Chapter 31: The Battle Break

"Your Majesty, when Weichen went home in the evening yesterday, he happened to see a strange thing. Bayi Middle School? ???. ８?１ ｚ? ．? c?om" Gao Gong sold a pass, and as he spoke, he glanced back at Master Jia, who was full of calmness.

Hearing this, Emperor Longqing couldn't help but be interested. To say that Gao Gong gives people the impression of a rigid person, and he rarely says something to himself outside of government affairs in private, why is it that he doesn't say a strange thing for himself when he puts official business in the court today? "Gao Aiqing, what a strange thing you can tell me and hear about it."

A hint of hatred appeared on Gao Gong's face, and he turned his head to look at Master Jia, who had already sensed that something was wrong, and said: "When Weichen went home yesterday, he actually encountered a section of the city wall that collapsed for no reason not far from the mansion. Weichen has lived like this for most of his life, not to mention that it is the first time he has encountered it, and he has never heard of it before! ”

Lord Jia couldn't help but shudder, he never expected that Gao Gong would mention this matter above the court. I thought about it yesterday and only needed to say hello to Wucheng Soldiers and Horses to calm down, and I didn't think of any countermeasures to deal with the current situation, and the so-called surprise was nothing more than this.

"Ah, how could such a thing happen?" Emperor Longqing was shocked. He is not the kind of master who is in the deep palace and doesn't listen to what is going on outside the window. In the early years, when I was outside the palace, I knew a lot about ordinary things, and it was absolutely impossible for this city wall to collapse for no reason.

After pondering in his heart, Emperor Longqing faintly guessed what the reason was, his face sank instantly, and he asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, do anyone know why this city wall collapsed?" ”

"Your Majesty, after Weichen heard about this incident yesterday, he instructed Jinyi Wei to investigate and deal with it overnight, and this morning he has investigated all the reasons for the collapse of the city wall." Shen Chongming walked out of the column and bowed down and said. It's really a bit out of place to let a military general run out to take care of this matter.

"According to my Jinyiwei verification, the collapsed section of the city wall was repaired once 20 years ago, at the beginning of this year, because of the serious weathering of the earth and stone from time to time, the Ministry of Industry decided to repair it, in addition to this section there are several other sections, by the Ministry of Household and Industry together with the calculation, the repair cost a total of more than 200,000 taels of silver." Without waiting for Emperor Longqing to ask again, Shen Chongming stood there and spoke in detail. He has a good memory, and although the confession has only slipped through once, the gist of it has been memorized.

Because the construction deadline was tight and the court did not want to disturb the people because of this matter, several sections of the city wall were subcontracted and handed over to several foremen in the city for repair, and they were required to complete it within two months. The section of the wall, which collapsed yesterday, was handed over to a foreman surnamed Wang. This man was of bad character, and by virtue of his status as a brother-in-law, he not only did not try to do his best, but had the audacity to collect money from it, and used some old bricks as new bricks to build the wall, which caused the city wall to collapse just a few months after completion, and killed the people passing by. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a buzz in the originally silent court, and the ministers whispered to each other. Most of them were indignant and quoted scriptures to criticize the heavenly killer Wang Gonggong.

Lord Jia was drenched in cold sweat. This Shen Chongming is so vicious, he actually planted a foreshadowing in these words, I am afraid that he will be involved in it next.

His eyes swept around, and Master Jia was stunned that there was no one who could defend himself now. Although he is Gonggong Feng's person, he is beyond the reach of the old man, and he can't help himself at all at this time.

Emperor Longqing also heard something different, and asked, "Shen Aiqing, who is the foreman brother-in-law you just mentioned, and why can you get this errand for him?" ”

Shen Chongming glanced at Master Jia, whose body couldn't help shaking, and couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart. If you don't guess wrong, this guy is the Ministry of Workers Jia Renyi Jia mentioned in Foreman Wang's confession. Poor this man is so old that he is scared like this when he encounters something, if he has such a mind when he collects cashiers, how can he have today's things.

"If you go back to the emperor, the brother-in-law of this Wang foreman is just a little person with no name, and now he is the housekeeper of the family of Jia Renyi, the squire of the Ministry of Works."

There was a plop, but it was Master Jia who knelt there with his knees bent. "The emperor is aware that Weichen has handled everything impartially since he became an official, and will never bend the law for personal gain. When Lord Shen said this, he was simply slandering Weichen. ”

Anxiously, there was inevitably a loophole, and many people shook their heads slightly before the words fell. There are no three hundred taels of silver here, since the head of the Wang Gong has received this errand, how can he not know you, the squire of the Ministry of Works, who is in charge of repairing the city wall? Even if this is true, it is at least a crime of dereliction of duty for a person you don't know to dare to entrust such a big matter as repairing the city wall to him.

"Lord Jia, the official's evidence is conclusive, how can you slander it. This is a confession written by Foreman Wang, do you want to take a look? Shen Chongming said angrily. I am busy all day long, and I have no grievances with you in the past and no enmity in the near future, how can I be idle and have nothing to slander you.

Of course, this confession would not be handed over to Master Jia, so Shen Chongming pretended to unfold and read: "According to Foreman Wang's confession, the section of the city wall he is responsible for repairing requires a total of 52,000 taels of silver. But he only used 39,000 taels to buy bricks and only paid the craftsmen's wages, giving you 2,000 taels to Master Jia, and 3,000 taels to your housekeeper. In addition, in order to cover up the quality of the city wall, the officials of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division received a total of 1,000 taels, and 3,000 taels were given to Gonggong Cao, who was the imperial food supervisor in the palace, and he himself got 4,000 taels.

The more than 50,000 taels of silver originally used to repair the city wall turned into the pockets of the people who handled it, and Emperor Longqing's face turned red with anger, and he suddenly reprimanded angrily: "Jia Renyi, you are so bold!" ”

Master Jia also wanted to cry without tears, and there was a lot of resentment in his heart. Okay, you are a housekeeper, I am still grateful to you in my heart, I never thought that you would have a fight with the dog-headed housekeeper of Ouyang Jing's house, and I don't know how much silver money I have deducted from it over the years, damn it!

"Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged. Weichen really didn't know anything about this, it must be the dog slave of Weichen's family who had the audacity to make a hindrance from it. Lord Jia was anxious and hateful, and immediately put the blame on the butler's head. It's not impossible to do this, isn't that the so-called fox fake tiger mighty talking about?

"Dare to quibble, if you don't know, then how can the damn foreman give you two thousand taels of silver!" Emperor Longqing pointed at Lord Jia and scolded angrily.

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, there are so many bad flowing dog minions in this world, the official's family is like this, and the emperor's family is like this. "Shen Aiqing, why did the foreman give Cao Qisheng three thousand taels of silver to the Imperial Diet Supervisor?"

"Emperor Qiqi, according to the confession of the foreman surnamed Wang, Cao Qisheng colluded with businessmen outside the palace in order to fill his own pocket in order to purchase vegetables and grains from the imperial food supervisor, and deliberately bought them at a high price. And the extra money, they chose to divide the account three or seven, and Cao Qisheng got seventy percent. ”

Emperor Longqing's chest rose and fell. He knows that corruption is common in the officialdom, and although he is angry when he encounters an official who is corrupted because of greed for money, he will forget about it after a few days. But I never expected that the people in the palace also learned this trick, and they actually hooked up with outsiders to deceive their master.

For Shen Chongming, Emperor Longqing completely trusted, although he heard his words now, but he didn't have any doubts at all, turned his head and glanced at Chen Hong, and Chen Hong walked lightly.

In the past half a day, Lord Jia didn't dare to speak, but just knelt there tremblingly and racked his brains to figure out a way, who can help him deal with it now. As long as you get through the current level, you will definitely find a way to save yourself after waiting for Gonggong Feng to know the news.

said that Cao Cao Cao would arrive, and at this moment Song Qingyang stood up. "Your Majesty, although Lord Shen has testimony, after all, it is just the words of the foreman surnamed Wang, and it involves the ministers of the court, so it is better to be cautious with a shallow view of the ministers."

In fact, Song Qingyang was unwilling to wade into this troubled water, after all, this matter was Gao Gong's head, and Shen Chongming must have done this out of Gao Gong's meaning. This master and apprentice have joined forces, and there is no one in the court today, and speaking by yourself is equivalent to death.

But they are all Feng Gonggong's people, and now he can't reach it, if he doesn't maintain one or two, his old man will definitely be angry. I had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Gao Gong glanced at him with displeasure, and said expressionlessly: "Lord Song, the collapse of the city wall has already spread throughout the city, and Jia Renyi is the squire of the Ministry of Works in charge of this matter. ”

Song Qingyang laughed a few times and walked back to the train with an embarrassed face. But there is hatred in my heart, so you are a high arch who relies on the old and sells the old, and you can't let yourself get off the stage so much. Hmph, the gentleman will not forget to take revenge for ten years, and he will make you pay for today's arrogance one day.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged." When Master Jia saw this situation, the glimmer of hope that had just risen was immediately shattered, and he cried out pitifully for being wronged.

Anyone who has committed a crime will say this, how can Emperor Longqing not know. was too lazy to look at him, and directly ordered: "Take off the black yarn hat and hand it over to Yousi Yi, and those who dare to intercede for him will be punished with the same crime." Saying that, Emperor Longqing glanced at Song Qingyang with displeasure, why did he think that this person was a little confused?

After explaining this, Emperor Longqing, who was extremely depressed, didn't bother to listen to anything else, and got up after saying a word of retreat. Above the silent court, only Jia Renyi, who was dragged by two Han generals, begged for mercy again and again. "Your Majesty, for the sake of Weichen's conscientious work over the years, you can spare me."

The battle was settled, and seeing Jia Renyi, who had taken off his black gauze hat, being dragged out, the anger in Gao Gong's heart dissipated. He breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the hall with his chest held high.

Seeing this, the officials raised their heels and walked out. However, everyone was surprised that Gao Gong's master and apprentice were amazing, a dignified three-grade waiter, who was taken off his black gauze hat in the blink of an eye, and this Gao Gong and Shen Chongming's master and apprentice were really powerful.

Shangzhiwei commanded the yamen to have a bunch of things waiting to be dealt with, and Shen Chongming and Gao Gong, who came out of the palace gate, said goodbye and hurried away. But after finalizing this matter, the mood is also extremely happy. With a teacher here, this official is really comfortable.

Unlike him, Song Qingyang, who was supposed to go back to the Imperial Procuratorate on an errand after leaving the palace gate, saw that there was no one around, and rushed to Feng Bao's residence with a small sedan chair.

Today, Jia Renyi is finished, and I am afraid that Cao Qisheng, who is the imperial food supervisor, will not be spared. Fold two people in a row, this is not a trivial matter, I better hurry up and find Gonggong Feng to get an idea. He has tried his best in this matter, although it has no effect, but Gonggong Feng will definitely not blame himself. Even if he was angry, it would be poured at Shen Chongming!