With the help of Zhang Heng, Yun Meng quickly sorted out the current situation of Shiping, and there are two major families in Shiping who are the most arrogant, one is the Qiang family, and the other is the Cheng family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After the info yamen announcement was posted, in just two days, there were hundreds of complaints against the Shiping Haoqiang family, either occupying the land, robbing people's children, or bullying the market and disregarding people's lives, and nine out of ten of them pointed to the Qiang and Cheng families. In addition, Zhang Heng also told Yun Meng that the reason why Shiping County and the county government were in disrepair was not because the special funds allocated by the imperial court had not arrived, but because they were intercepted by the Cheng family halfway. Hearing this, Yun Meng was a little puzzled and asked: "The imperial court's special funds are allocated every three years, and they are all allocated by the Duzhi Mansion according to the regulations, so no matter how powerful the Cheng family is, they can't stretch their hands to the Duzhi Mansion, right?" ”

"Oh? The head of the Pingcheng family followed Taizu in the early years of the Fangtou mutiny, although he was only a captain in front of the tent at the time, but because of his loyalty to protect the lord, so he later also got the favor of Taizu. As for the background of the Cheng family in Beijing? Cheng Jia, Cheng ...... Could it be that he refers to Shangshu Zuo Cheng Zu? Yun Meng asked.

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "My lord is right, Shangshu Zuocheng is in charge of the world's discipline, Shangshu is in charge of the world's money and grain, although they are all Shangshu's officials, but Shangshu Youcheng must also obey Zuocheng's orders, although the imperial court's special funds for repairs are allocated by the Duzhi Mansion, but after all, it is inseparable from Shangshu Youcheng's disposal, so it is nominally a silver money allocated to Shiping. just turned around on the paper and returned to the desk of Lord Cheng, of course, he had to find a reason to block the mouths of the foreign officials, so there was a matter of intercepting the silver halfway, in the end, Shi Ping had never even seen a penny, and he may have been charged with the misuse of the court's special funds. ”

"Listening to you say this, the Cheng family is simply greedy for ink. Fill their own pockets, but they still have a reputation for borrowing, and they have to pull Shi Ping as a backstop, as long as no one dares to expose this matter, they will embezzle this special fund in a grand manner, right? Yun Meng asked again.

Zhang Heng sighed again and said, "Yes, even if someone dares to denounce it, this kind of case will not have to be handled by Shangshu Zuocheng in the end." Isn't that the same as not suing? What's the use, maybe it will catch fire. ”

When Yun Meng heard this, he had a calculation in his heart, "The Cheng family relies on Cheng Zu in Beijing, this Cheng Zu is known as the city government, on the surface, he is upright, impartial in law enforcement, and upright, but in fact, he is a man who sees the wind and rudder and tries his best to drill the camp. At that time, the Empress Qiang and the courtiers unanimously promoted the Jin King Fu Liu as the crown prince, and Cheng Zu was the most active at that time. Do your best to sing praises for Fu Liu. Later, Gaozu used witchcraft to divinate and get the talisman of 'three sheep and five eyes', thinking that God alluded to the fact that the third son Fu Chang should be established as the reserve, Cheng Zu immediately turned his face, saying that Fu Chang's natural vision was a god and a man, and if he was established as the prince. In the future, the succession will be able to ensure the eternal stability of the Great Qin, and although the Jin King Fu Liu is talented, it is difficult to compare with Fu Chang, so Gaozu decided to establish Fu Chang as the prince. After Fu Chang succeeded to the throne, he felt that Cheng Zu had contributed to him back then, so he promoted Cheng Zu to Shangshu Youcheng to be in charge of the national program and discipline. During the reign of Fu Chang, many unjust cases, including the case of Fu Mei, the king of Guangping, were actually handled by Fu Chang, so to a certain extent, Cheng Zu was also one of the accomplices of the tyrant Fu Chang, but this person was too slippery, and after learning that Fu Jiang won the throne, he actually repeated the old tricks, changed his previous face, and showed people with a righteous and awe-inspiring state, denounced Fu Chang's tyranny, and counted his crimes. His Majesty also knows that people like Cheng Zu who ride on the wall will only act cowardly, not conscientious, and will never be able to take on heavy responsibilities. It's just that His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and his foundation is still shallow, and there is not much to do about it for the time being, so he has to reuse it as Shangshu Zuocheng. However, now is a good opportunity, one can kill the crooked style of the powerful and noble, and the other can rectify the rule of the court officials, so that the officials of the world can understand that the current court is pragmatic and truth-seeking, and those who are flattering and flattering and dogs should put away their tails as soon as possible, and they should be divided into officials, otherwise there will be no good end. ”

Zhang Heng saw that Yun Meng was silent in thought, and he didn't dare to disturb, so he slowly retreated. When he retreated to the door, he heard Yun Meng say: "Zhang Zhi, you go and make arrangements, and tomorrow you will accompany the official to visit the Cheng family." Zhang Heng was suspicious in his heart, "What does this Lord Yun mean, is it also afraid of the Cheng family's power?" But he didn't dare to say much, just said yes.

After breakfast on the second day, Yun Meng just walked out of the room in civilian clothes, and saw that Zhang Heng was already waiting outside, Yun Meng smiled and said: "Zhang Cheng arrived so early!" ”

Zhang Heng arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency ordered me to prepare for today's visit to the Cheng family today, and it is really difficult to think about it, so I waited here early, and asked my lord to punish his subordinates for their ineffective work." ”

"Oh? Why do you have to understand, and why do you have to punish them? Yun Meng asked puzzled.

Zhang Heng then explained: "Since the adult wants to visit the Cheng family in person, the Cheng family is not ordinary, and the adult always has to bring some gifts to show respect, but now the county government is really poor and white, and there is no expense!" ”

"Hahaha, Zhang Zhi, Zhang Zheng, you are obviously testing the determination of the official to punish Haoqiang, it seems that you still can't trust Yun!" Yun Meng laughed, and then said.

Zhang Heng saw that his mind was seen through by Yun Meng, so he no longer concealed it, and said to Yun Meng: "I thought for a long time after seeing the adults yesterday after learning about the background of the Cheng family, and then ordered my subordinates to arrange today's visit, so I guessed whether the adults were afraid of the Cheng family's power and wavered, so I wanted to make friends with them, but I was not sure about them, so I wanted to test the words of the adults, I didn't want to be recognized by the adults, and I was guilty of the crimes, and I asked the adults to punish them." ”

Yun Meng smiled slightly after hearing this, and said: "It is normal for Zhang to have a misunderstanding of Yun, but although Zhang Zhan believes in the determination of this official, the so-called 'gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase'. ”

Zhang Heng was also deeply ashamed when he heard Yun Meng's statement, apologized to Yun Meng again, and then asked, "In that case, my lord, do you still want to go to Cheng's house today?" ”。

Yun Meng looked up at the sky and said, "Go, of course I want to go, his Cheng family owes me a special fund from the yamen, how can I not ask him for it?" ”

So, the two walked to the Cheng family's mansion, which led to Yunjing to punish the evil slaves. (To be continued.) )