To discuss serious matters, of course, it is impossible to analyze only the information provided by Xie Xianzhi, Xie Mulin has to ask Xie Xianzhi to introduce the recent situation of the Wang family, the relevant news of Xie Pu in office, and the situation after the Yellow River disaster last year.

Although Xie Mulin has Xie Yingzhen's memory, Xie Yingzhen is a weak girl in the boudoir, and what she can contact is the one-third of an acre of land at home, and because of the intentional or unintentional restrictions of the Cao family and others in the big house, not to mention the lack of communication when going out, even the news in the official circle in the capital is not well understood. After her father Xie Pu returned to Beijing to report on his work, she saw her father more often, and her situation improved slightly, but compared with her brothers who could enter and leave the house freely, it was still far behind.

Xie Xianzhi is different. Although he was born to the Cao family, Xie Pu generally valued the eldest son of the two rooms, and he started and studied since he was a child, all of which were carefully arranged. The two boys' birthdays were only a few months apart, and they were enlightened at the same time, and they invited a famous Confucian scholar who had a academy in his family, and who had been very good at teaching for generations, and he himself was especially good at teaching Mengtong.

The other party was stranded in Beijing because he accidentally got a cold and missed a subject, and he was unwilling to go home empty-handed, so he had to wait for the next subject to start the exam in Beijing. This kind of network is only available to Jinshi like Xie Pu who has passed the formal imperial examination, although the Cao family is a descendant, a noble, and a general, but they don't have such a big face to invite such a famous teacher.

When this enlightened good teacher won the Jinshi and had to quit the museum, he took the initiative to invite his cousins for the two boys of the Xie family, who are also famous teachers who are good at teaching primary school students. In this way, Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi's brothers have been enlightened for eight years, and they have experienced three teachers before and after, all of whom are extremely excellent masters, and they have taught them to be famous in Beijing at a young age, far from being comparable to ordinary primary school students.

It's just that the Xie brothers are young and weak, and the family is not worried about them going far away, and the Cao family wants Xie Xianzhi to send his residence in Beijing to take the exam in Shuntianfu, but Xie Pu has been in the foreign office, and his son is from his father's hometown, and he has not been able to do it, so the brothers have not yet finished the game. However, Xie Pu is expected to stay in Beijing this year, and the matter of his son's exam can almost be solved, so the family is not in a hurry. Otherwise, the two young men of the Xie family will only be more famous.

has no fame, the Cao family is not a family of poetry and etiquette, and the Cao family does not know much about Xie Xianzhi's level of knowledge. Knowing that he is smart, he is just like the ordinary smart young men in other noble families, and he is more good at reading, and he praises him, but in his heart he still treats him as a child. There are some things that she is not guarded against, and the Cao family is not guarded against them, she doesn't know at all, Xie Xianzhi is just not suspicious, once she is suspicious, many things are clearly in front of him.

Wen Zhu, who had gone and returned, shrank outside the door in a daze at this moment, eavesdropping on Xie Xianzhi's words through the crack in the door.

"Ever since my aunt complained to my mother about my father, I have been extra careful and asked someone to inquire. It turned out that the prefect of the king was not born in the imperial examination, but the prince of the country, spent money to make up for the official, at first just in the six departments of the idle post, relying on the Cao family's door step by step to climb up, the year before last finally asked him to make up for the position of the prefect of Dongchang, but he has no talent, character is also worried, after taking office, not only did not fulfill his duties, but corruption, collusion with the strong, fish and meat in the township. After the flooding of the Yellow River, the dam of Dongchangfu burst its banks, countless fertile fields were flooded, and hundreds of people were killed and injured! If it weren't for the fact that the state capital next to it was worse than Dongchang, the imperial court wouldn't have time to pay attention to him for a while, but I was afraid that he would have been imprisoned a long time ago! ”

"In the spring of this year, there was a man from Dongchang Mansion, who had just finished the examination and left the examination institute, so he went to Ying Tianfu to hand over the paper, suing the prefect of Wang for being unkind, first helping Hao Qiang to seize his relative's land, and after the Yellow River flooded, because the river flooded those fields, he helped Hao Qiang to accuse his relatives of deliberately defrauding and selling the fields, not only took away all the property of his relatives, but also put the family in prison and waited for death. Ying Tianfu Yin Gang was upright, and immediately reported the case, and the saint was furious, and ordered Dali Temple to send people to Dongchang Mansion to find out the facts. Governor Wang is now confined at home, but his family and friends have not thought of a way for him. ”

Mrs. Ping Nanbo asked Cao's family to go home to persuade Xie Pu, which was probably one of the ways.

But Xie Mulin had a question: "What does this have to do with my father?" Obviously, it was the prefect Wang's own trouble, and it was also the case that the bitter lord went to Beijing to sue himself. It's weird that he put the account on his father, right? ”

Xie Xianzhi hesitated: "I don't know the inside story, but I heard that although the person who complained was from Dongchang Mansion, he was studying at Puyang Academy. His relatives' property was robbed, and his travel expenses to Beijing to take the exam were still funded by the academy. Puyang is under the jurisdiction of Kaizhou, this matter is ...... Father probably knew. But he didn't remind the Wang family, and even after raising a complaint, he said in front of people that the prefect Wang's character was unbearable and stupid, and the whole person got into the eyes of money...... Something like that. ”

Although no evidence has been found in Dali Temple, the prefect of the king has basically been regarded as a sinner, and even the bureaucratic circles in the capital feel that the prefect of the king is very unpleasant.

There are more corrupt officials in this world, but it is really rare to see someone who looks ugly like him. What is he doing with that tycoon? is obviously the in-law of the Cao family, and the backer is hard, can he obey the words of a rich man in Dongchang Mansion? He also looked down on the words "royal relatives and relatives"!

Xie Mulin understood in his heart that although Xie Pu was very tactful in doing things, he had always been very honest as an official - anyway, the Xie family did not lack that money. It is possible that he will not be accustomed to the actions of the prefect of the king, so he will intentionally or unintentionally provide convenience for the complaint. This is a natural choice for scholars, but in the eyes of Mrs. Pingnanbo, it seems that she is not taken seriously. Even if Pingnanbo's Mansion only relied on scraping the wealth of the Xie family to have today's scenery, and Wang's Governor's Mansion was just the brother of Mrs. Pingnanbo's sister-in-law.

Xie Mulin couldn't help but sneer: "It's ridiculous that the Governor Wang's Mansion is doing this, right? He looks so ugly, the people in Dongchang Mansion must know it very well. The people of Dali Temple have passed, and one check is accurate. Even if he falsely accuses a hundred officials, it is useless! Besides, he falsely accused his father of embezzling the river worker's money, this reason is ridiculous! Dad paid out of his own pocket to repair the river dam not to mention for the time being, as the prefect of Kaizhou, there is only one mansion that Dad can manage, can the river yamen still listen to him? Even if you want to be greedy, you can only be greedy for the share of silver that the river distributed to Kaizhou. And my father once wrote back to complain, saying that there were only 28,000 taels of silver, what was it for? If he hadn't paid for it himself, he wouldn't have been able to build the dam. And the 28,000 taels are already for the sake of him being the son-in-law of the Cao family. Other state capitals can get less, and then ask corrupt officials to strip off a layer, God knows how much money can be left to repair the embankment? When the flood comes, how can it not be a disaster? ”

Xie Xianzhi was stunned. He didn't know that Xie Pu had complained about this kind of thing in his family letter, presumably only Wen had received it. Although he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he had nothing to say when he thought of the suspicion of the Cao family in his heart.

But Shimulin had something to say.

She glanced at the figure outside the crack in the door, and said to Xie Xianzhi with a cautious expression: "Big brother, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the false accusations of the Wang Governor's Mansion are ridiculous, but the Holy Lord can send officers and soldiers to raid our house, so it can be seen that he believes at least half of it!" It doesn't make sense! How can Dad Hode meddle in the affairs of the river yamen? Unless...... Some people think that he is not only the prefect of Kaizhou, but also the son-in-law of the Cao family! Behind him is the Cao family, Queen Cao, and His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Xie Xianzhi was shocked: "What did you say?!" ”

Xie Mulin came to a conclusion in an affirmative tone: "This is not only a conspiracy against Dad, but also intended for the East Palace!" ”