The door opened. Although there were windows in the library, the faint light seemed to be unable to illuminate it, and everywhere there was a gloomy and dim darkness, and the air was very dry, and the smell of dust was everywhere, and it was impossible to breathe.

"Turn on the lights." Niu Yuan's momentum was much weaker than before.

"There's no one here," begged the old man, "why do you have to search for it?" Anyway, just our two pairs of eyes, if we say no problem, then it's no problem, who can doubt it? ”

"Hu, nonsense!" Niu Yuan's eyes widened, and beads of sweat were on his forehead, "I am here to cure the sin of righteousness of Shi Yiyi, how can I deceive my superiors and subordinates?" It's clearly Shangshu, you have a ghost in your heart! I'm not afraid of offending people. ”

Hubu Shangshu sighed, and ordered the scribe to go in and light the lamp and candle, so that he could take a closer look.

"As for the use of the army, it's all in the second row of cabinets in this place," Shang Shu stopped in front of the bookcase, "Please look for it slowly." ”

Niu Yuan wiped the sweat from his hands, squatted forward, and carefully flipped through the old book covers, the ink on them was a little blurry, but he could still see a rough idea.

He flipped through the books, but before he could find Shi Yiyi's name, he began to have a little luck in his heart, hoping that Shangshu's panic was just a joke, maybe he had already hidden the evidence.

He searched the paperwork for a long time, and without a moment's rest, his eyes gradually drooped, but he was still barely open.

"Your Excellency, it's not too late to come back after you've finished sleeping. The lower officials will never clean up, just waiting for you here. Shang Shu was busy persuading.

"Okay," Niu Yuan rubbed his eyes, "I'll read another copy and go back to rest." ”

He reached into the cupboard again, and this time the scroll he touched was very light, and he took it out with a pull.

"This looks new, I think it's the ...... in recent years" Niu Yuan opened the first page, and it was covered with the big seal of the household, and the red pen wrote: "Submit the official letter of Xuanhua Governor Shi Yiyi", which made him chuckle in his heart.

He forcibly pressed his trembling hands, and finally turned to the next page:

'Shidu Governor Qi. The border army suffered repeated defeats, so 8,612 taels of silver were allocated and 1,000 artillery pieces were limited to help defense. ’

He froze, all the words he wanted to say were pushed back into his throat, his mouth still open, but he forgot how to express it. He had no choice but to stare at this paragraph of text, as if there were a few clusters of scorching flames hidden between the lines, and after watching it for a long time, it made him feel a hot pain in his eyes.

He originally planned to rely on the method of intimidating the government and the opposition to make himself take office in a glorious manner, and this so-called reform was not intended to be carried out harshly, but only to stop at a superficial level. He learned Yan Wen's way of government, and it was naturally undesirable to offend a large number of Liu Party nobles as soon as he came to power. But what he never thought was that this old Shangshu was indifferent to his bad deeds, but he didn't hide it honestly and accompanied him to end this big drama.

"Find ...... Got it? Tobe Shangshu became nervous.

Unable to allow Niu Yuan to think of a countermeasure, he patted his head twice as if venting his anger: "Found it!" Shi Yiyi's incriminating evidence should be in it......"

"Fengxiang, this matter has a lot to do with the old decay, please don't be ruthless!" Shang Shu's snot and tears flowed down together, and his knees fell to the ground solidly.

"I haven't opened it yet!" Niu Yuan pretended to deceive and said, "But just to react to you as a thief, there is no doubt about the facts!" With that, he snorted coldly and strode out of the door, leaving Lao Shangshu alone to grab the ground and howl.

"Bong-sang!" Ye Yongjia couldn't hide his excitement, his eyebrows jumped slightly, "Can you check it?" ”

Niu Yuan turned his head and coughed a few times, and then pointed his hand into his arms: "The official letter for making cannons has been placed on my body." ”

"No," Ye Yongjia felt that the other party didn't understand, "I mean, Feng Xiang can check ......"

"Check? Judging from the move of Tobe Shangshu, the result of this matter is obvious. Niu Yuan waved his hand a little casually, "I know what I know, when I go to Zhongshu Province to discuss with my colleagues, I might as well take a closer look." ”

"Can you take a look at Yongjia?"

Niu Yuanden pouted: "Alas, the squire has been an official for many years, why don't you even understand this?" This is a confidential element, and it must be read by all the ministers before it can be made public. Tomorrow's court discussion, I'll leave it to you to see. ”

"But ......" Ye Yongjia was about to give an opinion, but when he saw that he ignored it, he walked straight past him.

In the early morning of the next day, Niu Yuan took advantage of the fact that the court discussion was not opened, so he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion first, and saw Liu Zhennian sitting in the middle hall, and Yan Wen was also sitting on the side of the window, so he held the official letter from the household department and cried on the ground.

"Why is Bong-sang's so?" Liu Zhennian was stunned.

"The prime minister supported the old people with all his might, and made them lead high-ranking officials to guard the border, thinking that they were kind; Who knows that they don't want to repay their kindness, and they accumulate wealth day and night, and they deeply regret it! This is evidence of Shi Yiyi's crime of swallowing wealth, please take a look at it. He handed over what he was holding.

Liu Zhennian looked at the official letter, which noted all kinds of inconsistencies after checking. He had nothing more to say.

"Prime Minister Feng, Liu Gong also knows about your reforms, what does this mean? Do you want to use this official letter to gag everyone's mouths? Yan Wen asked for Liu Zhennian.

"General Liu," Niu Yuan choked up, "I know that you are also struggling in your heart, so you have not expressed your attitude for a long time. However, the border generals and Manchu officials were all implicated, and the whole body was affected by one thing, and I didn't have this awareness, and we couldn't have it. Xuanhua still had to rely on Shi Yiyi's private soldiers...... I advise you to clean up the situation and look forward to the future. ”

"I feel aggrieved," Liu Zhen sighed and looked at Yan Wen, "You defected to me at that time, saying that only a strong imperial court could replace the entire old situation. But I still have to follow the same long-winded routine, and I have to take care of my brothers. If we want to reform, this can't be moved, that can't be moved, what else are we doing! ”

Yan Wen said: "This can't be solved for the time being. Feng Xiang was right, it was enough to be able to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger. ”

"Then you say, how to clean up the situation next?"

"Let's burn this letter first." Yan Wen said, and Niu Yuan looked at him with questioning eyes.

"It's a pity to burn it, keep it for Mr. Niu." He motioned to a confidant with his eyes and returned the official letter to Niu Yuan.

"Xie Liugong! Xie Liugong! Niu Yuan re-picked up the official letter and kowtowed three times in a row.

"After that, it's time to write a new letter, and the contents must be checked," Yan Wen continued, recounting his strategy, "look old, and replace the old one." ”

"But if you say this to the outside world, you will be playing a trick on everyone, and there will always be resentment in everyone's hearts towards me." Niu Yuan smacked his lips.

"I think there is one person who can be pushed out by the prime minister." Yan Wen smiled.

"Who?" The two of them have already tacitly agreed.

"Ye Yongjia."