"What Aiqing said also makes sense." Li Wanjiang also hesitated slightly after listening to Zhao Yu's suggestion, "It's just that I did it myself and let others bear it, isn't it appropriate?" ”

But if you don't say it, you can't do it.

"If the minister is not Fengyang Mansion, but he is willing to undertake this matter for the emperor, this is a great honor." Zhao Yu glanced at Xiao Chen intentionally or unintentionally, "But this matter is important, ordinary people can't bear it, it's best to be a prince and minister, so that you can calm down public opinion, after all, the case is quite big, but people who are idle can't hold it down." ”

"Your Majesty, let the ministers bear it, right?" In fact, there is no need for Zhao Yu to hint at all, Xiao Chen himself feels that he is the most suitable candidate.

Because this thing is very much like he did it, young and vigorous, jealous and hateful, bold, willful, and reckless......

In addition, he has too much credit, which is not a good thing in the first place, and now he is charged with a crime, which can be regarded as offsetting for a while.

This crime can be big or small, it can be suppressed or promoted, it can be impeached now, or it can be played in the future, in short, it is an indelible trace.

It's as if a little black ink has been splashed on his golden merit book, which makes the big guy look very pleasing to the eye......

It's the best of both worlds.

"Oh? Aiqing is willing to take responsibility for me? Li Wanjiang was really happy.

"Lord Xiao is worried about the king, and he really admires the ministers!" Zhao Yu smashed Xiao Chen with a hammer, and he could close the case after smashing it.

"Yes." Xiao Chen said busily.

"Hmm." Li Wanjiang was happy, "Then this matter will be discussed by the two Aiqing, you can do it, I can rest assured." ”

That is to say, you still have to deal with the details well, for example, Xiao Chen had not come at the time of the crime, and besides, the portraits of you, the suspect, have been posted all over the street, and the suspect himself has an age gap with Xiao Chen......

But fortunately, there are not many people who have seen the emperor and Xiao Chen, and those who haven't seen it don't know what the situation is, and those who have seen it have to pretend to be confused......

Besides, with the talents of the two Aiqing, it is still easy to fool around, and you must rest assured.

The two Aiqing were naturally grateful, thanked the Holy Grace, and said goodbye by the way.

"The weather is not bad today, I am very brisk now, I want to go out of the palace for a walk, are you willing to accompany me?" It's redundant to ask this question, can you not do it?

Of course, the emperor is not just going out for a walk, that is to pay a private visit, go deep into the masses, observe the people's feelings, and inspect hundreds of officials......

For example, last time the emperor went to visit the Qinglou in person, didn't he catch Zhu Xiaochuan and Wang Anbang, two courtiers who had nothing to do?

Although there was no punishment at that time, both of them were also trembling and frightened, because they didn't know when the emperor would bring up the old matter again and settle accounts with them!

As a result, they didn't dare to go to the Qinglou for a long time, and the atmosphere of Fengyang City was clear.

"Fengyang City has also been a lot more prosperous in the past few years." Li Wanjiang was dressed in cloth clothes and walked in the front, Xiao Chen on the left, Zhao Yu on the right, the fat Yuan Ren and Gong Shouli followed behind, and more than a dozen internal guards followed farther away, these were still bright and dark mixed in the crowd.

"Isn't that right, the population alone has increased more than tenfold over the years." Zhao Yu said, "The minister remembers that when the emperor entered Beijing, there were only about 100,000 people in Fengyang City, and now there are millions in and out of the city!" ”

Zhao Yu didn't say that in fact, in the past two years, the wealthy and big businessmen in the city have also moved a lot, and according to rough statistics, there are nearly 1,000 households, all of which have moved to Changshan City and Shunfeng City in Yanyun County.

I heard that the prosperity of Changshan City is not inferior to Fengyang now!

A few years ago, Changshan City had only a population of tens of thousands......

The development plan of Changshan City is also very peculiar, after the population increased significantly, they did not expand the city wall, but demolished a lot of city fortifications, and even the moat outside the city was filled in, allowing the big guys to build buildings and houses, and spread freely.

Therefore, the current Changshan is basically an undefended city, and it may also be the only undefended city in the world.

"In the final analysis, Fengyang City is still lively." Xiao Chen said, "No wonder Dean Shangguan has to buy a house here. ”

"Oh? Shangguan still buys real estate in the city? Li Wanjiang's eyes flashed slightly, and he said with a smile, "It seems that he has been in your Yanyun for a few years, but he has made a fortune." ”

"That's not true, he borrowed silver everywhere to put it together, and he also borrowed 20,000 taels from my ministers, and it just so happened that the gold that the emperor rewarded his ministers was borrowed by him, and I don't know when I can pay it back?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"Your official has made such a big deal, is 20,000 taels of silver worth paying him back?" Li Wanjiang said.

"The minister has some savings, but 20,000 taels is not a small amount, why don't you want him?" Xiao Chen said with a smile, "His house is quite large, and the location is good, just behind this royal street, I have moved my mind and want to buy another one for the elderly in the future." ”

"Hahaha, how old are you, why did you think of supporting the elderly when you should help me?" Li Wanjiang said with a smile.

"It's better to buy it first, and if you want to buy it in a few years, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it." Xiao Chen said, "Not only Shangguan, but many people in Yanyun have bought houses in Fengyang City, and there are quite a lot of Rus, people from the Western Regions, and princes from the north, who also want to settle here, and they also ask the ministers to help inquire." ”

"Hmm......" Li Wanjiang nodded and smiled, feeling quite comfortable in his heart, "Since Shangguan's Huaju is nearby, let's go over and take a look, Shangguan, are you welcome?" ”

"Your Majesty, the house has just passed through and is being repaired, and it is dusty and messy inside, I'm just afraid of ......" The fat man behind heard the emperor call him, and hurriedly stepped forward to reply.

"Hehe, just to see, and not a guest, what are you afraid of?" Li Wanjiang was interested, and no one could stop him.

The location of this house bought by the fat man is really good, out of the alley, turn an alley is the south end of the royal street, the east is separated by two streets outside the tribute courtyard, the west is not far from the Jinyi Weibei town Fusi, so this street is also called Jinyi Street, the town Fusi is separated by a street to the west is the office of the six departments, and then the past is the imperial city.

If it is placed now, it is properly regarded as a ring, the root of the imperial city, according to the former owner, in the dead of night, you can hear the sound of beating in the imperial city......

Although the mansion is not too big, it is worth 40,000 taels of silver.

The fat man hired a group of masons to paint the courtyard walls, repair the roof tiles, and temporarily hired a couple as housekeepers to help take care of them, and was ready to pack up and rent them out.

The location here is very good, the transportation is convenient, presumably renting a few hundred taels of silver a year is no problem at all, and the fat man is also a good man who lives at home.

"The master is here?" When the housekeeper who was at the door saw the fat man coming, he hurriedly ran over to ask for a thousand greetings, and saluted Li Wanjiang and Xiao Chen.

This man's name is Zhou Rui, he is not tall, slightly chubby, small eyes, pointed chin, thin lips, and a clean and neat green coat, looking very shrewd and capable.