Immediately, Shi Shenzheng put pen to paper, and his staff member Mr. Gao stood aside, seeing the words "the minister is old and mediocre and unbearable to serve", he was excited, and couldn't help but hold it down and said: "It's not here, it's not here!" ”

The local government is different from the relatively worthless capital of officials, and it is more difficult to fall in comparison with the fact that one party has a big member Shi participating in politics, unless it reaches the level of anger from heaven and anger from God and people. At least it is more difficult for the imperial court to verify, and it will take more time in terms of spatial distance, and it will take some time to get the results according to the verification situation.

Procedurally speaking, although Ma Xun's attack was fierce and ruthless, Shi Shenzheng still had room for maneuver. The eight major crimes are not so serious that they are serious.

There are two kinds of crimes for officials of the country, public crimes and private crimes, public crimes such as dereliction of duty and failure to complete court tasks are considered public crimes, and private crimes such as murder, arson, bribery, and rape are private crimes. The charges for Shi Shenzheng's impeachment basically fall within the scope of public crimes and moral character, and they have not caused any major losses, and they are handled lightly.

Therefore, it is not a problem for Lord Shi to at least go to work to protect himself, so that everyone will be happy to take what they need - Li Tuiguan moved the stone, Ma Xun successfully gained fame by impeachment, and Shi Dashen changed places to continue to be an official.

This is also the subtlety of the design of the officialdom mechanism of this dynasty, where balance is everywhere, and cause and effect are involved in each other. There are only two powers that have really broken the crystal wall to a certain extent and stepped into a new realm in half a step, Wanli Zhang Regent and Tianqi Nine Thousand Years Old.

But why did Shi Shenzheng come up with the idea of retiring? There is also a saying that mourning is greater than heart death, which is very appropriate to describe Lord Shi at this time. In fact, so far he has been impeached this time, and there has been no substantive injury, but the blow to his spirit is too great.

The officials who can be impeached by the Imperial Inspector for incompetence are all garbage in the garbage. But now he, Shi Lun, who aspires to be a famous minister in history, actually wants to be in the company of this garbage, how embarrassing and shameful! If he becomes the highest-ranking magistrate who has been successfully impeached by the patrol in recent years, it will be even more shameful!

At this time, is it necessary to wait for the imperial court to send someone to investigate? Do you want to face the interrogation of the imperial court? Which of these charges is not true? I guess there are some people who can't make it true.

If there is really that kind of humiliating conclusion, it is estimated that Lord Shi will even have the heart to die, what face does it have to be an official in another place? Only by taking advantage of the fact that the investigation has not yet been launched, he took the initiative to withdraw from the scene to thank the world, so that even if this matter ends here, it will end in nothing, at least save some face.

Speaking of which, Shi Shenzheng can't bear the humiliation, and would rather be broken than whole, which is similar to Li Guang's idea of "never being able to return to the sword and pen" and killing himself. If it is replaced by Li You, Li Tuiguan, and Master Li, it is naturally another choice to make a living, and the surname determines the fate.

Master Gao finally let go of his hand, and watched the proprietor continue to write with tears in his eyes.

When the news spread that Shi Shenzheng had written a letter to beg for a bone, Li You was overjoyed. When the imperial court investigation is over, it will take at least a few months to go back and forth, and there may be some twists and turns in the middle. But if Lord Shi wants to take the initiative to resign, it will save trouble.

He couldn't help but praise the old man for being very conscious, commendable, and very graceful. He also sighed that a gentleman can deceive him, but the ancients did not deceive me.

A big mountain above is finally about to move! It's time to show your strength in the future! As if seeing a beautiful and [***] life beckoning to him not far away, winter is over, will spring not come?

Shen Tongzhi ran to the gate of the compound of the Houya Prefect for the first time, knelt and returned the big seal with both hands, and the Wang Prefect was kind, and he did not make it difficult for him, and accepted it directly. When Li You learned that it was too late, he hurriedly said to the prefect of Wang: "This person is like the mansion respected you back then, you must be careful and careful, how can you let it go!" ”

"Get down!" Governor Wang scolded with a smile and blasted Li You out of the public house.

The experience of the sub-guarding department who claimed to have come to the acting government to push the official did not even leave his name and slipped away. Turning around, he sent 200 taels to Li Tuiguan, saying that it was really Shangguan who sent him involuntarily a while ago, and please understand.

All the government officials and officials celebrated each other, and everyone did not stand in the wrong line this time! It is really gratifying to have survived another officialdom battle safely.

Speaking of which, although a thousand taels of silver has made Li You's flesh hurt to this day, he kept feeling in his heart that the value of Qincha Yushi was a hundred times more expensive than that of Qinglou Mingji. But after all, there are no vain flowers, and it is worth the price.

In Ma Xun's eyes, seeing a thousand taels, he felt that the Jiangnan place was really rich in oil and water, and the magistrate who had only been in office for half a year could get so much silver.

He didn't know, how could Li Tuiguan have a thousand taels of silver? All of them were misappropriated from the capital of the newly opened pawn shop. Where did this money come from? As mentioned earlier, I borrowed it from the wealthy merchant Song family.

Fortunately, it was done, Li You can be called wise and decisive, if it doesn't work out, he will become a fool who gave away money for nothing.

But the capital was siphoned off for no reason, which caused panic in the pawnshop. Li You had no choice but to show up in the backyard to say something, and after revealing his identity, he completely appeased everyone.

After all, in these years, the gold standard and the silver standard are not as good as the official standard, and there is such a master in secret, so what else is there to worry about in the shop. It is no wonder that when trouble occurs since the opening, there are always officials who appear just right, and do good deeds without leaving their names and money, which is very inexplicable, and everyone thinks it is a fake official officer.

There is also a thing that makes Li Tuiguan happy, Chen Xundao sold a few pieces of the word "dang", and earned more than 2,000 taels! At this point, he himself was at ease, and it seemed that this idea was indeed very effective, and it could use the best of both worlds to help Chen's thigh solve the problem of lack of use.

The situation in all aspects is good, not a small good, but a big good.

Having said this, Li You took the money and quietly sent it to the back office of the Division, so he naturally received the account, and also sent a copy to Master Huang.

Seeing Li You away, Mr. Huang said to Chen Xun with a smile: "Master Li is too capable of tossing, and a mere official will force him to participate in politics to such a situation." Recently, he said that he was proud of the spring breeze, and he was about to make great ambitions in Fucheng, and he really wanted to know what kind of surprise he would have when he learned the good news and found that it might be useless to drive away Shi Shenzheng. ”

Imagining Li You's tangled expression at that time, Chen Xundao's calm and waveless face also showed a bit of laughter, it must be very interesting. But he asked: "In your opinion, where is the defeat of this stone's participation in politics?" I should be the one who hears the foot of the ring. ”

Master Huang said: "In the next night, I also repeatedly studied what Shi participated in politics did, but I also had three experiences. One is arrogance and self-confidence, despising others, leading to mistakes and many flaws. Look at his eight crimes, which one is the big deal? Either one alone would not be compelling. But there are as many as eight of them, and when they are listed one by one, they have the effect of gathering sand into a tower and converging the river into a sea, and the small one has become larger. ”

Chen Xundao nodded and said, "How do I think it was all deliberately induced by Li You?" ”

"The proprietor thinks too much of Lord Li, how can Lord Li have this ability, or Lord Shi is not careful in doing things himself. It's okay to meet people who are not careful, but if you have someone who cares about it, you will inevitably be unlucky, but Master Li is a careful person who is good at borrowing strength. ”

Master Huang said: "Second, I stick to the law and don't know how to change it. It must be known that the army is impermanent, the water is impermanent, the folk customs of Suzhou are different from other places, and there is no constant reason for governance, but Lord Shi does not understand this. Third, on the official side, the local gentry are intertwined and cannot be ignored, and if they want to be good at taking advantage of the situation, how can they hold the court and order officials to coerce people everywhere? These three points are the root cause of Shi's political failure. ”

At this time, a small official sent in a letter, Chen Xundao opened it, and after reading it, he said: "What a coincidence, it has been done." It is estimated that these few lines will be written to the government office. ”

Hearing this, Master Huang turned around and said, "I'll go and report the good news to Master Li." ”

When Li You returned home over there, Menziyu reported: "Mrs. Wang misses Mrs. Liu, and she is from Xujiang today, and now she is in the backyard." ”

Hearing that his mother-in-law had arrived, Li You went to see him. In Mrs. Liu's room, all the daughters of the family gathered around Mrs. Wang, talking. It turned out that Mrs. Wang brought some local melons and fruits from Xujiang, distributed them to each room, and gathered all the women to taste melons together.

Li You also sat aside, Xiao Zhuyan quickly handed over the cut watermelon, and Li You ate it with everyone.

Not long after, a servant girl came to report: "The master of the Qian Mansion sent someone to give gifts, and he has stopped at the gate." ”

The old man of the Qian Mansion naturally refers to the Qian Emperor Shang. Last month, Li You took the initiative to find Mr. Qian and made a deal, asking Mr. Qian to come forward as a tainted witness. Anyway, he is a clansman who has to be used by the Queen Mother, and the court will not really do anything to him in ordinary matters, at most a few reprimands, which will not affect anything.

For Li You, even if he drinks a little to quench his thirst, he can't take care of it, and the top priority is to bring down Shi to participate in politics. Besides, he is not a small official who has nothing now, and he also has a little capital to bear the consequences of dealing with Qian Huangshang.

Shi Shenzheng did say that he would let Qian Huangshang go to Li You, but he just had the idea of catching thieves and snatching stolen goods, and he didn't believe that Li You, a daring cat, didn't eat fish.

Who would have thought that the two would be able to collude and fight back. Instead, Qian Huangshang turned himself in and accused Shi of participating in politics to make friends with his own powerful man, colluding with his own relatives, and also hinting that his subordinates were accommodating. This crime became the most serious of the eight major crimes in Ma Xun's notebook.

It was far away, but Li You, who was in a good mood these days, heard Qian Huangshang give a gift, waved his hand, had the intention to show off, and ordered: "Old Man Qian's family is rich, and his gift must be extraordinary, bring it in to open everyone's eyes." ”

After a while, I saw the door curtain separated left and right, and two beauties with eyes flashed, who stepped over the threshold with their feet raised, stood at the head of the door with their heads bowed and their hands down, and bowed four times and said, "I've seen the master." ”

The two beauties, one on the left and one on the right, have exactly the same apricot eyes and peach cheeks, and are generally graceful and beautiful, like a mirror against each other, they are actually rare twin beauties, which really opened the eyes of the full house, including Li You's mother-in-law, wife and concubine.

"It's a long experience," muttered someone who whispered.

This is the gift of Qian Huangshang? Li You was stunned after seeing it, not because of the beauty, he had already passed the realm of drooling when he saw the beauty.

The point is that at the moment there is a mother-in-law sitting behind him... was talking to his mother-in-law's wife, and suddenly someone else sent two beauties, and he used them to show off, there are not many scenes that can be more embarrassing than this.

It's hot, you can't take it, Li You said in his heart.

I was considering the rhetoric, and I heard a report from the next person: "Mr. Huang from the Investigation Division is visiting." ”

Li You was very strange, he had just come back from the Division, why did Master Huang come over again? Could it be that there was some emergency?

Hurriedly squeezed out a smile to his mother-in-law and said, "This gift is definitely not the intention of the son-in-law, I really can't accept it, and I will deal with it later." Now that there are distinguished guests, the son-in-law will go to meet the guests first. ”

When Li You entered the front hall, Master Huang arched his hand and said, "I just heard a good news, congratulations to Master Li!" ”

Li You asked: "Could it be that the imperial court deposed Shi from politics?" ”

Master Huang smiled: "How can it be so fast." This happy event is that Meng Chen Patrol helped you through the joint, and you are going to be suspended from work and imprisoned! ”

Hearing Li You's ears, it was like thunder on the ground!

(To be continued)