Chapter 909: Family affairs are difficult to clean

Located in Gyeonggi-do Street, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is next to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and it is an important place for the Department of Law, but over the years, due to the re-establishment and rise of the Jinyi Guard, the weight of the prison has been divided into a small half of the Jinyi Guard, so the three words of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have gradually evolved into the court and not the opposition, and the eyes of most of the imperial historians are just staring at the important ministers and nobles in the court. Compared with the highly favored ministers and ministers, it is more convenient and easy to impeach the nobles. The reason is very simple, although Xungui is a hero, after all, it is either the second or third generation, and the favor is not as good as before. A few books have fallen into the natural scenery, and even if they can't participate, the reputation of the iron bones is at least earned. As for whether Xungui will retaliate afterwards, it depends on everyone's ability.

After all, it is also a skill to keep oneself while seeking fame.

Although Gu Zuo was dissatisfied with this habit, he couldn't help it after all. After all, the assessment of the imperial history is not as good as that of other yamen, and it is impossible to evaluate it with any real political achievements, and whether this has fulfilled the duty of impeachment has become the only assessment criterion. At least under his current jurisdiction, there is no such situation as Liu Guanshi's previous greed and indulgence.

Therefore, on this day, after carefully considering and recommending four Taoist officials to attend the Hongwen Pavilion scripture feast, he casually flipped through the excerpt of the imperial history book that the General Administration Secretary had just sent. This has been the practice of the past few years, although he does not interfere in the words and deeds of the imperial history below, but they have to know what they say. He doesn't share the credit of any star, but if someone pokes out some big basket, he will always try to make up for it if he knows it in advance, so as not to cause a big incident.

Although this does not make people feel grateful for this, and there are even many imperial historians who have complained about him behind his back, he doesn't care about it. He was not grateful for the imperial history of the left capital, and he just wanted to clean up the atmosphere of the Imperial Court by sitting in this position, and live up to Yang Shiqi's recommendation, let alone the emperor's trust and expectations.

When he flipped to one of them, he frowned suddenly. Tsai carefully looked at the short lines, and he even thoughtfully tapped his fingers on the armrest, and finally excerpted all the lines, called a soap, handed him the note, and finally whispered a few words and sent the person away. Because of these lines, he had been a little restless, until an hour later, when the soap Li hurried back and handed over another thing, and he exhaled.

However, it's okay not to watch it, after reading it from beginning to end, Rao is Gu Zuo had already expected it before, and his face was still solemn. After sitting there and muttering for a while, he asked the scribe who was waiting for him the hour, and then stood up at once.

"Go out and prepare the car, go to the ......"

One went out of the word, but the last two words were cut off in the throat. After hesitating for a long time, he finally waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you do your thing." ”

It didn't take until the end of Shen that Gu Zuofang pressed the thought of calling the imperial history who wrote the book to inquire, and went straight out. He has been an official for many years, but he almost lives on his income, and he has to help the poor and backward in the tribe every year, so even if he is an official and a high-quality person, he is still just an ordinary mule cart with black paint and coarse cloth scarbs, which looks even more shabby than ordinary scholars. After going home all the way, he asked the coachman to drive around Jingshi Street in a small circle, and finally made up his mind.

"Go to Wugong Hutong Du Mansion."

Since the last time Mrs. Du Qiu was attacked, the martial arts alley is now more lively than in the past, as soon as Gu Zuo's car turned into the alley, the coachman found that there were a few errand servants in the alley. got out of the car in front of the Du Mansion, but Gu Zuo, who saw this situation, only frowned slightly. He had heard that the Du family and his son-in-law refused to send people to inspect Wanping County and Nancheng Soldiers and Horses in Shuntian Prefecture, but when something like that happened, it was not surprising that the three major yamen took turns to send people to pay attention. Therefore, after the coachman had come forward to report his name to the door, the porter bowed and cordially invited him to sit in the doorman's house, and then went in to report the news, and he was not displeased.

After all, Du Mansion has always been a good place, and he and Du Zhen met in Yang Mansion except for the court meeting, so it is not surprising that people don't know him.

However, he only waited for a while, but the person who came in with the curtain opened surprised him, because it was none other than Zhang Yue! Zhang Yue saw Gu Zuo is shock, and then took the initiative to explain: "It happened to be early today, and I knew that my father-in-law might not come back, so I came over to take a look first, I didn't want to meet Gu Duxian." You're here to find your father-in-law? He has never been able to go home, but if he can, please come and sit in the hall, and tell me the same. If not, you might as well leave a note and he'll come back to you. ”

On weekdays, the court and the central government have always been at the official rank, but now that Zhang Yue has done enough for the posture of the juniors, Gu Zuo is a little embarrassed. Originally, he thought that since Du Zhen had Zhang Yue's son-in-law, Yu Zhang's family affairs must be understood, so he wanted to verify it, but it was indirect after all. Therefore, he looked at Zhang Yue, hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"It's okay, it's the same thing for you."

Only then did Zhang Yue understand that Gu Zuo was here for something related to him, and as soon as his heart moved, he asked for it and led the way in front. When he arrived at the main hall of Mingxin Hall, he invited Gu Zuo to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, and when everyone retreated, he asked: "Gu Duxian just said that he has something to ask, and there are no idle people waiting now, so you might as well ask." ”

Gu Zuo just thought about it for a moment, and then asked bluntly: "Since Yuan Jie said so, then I will get straight to the point...... Among the British brothers, can there be any slaves who are housed by themselves? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yue was stunned. The so-called self-purifying house slave refers to those who want to be put into the palace as eunuchs without going through the government. Although the eunuch is a crippled person, he always has a bite to eat when he enters the palace, and if he is lucky, like Wang Jin, Fan Hong, Jin Ying, almost even ordinary officials must be respectful when they see it, which is a way to get ahead. It's just that among the large number of people who wielded knives from the palace by themselves, only a few were able to enter the palace, and the rest were turned away. As a result, such a group of people naturally became a group that was even worse than the poor, and although they repeatedly applied for the ban, it was useless.

After all, it is not his own family, even if he knows that the British Mansion and Mrs. Wang are strict in governing the family, but he still does not dare to pack the ticket, so Zhang Yue recalled it carefully, and finally shook his head and said: "The British Mansion and the British Park in Beijing should not have any self-cleaning house slaves." But if it is said that the second uncle and the third uncle, I dare not guarantee it. What's the matter, could it be that Gu Duxian heard something? ”

"It's not a rumor, it's that someone has already written a book to impeach." Gu Zuo accentuated his tone, and reminded in a deep voice, "The Duke of England is an important minister of the country, and he has always done things fairly and strictly, if he loses his sense of proportion in such a subsection, it will be meaningless." Even if the British public didn't do it, and Zhang Hui and Zhang Xun did, spreading it would still damage the reputation of the Zhang family. ”

Gu Zuo said this seriously, and Zhang Yue hurriedly got up and thanked him. Since it was time to say it, Gu Zuo didn't linger any longer, but said a few other words, and left. Zhang Yue personally sent it to the door, and as soon as the carriage left, he stood there with a frown, thinking that he had planned to transfer Zhang Xuan far away, but he couldn't imagine that others were one step faster than him. He didn't think Zhang Fu would leave a handle on people, but it wouldn't be good to put it on those two.

However, Zhang Hui's virtue and virtue are known to anyone with bright eyes, and besides, it is not the first time that those two guys have ruined the reputation of the Zhang family, and the clear-eyed people will naturally look at the British Gong Zhang Fu and these two brothers separately. However, it is not a pleasant thing to keep the scourge in front of you. Therefore, he stood at the door for a while, then turned around and gave two orders to Yue Shan, then called his relatives out, and then went out and got on the horse.

Out of the hour Yongfang, along Xuanwumen Street all the way to the north, from the Huangqiang North Street to the east, all the way straight to the Iron Lion Hutong in front of the British Park to get off the horse, there are already sharp-eyed little guys to welcome the general, and the people inside also sneaked in early to report. Therefore, Zhang Yue turned his head behind the screen, and the old housekeeper Rong Shan greeted him with a smile.

"If the young master Yue comes to visit Madame, Madame happens to accompany the third lady and several female relatives to watch the play in the garden behind. If you come to visit the master, after dinner, the master is in the garden to teach the eldest young master to ride and shoot. ”

Hearing that his mother was here, Zhang Yue was not surprised, so he nodded and said, "I have something to do with the uncle." ”

It's getting dark later than winter, but for ordinary people, most of them still go to bed after dinner, and they don't want to give up the lamp oil. But the dignified British government naturally can't be so shabby, not to mention, today's Zhang Fu only looks at Shuo, and he is ordered to only plan important military affairs, if there is no such important matter, he only needs to sit at home and enjoy happiness, so Zhang Fu doesn't care about the troupe added to the family. Only the bursts of silk and bamboo orchestras and male and female lyrics came from there, and he couldn't help but shake his head when he listened.

The 10 lampstands on either side of the straight are lit with pine resin torches, which do not illuminate the place as if it were daylight, but are still very bright. Seeing that Tianci was sitting on the horse and was a little hesitant, Zhang Fu shouted: "There are not only day battles in the army, but also night battles. It's already very bright now, and if you can't hit more than six arrows out of ten, your archery skills will still be good! ”

Drinking by his father, Tianci immediately gritted his teeth, took out an arrow from the quiver, and prepared the bow with his left hand, and then his legs clamped the horse's belly, and galloped out with a shout. Just as Zhang Yue entered here under the guidance of Rong Shan, he saw a rider speeding along the straight road, and the sound of pulling strings and arrows hitting the target was endless. After a long time, the sound of the horse's hooves gradually stopped, and he stepped forward and slapped his slap a few more times.

"It's a good archery to be able to shoot six out of ten arrows in such a dim place."

Zhang Fu turned around and found that it was Zhang Yue who came, so he nodded with a smile, and then said: "Don't just praise him, if you can still hit six out of ten arrows when more than half of these ten torches are extinguished, it will be considered almost." But to reach that level, he will have to practice hard for at least five or six years. ”

"Uncle Lobby's requirements for heaven are too high...... However, the tiger father has no dogs, and only he can inherit your mantle, and this Zhang family name can last forever. Seeing Tianci galloping back, he happily jumped off his horse and ran forward, but when he came to the front, he first glanced at Zhang Fu, and then called out to the third brother Yue, Zhang Yue couldn't help but smile and gave him a thumbs up, and said, "I went to the military battle bureau before, and there was a new batch of good bows over there, and I will pick one up and give it to you when I go back." This batch was named by the emperor, so it must be made carefully, and it can almost be regarded as a famous craftsman. ”

"Don't spoil him all the time." Seeing that Tianci was so happy, Zhang Fu couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on his son, but when he saw Zhang Yue pulling him and saying something, he couldn't help but shake his head, waved his hand and sent people away, and then said, "You, who are an elder brother, are too spoiled to him." He was born in the family of the minister, and he had everything, so he had to be tempered somewhat. By the way, you didn't come home to accompany your daughter-in-law so late, came to me, what's the matter? ”

"It's something."

Zhang Yue roughly recounted what Gu Zuo said before, and saw that Zhang Fu's face looked erratic under the light of the torch, and he couldn't help but be a little uncertain: "Could it be that the uncle in the hall really accepted the self-cleaning house slave?" ”

"There should be no at home, but there should be one on the farm. The village leaders had mentioned before that there were few tenant farmers in the north and there was not enough land to plant, so they hired some self-cleaning tenants, but they were not serious tenant farmers, but they were just long-term laborers. Because these people are not brushed down in the palace, Zhuang Tou said that it is better to just give a bowl of rice than to watch people starve to death, so your eldest aunt thought that she had to be compassionate, so she agreed. I know about it, but I don't want it to be exposed. As for your second and third uncles......"

Zhang Fu paused for a moment, and finally said honestly: "The two of them should also be raised on the farm, about a little more ruthless than me, and they are directly regarded as domestic slaves who sold themselves to take refuge, and even counted a small piece of their family." I also lectured them, but they did not listen, and when they said they were willing, I had no choice but to go with them. Really speaking, since the relocation of the capital to the present, there are at least one or two thousand self-purifiers in Baoding Mansion and other places who cannot enter the palace, and most of them are working in the fields of various nobles. Your family's land is mainly in your uncle's name, and some are sacrificial fields, and besides, your family's land is not much after all, and you don't owe taxes and so on, so no one thinks this matter matters, and it's not surprising that you don't know. ”

Since last year, Zhang Yue has told Zhang Qi and Zhang Zhen to pay attention to Zhuangtian, and not to use any brains on the taxes that should be paid, and at the same time to count whether there is any encroachment on the people's fields, so he has always felt that the fields and acres should be clear, and there are no drawbacks, but now he finds that this side is flawless does not mean that there is nothing wrong with that side. Therefore, he couldn't help but press his eyebrows, and then smiled bitterly: "Then what about this matter?" ”

"Let them impeach, and go back and apologize. As for those who purify themselves...... Naturally, the matter will not be able to be saved, and I am afraid that it will be on the border. ”

At this moment, Zhang Yue already felt heavy in his heart. Everyone is at fault in this matter, but the ones who pay the most are naturally the poor people who wield knives from the palace and are about to be forced to leave their hometowns. Shaking his head and sighing, he accompanied Zhang Fu all the way back to the study, and revealed some of the things he had thought about before more or less, and finally got Zhang Fu's approval.

"In this case, you just let it go, and don't worry about the rest, everything is up to me."