"Lord Chen, you are from a famous family, and you are from Hanlin, and you are condescending to Taicang Zhizhou, which is really overkill, and even villains are humiliating for you."

"Hmph." Chen Menghe's face was calm, and a monstrous wave was set off in his heart. On the one hand, there is conscience, on the other hand, there is interest, how to choose, it is really torturous!

Shen Liang smiled slightly, and continued to increase his demagogy: "Although the villain only uses ten stones of grain to buy an acre of land, the people who sell the land will not suffer. ”

"Really?"

"That's natural, the villains want to increase the workshops, they want to increase the weavers, and they will hire these people. And when His Majesty's holy life has passed, the silk needs less, and more money is earned, and then I will compensate them. The villain is also a Jiangnan person, how can he harm his fellow villagers unless he has to, is the villain willing to be poked in the back? ”

"Makes sense, too." These few words really moved Chen Menghe, if the people can be compensated, it is not impossible to lose a little immediate benefits, in short, the overall situation is important!

"Mr. Shen, today is a small year, as the saying goes, things are slow and round, can you wait for the New Year......"

"No." Shen Liang hurriedly said: "Lord Chen, once the New Year is over, the people will start to prepare the land and raise seedlings, and then go to land acquisition, there will be more trouble, and the villain thinks that he must start before the year." ”

Tang Xiucai instinctively felt that something was wrong and asked, "Must you be in such a hurry?" ”

"Alas, the villain doesn't want to be in a hurry, but the palace is in a hurry, the New Year is the thirty-first year of Jiajing, and the reward promised in thirty years will not be sent in thirty-one years, let Your Majesty know, how angry you should be!"

Chen Menghe frowned, he had been persuaded for the most part, but he was still a little hesitant, and said: "Mr. Shen, what you mean is understood, within two days, I will give you an answer!" ”

Shen Liang smiled meaningfully, nodded and said, "That villain is waiting for good news." ”

After finishing speaking, Shen Liang turned around and said goodbye, leaving only Chen Menghe and Tang Xiucai sitting opposite each other, Tang Xiucai lowered his head, drank tea one by one, and did not say a word.

Chen Menghe was silent for a long time and asked, "Mr. Tang, what do you think?" ”

"Dong Weng, no matter what, buying the fields at half price with ten stone of grain, is still approaching the end of the year, it's good to say, what will the people think?"

Chen Menghe showed a look of pain on his face, and he let out a long sigh.

"I don't know, but what can I do if this matter is implicated in the palace and the teacher? Mr. Tang, to put it mildly, we magistrates are just daughters-in-law, with in-laws above and children below. When it is absolutely impossible, it is better to wronged the child than to wronged the monarch's father, and Shen Liang also said that he will compensate the people. Let's send more people to go down and reason with the people, I believe the people will understand the difficulties of the court? ”

"What if the people are inconsiderate?" Tang Xiucai asked worriedly, Chen Menghe was suddenly speechless, this matter did violate his creed of being an official and a man, and the room fell silent again.

Chen Menghe looked up at the ceiling and sighed.

"There is no best of both worlds, if you can help the master, you can make the Yan Party fall, I don't know how many loyal and good people will die less, and I don't know how many people can be less harmed, this is the real overall situation!" Chen Menghe seemed to be convincing Tang Shen, but in fact, he was listening to himself.

"Mr. Tang, if there are really people who are harmed, it's a big deal that I, Chen Ziyu, resign and don't do it!"

Speaking of which, it is still necessary to sacrifice the people, Tang Xiucai couldn't help but sigh. He didn't have the heart to be a master, but he just wanted to help his son fight for a good environment, if he let himself force the people to hand over the land and violate his conscience, it would bring trouble to his children and grandchildren!

It's a big deal, the master won't do it...... Wait, how did I forget that kid!

Tang Xiucai couldn't wait to slap two mouths, and hurriedly said: "Dong Weng, the dog is also here, isn't it ......?"

"Tang Xian's nephew is here? Why didn't you say it earlier! Bring him here. ”

"No need, I'll see you later." Tang Yi walked in from the side door, first greeted Chen Menghe, and then nodded at his father, and said with a smile: "Please forgive the kid for being reckless, if you listen to Shen Liang's words, you will ensure that a catastrophe will come!" ”

"What? Do you have a basis for your nephew? ”

"My lord, I kept thinking about it just now, Shen Liang is simply blurring the problem, pulling around, and fishing in troubled waters."

"Is it that serious?" Chen Menghe asked in surprise.

"It's worse than that!"

Tang Yi said solemnly: "My lord, let me ask three questions. ”

"Speak."

"First, will Elder Xu Ge really replace Elder Yan Ge immediately? Second, even if you satisfy the appetite of the palace, will the credit definitely fall on you and Xu Ge Lao? Third, is Shen Liang's method of land acquisition really feasible? Will it bring you a catastrophe! ”

Tang Yi's three questions were straight to the point, Shen Liang's set of fools, the core was that Xu Ge Lao wanted to overpower Yan Ge Lao and let him spin silk, which was the last straw that crushed Yan Ge Lao, although the people would suffer losses, but there would be compensation, plus the huge temptation of interests, it was worth taking the risk.

But on closer examination, none of them are plausible.

Tang Yi sneered: "If you are not mistaken, there is also a Li Ge Lao in front of Xu Ge Lao, the cabinet is a place where seniority is arranged, can Xu Ge Lao cross the second assistant and sit directly in the position of the first assistant?" Yan Song has been in the cabinet for ten years, and there are many party henchmen, just the change of a ministry's secretary can prove that Yan Song is going to fall, and it is too optimistic, right? Again, the silk is woven, and the credit is first from the Weaving Bureau, then to the Governor of Su Song, the prefect of Suzhou, if I remember correctly, these are all people of the Yan Party, no matter how it is counted, Yan Ge Lao has more benefits, but once something goes wrong, it will fall on the old parents. ”

Chen Menghe listened to Tang Yi's analysis, gradually calmed down, and was not so impulsive.

"Virtuous nephew, what you said is reasonable, although Shen Liang's method is not good, it is also well-thought-out, and there will be no big problems, right?"

Tang Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "My lord, his method is full of loopholes in the eyes of his late life, and it is a bubble of shit!" ”

"Yi'er, you have to have a basis for speaking!" Tang Xiucai reminded in a low voice.

"Taicang is a double crop of rice and wheat, rice is planted in summer, wheat is planted in autumn, and then harvested next year, and now the wheat is in the field for the winter, if you change to plant mulberry seedlings, these wheat should be compensated? Shen Liang's so-called ten stones and one acre of land, if you deduct one season of wheat and then deduct the cost of mulberry seedlings, the actual income of the common people is only seven stones, not counting the small officials who exploit it, let me ask what is the difference between such a low price and robbery? Will the people be able to survive this year? ”

Chen Menghe listened, his sideburns were already sweating, Tang Yi still refused to give up, and continued to say ruthlessly: "My lord, have you forgotten, Shen Liang wants to borrow grain from Chang Ping, regardless of whether Chang Ping's grain stock is enough for 200,000 stones, and whether he can repay it on time. Take the grain of the imperial court, help the merchants to oppress the people, the farmers and the industry and commerce, the world is reversed, and the imperial historian will not care? Also, the regular closing position is used to adjust the price of grain, if 20,000 acres of land is replanted with mulberry seedlings, and the regular closing is borrowed again, what will be the consequences? ”

What other consequences can there be, fools know, there will definitely be a sharp rise in food prices, and it will not only affect the people of land acquisition, but even the citizens of Taicang will be affected. Under the boiling of public resentment, his career of Chen Menghe is over!

Tang Yi's words completely woke up Chen Menghe, the danger is not only what Tang Yi said, once the landless people have no way to live, most of them will go to the sea to be widows, and the officials will force the people to rebel, Chen Menghe will pull out the cold in his heart, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a catastrophe.

Thinking of this, Chen Menghe actually stood up and saluted Tang Yi. ‘

"Virtuous nephew, you saved me!"

Tang Yi hurriedly returned the salute, "The old parents are too polite, you can think of it sooner or later." ”

"Alas, don't talk about it, I'll call Shen Liang over and reject him in one bite!" Chen Menghe said angrily, and said in his heart that he dared to dig a pit for me, if it weren't for the weaving bureau behind you, this official would have killed you!

"Slow."

Tang Yi stopped Chen Menghe again, Chen Menghe looked puzzled, and said angrily: "Virtuous nephew, Shen Liang is so harboring evil intentions, what else is there to discuss!" ”

"My lord, Shen Liang may just want to complete the task of the Weaving Bureau, and he is not willing to lose money, so he came up with such an idea. If you reject him directly, it will be tantamount to offending the Weaving Bureau and the inner court, I'm afraid it's inappropriate! ”

At this time, Tang Xiucai's face sank, he had already felt that something was wrong, but he didn't have his son to see it so clearly. Since Shen Liang's intentions are sinister, what else do he care!

"Yi'er, do you want to condone the wicked to commit murder?"

"Don't you dare." Tang Yi said with a smile: "After all, this matter involves the palace, and if it is not handled well, the consequences are serious. ”

"Drag?"

"Yes." Tang Yi said with a smile: "My lord immediately repaired a book, and sent it to Elder Xu Ge overnight, waiting for Elder Ge to show you, you must not make a decision arbitrarily." ”

It doesn't sound crisp or crisp enough, but it's the safest way at the moment, remember, officialdom is never a place to be pushy!

Chen Menghe nodded happily, but hesitated again.

"Virtuous nephew, I'm afraid it will take a month to go back and forth, how can I delay it?"