Chen Huang sat down again and said, "Let him in." ”

After a while, King Kang strode in from outside the hall, walked to the hall, and arched his hand: "The son sees his father." ”

"No courtesy." Emperor Chen looked at him and asked, "Come here at this time, but what's the matter?" ”

King Kang said: "Back to my father, my son does have an important matter and wants to report it to my father." ”

Emperor Chen's eyes swept over him, King Kang and King Duan had something to do on weekdays, either to benefit the officials of their own family, or to attack the officials of the other faction, he was just worried about the matter of silver, and he didn't want to hear him say about it, so he glanced at him and said, "If there is nothing important, let's wait until tomorrow morning." ”

King Kang immediately said: "Father, what the sons want to say is a big matter, related to the country, the society is a big matter, and the sons dare not delay, so they entered the palace early this morning to ask for their father......

"It's about the country?" Emperor Chen frowned and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

King Kang took out an object from his sleeve and said, "Father, please look at this thing." ”

Wei Jian walked down, took the fold from his hand, walked up again, and handed it to Emperor Chen, who glanced at King Kang again and asked, "What is this?" ”

King Kang said: "Back to my father, this is the gift list received by the Liu family a few days ago, when the mother of Liu Feng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, celebrated her 60th birthday. ”

Chen Huang flipped through the fold, looked at the names on it, and the numbers behind it, and his face gradually sank.

He looked at King Kang and asked, "Where did you get this from?" ”

King Kang had already been well prepared before he came, and he said: "In recent days, there has been a big thief called "a plum" in Beijing, and many people in Beijing have stolen it, this thing was inadvertently obtained when the Shou Anbo Mansion captured the plum branch last night, and after the son saw it, he saw the problem in the gift list at a glance, and after checking it overnight, he sent it to his father......

Emperor Chen closed the fold, stood up, showed a self-deprecating smile on his face, and said: "It seems that this is full of people, only I am the poorest, and these courtiers of mine, one by one, are so generous!" ”

King Kang's face showed a look of joy, and he arched his hand and said: "Father, these moths in the court must be cleaned up, if not, this huge court hall is afraid that it will be hollowed out by them!" ”

Emperor Chen glanced at him and said, "You go down first." ”

King Kang looked up, bowed and said, "Erchen retires." ”

After King Kang left, Emperor Chen reopened the gift list, and after reading it again, he spoke: "Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites has such a big face, even I envy him a little, the Liu family has a birthday, which is enough for the soldiers in front to fight several big battles......"

A person walked out of the apse and said: "Your Majesty, although this matter is a little difficult to talk about, but in fact, it is already the status quo in the DPRK and China, and the officials will get some benefits from it, and the silver of the court will be put down, and some kickbacks will be eaten at all levels, as long as it does not affect the overall situation, the household department will also turn a blind eye to this......

Emperor Chen looked at him and asked, "You mean, these people can't find out?" ”

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "At least not all of them." ”

"But the treasury is also short of silver...... Emperor Chen thought for a while, stood up, and said: "Go and summon the Imperial Doctor, the Criminal Department Shangshu, the Dali Temple Qing ......, and Jing Zhaoyin!" ”

Wei Jian bowed and said, "Obey." ”

……

Tang Mansion, Xiao Jue stood in the courtyard, looked at Tang Ning, and asked, "Is it too big to play this time?" ”

Liu Feng is in the camp of King Duan, he is one of the most respected people, and he is also the most loyal lackey of the Tang family.

In other words, King Kang's gift list was sent up, and he almost wiped out Duanwang's people.

Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty is measured." ”

Officialdom ** is inevitable, if you don't reverse it, when this court is rotten, it will be completely finished, and if it is reversed to the end, the court will be finished immediately, the emperor is a master of balance, and he knows how to measure.

However, no matter what he does to those corrupt officials, Liu Feng is finished.

The old lady has a birthday, and there is nothing wrong with receiving some gifts, but those who give gifts are miserable, and when they give gifts, not only do they not get benefits, but they also have to make a commotion, and if they are unlucky, they even have to lose their official hats, and they are afraid that they will hate Liu Feng to death.

What's more, the Liu family can receive so many gifts for a sixtieth birthday, and even Tang Ning is a little red when he sees it, he believes that some people are redder than his eyes.

Xiao Jue looked at him and said with admiration: "Is this the so-called borrowing a knife to kill, King Kang and Duanwang have a mouthful of hair, and you are watching the play next to you......

Tang Ning is not a friend to King Duan and King Kang, but he is not a great enemy of life and death, he belongs to those who don't like each other, but they can't do anything to each other.

King Duan and King Kang are different, they are the real enemies of life and death, destined to be the kind that only one person can survive to the end, as long as there is a little chance, they will fight to the death, not to mention this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It seems that in the past few days of the year, Jingshi is afraid that it will be more lively.

My father-in-law has been going well in Jingzhao Mansion these days, and he has shocked the officials and officials on the first day, and then he has carried out any work, and it has really become much easier.

When we ate together today, he quickly finished eating, wiped his mouth, and said, "You eat first, I'll go." ”

Chen Yuxian looked at him and asked, "In such a hurry, there is something in the yamen?" ”

Zhong Mingli said: "Your Majesty summoned, I have to go to the palace." ”

Tang Ning raised his eyebrows, handed over a bun, and said, "Father-in-law didn't eat much just now, bring a bun and eat it on the road." ”

Zhong Mingli had dealt with two mouthfuls hastily, but he didn't refuse when he heard the words, took the bun, took a bite, waved his hand, and walked out quickly.

When he walked out of the mansion gate, his face suddenly changed, he covered his stomach, turned around again, ran back to the mansion, and hurriedly ran in a certain direction.

……

Inside the Imperial Study.

A eunuch stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the Imperial Doctor, and the Dali Siqing are already waiting outside the hall, Lord Jingzhao Yin Zhong suddenly fell seriously ill and was bedridden, and now he is recuperating at home." ”

Emperor Chen frowned and said, "Suddenly seriously ill? ”

The eunuch said: "The imperial doctor went to see it, and said that Lord Zhong was suffering from a violent illness and needed to recuperate at home, otherwise he would have to worry about his life......"

"Then forget it, the three of them are enough." Emperor Chen waved his hand and said, "Let the three of them come in." ”

……

Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites doesn't have much to do on weekdays, but as it approaches the end of the year, it's the busiest of the six.

At the end of the year, there will be various ceremonies in the imperial court and the royal family, which need to be handled by the Ministry of Rites, and the four divisions of the Ministry of Rites, especially the Department of the Ancestral Department, will be extremely busy at this time.

This year is naturally no exception, and because all the things about the year-end festival have fallen on the head of the ancestral department, the officials of the ancestral department are all rushing to work day and night, one person is used for two, and even sleeps in the yamen at night.

Liu Jin, as the ancestral hall, naturally needs to worry about the most.

After several days of busy day and night, the year-end festival was finally about to be arranged, and he had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, and his whole person was slumped in the chair, and he didn't even want to move his fingers.

Lang Zhong of the Kitchen Department walked in, looked at Liu Jin, who was already extremely tired, and couldn't help but say: "Old Liu, you still have to admit your mistake to Liu Shilang, anyway, you are all surnamed Liu, five hundred years ago it was our own family, as long as you bow your head first, he will not embarrass you." ”

Liu Jin looked at him and said weakly: "I'm not wrong......

"You, you......" Sanbu Langzhong glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't care about you, you can do whatever you want......"

Liu Jin's face showed a stubborn look, and his gaze was still firm.

Just as he was leaning back in his chair and was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden commotion from the ancestral hall.

A small official ran in and said loudly: "Liu Langzhong, it's not good, it's not good, it's not good, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple are here!" ”

Liu Jin was excited, suddenly sleepy, bounced up from the chair, and blurted out: "It's here!" ”