Chapter 76: Greedy for ink, Cheng Enhou panicked
Hearing this, Chu Zheng fell into silence, he and Huo Sijin had no intersection before, why did she know him so well? Even, know him better than anyone else......
Feeling Chu Zheng's scorching gaze, Huo Sijin was a little uncomfortable, his hands were clenched into fists, lightly put them to his lips, and coughed lightly, "It's not too early, I'll go and copy the account books first." ”
After speaking, he was about to leave, but Chu Zheng's deep voice came from his ears, "Just copy it here." ”
He pointed to the desk next to him and motioned for Huo Sijin to sit there. Huo Sijin hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Yes." "It won't take long to transcribe an account book, and besides, Chu Zheng has always acted carefully, and after she copied it, he would also have to look at it himself.
Once such an ugly thing is made public, the image of the fifth prince Chu Heng in the hearts of the courtiers will definitely plummet, if Chu Heng still wants to compete with Chu Zheng in the future, it will not be so easy.
The importance of this account book to Chu Zheng is self-evident, Huo Sijin did not doubt him, walked to the desk and sat down, and began to write hard at the desk.
Although Huo Sijin is very good at imitating other people's handwriting, she knows in her heart that everyone's writing habits are different, and even if they imitate it, it can't be exactly the same after all.
Therefore, she was engrossed, transcribing the account books, and focusing all her attention on them, so that she didn't notice at all that Chu Zheng, who seemed to be sitting on the soft couch opposite and reading a book, actually didn't have his eyes on the book.
The book in his hand is just an ornament, in fact, Chu Zheng's afterglow has always fallen on Huo Sijin.
He didn't know why, as if there was a pull between him and her.
As long as you have seen Huo Sijin during the day and dream at night, you must be her in a dream. As for the scene in the dream, it is more and more absurd each time.
The first time in the hunting ground, that night, he dreamed of Huo Sijin's grave. It's just that the dream is a little trance-like, he can't see the words on the tombstone clearly, he only vaguely feels that it seems to be Huo Sijin's three words, as for the other words, he can't see it clearly.
The second time he saw Huo Sijin, that night, he dreamed that he finally saw the words on the grave, which said the tomb of Prime Minister Huo Changjin.
At that time, he felt very strange, why did he have such a dream, in the dream, Huo Sijin was actually the prime minister of a country?
It's a dream, that's nothingness, he should no longer care about it, but for some reason, he believes it, and he believes it, and there is a feeling in the psychological shadow: Huo Sijin will really become the prime minister in the future.
It's a gut feeling, completely irrational at all. He Chu Zheng has never relied on intuition, except in Huo Sijin's matter. It was as if he had been enchanted, and he really believed what he had seen in his dreams.
He has always been a person who is unfortunate and absurd, but the feeling in his heart cannot deceive people. Chu Zheng pondered in his heart for a long time, and finally attributed this feeling to Huo Sijin's cleverness, and she might really have the ability to become a prime minister.
That's why Chu Zheng will make a temptation and return Huo Sijin to the East Palace as a strategist.
Later, Huo Sijin's performance did not disappoint Chu Zheng, she was well-read, quite talented, and most importantly, she had a clear vision and had her own unique opinions when encountering problems, especially in court politics. For example, this peach blossom flood, Chu Zheng himself was only an assistant, and everything was planned by Huo Sijin.
And it turns out that Huo Sijin completed this errand very well, even if Chu Zheng did it himself, he might not be as thoughtful as Huo Sijin.
I thought that this was the end of the matter, but I didn't expect him to have an even more bizarre and absurd dream later!
In the dream, he actually kissed her!
What's even more weird is that after waking up from the dream, he saw Huo Sijin, and for a moment he also had the feeling of wanting to kiss her.
He actually dreamed that he kissed a man, and he still wanted to kiss after waking up from the dream, Chu Zheng only felt irritable in his heart, he must have been poisoned. It's just that the doctors in Huzhou have limited medical skills, and they can't diagnose what kind of poison he has in.
Fingers pinched the pages tightly, Chu Zheng said to himself in his heart, back in the capital, he must immediately ask the imperial doctor to see a doctor, and he must remove the poison from his body!
Damn it! He looked at her, and once again had a dirty thought.
In this regard, Huo Sijin was unaware of it, her attention was all on the pen in her hand, writing patiently and cautiously, and every stroke was as close to the original handwriting as possible.
Finally, after writing the last stroke, Huo Sijin carefully looked at the account book in his hand and nodded slightly, the handwriting of this account book is almost the same as that of the real account book, unless it is a handwriting appraisal master, ordinary people can see it.
Huo Sijin breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his head and said with a smile: "Tianxing, I have already written, do you want to see it?" ”
Chu Zheng took it, flipped through two pages casually, and called softly: "Long winter!" ”
Zheng Changdong, who was outside the door, heard the sound and immediately walked in and bowed: "The subordinates are here." ”
"Send this book back." Chu Zheng handed the account book in his hand to Zheng Changdong.
Zheng Changdong was originally a cautious person, and put the account book back in its original place, and Lord Du, who was sleeping deeply, did not notice it at all.
Lord Du was dreaming that he was reused by His Royal Highness the Prince, and the prince not only did not investigate him for his previous greed for ink, but also spoke for him, praising him for his tireless work for the people of Huzhou, and his hard work was high.
Originally, Master Du thought that he was dead, but it was Huo Sijin's words that gave him great hope. He always thought that Huo Sijin was not good, so he had been careful to guard against her.
Who would have thought that it turned out that he was thinking too much, Huo Sijian not only did not come to check on him, but spoke well to His Royal Highness the Prince.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't come, so Huo Sijin, the long history of the East Palace, is the prince's eyes, and what Sister Huo Si said represents the meaning of the prince.
With Huo Sijin speaking well for him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely praise him more, which Lord Du is convinced of.
It's just that his dream was quickly shattered.
Chu Zheng's impeachment excerpt was quickly sent to the emperor's court. Du Yancai, the governor of Huzhou, was greedy for ink, and most of the disaster relief silver allocated by the imperial court to the victims of Huzhou every year went into Du Yancai's private treasury, which was really used to build embankments, and the silver for relief of the victims was very small.
Of course, Chu Zheng was not impeached in vain, human and material evidence were gathered, the collection of Du Yancai's family worth thousands of gold, the testimony of Du Yancai's confidant master, etc., and the account book was not among them.
Chu Zheng impeached Du Yancai alone.
When the emperor saw the excerpt, he was immediately furious. Over the years, the treasury has been empty, and the disaster relief silver allocated to Huzhou every year is not easy, almost squeezed out of silver.
The little silver that was finally squeezed out of his teeth was not used in practice, but instead went into the pocket of Du Yancai, a corrupt official, and the emperor Long Yan was furious, so he ordered someone to hurry up to 800 miles, send an edict to Chu Zheng, and immediately escort Du Yancai back to Beijing.
The emperor knew in his heart that Du Yancai had been the governor of Huzhou for nearly ten years, and he was greedy for ink every year, but the court knew nothing, which was unreasonable. Unless it is a fellow party of Du Yancai in the court, the officials protect each other and hide from the world.
As for who is so bold? The emperor went through all the people in the court in his mind, and the people who could do this kind of thing were only those few people.
The first thing the emperor suspected was the Marquis of Chengen, who served in the Ministry of Officials, and there was a squire in the Ministry of Household who was also from the Mansion of the Marquis of Chengen.
The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the assessment of officials, and the Ministry of Household is in charge of the expenditure of the state treasury, and with the help of officials from these two ministries to cover up, Du Yan wants to be greedy for ink, but it is very easy!
Cheng Enhou is the emperor's maternal uncle, originally he should be the emperor's close and trusted person, but since Concubine Yao was made the empress, the emperor has alienated Cheng Enhou.
The emperor doesn't like his uncle, Cheng Enhou knows, but for the sake of the queen mother, the emperor didn't do anything to him, but why did the emperor look at him very coldly recently, as if he was going to eat him?
Cheng Enhou only felt a chill down his spine, and his heart was horrified, but he was afraid that something had gone wrong!
Thinking that the crown prince Chu Zheng has been away from Beijing for almost a month, but he is not in Huzhou, the description is unknown, could it be that the problem is here?
Cheng Enhou only felt that something was wrong, and when he got off the court, he immediately went to the palace of the fifth prince Chu Heng......