The small Buddha hall of Renshou Palace

It's autumn, the insects are singing, only the sound of the tuk tuk wood fish echoes in the small courtyard, accompanied by the faint sandalwood that overflows, it seems particularly quiet and serene.

On the futon under the eaves, there was a young woman in palace clothes kneeling, crying to herself, muttering in her mouth.

The Empress Dowager is happy to be quiet, and she has always asked few people to serve, especially when worshipping the Buddha, she will only leave one or two intimate palace people by her side, and the rest are sent away. This young woman is also alone here, and there is no one else around.

I don't know how long it took, the sound of the wooden fish finally stopped, the door of the small Buddha hall opened, and the two palace people walked out with the empress dowager in tow.

The young woman hurriedly knelt down, raised her head, and called out mournfully: "Old lady." "Tears rolled down like beads with broken threads. But it was Concubine Shen Xian.

She changed her bright and lively makeup in the past, only wearing a light-colored dress, no powder, no ring wear, a plain little face with tears and tears, looking extremely pitiful.

The Empress Dowager, who has always been very fond of Concubine Shen Xian's clever mouth, saw her like this at this time, but she did not have the slightest expression of pity, and only lightly ordered left and right: "Bring her over." ”

A palace man answered, and went over to pick up Concubine Shen Xian.

Concubine Shen Xian has always been pampered, when did she kneel for such a long time, her legs and feet were numb at the moment, it was really itchy and uncomfortable, but she didn't dare to show it in the slightest, and she limped with the help of the palace people and followed the empress dowager into the side hall.

After these two palace people were also sent down, Concubine Shen Xian immediately knelt down again, walked to the Empress Dowager on her knees, hugged her legs, and cried: "Old lady, you know the concubines, even if you give the concubines 10,000 guts, you will never dare to have such evil intentions......"

"The concubine is greedy for that appetite, but even if the emperor likes it, she went to the emperor twice, the queen mother and Concubine De, the concubines are afraid of increasing their tongues in vain, so they dare not send it......"

"The emperor is a great heir, and the concubines don't know! The concubine is looking forward to the queen mother having a prince as soon as possible, so that the concubine can have her own children as soon as possible, and how can she harm the queen mother......"

"If you hurt the queen's mother, what good is it for Concubine Yu! The concubine doesn't have any children of her own, and her family background is poor, can she still point to herself and help her......

"It's not easy to harm people, it's only been how long the concubine has been in the palace, and there is no one in the mother's family, how can the concubine do such a thing?"

"What a great crime to murder the emperor's heir, how many heads are enough to cut off the concubine's mother's family? Now that there is no shadow of any benefit, how can the concubine's family help the concubine......"

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was always silently turning the Buddha beads, Concubine Shen Xian became more and more anxious in her heart, and when the words she had thought of were gone, she became more and more unscrupulous.

After a while, the Empress Dowager spoke slowly, but only asked: "Who told you that the Empress is pregnant and gone?" ”

Concubine Shen Xian's crying stopped abruptly, she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly raised her head and looked at the Empress Dowager in a daze.

The Empress Dowager only stared at her calmly, her eyes were like deep pools, so that she couldn't see a little light, "Who told you that it was your food that harmed the queen?" ”

Concubine Shen Xian trembled unconsciously, her lips trembled, and she said, "Yes...... It's ......"

She collapsed at the feet of the Empress Dowager, her forehead touched the ground, and her voice was shattered, "Is the concubine ignorant...... Yes, it was the emperor's father-in-law Xiao Liu who brought people to bring them to the palace to buy food outside the palace for the concubines, and they have never been put back...... Only...... Just ......"

She was terrified to the extreme, suddenly collapsed, and cried loudly, "It's the concubine who was confused for a while, so she took the silver and inquired, knowing that that that day, Kunning Palace invited a doctor, and there was a doctor, and she said that there was blood and water, and she said that she quietly disposed of the palace people......"

It is said that the inner palace is strict, and no news is allowed to be transmitted, in fact, from the concubines to the ordinary small palace people, who are not diligent in inquiring about the news, pleasing the master, and avoiding touching the head.

Concubine Shen Xian is not as good as the queen, nor can she be compared to the Zhang family and the queen mother behind Concubine Wu De, she can't rely on the word "smart", but she also relied on these two words to win the emperor's favor, and she wants to carry these two words forward more and more.

What the emperor likes, what the emperor dislikes, whether the emperor is happy or not today, she has to inquire.

Because she has always had a lot of money and a good reward, there are many news that will be sent to her without her inquiry.

This time, she was really scared to inquire about such earth-shattering news. There is no one around her who can discuss things, the emperor does not come, and she does not have the courage to go to the emperor's Qianqing Palace to cry, and she can only choose to go to the queen mother's side.

Moreover, she has always felt that even if the Queen Mother doesn't really like her, the Queen Mother has a good temperament, and if she asks for it, she can always listen to her defense......

Now......

She didn't even dare to look up, a chill was shining through her bones.

It seemed that it had been 10,000 years before the Empress Dowager said: "You look smart, but you are a fool." Do you know it yourself? ”

Concubine Shen Xian was like being amnestied, and hurriedly cried: "It's the concubine who is confused, it's the concubine who is confused...... The concubines didn't dare to inquire indiscriminately anymore...... The concubines didn't dare to ask the outside of the palace to eat anymore...... But the concubine really doesn't have that bad heart, the old lady is ......"

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "You go." ”

Concubine Shen Xian also knew that she couldn't get a word of permission here in the Empress Dowager, and she also wanted to confess here, and she didn't really expect the Empress Dowager to say that she was innocent, so she cried for a while, and still kowtowed.

The Empress Dowager didn't call anyone in to serve, she slowly got up and slowly paced into the courtyard.

The autumn wind swept by, the yellow leaves fell, and in the courtyard that was cleaned in the morning, the kung fu of reciting the sutra and worshipping the Buddha was paved with a layer of gold.

The Empress Dowager sat on the chair of the princess who was placed under the tree for her to rest, and the sun fell on her body, but it was also warm, and she breathed a long sigh of relief.

Concubine Shen Xian has always been like a pampered little daughter in the boudoir, she loves to talk, laugh and play, picky and greedy, likes delicate and bright clothes, lives a carefree life, doesn't think about anything, that kind of innocent happiness shines through the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, which makes people happy when they look at it.

Who wouldn't like such a lively and delicate girl?

The Empress Dowager turned the Buddha beads in her hand, looking at the clear sky, her grandson is also a playful and food-loving teenager, there should be such a girl to accompany him, let him forget his worries.

But in this palace, in this world, can you tolerate such carefreeness?

When Empress Xia was first diagnosed as pregnant, the month was still shallow, and Kunning Palace was silent. The emperor also knew the severity and remained silent, but after all, he was the eldest son he had been looking forward to for a long time, how could he not be happy. I don't know if this joy fell in the eyes of others.

However, not long after, Queen Xia suddenly began to redden, waist and abdomen pain, the imperial doctor only said that the fetus was unstable, prescribed a prescription to protect the fetus, and told her to rest in bed.

Queen Xia didn't dare to be contemptuous, she lay down honestly, almost didn't dare to move, but she didn't save the child in the end.

Although the imperial physician did not diagnose any signs of poisoning, Empress Xia has always been careful in eating and using incense, and has never used foreign things, the emperor is still very angry, and after blocking the news, he asked Liu Zhong to lead someone to investigate thoroughly.

Concubine Shen Xian is famous for her love of eating and playing, and the Shen family often has new things coming in, although Concubine Shen Xian is knowledgeable, and the things that come from this way never go to the queen's side of filial piety, but they are always shared with the emperor.

The emperor himself also likes to run outside the palace, and has eaten almost all of Beijing's food, and her food is also his appetite.

If this point is taken advantage of, it is not impossible to harm the queen through the emperor. Therefore, he was as cautious as Liu Zhong and detained all the people who were purchased in Concubine Shen Xian's Chang'an Palace.

Concubine Shen Xian was young and couldn't hold her breath, she inquired about a few words, and after thinking about it, she couldn't sit still, and hurriedly came to the Empress Dowager's side to kneel and beg for a confession.

The Empress Dowager sighed and looked coldly, Concubine Shen Xian really had no bad intentions, but on her side, she was indeed a loophole, and it was easy for people to take advantage of loopholes.

Concubine Shen Xian looked heartless, but she had brains, and she thought it would be more cautious to go out here.

I don't know, those who love to eat and play, will she throw them all away.

Slowly became, like the other women in this deep palace, demure, wooden, and lifeless......

The beads went round and round, and then again, as if there was no end.

*

The west side of the Qianqing Palace is a small hall and Yongsu Palace

Brother Shou has been in a bad mood lately.

Queen Xia is pregnant, he attaches great importance to him, in addition to his own feelings for Queen Xia, the three words of the eldest son have different meanings for him and the entire Ming Dynasty.

The crown prince, the country is also the capital.

But his eldest son disappeared silently.

How could he not be angry!

Just as he viciously wanted to grate the inner palace with a grate, the outer court continued to have bad news.

Following the severe drought in Shandong, Henan, Huguang, Susong, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Lufeng Huaiyang ...... Droughts have been reported in various places, and the price of rice has soared for a while.

If there is a calamity, there will be bandits. In Caozhou, Shandong and other places, the thief leader Zhao Shi and others plundered the towns and villages, wanting to make trouble with Zhao Zhong, the demon thief who had been captured by Guide. And bandits in the coastal areas of Susong Tongtai rose again.

It seems that the good luck of collecting farms and promoting the New Deal a while ago has been exhausted.

"Jingwei Wuxue has also been rectified for a year, it's time to pull it out and see how it goes." Brother Shou held a sword in his hand, slowly gestured his sword moves in the void, and instructed Liu Zhongdao to draw up candidates for the suppression of bandits in Shandong. "Those who come up from Wuju, also pick some good ones and put them over."

Simple bandits are not to be feared, but there are people who are hateful to confuse the public, and they are coerced by the victims, and there is a tendency to spread for a while.

Brother Shou also wants to send some people over, one is to show the attention of the imperial court and let the place not slack off; In addition, bandits are easier to fight than Tartars, and he also wants to take the opportunity to train soldiers.

Liu Zhong lowered his head and said, "Long live the wise, let them experience one or two." ”

Brother Shou snorted, raised his hand and made two wrong moves, and then ordered: "Tell Cai Liang to pick someone out of the leopard room warriors, well, also, let Luo Kedi go with the tiger head." ”

Liu Zhong responded with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and let Gao Wenhu and them go over to give them a chance to be promoted in military merit.

Luo Kedi is the master that Gao Wenhu recognized when he first entered the Jinyi Guard, but he is a hereditary Jinyi Guard, not a nobleman, because he has some real skills in his fists and feet, and he is smooth and transparent, he took care of Gao Wenhu very much at the beginning, so he also entered the eyes of Brother Shou, and now he is also selected into the list of Leopard House warriors.

With him to protect Gao Wenhu, Gao Wenhu will not be in any danger here, and this military merit is almost secure.

Liu Zhong asked as if he had no intention of doing so: "Long live the people who want to use the leopard house, so ...... the money is 100 households?" ”

Brother Shou's sword move was sluggish, and then he became a little sharper, and said coldly: "He doesn't have to." Let him wait in the leopard's room. ”

Liu Zhong once again respectfully should be.

At this time, a report came from outside that the eldest princess of Chun'an had come.

Liu Zhong was ordered to welcome the eldest princess into the door, so he quietly retreated and went to Cai Liang to arrange many instructions from the emperor.

The eldest princess of Chun'an had just visited Empress Xia from Kunning Palace, "...... Niangniang said that she could think about it, but she was inevitably sad, her throat was blistering, there was still fire, and she couldn't take the medicine of the imperial doctor. Or...... Let's try the method of acupuncture and moxibustion. ”

Queen Xia has been looking forward to the child, and it was easy to come, but it was gone like this, and the whole person collapsed for a while.

The news was temporarily blocked in the palace, and Brother Shou did not pass on the Xia family to enter the palace, but only invited the Empress Dowager and the eldest princess Chun'an, who knew that Empress Xia was pregnant, to comfort her.

The eldest princess originally helped Queen Xia inquire about a good doctor, and she originally wanted to use it to protect the fetus, but she didn't expect it to be used for recuperation in the small confinement.

Brother Shou nodded and said, "Aunt Lao is bothered. I'm going to ask someone to give Shen Rui a message and recruit the mother-in-law next to Senior Sister Yang into the palace......"

The eldest princess hurriedly said, "Your Majesty can't." ”

Brother Shou was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Grandma is going to recommend others?" ”

The eldest princess shook her head and said, "It's not to recommend others. If it is to use her, it is related to the affairs of the inner palace, and it is not easy to tell the Shen family. She paused and said, "Although the queen is not suitable to move now, she is always in Kunning Palace, facing the old scene every day, and she can't help but think of sad things and increase her troubles." Why don't you move to Xiyuan to live, and then quietly send the doctor over, not to know where she came, and not to say that she is going to see a nobleman, in case she talks too much. ”

Brother Shou was silent for a moment, sighed, and said, "It's okay." The doctor's side......"

The eldest princess said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will arrange it properly." ”

Brother Shou nodded, glanced at the eldest princess, and suddenly said: "Actually, Shen Rui and his wife are both cautious people and act in a measured manner, just know this matter, and they will keep their mouths shut." Thinking that it was Zhou Xian's matter before, Shen Rui made his aunt and grandmother unhappy. ”

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly, and said: "Your Majesty said that you are laughing, if he can sit down quietly and drink with Zhou Xian that day, I will tell Your Majesty to guard against him." That day, Xiao Wu told me what he said later, and I also knew that he was a child with a clear sense of kindness and righteousness. ”

Brother Shou also smiled when he heard this, nodded and said, "He has always been that kind of character, he seems to be mellow, but he is actually very stubborn. Don't worry about your aunt and grandmother. ”

The eldest princess of Chun'an said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a discerning eye and knows how to make good use of people. I didn't doubt him when I didn't hear those words that day, he was really broad-minded, and it is no wonder how many years of talent he was willing to die for His Majesty. ”

Brother Shou was relieved to hear this, and his smile deepened.

But I heard the eldest princess sigh again: "Brother Xian'er is also a good child." Now that His Majesty is willing to use him, he is also grateful to Dade and works loyally. If you want to talk about talent, he has also studied for many years, and he does not lose to those lifters. ”

Brother Shou smiled, and then asked, "Grandmother has gone to see Chang Ningbo?" ”

Changning Bo Zhou Yu had a stroke earlier, but it was relatively mild, and this time he had another stroke, which was quite serious, and now he has been bedridden for a long time, and he is not very good.

And his brother Qingyunhou Zhou Shou's health is not as good as before, in the end, he is a seventy person, if Zhou Yu goes, I don't know if his old man can stand it.

The reason why the Zhou family cooperated in every possible way was that Zhou Shou knew that his brother's life was not long and planned for his children and grandchildren, so he fully surrendered to Brother Shou, and Brother Shou pointed out where to fight.

Listening to Brother Shou ask about Changning Bo, the eldest princess had a sad look on her face, and said: "Uncle has always been unpersuaded, and it is useless for Imperial Doctor Ren to say anything, if you can eat lightly earlier, it would be good, but he does not leave his mouth with wine and meat, and now it is like this, drinking a bowl of bitter medicine is also to scold, and he only shouts that there is no taste in his mouth in the day, and he has to stew the meat to a rotten point and eat it with him." The imperial doctor can't do anything, just drag on the days, and after all, it's been a summer, maybe he can drag it out this year. ”

The eldest princess of Chun'an was also very favored in front of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and she was friendly with Mrs. Changningbo, and the two families moved around.

Brother Shou shook his head and said in a low voice: "Life must be happy, if you are not even allowed to eat wine and meat, there is no taste in life." ”

The eldest princess glared at him and said unceremoniously: "Your Majesty can't learn from that foolish person's mind, you still have to take care of the dragon body." ”

Brother Shou shook his head with a smile and said, "Yes." I don't dare to spoil my body, my aunt and grandmother can rest assured. It's just a feeling. ”

After a pause, he said: "I am still thinking about the candidates for the bandit suppression in Shandong, so let Zhou Fang and Zhou Shi go together." ”

These two are the sons of those who have worked in the palace and are favored in the family and do not accept the title.

At that time, there were many noble children who wanted to squeeze into the leopard room, and after losing the election, they went to the Jingwei martial arts, all of them were holding the idea of showing their faces in front of the emperor to plan a future. Zhou Fang and Zhou Shi are rare to be able to grit their teeth and persevere.

When the eldest princess heard this, she hurriedly thanked the Zhou family.

After the two brothers Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu go, the Zhou family, a relative, will no longer have the power they have now, and even if they want to hold the door from falling, they must have extraordinarily talented children. And in fact, the most important thing is to see if the royal wants to let you out.

With Brother Shou's words today, no matter whether Zhou Fang and Zhou Shi can get out of the army in the future, Brother Shou is always willing to give the Zhou family a chance.

After finalizing the matter of going to Xiyuan, the eldest princess quit the palace, and Brother Shou sat quietly for a while, got up and went to Kunning Palace.

In the past few days, the emperor has come to Kunning Palace from time to time, and he has already ordered that the queen is not allowed to stay to greet her, for fear that she will be infected with the wind and cold again. When Brother Shou entered the inner hall, although Queen Xia was still on the couch after obeying the order, she also sat up in her clothes.

After these years of tossing, her round face has also become significantly smaller, her face is very haggard, her eyes are slightly red and swollen, and it is obvious that she has just cried.

Brother Shou stuffed her back into the quilt in the past, and he didn't persuade her not to be sad, but he talked about his troubles, "This group of demon thieves in Shandong is rampant, they just take advantage of the fire to rob, this year's year is not good, if it was in previous years, they would have been cleaned up." ”

Empress Xia is a standard boudoir woman at home, she only reads some female rings, and her father is white, so she doesn't understand anything about these court and politics. After entering the harem, she only learned from the empress dowager, and did not pay attention to the previous dynasty.

Occasionally, when I heard the emperor say a few words, I only had one ear.

The same was true at this time, and she listened quietly, and unexpectedly heard about her own affairs.

"Although this year is a bad year and there is a drought everywhere, the harvest in the golden autumn of Qingyang Bo's Zhuangzi is better than last year, and Shen Rui's agricultural books and those who understand agricultural affairs are quite useful."

Empress Xia's face revealed some brilliance, "It is also a blessing for the Xia family to be able to share one or two worries for the emperor." She paused, and then timidly asked, "Do you want disaster relief again?" But do you want the Xia family to donate land and food? The concubines don't understand this, the emperor doesn't think the concubines are dull and don't know how to take the initiative to ask for help, if there is a place for the Xia family, the Xia family will obey their orders. ”

Brother Shou just wanted to lead her to think about the things on the side, so he smiled and said: "Your virtuousness, the loyalty of the Xia family, I know everything." It's not time yet, husband and wife, I want to use your things, and I'll ask you for them. ”

Queen Xia was obviously relieved, hearing that the husband and wife were one, suddenly her eyes were hot, and she was about to cry again, but the corners of her mouth were smiling, which made people feel pity.

Brother Shou sighed in his heart and took his stupid daughter-in-law into his arms.

The child has no fate with us, we are still young and there are many sons and eight sons-in-law in the future, and so on, Brother Shou said that there is also a basket, but this woman is stupid and admits death, and she can't turn around this energy. He didn't want to talk about it.

"Recently, there have been droughts everywhere, and I am so upset that I want to live by the water, so let's go to Xiyuan to live for a while. Let's just go. Giving birth to an earth dragon earlier is warmer than being in the palace. Brother Shou played with her little hand, as if he was careless.

Queen Xia originally wanted to say that she should not have moved in her little confinement; She also wanted to say that although she had been sick recently, the palace affairs had not been handed over, and if she left the palace, would the palace affairs be handed over to other concubines.

But listening to "just the two of us" and thinking of "husband and wife are one", she didn't say anything in the end, and responded softly.

*

When the eldest princess of Chun'an left the palace, she sent someone to send a post to the Shen Mansion of Renshoufang, saying that she wanted to visit the Xu family.

The Xu family was quite surprised, after all, the eldest princess of Chun'an had a noble status as the imperial aunt, even if the eldest princess's mansion was not taken care of by Zhou Xian's affairs before, it was not enough for her old man to condescend to the Shen family.

Besides, it's been a long time, and I don't know what the princess means by coming.

But no matter what, the princess will come, and it will always be a big face.

The middle door of the Shen Mansion was wide open, welcoming the eldest princess, the eldest princess did not put on a score, the princess did not bring any honor guards, and several cars drove all kinds of gifts.

The Shen family's uncles and nephews are either in the yamen or in the academy, and they have not returned home. All the female relatives in the family came with the Xu family to welcome the eldest princess.

The eldest princess met everyone affectionately, sat down in the main hall, and exchanged tea, the third wife, Yang Tian, He and others were afraid that the eldest princess would have something important to discuss with the Xu family, and their own family would inevitably get in the way here, so they got up and retreated.

Xu also thought that the eldest princess was going to talk about the Zhou family, and didn't want the eldest princess to mention the Zhou family, but praised Shen Rui and Yang Tian fiercely, and clearly said that the emperor also praised Shen Rui in front of her.

Xu's heart also knew that this was the previous things that had been turned over, so he didn't mention them, thanked the emperor and the eldest princess for their love, and also praised Cai Liang and other young talents, and said that he had heard of Pang Tianqing's talent, and he couldn't match Cai Jiu's girl.

The smile on the eldest princess's face became more and more sincere, and the two of them talked about their children's family affairs like ordinary old women.

As he spoke, he talked about the eldest princess's favorite granddaughter Cai Miao, who had been married to Nanjing for more than a year, and Zhao Tong was about to give birth, but she was not pregnant yet, and the family was a little anxious.

Xu smiled and said that children are fate, and they can't be in a hurry, and when fate arrives, children will naturally come.

The eldest princess sighed, "Who said no, I have a niece and granddaughter in my family, but she has no fate with the firstborn child, less than three months, she didn't keep it, and she cried like something." We women know that where is the meat that falls from the body, that is, it is like picking meat from the heart, how can it not hurt. ”

"I heard a sentence in the British Mansion that day, there is a mother in your mansion who is proficient in gynecology," the eldest princess said with a smile, "That child has always been close to me, and now he has some symptoms, I don't know ............."

When it comes to this, what else does the Xu family not understand, there is no reason to take relatives to other people's homes to see a doctor, this is to borrow Guizhi's mother.

Ding Xingwang, Cai Liang is the eldest grandson of the eldest princess, but he is the fifth in the clan, and Cai Miao is the seventh among the sisters, which shows that there are many children in the clan. Xu heard that it was a niece and granddaughter, but he didn't care which girl from the Cai family was out of the cabinet.

What she was thinking about was the matter of the Zhou family, and the princess's mansion was not good to apologize directly, so she tactfully found such a way, and came to the door to prepare a generous gift by borrowing someone's business, and rounded up the previous matter. Otherwise, if you borrow a servant woman, where is it worth this great battle?

Xu called Yang Tian and explained two sentences - Guizhi's mother came here as Yang Tian's mother, and she always had to inform Yang Tian, so she asked Guizhi's mother to give a few instructions.

Although Guizhi's mother knew that she was going to the eldest princess's mansion, she had also been to the British mansion, and she had seen the eldest princess, and she knew that she was a kind and gentle master, and she was not afraid in her heart.

The eldest princess sat for a while, and then took Guizhi's mother back with her.

When Shen Rui came back in the evening and heard about it, he also had the same thoughts as the Xu family, and he didn't care.

Yang Tian also said that when Cai Liang was invited to the banquet before, the eldest princess had called Guizhi's mother to ask about pregnancy and childbirth, thinking that there was indeed such a pregnant Cai's daughter, and now she is also pushing the boat, I heard that Guizhi's mother will stay in the eldest princess's garden for a few days and then come back.

Shen Rui didn't have time to pay attention to these trivial matters in the inner house, he was busy with official business days, and there have been a lot of disasters and bandits in various places recently, and the project on the side of the Wanjuan Pavilion has been completed, and it is time for the new books published by the bookstore to be sent there.

Because of the taste of the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty and the allocation of silver from the inner treasury, the Wanjuan Pavilion was built extremely quickly, and it was originally intended to rush to offer the emperor as a birthday gift on Wanshou Halloween, but this year, because it was a disaster year, the emperor exempted the Wanshou Halloween as a rule, and even gave a banquet to hundreds of officials to save money.

This part of the expenses of the palace banquet was directly used for disaster relief, but it made the officials have nothing to say, but to praise the emperor and the people.

Wanjuan Pavilion will not be "completed", and it is planned to wait for the first day of the year, and it will not be just a building, and various internal settings, including at least half of the books, should be in place.

Shen Ruiben also participated in the design of the Wanjuan Pavilion, and took some of the settings and rules and regulations of the library in later generations as a reference, the classification and placement of books, how to place the reading area and the borrowing area are also quite particular, and Shen Rui has often gone to the Wanjuan Pavilion in the West Garden recently.

Shen Rui will also split the printing process for assembly line production, and pull a group of apprentices from the Qingyi Commercial School and the Craftsman School to improve the printing speed. On the other hand, Shen Rui also set up a lot of money in the bookstore to encourage craftsmen to improve their printing techniques.

And since he saw the report of drought in Susong, Hangzhou and other places in the General Administration Division, Shen Rui began to look forward to Shen Qi delivering news from Songjiang, and wanted to know what the situation was over there.

The planting techniques promoted in the north in his own farmland and the farmer's field of the Xia Emperor's family have received good results, but that is also because there is not much shortage of rain in the north this year, and if the yield is reduced due to drought in the south, it may have an adverse impact on the further promotion of scientific farming.

When he was waiting for the news, he began to be depressed again, how could the markers and carriages and horses not be laid immediately along the way from Songjiang Mansion to Beijing.

Now it is only a bit rudimentary to the line of Dengzhou, Shandong, and since Tian Feng went to Shanxi, Shandong has been shelved.

However, Tian Feng's trip to Shanxi was not in vain, and the people in the border village were fierce, so he received a lot of good hands. It's a pity that business has not progressed much.

During the period from Tianshun to Hongzhi, the trade between Ming and Mongolia was mostly tributary trade, and it was intermittent. However, the Ming Dynasty was always wary of Mongolia and blindly imposed many restrictions, which led to the interruption of Ming and Mongolian trade.

Although there is no official mutual market, but the private market is extremely active, it can be said that many border generals are pointing to this entry to live, which is the only way for people to make money, and how can Zhao Hongpei squeeze in from outsiders.

This side is not as good as Liaodong, and it has never been "cleaned up", all kinds of relationships are complicated, many of them are directly involved in the palace, and Liu Jin's people are even more oppressive. Rao is Zhang Yong held a big stick to check the granary pasture, Zhao Hongpei followed behind holding a carrot, and no stupid donkey bumped into him.

However, Shen Hui, who served as a senator in Shanxi's political envoy, gave Zhao Hongpei some convenience, but Shen Rui and Shen Ying did not expect it.

Since the Tongwei case, he broke with the He family, and after the separation, the sect house was depressed, and Shen Hui and the other heads of the house were left with only face. Not to mention the New Year's holidays, even if Shen Jin and Shen Rui got married, he only sent them as gifts, and none of his relatives appeared. Now that I'm willing to stretch out this hand, I don't know if I have the intention to return to the clan, or if I see that the border pass is profitable, and I want to intervene.

Shen Rui and Shen Ying were already very dissatisfied with Zongfang and Shen Hui's previous actions, and now they are only waiting to see what happens to him in the future.

A few days later, the list of people who were sent to suppress bandits was clearly issued, and Shen Rui saw that Gao Wenhu was also on the list, so he knew that the little emperor was deliberately cultivating people who could lead the troops. I can't help but feel sorry for Zhang Hui again, if Zhang Hui doesn't keep filial piety at this time, I think I will have the opportunity to experience one or two in the future.

Zhang Huixiang is also quite concerned about this matter, and Gao Wenhu has a good relationship with everyone, and it is clear that Huanghuang is a person valued by Brother Shou, so Zhang Hui discussed with Shen Rui, and told Gao Wenhu about the carriage and horse dealers and communication networks in Shandong, hoping that he could make military achievements as soon as possible.

Shen Rui naturally responded, and the two took Du Laoba and Tian Shun and others to Gao's house, and privately talked to Gao Wenhu about various arrangements, and invited You Xuan and other friends who were good friends with Gao Wenhu to have a trip.

You Xuan is extremely envious of Gao Wenhu's ability to suppress bandits with real knives and guns, but although he is tall, he is still young, not to mention that You Xuan will not let him out, even the emperor will not use him for the time being because he is small.

Everyone seemed to comfort him again, encouraging him to learn good skills in Jingwei martial arts, and after two or three years, he would have his own use.

sent Gao Wenhu away, and the news of Songjiang, which Shen Rui had been waiting for, also came, but it was completely different from what he was waiting for.

*

Du Cheng, the richest man in Yangzhou, was wiped out by a group of unknown bandits. There was no news about this matter to the General Administration, but it appeared in Songjiang's family letter and was delivered to Shen Rui all the way.

Shen Rui and Shen Ying looked at the letter in their hands, and their faces changed for a while.

The letter was written by Shen Jin and Shen Qi separately, talking about the same thing.

Before the news of the extermination of the richest man in Yangzhou reached Songjiang, someone hired a beggar to submit a letter to Shen Jin, asking him to use the relationship of the Zhang family to wipe this matter clean, otherwise, he would turn over the fact that Shen Yuan Xiaozhong was pregnant with the girl, and even rely on him.

At the beginning, everyone sat together to discuss this matter, and the child was not filial piety, and if he was really false, he would be speechless. At that time, Shen Rui also thought of Zhang Hui's uncle, and said that he might be relied on on Shen Jin.

This kind of thing has never been a matter of one person, and the entire Shen family will become a laughing stock, and in the future, this article will also become the talk of political enemies in the officialdom attacking the Shen family brothers. How could the Shen brothers not pay attention to it.

I didn't expect to be really used now.

These two family letters are careful and careful, mixed with ordinary family letters, written in vinegar, need to be roasted before the words, and are hidden by the henchmen, all the way to change horses without changing people, running to death several horses before being sent to Beijing at the fastest speed.

Therefore, in the letter, Shen Jin had no taboos, and directly wrote that the maid Chunhua had already been poured into a bowl of abortion pills, both mother and child died, and people were buried.

Chunhua's family sold out their daughter's three buckets of rice ten years ago, and they have never interacted with each other again, and they don't know what happened later, Xiaohe's family also sent someone to check, and his family is still farming, and there is nothing unusual.

It can be seen that what the person who submitted the book said about pinching Chunhua's mother and son is pure nonsense.

And although this matter is a private family ugly, the Shen family is clean here, but when Zheng Lao'an was gone, Xiao He's family was in the capital, and there was no one at home to preside over it, Shen Yuan angrily disposed of a few servants, and a little maid took advantage of the chaos to roll up things and ran away.

Regarding Shen Yuan's physical condition, Xiao He's couldn't be clearer, and once suspected that one of the people who ran away had a head and tail with Chunhua, so he was afraid that he would escape. It's just that Chunhua didn't admit it, and the people who ran away couldn't be caught, so they had to give up.

From this point of view, it is very likely that the person who submitted the book is the person who has a personal relationship with Chunhua, and will know that there is a pregnancy in filial piety, but he does not know that Chunhua's mother and son are dead.

This time, it was to deceive Shen Jin, counting on him to be weak and afraid, and to do things for them.

"If it's a bandit, I'm afraid it's easier to blackmail directly." Shen Ying sneered, "Where would you still be doing such twists and turns." Who doesn't know my Shen family's family assets, besides, Brother Jin's daughter-in-law is the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and the dowry is considerable, Brother Jin'er is not worth as much as a salt merchant, but it is enough for those bandits to spend a fortune. ”

Shen Rui nodded and said: "Liu Jin's real name reported to Du Cheng for hoarding salt, and the people who checked the salt here have just been sent out, but I am afraid that Du Chengcheng will be destroyed before he arrives in Yangzhou." It is clear that killing people is extinguished. The bandits also let Brother Jin come forward, and Brother Jin came forward, not only on behalf of our Shen family, but also on behalf of the Zhang family. This is the person behind the so-called bandits who wants the Zhang family to come out and muddy the waters. ”

"The thief bites into the bone for three points," Shen Ying said, "Even if they don't have real evidence in their hands, they just spread it, and the stigma of the Shen family is not easy to wash away, and this time they are also demonstrating to my Shen family, and I want the Shen family to bow their heads." ”

Who is the person behind Du Cheng?

Liu Jin has made too many moves recently, clearing the acres of land, checking the salt lead, and liquidating Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Han Wenqi's party, whether to use Du Cheng as an introduction, or to accurately hit the people behind Du Cheng, Shen Ying and Shen Rui don't know for a while.

And the salt introduction itself has touched the interests of too many people, including the Zhang family, a relative.

Shen Rui put away the letterhead and said, "I'll go to Xiao Liu's father-in-law." ”

Shen Ying reminded: "It is also the norm that there is no excerpt on the side of the General Administration, if it is a big case, the local government will not dare to hide it, but it will not report it rashly, and always think of a way to take it out." Originally, there was also a drought in the south, and all the prefectures were in a hurry, and there was such a big case, and in the year of Jingcha, the Yangzhou prefect had to consider his black yarn first. But there is no news from the General Administration, but Jinyiwei must have news in Beijing. ”

Shen Ying expected it to be good, Jinyiwei himself was a detective of the world's affairs and reported the news to the emperor in a timely manner, not to mention that now Jinyiwei commanded Yang Yu and Liu Jin's subordinate, Liu Jin impeached Du Cheng, Jinyiwei was naturally staring at the Du family, and if there was a disturbance, he would immediately send news to Beijing.

"I'll know about this long live ago." In the secret room, Liu Zhong said meaningfully, "Long live to send Dongchang to investigate." ”

Seeing Shen Rui's frowns, Liu Zhong sneered and said: "Long live the mirror in his heart, when he instructed Qiu Jushi, he said that since the bandits are destroying a family for money, they must be swept up and down and transported out, and the rich family will not be taken out with one or two burdens, is Yangzhou Mansion all wine bags and rice bags, so that the bandits can take a few cars and dozens of cars of things out of the city?" ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but hold his forehead, Brother Shou's focus could always be on money, and he was speechless.

Hearing Liu Zhongliang, he said: "Liu Jin was going to Qiu Ju for a while, checked the shop under Qiu Ju's name, searched out the tribute, and called the two godsons in charge of the shop to die in the Fusi Prison in Beizhen, Qiu Ju came to the palace to shout injustice, saying that someone deliberately made this situation of death without evidence, and wanted him to tear him up.

"Over there, I found out that Baoding Bo and a few nobles also sold tribute cotton cloth in the cloth village they opened." Liu Zhong glanced at Shen Rui and said, "It is claimed to be Songjiang Shen Jiabu." ”

Shen Ruiqi said: "When is this?" I didn't know! ”

Liu Zhong waved his hand and said: "It's not a big deal, the Shen family's tribute cloth is marked, and these families have also said that the ordinary Songjiang cloth that enters is just sold in the name of the Shen family." ”

A sneer appeared on his face, "The second grandmother of Baoding Bofu is the eldest girl of Shouning Houfu, I heard that she once wanted to set up a weaving factory in Songjiang through her sister Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan's wife, and the cloth sold here is justified." It's just that I think Xiao Shen Zhuangyuan is quite strict in governing the family, and before this matter is completed, they sold some Songjiang cloth, and because of the kinship of Miss Zhang, they sold it as tribute cloth. ”

Shen Rui didn't know what to do, and only said after a while: "It's strange that the people over there want my brother Jin to come forward, and I think it's also because of the Zhang family's cloth sales, it's easier to drag the Zhang family into the water, so let's play this sloppy." ”

Liu Zhongxu pointed at Shen Rui and said, "In this way, you also guessed that behind Du Cheng was Qiu Ju." ”

Shen Rui said with a dark face: "Qiu Ju and my Shen family are not celebrating the festival once or twice. ”

Speaking of Yangzhou salt merchants, it is too easy to think of the Yan family, when the Yan family raided the house, it was the hand of the East Factory. Shen Rui still remembered that he got the news at that time that He Dongsheng took refuge in Qiu Ju, probably to get the handle of the Shen family from the Yan family who was escorted to Beijing.

The Yan family and the He family are all hugely rich families, with mountains of gold and silver, and the little emperor's inner treasury is also full.

Now, the little emperor asked Dongchang to investigate the case of Du Cheng's extermination, and the question was also ......

"Your Majesty, is this asking Qiu Ju to spit out the silver......" Shen Rui asked softly.

What happens when the silver is spit out? Qiu Ju went to investigate the case, but he was afraid that he would clean up the case even more. Did the emperor spare Qiu Ju after taking the silver? Like the money of atonement at the border?

But this is the destruction of the door, such a black heart, will the emperor really let it go?

If Qiu Ju instructed someone to submit a letter to Shen Jin, he didn't expect the emperor to let him pay the atonement money. But if Shen Jin is involved, will Qiu Huihui take advantage of the situation and throw this case on the head of the Zhang family, and then implicate the Shen family? In this way, it is also self-preservation.

Liu Zhong lowered his eyelids and did not answer, but said: "Long live the Holy Tomorrow, how can you and I get a glimpse of the holy will." ”

Shen Rui had already turned over all kinds of thoughts in his mind, and suddenly said: "Since the emperor asked Dongchang to investigate, can he appoint the person in charge?" ”

Liu Zhong was stunned, shook his head and said, "Not yet." Xu is still beating Qiu Ju, the eunuch Lu Ning of Yangzhou is Qiu Ju's person, he handled the case of the Yan family last time, and it is logical that the affairs of the Du family will be handed over to him this time. Of course, it also depends on whether Liu Jin wants to interfere. ”

"Uncle Shi." Shen Rui looked directly at Liu Zhong and said, "How about asking Wang Yue to come out of the mountain and investigate this case?" ”

Liu Zhong was dumbfounded, "How did you think of him." He shook his head frequently, "He can overcome Qiu Ju, but Liu Jin hates him no less than Qiu Ju, he doesn't die Liu Jin already hates his teeth, how can he let him come out again." ”

Shen Rui lowered his head and smiled faintly, and said, "If the emperor wants to use him, who can do anything." Liu Jinqiu Ju couldn't send someone to kill him again. ”

Liu Zhong only lowered his head and pondered.

Shen Rui didn't say anything, only paying attention to Liu Zhong's face.

He also understood that Liu Zhong wanted to save Wang Yue at the beginning, not only to get Wang Yue's secret line in the palace, but also to let a living Wang Yue poke there to always contain Liu Jin Qiuju, but it was definitely not to let Wang Yue return to the palace again. If Liu Zhong wants to come out, he also wants to move Wang Yue and other old people.

"Uncle Shi knows, why did the emperor belittle Wang Yue in the first place, but now no matter how good Wang Yue is, he will never let Wang Yue return to the celebrant again." Even in the secret room, his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.

Liu Zhong paused, slowly looked up at Shen Rui, and finally said "um".

Shen Rui breathed a sigh of relief and smiled in return.

When Shen Rui returned home, he invited Shen Ying over and talked about it carefully, and finally said: "Father-in-law Liu also mentioned the drought in Susong. Before clearing the acres of fields, the emperor also asked me about the Shen family's Zhuangtian in Songjiang. ”

Shen Ying's muscles jumped, because of the drought in Shandong last year, Shen Li wrote a letter, and proposed a lot of drought prevention and drought methods, Songjiang Shenjiazhuang field is an experiment to promote the planting method, more wells, spring and summer rain gradually less to prevent early, so although Songjiang also suffered from drought, but Shenjiazhuang field did not have much loss.

In the context of the famine year, the new grain of the Shen family, plus the grain of the previous years as a large household in Songjiang, will also be a huge wealth.

Liu Zhong is the emperor's confidant, is this beating the Shen family?

Shen Ying stared at Shen Rui and waited for him to continue.

Listening to Shen Rui, he said slowly: "The Shen family has always built bridges and paved roads to benefit the township, and before such a catastrophe, it was incumbent on the Shen family to help the township. ”

Shen Ying couldn't help but sigh and said, "Brother Rui, you are a kind heart, but you are young and careless, you say that this grain and rice are easy to donate?" The Shen family doesn't cherish this grain and rice, but they can't be this bird. It is not uncommon for large families to hoard and make profits at high prices in famine years, and the Shen family has taken this lead, not to mention offending the local clans, but even offending other disaster-stricken county clans. ”

He paused, and his tone became a little heavier: "What's more, in a disaster year, if the people set up a porridge shack, they may be detained as buying people's hearts. Even, it is not known whether Yang Ge Lao and Wang Ge Lao are implicated. ”

Shen Rui sighed and said, "Brother Ying, don't worry, I'll take care of it." ”

This is not the previous life, in the previous life, if you want to donate money and materials for charity, you will only get unanimous praise from the government to the media to all the people.

In this life, we must guard against the words "buying people's hearts".

As early as the Qing Seal incident, Wang Hua mentioned him.

If you want to crack it, it is nothing more than the four-character mantra of "grace comes from above".

Shen Rui took a deep breath and said slowly: "If the emperor decrees that Xufu County will buy grain and rice from local wealthy households, and the Shen family will take the lead in responding, selling grain and rice at an average price in the past year, and then sending children and villagers to help with disaster relief?" ”

Shen Ying thought about it for a while, and finally said slowly: "It's okay." If this matter wins the trust of the court and the prestige of the people for the Shen family, there will be one or two unfounded filthy things that have been maliciously propagated, and no one will be gullible. ”

Shen Rui nodded and said, "I think so too." They want to smear the Shen family, but the Shen family wants to make them not black. ”

*

In the autumn and winter of the third year of Zhengde, there were different degrees of drought in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the excerpts of the disaster report were piled up on the desk of the little emperor.

The cabinet asked the affected areas to keep the autumn tax for disaster relief, and the little emperor allowed to play.

In addition, due to the lack of storage and the shortage of grain and rice for disaster relief when the granaries were inspected in various places, the little emperor issued an order to buy grain and rice from the local rich households in the affected areas and the surrounding prefectures and counties.

Although the decree was issued, from the cabinet to the celebrant were not too optimistic, they all thought that there were many rich and unkind, but it was not good to tell the little emperor Chen, and they were still planning other disaster relief methods.

On the side of the celebrant supervisor, Liu Jin took the opportunity to throw Li Rong to Fengyang to deal with the disaster.

I was full of plans that Li Rong's disaster relief was not good, so he just stayed in Fengyang to guard the emperor's mausoleum and didn't have to come back.

He cleaned up Qiu Ju for a while, and this drove Li Rong away, it was a smooth time, so he was so unhappy, but he didn't want to hear the rumors, saying that the emperor wanted to use Wang Yue to investigate the case of the salt merchant Du's family.

More than 70 members of the Du family were slaughtered overnight, and the family property disappeared without a trace. The prefect of Yangzhou dragged it and did not report it, that is, he was just protecting his own black yarn in the event relationship.

As soon as the news spread, the world shook.

I've heard of bandits blocking the road and robbing, and I've also heard of snitches targeting big families and stealing a lot of things, but there are very few such bandits who directly destroy and seize wealth in the city.

It is said that even a few scoop handles in the green forest are looking for who is sacred.

Liu Jin was also convinced of Qiu Ju's ruthlessness, and his ancestor Liu was just a few officials who were shackled to death, and Qiu Monkey, an old boy, was able to destroy the door in one go!

However, this is his opponent, and this opponent is a murderer who does not blink, and no one has to be vigilant. For a while, he wanted to kill Qiu Ju's heart.

But he also hated Wang Yue deeply, and Wang Yue wanted to put him to death in the first place!

He sent someone to kill Wang Yue, but unfortunately he couldn't succeed, and he had all kinds of things to do at that time, so he left Wang Yue to survive in Nanjing. I don't want Wang Yue to jump out again at this time.

He had already let the people of Jinyiwei tell the emperor to let the emperor know that Du Cheng was Qiu Ju's person. But the emperor just asked Wang Yue to investigate the case of Qiu Ju.

Is it just to kill Qiu Ju?

After killing Qiu Ju, will the emperor take advantage of the situation to let Wang Yue, who had been in charge of the East Factory, come back to take charge of the East Factory?

Liu Jin was irritable for a while, and grabbed the staff and confidants to hold a meeting to study countermeasures to deal with Wang Yue.

His staff believed that not to mention that the emperor might not use Wang Yue again, even if Wang Yue came back, it would be better than the current scourge of Qiu Ju in Zhangdong Factory.

After all, Wang Yue has always been upright, and Qiu Ju is ruthless, and everyone has a new understanding.

So just after Qiu Ju listened to the rumors, he didn't want to act rashly, just waiting for Liu Jin to jump out of the mountain and beat the side drum himself, Liu Jin actually stood up and pushed this matter, so that the emperor reprimanded the Yangzhou Mansion and the local town guards eunuchs, Jinyi guards, etc., and then asked Dongchang to send someone to investigate the case, and once again used Wang Yue in Nanjing to be responsible for the matter.

Qiu Ju was so angry that he turned around and beat Aunt Zhen half to death, thinking that she had a bad idea, and hurriedly sent someone to remedy it, and even thought about whether to kill Wang Yue again, and was in a hurry for a while.

Near the end of the month, after several assassinations, Wang Yue finally arrived in Yangzhou with all his beards and tails, and took over the dispatch of Dongchang Fanzi and the local Jinyi Wei sent by Beijing.

He quietly sent people back to Beijing and thanked Liu Zhong and Shen Rui, if it weren't for the protection of the dart master who was in line with the wind, he was only afraid of dying under Qiu Ju's knife again. He said that he reassured the two that this time, he would definitely try the case and crucify Qiu Ju, so that he would never recover.

Wang Yue's people hurried and hurried, and finally arrived in Beijing the year before last, and those who also rushed to Beijing in a hurry to advance to Beijing in the New Year were also the excerpts of Dong Qihe, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture.

In the compromise, he carefully explained the details of the disaster relief, and praised the squires of the Songjiang Mansion led by the Shen family and the Lu family for understanding the righteousness, actively responding to the government's policy of buying and buying, selling grain at a low price, and taking the lead in organizing the local Jishan family to donate cloth, clothes and quilts to the government office, which was uniformly distributed to each county to help the victims survive the winter.

Songjiang Prefecture was ordered to provide relief through work, open the door to accept displaced people, let them work, and repair all the official roads of Songjiang Prefecture one by one before freezing, and repair river embankments, sea walls, and fortifications.

No one was allowed to starve or freeze to death among the displaced people, and the local infrastructure was renovated.

In addition, in the process of workmanship, some of these people who are skillful and willing to work are sent to local commercial schools and craftsman schools, and they are planned to be recruited as formal craftsmen by weaving mills and shipyards after completing their studies.

In addition to the disaster relief matters, the main reason for this is to ask for instructions, which are usually repatriated after the disaster, and Songjiang Prefecture hopes that these displaced people can settle down locally. Although these people have crafts, they are also people, not craftsmen, and do not accept the service of craftsmen.

During the New Year's Festival, the excerpts of Songjiang Mansion were particularly dazzling in the bleak disaster relief and begging the imperial court to allocate more grain and rice.

The little emperor was overjoyed, praised Songjiang Mansion, gave the Shen family, the Lu family and other clans the plaque of "Jishan Home", and gave the ancestors of several families who gave up more grain and rice in the disaster relief from the six products.

Originally, in the newly implemented decree, such a fictitious title is to be sold for a lot of silver, and it is necessary to build a road and build a bridge to come out, but now it is just to give up some grain and rice to get such a lottery, and many people in Jiangnan are tempted, and they no longer play tricks in and buy, sell less or even do not sell grain, and generously take out some old rice and the government, and also want to exchange for a "glory of the ancestors".

Some prefectures and counties have also followed Songjiang's example and have also begun to repair some projects with work as a substitute for work, which can be regarded as benefiting the local community.

The relief effect is much better than before.

On the first day of the fourth year of Zhengde, the Wanjuan Pavilion was officially completed, and the record of the filial piety temple was also completed at this time.

For a while, all officials praised him, and he was happy.

Officials who participated in the construction of the Wanjuan Pavilion and the printing of books, participated in the excerpts of the Yongle Ceremony, and participated in the compilation of the records of the Temple of Filial Piety were rewarded.

Zhang Mao, Li Dongyang, Jiao Fang, Yang Tinghe, vice president Liang Chu, and the bounty of gold, silver, silk and other things such as Hanlin and other bounties have been promoted, and the three tripods and the second and third have been promoted, and the three tripods have been promoted by one level, and Hu Zan Zong has been promoted by two levels and has become a Hanlin revision.

The biggest jackpot fell on Shen Rui.

In the month of last year, Cong Lan, the right general secretary of the general administration, was promoted to the left general government, and before he was ordered, he went to Yansui, Ningxia, Jizhou and other places to clean up the tuntian with Zhou Dong, the left Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Wu Shizhong.

He then promoted the left senator Luo Qinzhong to the right general government, and the right senators Liu Da and Wei Ne to the left senators. The seat of the right senator was vacant.

This time, Shen Rui was in charge of the printing of Wanjuan Pavilion's books, participated in the excerpts and printing of the Yongle Ceremony, and the most important contribution was to work for relief and restrain the clan to cooperate with disaster relief, and was promoted to the right senator.

Directly promoted from the position of the seventh rank to the position of the chief of the five grades of the General Administration Department, Shen Rui is not the first, Ren Liangbi and Cong Lan have all been like this.

Although there are discussions in the DPRK and China, there are many people recommended by the General Administration Department in the past three years, and this time Shen Rui can be regarded as an internal promotion.

And in terms of merit, those who say sour things have to admit in their hearts that they don't care about it, just say that it is a disaster year, and even if they are the patriarchs, they can't say that they can cooperate with the government to buy grain and rice in large quantities. This is truly unparalleled.

*

This official position was also extremely unexpected for Shen Rui.

It's not that he didn't think about upgrading his rank, when Dong Qihe's excerpt came up, Brother Shou met with Shen Rui, praised him, and hinted that he would be promoted.

Shen Rui also discussed with Yang Tinghe, father and son and Shen Ying at that time, Shen Ying and Shen Jin (Ding Wei) were both in the Zhan Mansion, and it was impossible for the emperor to put another Shen family in the Zhan Mansion.

In other places, there is really no shortage from the six-product committee, and it is better to stay in the position of the seventh-grade general secretary.

And if it is the sixth product, to be the main thing in the sixth department, you can plan and plan, from the official position, of course, the first choice is the official department, but the official department is in the hands of Jiao Fang, I am afraid that the future will be hindered; The second is the Ministry of Households, and Shen Rui himself is quite interested in the Ministry of Industry.

After three or two years after the sixth grade, if there is an opportunity, I will go from the fifth grade, and it will be a matter of course to change from the fifth grade to the five grades.

No matter how much they planned, they all thought that jumping two levels would be the top of the sky.

But he didn't want the little emperor to be so generous, so he directly gave the right senator of Zheng Wupin.

Even Yang Tinghe, who was not exempt from vulgarity, sighed with the grandeur of the saints, and said a lot of good things to repay the grace of the saints.

The Xu family's side restrained the people of the Shen Mansion from acting more low-key, and said to Shen Rui: "Since the emperor is trustworthy, you should act more cautiously." ”

Shen Rui naturally obeyed his mother's orders, and he also knew that he was promoted as an official, and he didn't know how many people had hot eyes, so he had to be more careful.

However, the court has been busy with disaster relief recently, and Qingzhang Tianmu and Qingcha Tuntian are also involved in many wrestling, so no one has the leisure to move him, a person who has seen the emperor's heart.

Shen Rui himself paid more attention to the news fed back from Shanxi, Zhang Yong walked for half a year, but he did not make an inch, Zhao Hongpei did not come back for the New Year, only sent the news back, saying that the situation was not easy to open.

Shen Rui couldn't help but reflect, it was probably because the trade in Liaodong was advancing too smoothly at the beginning, which made him blindly optimistic, and he only felt that the trade was very profitable, and the western front should be easy to advance, and he didn't want to let the western front form a hard shell because of the excessive profits, and outsiders were not allowed to touch it.

Fortunately, Brother Shou did not express impatience with this progress, and Zhao Hongpei's pressure was not too great, so he could plan slowly.

On the contrary, Shanxi's transportation network, because there are constantly officials who are fined rice and need to be escorted by the standard, is being built quite quickly.

Originally, the cabinet proposed that in addition to losing the border, the penalty rice could also be transported to the disaster area, but Li Rong was in the Fengyang disaster area, Wang Yue was in Yangzhou, and Shen Rui was in Su Song.

Because of the previous Yudao submission, Shen Rui sang the opposite tune, and Qian Ning blew the wind, Liu Jin was not very happy about Shen Rui's promotion, but in the end, his people were also promoted to the left senator, which pressed Shen Rui, and Zhang Yong has also touched his interests in Shanxi until now, he is still relatively satisfied with Zhang Yong, so he did not move Shen Rui, Zhang Yong's person.

What he wants to clean up immediately now is Qiu Ju.

Wang Yue, the fierce beast, was really good, and he bit Qiu Ju and didn't let go. I don't know if Wang Yue is afraid that he will be assassinated by Qiu Ju at any time, and if he finds out some clues, he will immediately send the evidence, confession and other quick horses back to Beijing.

So much so that the emperor can receive a copy of Qiu Ju's "incriminating evidence" every three or five times, which is a little annoying.

Liu Jin felt happy, and on the other hand, he couldn't help but secretly scold Wang Yue for being stupid and pedantic, the emperor is now making it clear that he wants to dig out the silver swallowed by Qiu Ju of the Du family first, the main thing is that this silver has come out, and there is no evidence of guilt, but I am afraid that the emperor will not keep Qiu Ju.

But Wang Yue is such a tenacious person, gradually, not only digging up the matter of the Du family's extinction this time, but also digging up the matter of the Yan family back then.

Since Wang Yue's first incriminating evidence was put on the emperor's desk, the emperor temporarily suspended Qiu Ju's post, and asked him to avoid suspicion, and Wei Bin temporarily led the East Factory.

As soon as Qiu Ju lost the East Factory, Shen Rui immediately contacted Du Laoba, stepped up his attention to Qiu Ju's private house, and asked Liu Zhong to pay more attention.

Qiu Ju, a ruthless person with a black heart, is afraid that he will not be restrained.

Although the East Factory is no longer in Qiu Ju's hands, he has been in charge of the East Factory for several years, and he has also raised a lot of people, and some disciples and grandchildren are too deeply tied to him to change the court, and they are still sent by him.

Qiu Ju has not been in vain in the palace for so many years, and Wang Yue checked his progress, and he also knew a thing or two. While he began to clean up some traces, he stepped up to urge Pei Yuanhe's side of the investigation results.

Now, this investigation result is not only to kill Shen Rui, but also to make a big thing to divert attention, to let the emperor know his loyalty and ability, and then let him go.

Just after the Shangyuan Festival, the people who were watching Du Laoba found that the doctors in Qiu Jufu came in and out frequently, and they were all good at pediatrics.

It seemed that the news in the house was deliberately spread, saying that the old man's adopted son was cold and contracted a cold when he saw the lamp on the night of Shangyuan, and he was dangerously ill.

A few days later, the wind and snow were blowing, and the aunt and grandmother who raised the child in the Biqiu Mansion braved the wind and snow to go to the mountain temple to pray for the child to show her sincerity, but in the end, because of the slippery road, the car and people fell into the cliff.

Although the report was made to Shuntianfu, the snow was steep and the mountains were steep, and the subordinates who caught fast and gathered Qiu could not go down to search, thinking that the night would pass, even if they did not fall to death, they would freeze to death.

Qiu Mansion directly organized the funeral of the aunt.

Before he came out of the first seven, the little young master also died, which made people sigh.

Now Qiu Ju has been dismissed by the emperor, and the death is just an aunt and a wild seed adopted son who didn't know where to go, and this funeral is quite low-key.

And everyone who has a little ability in the court knows that now Gonggong Liu is also going to clean up Qiu Ju, and he can't jump for a few days if he wants to come to Qiu Ju, and the deceased is like this, so there are not many people who come to mourn and give gifts.

Outside the carriage shop diagonally opposite Qiufu, there was an ordinary rental carriage parked, inconspicuous, and no one noticed, and the curtain was opened.

A woman in the car was wrapped in layers of white yarn on her head, wrapped in a thick quilt and leaning on the carriage, looking at the white lantern on the door of Qiufu through the gap, her eyes were full of hatred.

"In this way, he made my brother and sister disappear in a reasonable way." Her voice was hoarse, she spoke very slowly, and she struggled to speak.

A thin man as thin as a bamboo pole beside her said gloomily: "It's a shame that he wants this to be reasonable, just to the back of your head, if he chops you with a knife, we are looking for you, and it is only a corpse." ”

The woman said hatefully: "There are many people who have seen me, and he wants to kill me reasonably, so I will admit it, but my little brother is still so young, no one has seen it, and he will not let it go!" ”

What is the point of keeping a teacher girl in the man's heart, privately releasing an exiled criminal minister, and raising him as an adopted son, this sin is only big, how can he keep that little one?!

Thinking about it, he didn't say it, but said coldly: "Then you hurry up, so that you can go to the court and avenge your brother." ”

The woman gritted her teeth and said, "Even if you carry me up to the court, as long as I can speak, I will bite the skin of that beast!" ”

It's just that before the woman's condition was stable and she could be carried to the court, Qiu Ju over there had already obtained the physical evidence sent by Pei Yuanhe's fast horse, and hurriedly entered the palace to ask to see the emperor.

*

Qianqing Palace East Warm Pavilion

"The daughter of Sun Mengsheng, the household registration says that Jingtai was born in the sixth year, but Sun Mengsheng Tianshun came to Yueqing in the second year, and there was no child wife room when he was registered, and Tianshun brought a baby girl in the third year, but bribed the scribe with silver money, and settled as the sixth year of Jingtai. Tianshun only added his mother Li in the seventh year. ”

Sun Mengsheng's fortune is also very suspicious, at the beginning, he invested heavily in opening a number of shops, buying granges, raising villagers, and later bought a sea ship as a maritime merchant. His business has never lost money, but no one knows how much money he has. However, in Yueqing, he did not attract attention, and the famous businessmen of Nanzhili had never heard of his name. ”

"Sun Mengsheng, if it is dismantled, it will be a sub-lineage Mengsheng. The scholar in Huang Liang's dream is surnamed Lu. Sun Mengsheng's daughter's name is Sun Min. It was Emperor Jing who had a Lu Min among the lieutenant officials of the ceremonial supervisor, who was quite reused, and there was chaos in the palace in the first year of Tianshun, and many palace officials disappeared. This Lu Min's whereabouts were unknown at that time. ”

This is talking about the change of seizing the door.

At the beginning of the eighth year of Jingtai, Emperor Jingtai was critically ill, and Yingzong, who had been imprisoned, was restored and enthroned by Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang, and changed to Tianshun. After Emperor Jingtai died violently, he was buried by Yingzong with a princely ceremony, and it was not until Xianzong ascended the throne that he issued an edict to restore his position as emperor.

After Yingzong ascended the throne, he arrested Yu Qian and Wang Wen, the important ministers of Emperor Jingtai, and killed them for treason and raided their homes. The palace was even more bloody, all the palace people serving around Emperor Jing were slaughtered, and the twelve prisons were even more bloody.

Of course, there was chaos in the palace at that time, and it was not that there were no palace officials who took the opportunity to escape.

"This Lu Min escaped from the palace with the gold and silver treasures in the palace, went incognito, and pretended to cover up his identity with his wife and daughter, secretly earned a huge industry, and had ships, and Zhuang guests, and made Shen Jun friendly with Yu Tongzheng, who was plotting?"

"Then Shen Jun claimed to the outside world that Sun Mengsheng saved him, but he connived at his son to withdraw from the marriage of the benefactor's daughter, and married the benefactor's daughter to the clan and lost his family, is it the way to repay his kindness?"

"Sun Mengsheng can not care about Shen Jun's revenge, and let him wantonly marry his only daughter, and in the end, he can still leave the property to him, wouldn't it be contrary to common sense!"

Qiu Ju's forehead was pressed to the ground, but his voice was very loud, "The piles and piles are full of strangeness, so since Lu Min is trusted by Emperor Jing, how can he leave the palace and abandon the master?" Accumulate money and grain and grass abroad, raise martial artists, and make friends with the people of the General Administration, and his heart of disobedience is obvious! ”

"Shen Jun must know Lu Min's identity, so fearless, he must be an accomplice!"

Brother Shou didn't say a word, listened to Qiu Ju silently, casually flipped through the evidence he handed over, and said lightly: "You are still just inference." And these are not enough proof. ”

Qiu Ju was not discouraged by these words, but raised his voice and said, "The emperor is benevolent, but there are many doubts, and I can't help but be careful." ”

Just sow doubts...... He paused, and said in a low voice, "If you are guilty of rebellion, you would rather kill by mistake than let go!" ”

(End of chapter)