West Garden, Taisu Palace, Leopard House Mansion

In April, it was not yet hot in Beijing, but the little emperor had happily come to Xiyuan to "escape the summer".

The Leopard House Mansion is the place where the little emperor is accustomed to deal with the affairs of the court and summon the ministers, so there are many daily guards and internal officials here, not to mention the three layers of people in the three layers and the three layers of people in the outside, there are still three steps and one post and five steps and one sentry.

However, today the courtyard was empty, everyone was driven out of the courtyard, and even several young fathers-in-law who were serving the emperor close to him and were quite embarrassed were also standing far away, maintaining a distance of "a shout inside can be heard", never taking a step forward.

It's not that there are some demons and monsters in the hall that scare them like this, but now Liu Jin and Liu Gonggong, who are powerful and powerful and have a big celebrity around the emperor, are inside.

It's not about discussing any confidential matters, and no one else is allowed to come closer. Instead, Grandpa Liu knelt in front of the emperor and wept bitterly......

Which one has the courage to look at Grandpa Liu's "joke"? Naturally, you have to stay away, pretending to be deaf and pretending to be blind and pretending not to know.

Liu Jin was having a good time this time, Qiu Ju, who was able to fight with him and tried to harm him before, was completely killed by him.

Gu Dayong, who still wanted to jump around with the West Factory, also obeyed after watching Qiu Ju end.

The emperor gave Dongchang to Wei Bin, Wei Bin was a smart person, and Liu Jin was the first to look forward to him everywhere.

Zhang Yong went to Shanxi, but he didn't make an inch, and now he doesn't even have a letter, and no one mentions this name in front of the emperor.

Now he is the only one in front of the emperor, Liu Jin is the only one, and the emperor trusts him, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he can be half of the emperor's family (he thinks so).

Although there are Wang Hua and Li Dongyang in the cabinet, so that everything is not so satisfactory, but he has Jiao Fang pinching the officials, and he has taken advantage of Jingcha to clean up a group of people.

There are also those who ask for officials at the end of the period, Baba comes to send filial piety to him, the gold, silver and jade cabinets are full of boxes, and the delicacies and local products of Tiannan and Haibei are also enjoyed, and even some of the tributes that go in, the top ones are to be sent to him, and the second-class ones are sent to the palace.

For such filial piety, Liu Jin is extremely useful.

I didn't expect it to be planted to this filial piety.

In the major case of Shandong, which wiped out many high-ranking officials in one fell swoop, the culprit claimed that the bribes were solicited by Liu Jin and Liu Gonggong.

Hu Jie is not a hard bone, and he has a small abacus to get rid of his crimes, and he shouted and confessed on the way back to Beijing when Jinyiwei escorted him.

Jin Yiwei is naturally not monolithic.

In particular, Liu Jin drove the shrewd and capable Mu Bin away from the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and lifted his henchman Yang Yu up, wanting to hold all the factory guards in the palm of his hand, but Yang Yu is really a dou who can't be helped, and he didn't even take care of the edict prison, let alone these Jinyi guards who were on errands outside.

There are many people below who are not convinced by Yang Yu's waste, and there are also some old people who have Mu Bin in their hearts, as well as people who have secretly voted for the forces on the side.

As a result, Hu Jie himself had not yet entered Beijing, and the news that Liu Gonggong forced Hu Jie to ask for bribes had already flown in the ears of the imperial historians.

Zhang Zhen himself is Liu Ge Lao's person, and he voted for Li Ge Lao in the back, he really hates Liu Jin to the bone, and this time he overthrew Liu Jin and Jiao Fang's many high-ranking officials in Shandong, relieving hatred and anger, and becoming famous for a while, it is when the spring breeze is proud, I heard Hu Jie's news, how can I not expand the attack area and step up the attack on Liu Jin!

He contacted a cadre of imperial history, constantly folded bullets to impeach Liu Jin, and even dug out many of Liu Jin's previous lawlessness.

With Qiu Ju in front of the downfall, everyone also felt a little bit of the emperor's pulse, so they didn't mention anything about Liu Jin taking His Majesty to have fun, but only leaned on Liu Jin's guilt for the crimes that had sent Qiu Ju to prison before, what kind of corruption, abuse of power for personal gain, reckless disregard for human life, etc., true or false, it would take a lot of effort to refute it clearly.

Liu Jin was really angry, and called Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai to discuss the matter, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but scold fiercely, scolding them for their incompetence and couldn't suppress these impeachments.

Jiao Fang is even more depressed than Liu Jin, Zhang Ji is a general under his door - how many people can there be from the second rank of the feudal officials! How much effort did it take to get to this point, and the partial life was ruined by a mere tens of thousands of taels of silver!

What's even more troublesome is that he was going to get a promotion for his son Jiao Huangzhong, but now he has to stop.

At the beginning, Jiao Fang worked hard to promote his son Jiao Huangzhong to the seventh in the second grade, and he had to be awarded the Hanlin review, but he did not benefit from the two things of repairing the actual record and repairing the collection of books in the Wanjuan Pavilion, and everyone on the same list was promoted, and it became more and more inferior to his son, so he kept planning to promote his son.

Just recently, a good opportunity came, Guozi Priest Wine Zhou Yuzhishi, Hanlin Bachelor Zhang Rui transferred Zhenjiang Mansion Tongzhi, Hanlin Academy has changed a lot, Jiao Huangzhong took the opportunity to upgrade to Hanlin editing is almost a certainty, if the operation is done properly, it is not difficult to edit.

As a result, when the Shandong incident came out, Jiao Fang was also targeted by the imperial history, so he could only slow down first, so as not to let his son be affected again.

broke his subordinates, hindered his son's future, confiscated the silver and caused a commotion, Jiao Fang hated it so much that the root of his teeth itched, and he couldn't help complaining that Liu Jinte was insatiable, and stretched out his hand to the province to make him unlucky.

It's just that he claims to be a disciple of Chitose, and he doesn't dare to say anything on his face. At this time, he was scolded by Liu Jin, and he was even more angry, even if he had an idea, he didn't want to come up with it.

Zhang Cai on the side was scolding, still looking as usual.

Now, Jiao Fang is getting old, and several people in the cabinet are not easy to get along with, and he has not yet been able to deal with it at home, and he has little energy to plan for Liu Jin.

Zhang Cai became the first think tank around Gonggong Liu, and his status was also rising, and he was promoted from the Ministry of Officials to the Imperial History of the Left of the Imperial Palace, and is now the Left Servant of the Ministry of Officials.

Liu Jin scolded Zhang Cai for not doing a good job in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if he could hold on to the imperial history, how could there be so many people looking for it now.

Zhang Caishi can't argue, he was actually promoted in the Metropolitan Procuratorate within a month, can it be said that the blame boss promoted him too quickly.

With this scolding, he thought about countermeasures, until Liu Jin was tired of scolding and stopped drinking tea, Zhang Caifang said: "This matter is mostly due to the improper handling of Commander Yang. ”

Liu Jin came up again when he was angry, and slammed the teacup fiercely, and scolded again: "Yang Yu, this stupid ......"

Zhang Cai didn't wait for him to scold anymore, and said straightforwardly, "Chitose, do you still remember Nansi Qianhu Shi Wenyi?" ”

Liu Jin was slightly stunned, and Zhang Cai said again: "The lower officials see that this person is quite talented, and he is decisive and neat, if he is transferred to the North Division, he can also help Commander Yang." ”

Shi Wenyi was originally the nephew of Shi Yan, a garrison eunuch in Nanjing. Shi Yan was already old and sick, and the little emperor broke the precedent since Renmiao and sent four people to garrison Nanjing, and Shi Yan retreated.

Shi Yan was an old man, and learned that Liu Yun, one of the newly sent garrison eunuchs to Nanjing, was Liu Jin's son, so he made friends and helped Liu Yun quickly gain a foothold in Nanjing, and gained the upper hand among the four garrison eunuchs.

Shi Wenyi was sealed by his uncle earlier, and he officially entered Jinyiwei when he entered Beijing.

When Liu Jin cleaned up Mu Bin, Shi Wenyi made some merit with his black hand, and was promoted to thousands of households and placed in Nanzhen Fusi.

Under Shi Yan's training and the supply of gold and silver, Shi Wenyi did not cut off contact with these talkable people under Liu Jin.

Zhang Cai not only got the benefits of Shi Wenyi, but also felt that ...... is a person who is stronger than Yang Yu, and this time I want to mention Shi Wenyi to take a look.

Liu Jin has long been tired of Yang Yu, and when he promoted Yang Yu, he not only looked at the silver, but also for Yang Yu's late aunt Mrs. Wei Shenggong - this lady is the nanny of the first emperor, the first emperor's life experience, he values the people around him very much, and the first emperor is the most important in the little emperor's heart, and even with this person, he has also been created.

However, when the emperor was determined to reform the redundant officials, a series of noble relatives and nephews were demoted, and even the nannies and close servants of the filial piety temple were not spared.

Yang Yu's aunt is obviously not enough.

Liu Jin then nodded and said: "I thought that I would have to work hard in the factory and sort out this matter, since you say so, let Shi Boy be punished, and see which one is not long-sighted to find his ancestor crooked." If the stone boy is really a usable person, he will first mention a commanding officer. ”

The next step is to replace Yang Yu.

Zhang Cai understood and saluted, saying "Chitose is wise." ”

The matter has already come out, and it is of course necessary to find out where the leaked news is, but the more important thing in front of us is to press the matter down.

"Outside, it's better to find some other news to muddy the water," Zhang Cai looked at Jiao Fang and said, "This time for Chitose, I think Liu Xie still has remnants; And for the elder of the pavilion, I'm afraid it's ...... Those guys. ”

Jiao Fangqiang couldn't bear to snort coldly, talking nonsense in his heart, but he called Zhang Caibiao in his mouth, and asked, "Is it still of high quality?" ”

Zhang Cai said: "Can the elder still remember the letter that Zhang Ji sent to Beijing before?" ”

When it comes to this stubble, Jiao Fang can't help but regret it.

Previously, Zhang Ji sent a letter to Beijing quickly, saying that when Shen Rui'er arrived in Dengzhou, he would open a warehouse and release grain regardless of whether there was a disaster, which almost caused a grain grab, which was really a waste of national funds, and it was even more suspected of inviting people to buy people's hearts.

Zhang Ji said in the letter that he had communicated with Hu Jie, and it was more appropriate for Hu Jie to write a bullet to impeach Shen Rui, and he was just handing over a message to the elder of the pavilion, asking the elder to know in his heart, so as to make arrangements in advance.

At that time, Jiao Fang also recruited a few henchmen to discuss the matter, thinking that it would be good to take a few more people with him for this crime.

I didn't think that Hu Jie's excerpt of impeaching Shen Rui had not yet entered Beijing, and Zhang Zhen's excerpt arrived first!

"What is the use of Hu Jie's excerpt now!" Jiao Fang said coldly, "It's just to spread the news and go out, I'm afraid that it won't make that vicious dog bark more fiercely." ”

Zhang Caidao: "Although Hu Jie is at fault, the fault is to ask for bribes, as a patrol of the imperial history, it is his duty to inspect local officials." Shandong's water, the more muddy, the better, just ask people to invite the people to buy the hearts of the people, that is, Wang Ge Lao Yang Ge Lao who dares not to defend himself? And that Zhang Zhen was supposed to go to investigate Tuntian, so he left this waste of state funds and ignored it, and went to Texas to investigate the case, what did Li Ge Lao mean? ”

Jiao Fang frowned and didn't reply, of course he hoped to use this excuse to clean up all his opponents in one fell swoop. But this is in the present......

Liu Jin was already angry and said: "Shen Rui was sent out by the emperor, and the emperor will not move him now." When it comes to him, everything he shouts is in vain. ”

is different from Jiao Fang, in Liu Jin's eyes, Shen Rui's identity as the old son-in-law and grandson of the old apprentice of the pavilion is light, and he treats him as "Zhang Yong's subordinate".

Liu Jin and Zhang Yong did not form a competitive relationship, on the contrary, the two had cooperated, and Zhang Yong was quiet now, and he was too lazy to pay attention to it.

agreed to kick Shen Rui out at the beginning, but also for the purpose of giving Qian Ning a better position next to the emperor.

It's just that Shen Rui was released to go with Dai Dabin, which made Liu Jin quite dissatisfied - that time was when the rumors of Dai Dabin rose again.

But it didn't take long for the news delivered by Texas to make Liu Jin break out in a cold sweat, Qiu Ju was able to do such a game, and he wanted to end up on the road Shen Rui and Dai Dabin and then blame him.

The mound monkey who has done such a big thing as destroying the door is really capable, and he will kill people and set fires!

If Liu Jin is not afraid of such a misfortune in normal times, but the emperor has just sent Shen Rui out to be of great use, and as soon as the front foot leaves, the back foot will "let him Liu Jin be killed because of his children's personal grudges", then Liu Jin will never be able to get half a cent of it, even if the death penalty can be avoided, it is also a living crime.

Fortunately, Shen Xiaozi had two shots, he was able to break the game, and he could also send back the human and physical evidence to him, Liu Jinyuan didn't think about letting go of Qiu Ju, so it was even easier, and when he told Shen Rui about it, the emperor was immediately angry, and Qiu Monkey died so much that he couldn't die anymore.

And the emperor immediately turned around and rewarded Shen Rui with something "shocking", and promoted the official position of the thousand households surnamed Pan who saved Shen Rui, and sent him to Dengzhou, which was clearly reserved for Shen Rui's helpers.

From this, Liu Jin also saw that the emperor attached great importance to Shen Rui's work in Shandong.

Since he knew that he couldn't move Shen Rui, he didn't want to waste his efforts.

Zhang Cai said: "Don't worry, Chitose, it wasn't for the Long Live Lord to punish the Shen family's children, but to give some beatings to the 'elders' of that child." ”

Liu Jin snorted and said, "I'm afraid that this group of old men is not afraid of this little beating." ”

Zhang Cai suddenly smiled and said: "Chitose is not in a hurry, there are big beatings." ”

He smiled, dusted off his clothes, bowed down and said: "I treat the gentleman with an official title, not only honoring him, but also giving him a gift. The despicable were convicted, exiled, or idle, and though their names were removed, their wives and parents were given the same edicts. If you don't chase it, why do you quit? ”

Liu Jin didn't like such crepe words, and went through them in his mind before frowning: "Want to chase Zhang Ji and others' wives and mothers?" ”

Zhang Cai said slowly: "From the beginning of this case, we will pursue it forward." Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Han Wen, Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia, Xu Jin and others issued coupons and the original jade belt color. ”

Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, then laughed three times, applauded the case, immediately looked at Jiao Fang, and motioned for him to arrange someone to do it.

Jiao Fang couldn't help but say: "I'm just afraid that I'm in a hurry......"

Immediately, seeing Liu Jin's face sank, he immediately changed his mind and should go down. He didn't care about Zhang Ji or anything, this matter was thrown out, I don't know how many people will be involved, Hu Jie's case will inevitably be ignored immediately, and he will be able to withdraw from it immediately.

But because of this, it is too involved, so it is better to do it steadily.

"Elder Ge," Zhang Cai spoke again at this time, staring at Jiao Fang and said: "It's not that the lower officials are anxious, but it's really that Shandong is now running out of political envoys, and I don't know who the emperor will be." ”

Needless to say, now Xie Qian's son-in-law Shen Li is the right political envoy of Shandong to participate in politics.

This Shen Li is still Shen Rui's brother, when Shen Rui was transferred to Shandong, the emperor did not let Shen Li avoid suspicion and transfer.

With the temperament of a little emperor, promoting Shen Li so that Shen Rui could do things cheaper, such things were completely done.

At this time, chasing Xie Qianyu's clothes and family orders was not only to muddy the waters, but also to suppress Shen Li.

Jiao Fang shook his head and said, "The emperor may not promote Shen Li. But he didn't mention anything else.

Zhang Cai only said: "The sacred heart is unpredictable. ”

After that, he turned around again and said to Liu Jin: "Chitose don't blame the lower officials for disappointing the fun, these things are actually easy to say outside, the important thing is ...... Chitose still has to go to the palace. ”

Liu Jin was a little unhappy on his face, of course he knew this, and he didn't need anyone to remind him.

Zhang Cai bowed, looking more and more respectful, and his voice was a little lower, "Chitose must always be careful of Qiu Ju's previous experience." The emperor trusts Chitose the most, Chitose, this silver money is a trivial matter, don't have a suspicion for it. ”

Liu Jin's pupils shrank suddenly, remembering that after the raid of Qiu Ju's private house and shop, the general ledger was presented to the front of the emperor, the little emperor's gloomy eyes, and the dark smile.

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Jin honestly knelt in front of the little emperor, and used this cry to share the old feelings.

*

Brother Shou leaned in the wide dragon chair, his eyes looked through the window at the new green outside, and he didn't look at Liu Jin, who was kneeling down and weeping.

As for Liu Jin, he didn't dare to look up at the expression of the Long Live Lord, so he cried and howled to himself.

He also said that Hu Jie in this case was purely self-proclaimed, and when he saw that he failed, he was instructed by others to climb him.

Soon the conversation changed, and he mentioned how conscientious he was during the period when he was in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, because of the recent punishment of rice and the loss of the border, and how many noble relatives and eunuchs he had offended by the national policy of Qingzhang Tuntian, so someone seized the opportunity to frame him and impeach him.

Further afar, he began to count his various merits and hard work in the past few years, and when he went to the Hongzhi Dynasty, he turned over all the old things in the East Palace in the past, chattering endlessly, and said that his family was moved, and this tear was also a little real.

When Liu Jin said about Qingzhang Tuntian, Brother Shou withdrew his gaze and raised his eyebrows imperceptibly. Shen Rui's secret fold of Qingzhang Dengzhou's acres of land also came up, and the things before and after were also clearly understood.

It's ridiculous that at this time, he was still arguing about the impeachment fold handed over before Hu Jie was convicted, saying that Shen Rui was emptying the state money and inviting the people to buy the hearts of the people.

Hu Jie himself was greedy for state funds, but he was a thief who shouted that he was a thief and talked about Shen Ruilai.

Brother Shou narrowed his eyes and swept Liu Jin, what old feelings are all messed up, but it is that Liu Jin has indeed done his best, and he still has to use him.

"Ome." Brother Shou slowly opened his mouth and interrupted Liu Jin, who was still reminiscing about the past, his voice was slightly hoarse, as if he was a little moved.

Liu Jin hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve, as if he was afraid that his face was full of tears and the emperor would look pickled, and then he raised his head carefully, "Long live the lord, slave, slave ......"

"My companion has been with me for many years, what kind of person my companion is, will I not know?" Brother Shou said quietly.

Liu Jin was busy with gratitude, kowtowing and thanking the emperor for his kindness, but his heart was sinking, this was actually quite vague, but he didn't praise him Liu Jin for his loyalty, it seems that the emperor is still angry in his heart.

"Think about it in the East Palace that day, you, Zhang Daban, Gao Daban, and ......" Brother Shou seemed to be stunned, and then his voice suddenly became a little colder, "Qiu Ju." ”

Although the name quickly slipped past, Brother Shou continued to talk about "Gu Dayong, Wei Bin......" and others.

But Liu Jin still lowered his head, and kept cursing Qiu Monkey and cursing Hu Jie in his heart.

It seems that after counting the names of the people, the memories are coming to an end, Brother Shou coughed lightly, and said: "The big companion is busy, hard work, the good and the bad are uneven, and it is inevitable that there will be negligence, I believe that the big companion can be properly handled." ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "Long live Xie is compassionate!" The slave and maid must severely punish this lawless villain to set an example. In the future, if there is a foreign mission, it must be strictly investigated and controlled......"

He replied endlessly, and told most of the countermeasures made by Zhang Cai and him before.

I don't know how much the little emperor listened, and it took a while to hear Brother Shou hum, and he seemed to be casually saying: "If the eldest companion is too busy, let others help him or two, and the eldest companion will free up his hands, and he should also clear the door, those things that are not worthy of virtue will be kept and affected by the eldest companion." ”

Liu Jin's back stiffened, and he forced out a smile, he should claim that it was, and there was no need to talk about the countermeasures in the second half, just show his loyalty.

Brother Shou nodded casually, turned his face gloomy, and said, "Zhang Ji, this guy, dares to risk the world's disapproval and move the sage temple silver!" In my opinion, the Zhang family will not have to enter the discipline in the future. ”

Zengzi is regarded as a "sage" and is one of the "four matches" of the Confucian Temple, and is also respected in Confucianism.

Zhang Ji used his own money to bribe Shangguan The crime is light, if the treasury silver is used for public gain, although the crime is serious, it will not harm the descendants, but the idea is to go to the Confucian sage temple and end up with a reputation of not respecting the saint, that is to cut himself off from Shilin, even if there is no Shou Ge This sentence, Zhang Ji's descendants are also difficult on the road to the imperial examination.

And with Brother Shou's words, it is to cut off all hope for his children and grandchildren in the future.

If Jiao Fang is here, he may be able to excuse himself. But Liu Jin didn't care about the life or death of a Zhang Ji at all, so he responded again and again, saying that the emperor was shengming.

Hearing this, Brother Shou said again: "These convicted officials in Shandong have embezzled official money, are corrupt, and are not sympathetic to the people, and the confiscated family property will be kept by Shandong for disaster relief." I heard that there are signs of drought in Shandong this year? ”

"Shandong local newspaper, this spring is still little rain." Liu Jin said busily again: "Although that person climbed the slave and maid, but it was indeed the slave and maid who neglected to supervise, and should be punished, the slave and maid asked for a fine of 2,000 stone and lost to Shandong, which is not only an opportunity for the Lord to reward the slave and maid for reform, but also to some extent to do some good deeds for the people of Shandong, and share the worries for the Lord of Long Live." ”

Brother Shou finally showed a smile on his face, nodded Liu Jin, and said, "It's still a big companion." ”

Liu Jin looked at the little emperor's face, and only when he saw this smile did he relax and breathe a sigh of relief.

This set of penalty rice to lose to Shandong is naturally taught by Zhang Cai.

Although Hu Jie's case involves Liu Jin, there is no evidence, and Liu Jin will not be convicted. Liu Jin really didn't get the silver, as long as he took a step back in front of the emperor and shared his worries for the emperor, the emperor should be dissipated even if he was angry before.

It is an important policy of Liu Jin to punish rice and lose the side, but it has been quite criticized, this time Liu Jin asked for a penalty of rice, which can be regarded as leading by example, to see who is embarrassed to jump out and say in the future.

As for this idea of grain and rice, don't say that Liu Chitose is rich and doesn't care about it, so he just says that he just needs to spread the word, and some people are scrambling to cook for Liu Chitose, and where can they use Liu Chitose's silver.

Seeing that the emperor was really not annoyed, Liu Jin secretly said in his heart that Zhang Cai was really talented, and he was thinking that he would have to rely on Zhang Cai more for advice in the future.

*

The nagging here was opened, and the little emperor said that he wanted to go to the school to ride and shoot, Liu Jin wanted to serve once, but the little emperor did not respond, and encouraged him to go back to the director of the ceremonial supervisor.

Liu Jin withdrew, only saying that the little emperor would ask Qian Ning to serve the bow horse, and specially asked the little chamberlain to find Qian Ning to pass the word, so that Qian Ning would beat the side drum and praise him more when the emperor was happy, and he would be considered successful today.

It's a pity that the little emperor didn't call Qian Ning to the front of the palace.

On the school field, it was Zhang Hui who had been waiting for the holy car for a long time.

The British duchess was not at the end of April last year, Zhang Hui is not a grandson, only a year of filial piety, and now he is about to get rid of it.

Brother Shou saw that he was a musician, and he didn't get off the horse, raised his voice to exempt him, and let out a shout with his legs between his legs, and the horses under his crotch had galloped out.

Zhang Hui knew the holy will after following him for a long time, so he immediately turned over and followed him closely.

After running out for a while, Brother Shou reined in his horse, looked back and smiled at Zhang Hui and said, "What's the matter, is there something new in the Ordnance Bureau, or is it for Shen Rui to be impeached?" ”

Although Zhang Hui made an errand for Jingwei Martial Arts because of his filial piety, because Shen Rui's brother-in-law Li Yanqing was in the Ordnance Bureau and had a close relationship with each other, he would still often look at the progress of some ordnance manufacturing and have some ideas.

After Brother Shou knew, he would occasionally invite Zhang Hui to ask about some ordnance, and he also had his own ideas about some ordnance improvements, and often passed them on to Li Yanqing through Zhang Hui's mouth, so that they could try to make them, and then Zhang Hui would feedback the effect.

In the first month of the lunar month, Changning Bo Zhou Yu and Qingyun Hou Zhou Shou passed away one after another, they were the maternal uncles of Zhou Xian's mother, and Zhou Xian also had three months of filial piety, and the errand of Jingwei Wuxue was naturally handed over.

Brother Shou did not look for someone to go to the top, but asked Cai Liang to take it temporarily, and asked Zhang Hui to take care of it more, and Zhang Hui ran more diligently when he ran Jingwei Martial Arts.

Therefore, Brother Shou has this question.

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "Long live the master is like a god, every sentence is hit, and the ministers dare not say it." He didn't dare to say it, but he still said: "The minister is here for Shen Er, a reckless boy......"

Brother Shou laughed, with a look that was really like this, and waved his hand and said, "Shen Er is fine, I can't trust him in this idea, why send him out?" ”

Zhang Hui hurriedly said: "The emperor is sage! His face showed some embarrassment, and he said, "It seems that the reckless boy has to say that he is a minister." Brother Shou burst into laughter.

The Eight Immortal Post Stations are all in the hands of Zhang Hui, and Shen Rui secretly folded to Beijing here, and naturally wrote a secret letter to Zhang Hui over there. Knowing the cause and effect, no matter how much impeachment is made outside, Zhang Hui knows that the emperor will not hold Shen Rui accountable.

It's just that he can't let the emperor know that he knows, and he also wants to confirm the emperor's attitude, so he urgently asks His Majesty to see him.

Brother Shou laughed, but after laughing, he sighed and said, "You are an ancient way." ”

Changing the topic, he said: "At the end of the month, in addition to the service, you will hurry up and go to Jingwei martial arts training!" Zhou Xian responded to this name, and he was a little more virtuous, and the drill was very unsightly, and it was delayed for three or two months. I was not interested in watching the dragon boat on this year's May Festival. ”

Zhang Huiyuan is still a little worried about his errand after recovery, although looking at Zhou Xianding's arrangement after worrying about the emperor, Jingwei Wuxue is reserved for him, but in fact, Zhou Xian's filial piety period is short, and he is in front of his feet and behind the feet, and it is really hard to say who will be the vacancy at that time.

Zhou Xian's time in Jingwei martial arts was still short, although he did not make great achievements, but he was not at fault, and his own position was also used by the emperor to appease the Zhou family.

I don't want to get such a sentence from the emperor today, that is, Chrysostom Yuyan Jingwei martial arts has been handed over to Zhang Hui again. His heart finally fell into his stomach, and his spirit was greatly lifted, and he was grateful to the little emperor in his heart, and immediately turned over and dismounted and kowtowed to thank him.

Brother Shou sneered and said, "If you come to those false courtesies, you will repay me for training my soldiers!" "Because I asked the Ordnance Bureau again.

Zhang Hui replied about the progress, and said: "Shen Er also sent a letter to ask, and I want to find two people who know some water conservancy to go to Shandong to have a look." He got a book on agriculture and some methods of setting up a waterwheel, and wanted to find someone to try it, and if it was really useful, it would be printed and sent to Beijing. ”

Brother Shou nodded and said, "He is a practical person, I didn't mistake him." You can do this, if I make an order, I won't be able to count how many people will ask me for this and that. ”

Zhang Hui hurriedly responded.

Brother Shou thought for a while, and suddenly said: "You have heard about this case in Shandong before and after, I thought, transfer the tiger head to Dezhou Wei." ”

Zhang Hui was stunned, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Since the emperor asked the minister, the minister told the truth, the tiger head is not suitable for the position of Texas." ”

Gao Wenhu was sent by Brother Shou to suppress bandits in the Caozhou area of Lunan, this group of bandits was not very successful, and he was called over to gild him.

Now that he has made some gains, Brother Shou can't wait to promote him.

In the Hu Jie case, Dezhou Wei was Zhang Jiyun silver, so naturally it was difficult to escape his crime.

In particular, Jinyiwei also detected that a small thief in Dezhou Zuowei was emboldened, and tried in vain to cheat this huge amount of money, not to mention his colleagues, and wanted Andezhi County to make up the hole.

It is really unexpected that a small county magistrate can have such a thick family foundation to fill such a big hole.

In the end, these thousands of households naturally fell into good results, and they were sentenced to military law. The magistrate was also questioned, and both confiscated their property.

And the silver copied out by these two families is enough for the military salary sent to Liaodong this year.

Brother Shou hated it very much, but he couldn't help but move his mind to install his own people in his position.

The purge of Texas Wei has vacated a lot of positions.

"Tiger Head is an honest one." Brother Shou himself sighed, Gao Wenhu's character, when he went to Texas, he must have been eaten to the point that there was no bone residue left. But if it is ...... "if it is sent by the enemy of Roque......"

Luo Kedi is the master that Gao Wenhu recognized when he first entered Jinyiwei, and he has always taken care of Gao Wenhu, he is sleek and sleek, and he also fell into the eyes of Brother Shou, and entered the leopard room warriors, and this time he was sent to escort Gao Wenhu.

Zhang Hui felt that Luo Kedi was suitable for the position of Texas, but Brother Shou's trust in Luo Kedi was not as good as one ten-thousandth of Gao Wenhu.

But you can't tie Luo Kedi to Gao Wenhu for a lifetime, Luo Kedi is so smart that it is impossible to be willing to assist Gao Wenhu all the time, once he backsucks, Gao Wenhu will have no scum left.

Zhang Hui thought about it again and again, and still said to Brother Shou: "The emperor forgives the ministers for speaking bluntly, the ministers are only afraid, and the tiger is ignorant, but in such a place, the heart of Luo Ke's enemy has been raised." ”

Brother Shou was silent for a moment, let out a long sigh, and said, "I think about it again......"

The two didn't talk about state affairs again, but they happily raced two horses, and when they were about to set up a live target to compete with arrows, Liu Zhong came to report that Empress Dowager Zhang sent Concubine Wu Defei to Xiyuan to "send fresh fruits".

Brother Shou rolled his eyes, threw down his bow and arrows in disappointment, muttered something that no one could hear, and Fang ordered left and right: "That's it, go back and change your clothes." Then he pointed to Zhang Hui and said, "Go ahead, I will summon you again if there is anything." After that, he was surrounded by a group of internal officials and guards and went back to the Taisu Palace.

Zhang Huigong sent the emperor, and Liu Zhong personally sent him out of the West Garden.

On the way, Zhang Hui's lips moved, and he whispered: "Thank you for mediating this, I will go back and deliver a letter to Brother Ying to reassure him." ”

Liu Zhong smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "I don't dare to take credit, Hengyun Saint is long, and I don't need to talk too much." ”

After a pause, he glanced around vigilantly, and said in a quick whisper: "Since you are going to see Shen Ying, I will add one more sentence, Shou Ninghou is seeking revenge for Shen Jin and going to the palace." ”

Zhang Hui immediately understood what the Queen Mother was doing when she asked Concubine Wu De to come over.

Shen Jin has already taken off, but he has not yet arrived in Beijing, thinking that he is on the way to Beijing. Shouning Hou Zhang Heling is in such a hurry to plan, I am afraid that it is also because of the changes of Guozijian and Hanlin Academy.

Zhang Hui didn't think about it so much, thanked Liu Zhong again, hurriedly left the palace, handed a letter to Shen Ying, and went to Li Yanqing to ask him to find a small official and craftsman in the Ministry of Engineering who understood water conservancy for Shen Rui.

After two days of busy work, finalizing the candidate for the craftsman to go to Shandong, when Zhang Hui wanted to reply to Shen Rui, he heard that the palace decreed that Zhou Ying, the eldest son of Zhou Shou, the Marquis of Qingyun, and Zhou Ying, the eldest son of Zhou Yu, the eldest son of Changningbo, attacked the lord.

As early as last year, when Zhou Yu passed away, the Zhou family asked for Zhou Jiao's decree to attack the knight, and the eldest princess of Chun'an also helped to make peace in the palace because of her friendship with the Zhou family. But the purpose never came.

The next day, the palace issued another decree that Zhou Xian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was the commander of the Dezhou Left Guard in Shandong, and ordered him to take office after being removed.

As the only concubine of the eldest princess of Chongqing, Zhou Xian originally had the title of commander of Yin Feng, but he has never been lacking.

When he took over Jingwei Wuxue, he was not promoted to an official position, but now he is released, and it is common to be promoted to the next level.

It's just that this timing, this position, and the two wills before and after are inevitably intriguing.

There is no shortage of smart people in the officialdom in Beijing who cater to their wishes......

*

Southwest of the capital, Fucaifang, Shen Ying's mansion, inner study

This time, someone impeached Shen Rui for inviting people to buy the hearts of the people, etc., although Shen Ying and Shen Quan's brothers knew the reason for it, they were not as confident in the emperor as Shen Rui and Zhang Hui.

Especially in the Hu Jie case, the emperor was angry, and the Shen Ying brothers were very afraid that the emperor would be angry for a while, and Shen Rui would also be dismissed.

It wasn't until Zhang Hui came back from Xiyuan to deliver a letter to Shen Ying's house that the two brothers were relieved and planned how to help Shen Rui.

Shen Quan has lost some talent in reading, although he has finally succeeded in studying hard day after day, but it is difficult to go further. The mother and son of the five rooms knew this, Shen Quan's family gave up, and Shen Ying did not force his brother.

If you don't take the imperial examination, it's not that you don't want to be an official, and many low-level officials in the Ming Dynasty are from people's backgrounds.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were not a few people who raised people as high-ranking officials, but after Renmiao, there were more Jinshi, and the highest number of officials was basically four or five grades.

But to be honest, four or five officials are not small!

It's not just anyone who can become a second-grade or third-grade, and how many champions are only fourth-grade Hanlin bachelors who have been officials for a lifetime.

After leaving filial piety, Shen Ying ran for her family on the one hand, and on the other hand, she also planned to donate a county and county to her brother. has a brother-in-law who is an official in Beijing and a clan brother who is married to Gaomen, and Shen Quan will not be bullied locally.

Shen Quan himself is actually not very interested in being an official, but because he has helped his second brother Shen Qi take care of the clan affairs for a while, he likes to deal with general affairs.

Originally, Shen Rui went to Shandong this time, and Shen Quan wanted to follow him very much.

It's just that long before Shen Rui's will to go out, Shen Quan's official vacancy already had some eyebrows - Shen Ying had a favor a few years ago, that is, it was not for the sake of the face of the Chinese people, and Shen Quan couldn't categorically leave the capital and go to Shandong.

And there is the Lu family in Dengzhou, whether it is business or local connections, Shen Quan is not as familiar as Lu Shiliulang, and the Shen family's clansmen in Beijing also have to go to Shandong, so there is no place for Shen Quan, so Shen Quan dispelled the idea of going with him.

Shen Ying even said: "You and Rui Ge'er grew up together and have a close relationship, how can I not know if you want to help him?" But if it's just running errands for Rui Ge'er, it's enough to be in charge! If you want to help each other, you have to make a career for yourself, and then you can communicate with each other in the local area, and support in the court, which is what you should do, so that you can read these many years in vain! ”

Shen Quan couldn't help but be ashamed, and he should have a good local experience.

Now that Shen Rui is showing his strength in Dengzhou, the two brothers are discussing, and Shen Quan wants to choose a place that can help Shen Rui.

Before, I was thinking of looking for a place in Shuntianfu or Hejian Mansion nearby, Jinghai, Ningjin and other counties are vacant, not far from the sea near the capital, and Dengzhou will open the sea in the future, if there is any news, it can be sent directly from the sea, and it will be much faster to turn into Beijing.

Now, Shen Ying is thinking of looking for it in Huai'an Mansion.

It's not that the lack of officials is now up to their brothers to pick and choose, but it is true that because of the Jingcha and the fighting methods of the bigwigs, the changes in middle and low-level officials are still quite large, and there is a lot of room for choice.

"When the south ship goes north, there must be a place to settle down for supplies, and it is necessary to dock in the middle of Huai'an Mansion. In the same year that I was looking for Huai'an's nationality, I inquired, and most of the sea ships went to sea in Miaowan. However, Miaowan belongs to Shanyang County, attached to Guofu City, and there is Caoyun, such a location is only afraid that it is not easy to seek. ”

"There are many floods in neighboring Andong County, and I am afraid that I will have to worry about disaster relief every day." Shen Ying picked up a pen and sketched on the paper, and said to Shen Quan, "It's better to go to Yancheng or Ganyu County in the north." ”

Shen Quandao: "Brother also inquired more about grain and rice." Dengzhou is short of food, although Rui Geer has many measures, but in the past two years of drought in Shandong, Dengzhou is afraid that it is difficult to be self-sufficient. If the sea route is opened, it will be cheaper to transport grain from Huai'an in the future than Susong. ”

Shen Ying smiled bitterly and said, "In the past two years, the Nanzhili Prefecture has also had natural disasters, but the foundation is slightly thicker. I didn't see Qi being able to help other provinces. And it is a trivial matter for you to sell grain? You have to nod the prefect, if you go, you will also be a small magistrate, don't be strong. ”

Because it was not good to discourage the enthusiasm of the brothers, Shen Ying said again: "If you have time these days, you can read more of the agricultural books that Rui Ge'er pointed out, and what kind of measures are there to promote agriculture on Rui Ge'er's side, you can promote and be effective, and you can also help him!" ”

Shen Quan also knew that he was thinking simply, so he responded with a smile, and said casually: "I heard Uncle Run say that the Hanlin Academy is still revising a new agricultural book for the Wanjuan Pavilion." ”

As if remembering something, he sighed again and said, "I originally wanted Brother Jin to go to the Hanlin Academy." Thinking that brother you are in Zhan Shi Mansion, he can't go back to Zhan Shi Mansion, now that the Hanlin Academy has been promoted and descended, many of them are missing, if he returns to the Hanlin Mansion, he can be slightly promoted to the next level. ”

Shen Ying snorted coldly and said: "How can the Zhang family look down on the Hanlin Academy, I listen to the rumors, and the Zhang family is interested in the position of the political secretary." ”

The emperor let the Zhou family's will come down, and all the princes in the court felt that the emperor was expressing his dissatisfaction with the Zhang family by raising the Zhou family.

The emperor guards against the heart of the Zhang family, as long as they are not blind, they can come out, and the Zhang family also thinks of drilling camps in such a critical yamen as the General Administration Department, and it is strange that the emperor can do what they want!

Shen Quan knew this even if he wasn't in the officialdom, and couldn't help sighing: "Brother Jin'er's road to recovery is going to be bumpy." ”

Shen Ying didn't want to mention it again, but said: "Brother Jin is still on the road now, what he thinks, you and I don't know." Let's talk about it when he goes to Beijing. ”

*

The Hu Jie case caused such a big storm in Beijing, and it was even more like an earthquake in Shandong officialdom, and Jinan Mansion was not in chaos.

Those who stood on the wrong team, those who participated more or less, and those who were afraid of being purged, all ran around.

There are also rumors that Yuan Qin and Shen Li, who are currently participating in politics, will be promoted to political envoys, so many people will come to follow the path of the two.

However, soon news came from Beijing that Liu Jin asked to chase down the scholar Liu Jian Xie Qian and reward the jade belt and the color.

This means that Liu Jin's liquidation of Liu Xie is not over.

In the eyes of everyone, as Xie Qian's son-in-law, it would be good if Shen Li was not liquidated and demoted, so don't think about promotion.

However, Yuan Qin, the second-class jinshi of Hongzhi for six years, did not take the Shu Jishi examination, and has been in the foreign office, starting from the small county in the poor countryside, diligent and loving the people, and improving the performance every year, all relying on hard work to rise step by step.

The most important thing is that he has never bowed to anyone.

Now the parties in the DPRK and China are leaning against each other and holding each other back, and they are not willing to let any family get the position of a feudal official, but it is easy for a person like Yuan Qin who has no sect to be elected.

So the front of Shen Li's Mansion quieted down, but the threshold of the Yuan family was about to be broken by the gift giver.

Shen Li didn't care about this, he was not an official fan, after the ups and downs of his father-in-law, he was even more open-minded, and he was mentally prepared to be demoted at this time.

And his wife Xie Shi, although her mood has changed greatly after arriving in Shandong, she is still angry and angry when she hears that Liu Jin has killed the Xie family so far, and she can't help but worry that her elderly parents don't know if they can survive the humiliation of recovering for their lives, and she herself fell ill first.

It was only after the Xu family arrived at Jinan Mansion that Xu and Xie had a long talk to relieve her.

Speaking of which, Xu Youzhen's experience of being degraded is much more painful than Xie Qian, and the grandfather of the Shen family was also Jiuqing, once he died, Shen Cang and the Xu family still had to go out to Shanxi to avoid the court's tilt, which is more dangerous than Shen Li in Shandong now, and the conditions are more difficult.

Seeing Xu indifferently talking about the past, Xie was also full of emotion.

Goodbye now that Xu's son is a four-grade prefect at a young age, and there is an old daughter-in-law, the development of the Shen family is just around the corner, Xie immediately cheered up, thinking that his family should recover quickly, urging his son to study and become an official as soon as possible, and more importantly, he had to seize the time to see a good daughter-in-law who could help his son......

She looked away at her daughter's family affairs, and that Zhang Wei is still keeping filial piety, so much so that his daughter has not yet left the cabinet, not to mention, he doesn't know where his future is.

On her son's side, she must keep her eyes open and carefully pick a good family background!

Only now that the Xie family is in the situation, she is afraid that those old friends in Beijing will not help the matchmaker, but she still has to point to the Xu family's connections in Beijing and help match her son, so the Xie family treats the Xu family and Yang Tian more and more closely.

*

Compared with the disturbances of Jinan Mansion, Dengzhou Mansion is much quieter.

Originally, it was just that the Wei family had some backstage to be able to talk to Shen Zhifu.

Now that the backstage of the Wei family has fallen, I heard that the Wei family also spent a lot of money to make offerings to the political envoy, but they are all lost, and it is difficult to say whether they will be implicated and punished.

When Wei Yuanwai heard the news that Zhang Ji had lost the political envoy, he fainted alive, and his home was still on fire, making a mess, and he couldn't save him, so he went.

At the beginning, the Wei family held wine for the "little nephew", and the guests were like clouds, and officials from all over Dengzhou went to cheer them, what a scene.

Now when the Wei family holds a funeral, it is so lonely that even the people close to Su Rili don't come to the door, let alone the original doglegs - they ran to the prefect early in the morning to wag their tails.

There are also those who were still watching before, and now they are busy to apologize to the Shen Governor's Mansion for their courtesy, and the Jishan Hall is constantly donating silver, and the reserve warehouse is soon full of food donated by various families.

Especially the Zhao family, who was originally the number one follower of the Wei family, probably in order to redeem the bad impression on the prefect's side, or Zhao Yuanwai was worried that his third brother would "follow Qin Er" to overshadow him, but he donated a lot of money and rice.

Zhao Sanlang was quite depressed about this, he originally thought that the whistleblower was quite successful, and the prefect would definitely reuse him, which Cheng thought that the eldest brother could ruthlessly donate half of his wealth, and his idea merit was not obvious at all.

He didn't have Qin Er's ability in the end, so he continued to listen to the eldest brother's dispatch in a gloomy manner.

Shen Rui accepted all these donations, and he wanted to rebuild Dengzhou Mansion here, and there were still many places where he needed silver.

In particular, he received a letter from Li Zhen, the prefect of Laizhou, saying that a large number of displaced people from southern Lunan had come to Denglai.

In the past two years, the northern plain of Luxi and Lubei has been the most seriously affected by natural disasters, and Lunan is more caused by bandits - Gao Wenhu, the enemy of Luoke, was sent to Lunan to suppress bandits.

Denglai and the two states are mountainous, and the road is difficult, and compared with the Qingzhou Mansion of Jinan Prefecture, Denglai is far from being rich, and the displaced people are just begging for food, how can they go to the bitter place, so a large number of displaced people in these two prefectures are rare.

When Jiaozhou and Gaomi counties reported to the government that there were a large number of displaced people, Li Zang was very surprised, but when he thought that Rongjie, the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, was under Jiao Fang's disciple, and heard that the counties of Qingzhou had closed the city gates, and the displaced people were not allowed to enter the city, drive out the displaced people, etc., Li Zang was also helpless.

Although he was angry, he also tried his best to appease the displaced people and raise relief materials in the spirit of loving the people.

Unexpectedly, the displaced people did not stop, and continued to march to Dengzhou after getting rations.

There are also displaced people who say that the rice and noodles of the Baihuahua of the prefect of Dengzhou are distributed to the people who have not been affected by the disaster, but they have no food to eat, and there is no reason for this, so they want to go to Dengzhou to get their food back.

Li Zhen couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly repaired the book to Shen Rui and asked him to be more vigilant.

Shen Rui had already experienced the incident of the Shanxi disaster victims being instigated to go to Beijing as early as in Beijing, and knew that someone must be blocking him behind his back, but he was not afraid.

The construction of Dengzhou Mansion has just begun, and it is a time when there is a shortage of labor, and it is just right to provide relief through work.

Of course, the premise is also to find out those who fanned the flames, and stabilize the majority of the displaced people, so that they do not cause trouble.

Shen Rui urgently arranged various places in the Eight Immortals Post Station, paid attention to the movements of the displaced people, and sent a letter to Zhaoyuan County and Laiyang County, which are adjacent to Laizhou, so that the two places could prepare to receive the displaced people first.

In the city of Dengzhou, although it seems that the wind is completely tilting towards Shen Rui's side, and the wealthy families of the big clans bow down, they must also prevent someone from inciting the emotions of the local people at any time.

After all, cash-for-work is to let the displaced people work, although those hard work is given to the people of Dengzhou, and ordinary people may not be willing to do it, but handing it over to the displaced people will still make the people feel that their jobs have been robbed and have resistance.

Moreover, those rice grains, donated by the big households to the reserve warehouse, donated to Jishantang, are all for the benefit of the people of Dengzhou, and even the construction of the Zhuzi Community warehouse for the countryside will make the people in the city dissatisfied, not to mention that the outsiders want to eat this meal, it is more like grabbing grain from the mouths of the people of Dengzhou.

After Shen Rui discussed with his staff, he raised funds to build merit monuments in Jishan Hall by category, played the slogan of "building a new Dengzhou", set up a separate account, and a certain type of donation was specially used for Dengzhou projects, especially projects that benefit the people and facilitate the people - such as building bridges and paving roads, dredging rivers, and building water conservancy.

For certain types of donations and rice grain donations, a welfare account was set up to distribute some living materials and benefits to the people with household registration in Dengzhou, such as the chickens and ducks borrowed from the community warehouse in the city.

The funds are earmarked, and the accounts will be made public every year, and the list will be displayed in all squares and streets, and the people will be supervised.

The special fund is circled, which is also different from the silver taels that will help the displaced people in the future, so as not to make the people of Dengzhou feel that they have moved their own things.

For this reason, the government is also preparing to hold a small monument ceremony to publicize the people of Dengzhou and deepen everyone's impression.

I didn't specifically look for the auspicious day of the zodiac, but I also invited the magistrates of Huang County and Fushan County, two nearby counties, to watch the ceremony.

Unexpectedly, the day before the ceremony, Wei Yuanwai's widow suddenly took her young son and ran to the gate of Jishan Hall to commit suicide......