At this time, if the county lord didn't know that this eldest son had been hiding under her nose since he was a child, she would have lived so old in vain.

Naturally, he was furious for a while, and sent out several waves of people one after another to ruin Chang Chaohui's face and career.

Chang Chaohui's good fortune once again allowed him to avoid the assassination.

But after all, the county lord is a golden branch and jade leaf, although he married out of the capital, he still has some connections and power in the capital. And her mother, the third princess, is still alive, how can she make her daughter swallow this evil breath

As a result, when Chang Chaohui was about to enter the Gongyuan to participate in the examination several times, he was either completely clothed, or his identity diploma was destroyed, or the basket containing food was badly knocked over and devoured by dogs

He couldn't even enter the Tribute Courtyard unharmed, so how could he further change his fate

It's not that he hasn't worked hard, but he's a powerless eldest son, and he doesn't have the ability to deal with his mother's maiden family and the powerful hairpin family in Shangjing.

It is also because of this that he failed the three imperial examinations, and Chang Chaohui returned to Jiangnan. As for how he and Li Hehui met, it was after Li Hehui was transferred to Yunzhou. When you count it full, it's just more than two months of friendship.

The two can call each other cousins, but their circumstances are very different.

However, since Li Hehui specially recommended this person to him, it shows that this person is unique. Xu Erlang is willing to give him a chance, just to see if he can seize it.

There is a third person, but Xu Erlang is particularly concerned.

Don't look at the gray hair, this seems to be more than sixty years old, but in fact, he has just turned fifty. He is also a serious imperial examination background, and he was also a famous Jinshi master on the list earlier. Just because he was born in a poor family, Lu Daren never thought of being an official in the capital from the beginning, and only sought to be released.

He also waited for two years to find an opportunity, because Jiangnan broke out the imperial examination fraud case, many officials in Jiangnan folded inside, and many positions were vacated for this reason, and Lu Daren came over naturally.

At the beginning, he did the training of the eight products, and then he did the experience of the outer government in charge of the state cashier, the cultural transfer, and the internal affairs of the government, and then he became the state school Zhenghe county teacher, and then the official was promoted from the seventh grade, became the state judge of the state government, and became the adjutant of the previous governor.

Ten years later, Zhizhou was promoted to another state capital, and everyone thought that he would also be promoted, but Lu Daren unexpectedly left the officialdom and returned home to teach his children and grandchildren.

This person's resignation was inexplicable, and it was hotly discussed by everyone at that time. He also said that he was old and lacked energy, and he wanted to go home to care for the elderly; Some said that they were afraid that they knew something terrible, and the Prophet State agreed to save his life, provided that he left the officialdom at this point and did not ask about Tongzhou again; There is also speculation that he has old grievances with the newly appointed Zhizhou, and is worried about being reprisalized and excluded.

What the specific reason is, because the time is too far away, no one can say clearly. But I have to mention that most of this person's life has been spent in Tongzhou, and he can be said to be the person who knows the most about Tongzhou's grain, water conservancy, coastal defense, river management, taxation, etc.

Everything in Tongzhou is in his mind, if he gets this person's help, he will get twice the result with half the effort.

It's just that a person who has resigned for many years will jump out again when the loess buries his neck, and the reason is really curious.

However, if he doesn't come, Xu Erlang is also ready to let him invite him, after all, there are not many people who can be valued by him and happen to be able to assist him in the future.

The exam went very smoothly, and all the scholars present answered the questions quite smoothly.

Xu Erlang only had two questions in this exam, one was related to the family and the other was related to officialdom.

The question about the family is how to get rid of the evil of the family and how to minimize the influence of the family. When it comes to officialdom, the question is how to maintain the integrity of officials and the supervisory function of officialdom.

Walking down the entire examination room, Xu Erlang had to admit that the most outstanding were the three people he had taken a few special glances at.

Whether it is Chen Yun, Chang Chaohui, or Lu Daren, it is no accident that he should be able to contribute to Tongzhou in the future.

The assessment time of Wenxuan and Wuxuan is almost the same, and when the paper is collected here, the assessment results of Wuxuan's side have come out.

It is no more important than the anthology for Xu Erlang to read the file afterwards, and the results of the military election will be announced on the spot.

The strong men who have passed the selection will report to the yamen tomorrow, and after three days of training, they can directly take up their posts.

As for the results of the anthology, Xu Erlang also let people announce it two days later.

Lu Daren is the same knowledge of Tongzhou, temporarily managing Tongzhou's grain, water conservancy, taxes, etc.; Chang Chaohui is the same as the state and assists Lu Daren in handling this matter; As for Chen Yun, he is the governor of the prefecture, and he is in charge of cashiering, document transfer, and investigation of criminal names.

There are also some officials below the fifth grade, who were also temporarily resigned, but only the position of Zhizhou was finally vacant.

Although the flowers of Zhizhou did not fall on everyone, but since then, many people have become officials, and once they changed their doors and won glory for their families, it also made many people excited, and they hated to kneel directly in front of the governor, and bowed three times and nine bows to thank the lord for his kindness.

Civil servants do not have a probationary period, and they are destined to take up their posts directly the next day.

With the success of the construction of the official team of Tongzhou Yamen, the first thing that this grass platform team dealt with was the private construction of warship forts, the assassination of the second-grade governor, the sale of official mantles, and the private mining of iron ore.

If the first three charges were personally given by Xu Erlang, the second-class governor, then the latter one was completely reported by the people.

This is also a surprise, which can condemn the family to death even more.

As we all know, Tongzhou ore veins are not abundant, and in the relevant documents of the imperial court, there were only lead ore and aluminum ore before Tongzhou.

These veins are within the boundaries of the Maison's territory and belong to the Maison for mining. However, iron ore is not within the scope of the family, and secondly, the imperial court has a clear law stipulating that all mineral veins related to the national economy and people's livelihood, including gold, silver, copper and iron, and even salt mines, are all owned by the state, and private mining is punished according to the crime of the nine clans.

The family of Tongzhou is powerful, after the discovery of iron ore, the first people to find out about the matter will be executed and sealed, and then the mining can not hide the eyes and ears of the rest of the family, so they signed a contract to share the share.

Such a concerted effort is also rare.

However, at that time, he was full of joy with the benefits of exchanging iron ore, and now he has to bear the consequences of the backlash.

The yamen was about to open the court to interrogate the family, and the day before, officials from the Criminal Department and the Inspectorate came to Tongzhou.

When Xu Erlang got the news, he was already at the Tongzhou Wharf, because the person who came was noble, it was Master Shang Shuke of the Criminal Department of the same grade as him, and Lord Wu, the envoy of the Inspectorate, Xu Erlang got up to greet him personally.

The three of them met and greeted each other.

Master Ke took the lead in saying, "All the families in the court wrote a letter, criticizing Lord Xu for his own selfishness, and after arriving in Tongzhou, he fabricated charges against the family, in a vain attempt to eliminate dissidents, and proposed that Lord Xu be detained in Beijing. His Majesty did not allow it, and after many run-ins, he appointed me and Lord Wu to come over to investigate the matter thoroughly. ”

Xu Erlang bowed his head when he heard this, and saluted Lord Ke again, "Thank you for telling me." ”

"Lord Xu is not polite, Your Majesty knows that you and I are in-laws, and he specially sent me over, obviously believing in the adult's personality. It's just that we want to block the mouths of the families in the court, and the people have to let us go and make a show. ”

Lord Wu, who hadn't spoken much next to him, said at this time, "It's not for show. We have received the holy name, and every move must be worthy of the trust of the saint and the conscience of heaven and earth. Therefore, no matter how Master Ke wants to deal with this matter, this official will definitely investigate this matter seriously and thoroughly. If this matter is related to Lord Xu, this official will not cover it up; If it weren't for the adult's fault, but the family's malicious attack, the official would have truthfully told His Majesty after returning to Beijing, and impeached the family for slandering the court's important officials. So after a while, I was offended. ”

Lord Wu was promoted to the Inspectorate after Xu Erlang was transferred to Liaodong. It was also because when he was in the local office, he was quite insightful with the name of the criminal for a while, and he was upright, and he had a rather dignified black square face, so after he was promoted to Beijing, Emperor Yunwen placed him in the Inspectorate without thinking about it.

When he took office, he was the envoy of the Zhengerpin Inspectorate, and it also made many officials jealous and red-eyed. For this reason, Lord Wu has heard the sour words of his colleagues, but who cares

Lord Wu is only interested in serious cases, and is not interested in intrigue. He also openly showed that he was far more interested in the dead than in the living, and thus he became a strange name in the court.

However, this adult dares to speak and act, and is as upright as rumored, and because of this, Xu Erlang first admired two points.

He replied directly, "My lord, just check, I will let my subordinates cooperate with the adult." If this matter is over, Xu still has a reluctant request, and I hope that the adults will agree. ”

"What's the matter?"

Even Master Ke looked at it curiously, Xu Erlang would still trouble Lord Wu, I don't know what it was.

Xu Erlang said, "That's an interrogation of the family." He also scared the officials of Tongzhou officialdom into prison, and now the people in the yamen are all promoted by him through the literary selection examination. Novices on the road will inevitably have their hands dirty, and they have little experience in interrogation and torture, so if the two of them are free, they might as well come over and give guidance

Lord Ke and Lord Wu frowned when they heard this, they only knew that the family in the court was like a mad dog and grabbed Xu Erlang and bit him, and they were sure that Xu Erlang must have made a big move in Tongzhou, and that big move also offended the family's backlash. But who would have thought that the so-called big move would be so big.

This person actually put the five major families of Tongzhou, together with the officials of Tongzhou, into prison.

They had heard of the former, and they hadn't heard of the latter.

This rod put all the people on the table in Tongzhou to prison, no wonder there are many people who want to take Xu Erlang down.

However, at the risk of offending people and clearing the darkness of Tongzhou, Xu Erlang is undoubtedly a clean official.

Master Ke and Master Wu immediately responded, "Naturally, you can." ”

"It just so happened that we sailed to Tongzhou, and we were tired, so we had a day of rest tomorrow. It's going to be interrogated tomorrow, so Master Ke and I have to sit in on it. ”

Xu Erlang readily agreed, and prepared to have someone arrange a tea party for the two of them after the public court, so that they could listen to the sins of the family.

One of these two men was the secretary of the criminal department, and the other was the envoy of the Inspectorate, although the main purpose of this trip was to investigate his innocence, but their own duty gave them the right to intervene in the criminal cases of the state capital and the whole country.

Not only can they interrogate, they can even "overstep" their authority.

Xu Erlang plotted to conspire with these two people to accept the case of the family

For example, the head of the three divisions who are jealous and hateful, try the case and judge the case to see the original story of the case itself, and second, look at the impact that will be after the judgment. After weighing the pros and cons, they will give light sentences or heavy penalties in some cases.

The shortcomings of the family have long been revealed, and even from the Tongzhou case, we can see the whole leopard. Lord Wu and Lord Ke will be designated to kill chickens and monkeys at that time, and the death of the five major families in Tongzhou has been decided. If this heavy drum is beaten, the entire family of Daqi will be able to live with their necks shrunk in the future.

The next day, the court interrogated the heads of the five major families, and the people of Tongzhou heard about it, and they all ran over thousands of miles away.

Jin Niang couldn't sit still at home, and she also wanted to see what happened to the family in the end, so she also dressed up a little and went out with Changqi.

It was Chang'an and Brother Rong, who also ran behind Xu Erlang.

They are men, and they can follow Xu Erlang to the back hall. There is a coffee table in the back hall, and next to them are Master Ke and Master Wu. These two people stayed in the post house directly yesterday to avoid suspicion, and they didn't go to the governor's mansion at all, so Chang'an and Brother Rong naturally didn't see them.

However, they knew Master Ke, and they had heard Xu Erlang say that the other person was an envoy of the Inspectorate, so they hurried over to salute when they saw someone.

The first person to be interrogated was the man whose family was wiped out because his family found a mineral vein.