(173) Difficult officials

Kong Han didn't feel anything when he asked the question, but Lord Luo was really sweating, and at that time, he asked Kong Han to do the shocking thing, but he felt that this matter couldn't come out, just ask clearly, and he thought of asking Nancy again.

"Kong Han, your matter Princess Rong has already answered, and if you are not surprised by the horses, this matter is over." Master Luo said suddenly.

Master Kong understood that Lord Luo didn't want to mention Princess Rong's marriage anymore, so he could only do this, and retreated into the crowd.

Lord Luo motioned for the next imperial history to continue.

One of the officials walked out, also a little old, looking to be in his forties, and said, "Xiaguan Yuan Qi, I have something to ask the princess." ”

"Lord Yuan, please speak." Yun Xiangrong said.

In fact, as soon as this official reported to his home, Yun Xiangrong had already guessed what he was going to say, but it was just the matter of Huangzhuang.

Yuan Qi was just transferred to the Imperial History Observatory a few months ago to do the imperial history, and before that, he was in Zongzheng Temple, in charge of the affairs of the royal Zhuangzi, which is too big, so a term of office is only four years, and it will definitely be replaced after four years.

Yun Xiangrong's ten emperor Zhuangzi, Jiang Qingchen has done everything, on the tenth day of September, the tenants on Zhuangzi followed the army to Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Now there is no one in the Zhuangzi, but there are also manpower, who are transferred from other Zhuangzi, and will regularly deal with the affairs in the field.

"I don't know what the princess means about this matter, or what Jiang Qingchen means, now the ten imperial villages in Princess Rong's hands have all become empty shells, all the tenants have been dismissed, and the stewards of the imperial villages have come to the capital to complain, saying that the princess deliberately set them up and let them live without face. Ashamed of the royal trust, I begged the Holy Lord to uphold justice. Yuan Qi said.

"Lord Yuan, are you sure they are going to commit suicide?" Yun Xiangrong said.

"Yes, I have never appeared in the court, this kind of thing, you make the royal steward lose face, how can you live?" Yuan Qi said.

"I don't think so, although they are very cautious, but I still let me find out, they have a few mansions outside, and there are groups of wives and concubines, can they be willing to do this? Lord Yuan, I guess if it were you, you wouldn't be reluctant, right? Yun Xiangrong said.

Yuan Qi was shocked, he was able to stand up and say this, it was indeed because he received benefits, but he has always been very cautious, and his consumption in the capital is also very low-key.

But the princess came up and said that there must be evidence for this, but she couldn't cure the princess, and she paid herself.

"The princess is dissatisfied with the royal stewards, you can go to Zongzheng Temple to report them, but there is no need to do things that empty authority, doesn't this also break the rules of the royal family?" Yuan Qi said.

"Lord Yuan, I think you are mistaken, I don't mean to set up the royal steward, my father has already introduced a policy, in order to attract people to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, anyone who takes the initiative to migrate. You can go to the government office for the record, change the slave status on the spot, and divide the land. As a princess, I always have to take the lead, so I took the initiative to ask the tenants of Huangzhuang if they had any intention of going to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and if there was any money for my journey, I would follow the people of the Four Great Mansions and set off together. The royal stewards are reluctant to go, and I can't force them. Yun Xiangrong said.

"But the current situation is that under your leadership, the tenants of the prince and princess Huangzhuang also want to go to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, which makes it difficult for Zongzheng Temple to manage." Yuan Qi said.

"Lord Yuan, I really don't understand, the affairs of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are the top priority of our dynasty, and now everyone is responding to my father's call to go to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, isn't this a good thing? My ten Zhuangzi make money every year, and today I have prepared to lose all the ten Imperial Villages, and I am also responding to my father's call, so if I don't praise me, why is this still a fault? Yun Xiangrong said.

"It's right for the princess to respond to the holy policy, but it also depends on the impact, you see that if you don't send someone over, the order of the imperial village will not be chaotic, and your income will be guaranteed, wouldn't it be better to donate some silver to the sixteen states of Youyun later?" Yuan Qi said.

Yun Xiangrong could see that this Lord Yuan had done his homework.

"Lord Yuan, how do you know that I will definitely have a loss in Zhuangzi this year? I am now employed as a casual worker in Zhuangzi, and the salary is paid according to the number of days, I have calculated that it is more economical than raising tenants, and how do you know that I did not donate silver to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun? Yun Xiangrong said.

"It is because of the princess's way of dealing with it that the royal steward will go to Zongzheng Temple to make trouble, saying that the princess is emptying them." Yuan Qi said.

"Yes, they dare to go to Zongzheng Temple to make trouble, you can let them come to the princess's mansion to find me, I just want to settle the corruption with them over the years, in fact, I didn't want to do this, just like I just said, the level of corruption in the royal steward is too wide, and now the focus of the court is the affairs of the sixteen states of Youyun, I don't want to distract my father, but if you really want to investigate, it's not impossible, I already have a lot of evidence in my hands." Yun Xiangrong said.

"Princess, I don't know about the corruption of the royal steward, but since you said it, there must be enough evidence, what I want to say today is that now all the tenants of the imperial village are making trouble, and Zongzheng Temple is very difficult to do." Yuan Qi said.

Yun Xiangrong said that this is an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years, and his thinking is very clear, okay, if you have to decide, then I will give it to you.

"It's easy to do, I'll hand over the evidence to Lord Tang of the Ministry of Officials in a while, and put them directly in prison." Yun Xiangrong said.

"Princess, you can go to Lord Tang to file a case, but you can't arrest someone as soon as the case is filed, I don't have this rule, I always have to verify it clearly, but it also takes time." Yuan Qi said.

"Lord Yuan, as far as I know, you have been in politics for more than 20 years, but I estimate that you still will not memorize the "Xiliang Statutes", Chapter 12 of the "Xiliang Statutes", Article 2 stipulates that after the officials of our court report corruption matters, they can file a case on the spot, and the officials will be found out by the Ministry of Officials and Dali Temple, and the evidence is conclusive. Dali Temple has the authority to detain criminals for 24 hours, and I have conclusive evidence here, plus I have a lot of talents, and it took seven days for Jiang Qingchen to find out about the ten charges, and I don't think it will take a day to find out the charges of corruption. Of course, if I am falsely accused, I am willing to bear all the guilt. Yun Xiangrong said.

After Yun Xiangrong said this, he was actually very grateful to Jiang Qingchen for his foresight, when he was about to move the Huangzhuang to take charge, Jiang Qingchen had already done all the things behind.

"The princess really did this, isn't it a little cold, the royal steward has been doing it for so many years, there is no merit and hard work, why did he end up in a prison cell." Lord Yuan said.

"Lord Yuan, I don't know if you have ever thought about it, you are sleek and capable, why have you been in the official position under the seventh grade for so many years? I guess I thought about it, but I didn't understand it, today I will talk about my impression of you, to say something very ugly, you belong to the basic rules of doing things, and you will be messing around on things. Likes to be flexible beyond the limit. Just now you and I discussed regulations, I said, you said that I should talk about etiquette, I said, you will talk about feelings again, you want to talk too much? Before, I wanted to give the face of the royal steward, I don't pursue the corruption, they are reasonable, you say I don't be emotional, then I will respond to your words, today I will put this, my royal Zhuangzi ten stewards, whether they come to make trouble or not, ask the officials to gather with Dali Temple to verify all the money, find out how much embezzlement and stolen money I don't want, all donated to the sixteen states of Youyun for infrastructure construction. Yun Xiangrong said.

"Father, on behalf of the second princess, I ask the officials and Dali Temple to investigate and deal with the ten royal stewards under the name of the second princess, and donate all the embezzlement expenses to the sixteen states of Youyun." Zhang Yinghan suddenly stood up and said.

Zhang Yinghan saw the real Yun Xiangrong for the first time, and felt that although this princess was not easy, she was also very courageous, so she had to help herself, and besides, this matter was only good for herself, and there was no harm in it. I've been seeing the royal steward unpleasant for a long time.

"Father, if you want to investigate, you will thoroughly investigate all the royal villages, and the stewards of the imperial estates under my command, if there is also corruption, I am also willing to confiscate all the embezzled silver." The third prince also stood up and said.

There is no need to discuss this matter, none of the prince and the princess will disagree, the royal steward will be replaced by his own person immediately, and the annual income will increase significantly, who cares about embezzling that bit of silver.

Besides, the royal steward is not a fool, corruption can definitely be found, it is difficult to say how much, it is better to donate stolen money now to please his father.

Yun Xiangrong said in his heart, it seems that everyone has been resentful for a long time, but today he has become ***, everyone said it in order to show their determination, not that the relationship is good, but that the interests are the same.

"Okay, Tang Aiqing and Zhao Aiqing, you are responsible for this matter." The emperor said.

The officials and Dali Siqing came out to receive the emperor's instructions, and the two wanted to say something, but seeing that it was not the right time to discuss this matter, they didn't say more. Retreated again.

"Lord Yuan, do you still have any questions?" Yun Xiangrong said directly.

Yuan Qixin said that this princess is powerful, and I have not been led by me to discuss things, but it is estimated that this time Zongzheng Temple is miserable, and if you investigate the affairs of Huangzhuang's management, you will definitely find out that the officials of Zongzheng Temple are corrupt.

"There's no problem, it's just that the princess's style of doing things is very admirable to the old minister." Yuan Qi said with ulterior motives.

"Lord Yuan, there's no need to beat around the bush when you speak, don't you just want to say that my style of doing things today will offend the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty? Does it matter? If I'm not a princess now, I guess no one will listen to what I say, since I'm now, I should do something useful to the country's society, the court is short of silver, and my father's plan can't be completed, but unfortunately I don't have the ability of my second brother, and I can't make too much effort in the silver, so I can only make some contributions through these things. Besides, when did I become a trend, things don't matter, as long as I don't offend people? Yun Xiangrong said.