The next day, Lian'er's dress was not much different from the past, and even the hairstyle did not change, except for the three of them, the matter of taking concubines, I don't know inside and outside.

This is a private agreement between Qingchen and Lian'er, only if she gives birth to a child to the Yang family, can her identity be announced internally and externally, and it must be kept secret before that.

Three nights ago, Qingchen endured the sourness in her heart and let her husband out, only hoping that Lian'er's stomach could fight for breath and not lose any more grains.

The concubine did not have much influence on Yang Congyi, and he went to the front office to deal with some paperwork and chores during the day, and worked hard like a hard old cow at night, but he changed his raw land again.

Lian'er's status at home is not completely unchanged after the same room, at least she can now eat at the same table with the lord and the lady, even if she is not sitting in the right position, even if she still has to serve rice and tea to the lord and the lady, but being able to sit and eat together at the table is the promotion of status, which is not the same as in the past.

Three days later, Lian'er still returned to the side house, and according to the agreement, every five days, or when the lady was unwell, she could serve the old man to sleep.

Seeing that everything was going well with the concubine, Qingchen's huge pressure in her heart gradually decreased, but she was even more worried, now she just wanted to know if Lian'er would be as uncompetitive as her, and it would take time to verify the answer, although she couldn't wait, but there was nothing she could do but wait.

Qingchen is still closed, and even Yun Niang, who has just known her for a few days, was rejected by her, she just wants to wait for the answer.

Contrary to her, Yang Congyi walked out.

Since he has received the news that Master Meng is in Putian, it was sent by his daughter in person, if he doesn't pay a return visit in time, it is really unreasonable and too rude.

So three days after taking a concubine, Yang Congyi brought a thin gift and came to Mengfu to meet him.

In front of the Meng Mansion, Lord Meng, who learned the news, personally greeted him, and Yang Congyi was flattered.

The two walked into the living room side by side, holding tea and talking.

It is very rare to be promoted from the secretary of the military case in front of the palace to the general judge of the military state, and Lord Meng is quite interested in Yang Congyi's official experience in the past few years, and the two have chatted for a long time around this topic.

When Yang Congyi asked about the past few years when Meng was at home, Meng bluntly said that he had nothing to do when he returned to his hometown, and with his relationship and qualifications as an official for decades, he helped people match people and do what he could.

Speaking of this, Master Meng spoke for a moment, and talked about something that made me feel a little tricky.

According to him, two years ago, an old man came to Putian to find him and pulled him into the medicinal materials business, without his need to pay, just use his relationship to dredge up at a critical moment.

And this old man is none other than the Lord of the Genshin Impact Cavalry, and now he is also abandoned by the imperial court, and he is idle at home, his official position is not high, but he has some business acumen, and he has a lot of money in Nanjian Prefecture a few years ago, so he took this as the principal and wanted to further expand his business.

But the normal medicinal materials business is not too profitable, so he set his sights on trade with foreign merchants, and the imperial court restricts the export of medicinal materials, especially precious medicinal materials, and it is difficult to transport them out through normal channels, so he pulled Master Meng and took the Xinghua road between Quanzhou and Fuzhou.

After talking about the antecedents, Lord Meng immediately sighed and said, everything was going well, but who knew that not long ago, a batch of their medicinal materials was transported to the south of the city, and they were about to arrive at the coast for delivery, but suddenly there was a problem and they were detained by the Inspection Division.

The implication is to ask Yang Congyi for help, so he almost said it himself.

At this point, Yang Congyi remembered a troublesome case of seizing medicinal materials pushed over by the Inspection Department a few days ago, it turned out that they knew that the pharmacist was involved behind the court officials, and it was easy to offend people, so they threw this hot potato to the general judgment yamen, and they knew that this was so, why did they detain that batch of medicinal materials in the first place?

Yang Congyi didn't know the depths, so he didn't dare to make a rash statement, and only asked Lord Meng, is it common to smuggle such valuable goods abroad? He went to the local government to do politics, and the time was still short, and only when he got the answer did he make a decision.

Master Meng told him that Mo said that the smuggling of goods restricted by merchants is the things that the imperial court has repeatedly ordered and expressly prohibited from being shipped abroad, and there are still many people with special status who are wantonly shipping abroad and making a lot of money, and no one else can do it, so they can sit at home and make a lot of money. Not to mention anything else, it is a large granary in eastern Zhejiang, and every year I don't know how much grain is smuggled to the northern Jin country, in exchange for one or a few good horses for people to play, and even more, the granary uses 200,000 quintals of rice, just in exchange for a top horse, which is provided in the house.

In a word, smuggling is very common, and the imperial court has no way to really investigate, blindly restricting and prohibiting it, and the things that should flow out have not flowed out, but the money has been earned into the pockets of a very small number of people with good hands and eyes, and there is no benefit to the court and the people.

Hearing what Master Meng said, Yang Congyi immediately had the bottom in his heart, this is a typical example of only allowing state officials to set fires and not allowing the people to light lamps, the imperial court will definitely not be able to implement this policy, it is better to know that it is better to block than to be sparse, to restrict and prohibit, it is better to completely liberalize, the imperial court collects foreign trade taxes, enriches the treasury, and can also communicate with neighboring countries.

When Mr. Meng mentioned that the medicinal materials were seized in the Inspection Division, he replied on the spot, saying that he would find a way to let the Inspection Department let him go.

Since the whole court is like this, corruption is rampant and he seeks personal gain, how can he go against the trend with a small military state judgment, it is better to turn a blind eye and go with the flow.

Master Meng was very happy when he received Yang Congyi's reply, and he kept Yang Congyi for a light meal at the house on the spot.

For this request, Yang Congyi can't refuse, although Lord Meng has been at home, but he has been in officialdom for decades, and he doesn't know how deep his connections are, since Lord Meng took the initiative to show favor and wanted to get closer to the relationship between the two sides, he naturally couldn't ask for it.

The two talked for a long time, each recounting what they had seen and heard.

Yang Congyi learned through the narration of Lord Meng that the people in Mengfu were thin, and now there is a huge Mengfu, with less than 20 people up and down, and he only has daughters, no sons, and two of the three daughters have been married, and now only one daughter is left to be married.

During the conversation, Master Meng also asked about Yang Congyi's family situation intentionally or unintentionally, and he had nothing to hide, so he told the truth.

Knowing that Yang Congyi lost his parents since he was a child, he grew up with his uncle, and his uncle disappeared many years ago, Master Meng suddenly sighed, and said that it was really not easy for him to have today.

Then, Lord Meng asked about the rumors about Yang Congyi, saying that he had been married for many years, and he had not had a son and a half daughter, and he was ready to divorce his wife and marry another, Yang Congyi said that it was all rumors, he had a good relationship with his wife, and had no plans to divorce his wife and marry another, as for whether he had a son and a half daughter, it was all up to God's will.

Hearing this answer, Master Meng said bluntly that it was a pity, I don't know if it was a pity that Yang Congyi had been married for many years and had no children, or it was a pity that he did not divorce his wife and marry another.

It's a pity that after the end, Lord Meng told Yang Congyi as a person who came over, how important it is to have a son, he is because he has no son, he has no heart to live, and when the youngest daughter marries, he will completely become a lonely old man, and the days to come are unimaginable, the joy of family surrounded by children and grandchildren is impossible to enjoy, and it is even more pitiful that he is sick in bed, and no one is around to take care of him.

He reminded and persuaded Yang Congyi to have more children while he was young, regardless of men and women, of course, the most important thing is to have a son to inherit the incense.

In and out of the words, there is a sense of persuading Yang Congyi to divorce his wife and marry another wife and have children as soon as possible.

Lord Meng was kind-hearted, and Yang Congyi couldn't refuse it bluntly, only saying that he would consider it carefully, and thanked Lord Meng for his concern.

After that, there were only the two of them at the banquet, and they drank wine and chatted for a long time.

After being full of wine and food, Yang Congyi said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Master Meng instructed Yang Congyi to let him have time to come to the house more, chat with him, drink wine, and relieve his boredom.

Yang Congyi naturally agreed.

The next day, the Inspection Department received an oral order from the General Judgment Yamen, asking them to release the previously seized goods and a group of personnel as soon as possible.

The matter that Lord Meng explained to Yang Congyi, he solved it with only one sentence, but then he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, after all, what he did was to bend the law for personal gain, even if no one in the court took the prohibition and restriction seriously, but the law was still there, and its majesty could not be ignored, unless it changed or disappeared.

In the following days, Yang Congyi struggled in his heart, very contradictory, favoritism was not his original intention, and he never thought of exchanging the power in his hands for benefits, favoritism was just because of favoritism.

But how much is the difference between favoritism for the sake of favor and favoritism for personal gain, or whether there is a difference, he knows very well in his heart that favoritism is favoritism, whether it is for personal gain or favoritism, because in the final analysis, it is for profit.

Yang Congyi can't get over this hurdle in his heart, unless this law disappears, or it is completely changed.

After a few days of inner torment, Yang Congyi made a big decision, the goods and personnel released could not be recovered, and the only way to be at ease was to change the law, and he, as a general judge of the military state, had the right to write to the emperor that he would use this power.

After making up his mind, Yang Congyi visited Meng's mansion again and discussed with Meng for a long time about the book.

In the end, Lord Meng suggested that he think carefully, and the letter was extremely risky, and if he didn't get it right, he would have to lose his official position, because many things were obviously beneficial to the imperial court, but they just couldn't be implemented, and the reason was that there were friends with interests behind them who were obstructing and making trouble, and their power was very huge, so big that it was unimaginable, and it was even more difficult to fight.

But Yang Congyi has already made up his mind, how can he give up easily?