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On the tenth day of April in the second year of Yufeng, Prime Minister Bao Huasheng was ordered to go to Xiao's house to confiscate the Xiao family's property. Sure enough, as the ministers expected, in addition to the ancestral property of the Xiao family and the things given by the emperor, Xiao Yunchao's savings are really quite rich, and there are a dazzling number of gold and jade artifacts alone, and there are even a lot of Xiyi things, with a total price of more than four million taels of silver. However, after all, the Xiao family is a big family, so the emperor did not say anything about these family properties, and the ministers did not say a word at the opportunity. Only the people looked at the group of soldiers carrying boxes, and their mouths were full of envy. And the complaint against Xiao Yunchao's three sons was piled up three feet high on the desk of Shuntian Mansion Yin, and even He Weitao of the Criminal Department was overwhelmed by this.

There was no suspense in the trial of the case, and everyone knew that as the sons of the main criminals who conspired against them, the three of them had no luck. And a series of charges after the trial of Shuntianfu and the Criminal Department are enough to make them die several times, from the mustard of human life, forcibly robbing people's daughters to making perverse remarks, with ill intentions, there are more than a dozen charges that make people feel palpitations when they look at it. This time, Xiao Yunchao's rebellion case was instructed by the emperor, so Dali Temple did not take action, which made a group of officials who clinged to Xiao's party breathe a sigh of relief, but they were still worried in their hearts. He Weitao naturally became the leader of this faction, but he also acted more cautiously, lest he touch the taboo.

As for Xiao Chonghua's family, it has not been disturbed a little, and the previous seal of Feng Wuxian has not moved, but his son's appointment to the prefect of Suzhou is still valid, so Xiao Chonghua lamented the bad luck while thinking about the possible future prosperity. He knew very well that the great sin of the Zhulian Nine Clans had become a person who only punished Xiao Yun Dynasty, and he didn't know how much trouble it took. The attitude of the Empress Dowager Xiao also played a big role. Thinking that he had almost suffered a different fate, he felt frightened, so he looked down on what Rouping promised that day. Daughter Xiao Long is a concubine. Hengzhu is still young now, and he will marry her after a few years of no movement.

In addition to disposing of Xiao Yunchao's family. The emperor was also extremely strict with the four old princes of the imperial family. Prince Feng Huaiqi of Prince Zhuang of Zongren Mansion Feng Huai sent his relatives to their mansion, Prince Zhuang Feng Huaiqi, Qingjun Wang Feng Huaide, and Sujun Wang Feng Huai led these three people to be given wine without any suspense, but Prince Li Feng Huaizhang fortunately escaped, but was deprived of the prince's title and imprisoned in the mansion. This move of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger suddenly made the royal family restrain a lot. When the first emperor was in power, he did not punish the clan so severely, and the new monarch did not take the throne for a long time, and he killed the three princes for the crime of treason, this kind of ruthless method is really shocking.

Not long after, the emperor made another decree to award Li Junda the title of bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he was a Sichuan scholar and politician; In addition to Zhang Shuming's position as the political envoy of Zhejiang, he was also appointed as the governor of Hubei. These two appointments have made people with intentions speculate, for Li Junda, who was already serving in the Zhan Mansion. It is logical that it will be reused, but Zhang Shuming's transfer from Zhejiang to Hubei does not look like a promotion. After all, local officials have always given priority to local promotions. However, promotions in other places often have other considerations, so there are not many people who are optimistic about Zhang Shuming's future. Most court officials thought that Zhang Shuming, who was young and ambitious, would have twists and turns in his future career, and only a very small number of powerful ministers could taste the meaning.

Compared with the big case of the Xiao family, Shi Mingquan's return to Beijing naturally did not stir up much movement. Although Zuo Jinhuan and Fan Hengwen brought the emperor's edict. But this hard-necked imperial historian stayed in Gansu for another half a month, and then returned to the capital to be punished. He first went to see Bao Huasheng, who was also the imperial history of the left capital, and was naturally reprimanded, and his heart was naturally extremely unconvinced. Shi Mingquan did not have selfish intentions in impeaching the officials of Tong Province in Gansu, and his attitude towards the Chinese military forces of the DPRK was taken for granted that it was a cover-up from top to bottom, excluding him as a direct minister, and it was not until Bao Huasheng repeatedly beat him that he came to his senses.

"Shi Mingquan, the official who should say it has told you, whether you listen or not is naturally up to you." Bao Huasheng was already a little impatient, "When you impeached Lord Hai that day, you have already committed the emperor's taboo, and you should learn a lesson." Your impeachment of officials in Gansu Tong Province is originally the duty of the official, and there is nothing wrong with it, but you don't know how to advance or retreat, and it is the greatest unwisdom to use a clear fold to pay respects. It must be known that now is the time when the emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt, how can there be time to only pay attention to the affairs of Gansu Province? It's good that you just handed over the clear fold, and you still interfered in local government affairs without authorization, stirred up a good disaster relief mess, and asked the emperor to send someone to end it for you, it's really nonsense! ”

Shi Mingquan was already moved by what he heard, but the stubbornness that had been accumulated all the time still prevailed, so he always bowed his head and kept silent. I only heard Bao Huasheng persuade bitterly: "It is a blessing for the imperial court to be upright, but you also need to follow the right reason, otherwise the court will not be in chaos?" You are a smart person, look at Lian Yuchang by yourself, he is also a supervisor of the imperial history, he is a few years older than you, and his actions are much more serious. Disaster relief is disaster relief, watching the wind is watching the wind, he appeases the people, and on the other hand, he is flowing water to report to the court, the emperor is extremely satisfied with it, why can't you study hard? ……”

Until he left Bao Mansion, Shi Mingquan's mind still echoed with Bao Huasheng's admonition. For young officials like him, seniors like Bao Huasheng have always been idols of the earth, so since he entered the Supervision Yuan, he has been determined to make some achievements. But now it's good, his achievements are gone, but the disasters are continuous, and he has to work hard to deal with the aftermath of Bao Huasheng all the time. Although Shi Mingquan didn't reveal anything on his mouth, he was really guilty and grateful in his heart.

If he returned to his home with a corpse, Shi Mingquan was already weak. This time's mistake is really not small, even if Bao Huasheng protects him again, I am afraid that punishment and demotion will be inevitable. Speaking of which, he now also feels that he was too anxious at the beginning, and although there is no fault in dismissing those filthy officials by virtue of the power of the Qincha, it is a big mistake to delay the disaster relief. Every time I think of someone dying because of this, Shi Mingquan can't sleep and eat well. The difficulty of being an official is even worse than Shu Dao!

He was thinking nonsense in the room, when he heard the hired servant shouting outside the door: "Master, someone sent a post!" The little fellow, who was still young, recklessly broke into the house as he spoke, and handed over a very delicate post.

Shi Mingquan took a look and was surprised to find that this post was from Prince Lian Feng Wuqing, and he was stunned. He thought that he had no friendship with this prince, and just wanted to send the little servant to refuse, when he saw a long entourage wearing a royal uniform appear in front of him. The person who came deeply confessed, and then said respectfully: "Master Shi, the prince has something important to discuss with you, so I rashly invited you, please be there tonight." The slave acted on Jun's orders, and asked Master Shi to give a receipt, and the slave could go back to pay the errand. ”

Shi Mingquan was silent for a long time, so he had to nod and agree, and after casually pulling a letter of worship and writing a receipt, he sent the long follower. After retiring his little servant, he couldn't help but think about it. Although he didn't know much about the magnates in Beijing, he still knew that Prince Lian was the most useful brother of the emperor before driving, and this invitation may have been at the behest of the emperor, so his heart couldn't help but thump, and he couldn't calm down.

In the evening, after he changed into his regular clothes, he did not hire a sedan chair, nor did he bring his entourage, but he came to Prince Lian's mansion alone. Xu is subordinate at the door of the palace had already received the message, so no one stopped him, and the chief of the palace respectfully led him to the door of the house, and then motioned for him to enter.

As soon as he entered the door, Shi Mingquan was stunned, there were two men in the room who looked very similar, one was a few years older, and the other looked extremely familiar. Just a moment of thought, Shi Mingquan hurriedly lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, saying that he would never live it. He is not a stupid person, who doesn't know that Prince Lian Feng Wuqing took the opportunity to invite him to the palace on behalf of the emperor, at this moment, he remembered what he did in Gansu, and suddenly sweated.

Feng Wuxian was not as angry as Shi Mingquan imagined, his expression was just faint, but Feng Wuqing stood beside Feng Wuxian and looked at the bold imperial history below with curious eyes from time to time. "Shi Mingquan, I didn't summon you in the Qinzheng Palace, but chose Prince Lian's Mansion just to avoid people's eyes. If you really want to talk about your sins, I'm afraid that your imperial history will not be done, but you can tell me, in the past few years, first the imperial history, then the foreign official, and finally returned to the imperial history, do you have an inch of merit? ”

Shi Mingquan heard the emperor say this, and his heart immediately understood. It is true that he is upright by nature, but he has not established any credit for tossing and turning, and it is not a glorious thing to say it. But the emperor had to answer the question, he pondered for a moment, and had to respond with sincere fear: "Your Majesty, Weichen has indeed not made micro achievements, and he has failed the emperor's expectations." ”

Feng Wuxian saw that he was honest, and only then did he show a slight smile on his face, "You are still honest, so have you ever thought about why others can perform meritorious deeds, but you frequently cause trouble, and this time you have done bad things with good intentions?" He didn't wait for Shi Mingquan to answer, so he said solemnly, "Shi Mingquan, I might as well tell you that you are burdened by the word 'name'!" ”

A sentence suddenly stunned Shi Mingquan, but Feng Wuxian didn't look at him, and continued: "You envy Bao Huasheng's reputation and want to emulate him as a model of a generation of imperial history, aren't you?" It is true that it is difficult for the direct ministers of the DPRK and the central government to do it, but compared to the direct ministers, I value the pure ministers more! There are people in the heart, and there is no selfishness of their own, they must act carefully, do not destroy the overall situation because of the name, as a pure minister, always focus on the monarch's father, and share the worries for the monarch's father, this is the model of the courtier! You look at Lian Yuchang, the same imperial history, his behavior has the shadow of Bao Huasheng, although others call him an iron face, but love his bones, and no one criticizes the Chinese martial arts behind his back, this is what you should learn well! ”

Shi Mingquan also heard the same words from Bao Huasheng's mouth, however, Bao Huasheng naturally would not be so direct, and there was no trace of mercy in his words. Therefore, in addition to the shock, Shi Mingquan could only admire, but the frustration in his heart never subsided. The emperor, who could only hear it, said coldly: "Shi Mingquan, with your mistakes this time, you should have been dismissed, but I finally gave you a chance." With your original position as the imperial history of Wupin, I will entrust you with the position of governor of Wuzhou. There have been several corrupt officials there, and I want to see if you can survive this dye vat. If you can really take care of your bosses and subordinates, and make achievements in the local government, I will transfer you back and let you make another performance in the Supervision Yuan, are you willing? ”

Shi Mingquan thought about it several times, and finally bowed his head and responded: "Weichen obeys the holy order and will live up to the emperor's expectations!" "Lingyun Zhiwei Without a Trace Chapter 9 Jiangshan Chapter 38 Emigration