After a busy day, Shi Chongwei couldn't help but yawn after returning to the palace to relax, Xiong Zhiren originally wanted to discuss with him in detail about expanding his reputation, but when he saw this, he stood up and said: "Your Highness has a good rest, return to the East Palace early after the court meeting tomorrow, and the old minister and Lord Jiang still have something to discuss with His Highness." ”

The next day, the court meeting, Zuo Xiangkong Province asked about Suxi County, the prince will be briefly described, and the final results will be reported to the Son of Heaven after the Dali Temple asks about the case, and all the ministers are good.

Right Xiang Ma then really asked Lu Liangzhen, the secretary of Dali Temple, and said: "Lord Lu, I don't know that the person who handles the case in Dali Temple can report back." ”

"Prime Minister Ma, the case is complicated, there are too many people who have come to complain about grievances after hearing the news, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time." Lu Liangzhen said respectfully.

In fact, the officials of Dali Temple have sent a secret report, which lists the cases densely filled with dozens of pieces of paper, Lu Liangzhen is ready to disperse the dynasty and attach this secret report to his secret report to the Son of Heaven, Shi Shen's case is very important, how to close the case to wait for the Son of Heaven to decide.

Shi Chongwei remembered that Xiong Zhiren asked him to go back to the East Palace earlier last night to discuss something, stood up and glanced at King Chu An, who was sitting quietly on the side, and said, "King Gu still has to take a step in advance." Shi Shen's father attaches great importance to the case, and the three law divisions have to discuss a treatment method, and the emperor's brother is currently on an errand with the criminal department, so he might as well spend more thought, and when he has the result, he will tell Gu with the three law divisions, and Gu will report to his father again. ”

Shi Chongjie secretly scolded in his heart, he came to see the excitement, but the prince wanted to drag himself into the water, but the reason that the prince found could not be refuted, so he had to get up and say respectfully: "Yes." ”

East Palace, Zhan Shifu, Xiong Zhiren and Jiang Anyi talked and laughed.

Xiong Zhiren came to the East Palace early in the morning, and when he saw Jiang Anyi, he smiled and said: "Master Jiang, a good article I made yesterday, Xiong admired it so much. The prince's loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, etiquette, and courage are deafening and deaf, so that those ill-intentioned Xiaoxiao are cold, Xiong admires it, and thinks that it can also add a gentle name to the prince overnight, and is anxious to discuss with An Yi. ”

When Shi Chongwei returned to the East Palace, Xiong Zhiren and Jiang Anyi had already made up their minds. Xiong Zhiren said: "His Royal Highness's deeds in Suxi County are remarkable, the Son of Heaven praises him, the ministers praise him, and the prince's reputation among the people will definitely rise." When the prince was at the court meeting, the old minister and Lord Jiang drew up a recital, and the prince might be able to add some color to the play. ”

Taking over the joint work of Xiong Zhiren and Jiang Anyi, Shi Chongwei unfolded it to watch, read it for a while, smiled, picked up the pen and signed his name at the end of the fold, took out the seal he carried with him and stamped it, and then ordered: "Quickly send this fold to the political hall, so that the political hall can be sent to my father together with today's concert." ”

Yanshan Villa, Shi Fang really had a lot of trouble, and after eating two bites of lunch, he came to the study and waited for the recital sent by Chaozhong. Although as Jiang Anyi said, it was Shi Shen's case that he failed the emperor's favor first, and it was his own sin, but people can be ruthless, and the scene of being rescued from falling into the water often comes to mind, which makes Shi Fangzhen feel upset. The prince ordered Dali Temple to try the case and Long Wei to confiscate the family property, there should be a return, and he wants to see what crimes Shi Shen's family has committed and whether they can be punished lightly.

Liu Weiguo also felt uneasy, he was afraid that Shi Shen would be confused when he was old, and he would be involved in human life on his hands. The little eunuch was shocked by the gains and losses in his heart

I was surprised to find that Gonggong Liu, who had always been as steady as Mount Tai, stretched his neck from time to time to look at the door of the study.

The footsteps finally sounded, and the little eunuch brought the piece sent by the political hall, and Liu Weiguo took it and put it on the table. Shi Fangzhen put aside the recital of the political hall first, and motioned for Liu Weiguo to open the two secret recitals. Liu Weiguo kept the key to the secret leather box, and when he opened the lock, he saw that one of the two recitals was played by Long Wei, and the other was played by Lu Liangzhen, the secretary of Dali Temple, so there was no need to ask that these two secret recitals were about Shi Shen's case.

Shi Fangzhen picked up Lu Liangzhen's fold first, looked at it for a moment, and then said angrily: "It's hard to write, it's extremely hateful." He grabbed the thick fold on the table, shook it in his hand, and yelled at Liu Weiguo: "Liu Weiguo, this is what you call a cautious person, you take it and see what Shi Shen's family is doing, so as not to say that I don't care about the old feelings and are ungrateful." ”

Liu Weiguo hurriedly knelt on the ground, it was inconvenient to argue at this time, so he simply took Lu Liangzhen's secret recital and looked at it, seeing the crimes listed by Lu Liangzhen in the recital, Liu Weiguo's eyes were full of flowers, and his heart was cold, if these crimes were confirmed, the Shi family would be enough to raid the house and destroy the door several times.

"Shi Shen is a talent, a good family for me, I knew that my household secretary should have let him do it." There was a "hehe" sound from Shi Fangzhen's unsmiling voice in his ears, Liu Weiguo's scalp was numb, this was a manifestation of Long Live Anger, I don't know what shocking words Long Wei said in the secret music.

"Liu Weiguo, come and see Long Wei checked and confiscated Shi Shen's family wealth, such a thing without a king and a father, and killed a knife that dirty me." Shi Fangzhen threw Long Wei's recital in front of Liu Weiguo, stood up suddenly, and rampage through the study like an angry bull.

"Long live the anger, Shi Shen is guilty of his own country's king to punish him, even if it is rotten flesh and dig it out painfully, it will be made public at that time, and the people will only praise each other, and will never damage the prestige of Banzai." Liu Weiguo persuaded: "The old slave is confused, and he misunderstands that the prince listens to the greedy words, please live the crime." ”

Liu Weiguo's repeated beatings and dissipations really calmed Shi Fangzhen's anger calmed down, Shi Fangzhen stopped and sighed: "He wants to do his own evil, I can't help it, but I can't help but remember the love of the year, he is old, he can't let him be stabbed, I will bear his sin for him, and the subjects of the world will scold me if they want to scold." ”

Liu Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the folds that Shi Fangzhen threw on the ground and looked at them carefully, Long Wei's recital detailed the property of Shi Shen's family: 18,000 taels of gold, more than 340,000 taels of silver, more than 56,000 copper coins, four houses, thirteen shops, more than 640 acres of land deeds, calligraphy, paintings, treasures, etc......

The long list is comparable to the crimes listed in Dali Temple, Liu Weiguo is secretly frightened, compared with his own private property, I am afraid that one-tenth is not as good, how much blood and rancid smell in so much wealth accumulation can be imagined, no wonder Long Live is like this.

"The imperial village I gave to the prince is 1,000 hectares, and Shi Shen's son Shi Fengen turned the imperial village into 3,400 hectares in ten years. Shi Fangzhen sat back in his chair and continued to say indignantly: "But his contribution to the East Palace is still given according to 1,000 hectares, and the rest of the money goes into his pocket. took the benefits of the royal family, but let the people scold the prince for being insatiable, and he was very bold to bully the master. ”

Liu Weiguo got up silently, sorted out the two folds and put them on the bookcase, long live was angry, he didn't dare to intercede for Shi Fengen, so he could only wait for Shi Fangzhen to lose his anger and then think of a way. Liu Weiguo didn't expect that the well-behaved and cute little fat ball in his eyes would be so bold, and it would be difficult to avoid this catastrophe.

Shi Fangzhen was furious, picked up the fold sent by the political hall and began to read it, the first one was the prince's recital "Mid-Autumn Festival Universal Celebration Shu". Shi Fangzhen was suspicious, and Suxi County confiscated Shi Shen's family property and gained a huge amount, so the prince wanted to use these two taels of silver to celebrate.

Shi Fangzhen has always disliked the prince's luxurious temperament, he saw that the extravagance of the Xuan and Zhao emperors caused the national strength to be exhausted, the people's grievances were boiling, and the country was unstable, so since the accession to the throne, he has worked hard to make the society prosperous, and the performance of the prince is good to make Shi Fangzhen deeply worried, for fear that he will embark on the old road of Xuan and Zhao, and the country is not a person.

Looking down with a frown, Shi Fangzhen's brows stretched out, a smile appeared on his face, and after reading the recital, he lifted the red pen and wrote the words "quasi-play" on it.

Turning his head, he saw Liu Weiguo's face and said with a smile: "Old thing, I don't have to worry about what you are doing with a bitter face, the prince's recital is very much in line with my intentions, and Wei'er has really impressed me since the regent." ”

Liu Weiguo knew that it was his turn to ask a question, and asked with a smile: "What did the prince ask to make Banzai so happy?" ”

"Wei'er said that during this period of time, the East Palace and the Chu'an Palace's Mansion secretly competed to see who had the most rewards during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Jie'er's Chu'an Palace's Mansion was said to have nearly ten taels." Shi Fangzhen frowned slightly, Jie'er has always been restrained, how can he compare with Donggong this time, should the Huang family be beaten.

The thought flashed, and Shi Fangzhen continued: "Wei'er passed through Suxi County, and found that there are not a few poor people in the world, seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, he is ready not to compare with the Chu'an Palace, and the festival reward is still distributed according to the old practice of previous years, and the extra silver taels are made up of 10,000 taels and donated to the childcare and nursing homes in various states and counties, so that the elderly and children in the courtyard can eat moon cakes. ”

Liu Weiguo praised: "The prince has a gentle heart, which really makes the slave admire. To be honest, this 10,000 taels of silver is nothing, but it is this heart that is rare. Congratulations, long live, Your Highness can understand the meaning of long live diligence and restraint, and no amount of silver can be exchanged. ”

Shi Fangzhen laughed heartily, Liu Weiguo's words could always reach his heart, and he picked up the pen and continued to write on the fold: "The prince has this intention, I am very relieved. The household department allocated 200,000 taels of silver, and the states and counties first purchased moon cakes and sent them to the children's nursing home, and the whole world celebrated on the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, praying for the blessing of my soon-to-be-born emperor. ”

After writing it, Shi Fangzhen re-read the chapter and said with a smile: "This word is written by Xiong Zhiren, and I estimate that it is an idea that he and Jiang Anyi have put together. ”

After thinking about it, Shi Fangzhen said: "Decree, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the prince will preside over the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for me, and the ministers of the East Palace will have a banquet together." ”

It is said that the Son of Heaven also praised the prince's loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, courtesy, wisdom, and bravery, if the crown princess gives birth to the crown prince again, the position of the prince is more and more stable as a rock, and at this time do not hurry up to please when.