On the 10th day of November, the head of the 5th Soldier Shangshu and the 10th Division6 received a report from his son Ruan Yu in an urgent document of 400 li to inform the Qian Tang Chen clan of violating the prohibition and law, and at the same time, the Huiji clan with the He family accused Chen Caozhi of using the land to disturb the people, and tens of thousands of peasant households in Huiji County delayed the sowing of winter wheat because of panic, and Chen Caozhi brutally suppressed the petitioners, arrested innocent officials and good villagers, and the reputation was extremely evil

6 Shi has been under pressure recently, Huan Wen played the imperial court, and the Pengcheng King Sima Xuan was under the court lieutenant, and the original dull and most difficult to implement Yangzhou soil broke the storm in an instant, and many stubborn warriors were forced to hand over the hidden households again, and the Zhu family of Wujun, who was allied with the 6 clans, seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure, and frequently sent envoys to ask 6 Shi, whether to hand over some hidden households to talk about the responsibility? 6 Shi Mi ordered the Zhu clan and the thirty-six subordinate clans of Wu County to resolutely resist, and there was still some time before the review of the land break, so they must not be intimidated by the Huan clan

Huiji people are strong, since Yongjia Nandu, Wang Dao, Geng Liang, Geng Yi presided over the three soil breaks, Huiji are the most fierce opposition to the county, the three soil breaks have little effect, 6 originally thought that Yu's, He's for the Huiji big misunderstanding let Chen Caozhi hit a wall, never thought that Chen Caozhi could persuade Yu to hand over seven hundred hermits plus the first and handed over three hundred hermits, Yu before and after handing over thousands of hermits, Hui Ji Shishu heard the wind and moved, did not dare to resist again, have handed over the hermitted, Now only the He clan and several other surnames of the inferior clan are still waiting to see, if the momentum of Chen Caozhi cannot be curbed in time, then Wu County, Wuxing, Dongyang, Yixing, these Jiangzuo Shi clan inhabited areas will be forced to hand over the hidden household again, 6 The alliance that connected the three Wu Shi clans to resist the soil break collapsed, and the Huan clan weakened the manpower of the Jiangdong Shi clan by using the soil break, and the next part will be to limit the financial resources of the Jiangdong Shi clan. It was even more difficult for the southerners to enter the power center of the imperial court

After receiving the eldest son's secret report, 6 immediately discussed with the second son 6 birds, 6 birds said: "Father, don't hesitate, this time Chen Caozhi will be dismissed, Chen Caozhi will be dismissed, and Chen Caozhi will be dismissed. ”

6 hesitated and said: "Chen Caozhi is quite appreciated by King Ji, and he is from Xifu, and there is Xi in Zhongshu Province to protect him, so it is not easy to remove him from his post." ”

6 poultry said: "Father, His Majesty the Emperor is extremely angry because of Huan Wen's crime against King Pengcheng, and he feels that he has lost the dignity of the royal family, and he can be said to be both hateful and fearful of Huan Wen, and when he enters the palace to report to His Majesty about Chen Caozhi's perversion, His Majesty is helpless against Huan Wen, but can he still deal with a mere Chen Caozhi!" ”

6 Shi nodded and said: "For my father, I also went to visit King Huiji, Chen said that there are benefits and harms, and Chen Caozhi must be severely punished."

6 After entering the palace, 6 Shi also went to Situ Mansion to visit Sima Yu, and presented the documents of Huiji County and the He family and other scholars to accuse Chen Caozhi of disturbing the people by using the land to break the ground, and demanded that Chen Caozhi be removed from the post of the left supervisor of the land cut division, and be detained on the spot for review

Sima Yu, the king of Huiji, flicked the tail of his seat and said: "This is all one-sided words, how can Chen Caozhi be dismissed on this basis!" ”

6 began to say: "The people of the meeting are very angry, if Chen Caozhi is not severely punished, I am afraid of causing a civil uprising." ”

Sima Yu still shook his head, and said: "King Mingjian, Huan Wen borrowed the soil to establish authority, I am afraid it is not the blessing of the country." ”

This touched Sima Yan's hidden worries, he originally supported the soil break, because he felt that the land break could increase the taxes of the imperial court, have servitable people, and available wealth, but last month Huan Wen played the court general Sima Xuan, the king of Zhangcheng, under the court lieutenant, so that the royal Sima family lost face, and now listening to 6 Shi said this, Sima Yu couldn't help but hesitate, but Chen Caozhi is the person he appreciates, and severely punishing Chen Caozhi is what he never wants to see.

Sima Yu said: "This matter will be discussed in Taicheng tomorrow." ”

On the tenth day of November, in the East Hall of Taiji Hall in Taicheng, Sima Yu convened the small and medium-sized scattered cavalry attendants, the imperial history Zhongcheng, and the small servants of the various departments to discuss Chen Cao's affairs.

Zhong: "The case of Qian Tang Chen's Rantian has not yet been verified, and it is unknown whether there is such an illegal thing, even if it is true, how can it be blamed on Chen Caozhi, who is reviewing the verdict at the meeting!" ”

6 Shi Dao: "During the period of soil breaking, the Qian Tang Chen clan took advantage of Chen Cao's momentum to encroach on the land of the government and farmers, and it seemed difficult to convince the public if he did not punish him severely. ”

In the imperial history, Xie An said: "The people with the same surname, the good and the bad are uneven, and those who violate the law and the ban are inevitable, and the Jin law does not have this joint sitting method, and the Chen clan cannot be condemned to Chen Cao's head for violating the law, but should order Wu County to send officials to urge Qiantang County to try the Chen Zhantian case." ”

At this time, an attendant came to the seat of Sima Yu, the king of Huiji, and handed over the edict of the emperor Sima Yi to Sima Yu, the king of Huiji, but it was the emperor Sima Yi who asked the king of Huiji to severely punish Chen Caozhi, Sima Yu secretly shook his head, the emperor is still young and vigorous, and he does not know how to forbear, so he severely punishes Chen Caozhi to demonstrate to Huan Wen? How good is this!

6 At the beginning, I saw that there were still many people among the courtiers who spoke well of Chen Cao, and knew that it was difficult to remove Chen Caozhi from his post and investigate Chen Caozhi, so he said: "Chen Caozhi is very angry with the people in the meeting, and he continues to review the land and threatens to provoke the people. ”

6 At the beginning, he was the chief official of the Tu Judgment Division, and the power to exempt Chen Caozhi from the Hui Ji Tu Judgment was still there, and Chen Caozhi's position as the left supervisor of the Tu Duan Division was still there, but he was no longer responsible for reviewing the Tu Judgment of the Hui Hui Tu Xuan, and Xi Yi could not object, thinking: "With Chen Caozhi's wisdom and prudence, and Xie An's niece Xie Daoyun to help." It would not be so easy to be caught by the 6 clan, otherwise, how could Chen Caozhi be called Wang Zuozhicai. ”

6. In order to dismiss Chen Caozhi as soon as possible, he hurried to Huiji with a fast horse of 400 miles on the same day.

On the 11th, Xi returned to his apartment from Taicheng, but saw that the messenger sent by Chen Caozhi arrived, Chen Caozhi told Xi that 6 Yu and the He family wanted to frame him, and told Xi the details of the Huiji Tu Judgment

Xi Lanxin smiled, that is, he wrote letters to Chen Caozhi and Dai Shu respectively, and also went to Dai Shu in the starry night with 400 miles of urgency

On the afternoon of November 15th, the document of the Tu Duan Division was sent to the county of Huiji Shanyin, and the secretary of the Huiji Nei Shi Dai Shu and the county Cheng 6 Yu informed the matter of exempting Chen Cao's land judgment envoy, Dai Shu was shocked, and 6 Yu was in charge of the county's land break, that is, he ordered someone to summon Chen Caozhi to read out the order of the Tu Duan Division in person, wanting to see Chen Caozhi's frustration like this, but Chen Caozhi's expression was as usual, but he smiled and bowed his hand to Dai Shu: "I finally have the leisure to visit Mr. Dai Andao in Thorn County." ”

Dai Shu said: "Chen Zuojian has made remarkable achievements in the review of the soil judgment in the meeting, and I don't know why the soil judgment division relieved Chen Zuojian from his position!" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Since I am no longer responsible for reviewing the land judgment of your county, and the soil judgment department has not sent another soil judgment envoy, then the deputy envoy Zhu Yingtai should be fully responsible." ”

6 Yu returned to the apartment on the bank of Lixi, He Zhu waited for a long time, he already knew the news of Chen Caozhi's dismissal, and he was not very satisfied, and failed to detain Chen Caozhi and investigate, 6 Yu smiled generously: "It's not too much, after the case of Qian Tang Chen's occupation of the field is revealed, Chen Caozhi's reputation has plummeted, and his career should come to an end, even if Huan Wen will still appoint him, he can only stay in Xifu as a subordinate, not as an official, how to get promoted!" ”

He Zhu said: "Then do I still need to hand over the hidden household?" ”

6 Yu said: "Just hand over a hundred households to deal with it." ”

He Zhu said with a smile: "The Yu family, the Wei family, the Xie family, and the Kong family regret it now, haha, I'm afraid of Huan Wen, it's insulting to the family, right, Brother Zishan, can the detained families in my village be released?" ”

6 Yu said: "When I inform Dai Neishi tomorrow, I will release him." ”

Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun of the Junyi were also talking about the furnace at this time, and Chen Caozhi said: "Today is the 15th. There are still eight days left before the deadline for the review of the soil fault. Brother Yingtai is going to work hard. ”

Xie Daoyun asked, "When will Zizhong go to Kexian County to visit Mr. An Dao?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "After the messenger arrives, I will go, I will go to Thorn County, and the He family thinks that I can't do anything." I will quietly return to San'in by the 24th. Early in the morning of the 24th, the search of the He manor began, and Dai Neishi was asked to help with a hundred horse archers, and if the He family dared to gather a crowd to fight, the Yingtai brothers would withdraw to the county, and the performance would not dare to fight against the He clan by force. ”

On the evening of the 16th, Xi's messenger rushed to Shanyin, and went to Dai Shu, the envoy of the Huiji, to read the letter, and then went to the county post to see Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun, and discussed for a long time before returning to the Inner History Mansion.

Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun sent Dai Neishi out of the county station, and then slowly walked back, a round of cold moon like a new polished bronze mirror, clear and shining, clear and bright like frost, stepping on it really has the feeling of one step at a time.

The two were not in a hurry to return to the post house, they took a walk in the courtyard, there were several tall incense trees in the courtyard, in the middle of winter, the leaves of the incense trees had fallen, and the moonlight of the water reflected the branches on the mud ground, jagged and horizontal, as if writing in cursive.

Xie Daoyun asked: "Zizhong will go to Assassin County tomorrow?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Yes, I'll go early tomorrow morning, and bring Zongzhi and Run'er with me." ”

Xie Daoyun paced for a while, looked up at the moon, folded his shoulders coldly, and suddenly chuckled: "The search of the He Manor is imminent, and the two of us still have leisure to enjoy the moon." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Why is there no moon in the night? Where is there no bamboo shoot? But few confidants are like my ears. ”

Xie Daoyun turned his head to look at Chen Caozhi, Chen Caozhi's eyes were deep and bright, and the contours of his eyebrow bones and the bridge of his nose were very strong, well, he was a lifelong friend with such a man, what more could he ask for!

There are snowflakes falling sporadically, and tonight, Huiji County ushered in the second snow since the beginning of winter.

Xie Daoyun spread out a palm, felt the coldness of the snowflakes falling into his palm, and smiled: "Zizhong is going to brave the snow tomorrow to visit Dai, how about I write this ice and snow text?" ”