Chapter Eighty-Eight: Conflict
Standing quietly beside Xing Shangzhi, Zhang You smiled lightly and did not see any waves. Zhang Jialin had already told him the details of the matter, and Geng Sun's experience deeply pierced the softest place in his heart. Not only is he sympathetic to the plight of the mother and son, but he is also worried about the future of the empire.
He has a keen eye, on the surface, everything is because of Wu Xiuzhi's desire to make profits, and privately increase the poll tax to cause the current situation, but in the end, it is still inseparable from Zhang Juzheng's examination method.
The law is a good law, but it is inappropriate, and it is too strict, which has caused a heavy burden on the people at the bottom, otherwise, the matter of private taxes cannot be avoided in all dynasties, and only 80,000 taels of silver is nothing for a county, so Geng Zhong is afraid that he doesn't have to look down, and he wants to go to the court.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Geng Zhong is the kind of person who can't rub a grain of sand under Hai Rui's eyes. What the hell, Zhang You didn't want to delve into it, all he had to do was not let Geng Zhong lose his life in vain, even if he offended Li Chengliang for this, he didn't care.
As for the chivalrous and righteous Qian Yonghe, as long as the truth of Geng Sun's case is revealed, even if he can't be completely exempted, at least he has to offset most of it, right?
I have to find a chance to meet Zhang Juzheng as soon as possible, standing at the gate of Ning Yuanbo's Mansion, Zhang You's heart flew to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
There was finally movement at the gate, seeing an old man in Chinese clothes appear at the gate, Li Rusong followed closely, Zhang You guessed that this person must be the mighty Liaodong Daming Ning Yuanbo Liaodong General Soldier Li Chengliang, inevitably followed everyone to come forward to salute, glanced at a few more glances, but saw that he was fifty or sixty years old, his beard was already gray, but his body was very strong, his height was big, giving people a very powerful feeling, his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Li Rusong, thick eyebrows and garlic nose, and the narrow Danfeng eyes were shining between opening and closing, and the whole person was like a mighty leopard. You can jump up at any time and do the fight rabbit attack.
"Father, this is Zhang Zicheng from Pinggu, who works in the Tai Hospital, don't look at it as just a nine-grade Deng Shilang, but His Majesty personally gave him to see the five-grade officials below not kneel, and he really teased the children at the beginning." Li Rusong smiled and introduced Zhang You to Li Chengliang, and his words seemed very close.
Without waiting for Li Chengliang to speak, Xing Shangzhi interjected with a smile: "General Li's news is a bit outdated, last night Long Live Lord recruited Zicheng into the Qianqing Palace in the middle of the night, and now Zicheng is not only a Jiupin Dengshilang, but also the position of the head of the seventh grade of our Da Ming Gewu Institute." ”
"Gewusho?" Li Rusong couldn't help but glance sideways at Li Chengliang, the meaning was obvious, the child was good, it has only been a few days, and he is in charge of the seventh grade.
Li Chengliang remained silent, but he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, Zhu Yijun's kid really likes this kid, it's been less than half a month since he entered Beijing, this is the seventh grade, those two-list jinshi, that's it, right?
"The department that specializes in strange tricks and tricks, Your Majesty is young and playful, and it shouldn't be true on a whim."
"What kind of tricks and tricks, if Brother Zicheng makes something tricky, then there will be no more useful things in the world." Li Rusong said, and said: "Your Majesty is really as wise as a torch, and he has set up a place for you, and he will make great achievements in the future, just around the corner, but I want to say congratulations first." ”
After a few polite words, Zhao Pengcheng stepped forward and arched his hand at Li Chengliang: "Dashuai, the little ones came today for the thief who committed murder on Chaoyangmen Street. ”
Zhao Pengcheng was the Zhao stall head when he went to Pinggu to pick up Zhang You, Zhang You was in a hurry to employ people, so he asked Xing Shangzhi to pull him over.
As for the so-called angry words of the Long Live Lord, it was Zhang You who taught Zhao Pengcheng to say it, originally Xing Shangzhi and Zhao Pengcheng did not agree, but he insisted on going his own way and promised that he would take responsibility for something, and Zhao Pengcheng responded with fear. It is precisely for this reason that although the words are spoken, they seem very unconfident.
Li Chengliang couldn't imagine that Zhang You would dare to pretend to be a saint, and said with a smile: "Zhao Stall's words are serious, and there are also Ding Guangsi's no, just arrest someone and send it to Shuntian Mansion, this kid was actually sent to Ben Shuai's mansion, Ben Shuai has already scolded him, and he is about to transfer people to the Criminal Department. ”
He raised his voice as he spoke: "Come on, go to the firewood shed and bring the person who killed people in the street and hand them over." ”
Zhao Pengcheng glanced at Zhang You, smiled and said, "Not only the murderer, but the woman is also one of the people involved, and the little ones have to be taken away." ”
Li Chengliang's narrow eyes narrowed into thin slits, and he said with a smile: "That woman, you are a step too late, and you are already dead." ”
"What?" Zhang You Huo Ran changed color: "What about the corpse?" How did he die? ”
"Ben Shuai doesn't know, he just hit the pillar when he was locked up, I think it's faceless, and I commit suicide in fear of sin. According to the subordinates of Wu Xiu in Zhong Xiuzhi County, this woman was a murderer who poisoned her husband and had just escaped from Guangning Wei Prison. ”
"Based on just one side, Da Shuai made such a conclusion, I'm afraid it's a bit arbitrary, right?" Zhang You said unceremoniously, and then said, "What about the corpse?" His Majesty was very concerned about this case, and the lower officials wanted to see her body. ”
"Lord Xiao Zhang, can't you trust Ben Shuai?" Li Chengliang took half a step forward, looked at Zhang You and asked.
Zhang You did not flinch, and took a step closer and said: "It's not that you can't believe the handsome, it's that the impact of this case is too great, and you can't be negligent anywhere." ”
Li Chengliang smiled: "Lord Xiao Zhang doesn't seem to be from Dongchang, right?" Didn't the saint hand over this case to Dongchang for handling? Yes, I heard that the murderer is a servant, you are so concerned, you can't rely on the grace of the Holy Lord* to protect him, right? ”
Zhang You smiled: "What about the handsome?" I heard that Wu Xiu of Zhong Xiuzhi County privately set up a poll tax, and he got 80,000 taels of silver, and this 80,000 taels of silver will not have such a part, and it will go to your pocket, right? ”
"Brother Zicheng, you ......" Li Rusong changed color and said, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Chengliang's yin voice: "Lord Xiao Zhang, you can eat blindly, you can't talk nonsense, don't think that the saint **spoils** you are lawless, hurry up and apologize to Ben Shuai, otherwise, don't blame Ben Shuai for being unkind to you." ”
Seeing that Li Chengliang was angry, Zhao Pengcheng's frightened face changed, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Li Chengliang's face again, and secretly admired in his heart, Master Zhang is really good, this is Ning Yuanbo, why is he not afraid at all?
Xing Shangzhi also pinched a handful of sweat for Zhang You, and Li Chengliang insisted that Geng Sun's was dead, so Geng Sun's must be dead, even if he was still alive now, he would have to die for a while. Is it cost-effective to offend the blessed Li Chengliang for the sake of such a mortal person?
"Whether it has anything to do with it, the handsome man knows it!" Zhang You pursed his lips and smiled, waved his hand and instructed the fans: "Give Lao Tzu a search in the house, who dares to stop it, and if you resist the decree, you will be killed!" ”
"Who dare?" Li Chengliang's lungs were about to explode, he squinted his eyes and swept them, feeling the murderous aura rising on his body, everyone was frightened and retreated, and no one dared to step forward.