Chapter 22 Departure for Beijing
"The so-called public opinion cannot be violated, and now the situation outside must be clearer than mine!" Emperor Longqing asked with a smile as he looked at the ministers in front of him, his gaze paused on Ouyang Jingzhi.
"Whether it is officials, scholars, or even ordinary people in the world, they all agree with Shen Aiqing's method of building a dam with square bricks, which means that this method is indeed feasible, do you still oppose it now?"
Hearing this, Ouyang Jingzhi couldn't help but secretly hate, this was undoubtedly a slap in the face again!
Gritting his teeth, Ouyang Jingzhi bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, having said that, Weichen still thinks that the construction of the river embankment with square bricks should be carefully considered, and Weichen will not approve of this matter anyway!" Although the general trend has been decided, Ouyang Jingzhi can't admit defeat so easily, to agree that it is feasible to build a dam with square bricks, if this is the case, he really has no face to see people again.
"If Lord Shen insists on building the embankment with square bricks, then once there is a problem with the embankment of the Yellow River, he must also take responsibility!" If you don't obstruct it, you can't let Shen Chongming win so easily.
As soon as these words came out, Emperor Longqing immediately fell into a dilemma, after all, it was unprecedented to build a dam with square bricks, and no one dared to pack a ticket until now. Although Shen Chongming presented him several times, saying that he was 100% sure, Emperor Kelongqing was still a little worried.
Now Ouyang Jingyi has connected Shen Chongming's net worth and life with the safety of the embankment, which really makes Emperor Longqing not know whether to agree for a while.
Don't say yes! Showing that he is not too sure about this matter, Ouyang Jingzhi will definitely seize this opportunity to stir up nonsense and obstruct it again, in that case, it will delay the construction period, but once he agrees, if the embankment built with square bricks really goes wrong, Shen Chongming's small life will be difficult to protect.
"Ouyang Aiqing, everything Shen Aiqing is doing now is for the sake of the imperial court, you don't have to be so harsh!" Emperor Longqing said with a smile on his face.
Looking at Emperor Longqing's appearance, Ouyang Jing was secretly happy in his heart, this move is good to retreat and advance, or Xu Ge has a way!
"Your Majesty, how could Weichen embarrass Lord Shen? It's just that the stakes are very high, and I can't help but do it, this is also the duty of my Metropolitan Procuratorate, the evil superintendent, hold you! Ouyang Jing said solemnly, but he gave Emperor Longqing a soft nail.
Emperor Longqing easily lost his temper, and at this time, Ouyang Jingzhi took another reason, which made him have nothing to do, pondered for a while, and could only nod helplessly: "Okay!" It's as you say! At this time, he could only believe in Shen Chongming.
"My Emperor Shengming!" Ouyang Jingzhi leaned over and saluted, his face was full of sneers, this time Shen Chongming really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away, even if the embankment was built entirely of ashlars, there was a danger of bursting, where could this square brick compare to ashlars. Although it can't make him convicted immediately, it can also leave a hole for future actions, and as long as the Yellow River dam collapses, it will be the time for Shen Chongming's opponent.
"Chongming, what's wrong with you these days!" Seeing that Shen Chongming was still sitting there without saying a word, Zhao Ziqian put a cup of hot tea beside him and asked.
"Oh, nothing?" Shen Chongming smiled reluctantly: "Ziqian, I may have to go back to the capital in a few days, the time is relatively tight, can you stay here for a while!" ”
"Well, then you have to go and get back quickly!" Zhao Ziqian said softly, but she was relieved in her heart, so she had an excuse to drag it out, and she really couldn't do anything to attack him.
Shen Chongming smiled with relief: "It's going to be the end of the year again, and things in Henan are almost the same, I will ask the emperor for instructions when I go back to Beijing this time to see if I can have a few months of marriage leave, and then we will go back to Shaoxing together to complete the marriage!" ”
"Married!" Zhao Ziqian was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head, Shen Chongming also said that the girl was shy, and couldn't help but pull her to sit on his lap.
"Ziqian, then we will be a legitimate husband and wife, how many children do you think we will have?" Holding the beauty in his arms, Shen Chongming thought about it for a while.
Zhao Ziqian's face was flushed, wouldn't it be better if she could really give birth to some children for him? But as soon as this idea came out, it was immediately extinguished by Zhao Ziqian, it is already the limit that he can do it now, so let's understand this matter as soon as possible!
Seeing that she didn't speak, Shen Chongming was so ashamed that he was about to continue to tease, when there was a knock on the door: "My lord, there is an official document in the cabinet of the capital!" Brother Erdan's voice came in, and the door was closed in broad daylight, what were they doing?
Packing up his clothes, Shen Chongming opened the door and walked out, Fang Cai's smile had long since disappeared, the request to return to Beijing had already been reported, he had been waiting for a reply, now that so many things have happened in the Zheng family, I don't know how the little junior sister is, I want to return to the capital immediately to accompany her.
After taking the official document and looking at it, Shen Chongming felt a lot better, and as expected, the pressure of public opinion finally made Xu Jie and Ouyang Jingzhi succumb, not only agreeing to build the river embankment with square bricks, but also attaching a letter agreeing to return to Beijing.
Putting away the official documents, Shen Chongming walked towards his house, and at the same time instructed Brother Erdan: "Go, call Chen Xiao!" ”
Seeing Chen Xiao and Erdan sitting down, Shen Chongming said expressionlessly: "This official wants to go back to Beijing to deal with some things, and now the cabinet has agreed to our idea of building a dam with square bricks, and then the matter of arranging people to build it will be handed over to the two of you, and when the official comes back after a while, the errand here may be taken over by someone else, and then we will be idle, and the two of you will also go home and have a look!" ”
"My lord, aren't you a chincha? Why do you want to change people? Erdan was stunned and hurriedly asked.
"Everything that should be done has been done, and the next thing is some trivial matters, it is useless for us to stay here any longer, this time when we return to Beijing, the official will resign from this errand to the emperor, so many of us Jinyiwei can also get rid of here, concentrate on investigating and dealing with inaction, and we must pull out those big fish one by one!"
Saying that, Shen Chongming's eyes showed a hint of murderous aura, Liu Shouyou had already written to him in detail, and Shen Chongming knew that the one who had done him a great favor was the old man Zheng's private beauty health care doctor who always looked at him unpleasantly in the past.
It's a pity that he caused trouble for himself by doing this, not only was he forced to commit suicide, but even Aunt Zheng, who was so good to him, was killed, and this revenge must be avenged no matter what.
"My lord, is there something wrong in the capital!" Chen Xiao asked cautiously, since he received a letter from the capital a few days ago, Lord Shen's temper has changed, no matter who he faced in the past, he was always smiling, but he has not been seen smiling in the past few days.
After a pause, Shen Chongming raised his head and asked, "Chen Xiao, do you remember the letter we received that day when we were preparing to go south to investigate Wuweijiao?" ”
"Of course, remember, if we hadn't had that letter for guidance, we wouldn't have been able to eradicate the branches of the Wuwei Sect so quickly, causing them to suffer heavy losses!" Chen Xiao nodded and said, then he was shocked in his heart, and said hurriedly: "My lord, do you know who this person is!" "You must know that the person who wrote the letter is very likely to be the former Zuo Protector of the Wuwei Sect, if you can find him, you will definitely gain a lot, maybe you can find out where the high-level leaders of the Wuwei Sect gathered, so as to uproot it in one fell swoop.
"Well, I know, but just ten days ago, he died at the hands of Wuweijiao, and his wife was killed at the same time!" Shen Chongming gritted his teeth and said, maybe he wouldn't be so angry when Zheng Sihai was killed, after all, he betrayed Wuweijiao, and it was reasonable for people to attack him, but the hateful thing was that they didn't even let go of Aunt Zheng, a powerless person.
"Ahh This...... My lord, this Dharma Protector is someone you know! Chen Xiao regretted it a little when he asked this, for fear that Shen Chongming would blame him for talking too much.
Shen Chongming was not angry, but said helplessly: "This person has a great favor to the official, but the official never thought that he was the person who gave us guidance at the beginning, and his daughter has a marriage contract with the official!" Shen Chongming smiled bitterly, he was also his own family.
"My lord, what can you do? Since Wuwei teaches and does not preach morality, let's not be polite to them in the future, but if it involves family members, no one will be left! Brother Erdan said murderously, the adult's business is his own business, and he must be the murderer's knife for the adult.
Shen Chongming looked at Brother Erdan with some worry, too impulsive: "Let's talk about it!" What you have to do now is to arrange all the things about building the embankment before this official leaves the Qincha, and remember, arrange some people to lurk before leaving, lest the future Qincha be a person like Hu Yingjia, in which case all the things we have done will be in vain! ”
"Yes, don't worry, my lord, Xiaguan and Master Ma must arrange everything properly!" Chen Xiao got up and hugged his fists, and Brother Erdan also quickly stood up.
"Well, with you here, the museum is very relieved, go and arrange it! The official cleaned up, and returned to the capital early tomorrow morning, and took care of Miss Zhao on behalf of the official in the few days when he was away! ”
lingered all night, Shen Chongming got up before dawn the next day, carefully dressed neatly, kissed Zhao Ziqian's forehead, and then sighed and walked out of the door.
Listening to the sound of the door closing, Zhao Ziqian sat up slowly, he was in such a hurry to go back, he was afraid that something had happened to the two women in the family, it seemed that Cai Protector was good back then, and he was indeed a flowery person.
With a bitter smile, Zhao Ziqian was inevitably disappointed in her heart, but when she thought of Shen Chongming's kindness to herself during this time, she still inevitably felt sweet as honey in her heart, no matter what, she was still very important in his heart.
Lying on the bed, Zhao Ziqian couldn't sleep anymore, carefully thinking about the bits and pieces of these days, her heart was full of reluctance, see you next time, maybe it will be the last time in this life, it's time to make a break, if there is fate, wait for the next life!
Thinking about it, her face suddenly changed, Zhao Ziqian hurriedly got up and got out of bed, for some reason, she felt like vomiting,