Looking at Qi Er's fat figure, a smile appeared on Pi Gan's face, he stood up and moved his muscles, Pi Gan felt that his body was about to rust, and this time there was something to do.

For all the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Shandong was definitely a big fire pit.

It's just that this fire pit is now piled up with dry firewood, and it hasn't been lit yet. Once ignited, the bones of the people in this large fire pit will definitely be burned. As a result, everyone hid when they saw Shandong.

Others can hide, but Wang Xijue can't, and this newly promoted cabinet scholar finally arrived in Jinan Mansion after running all the way.

For the officials in Shandong, Wang Xijue's status as a chaplain is nothing, after all, this chaser came to investigate the affairs of the Kong family, but this is not only a chagrin, but also a new cabinet scholar.

Now who in the Ming Dynasty doesn't know about the old things of the first list and three pavilions, and no one dares to underestimate Wang Xijue.

Governor Wang Zongmu, who had been sick in bed for many days, came to greet him, but this Governor Wang didn't look very good, his face was a little pale, and there were people around him to support him, as if he was about to fall down if he was a little careless.

Although it was very hard to pretend, Wang Zongmu still had to pretend, and this Shandong was in big trouble.

First Qincha Jinyiwei, then the eunuch Jingying, and now the cabinet scholar, when did Shandong attract the imperial court so much. Wang Zongmu is like a mirror in his heart, and I am afraid that the affairs of Shandong have accumulated to the top.

The cabinet scholars are here, how can there be an explanation, you can't let the cabinet chief assistant or the emperor come up!

In this kind of thing, pretending to be sick is definitely the best choice, and Wang Zongmu made up his mind to carry out his pretending illness to the end.

Regarding the affairs of Shandong, Wang Xijue did not want to participate, he saw his situation very clearly, and his own path was forbidden. Only by doing a good job of opening the ban can he gain a firm foothold in the cabinet.

Only by doing a good job of opening the feudal ban can he leave his name in history.

Compared with the ban on the opening of the domain, the affairs of Shandong were not taken to heart by Wang Xijue at all. If it wasn't for the emperor to let him come, Wang Xijue wouldn't want to come, and as for the local officials in Shandong, he wouldn't want to care.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my family asked me to pass the word!" Wang Xijue's entourage came to Wang Zongmu and the others, and said with a smile: "My lord came to Shandong on an errand, not to inspect the ground in Shandong. ”

"We have accepted the enthusiasm and heart of your lordship, so there is no need to meet, please go back!"

The big and small officials in Shandong looked at the entourage who turned around and left, and suddenly stared at each other, although some people were dissatisfied, but they would not say it here, but there were a lot of sycophants, what Wang Ge Lao confessed.

Wang Zongmu looked at the Qincha team passing around the city, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he sighed in his heart, this Wang Ge Lao is also a smart person!

Now the officials of Shandong are also very irritable, and they have cleared out so much hidden land, which is all their dereliction of duty, and the court does not know whether they will pursue it or not. I really want to investigate, but there are too many people involved.

If you really do it, this is a big corruption case, and they are all scared to death now.

The reason why Wang Zongmu pretended to be sick was not to be set up by officials of all sizes in Shandong, and this Wang Ge Lao obviously saw through this. If he enters Jinan Mansion, it is estimated that these officials in Jinan Mansion will have to hold him up even if he hugs his thighs.

What kind of chasm is crying and complaining, stopping the sedan chair to complain, such things must be endless.

On the one hand, there is a cha, and on the other hand, there are cabinet scholars, you don't care. No matter if you want fame or not, whether you want Shilin's prestige or not. Tube, it must have been set up, and finally pushed to the official gentry to pay for the grain.

Just don't see it and go around the city directly, which is a wise choice.

Wang Zongmu breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and patted the housekeeper who was supporting him: "Okay, don't stand stupidly, the old Wang Ge is gone, why don't you hurry up and help your family to go back!" ”

The butler who was supporting Wang Zongmu nodded, and then said, "My lord, or you faint!" We'll carry you back. ”

Wang Zongmu's eyes lit up, this was really a good way to pretend to be sick, and he fainted in public. But after thinking about it, I felt that it was inappropriate, if I fainted, it is estimated that a lot of impeachment of Wang Ge Lao will be sent.

What to welcome the old governor fainting or something, it's best not to have an accident during this time, it's better than anything else.

Glaring at the housekeeper, Wang Zongmu said angrily: "Don't talk about these things that you don't have, don't hurry up!" As he spoke, he walked forward first, pressing the butler's arm with his hand, and seeing that the butler was supporting him, but in fact he was pulling the butler away.

When Wang Xijue passed around Jinan Mansion, a copy of the fold was also sent to the capital.

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun was anxious about the cabinet scholars, the six scholars and the squire, as well as the people from the Dali Temple and the Ducha Yuan, it can be said that this is a collective meeting of the main leaders of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yijun had a gloomy face, holding a copy of the recital in his hand.

"Look at it, look at it, the saint Miao, the saint Menfeng, there is such a thing."

Zhu Yijun waved the fold, stretched out his hand and handed it to Zhang Whale beside him, and said loudly: "Read!" ”

Everyone was called collectively, originally still confused, what happened to the boss of his own family, hearing Zhu Yijun mention the saint, everyone instantly understood that it was the matter of the Kong family again, but they didn't send someone to investigate.

It's still the new cabinet scholar Wang Xijue, which is enough weight, who is so not long-sighted at this time.

Zhang Whale respectfully took the fold and began to read it, and the beginning of the walk was "Kong Shangqi wept blood Chen Song", as soon as these words came out, the faces of the ministers changed, it was actually the Kong family, which one is this.

As Zhang Whale recited, everyone's faces suddenly became more ugly, and even as black as the bottom of a pot.

The whole piece of music is a statement, and what is written is called a sadness, and it is not too much to say that it is a cuckoo crying blood.

But none of the people present were fools, if what Kong Shangqi said was true, then Kong Shangqi's vein should probably be dead. It was really Kong Shangqi's bitter complaint that was too harsh, and he was imprisoned and starved.

In such a harsh living environment, Kong Shangqi's vein can be passed down for more than ten generations and give birth to hundreds of children.

If this is a favorable fertility environment, how many births do you have to have! You're almost catching up with the Ming Sect. But at this time, he didn't stand up and point at Kong Shangqi, no one is stupid. The emperor didn't let you accuse everyone when he called everyone.

I was called by myself, this is a unified attitude, a unified voice.

Kong Shangxian is completely planted this time, or the emperor wants to completely overthrow the Yan Sheng Gong Mansion. Or is it the Yansheng Mansion in Qufu, Shandong, they don't care about these, the emperor didn't bring out a Confucian family's Nanzong.

It's good that the god card is still there, as for the Kong family in Qufu, it doesn't matter at all.

Who are these bigwigs in the court now, looking at Kong Shangxian's displeasing handful, Kong Shangxian used to enter the Beijing Dynasty to see the emperor to do business, and it was rumored. was rectified by Zhang Juzheng, and he went to the Ministry of Rites to complain, and the person had already been thrown to his grandmother's house.

This is also the fact that he is Yan Shenggong, if you try to change to an official, you will have to be cleaned up a long time ago.

Now the six ministries and the cabinet bosses basically came from that time, and they don't know what Kong Shangxian's virtues are. In addition, this time the Kong family took the lead in resisting the official gentry and paying for food, which was running wild on the road to death.

When Zhang Whale finished reading the recital, Zhu Yijun said viciously: "Send this recital to Qufu to Wang Xijue, tell him, and give it to me to check it myself." If you find out, it's true! Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left.

After such a big battle, he didn't let the minister speak from beginning to end, as if these people were standing here obediently.

But the meaning has been understood, the emperor is expressing his position, telling everyone that the Kong family has been cleaned up, and no one should come out to find trouble, just keep to themselves. In fact, the bigwigs of the imperial court were too lazy to take care of the affairs of the Kong family, and there was a more fatal matter in front of them.

Cabinet duty room.

After Shen Shixing sat down, he sighed lightly, took a sip of tea, and said helplessly: "Tell the people below, don't chew your tongue, the matter in Shandong will wait for Wang Ge Lao's investigation before making a decision." ”

Yu Youding and Pan Sheng also nodded, and then ordered the matter to continue.

Shen Shixing glanced at the two of them and continued: "Two, you have all read the strip Chen handed over by the household department, right?" ”

The two of them nodded at the same time, their expressions were serious, and their faces were unusually solemn.

Shen Shixing sighed: "How can this be, how can it be like this!" After saying this, Shen Shixing didn't speak for a long time, reached out and picked up Tiao Chen and said, "The tax department of the household department has sent the tax situation of Shuntian Mansion. ”

"After the officials and gentry paid the grain in one piece, the tax revenue of Shuntian Mansion increased eightfold compared with last year, last year's tax collection in Shuntian Mansion was 670,000 taels, and this year's tax collection in Shuntian Mansion was 4.84 million taels.

In fact, before Zhang Juzheng's reform, the tax silver of the Ming Dynasty was only 3.6 million taels a year, and after Zhang Juzheng's reform, the tax silver increased to 7 million taels, which has made many people jump up happily.

In the past few years, the state treasury has more than 5 million taels of silver deposits, and 13 million stone of silver in grain stocks, and many officials of the imperial court have rejoiced.

In the first war in the northwest, although a lot of money and food were spent, everyone was also happy, after all, it was not the destruction of Warat. But now that the tax amount is out, no one is happy. The Ministry of Household Affairs did not dare to keep the statement from the Tax Department, and handed it directly to the cabinet.

Last year, the tax payment was 670,000 taels, and this year it is directly 4.8 million 440,000 taels, which is almost eightfold. A Shuntian Mansion actually caught up with more than half of the taxes paid by the Ming Dynasty last year, how much land did this gentry embezzle, and how much land did not pay taxes!

Although it is a matter of pleasure to have more taxes, these eight times are all fished out of the mouths of the gentry, and this is not counting the fine imposed by the tax department for concealing the land. Shen Shixing is scared now, if the emperor knows, he can't fry the pot!

I'm afraid that the gentry's face has been pressed into the mud, and this news is going to get out, and it is estimated that the world will shake!