Chapter 7: The Battle of the Court II

This Song Qingyang Xu Jie also knows, at a young age, he is the imperial envoy of the fourth grade of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and at first glance it seems to be a rare talent, but many ministers in the court know that the reason why Song Qingyang has such a prosperous official fortune is only because he is lucky and has been appreciated by Feng Bao, the owner of the East Factory.

"Song Aiqing, just have something to say!" Emperor Longqing smiled slightly, in his eyes, there are two young people in the court today who can be entrusted with important tasks in the future, the first is Shen Chongming, there is no doubt, and the second is Song Qingyang, this young man Feng Bao has recited in front of him more than once, although he has not done much so far, he is also a rare talent in terms of wisdom and conduct.

"Your Majesty, Lord Fang Cai Niu said that Zhejiang's tax revenue has been decreasing year by year since the political envoy Guo Mingyi took over, and this Weichen really disagrees!" As he spoke, Song Qingyang raised his eyes and looked at Ouyang Jingzhi, who was looking at him with a stunned face.

Since he leaned on Gonggong Feng, Ouyang Jingzhi, the old guy, looked at himself even more unpleasantly, but he didn't dare to anger Gonggong Feng, so he didn't use any stumbling blocks on himself, but even so, he has suffered a lot of grievances in the past few years, you must know that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is his world, and those colleagues are obedient to Ouyang Jingzhi. Although I'm not afraid of anyone, I can't stand the isolation of others! has been constrained everywhere for so long, and he has not been able to make a vigorous event for others to see, and all the limelight has been taken away by the villain Shen Chongming.

This is a good opportunity, with Gonggong Feng behind his back, he is simply fearless, but with this three-inch tongue, he will kill Ouyang Jingzhi's majesty today.

This is the first time that Song Qingyang and Ouyang Jingzhi have blatantly sung against the stage, and it is inevitable that there is some excitement in his heart, and his face is a little flushed at this time.

Hearing him say this, Emperor Longqing couldn't help but be interested, and said, "Oh, then you can tell me in detail!" It can be regarded as someone who helped him speak, Emperor Longqing looked at Song Qingyang with a calm face, and his heart was overjoyed.

Ignoring the surprised gazes of everyone, Song Qingyang gave a salute and said loudly: "Although Lord Niu has come to such a conclusion after checking the account books of the household department over the years, this is after all the words of the family, and checking the account books of his own family, even if there are some omissions, it is inevitable that the super game of cheats against the sky!" ”

"Lord Song's words are wrong, this account is carefully checked by dozens of officials from my household department, and there is no omission at all!" When Niu Xiping heard his words, he retorted a little anxiously.

There's a loophole in this matter! It's all fake account books that he has instructed his henchmen to make quietly day and night in the past few days, what I'm afraid of is that the emperor is suspicious and sends someone to check again, thinking in his heart, Niu Xiping only felt a cold sweat on his back, looking at Song Qingyang's expression, he seemed to know something!

Song Qingyang smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Don't worry, Lord Niu, what Xiaguan said is only one of the points, you may not know, Xiaguan is from Shaoxing, Zhejiang." Although he rarely returns to his hometown, he has been writing to his family over the years, and he knows a little about the situation in Zhejiang! ”

After a pause, Song Qingyang continued: "Don't talk about other places in Zhejiang for the time being, but the situation of Shaoxing Mansion in recent years is clear, it is believed that my Shaoxing Mansion has been in good weather these years, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the merchants from the south to the north are also becoming more and more numerous. ”

"This ...... This ......" Niu Xiping was a little flustered, he never thought that this Song Qingyang would be able to give an example, this thing is much more useful than those account books with undried ink, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"Hehe, what a letter says, since Lord Song has not seen it with his own eyes, how dare he be so sure that Zhejiang's taxes will not decrease but increase?" Ouyang Jingzhi finally came back to his senses, and when he saw that Niu Xiping couldn't stand it, he immediately took Song Qingyang's move.

Song Qingyang was not afraid, he glanced at Shen Chongming, who was standing there watching the show, and said with a smile: "Xiaguan really didn't see it with his own eyes, but Lord Shen has just returned to Beijing from Zhejiang, and he must know the situation there clearly!" ”

Shen Chongming was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Song Qingyang would actually lead the fire to himself, seeing that everyone turned their eyes to himself, Shen Chongming knew that this time he could only be used by Song Qingyang a little, who let this matter involve Guo Mingyi, who helped him a lot, if he didn't take care of it, this reputation would be completely ruined.

"What Lord Song said is absolutely true!" Shen Chongming nodded with a smile and said, but he was a little uncomfortable in his heart, this was the first time he had followed the words of Song Qingyang!

"Your Majesty, first of all, I will allow the minister to represent the fathers and villagers of Shaoxing Xie Zhu Longen: "Saying that, Shen Chongming respectfully knelt on the ground and kowtowed, since you Song Qingyang brought Lao Tzu out to support the move, then I will teach you a good lesson today, what can be called a sycophant."

As soon as he knelt, Emperor Longqing, who was already in a good mood, immediately had a smile on his face, hehe, this Shen Chongming, why is it so grand? "Shen Aiqing quickly calm down, today you will talk about the situation in Zhejiang for me.

"Emperor Xie!" Shen Chongming has a very thorough grasp of Emperor Longqing's thoughts, and this is to let himself just tell him, which is clearly to sing praises for him in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but as a loyal minister of the emperor, it is also a political task to sing for his old man.

After organizing his language slightly, Shen Chongming spoke: "Lightly and compassionately for the people, this is the national law of Emperor Taizu, and the monarchs of our dynasty have all followed this article, even more so since the emperor took charge of the artifact!" ”

This sycophant was so powerful that even the victim Emperor Longqing blushed slightly, smiled and didn't say anything? It's kind of an endorsement of this sentence.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Chongming was fearless, if someone felt disgusting, let them be disgusting! "Other places are not clear to Weichen for the time being, but this time back to the hometown of the province, the changes in Zhejiang are very surprising to Wechen, the most intuitive is the Hangzhou ferry, the wharf ships come and go, often congested, Guo has said to Wechen more than once that he is sending people to survey the terrain to expand the wharf, so as to accommodate more ships, the city is also lined with shops, pedestrians rubbing shoulders and bustling to the extreme,......"

Emperor Longqing kept nodding while listening, although Shen Chongming didn't say a word about the tax, but in such a prosperous scene, this tax can be guessed without thinking about it.

Thinking of the increase in taxes, Emperor Longqing's heart was a lot more relaxed, and there were two things that worried him at the moment, one was to curb the growth of Xu Jie's power, and the other was the problem of the household department not making ends meet every year, compared to Xu Jie, this revenue and expenditure problem was more important. Although it seems that the world is stable now, but once something unpredictable happens, whether the fall to the ground will cause a chain reaction because of financial problems, no one has a bottom in their hearts, it is because of this, hearing that Hangzhou Wharf is so prosperous, Emperor Longqing will feel a lot less pressure on his body, as long as he has silver in hand, his heart can be down-to-earth.

"Hmph, in that case, why does Zhejiang's tax payment to the imperial court decrease year by year? Could it be that there is something greasy in it! Ouyang Jingzhi's voice sounded coldly, and immediately led the topic to another direction, according to him, the reason for such an unusual contrast was that the silver money could be coveted by Guo Mingyi from time to time.

Shen Chongming felt a burst of admiration in his heart, worthy of being an old fritter who had been in charge of the Inspectorate for many years, this vision was vicious, and he could see the flaws he left behind at a glance.

"This ...... Everyone performs their duties, whether this Lord Guo is greedy or not is not within the responsibility of the lower officials, and it should be decided by the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate! Speaking in a high-sounding manner, Shen Chongming turned his head to look at Song Qingyang, who was also looking at the excitement like himself: "Lord Song, you are an official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, presumably this matter is very clear!" ”

Song Qingyang secretly hated in his heart, he never expected Shen Chongming to send the ball back to him so quickly, but he had to take it obediently, you must know that this is an errand that Father-in-law Feng instructed him to do, if he can't keep Guo Mingyi, his old man will definitely blame himself.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has always been in charge of the correspondence of my Imperial Court, and he has never received any documents about Lord Guo's greed for ink!" As he spoke, Song Qingyang quietly looked at Ouyang Jingzhi, whose face was blue and white.

Song Qingyang was telling the truth, one of his duties was to count and check the documents submitted by the imperial histories from all over the world, but it was a pity that Ouyang Jingzhi made it difficult for him to make it difficult for him to make an inch, and all these documents bypassed him and handed them over to others, although Song Qingyang was angry, he was helpless.

But Ouyang Jingzhi never thought that Song Qingyang would use this matter to put on a show in the court today, at this time he couldn't tell the truth at all, the errands that everyone was responsible for were all stipulated by the imperial court, if the emperor knew that he had broken the rules, it would be a big crime against the ancestral system!

But if he told the truth, he couldn't deny Song Qingyang's words at all, and he couldn't pour dirty water on Guo Mingyi anymore, and for a while, Ouyang Jingzhi was in a dilemma, and he didn't care in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the so-called no wind and no waves, in my humble opinion, it is better to investigate this matter!" At this moment, Xu Jie, who had been silent, spoke.

The fairy's fart is extraordinary, and as soon as Xu Jieren's words came out, the officials above the court were admired, what a wonderful thing to say! No matter what the final result is, Xu Ge Lao is already invincible, and as long as he has the heart to deal with Guo Mingyi, with Xu Ge Lao's strength, he can detain the dirty water on Guo Mingyi's head with a little arrangement.

Xu Jie's words accounted for a rational word, although Emperor Longqing wanted to deny his words completely, but he couldn't give others the impression that there was no distinction between right and wrong, and nodded slightly: "Xu Aiqing is reasonable, so let's talk about how to investigate this matter?" ”

Xu Jie was stunned, and he was also impressed by Emperor Longqing, it seemed that he really underestimated him, and with his words, the idea of framing Guo Mingyi to divert the attention of the courtiers was very likely to fail.