People say that people are old and horses are slippery, this sentence is not wrong at all, after all, when you are old, you have to cross more bridges than young people walk. Father-in-law Qian has been rolling in the palace for so many years, and he has never seen anything, and he immediately saw the pros and cons of this matter in front of him.

"Lord Wang, do you still remember the establishment of the crown prince when the first emperor was in power?" When he said this, Father-in-law Qian's voice was very low.

"Remember, what's wrong?" King Fu wondered.

In the hearts of these two people, the so-called first emperor does not refer to Zhu Changluo, who was only the emperor for a month, but to Zhu Yijun, the son of King Fu, the Wanli Emperor.

"At that time, the first emperor was bent on making you the prince the crown prince and inheriting the throne. Helplessly, all officials did everything to obstruct it, and finally set up your short-lived brother. But the first emperor always felt ashamed of the prince, and gave the prince the best in everything, and his partiality was known to all officials. Don't your short-lived brother and his son know? And how did the concubine Niangniang treat their father and son in the first place, won't there be hatred in their hearts? Maybe the old slave spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but the heart of guarding against people is indispensable...... Rajah...... At present, the prince is following the rules in Luoyang, and others can't catch the handle, once he really sends someone to beat the governor's people, it will inevitably be true. Thinking that Yue Su, he is the Qincha who is ordered to patrol Henan, holding the sword of Shangfang, three copper guillotines, patrolling on behalf of the Son of Heaven, what a momentum. I remember that there was news in the capital that Yue Su beat Zhang Guoji's son, and the emperor not only did not punish him, but rewarded his uncle with a court staff, which can also be seen how much the emperor valued him. If such people say a few bad words about the prince in front of the emperor, such as colluding with the prison army, raising dead soldiers, confronting the officials and the army, and having bad intentions, how can it be good? The emperor remembered the grievances in the past and took the opportunity to make trouble, which was the catastrophe of the prince. I hope the prince will think twice......"

Father-in-law Qian's voice was not loud, but his voice was full of emotion, and his words were serious, and in the end, he knelt down for King Fu. There were tears in his eyes.

"Money companion, you get up quickly. The lonely king listens to you, and if you ask this king to do something, this king will do it, get up quickly, get up quickly......"

King Fu is not a fool, although he was angry just now, but after listening to Father-in-law Qian's words, he also felt that it was reasonable. His huge body was really inconvenient, and he wanted to support Father-in-law Qian, but he didn't stand up in the chair for a long time.

Father-in-law Qian got up on his own and whispered again: "The prince really wants to listen to the old slave?" ”

"Of course. The companion said that if you let the king do it, the king will do it......" said King Fu affirmed.

"The old slave thought that the twenty or thirty thousand stone grain was actually nothing to the prince, but the prince was trying to save face, so he snatched it back."

"What the companion said is that that bit of food is really nothing, this king is angry, then Yue Su doesn't give this king face, so that this king can't come to the stage."

So the old slave thought, the prince might as well play a twist and justify himself, and his words should not be too soft, nor too hard. I think it is said that Yue Su forcibly requisitioned grain, and he resisted and did not obey the order, deliberately shirked it, and insisted on not returning it. Because the prince couldn't leave Luoyang without permission, he went to Luoyang to complain to Shi Gonggong, hoping that he could uphold justice and help get back the food. Unexpectedly, Gonggong Shi actually made an assertion and took advantage of Yue Su's absence to retrieve the grain by himself, and the prince really didn't know about it. Now that he heard that Yue Su was taken away by Gonggong Shi because of the grain, he was furious and wanted to raid Gonggong Shi's mansion and ask the prince to return the grain, but the prince didn't know what to do. After all, the grain originally belonged to the prince's family, and the emperor was asked to decide. If the emperor said that he would lend the grain to Lord Yue for the time being, that would be fine, but please ask Lord Yue to write down the date for returning it, so as not to disobey the will and repay the debt again. Also, Zhang Guoji also lives in Luoyang, so the prince might as well take him and ask him to hand the emperor a chapter, stating that Yue Su did not comply with the decree and refused to return the grain, hoping that the emperor would give Yue Su a deadline and return the grain on time. At the same time, he sent some silver to Gonggong Wei in the capital, and asked him to say a few good words for the prince as much as possible, and try to preserve Shi Wen. This time, the prince did not lose face, and drew a clear line with Shi Wen, maybe he could also save Shi Wen and give Zhaozhou enough face. ”

Father-in-law Qian said what he was thinking in his heart, but he also killed two birds with one stone.

After hearing this, King Fu nodded, and said: "The words of the companion are reasonable, so it is decided, and this king will let people go to Zhang Guoji and go to the book together." ”

Then, Father-in-law Qian called everyone up again. Shi Wen's heart was up and down, and he didn't know what this old fox and King Fu said, and whether those contents were beneficial to him.

As soon as he walked to the bottom of the stairs, he heard Father-in-law Qian say: "Father-in-law Shi, now Yue Su has sent someone to copy your house, just copy it, the silver is gone, you can earn it again in the future, don't lose your life." When you were in Yue Su's line, you probably thought the same way. ”

"Yes, yes......" Shi Wen nodded hurriedly and replied with a smile on his face. But in my heart, I was secretly scolding, old fox, what the hell are you doing again.

"Yue Su said that you made friends with the prince in private, and listened to the prince's dispatch to grab disaster relief food, which doesn't seem to be the case. The grain was originally my lord's, and my lord wanted to reason with him Yuesu, but he had no choice but to have an ancestral system, and the vassal king was not allowed to leave the fiefdom without authorization, so he couldn't go out of Luoyang and find him Yuesu. In desperation, I complained to you, the Luoyang supervisor, hoping that Gonggong Shi could uphold justice and help him come forward to get food back from Yue Su's theory. Don't you think? Father-in-law Qian said with a smile.

"Yes, yes......" Shi Wen nodded again and again, knowing in his heart that this was to deduct the basin on his head. But savoring it, this is probably the best explanation. Otherwise, whether the vassal king befriended the prison army, or the prison army befriended the vassal king, in short, it would be a big sin, and no one would have any good fruit to eat. At least the prince has a big family, so he is not so bad, he is a small prison army, I am afraid that he will be unlucky.

Then, I heard Gonggong Qian say: "The emperor has already written on the reply of the prince that Yue Su should return the grain, but Yue Su did not obey the decree and resolutely refused to return it, which is really disrespectful." Shi Gonggong was filled with indignation, and personally went to find Yue Su Theory, wanting to help the prince fight grievances and get back food. Who expected that when he arrived on the bank of the Yellow River, he didn't find Yue Su, so he took the initiative and took back the prince's grain in advance. As a result, he was detained by Yue Su for robbing the imperial court for disaster relief and was to be beheaded for public display. Fortunately, the prince was well aware of the righteousness, and was afraid of affecting the prison army, so he decided to lend the grain to Yue Su again, and Gonggong Shi was also willing to donate his family property to help the people, so as to save his life. Is this a matter of really? ”

"Yes, yes......" Shi Wen nodded again and again. This time, after listening to Father-in-law Qian's words, he couldn't help but cheer in his heart. This old fox is indeed very clever, and when he justifies it, I don't seem to have any serious crimes.

"Since this is the case, Gonggong Shi is going to Chen Zuozhang and defend himself. The prince of my family will also take off the fold for the public, just save his surname. If your property is gone, it will be gone, and you should be ruined and saved from disaster. The opportunity to make money will be there in the future. ”

"Yes, yes...... Thank you, Lord Wang...... Thank you, Father-in-law Qian......" Shi Wen hurriedly knelt on the ground, and rushed up and kowtowed three more times.

King Fu asked him to move a chair and ask him to write a plea, and he also asked the master to write a chapter according to the meaning of Father-in-law Qian. At the same time, he asked people to send a letter to Zhang Guozhang's family, hoping to hand over a fold together, and if he did not comply with Yue Su's decree, he hoped that the emperor would set a deadline for Yue Su to return the grain.

Zhang Guozhang already hated Yue Su because of his son's affairs, since the prince took the lead, how could he not participate. agreed immediately, immediately drafted the fold, and sent it to Jingshi together.

King Fu's mansion was busy writing excerpts, and the children outside the palace took officers and soldiers to confiscate Shi Wen's family property. Although there are not as many places where the prison army comes to make money, there are a lot of them, he is in charge of logistics, and some ordnance and equipment are allocated by him, and he can make a lot of money by selling them privately. I secretly opened some business, plus gifts, and after a fry, a total of more than 50,000 taels of silver, more than 4,000 taels of gold, jade jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., also broke four large boxes. This is just the money in office, how much is in the hometown, then it is not clear.

Tong Zhou waited for Shi Wen here for another day, waiting left and right, but he didn't see this kid come out, and Tong Zhou didn't dare to enter the palace to arrest him, so he had no choice but to take the copied property back first.

Back in Xingyuan, Tong Xuan told the truth about the matter here, and Yue Su listened to it, but he didn't show any displeasure. However, a few people were dissatisfied, and said loudly: "My lord, I knew that this kid's words didn't count, and I should have killed him in the first place!" "Yes, yes." …… This is Yue Su's big tent, and Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang are not in it, so they dare to speak freely.

When Yue Su heard this, he only smiled slightly, and didn't say anything. Yang Yishan, who was on the side, said: "You misunderstood the adult, in fact, the adult had long expected such a scene, and the reason why he didn't want to kill him was because he really didn't want to kill more." Shi Wen is the eunuch of the prison army after all, life and death are taken by the emperor, as soon as the adult enters Henan, he has already killed so many officials, if he kills the prison army again, there will definitely be people who say that the adult is arrogant and arrogant, disregards the saints, and acts beyond his authority. It's not good for adults. After stealing Shi Wen's family property, it was enough to cover the robbed food, and there was a surplus, which was enough for adults to do more for the victims. At the same time, after Shi Wen left, the lord also asked me to draw up an excerpt and present Shi Wen's confession to the emperor, and he would not get any good fruit at that time. ”

"I see. Wise ......."

A few days later, the Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Since Yue Su left Beijing, Zhu Carpenter was reluctant to go to the early dynasty, if it weren't for Wei Zhongxian's frequent urging, it is estimated that this work would have been saved long ago. Most of the time, Carpenter Zhu works as a carpenter in the Yangxin Palace, and occasionally takes time to go to Kunning Palace to see the pregnant queen.

Today, Zhu Carpenter is in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Wei Zhongxian walked outside the hall with a stack of concertes. Seeing that the emperor was bored working, he didn't dare to disturb loudly, walked in cautiously, and said in a low voice: "The old slave sees the emperor." ”

Carpenter Zhu may have been working at a critical moment, although he heard Wei Zhongxian's voice, he didn't raise his head, let alone put down the guy in his hand. Instead, he said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, among the excerpts sent by the cabinet today, there is also Lord Samyue's." Wei Zhongxian whispered.

"This kind of thing, there is no need to report it in the future, and anyone who has a counselor Yue Aiqing will be dismissed." Zhu Youxiao said impatiently.

"But...... This time, Lord Sanyue's is the Fu King and the uncle again......"

"Why are they again, it's nothing to do. And why? Zhu Youxiao said unhappily.

"It's still for the sake of food. And there was a little friction in it...... "At that moment, Wei Zhongxian recited the recital presented by King Fu, which probably means nothing more than the excuses that Gonggong Qian made for King Fu in the Qin'an Palace, as well as the refusal to obey Yue Su's decree and refuse to return the grain. Then, he read the excerpt between Shi Wen and Zhang Guozhang, of course Shi Wen defended himself, crying that he was wronged, although he did not handle it properly, but Yue Su should not have raided his home. Zhang Guoji's recital has relatively little content, just saying that Yue Su will not return the grain, and hopes that the emperor will uphold justice and set a deadline for Yue Su to repay the grain.

When Wei Zhongxian was reciting, Zhu Youxiao finally put down the guy in his hand and said, "There are so many things, isn't Yue Su on the book?" ”

"Lord Yue is naturally also on it, looking at the payment time above, it is two days earlier than the recital of King Fu and Guozhang. I just don't know why the cabinet only sent it today. Wei Zhongxian said cautiously.

"If there is such a thing, read Yue Aiqing's excerpt to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian followed and read Yue Su's recital.

Yue Su said in the recital that before leaving Beijing, the cabinet had promised that Huguang would be allowed to collect taxes in advance, and when he arrived in Henan, the 250,000 taels of disaster relief silver would be delivered. However, he has been in Henan for a long time, and Huguang has not even sent a tael of silver, and the money from the convicts and bullies has been used to help the victims and repair the Yellow River. Now he is raising food and repairing the river, but at this juncture, King Fu actually colluded with the eunuchs of the Luoyang Prison Army to rob the disaster relief food, not only robbed the original borrowed amount, but also robbed tens of thousands of stones, and the victims of the disaster fell into dire straits again, and asked the emperor to decree that King Fu hand over the stolen grain. As soon as the disaster relief money from Huguang arrives, it will be returned immediately.

After listening to Yue Su's chapter, Carpenter Zhu said angrily: "Yue Su has no over there for the time being, King Fu and so on, and he didn't say no, is his family still short of rice to put in the pot." I won't pursue the matter of snatching grain, you now make an order, let King Fu return the grain to Yue Su first, and then return it when Huguang's disaster relief money arrives. Also, you go and urge Ye Xianggao and ask him when Huguang's tax money will be delivered. He provoked this matter, and when he said that he had promised in front of me, he said that as soon as Yue Su arrived in Henan, the silver would arrive! ”

Seeing that the emperor complained about Ye Xianggao, Wei Zhongxian was secretly happy in his heart. The reason why Yue Su didn't pay it back was because he didn't pay it back, because he didn't think it was because he couldn't see those princes, uncles, and market merchants taking advantage of the national disaster to raise the price of rice and harm the people. Saying that he would wait for the silver in Huguang to be returned, it was obviously a prevarication, he had copied so many houses, how could he have no money in his hands, he really wanted to pay it back, and he would have paid it back a long time ago.

However, this kind of thing, Gonggong Wei will not say it now, after all, the emperor has already pulled the topic to Ye Xianggao. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity, it won't be him.

(To be continued)