In February, the north wakes up from the ice, the rivers thaw, the wheat fields turn green, and the birds fly as if they had just woken up from their sleep.

In the fields, many hard-working farmers have begun to work, and they seem to be thriving, but when they get closer, they will find that their faces cannot hide the gloom clouds, and some people are in tattered clothes, like beggars, and thin children are shaking their excessively big eyes, following the adults blankly, stupidly looking at the wheat fields, fantasizing about delicious steamed buns, and can't help but have a long saliva at the corner of their mouths.

Since Yan Song Bingguo, the deficit of the household department has become more and more serious, even if there is a city department to make up for it, but it does not fall on the ordinary people, and the tax burden in various places is still increasing.

In some places, Jiajing has been levied for 50 years, and the heavy taxes have forced the peasants to go bankrupt, and the light and strong have gone their separate ways, and those who remain are unable to walk, guarding the fields, not knowing when they will be the leaders.

"Alas, the southeast has been an official for ten years, and it has been a prosperous and prosperous era, and when I come back again, I know that the people's livelihood is difficult!" Yang Jisheng sighed in the sky, feeling very uncomfortable.

Back then, he impeached Yan Song's father and son with the heart of death, and in a blink of an eye, nearly ten years have passed, and the Yan Party is still causing disaster to the country and the people, and he has gradually changed from a petty official full of enthusiasm to a mature feudal official.

The improvement of the realm made Yang Jisheng a lot more peaceful, but he did not regret his actions back then.

"Dashuai, it may not be good for the Yan Party to fall Daming, but if the Yan Party does not fall, Daming will definitely not be good, do you think so?"

Hu Zongxian's face was gloomy, with the reins of a horse, standing in the field, silent for a long time, but he said thoughtlessly: "Lord Yang, don't call me handsome, from now on, there will only be Hu Zongxian, the secretary of the military department, and there will be no Hu Ruzhen, the governor of the southeast!" ”

Stunned for a moment, Yang Jisheng nodded with a wry smile.

The two of them rushed to the capital one after the other.

As soon as I arrived at the city gate, I saw a group of soldiers holding a sign with the words "Welcome Hu Butang" written on it, as well as a number of musical instruments, which looked lively and lively.

"I didn't expect the court to still think about me."

Hu Zongxian secretly thought that he came over happily, and someone hurriedly greeted him, nodding on one knee, "You are always Hu Butang, the little one was ordered by Lord Tang to come to greet the adult, and asked the ministry to go to the military department to talk about it." ”

It's someone from Tang Yi's faction!

Hu Zongxian was inexplicably lost, but it was Yang Jisheng, who didn't care, and said with a smile: "You adults are bothered, this time we are all eating in the same pot, but we have to eat him well!" ”

The two adults came to the yamen of the military department, Tang Yi was wearing an official uniform, waiting at the second gate, and when he saw them, he hurriedly greeted them.

"Brother Merlin, Brother Jiaoshan, the little brother is polite."

Tang Yi bowed deeply, Yang Jisheng wanted to reach out to help, Hu Zongxian didn't move, he had to withdraw his hand and laughed dryly. I heard Hu Zongxian smile, "Okay, we are here, why don't we even go out of the gate, don't you look down on the old brother?" ”

Hu Zongxian's tone was joking, but Tang Yi was so sensitive, Hu Zongxian had a black belly, but on the surface, he was enthusiastic, bold and polite.

It is definitely not his style to get angry when they meet, or rather, Hu Zongxian is different from before.

Tang Yi was suddenly a little worried, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad to get Hu Zongxian to the capital?

As soon as a thought flashed in his heart, Tang Yi laughed at himself: "I said Brother Merlin, you are still willing to look at me, everyone in the capital regards me as a plague, and the farther away the better." ”

Yang Jisheng asked in surprise: "Okay, how do you say this?" ”

"Let's talk inside!"

Pulling the two of them, to Shangshu's living room, Tang Yi pushed Hu Zongxian to the main position, he and Yang Jisheng accompanied each other left and right, and Tang Yi filled them with wine.

After three glasses of wine, Tang Yi sighed, "I took over the errand of investigating the case last month. ”

"What case? Do you want your military squire to take action? Hu Zongxian wondered.

"What kind of case can it be, the case of the old Yan Shifan of the small pavilion." Tang Yi didn't hide it, and told the two of them everything he could say about what he had found out.

First of all, Yang Jisheng's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Oh, okay, I can thank you for the people of the world!" ”

As he spoke, he bowed deeply, and he couldn't stop it.

"Along the way, the land of Gyeonggi is ten rooms and nine empty, the people have vegetables on their faces, and the taxes and miscellaneous taxes are as many as cattle hair, and the burden on the shoulders of the people is as heavy as the mountains. The father and son of the Yan family, as well as their henchmen, are greedy for ink, and the treasury is already empty, and the people's grievances are boiling. Now Xingzhi holds great power, which is a God-given opportunity to hoe traitors for the country and sweep away the traitorous party! You can't afford to miss this opportunity! ”

Yang Jisheng smiled happily, but Hu Zongxian couldn't stop sighing, and in his expression, he was quite disapproving. Yang Jisheng just frowned and wanted to say something. Tang Yi waved his hand, turned to Hu Zongxian and smiled: "Brother Merlin, the journey is tiring, the junior brother has already arranged the mansion, you go over and take a look, if there is anything you are not satisfied with, let them arrange it again." ”

Hu Zongxian suddenly laughed at himself, "I'm still relieved to do things, Hu is at peace with what happens, and he is very content to have a tile to cover the roof, what else can he ask for!" ”

After speaking, he walked away, leaving Tang Yi and Yang Jisheng behind, and the embarrassment was needless to say. Yang Jisheng had a calm face, "This Hu Ruzhen, and when the capital is his governor's palace, he is really wild and untamable." ”

"Ahem." Tang Yi coughed twice, "Brother Jiaoshan, if I were Hu Zongxian, I would also be grumpy!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Jisheng put himself in his shoes and thought about it, and his face turned red.

Hu Zongxian has been in the southeast for many years, like the emperor of the south, holding hundreds of thousands of troops, life and death, all by his own heart, how comfortable, how happy!

A few years ago, he rushed to the crisis, and Tang Yi helped him operate into Beijing, and Hu Zongxian was still happy at first. But when he really wanted to give up his career in the southeast, he suddenly became melancholy.

It is only one step away from the completion of the anti-Japanese war, and when he arrives in the capital, he is only one of the six Shangshu, and there are also celebrants, cabinets, and emperors.

Countless mothers-in-law are pressing, and the car is no more than one. There are only two or three people in the entourage, and Hu Zongxian has already estimated the difference between cloud and mud.

He didn't want his subordinates to suffer, so he left the two most important strategists, Shen Mingchen and Wang Yin, to Zhao Bingran, and highly recommended them to him, saying that these two were both great talents in the world and were familiar with the situation in the southeast, so they just acted as Lord Zhao's right and left hands.

said it very well, but the next day, when Hu Zongxian was about to leave Hangzhou, he heard that after Zhao Bingran took over the Governor's Palace, he immediately dismissed everyone, and Hu Zongxian's shogunate was no exception.

Hu Zongxian held back his anger, he had the heart to go to Zhao Bingran to make trouble, but after thinking about it, the big seal was given to others, what else was there to toss, he could only sigh that people were going to tea and cool.

Zhao Bingran is from the Xu Party, when Tang Yi cooperated with the Xu Party and transferred him to the capital, Hu Zongxian put the account on Tang Yi, thinking that he was not enough friends and did not explain clearly, so when he arrived in the capital, Hu Zongxian would behave properly.

Tang Yi guessed one or two, but he knew bitterly, in just a short period of time before and after the year, the pig-like color changed, and between him and Xu Ge Lao, they had long been separated, and with the Yan Party in danger, Hu Zongxian, the former Yan Party, was subject to more and more discussions.

Especially in the Qing Stream in the imperial court, many people sharpened their knives, and they also made a list of the twenty strict parties, and Hu Zongxian was impressive.

In the face of the surging public sentiment, Tang Yi is also helpless, he can't stop everyone's mouth, the key is still Hu Zongxian, he must adapt to the change from the governor of the southeast to the secretary of the military department.

It's just that these words are in front of Yang Jisheng, Tang Yi can't say it, he can only ask Xu Wei for help, go and talk to Hu Zongxian, and tell Hu Zongxian about the changes during this time.

The reception banquet ended hastily because of Hu Zongxian.

The two adults of the military department came, and Tang Yi was finally able to unload the burden of thousands of catties and concentrate on dealing with the case of the Santai ticket number.

Tang Yi successfully found out that Yan Shifan used the Santai ticket number as a cover to travel to and from Japan, smuggling on a large scale, and making huge profits from gold. and designed the Inner Court Zhujue to pull them in as a cover for his crimes.

The sinister intentions can be seen.

Tang Yi sent Yang An to lead troops to Dengzhou, seized Yan Shifan's fleet, and arrested the person in charge, Yan Ming.

The net has gradually tightened, and the evidence of the crime has become more and more complete, to the point of being unassailable.

It is a matter of Yan Shifan, it is destined to be a big thing in history, and there must be no mistakes, Tang Yi thought about it repeatedly, and then he wrote down the closing document and prepared to submit it to Jiajing.

Finally dealt with the paperwork, Tang Yi locked it in the office signing room, and then transferred it home, and the next day, Tang Yi personally took the documents and sent them to the cabinet.

Coming out of the cabinet, relieved.

didn't go far, I happened to meet Dong Fen head-on, he was the deputy chief examiner of the exam, and said from afar: "Lord Tang, I'm looking for you, I'm going to take the exam today, I want to be talented for the country, we must be fair and fair, put an end to cheating, and the help of the Ministry of War is indispensable, I just have something to discuss with Lord Tang." ”

His voice was very high, obviously it was said to others, Tang Yi was stunned, isn't this guy a cadre of the Yan Party, Wu Peng's son-in-law?

When Wu Peng died, the two sides were still enemies, and they didn't speak for many years, and they had nothing to do, so there must be a problem.

Tang Yi was careful, and the two of them went to the military department together, and as soon as they entered the signing room, Dong Fen looked around to make sure that there was no one, so he lowered his voice and said, "Lord Tang, I came on the orders of the elder of the pavilion." ”

"Which elder?" Tang Yi asked.

"Who else could it be, Old Brother Yan Ge!" Dong Fen sighed, "Lord Tang, you are a smart person, let's get straight to the point." The old man is old. He really wanted to retreat, and he told us that the only people who can be entrusted to the princes of the court and the central government are Lord Tang and Mr. Jingchuan, please ask for your grace and accept us! ”

Saying that, Dong Fen actually paid a big salute.

You must know that he is much older than Tang Yi's qualifications, and he can only say that he has really changed.

Tang Yi didn't speak for a while, and suddenly smiled, "Master Dong, we are not three-year-old children, if you say take refuge, I will believe it, isn't it too shameless?" ”

Dong Fen raised his head, "Lord Tang, we are sincere, Yan Shifan's hole card, I can tell your lordship." ”

"Speak!"

"He has an adult in his hand, and there is evidence of the Xu family's smuggling, you must not take the matter of the Santai ticket number to attack Yan Shifan, otherwise, you will suffer from it!" (To be continued.) )