Chapter 910: Righteousness, Profit

Since the establishment of the speech officials, whether it is the prime minister who is presiding over the government and the powerful and invincible famous generals who lead the troops to fight, they all have to bear the heavy pressure brought by the sharp pen of the speech officials. In contrast, the civil officials and nobles of the Ming Dynasty were still lucky, at least not like in the Song Dynasty, as long as the celestial phenomena changed slightly, or the imperial history rose up to attack, the prime minister had to step down. After all, even a person as honest and self-reliant as Yang Shiqi in the cabinet would have to be attacked by the official once or twice a month, not to mention other people who have a lot of problems. Just like Zhang Yue, who is so young, it is almost commonplace to get a brick next to each other.

However, the Yushi offensive in early April was overwhelming. The beginning of the matter was the impeachment of the British Duke Zhang Fu and his younger brother Zhang Hui Zhang Xuan for taking in self-slave custody and encroaching on the people's land, so the Son of Heaven ordered Yousi to investigate thoroughly. And after that, someone impeached Zhang Yue for allowing young officials to be exempted from service in martial arts, but because Zhang Yue's inscription had already been sent, these two words naturally could not stand, so someone impeached him for violating the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu by establishing martial arts, and even the restoration of Wucheng Wang Temple was also brought out to talk about things.

This is not over, next, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wu Zhong was impeached for corruption, and the big wood that repaired the palace was quietly sent to the eunuch Yang Qing to build a mansion, after a thorough investigation, Wu Zhong was immediately imprisoned, and for a while, the six books that were originally incomplete were actually one less person. Next, Lin Lin was turned over several things by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and for a while, the people in the court turned their backs on their horses, everyone talked about the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the color changed, and the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate even walked with their heads held high, and that looked very imposing

It's just that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is divided into thirteen ways to supervise the imperial history, plus there are many patrols outside the imperial history, since there are many people, it is naturally impossible for everyone to become the protagonist in this huge impeachment turmoil. Seeing that his colleagues were even comparing the Hongwen Pavilion scriptures that had been discussed the most these days, many of the new scholars who had just turned into a trial of imperial history couldn't help but be a little anxious. Most of them who were brushed off in the pavilion selection were not qualified to go to the Hongwen Pavilion for a feast, but if they could catch up with this trip, they would earn it back.

As a result, a group of people and others visited everywhere according to their respective divisions or county looks, racking their brains in the yamen all day long, and even changed the habit of not going out at noon, and ran out one after another, listening to the news, hoping to catch a clue to eliminate harm for the imperial court, and remove the test word on the head as soon as possible. As a result, the Chengji Restaurant, which is close to the middle bridge of the Yuhe River, also broke the habit of only delivering takeaway boxes to the five mansions and six departments, and followed the trend and opened a place to eat in the back.

At this moment, three officials, ranging in age from thirty to forty, sat there, facing the three dishes of the central dish in a daze. The Jinshi listened to the scenery, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not have much money, and they could be said to be the lowest class among the poor Beijing officials, so they went to the restaurant for several days in a row, which was already very shy. Among these three dishes, one plate is bean sprouts, one plate is shredded radish, and one plate is scrambled eggs.

"What should I do?"

"yes, what to do? We don't really do it for ourselves, you know, we have been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for more than half a year, Gu Duxian has been asking about everything and teaching from time to time, if we can't make some achievements, how can this be worthy of the boss? ”

"Yes, who would have thought that those two people from Huguang would also find out a warehouse fraud case, and we don't have any clues. There are so many people in Guangdong in this subject, but let's ...... If you say it, even Lord Zhang will be embarrassed! ”

"You really think of Master Zhang as if you can do anything. You must know that Lord Zhang is not in a lot of trouble now, and the matter of martial arts is being targeted. Xungui was already quite complaining there, coupled with the backlash from the officer's family, and now there is the impeachment of Yushi. Plus the martial arts...... When I was a child, I read a few legends, and the military family was inferior, and no one wanted to join the army to make contributions......"

The three of them are all from Guangdong, although they are not from the same place, but they are also in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so they naturally get close. They went to see Zhang Yue once after they were assigned the duties, and after getting advice, they found a place to rent a house. It's just that it's not easy to live in Beijing, if it weren't for the fact that there are many officials in this place, which is conducive to finding out news, they wouldn't have spent this money.

After chatting for a while, just as he was sighing, the tall and thin man saw the guy coming over with a tray. Seeing him take down a bowl of braised pork from the wide boxwood tray and put it on the table, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "You're mistaken, we haven't ordered this." ”

"The little one knew that it was the shopkeeper who saw that the three of them had been patronizing for several days, and every day it was just shredded green vegetables and radish, or only two chickens were added today, so he asked the little one to send a bowl of braised pork. The shopkeeper also instructed the little one to say that the two proprietors of the small shop had read the book and knew the difficulties, so they set this rule, and if the three of them didn't go, they would repay the debt in the future. ”

This long remark immediately dispelled the concerns in the hearts of the three of them, you look at me, and in the end, the tall and thin man got up and solemnly thanked him. When he sat down again, looking at the bowl of brightly colored large pieces of braised pork, he couldn't help licking his lips, and seeing that the other two were in similar condition, he stretched out his chopsticks. One man started up, and the other two were not far behind, and in a few moments they swept away all their meals, and then exhaled contentedly.

When he was full of food and drink, the shopkeeper really didn't count the bowl of braised pork. A few copper plates were counted one by one, and the three of them went out of the store together, looked at each other, and couldn't help but show a wry smile. said that he was an official, but the rent money for renting a house every month plus various expenses, and there was no subsidy from the family, they really couldn't afford to eat meat, even if they were embarrassed, they could only keep it for the next time. These three honest people are not the people of Wanshijie, they rely on the rent of a few acres of thin fields at home, and they rely on the fortune outside, and none of them are as calculating as someone, or selling calligraphy and painting or partnering in business, they can always save a few dollars.

It wasn't just a few of them who walked out of this restaurant together, but also a few of the imperial histories of the Imperial Inspectorate. It's just that there are one hundred and ten people in the thirteen imperial history, except for less than thirty people who patrol various places, the rest are all in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. But the imperial history always has a problem with Qinggao, and they only vaguely remember the names and surnames of these colleagues, knowing that it is not a new science and technology scholar like them, and the rest are not very good, and they don't pay much attention to it when they say hello.

However, just as they were walking towards the middle bridge of the Yuhe River, a person suddenly appeared on the road, knelt down with a piece of paper, and shouted loudly: "Lord Qingtian, the little one wants to sue!" ”

This roadblock complaint is common in the drama, but it is not common in real life, not to mention that it is close to Dongjiang Rice Lane, even if the people who come and go are ordinary, they are likely to be three or four officials, who dares to take it lightly? So, I watched the man kneel down in the middle of the road, and he held the paper high, and a few imperial histories in this side looked at me, and finally they all paced up.

In any case, in the snowflake-like impeachment momentum of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they have already fallen, if there is really any injustice at this time, you might as well take care of it, for your own sake, but also for the sake of the world!

Although the composition of the private thoughts in their hearts was different, since everyone stepped forward, some asked the person who filed the complaint, some carefully read the paper, and some whispered. However, after asking what happened, these imperial historians, who were still full of ambition just now, suddenly showed considerable hesitation.

Without him, what this person told was actually the one who guarded the grange of the king of Yue, who invaded hundreds of acres of land in Zhending Mansion in Baoding Mansion, and even forced people to die! This hundred acres is 10,000 acres, and the head of a grange and a village dare to act so arbitrarily, what about the other people above?

After seeing the discussion among his colleagues, someone quietly turned into a side alley, and gradually others followed suit, and after a while, only the three of them remained, and the thin and tall Yushi suddenly had anger on his face. Standing on the spot and taking a deep breath, he suddenly stepped forward to take the paper in the man's hand, and said resolutely: "I sued you for this matter!" ”

As soon as these words came out, his two colleagues and fellow villagers were taken aback. One hurriedly stepped forward and pulled him, and reminded in a low voice: "You should consider this matter carefully, you must know that Hongwen Pavilion has discussed things several times before, and the sect and clan affairs are always mentioned by the least number of people, and if one is not good, it may cause big trouble, otherwise why would they run so fast?" ”

"Trouble? You know the situation in my family, if it weren't for the school of the house, I wouldn't have survived the township test. If it weren't for the subsidy for lifting people into Beijing, I wouldn't even be able to take the test. Gu Duxian also said that being an official should be full of righteousness, even if it hits me, it is the fate of God and me, no matter what? As he spoke, he turned around and picked up the dumb man, then turned to the two friends and said, "You take him back and rest where we live, and I will go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and send the bullet medal today!" ”

The reason why it is said today is naturally because this kind of thing cannot be delayed. There are many eyeliners such as powerful people, and if they can't be dealt with in time, maybe this person will be killed, and the matter will be smoothed out. The other two, seeing that their companion had made up their minds, looked at each other and did not persuade him more, but led him to the east. The thin and tall Yushi who received the paper sped up his steps and crossed the middle bridge of the Yuhe River, and disappeared in the narrow Dongjiang Rice Lane after a while.

And after all the people here disappeared, two more people came out from the side of Cheng Kee Restaurant. Both of them are in green robes, about the same height, only one has a mustache with a spirit and a bare head, and the other is wearing a scarf, which is Zhang Yue and Yang Ji. Yang Ji looked at things for a while, and then looked at Zhang Yue with some puzzlement.

"Why bother so much, listening to those three accents are Cantonese, you have been a feudal official there, and you have heard them talk about you before, hinting that you are afraid that they will not take this trip?"

"You don't understand, in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in addition to seeking fame, you must always have a righteous spirit, and I am not here for them, I just want to see who will be willing to take this matter, Gu Duxian is also easy to talk to." Zhang Yue looked thoughtfully at Dongjiang Mixiang, which was completely devoid, and smiled again and said, "I didn't expect to meet a Jinshi from Guangdong." He is careful, and he takes care of things, and he knows how to take the bitter master back to his place to watch, but how big is he to be an official, and he can resist the arrogance of others? Brother Yang, I know that some of your subordinates lend me a few to help them watch. ”

Yang Ji was almost taken away by Zhang Yue's casual words, and then his eyes widened and asked, "How do you know that I have someone in my hand?" ”

"If I didn't know, I wouldn't have just come to your house and stopped that trouble." Zhang Yue saw that Yang Ji was still looking at him blankly, so he smiled and said, "Don't think I don't know, when Yang Ge Lao was not in his hometown, you didn't do something similar outside in the name of studying and meeting friends." This time in the capital was almost calculated, with your temperament, of course you have to prepare some people for your own use, I'm not wrong, right? ”

"I can't hide anything from you!"

Although he felt that Zhang Yue, who was younger than himself, was omniscient and omnipotent, Yang Ji was already ready to do it - not to mention returning favors, just said that he had not suffered a loss so far after listening to Zhang Yue, so he would not pack the ticket. After all, he finally lifted the ban recently, which is also the reason why Zhang Yue interceded. Therefore, even if Zhang Yue didn't vaguely mention the source of his losses this time, he would naturally help this trip.

After doing this, Zhang Yue told Yang Ji to be careful not to show his face, and then he started to return to the yamen of the military department. Although Yang Ji is said to be unsuccessful in others, he has the righteousness of a marketman, and it is naturally okay to entrust him to do things. In addition, the matter of two lives in one corpse is really tragic. Although King Yue may not know, it must be counted on his head.

He went back to the yamen and sat down without doing two things, and a message was sent from outside that someone from the palace had come. This time it was a little eunuch who came, and without saying a word, he took out a thick envelope from his arms and handed it over, and then took out a receipt and asked Zhang Yue to seal it. Seeing that it was this set of rules, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be a little vigilant, and after stamping his silver seal, he took the letter back to the house, took it out, and immediately laughed.

After Huang Fu came back, the first thing he did was to settle the balance of the household department, from silk and silk to money, grain and rice, a total of three million yuan! Since the Yongle years of continuous warfare, and in the last year, there was another northern expedition and a northern tour, almost all of the households were summer taxes and autumn grains, and the treasury was never full. Last year, however, the DPRK and China were also eventful, but in the end they were able to make such a surplus, half of which was due to the credit of the Shenwei fleet, and the other half was due to the initial results of the two crops and three crops in the provinces, at least all the taxes were collected, and the other was the tax revenue of the three major cities.

Only these are about the numbers reported to the palace by the household department, and then calculated by the central officials in the palace, and they have not yet been announced to the hundred officials, so even if Zhang Yue is excited, he still moved this piece of paper, and then saw a few lines of words about dragon flying and phoenix dancing. It was approved when Zhu Zhanji was in a good mood, but the meaning was that the martial arts examination was held every year, and it was recommended by each county, and the court could afford this money!

Sure enough, having money means having confidence, and this money is difficult for heroes, even if the emperor is still like this.