfway, which must have changed in the middle.

Liu Jian opened the notebook and read it carefully with bated breath:

Linqing, Anping and other thieves are rampant, and people who rob people and wealth are everywhere.

It is rumored that the robbery in Qingzhou is even worse, thieves and thieves are in groups of hundreds, they travel openly during the day, they are haunted without taboo, and the government is inexhaustible.

I also heard the words of the people from the south, and the people of all the provinces moved and looted, and each escaped for his life......

After watching Li Dongyang's recital, Liu Jian was deeply shocked: "The east is the land where the imperial court taxes come from, and the famine of a year has reached such an extent. ”

"The provinces are poor, if they become the land of Jingxiang, I am afraid there is no way to cure it." Xie Qian looked at Liu Jian: "Duke Liu, do you want to report to Your Majesty?" ”

Your Majesty will definitely blame himself when he sees such a sparse performance.

"I don't know if it's because of harsh taxes or natural and man-made disasters, which led to this tragic situation in Shandong."

Liu Jian stroked his beard and muttered for a moment: "Report to Your Majesty first." ”

The two hurried to the Fengtian Palace, and after the little eunuch reported, they walked straight into the main hall.

Xie Qian took this sparse letter, feeling as heavy as a thousand pounds, His Majesty was in a good mood, and he couldn't bear to blow.

"Your Majesty. Li Gong sent back the sparse music. ”

Emperor Hongzhi put down the book suspiciously, and it took three or five days to send it back.

And Li Gong left the capital for only ten days, and it was estimated that it was the fifth day, written on the way.

Before I arrived in Qufu, I sent back this sparse music?

He opened it and looked at it a few times:

There were wanderers, known as royal princes, who attached salt ships and built shops everywhere to collect commercial taxes. Weaving internal officials, even if the group is small, torturing the officials of the sluice river, catching and buying residents, and so on...

Before he finished reading it, Emperor Hongzhi's mood became depressed and angry: "This is ...... The world that I rule? ”

Liu Jian thought thoughtfully: "It is rumored that Gong Li said that the Metropolitan Procuratorate received six bullet seals, I don't know why Yan Chengjin didn't report it?" ”

Not long after, Yan Chengjin came to Fengtian Palace, saw Liu Jian and Xie Qian, and knew that Li Dongyang had passed back the bullet seal.

Looking at His Majesty's angry eyes, it seems to have something to do with himself.

Li Dongyang won't pit him, right?

"Minister Yan Chengjin, I have seen Your Majesty."

"Liu Gong said that Shandong Yushi sent back six bullet seals, why didn't you report it?"

Yan Chengjin was not in a hurry to answer, and thought for a moment: "In the bullet chapter, it is stated that the people of Shandong are bitter and the counties are withering, but it is unknown what the reason is. ”

At the beginning, Emperor Chenghua did not deal with Kong Hongxu, firstly, because of the title of the saint's descendants, and secondly, because there were only a few thousand words, it was difficult to describe that kind of miserable appearance.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin: "I look at the appearance of Yan Qing's family, do you know who did it?" ”