There was a clanging sound, and the study room, which was arranged in accordance with feng shui and elegance under the guidance of the masters, was so chaotic that it could not be seen as it was.

A confidant and steward, the staff knelt in the room tremblingly, and they didn't dare to hide if anything hit their bodies.

No one cares about feeling sorry for the precious pen, ink, paper and inkstone that can only be purchased all over the ground, and they are all worried about their own heads.

Since he became the ceremonial supervisor in October of the first year of Zhengde, it is the first time that Chitose Liu Zuzong has lost such a big temper.

From time to time, everyone swept the corner of their eyes at the big housekeeper Liu Duofu, but instead of letting him make up his mind, he was full of resentment and resentment.

It's all Liu Duofu who is holding on to his ancestors, and he has to get Li Jing to be tried by Beizhen Fusi, so what is Beizhen Fusi? The eighteen layers of hell are stronger than there!

Sure enough, the person died, okay, there were all kinds of unbearable gossip outside, saying that the ancestors forced marriage to fail and killed the matchmaker, and the ancestors were angry......

Although Liu Duofu glared back at everyone who looked at him with slanted eyes on his face, it was also false to say in his heart that he did not regret it at all.

That day, he received Yang Zhuangyuan and his entourage who were holding Li Jing, and listened to the meaning of Shen Rui's words, all of which were instructed by someone behind this Li Jing, and Liu Ren also confirmed it, he just thought in his heart that this Li Jing was for the second housekeeper Liu Duoxi to stuff silver before he arrived in front of his ancestors, and he could take this opportunity to trample Liu Duoxi, who had been staring at his position as the big housekeeper, to death, and also let the outsiders understand that if they want to climb the high branches, they have to hand the silver to him to have the ladder to the sky, so they can speak to the ancestors.

Who knew it would turn out like this!

I just hope that the ancestor will not smash people anymore after smashing things, the Buddha blesses, and after a while, he will admit his mistake and set a punishment for himself first, so as not to kill him when the ancestor comes up.

It wasn't until there was nothing on the desk and table that could be dropped, Liu Jin sat down on the wide Taishi chair as if he had completely vented, snorting and panting, and staring at the few people in front of him with bloodshot eyes, as if he was going to devour people.

At this time, he was smooth sailing, talents, money, all flowed into his pocket, and his reputation was also rising day by day because of the investigation of grain and grass.

With the current status of his ancestor Liu Qiansui, if he wants to say that he is recruiting a son-in-law, I don't know how many people will break their heads and come up. This Tanhualang doesn't know how to lift!

Jiao Fang is right, Nanren don't have a good thing, well, that damn Li Jing is also a Nanren!

Yes, Li Jing deserves to die, and, he is already dead. It's just not the time to die!

Liu Jin naturally hated Li Jing's disadvantage, and felt that Li Jing was by no means a stupid person, and someone must have instructed him to provoke and make trouble in the people's mansion like this. Therefore, he instructed the Jinyi guard to command Yang Yu to interrogate him well, and he must pry open this guy's mouth.

Unexpectedly, this guy entered Beizhen Fusi and died just after being whipped.

The scholar is not so weak, and Yang Yu will not be so stupid! Liu Jin also came over in the bloody rain in the palace, with a few ups and downs, and saw a lot of various calculations, and immediately realized that he was afraid that he would fall into the pit.

Sure enough, no matter how much he covered up this matter, soon there were rumors on the street, pointing out that he Liu Jin was bullying scholars, and a group of sour Confucians took the opportunity to make noise.

Liu Jinyuan didn't expect Jinyiwei to be in his control, after all, Yang Yu was a complete waste compared to Mu Bin, he knew this, but he didn't expect that Yang Yu's henchmen could also ask someone to insert a nail, and the people behind this were long enough!

Liu Jin gritted his teeth and secretly sent his henchmen to sift Beizhen Fusi through it, but he also hated Dai Dabin even more when Li Jing proposed that if you should go down, where would there be so many things behind! Don't be ashamed, let's see.

And this matter is not over, and the thing that makes him even more angry comes.

Previously, he asked the emperor to reinstate the West Factory, and picked and picked up Gu Dayong to lead the West Factory.

Although there are Jinyi guards in charge of guards, arrests, and prisons, and Dongchang is responsible for investigating and rebellious and traitorous crimes, but this foreign investigation, unless there are personnel dispatched by Beijing, the others are basically investigated by the local Jinyi guards, and there is no yamen who specializes in traveling abroad.

The re-established Xichang investigation space is very wide, "from the Beijing division and the world, the noon investigation, although the palace is inevitable." ”

The matter of grain and grass was investigated by Gu Dayong's West Factory, and by the way, he also went to monitor the dynamics of the palaces in various places. The latter is also one of the reasons why the little emperor agreed to Lixi Factory.

As for Liu Jin's thoughts, it is nothing more than that Qiu Ju, the East Factory, does not listen to the call, so he will set up another factory, and if Qiu Ju is not overthrown, he will also be hollowed out!

In the past, the granaries and other situations in various places, and even the private affairs of the palace, Gu Dayong respectfully handed them to Liu Jin, and Liu Jin went to listen to them.

In this way, Liu Jin has earned enough sainthood and prestige, and he has not lost filial piety, and he is very satisfied with Gu Dayong. even thought about kicking Qiu Ju away and letting Gu Dayong take charge of the East Factory.

But he never expected that Gu Dayong, who had always followed him behind his ass and held him in everything, would also have a day when he didn't listen to his call.

Today, Gu Dayong actually bypassed him and reported directly to the little emperor, after investigating that Wu Dengxian, a citizen of Kang County, Jiangxi Province, and other three families were unauthorized to build dragon boats, and they were suspected of rebellion, so they did not have three families, and released 930,000 taels of silver into Beijing.

In April and May, there was a drought and locust plague in Shandong and Henan, and a flood in Jiangnan, and Shanxi found out that the grain and grass were lost and rotten, and there was a shortage of silver everywhere.

Gu Dayong became a powerful minister who won the trust of the Son of Heaven, and the little emperor also expressed his desire to give more power to Xichang.

As for whether the dragon boat is an old custom of the Dragon Boat Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, whether the three families are wronged or not, no one cares at all.

This time, Liu Jin didn't get any credit, and he didn't get any money.

I copied three households, and the silver escorted to Beijing was only a million taels, I don't know how much Gu Da swallowed with this guy! The people who can build dragon boats for the Dragon Boat Festival will be the ones with little money at home?

Moreover, there is still that clan in Jiangxi! That one is a well-known master with wide hands and scattering silver everywhere, Gu Da used this hand, I am afraid that it is also for that one to see, how can that one not come up with silver in both hands.

Thinking of the lack of so much silver, Liu Jin's heart hurts as if he was pricked by a needle. Thinking of Gu Dayong running to the emperor to sell and compete for favor, he was even more eager to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.

This kind of thing was mixed together, and it made him smash the study in anger.

At this time, Liu Jin vented enough, relieved himself, and glared at the chief housekeeper Liu Duofu, then Liu Duofu hurriedly knelt down, took two steps on his knees, kowtowed, and said in a trembling voice: "The little one should be damned, let's go get twenty boards, and then go to check the troublemakers outside who are not open-eyed, and let them know the fate of daring to slander their ancestors......"

Liu Jin snorted from his nose and waved his hand, seeing that Liu Duofu was only kowtowing and didn't dare to look up at his gesture, he was annoyed again, and shouted: "Get out!" ”

Liu Duofu was so busy that he crawled out, and the two stewards who followed him also took the opportunity to "roll" out.

Liu Jin's eyes swept to the steward Liu Duoshou.

This person was originally a captain of Jinyi, with some martial arts on him, and he knew the Jinyi Guard's detective routine, and he was the person recruited from the Jinyi Guard after Liu Jin ousted Mu Bin from power, changed the name and surname of the house slave, and is now responsible for contacting the Jinyi Guard and the East and West Factories.

Liu Duoshou was born in the army, but he was not as soft as Liu Duofu, he took a step forward, bowed down and said: "After the investigation of Lord Yang and Xiao, three suspicious people have been found and locked up quietly, and they have not startled the snake. The small one is thinking that a single person can't do such a big thing, whether to continue to sift it on, and ask the ancestors to show it. ”

Liu Jin said with a cold face: "Let Yang Yu do the things over there." From now on, you go to keep an eye on Xichang, Gu Dayong, and the two stalls left in Beijing by his subordinates, I have to know who you met and what you did! ”

Liu Duoshou was a little surprised, and subconsciously glanced back at the few staff members behind him, although they were all considered the confidants of the ancestors, but this matter was not something that everyone should know, and sure enough, many people were staring at each other.

"Ancestor...... It's ......," he said.

Liu Jin shouted the name of the grandson next to him, and the little chamberlain spoke eloquently about what Xichang did in Jiangxi and Gu Dayong's performance.

Only then did everyone know the real reason why Liu Zuzong was angry, and many people were stunned, I don't know if Liu Duofu knew that the twenty boards he added to himself were in vain, and he would be angry. But whether he is at fault or not, this board is not wronged.

Liu Duoshou listened to what the little eunuch said, he already had a plan in his heart, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said to Liu Jin: "After all, it is a person from the West Factory, and the little one is afraid that he will have to borrow some manpower from Lord Yang." ”

Liu Jin's face was pale, and he said coldly: "You also go and recruit some useful ones." Yang Yu's side, those who want to come over, check it out, and accept it. ”

Liu Duoshou was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he only responded, took two steps back, and withdrew with his two subordinates.

Liu Jin ordered two more staff members to write a countermeasure to quell the rumors of forced marriage outside, and asked the staff from Shaanxi to go to the provincial capitals in Beibang to learn about the family situation of the unmarried people in Xinke Jinshi.

At the beginning, he didn't take Dai Dabin's refusal to marry seriously at all, thinking that after finding out the people behind Li Jing, he could still fulfill his niece's wishes.

But now, there is such a disturbance outside, even if Dai Dabin comes back to kneel and beg, he will not answer, so he has to find a good person for his niece and nephew.

The people who received the task walked out of the study one after another.

The remaining few are particularly "useless". It is definitely not okay to do things by Liu Zuzong's side, but it is definitely not okay to flatter those who can only flatter him, and he can't eat it. Liu Zuzong is very thirsty for talents and cherishes talents.

Thinking about Liu Jin's words, the staff of the organic spirit took a step forward, bowed down and said: "Don't talk about the West Factory and the East Factory, they were all favored by Chitose at the beginning, but now that they are in power, they only think about how to go up, and they don't think about repaying their benefactors at all. ”

Seeing Liu Jin slowly drinking the cup of ginseng soup, and didn't even raise his eyelids after listening to these tricky words, the staff took a step forward, but his voice was lowered: "Whoever is in the hands of the second factory of this thing, it is inevitable to plan for himself, the students think that it is better to grasp this factory in the hands of Chitose, and I am afraid that one of them will turn the sky upside down." ”

Liu Jin threw the lid cup to the side, and said angrily: "You have a good idea, this is to kick Qiu Jugu Dayong, and let your ancestor and I go to the two overseers?" ”

The staff member hurriedly said: "Chitose Ri has a lot of opportunities, where can I have so many jobs, the students are thinking, the East Factory has the responsibility of supervising Jinyi Wei, so who will supervise the East Factory?" Not to mention the West Factory. Without supervision, it is inevitable that it will get out of control, and if it is better to set up another yamen, Chitose will not only be able to do the things of the east and west factories, but also have the responsibility of supervising the east and west factories......"

Liu Jin glanced at the staff, "This yamen is also said to be established?" ”

The staff member pondered Liu Jin's voice, and said with a smile: "When Taizu was only Jinyiwei, when he became an ancestor, he added the East Factory, and when he arrived at the Xian Temple, he added the West Factory. Whether this stands or not, where is there any ancestral law, and it is not all a matter of the emperor's words? Xichang, isn't it also a Chitose excerpt, and the emperor promised to reinstate. ”

Liu Jin closed his eyes slightly, snorted from his nose, and did not speak.

The staff member felt more confident in his heart, so he whispered again: "Didn't you still ask Liu Duoshou to recruit more people, there must be a place for the staff, and they should be placed in the house, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, it's easy to settle down, and it's not just right to put it in the new yamen." It was also this opportunity to check the second factory in the east and west. ”

Liu Jin smiled with satisfaction and said, "This is also a truth." ”

The staff couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Then the student will go down and write a note, and Chitose will consider it?" ”

Liu Jin raised his eyelids and said, "Go."

At this time, there was a steward outside who reported respectfully: "The Imperial Horse Supervisor Zhang Yong and Father-in-law Zhang are visiting." ”

Liu Jin's eyes immediately stood up, and he said in a bad voice: "Why is this old boy here?" The second half of the sentence "Fucking come to see the ancestral joke" swallowed it raw.

The steward outside trembled and handed the post in, his hands trembling so much that he could barely hold the thin note. The chief steward and the second steward were both rewarded, and they couldn't help but be afraid.

Liu Jin took it, but when he saw that there was a gift list attached to the post, he couldn't help but say "Huh", flicked the list with two fingers, and slowly pulled a smile on his face.

He waved his hand and scolded, "What are you stupid about? Your Grandpa Zhang is here, why don't you hurry up to the flower hall to serve tea?! ”

Zhang Yong has been a little blessed in the past two years, and the smile on his face is a bit like Maitreya Buddha, and he can't see that this is a brave man who has led soldiers to suppress bandits, and he can also pick up a knife to cut thieves.

"Yande, why are you so polite!" Liu Jin also looked smiling, and his words were close.

Zhang Yong smiled: "It's not that you have something to ask for. Although he knew that there was no one else on the left and right, he still pretended to look at it twice, then leaned forward and whispered about Lee.

After hearing this, Liu Jin smiled and said: "Whether it's this lord or the avant-garde of the government army, you can do it as a horse supervisor, why do you still come to me." ”

Zhang Yongyi slapped his thigh, "It's not unsupportive, I still have to ask my brother to give me an accurate sentence." These things, who dares not to report to you, brother? That's really eating the heart of a bear and a leopard's gall. ”

Liu Jin laughed, pointed at Zhang Yongdao, "Don't come to praise me!" ”

After listening to two flattering words, he knocked on the table, narrowed his eyes, seemed to think and thought, and finally smiled: "I can't remember which one this Li is." But the Hou family of Fengcheng ......" he smacked his lips and said, "I can't see it, but I have some family background." ”

Even if he didn't mention this stubble, Zhang Yong also wanted to say it, and he came to this thing today.

Zhang Yong said with a smile: "Li is an honest leader, that is, when Guangdong suppressed bandits, you don't know about the little mess of the Fengcheng Hou family, that old lady, hey, don't mention it, the eldest son of Li also took his whole net worth this time to ask for a future." ”

He wanted to burn incense, but he couldn't reach the threshold of your Buddhist hall, brother, so he made a few detours to my side. Brother, don't think your brother has plucked his feathers, haha, my brother is picking up the top ones to carry you here, so I beg you to say a word accurately, the next brothers are my errands to do, and the rest of the rest must always give some sweetness to the boys who do things below. ”

Liu Jin laughed twice and said, "Look at you, you're polite." It's such a trivial idea, so why bother breaking the bank. Where can you not be left behind? ”

When Zhang Yong saw him bring the teacup, he knew that this matter was agreed, Fang also picked up the teacup, skimmed it twice, laughed, and joked unintentionally: "Aren't I afraid that the Qiu monkey will grab the head." Brother, there is a first come, first come, since the elder brother has answered me, no matter how much silver the monkey gives back to the hill, you just have to tell me, don't regret it, it will be difficult for the brother. ”

What the Qiu monkey is talking about is Qiu Ju. Qiu Ju was like a thin monkey when he was young, so he got this nickname, and now it is no longer what it used to be, but it is a monkey spirit, and the old man in the palace still calls the Qiu monkey behind his back.

When Liu Jin heard Qiu Ju, his brows furrowed, and he said, "Is there anything else about him here?" The tone was light, but it wasn't hard to hear a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Zhang Yong seemed to realize that he had just said the wrong thing, his fat cheeks trembled, and he laughed dryly, and said, "I heard that Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, took the road of Qiu Monkey." I'm not...... In total, Sun Ming has always been able to collect money, and he has been pitted all over for a few acres of land for his uncle and brother, and he doesn't know how much silver he has spent in the past, and he is afraid that Li, an honest poor ghost, will not be able to defeat others. ”

Liu Jin had already made another note of Qiu Ju in his heart, and ruthlessly cleaned up Qiu Jugu's two disobedient things as soon as possible, but his face was not obvious, and he sneered and said, "Yande, when have you been so timid?" Come on, brother, put your heart in your stomach, since you have opened your mouth, brother, can I leave you and go to someone else? How much is that, and you can still make up for it? Joke. ”

Zhang Yongben also laughed and said a few funny words, as if to round this matter over.

The two of them talked about it again, and Liu Jin suddenly changed his words and said: "Long live the meaning, it is to send someone to the Shanxi border pass to carefully check the granary grassland, the first West Factory has been checked, this time naturally I can't go again, even I have to avoid suspicion, and the people in the official prison are not easy to go." Come to think of it, it would be proper for you to go out of the Imperial Horse Prison. ”

Zhang Yongyuan also thought of this, although Liu Jin's people checked the grain and grass in the world and found out a lot of fraud, but there was definitely a lot of silver here. Especially in Shanxi, the squire of the military department kept saying that he was repairing the fort, where was the silver sent to the border pass, and a lot of it flowed into Liu Jin's private pocket, and it is difficult to say whether this matter can stand up to investigation.

Liu Jin said that he wanted to find a royal horse supervisor, but he wanted him to cover it up. Since he wanted to borrow Liu Jin's hand to clean up Qiu Ju, he was ready for Liu Jin to find trouble for him.

Zhang Yong snorted at the moment and said: "If you really come out of the Imperial Horse Prison, brother, I will find a cautious and safe person, so that I can give birth to the emperor and give you an errand for the elder brother, and I will not fail the emperor and my brother's trust in our Imperial Horse Eunuch." It's just that this matter, it's hard to say whether it falls on the Imperial Horse Prison, the general outreach, except for Jinyiwei, is the East Factory......"

Liu Jin glanced at Zhang Yong, but did not answer this, but said: "I see, Luo Xiang has been doing things steadily over the years, if he goes on this errand, they are all old brothers, and when he comes back, he can arrange a good place for him to go to which battalion, so as not to always say that we will forget the old people when we are in power." ”

Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed slowly, laughing so much that his eyes became slits, becoming more and more like Maitreya Buddha.

Luo Xiang was inserted into the Imperial Horse Prison by Qiu Ju, and Liu Jin wanted to help him pull it out. The two reached an alliance against Qiu Ju.

"Brother Luo is really talented, I'm afraid, he is also straighter, and he won't turn around. When we arrived at the border pass, we asked the group of martial artists to eat deflated, and when we turned around, the generals went up and cried, and we didn't look good on the face. Zhang Yong said with a smile.

Liu Jin dusted off the corners of his clothes, and said indifferently: "Straight has the benefit of being straight, fine." ”

He is not afraid that Luo Xiang is Qiu Ju's person will come to check if he is not, he has the means to make Luo Xiang comply, maybe he can use Luo Xiang's medicine to clean up Qiu Ju.

Zhang Yong didn't say anything more, arched his hand and said with a smile: "Since the elder brother said so, this errand is the duty of the Imperial Horse Supervisor." ”

On May 15, Li Guo's step-heir held a banquet to entertain relatives and friends.

Naturally, this table will not be placed in the Fengcheng Marquis Mansion, but it is just his small mansion.

There were only a few tables of guests, except for Mrs. Li's maiden relatives, who were his friends and subordinates in Jinyiwei, and even his own brothers in the Fengcheng Marquis Mansion did not arrive, and Mrs. Tai even said that she was sick in the future.

I don't know how many people have seen his jokes.

Although Shen Rui and his wife appeared at the ceremony, they dressed in a low-key manner, and asked the Li family not to publicize their identities, and most of the guests were low-ranking military attachés, and they did not pay attention to the new science and technology jinshi, so no one knew the origin of the young couple.

Li was quite calm in this situation, but Li Xi couldn't help but be a little indignant, he wanted to use Shen Rui's identity to make some trouble, but he was stopped by Li.

Li Xi couldn't help but complain when he met Shen Rui.

Shen Rui only smiled and said: "There is a saying, you are not afraid of being late when you order a good meal, I don't know if Brother Li has heard it." ”

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, and forced out a smile, after all, he was a smart person, so he didn't say much, only thanked him.

Shen Ruiyuan still wanted to stay and have a banquet, but when he saw this situation, he gave up, and after watching the ceremony with Yang Tian, he said goodbye.

It happened that it was still early, and the little couple went to the West Garden happily hand in hand.

On May 16, a holy decree suddenly arrived at the Fengcheng Marquis's Mansion, and Mrs. Tai, who yesterday claimed to be seriously ill and unable to get out of the courtyard, was sharper than anyone else's legs and feet, and quickly dressed neatly to the front hall.

However, when the waiter said that he wanted the eldest son of the old Fengcheng Marquis to accept the order, Mrs. Tai was like five thunderbolts, and she was softly spread on the widowed daughter-in-law.

After that, she was really sick, and until she died, she did not take a step in her own hospital for twenty years.

And Li Xi's widowed wife has been serving her "seriously ill" mother-in-law for 20 years, and she has also been passed down by the market as a good story of filial piety.

As for Lee, on this day, he received two holy decrees one after another.

The former is to inherit the Marquis of Fengcheng, and the latter is to take charge of the avant-garde of the government army.

This time, the Fengcheng Marquis Mansion held a banquet again, and hundreds of tables were opened in the inner and outer courtyards, and most of the families in Beijing were present to congratulate each other.

Of course, Shen Rui and his wife did not go on this day.

Li Xi was drunk by those brothers he knew and didn't know, and friends he knew and didn't know, and he was carried back to the room until he was dismissed, induced vomiting, vomited his stomach, and brought a bowl of japonica rice porridge to the big maid in the room.

I don't know if it's because of the empty stomach, the fragrance of this rice porridge is extremely attractive, and Li Xi can't care about the heat, so he has half a bowl in three bites.

The maid beside him proudly invited merit and said: "The maid expects the master to drink a few more cups, the front table is greasy, I am afraid that it will not be good to eat, or the porridge is the most nourishing, this is a first-class pearl honey, the maid personally stared at the fire ......"

Pearl honey. Li Xi stopped his movements and looked carefully at the porridge in the bowl.

This rice is named because it resembles a pearl, it is fragrant when it is steamed, and it is very sweet to eat, and it has become a tribute rice during the Chenghua period, and the rich and noble people have to be able to eat this rice to show their identity.

When he was young, only when the family had a reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, he would allocate this precious tribute rice from his grandfather's share of the Marquis of Fengcheng to all his children and grandchildren, and each person would have a bowl, and the amount was fixed.

His father is a concubine who is not favored, and it is good to be able to eat on weekdays, where will he pick what kind of rice. Since his grandfather died, he has never eaten such fragrant rice.

Pearl fragrant honey, Mrs. Tai can't wait to count the tribute rice to eat one by one, and now a maid beside him can come to cook porridge casually.

Li Xi held the rice bowl and suddenly laughed.

The maid only said that he was drunk and crazy, rubbed beside him, and still teased and coaxed him. But I heard him ask, "Have you heard that sentence, a good meal is not afraid of being late." ”

The maid was a little inexplicable, and said blankly: "I don't like porridge, I want to eat?" Ye's stomach is still empty, it's better to drink porridge first, dry rice is hard, don't hurt your spleen and stomach......"

Li Xi ignored her anymore, and the laughter grew louder and louder, and finally he almost went crazy.

The next day, the palace received a post inviting the Marquis of Fengcheng and the prince (who did not invite Fengcheng but called it so) to the banquet, and the posts were piled up a foot high.

Li Xi didn't turn it over, asked Li, and went to the warehouse to find some rare items, and ordered someone to quietly distribute them to Zhang Yong's private house and the British mansion, and Li Xi took one to the Shen Mansion himself.

"It's not that I want to ask for a title, I also know that my father's title has just been obtained, and I have to be stable and steady, but I don't always want to be so idle, I want to get an errand, and I don't want to have any future, just do something practical and learn skills, even if I have a long experience. It's a pity that I didn't know anyone who understood before, and I didn't understand anything, so I cheekily came to ask my second brother for guidance. ”

Li Xi is a full six years older than Shen Rui, but he is affectionate with his second brother.

Shen Rui didn't correct him either, if Li Xi had to come to Feng Shizi's affairs, then Shen Rui would send the guest out in a perfunctory manner, and then only deal with Li and would not pay attention to Li Xi.

But Li Xi came to say that he wanted to find an errand that could learn skills, but he let Shen Ruigao look at him.

Shen Rui smiled lightly: "Brother Li......"

Li Xi hurriedly said: "Yesterday, my father had already taken words from me, Yaoting, and the second brother called me to express the words." ”

Glory to the court, Shen Rui smiled, and was as good as a stream, "According to the laws of this dynasty, Brother Yaoting will soon be able to have the title of a hundred households in brocade clothes, Xiyuan is not easy to enter, and the avant-garde of the government army is in the hands of Ling Zun, so he can't go to avoid suspicion." It's not like Brother Yaoting can go wherever he wants. Li Xi hurriedly said: "I'm clumsy, second brother is not strange, I really don't know what's good." ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but slander in his heart, if you are clumsy, I am afraid that the parrot starlings in the world will be dumb.

Hearing that, he said quite frankly: "Dig out your heart and say a word, if Second Brother Zhang is still studying martial arts in Jingwei at this time, then I will naturally follow Second Brother Zhang." But now Second Brother Zhang is worried, others, hey, I'm not afraid of the second brother's jokes, no one really looks down on me, I just think I'm lucky, I really want to learn something, I don't want to get a piece of silver, so they can be idle. ”

This is the truth, Shen Rui looked at Li Xi for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Do you recognize Zhao Hongpei, the fourth son of Wujing Bofu?" ”

Li Xi hurriedly said: "I recognize it, but I'm afraid of ...... The fourth son doesn't recognize me. The second brother wants to introduce me to Zhao Sigongzi? ”

Shen Rui didn't answer, and asked again: "Come to think of it, you haven't been far away, do you dare to go outside?" ”

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became ecstatic, "Second brother is saying that Zhao Sigongzi is going to send a foreign mission?" ”

Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "Don't be too happy, it's not a good thing that everyone is so excited." This trip was a chore, and there was not much oil to be fished. ”

Li Xi hurriedly said: "Second brother has looked down on me, how can I be the one who pursues profit?!" I really admire Zhao Sigongzi, and I am willing to follow him before and after the saddle......"

"Yes." Shen Ruike didn't bother to listen to this three-inch tongue and say flattering words, "If you have a heart, I can recommend it, but whether Zhao Sigongzi chooses it or not, it's not something I can control." ”

Li Xi hurriedly got up and took a long look, and he was full of gratitude, and the words of repaying the kindness came out.

Shen Rui didn't bother to talk about him, he wanted to send him to Zhao Hongpei, but he also took a fancy to his tongue, and he was able to bend and stretch, so there was no problem in going out to run errands and do errands.

"It's hard to go out, I see, Brother Yaoting's riding skills are good?" Shen Rui asked.

Li Xi smiled bitterly and said: "First, there is only one horse left in the family, which can be regarded as the last bit of dignity for the children of the Hou Mansion, so it has never been lost." ”

Shen Rui said with a straight face: "Brother Yaoting, Ling Zun exterminated the barbarians in Guangdong back then, and made many military exploits, so he was able to rise to today's high position step by step, Brother Yaoting is now the only son of the Hou Ye, how can he not know soldiers and martial arts?" Brother Yaoting has the title of Jinyi Guard, and he still has to pick up the martial arts as soon as possible, no matter whether he works in Beijing or has to be sent on a foreign mission in the future, he will have no fear. ”

Li Xi immediately shook his face to the ground, and said sincerely: "The second brother said every golden and good word, and Xi thanked the second brother for mentioning it." ”

Shen Rui was pulling people for Zhao Hongpei, who was about to leave for Shanxi, and at this time, the palace was also discussing the candidates sent to Shanxi for the "Qin Cha".

West Garden, Taisu Palace, Leopard House Mansion

Since the West Garden was renovated and built, the little emperor had to come over to play and live in a little house, and then he simply moved to live and did not want to return to the palace, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother and the Queen persuaded each other, he wanted to connect them to the West Garden, or the Queen Mother talked with him, which allowed the little emperor to return to the Qianqing Palace.

Now it is hot in the summer, and the little emperor can't bear it, so he comes to live in Xiyuan, which is called summer vacation.

When the West Garden was built at the beginning, the Taisu Palace and the Swan Room Palace were connected together, and the courtyard was not constructed, the palace was built several layers, and the secret room was built in both compartments, and the rows were connected. The little emperor Huantianxi Emperor called this place "new house", living, sitting and lying, and commenting and answering chapters are all here, and because of the proximity to the leopard house tiger city, the outside is called "leopard house public house".

At this time, in the warm pavilion of the side hall, Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, and Qiu Ju stood with their hands down.

The little emperor was dressed in cool tulle, leaning crookedly on the bamboo couch with his feet crossed, and the iceberg cold air curling like smoke in a few white porcelain basins on the side, and there were obviously red and green fruits that were still hanging with water droplets.

Brother Shou dismantled the nine links in his hand, as if he didn't know them, he didn't like to raise his eyelids, and said lazily, "Say it."

However, it was the cabinet that elected Qin Kuan, the imperial historian of the Imperial Procuratorate, as the imperial history of Shanxi Patrol, which was selected by Li Dongyang, Wang Hua and Yang Tinghe with great difficulty, and had nothing to do with Jiao Dang and Liu Jin, although this person is Wang Hua's person, Li Dongyang is not very satisfied, but there is no better candidate.

The little emperor had no objections, but only proposed that the inner court should send someone to the Qincha.

The cabinet also knows this, and now it also said that the selection of the inner court will be judged by the emperor.

Therefore, the little emperor called Liu Jin, the three people in charge of the factory guard, to listen to the candidates they recommended.

Liu Jin didn't give in, and the first one stood up and said: "Long live Lord, the slave maid thinks that this time I can send the lieutenant of the Imperial Horse Prison on this business trip." ”

Brother Shou let out a sigh of air in his nose, his eyelids twitched, and he squinted sideways to look at Qiu Ju.

Qiu Ju made a face, and when he saw the emperor's gaze sweeping, he bowed down and said, "The slave and maid seconded the proposal." ”

Brother Shou retracted his gaze, and motioned to Liu Jin to continue, and he made nine rings again, the silver rings collided, and the sound was exceptionally crisp and pleasant.

Liu Jin cleared his throat and said: "The slave maid thinks that Luo Xiang is an old man in the East Palace, who has served by Banzai's side for many years, knows Banzai's intentions, and is loyal and upright. ”

Qiu Ju lowered his head, trying his best to block the hideous look on his face that could not be concealed.

He plotted Liaodong, and they came to rob it; He plotted the vanguard of the government army, and they didn't know where to dig out a Li to rob it! Now, they still want to get rid of Luo Xiang, who he has worked so hard to insert into the Imperial Horse Prison.

Once, twice, three times, is tolerable or unbearable!

Is it really that Lao Tzu is dead?!

"The slave maid thinks that Luo Xiang is not suitable." Qiu Ju didn't raise his head, and his voice was almost flat without half a pendulum, "Although Luo Xiang is steady, he doesn't know soldiers. This time, I have to check the grain and grass affairs, and I have to deal with the generals at the border gates. ”

Liu Jin interjected coldly: "Since Luo Xiang doesn't know the soldiers, he shouldn't be in the Imperial Horse Prison." Transferred back to the Imperial Warden. ”

Qiu Ju ignored it, Huo Ran raised his head, and said loudly to the little emperor: "This time, we must investigate the fraud in the granary grassland, and we must always find someone who knows about military affairs and knows the dispatch of grain and grass, so as to find out if anyone has done it. ”

As soon as these words came out, the remaining three were stunned.

Gu Da subconsciously turned his head sideways to look at Qiu Ju, and his face was full of surprise and couldn't hide it.

Liu Jin's face also showed anger, and he said sharply: "Confused, Zhang Yong is the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, how can he leave lightly!" ”

Brother Shou stopped the action of dismantling the nine consecutive rings in his hand, tilted his head sideways, as if curious, and looked up and down Qiu Ju with very exaggerated movements.

Qiu Ju didn't seem to notice the little emperor's gaze, his narrow eyes squinted at Liu Jin, showing great arrogance and contempt, and his tone was sneering: "Are you afraid that Zhang Yongtai is too knowledgeable, and will find out what is unfavorable to you?" ”

Liu Jin laughed angrily, and said: "I am dedicated to the Long Live Lord, for the Ming Dynasty, why are I afraid of people to investigate?" But you pushed Zhang Yong to the border pass, who will be in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor? Luo Xiang, is he okay? Or are you Qiu Ju going to the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor? ”

Gu Dayong knelt down with his clothes, bowed to the ground, and only cleared himself up: "Xichang is loyal to the long-lived lord, and he doesn't dare to have the slightest selfishness, everything he has investigated is true, and he doesn't dare to be half a point of fraud." ”

Qiu Ju's face was full of ridicule, he snorted heavily, and asked rhetorically: "Which one of the East Factory and West Factory is not loyal to the Long Live Lord?" Find out what is straight, reach, day, listen. ”

He said the words "straight to the sky" word by word, and the bite was extremely heavy, but his eyes were glancing at Liu Jin again.

The things found out in the West Factory were reported to Liu Jin first, and then Liu Jin came to the emperor to curry favor and sell him, how could the emperor not know? And if Liu Jin withheld information that was unfavorable to him, the emperor would naturally not believe it.

Liu Jin's face was pale, his fists in his sleeves were clenched, his green muscles were violent, and he glared at Qiu Ju angrily, "The rules of the ancestors, the celebrant and the celebrant are red, and they are also worried about the emperor." ”

Qiu Ju sneered, but didn't look at him, as if he was talking to himself: "The cabinet vote is drafted, and the celebrant is red, and it is the ancestral rule." The implication is that the factory guard is not among them.

With a bang, the little emperor threw the nine links on the case, and the three of them were shocked, and the previous appearance of opening teeth and dancing claws disappeared immediately, and they all became regular.

Brother Shou glanced at Gu Dayong, who was still lying on the ground, and said, "Gu Da use it." He looked at Liu Jin Qiuju again, and said lightly: "I naturally know your loyalty." I also know what you mean by the candidates who go to Shanxi, and I will consider them. Go for it. ”

But when the three of them did not leave the hall, he had already raised his voice to greet outside the door and summoned Zhang Yong and Luo Xiang to come over.

Liu Jinqiu gathered to glare at each other, sparks splashed in their eyes, and finally flicked their sleeves at each other and left angrily.

Although the three of them were sent out by the little emperor, none of them left Xiyuan, and each found a duty room to sit in, waiting for the news inside.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yongluo Xiang hurriedly came.

The little emperor called Luo Xiang in first, but he came up with a few arithmetic problems and asked the little waiter to take Luo Xiang down to do it.

Luo Xiang didn't know why, his head was full of sweat, he was not good at this, he thought in his heart that it was over, and he went down to do the question with a bitter face.

When Zhang Yong was summoned in to meet him, the little emperor rewarded him with a bowl of iced sour plum soup.

Zhang Yong was inexplicably moved, and thanked him again and again, and a bowl of sweet and sour plum soup was delicious, which really quenched his thirst and fever.

At this time, I heard Brother Shou say: "Big companion, I want you to go to Shanxi." ”

The bowl of sour plum soup suddenly became sour and icy, and Zhang Yong only felt that his whole body was stiff, and he couldn't turn around for a while, how could this errand fall on his head.

"Slave maid ......" Zhang Yong opened his mouth for a long time, as if his tongue was suddenly frozen, and he couldn't say anything about "obeying the order".

Brother Shou looked solemn and said slowly: "Have you ever remembered what I told you earlier, I want to use you on the nine sides, not the south side. ”

Zhang Yong immediately woke up, his body was not stiff, and his brain was bright, and he immediately knelt on the ground and said: "The slave is willing to smear the liver and brain of the long live master, and then die." ”

Brother Shou laughed, like a child who had won his beloved candy, smiling brightly and innocently, but his mouth was saying the cold words of the emperor: "Companion, I only believe in you, you go and check with me, where is the silver thrown on the nine sides every year; The border army, to what extent is rotten, if the Tatars knock on the side, it can be a blow. ”

After a pause, he said slowly: "Let's also go and see what's going on in the Jin Palace." There are too many things going on in his family. Go and show me who's behind the scenes. ”

The sour plum soup with ice slag was cold in his belly, but Zhang Yong felt that his blood was boiling, kowtowed heavily, and said firmly: "The slave will not be dishonored!" ”

Brother Shou personally stretched out his hand to help Zhang Yong up, looked at his excited face, smiled, and repeated softly: "Big companion, I only believe in you." ”

Zhang Yong almost burst into tears, what difficulties and dangers, what conspiracy and calculations he went to Shanxi, all became irrelevant, only the word "letter" of the young emperor was heavier than Mount Tai.

However, the little emperor suddenly said: "This time, it was Qiu Ju who recommended you to go, but Liu Daban was worried that no one would take care of the stall of the Imperial Horse Supervisor." ”

Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said in a low voice: "Long live don't worry, the slave and maid will be careful, will act cautiously, and will not let this matter be exposed." ”

Brother Shou nodded with satisfaction, then carefully advised, and rewarded Zhang Yong with a piece of close-fitting white jade dragon, as written in the play, giving him the right to be arbitrary.

As for Luo Xiang's exam questions, after he finished answering, he specially copied them neatly, so that he dared to let the little chamberlain hand hand it over to the emperor, but Brother Shou didn't even look at it and threw it aside.

Zhang Yong, who was full of joy in the side hall, put on a dejected appearance when he left the palace gate, and returned to the Forbidden City all the way from the Leopard House Mansion, and everyone thought that he had eaten the emperor's reprimand.

Soon a holy decree came down, and Zhang Yong once again made a mission, and together with Qin Kuan, the inspector of the imperial history, supervised the granary and grassland of the border pass.

The attendants thought they knew the reason for Zhang Yong's bitter gourd face, and many people came to persuade him openly or secretly, and even Liu Jin called Zhang Yong over to eat and drink, and the words during the banquet were all about how he defended him and how Qiu Ju harmed him.

Zhang Yong only drunk himself, scolded Qiu Ju with drunkenness, grabbed Liu Jin's hand tightly with the strength of the wine, and said with hatred: "Brother, Qiu Monkey's thief is not dead, he took me away, he occupies the imperial horse prison, and he is going to argue with you, brother." Brother, raising a tiger becomes a problem, raising a tiger becomes a problem. ”

In the end, it was a martial artist, and the strength of that hand was so great that it hurt Liu Jin's teeth.

Liu Jin was also ruthless in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "Yande, don't worry, I will knock on this monkey Tianling cover when I turn around, and use his monkey brain to drink with you." ”

And Qiu Ju's side was naturally elated because of the winning, and he was also holding a banquet and drinking with his henchmen, and he was also thinking about how to deal with Liu Jin in the next step.

Shen Rui didn't expect that it would be Zhang Yong who would go to Shanxi in the end, Zhang Yong privately approached him and asked him for four account rooms in the Shen family's shop.

"I'm afraid that they have already found out clearly, and they are too piercing, so they have to ask you to borrow someone." Zhang Yongdao.

Shen Rui knew that Zhang Yong was going to investigate the fraud of the Nine Sides, so he needed to paralyze Liu Jin on the face. Thinking that Liu Jin was finally planted in Zhang Yong's hands in his previous life, he had a lot of confidence.

He thought for a while and said, "You also know that Zhao Hongpei, the fourth son of Wujing Bofu, took over Zhang Hui's errand and is also going to Shanshan. There is also Fengcheng Hou Li's heir Li Xi also went with the fourth brother of Tongzhao, plus the twenty-seven langs of the Lu family, all of whom you are familiar with, our own people, you see, why don't you put these four account rooms in their team, and wait for Beizhili to take them away, so as not to be targeted too early. ”

Zhang Yong pointed at Shen Rui and scolded with a smile: "You kid is very calculating, so you did Fengcheng Hou a favor, and then kidnapped someone else's heir." He's just this one 'son.'" ”

Shen Rui smiled: "It's really not calculating him, it's that he wants to find an errand that can learn skills, I saw that he was good at receiving people and things, and he was eloquent, so I thought about finding someone to help Fourth Brother Zhao." He could learn more from this trip than he could learn from eating idle meals in a camp. It's mutually beneficial. ”

Although Zhang Yong smiled, his face showed some vicissitudes, and he sighed: "You little guys have also grown up." In the future, the emperor will point to you. ”

Shen Rui teased: "You're only forty!" It's not like this is about to return to the old man. ”

Zhang Yong laughed and slapped him, but suddenly sighed: "The emperor has also grown up, and he is not a child anymore." ”

Shen Rui's heart sank, and he also restrained his expression when he landed, and said in a low voice: "Rui saves." Rui never dared to overstep half a point. ”

"That's good." Zhang Yong closed his eyes slightly, let out a long sigh, and said, "Your Majesty, you have always been very smart, and Lao Liu Laoqiu wants to coax him as a child." Hey, you also know who coaxed whom. ”

Both fell silent for a moment.

Shen Rui also knew that the little emperor in front of him was definitely not the child described in the history books of his previous life who only knew how to play and was coaxed by the Eight Tigers.

As Zhang Yong said, now, I don't know who coaxed whom.

Liu Jin is now looking so rampant, and he is powerful everywhere, but it is not a quick knife used by the emperor to deal with those old ministers. When the emperor used this knife to cut off the people who should be cut and established the right to speak, he killed Liu Jin again, calming the resentment of the people's court, which has also been the consistent routine of emperors since ancient times.

He just doesn't know if the little emperor can master this degree Liu Jin has already harmed a lot of people, and there are still two years before the fall of this eunuch in history. Moreover, there is another big event about to happen, and there are still lives to fill in......

Zhang Yong saw that Shen Rui was deep in thought, so he patted him on the shoulder again and comforted: "The emperor is the most affectionate person, with you and Zhang Hui, this is all love since childhood, you are all good children with measure, and the emperor will naturally protect you." ”

He paused and said meaningfully: "You now, your master's side, your father-in-law's side, in the court and politics, there are always some things that do not meet the emperor's wishes. You're going to be caught in the middle, and you're going to be embarrassed. But you have to remember that your loyalty to the emperor will not change, and the emperor's affection for you will not change. ”

Shen Rui had to smile bitterly, but this matter was unsolvable, he was Wenchen after all.

West Garden, Swan Room.

The swan house now lives up to its name, encircles a lake in the island, raises twenty or thirty swans, clear water and white feathers, and the scenery is picturesque.

Brother Ran Shou sat in the pavilion by the lake, crossed Erlang's legs, bored with a handful of fish food, and didn't look at the koi fish competing for food in the lake, Wu Zi said to Shen Rui that the scenery was ruined: "Liaodong said that Gonghai Dongqing came, and he has been shouting for two years, but he hasn't sent it yet, and I am still waiting to see that Hai Dongqing take the swan." Lu Twenty-seven Lang is too, there are a lot of horses in Liaodong, so why don't you get a few eagles. ”

Shen Ruiqiang resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and reluctantly gave a smile, "Haidongqing is fierce, I heard that it is not easy to capture, and boiling eagles is even more time-consuming, even if they are caught, they must always be trained before they dare to take it to the imperial front." ”

Brother Shou snorted twice, threw a handful of fish food down, and suddenly said happily: "By the way, you haven't heard Zang Xian's pipa, that's also a must, I will pass him on for a while, you listen to his "Haiqing Take the Swan", that's really, the big beads and small beads fall on ......the jade plate, "Saying that, he asked Liu Zhong to order the little waiter who was waiting far away to pass it on."

Shen Rui had no choice but to thank him.

Brother Shou didn't feed the fish anymore, so he casually dropped a bag of fish food, clapped his hands, and asked casually: "Zhang Yong and Qin Kuan left before, and Zhao Hongpei and Li Xi also left yesterday." Why haven't these two groups gone together? ”

There was no one beside him, so he said bluntly without any scruples, "Didn't Zhang Yong ask you if you borrowed someone, and you still went in two ways?" ”

"I really can't hide anything from the emperor." Shen Rui said with a smile, "No, Lord Qin, Zhang Gonggong is from Beijing as a Qin mission, although Zhao Hongpei and the two of them also obey the emperor's instructions, but they are not considered tolerances, and it is not good to go the same way with Qin Mission." Zhao Hongpei and the others are a little faster, and when they enter Shanxi, they will probably be able to catch up. ”

Brother Shou nodded and said with a smile: "You guys are still thorough." ”

Shen Rui thanked him with a smile, and after a pause, Fang mentioned: "As mentioned to the emperor before, the minister's uncle has set up a school on the outskirts of the city, and now some students are studying. Because of Lord Zhang Yongzhang's matter, the minister thought that there was still a place in the farm on the left and right, so it was better to open the agricultural school, business school, and craftsman school that the minister had mentioned before. Regardless of the side, it is also very useful to cultivate some account rooms, such as Liaodong, such as Shandong, as well as the future of sea trade and river transportation......"

He also likes that place is not far from Beijing, the landscape is good, the people are simple, and he can create a "university town".

Brother Shou nodded and said, "You had a very good idea before, but I don't know if the people recognize it." ”

Shen Rui said: "Songjiang is fine now. Several schools over there are now being taken care of by the courtiers. The agricultural school is the best. Because Songjiang also wants to build ships, the craftsman school is now prosperous.

"In addition to the boatmen, there are also quite a lot of weavers, there is little land in the south, ordinary people always have to find some livelihood to supplement the family, weaving is an important one, the craftsman school teaches people how to weave fast and good, very popular with the people.

"At present, the business school mainly teaches some bookkeepers. Because he had gained some experience in the south, he thought about trying it in the north. ”

Brother Shou had nothing to say: "Then let's try it." Only in the north there are not so many business people. Teach out the account room, but let me go to Liaodong, my homeland is difficult to leave, and I am afraid that I don't want to go. ”

Shen Rui said with a smile: "If the salary is high, I will be willing to go." ”

Brother Shou laughed and said, "Good." ”

Talking about the progress of the shipbuilding and water maintenance division in Xiyuan, Brother Shou seemed to suddenly remember something, frowned and asked Shen Rui: "Where did you say Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing?" ”

Shen Rui didn't know why, and replied: "In the east of the city, about five or six miles, over there in Guojiatun. ”

Brother Shou's brows furrowed, and he nodded: "That's very good." ”

Shen Rui became more and more confused, and said, "Locally, is there anything wrong?" ”

Brother Shou looked at him for a while, and finally sighed, and said: "There is an impeachment, and the British prince Zhang Maozi Zhang Ming and Zhang Qin committed murder, forcibly occupied the acres of land in Fengrun County, Shuntian Prefecture, and deceived the land tax. ”

Shen Rui was shocked, hurriedly stood up, and wanted to say a few words for the British government, but he couldn't say anything.

He doesn't know the inside story of other people's affairs, so why should he pack tickets for others.

In the end, this is not Zhang Hui's business.

Although Zhang Ming, the third son of the British Gong, was good to Brother Zhanghui, he was caught by Dongchang for absenteeism, and it is difficult to say what this person's character is.

And Zhang Qinxingsi, in Zhang Hui's mouth, this is Zhang Gang's dog's leg. Especially his daughter-in-law's fourth wife, Yang Tian told Shen Rui about her performance when she gave birth that day, which fully proved this.

These two people committed an incident, what can Shen Rui say?

But it was about the British government......

Brother Shou watched Shen Rui's face change, and finally sneered, and said, "It is inevitable that there will be dead branches when the tree is big, don't you understand?" I know that you are worried about Zhang Er, but you look at me, but I am the faint king who is angry indiscriminately? ”

Shen Rui hurriedly said in a loud voice, "The minister doesn't dare" and "The minister is afraid".

For a while, Zang Xianlai was passed over there, and the pipa in that hand was really amazing, but Shen Rui had no intention of appreciating it.

Especially when he saw Qian Ning who came with Zang Xian, Shen Rui didn't want to see him in his heart, but he didn't want to be upset if he couldn't see it.

Brother Shou talked to Zang Xian about music theory and repertoire again, and he had nothing to discuss with Shen Rui, so Shen Rui retired.

Out of Xiyuan, Shen Rui did not go directly to the British Mansion, but went to Yue's house.

In Yang Tinghe's mouth, he learned that today, Zhang Huai, the left supervisor of the ceremonial supervisor, Zhang Jin, the left servant of the household department, Zhang Luan, the left servant of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yang Yu, the commander of Jinyiwei, jointly wrote a letter of impeachment.

This deception of land taxes is not a recent occurrence, and it can even be traced back to the tenth year of Hongzhi at the earliest. Since Zhengde, the encroachment on acres has become more and more rampant.

Some local people in Fengrun County spontaneously opened up the wasteland, because it was adjacent to the British manor, and its servant Zhao Wencai, who was in charge of the village, forged a false deed, invaded the acres of land reclaimed by others, and recruited displaced people to tenant it.

The imperial court repeatedly sent officials from the household department, the criminal department, and even the Shuntian Mansion to investigate, and Zhao Wencai dared to gather people to throw stones and hurt officials. Everyone was afraid that Zhao Wencai was vicious, and he only made a book and reported it as before.

This time, it was in the hands of Zhang Luan, the left of the Imperial Palace, that he was stabbed in front of the emperor.

"These ......" Shen Rui knocked lightly and counted, Yang Yu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Zhang Luan, the left of the Imperial Palace, were all Liu Jin's people, and the one who was the master of ceremonies...... Approximately, too. Is this something Liu Jin is troubled for?

"But because, the British public said that the strategy of 'making arrows and windows in the ancient pier platform to ambush the soldiers and control the captives' was useless?" Shen Rui asked.

After all, Wengui gave Liu Jin silver.

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and said: "The faces are all Liu Jin's people. Not necessarily. Zhang Huai, the celebrant supervisor, is Li Rong's person. And Yang Yu, a fool's ear. ”

Shen Rui smiled, Yang Yu is indeed a mallet, too easy to be taken advantage of.

Someone wants to sow discord between the British government and Liu Jin?

He couldn't help but think of Dai Dabin's matter again, and it was also a little strange, as if he wanted to provoke Shi Lin's dissatisfaction with Liu Jin.

Is this someone trying to bring down Liu Jin and create some enemies for Liu Jin here?

"Father-in-law, look, over there in the British Mansion, I want to inform you......," Shen Rui asked.

Yang Tinghe said indifferently: "It's nothing." Qi Wanxun's noble family, there are many people who act like this, and the Zhou family and the Zhang family made ......trouble at the beginning. This time it's just a young son and a concubine, and the old man can cook with his hand. The British government has stood firm for several dynasties and has its own method. ”

Shen Rui smiled: "It's the son-in-law who is worrying. ”

Although he got Yang Tinghe's words, Shen Rui still went to the British Mansion and had a secret conversation with Zhang Hui's study.

Zhang Hui got the letter but was extremely calm, and sneered: "They have done more than this. These servants of the world, in the past, didn't even care about the weaker masters of their own family, where would they care about some petty officials. Hmph, now Zhang Qin is finished. It's just the third uncle, I can't tell Zhang Qin to coax him to hang up a name. ”

Regarding other people's housework, Shen Rui didn't want to intervene more, but he just came to remind him, so he only said at the moment: "The recent incidents are all serial schemes, and you are stuck in pits everywhere, so you should be more careful." ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "Don't worry, I'm filial piety at home, I don't go out, what can I do." ”

However, neither Zhang Hui nor Shen Rui expected that this matter would snowball and involve more and more people.

The officials who kept silent because they were afraid of Zhao Wencai's viciousness were all questioned.

The British public Zhang Mao petitioned for self-impeachment, but when the Metropolitan Procuratorate reviewed it later, it was suddenly revealed that Zhang Ming was named for others, and the real owners of the grange were the two brothers Zhang Lun and Zhang Hui, the grandsons.

The celebrant and the household department checked the land in Fengrun County again, and it turned out that more than a dozen clans, relatives, and nobles such as King Rong, the eldest princess of Yongkang, and Zhou Shou of Qingyun had different degrees of encroachment on acres of land and concealed land taxes.

And Jin Yiwei found out that the displaced people recruited by Zhao Wencai and his ilk as tenants were actually the group of displaced people from Shanxi in the winter of the first year of Zhengde.

These people were all placed in Xiyuan to work, and after the beginning of spring, the imperial court issued an order to repatriate, but somehow, they were gathered by Zhao Wencai to the village.

On the side of the suburbs of Beijing, there are homeless people, with ill intentions, if you ask for the crime of rebellion, it is to connect the nine tribes.

At the beginning, the British government, the concubine Cai Zhen and other nobles had written to express their willingness to use Zhuangzi on the outskirts of their own city as a temporary resettlement site for displaced people outside the city.

Pushing further, the first to encounter the homeless people was Shenjiazhuang at that time, and now Xiang'anzhuang.

The first to appease the homeless people was Shen Rui.