Chapter 53: One step at a time

As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, a hearty laugh came from the screen outside the hall for a long time, Li Er took steps, walked to the side of the eldest grandson queen in three or two steps, leaned next to her, and also looked at the son in the arms of the eldest grandson queen with a loving face, and asked the eldest grandson queen excitedly: "I heard from the imperial doctor today that the son's health is getting better and better during this time, and the court meeting is over, so I came to visit." ”

The eldest grandson queen was also full of happiness, and she did not shy away from revealing half of her breasts and feeding the tender-skinned girl in her arms. "It's rare for His Majesty to remember, and it's an honor for the concubines."

"By the way, what about the child? Isn't this kid the most dependent on you? Why can't you see him these days? Li Er asked curiously.

Empress Changsun snorted, "Don't mention it, I went to sell milk candy with his brothers and sisters, and a large number of cows specially for milk production were brought in from the Western Turks, and the milk candy factory opened by Chengqian and Qinghe is now productive again, where will they, the princes and princesses, let go of this opportunity." ”

Hearing Empress Changsun say this, Li Er also showed a surprised expression.

"In the past few years, I seem to have heard that Cheng Qian and they often toss in this toffee factory, how are they doing? What scale is it now? Li Er asked curiously.

Empress Eldest Sun sighed and said, "Now the large open space behind the palace pavilion is their milk candy factory, as for the scale, it is much more than the reward you give them on weekdays as a father." ”

When Li Er heard this, he was very surprised, "I reward them on weekdays, which time is not a few dozen taels of silver, can their milk candy factory earn a hundred taels of silver?" ”

Empress Eldest Sun smiled slightly and said, "Not to mention a hundred taels, I heard that now Li Ke is now cooperating with some businessmen in Qinglongfang. It seems that half of the shares of the toffee factory will be sold. The concubine heard about it. This half of the shares have now been speculated to 15,000 yuan...... "......

Li Er didn't expect that his sons and daughters would have such great ability now, he couldn't help but sigh that he was really old, and he hadn't even heard of these things that his sons and daughters had done.

Just as Li Er was still thinking about it, Empress Changsun suddenly turned her head, looked at Li Er, and said with some worry: "Your Majesty." Brother Mowgli pointed out that you are going to plan to fight corruption, now, how are you preparing? ”

Li Er was full of confidence, and said solemnly: "Everything is in place, only Dongfeng is owed, those corrupt elements, I already have detailed evidence, just wait for them to be caught in the net!" ”

When Empress Changsun heard this, instead of showing an excited look, she said even more worriedly: "Your Majesty." How many corrupt people have been caught this time? ”

Li Er's expression was stern, "There are four members of the third grade. There are two fourth-grade officials, 12 fifth-grade officials, and 29 sixth-grade and seventh-grade officials. ”

"So much!" Empress Eldest Sun was shocked.

"Hmm......" Li Er nodded.

"How does Your Majesty plan to deal with these corrupt officials?"

"Severe punishment will not be granted."

The eldest grandson said worriedly: "As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, this time there are so many officials, does Your Majesty plan to remove them all at once?" ”

"Hmm." Li Er nodded, "I won't leave them black sheep to continue in the court." ”

"But if so many high-ranking officials are deposed, what should be done with the vacant seats they have left?"

"According to Guiguzi's JianyΓ¬, this time I plan to let the students who graduated from Nanshan Academy take up some positions in the court!" ……

"Master, is Xu Nianqing really your son?" Xiao Wu asked Xu Yang with big eyes.

"Based on time, it should be." Xu Yang shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly.

"It turns out that the master was also a seed of infatuation when he was young~" Xiao Wu muttered a small mouth, as if sarcastic and jealous and said: "I thought that the master in Chang'an only had two wives and concubines, and he was a single-minded man, but I didn't expect that someone suddenly came to recognize his relatives and gave birth to such a big child for you, you said, are you still good outside?" ”

"What nonsense." Xu Yang also has a hard time, and now this matter is not clear.

Seeing that Xu Yang didn't want to take care of himself, Xiao Wu didn't plan to continue to ask deeply, but turned his head to the side and said to Di Renjie, who was immersed in reading the information: "Xiao Di, you are only allowed to marry me in the future, but you are not allowed to be like a master, so attentive and merciful, if you dare to find a wild woman outside, I will write your little thing to the "Datang News", so that everyone in Datang will know." ”

Hearing Xiao Wu's intimidation, Di Renjie was already frightened, and he promised and swore that he would not marry a concubine by herself, and Xu Yang was also a little crying and laughing at this.

"By the way, master, this time we have collected and summarized all the information of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, as well as the report letters from the masses, and the evidence is conclusive, why hasn't His Majesty started the final collection of the net?" After arguing with Xiao Wu for a while, Di Renjie seemed to suddenly think of something, and turned his head to Xu Yang and asked.

"What do you think will happen if His Majesty deposes all these officials at once?" Xu Yang asked the young Di Renjie.

"This ......" Di Renjie said without thinking: "It must be the earthquake of the imperial court, the hundred officials are afraid, and no one dares to be corrupt anymore." ”

Xu Yang shook his head and continued: "No, think about it again, after the depose of the officials, what will happen first in the court?" ”

"What happens first?" Di Renjie was a little confused, "Isn't it that the officials are afraid and rectify the wind?" ”

Xiao Wu jumped out from behind him and knocked Di Renjie's head with his hand, "The first thing that happened was that there must be no one to take over the position of the deposed official." ”

Saying this, Di Renjie showed an expression of sudden realization, and Xu Yang also nodded, "Xiao Wu is right, we have investigated more than fifty officials for corruption this time, and nineteen of them hold important positions in the imperial court, and the official level is very high, and they can't be shaken at will, otherwise it is very likely to bring a great shock to the empire." ”

Xiao Wu showed a curious gaze and asked excitedly, "Master, what should I do then?" ”

"Of course, these officials must be dismissed after prior arrangement, and the promotion of other officials is a matter of promotion."

"But the final number of officials is still not enough?" Di Renjie said confusedly.

"Your Majesty also plans to let some students who have graduated from Nanshan Academy for many years enter the upper echelons of the imperial court this time, and take a look at the skills of the academy students!" ……

"Chen Xiancheng, Chen Xiancheng!"

On the edge of a big river, a servant dressed in the clothes of a servant shouted as he ran, as if there was something urgent to find the person named Chen Xiancheng.

"You see, according to the drawings, the river is seven .4 meters wide, if we use the way of a stone arch bridge......" At this time, on the edge of the river, a man in a long robe was talking to a group of construction workers, and as he was talking, he heard someone in the distance who seemed to be shouting himself, and when he turned his head, he saw a tired and panting official standing not far away shouting himself.

"It turned out to be Fang Gongtou, what's wrong? Can I help you? ”

"Chen Xiancheng, the county master told you to go back quickly, it seems that there are a few big officials in Chang'an, and they are waiting for you now!" The official said excitedly.

"Oh, okay, I'll go back." The man in the long shirt turned his head and said to the dozens of workers: "We won't start work today, you are ready to prepare materials, read the drawings again, and wait for tomorrow to start building the bridge." ”

"No!" ……

Chen Qiaosheng followed behind Fang Ya and trotted all the way back to the county Ya Ya, he didn't know what happened until now, so that Fang Ya Shi would be so flustered.

But when he arrived at the county office, he knew that there was a big man coming, and he saw three or four very high-end carriages at the door of the county office, although they were not luxurious, but they could be seen at a glance that they were driven by big people.

Chen Qiaosheng cautiously walked into the yamen, and a small servant who had been waiting for a long time outside led him in.

When I arrived at the Yamen Hall, I saw an old man in a gray robe sitting in the seat of the county magistrate, and the county official was sitting next to the old man with a flattering face at the moment, Chen Qiaosheng knelt down and saluted, not knowing what was going on.

The old man had a kind face and thin cheeks, so he said lightly: "Kneeling below, but Chen Qiaosheng, a graduate of the Civil Engineering Department of Nanshan Academy, is the seventh year of Zhenguan?" ”…… (To be continued......)