Chapter 12 of the Flying Dragon (8)

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Originally, I thought that Cui Ba would be protected, and the officials who were implicated would be able to survive this time.

Fang just looked at Wang Xingping to excuse himself, but in fact, he wanted to instigate Cui Ba, thinking that Cui Ba was about to start biting, but he didn't want this young master to be tender after all, thinking that there was really no hard evidence in his hand. With just a receipt of 5,000 taels of silver, even if Cui Balai is in charge, it is just a fraud, no matter what, it is impossible to die, and the restitution is to be returned, and there will be no prison sentence. As long as the superficial effort is in place, the officials will not bother with such things, of course, he still doesn't know that even the receipt that should be in Wang Xingping's hands has long been lost.

But now Wang Xingping said that he would fight the lawsuit to the end, and said that he would not want to fight for his family property, and bribe the county government so openly, but Xu Guoqi didn't even have a chance to complain, if he objected, Zhao Maode and his officials would be the first to jump out and question.

The Wang family has a local grange, although it is all good watered land, but the field is nothing here, but the Cui family is a big family, there are Zhuangzi outside the city, there are shops in the city, and there are several tax customs and other industries in Banzhou. Now the bitter master is tying himself up with the defendant, except for those who are too deeply involved like Xu Guoqi, the rest of the people are happy to laugh, after years of lawsuits, they can gnaw the defendant to no more than half of the bones, and there are a lot of profits, but such a soft knife killing is extremely happy as revenge.

What does Cui Ba rely on here? Naturally, it is money, no matter what means, the officials can make friends with him, it is nothing more than a good word. Unlike the officials who have a smooth way to enter, the officials can only work hard in the locality, and they have to look at the face of the officials on the bright side, if they are not full-time, they don't even have the monthly work and food money, not for money? Who is willing to do this for decades?

But no matter whether the silver is common or not, in the eyes of the officials, it is just a drop in the bucket, and Economist Cui has a big business, and how much he gives away, he will only earn more.

Naturally, the officials were never good people, infiltrating officials, raising lawsuits, talking about money, sprinkling taxes and grain, and falsely accusing the common people, all of which were indispensable to their contributions.

But on the bright side, after all, there are still officials on the top, and the officials can only be the head of the earth, but they can't cover the sky, at best, they can only cover a layer of haze under the sky, and for the rich people with roots, a gust of wind can blow the haze away, so the means to deal with such small people are always not used in the local economy like Cui Ba, not to mention that Taoshen's hard work may not have more benefits to be actively delivered.

It's just that now Wang Xingping's words have put the Cui family on the chopping board, investigating the case openly, how can the officials stop if they don't exhaust most of the Cui family's wealth, not to mention that there is Zhao Erfu, who is willing to be a man in the city who is willing to make decisions for Shanxi villagers.

Cui Chenhao's family wealth is more or less, and it has nothing to do with him Xu Guoqi, but it is the lifeblood of the Cui family, the lifeline has been broken, even if he saves his life, the family goes out like a dead dog, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no grudge over the years, and when the time comes, let someone pinch and rub it round, thinking about it will make Master Cui not angry, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take out the good things that this Master Xu has done to publicize it, so as to drag a few cushions.

Although it is certain that in order to save himself, Cui Ba will not make trouble in public for the time being, but it is only a matter of time before the situation is in the same situation, not to mention that Wang Xingping delays like this, and the time will be delayed for a long time, and it will be even more dangerous. He is just a small official in charge of the money and grain warehouse, although he is a high-grade official, but he is not even a fart in the eyes of the officials. The ancestral system of the national dynasty, in order to prevent the treacherous officials and blind the officials, the pro-people officials have the right to cut the officials first and then play the prelude, although in this world is not as strict as when the Taizu was not as strict, but it is difficult to guarantee that no one wants to do Haigangfeng.

Haigangfeng Hairui is a famous minister of the Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli dynasties, famous for his uprightness, but he has never been close to people.

But if you want to find some benefits for yourself in a serious investigation, it is not difficult, Xu Guoqi does not do it, but there are many people in Zunyi Mansion who will do it, the Wang family's later son is really ruthless, no wonder Guizhou's rebellion and Baimatong will fold in his hands.

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In the blink of an eye, the moon has risen on the willows, but the back office of the official hall of Zunyi Road is brightly lit.

"Su Zhi said in the letter that Tiancheng is old and practiced, but compared to Hu Meilin in the old years, today I believe it."

Chen Huangsheng's foundation as a jinshi, and he has been in Huanhai for many years, and today's Wang Xingping's methods, after a little thought, you can understand. Today, Wang Xingping has earned enough face for himself, and the two county governors of Liu and Du also flattered him, and from the perspective of attitude, he was a little more in awe, which made Chen Huangsheng extremely satisfied.

Hu Meilin is Hu Zongxian, in the past he was the governor of Zhejiang, and he was the commander-in-chief of the anti-Japanese affairs in Jiangnan. As a member of Yan Song's party, Hu Zongxian was able to work with the opponents of the Yan Party to ensure that the overall situation of the anti-Japanese resistance in the south of the Yangtze River was not chaotic, and finally pacified the coastal rebellion. Zhang Rulin compared Hu Zongxian with him, and his high evaluation also reflected his importance to this young man, but today's actions in the hall really impressed Chen Hongsheng.

Although out of respect, Wang Xingping did not hide his plans from Chen Hongsheng. Winning the trust of others is a prerequisite for success, and Wang Xingping naturally understands this truth. It's just that planning and execution have always been two levels, and Chen Huangsheng understands this truth better, because at the beginning of the meeting, although he had a lot of appreciation for the young man in front of him, after all, he still had the intention of listening to his words and watching his deeds. But I didn't expect that this handsome young man would not only speak, but also do the same, and now this time, the situation in Zunyi has been under Chen Huangsheng's control, although the local officials in Yungui, Shanxi, and Sichuan, who were not on good terms with the party in Huguang Township in the past, did not have a name, but they were all driven by actions and interests to unite around Chen Huangsheng, and all this was done by this young man for two or three days.

It seems that it is only a few days, but the young man's efforts in this matter are very comparable, among which the familiarity with the laws and decrees of the Ming Dynasty, the understanding of the regulations of the imperial court and the insight into the interests of the people, but it is by no means a few days that can be planned to benefit, it is a good mood Deputy Chen specially prepared a banquet in the evening to leave Wang Xingping in the back office.

"Observe the fallacy, I just want to have a clear conscience, although this matter of Cui Bayu's father is hateful, but it is also excusable, it is just the internal reason for reselling military rations, I also learned by accident that this is a state matter, so I can't tolerate perfunctory."

The words were righteous and strict, but the most important thing was to say that it was in the heart of Deputy Envoy Chen, who obviously made this official get cheap, but on the bright side it was a public heart, in the words of the young man earlier, this is an upright conspiracy, no one can find a mistake, if the case is clarified, the court will still have a credit for him. I have been in Zunyi Road for more than a year, but I didn't expect this situation to be opened with the help of a young man from outside, but when I think about this, I still have a big heart.

"Tiancheng tastes this spring wine first."

Although Wang Xingping doesn't like to drink, it's not that he can't drink, and the body he got in exchange for has also exercised the amount of alcohol in the fight with Wang Zhongde, but as soon as he entered the mouth, he felt that it was completely different from what he drank in Guizhou in the past.

"Good wine."

When Chen Huangsheng saw Wang Xingping say yes, he was happy and said, "Tiancheng may taste the origin of this wine?" ”

Frowning and thinking for a while, Wang Xingping said: "But the burning spring of the flood? ”

Chen Huangsheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "It's hard for nothing to be a natural you." ”

"The students are lucky, but when it comes to the good wine in Sichuan, the first thing to think of is the burning spring of the flood, 'the spring wine is still green'."

Du Fu's famous sentence describing the spring wine of Shehong, as long as the reader has a little dabbling in Tang poetry, can know, its wine is famous because of the poem, so that later generations also have many vassal elegance, but the three words of cold and green also describe the characteristics of this spring wine vividly, the entrance is cold at the beginning, and there is a burst of warmth in the mouth later, and the fragrance between the lips is like spring.

"It is indeed a first-class good wine, and Rao Fujun also had a poem when he was in office in Shunqing Mansion, 'Shehong Spring Wine is still there today, and it is a heavy topic in the past'."

"Speaking of Rao Fujun, it must have arrived in Chengdu."

"In terms of days, it should have come, and if he takes office this time, I am afraid that the southwest will not be able to live in peace in the next few years."

"Why does the observation say that?"

"Rao Fujun and your Zhang Fujun in Guizhou are both the main battles, do you say An Sheng can get it?"

Wang Xingping didn't care, if there were a few more land mansions in the southwest to change the land and return to the stream, this would also be a good thing, and there was no need to worry about it at all.

"The students think that it is the proper duty to educate the barbarians, and for the Yi chieftains who do not obey the imperial court, they should be rectified."

Wang Xingping has a family feud with the barbarians, and he said that Chen Huang was also considerate, but he still sighed: "It's just that this money and food is difficult......

"Students remember that Guizhou's food and salary still rely on Sichuan and Huguang for transportation every year, so it should be surplus, right?"

"Where is there any surplus, Sichuan owes more than 40,000 taels of silver to Guizhou for the Beijing Yun Year, and the cost of repairing the palace in the Shu Wangfu last year has not yet been paid. Just after the New Year, Fuwangfu came to discuss the salt tea silver in Sichuan this year, and Shaanxi's border salary also depends on the support of Sichuan, and the situation in the past few years is not as good as a year. ”

"King Fu is also coming to Sichuan to ask for money? Isn't the palace in Luoyang? The elders don't admonish either? ”

"The emperor is spoiled, what can be done, besides, it is also to spend money to buy Ansheng, the cabinet princes understand better than you and me."

After a few days of getting along, Deputy Envoy Chen unconsciously regarded Wang Xingping as the object of equal conversation, drank some wine, and said some taboo words. Fu Wang Zhu Changxun is the half-brother of the current prince Zhu Changluo, because the Wanli Emperor favored the concubine Zheng, so he intended to establish Zhu Changxun as the crown prince. But the abolition of the long and the young has always been the way to take chaos, is to the ministers to oppose it, the dispute between the country and the country has been in the court for more than ten years, the emperor because of this matter and the ministers have been in discord, more than ten years not to go to the court council. Zhu Changxun was named the blessed queen in Beijing for another ten years, until the forty-second year of Wanli, that is, three years ago to go to Luoyang to take the domain, the emperor was particularly insufficient, once he gave the blessed king Zhuangtian 20,000 pours, and the Jiangdu [note: now Yangzhou] to Taiping [note: now Huangshan] along the way miscellaneous taxes and Sichuan salt and tea tax as the private property of the Fuwangfu, and every year to give 1,300 yuan of Huai salt and salt.

Wang Xingping knew a lot about King Fu's establishment of the domain, but he didn't know a lot about it, and now he listened to Chen Huangsheng pouring bitter water, but it was much more intuitive, and he was relieved: "There are many salt wells in Sichuan, and after this incident, many things have calmed down, and they should be smoother." ”

What else could he say? Do you want Master Chen to hurry up and find a special errand and don't wade into troubled waters in Sichuan? But Chen Huangsheng sighed again.

"Salt tax? Tiancheng can know how many salt wells in Sichuan are now dry and collapsed and unable to repair, and there are salt Ding fleeing every year, and the positive amount of more than 70,000 citations in the past has now been reduced to 34,000, which is still not enough, so this salt introduction is becoming less and less valuable. As for the tea tax, it is even less, in the past, the province gave more than 50,000 tea to the Ministry every year, but now it has been reduced to more than 10,000, or it can not be sold, the tax amount of the imperial court is not less, and the local salary and silver in Sichuan have not been able to be in full, not to mention the payment to Shaanxi and Guizhou, so it is difficult to use soldiers. ”

The two talked while drinking, and the upper and lower instructions were all used in the hall to follow the soap, but don't worry, it was Deputy Envoy Chen who also poured a lot of bitter water with the power of wine, and looked at the time of the second watch, Wang Xingping got up and said goodbye.

Out of the gate of the hall, when Wang Xiaoliu had been waiting for a long time, he heard that the deputy envoy wanted to keep the young master for dinner, so he ate some indiscriminately, and sent the soldiers to look for tricks outside the city.

Seeing Xiao Liu, Wang Xingping's slightly drunk spirit was immediately put away, and Zhengse asked, "How did you do what you did to explain Xiao Liu?" ”

Wang Xiaoliu said with a smile: "It's all done, just these two days, so that the young master can go on the road with peace of mind." ”