When Shen Xi came out of the prison of the Criminal Department, he felt like a different world, and he could no longer treat the Ming Dynasty with the mentality that he had nothing to do with himself. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even if he is now a five-rank Hanlin official, but he has no real power in his hands, it is not easy to enter the prison cell to visit Hui Niang, and as for "greeting" the criminal department, it is definitely not something that an official of his level can do.

Returning to Zhan Shifu in a bit of a distraction, when Shen Xi was about to write the 21st History Lecture, there was a greeting from the door of "Xie Gebu", Xie Qian appeared at the door of the official room with a gloomy face, and retreated the officials who surrounded him, and then beckoned to Shen Xi from afar: "Come out!" ”

Those who didn't know thought that something big had happened, but the officials of the Zhan Mansion who were present all looked at Shen Xi with envy...... What a privilege to be regularly selected by the Cabinet Fellows.

Shen Xi followed Xie Qian out of the door, Xie Qian deliberately walked away before stopping, and said to Shen Xi: "Your Majesty has seen what you planned for the old man before, and he is very satisfied, and he is ready to take advantage of the envoy to Beijing and officially propose to him to exchange crops." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Xi nodded, "Has Elder Xie Ge ever seen the letters left by the students?" ”

Xie Qian glared at Shen Xi: "It's not good for you to be involved in something, you have to be entangled with those businessmen, as a minister of Hanyuan, you are famous, and you are appointed to preside over the township test just to accumulate official reputation for you." This thing...... You don't care about it for the time being, you can't control it! ”

Shen Xi's face became cold: "Then according to Elder Xie Ge's meaning, is it to let the students die from their old friends for many years?" ”

"Save what? Master of Heaven and Earth, are you included in the Five Constants? This is a major case ordered by His Majesty, and the way of the monarch and the minister is the foundation of everything, you must understand which is more important...... The old man asked, that Lu Sun's bribery of court officials, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, at least it is a big crime of being assigned to be a slave, you have to take care of it, that is, ignore the royal law of the Ming Dynasty! Do you want the old man to help you bend the law for personal gain? ”

Xie Qian was a little angry, in his eyes, Shen Xi was good at everything, and there was a clear distinction between public and private, but in this matter, Shen Xi seemed to be an ignorant child, which made him feel unreasonable.

"If you are really wronged, the old man will help you with this." Xie Qian seemed to feel that his tone was too heavy, so he softened it a little, "But Lu Sun's family is indeed ignoring the law, and it is difficult to say whether he can save his life in the end, the only thing you can do now is to dissociate yourself from her, otherwise the old man will not be able to help you!" ”

Speaking of this, Xie Qian took out two copies of the notebook from his arms and threw them directly into Shen Xi's arms, "Take it and read it yourself!" ”

Afterwards, Xie Qian didn't stop much and left in a huff.

Shen Xi opened the notebook in his hand, but it was the official who participated in the performance of the article Chen who he secretly colluded with Shang Jia, after the capital experienced this great turmoil, someone deliberately involved Shen Xi with the case, and Shen Xi, the examiner who had just presided over the Shuntianfu Township Examination, became the target of impeachment.

Xie Qian's meaning is very clear, you are already difficult to protect yourself, for the sake of your official position and reputation, I can keep you by dissociating yourself from the case as soon as possible. But if you're obsessed, then don't blame me for not being emotional.

"Shen Yude, it stands to reason that you just came back, and I shouldn't bother you, but the prince's "Twenty-one History" course has been interrupted for a long time, and it happens that another gentleman has something to do this afternoon...... Have you taken a class in the past? At all costs...... This lesson is to be learned. "A subordinate official of the Zhan Mansion came to request.

The courses of the lecturers in the East Palace are fixed, Shen Xi originally went to class every Thursday, yesterday Shen Xi went around to inquire about Hui Niang's case, and did not report to Zhan Shifu, so it was topped by other lecturers, but today it happened that other lecturers had something, and Zhan Shifu only had such a lecturer as him, so he would be invited to come out.

Shen Xi had just finished presiding over the township test, and it was reasonable that he could rest for a while, but Shen Xi still cleaned up his mood and prepared to go to the palace to teach the bear child.

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Shouning Hou Mansion, study, at this time, someone is settling how much money and grain the merchant has seized in the account book.

Zhang Yanling smiled: "Big brother, how do you think I did this idea?" It doesn't take any effort, just send someone to investigate corruption and bribery, you can involve so many businessmen, this time the foreign businessmen in the capital were almost wiped out, and those local businessmen in the capital were also in danger, and they sent financial gifts, according to my estimates, this time there are tens of thousands of taels of silver into the account. ”

Zhang Heling also had a smile on his face.

Although Zhang Yanling's method of making money is very extreme, it is estimated that the city will be depressed for a period of time in the future, but Zhang Heling is not a good stubble, since her sister became the queen, relying on the support of Emperor Hongzhi, she has done a lot of things to abduct and deceive people to take money, so it has only been more than ten years to become the richest man in Beijing.

It's just that as he grew older, Emperor Hongzhi no longer ignored their various misdeeds like they did when they were young, and at the same time felt the pressure from the loyal ministers of the imperial court, so that he did not dare to interfere too much in the affairs of the court, and he did not dare to frame the officials who attacked them, but he did not pay attention to those powerless businessmen.

"How much did you detain privately in this seizure of the money and grain store?" Zhang Heling suddenly asked in a cold voice.

Zhang Yanling asked in surprise: "Aren't they all recorded?" ”

"You should be a brother, and you don't know your temperament? This seizure, at least twenty or thirty businessmen have been convicted, a single Fujian hometown association, there are at least tens of thousands of dollars of income, all the merchants together are afraid that there are five or six hundred thousand yuan, but in the end you only mentioned seventy or eighty thousand yuan, what's the matter, want to eat yourself before offering to Your Majesty? I'm not afraid to blow you up! ”

Zhang Heling is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he found that the number was far from matching, and immediately thought that the big head was detained by his younger brother without permission.

Zhang Yanling hurriedly explained: "I don't want to stay a little...... lest the eldest brother be soft-hearted and give all the money to the emperor? ”

"What? You're taking 90% out of 10! Is there anyone in the world who is so greedy as you? ”

Zhang Heling slapped the table and said, "You are not too young, so you didn't put your mind on the right path." Now the court has seized the stolen goods, but you have seized them privately, and you have taken the vast majority of them, if you are participated in by the officials, I am afraid that even Your Majesty will not be able to protect you and me! Do you sincerely want to make the Zhang family suffer? ”

"Big brother, it's not that serious, it's a big deal...... I'll take some of that. Zhang Yanling said with a look of shame.

Zhang Heling was furious: "Not some, but all." As for the left, find someone to do the accounts for the brotherhood, indispensable to you, but you are never allowed to secretly deduct, after a few days, the account books will be submitted to the household department by the criminal department, and then submitted to the cabinet, if there is the slightest deviation, only you ask! ”

Zhang Yanling's face was not very good-looking, originally he deducted forty or fifty taels worth of silver and copper coins, thinking that he was doing it without knowing it, but he didn't expect Zhang Heling to stab it.

"Got it."

Zhang Yanling replied dejectedly, but thinking that his brother would intercept a lot, his heart finally felt better. He said to Zhang Heling in a somewhat flattering tone, "Big brother, there are at least thirty or forty mansions in the homes of officials and businessmen who have been raided this time, and even the case in Gaoming City last year was not so sensational. Now the prison cells in the capital are overcrowded, and there are many female dependents among them......"

Zhang Heling frowned: "What are you going to do?" ”

"Needless to say? When I go back, I am going to say hello to the people of the Three Law Divisions and Shuntianfu, and leave the female dependents who will be assigned after the verdict, especially those who have good looks, whether it is ...... Isn't it good to keep it outside, or to win over those courtiers? ”

Zhang Heling's face turned pale: "You won't be thinking about sending women into the palace again, right?" ”

"How dare I, if I send a woman to the emperor again, my sister has to pick my skin. I'm telling my eldest brother seriously, there are hundreds of female dependents who have been imprisoned this time, from eleven or twelve to thirty years old, and there will always be some who are outstanding, brother...... has a lot of affection for the sister-in-law, and that's it, but women, especially beauties, are also wealth. It is often more effective than silver to win people over. Zhang Yanling smiled, "What does the eldest brother think?" ”

Although Zhang Heling felt that Zhang Yanling's move was inappropriate, he thought that since those female dependents had been imprisoned, they would definitely be killed as lowly in the future, and it was not a big deal to choose some of them to raise, maybe sometimes it could really come in handy.

"Okay, you can do it yourself." Zhang Heling said.

"Yes, yes."

Zhang Yanling had a smile on his face, but when he walked out with Zhang Heling, the smile on his face was gone, and his eyes were extremely vicious.

"Big brother is busy first, I have something to do, let's go back to the house first."

Zhang Yanling said hello and walked to the gate of the mansion with his entourage.

When I went out of the gate and went down the steps, the sedan chair was already waiting. Zhang Yanling got into the sedan chair, and someone from behind came over to say: "Master, Shuntianfu and the Criminal Department have already said hello......

"That's good, let them get the people ready, and Benjue will go over himself...... By the way, I heard that the big boss of the original Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce is a goddess doctor of the Buddha of ten thousand families, and he has such a little look, I don't know if it's true? Zhang Yanling asked with wide eyes.

"Yes, sir. But it's just an outside rumor, and it's not accurate. ”

The steward who came to report was not Zhang Ju, not as capable as Zhang Ju, but at this time Zhang Ju had lost Zhang Yanling's trust and went to manage the grange in Jingcheng Township with grievances.

"But sir, the woman ...... It's a widow, a lonely star, whoever gets close to her is not good, this kind of woman...... It's better to touch less, sir. ”

Zhang Yanling sneered when she heard this: "Benjue is not ready to admit her into the mansion, what are you afraid of?" Benjue had long been tired of those submissive women, but said that the widowed goddess had never touched it. You explain to the criminal department, other people are waiting to be selected, give me this person first, and Benjue wants her first. ”

"Yes, sir." The steward answered.

Immediately the sedan chair set off, Zhang Yanling was a little sleepy, and took a nap on the soft cushion.

And the steward saw Zhang Yanling's sedan chair leave, his face showed a helpless look, he sighed softly, and a person next to him came over and asked, "Master Jiang, our lord wants that widow...... What should I do? This kind of woman, it's best not to let the lord touch it, it's easy to provoke bad luck. ”

"Do you still need to say it? I didn't listen to what the lord said just now, and he didn't live with this woman for a long time, but he was greedy for a momentary pleasure......"

The steward known as Jiang Ye said angrily, "The lord is rich and noble, even if he touches a woman, he will definitely not get bad luck on his body." In this way, let's say hello to the Criminal Department first, and act according to the lord's orders, as long as this woman is not peerless, the lord will not be greedy...... A momentary hunt shouldn't cause trouble! ”

The group left in a hurry, and at the corner of a nearby alley, a man with a hat and a burden was sitting listlessly.

Zhang Yanling didn't speak loudly when he explained to Steward Najiang before, but the conversation between Steward Jiang and other entourages was heard clearly by the person who carried the burden.

"Oh, it's broken, it's really the same as the adults expected, it's a good thing that this uncle and brother did."

This person was none other than Song Xiaocheng, who was sent by Shen Xi to inquire about the news, he felt the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly went to Shen Xi to communicate with him.

On the way, Song Xiaocheng still muttered to himself, "The big shopkeeper must not have an accident, if something happens to the big shopkeeper...... Then the Chamber of Commerce will not exist at all, and Su Lian and I can only take our children back to our hometown and live a hard life that will never come out. No, I still want to live a good life with Lord Shen in the future, and I must rescue the big shopkeeper......"

Song Xiaocheng looked at the sky, it was already sunset, he didn't know if Shen Xi would go back to the house at this time, but in order to avoid suspicion, he didn't dare to wait for Shen Xi outside Zhan Shi's mansion, so he could only go back to the champion mansion first.

"Lord Shen, you must come back early."

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