The Ming Dynasty's two capitals and thirteen provinces were indeed too big. In Beijing at this time, it is thunder and lightning after a strong wind, but here the sun is shining, the water of the Xin'an River is blue and clear, and the grain boats parked on the river float there without moving.

The "Weaving Bureau" lantern with red letters on a white background is still hanging high on the mast of each ship, which is very eye-catching.

The soldiers guarding the grain were standing like nails along the wharf, and opposite them were countless victims of Chun'an.

Shen Yishi sat on the chair at the bow of the big ship again, but he didn't wear an official uniform anymore, he was wearing a silk robe embroidered with hundreds of pale pink plum blossoms on both sides, and he was wearing a plain white cicada wing gown, tied with a plain white silk ribbon, and a hairband with a few light plums embroidered on a white background on the bun. At this time, the faint river breeze gently lifted the robe outside, and at a glance, this body was like a natural picture of blossoming plum blossoms in the snow!

The face was also thinly covered with a layer of white powder, the eyebrows were in the sideburns, and the eyes were deep, quietly looking at the river flowing from the distance upstream.

Suddenly, his ears moved, and his eyes seemed to see the sound of a large group of horses' hooves faintly emerging in the distance of the river!

——This is the ear that can hear the sound of Ji Kang's "Guangling San" 1,300 years ago! This is the ear that can hear the voice of Jiajing in Yuxi Palace, two thousand miles away!

At this time, the crowd on the shore is still very quiet.

Shen Yishi's ears moved again, and the sound of countless horses' hooves became closer and clearer.

The crowd on the shore felt it, and immediately there was a commotion.

On the post road at the north gate of Chun'an, a group of mounts appeared, raising dust in the sky, and were rolling towards the dock!

The horse team was getting closer and closer, and it was Hai Rui who galloped at the front, followed by the personal soldiers of the Governor's Office, and the people who led the team were Jiang Qianhu, Xu Qianhu, and Shen Yishi's steward.

Riding on the horse, Hai Rui's eyes became a line, looking at the row of masts on the river under the scorching sun, and looking at the red letters of "Weaving Bureau" on the mast lantern!

On the shore of the wharf, another thousand households who were carrying grain from the Yamen of the Shoji immediately shouted to the soldiers: "The one who bought the land has arrived!" They are all guarded, and the idlers are not allowed to approach the grain ship! ”

The soldiers moved and drove the people to the back.

Hai Jui's horse galloped to the dock and came to a halt. The horses behind him stopped.

Hai Rui's eyes looked at Shen Yishi, who was sitting on the bow of the big ship, and looked at the dazzling outfit, his eyebrows shrugged, and his eyes immediately shot out a deep light of disgust!

Shen Yishi still sat there quietly looking at the river in the distance.

Qianhu, who was holding the grain, strode over and greeted Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu: "Get off the horse first, go to the boat and have a cup of tea!" ”

Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu had gloomy faces and did not react.

Qianhu who was holding the grain was a little surprised, and then he felt something, and looked at the seventh-rank official at the front of the horse team.

Hai Rui said loudly: "Change the guard!" The soldiers of Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu are here to take care of the grain ships, and the soldiers here go to the city to listen to the dispatch of Gaofutai! ”

Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu led the horse team to silently spread out to the shore. The thousands of households who were holding the grain were still in a daze, and at this time, Wu Zi strode in front of Jiang and Xu: "What's the matter?" Who is he, who dares to send us? ”

Jiang Qianhu had a gloomy face: "He has an order from the governor's yamen in his hand, so let's change his guard." ”

The thousands of households who held the grain were stunned there.

Hai Rui stared at him at this time: "I said change of guard, didn't you hear?" ”

The thousands of households who were holding the grain came to their senses a little, but they still did not order the transfer of troops, and looked at Hai Rui: "I want to see the order of the governor's yamen." ”

Hai Rui took out a piece of paper and held it in his hand. The thousand households came and went to get it. Hai Jui: "Look. ”

The hand of the thousand households retracted again, and when he looked around, the seals of several bright red characters of the "Zhejiang Governor's Office" were eye-catching!

"Change the guard!" Hai Jui will appoint the order.

The thousand households who were holding the grain looked confused and walked towards his soldiers: "Queue up! Lined up! ”

Hai Rui dismounted, threw the reins to a personal soldier beside him, and slowly walked down the dock towards the big boat where Shen Yishi was sitting.

The four soldiers followed him not far and near, and walked towards the big boat.

Shen Yishi slowly stood up, turned around slowly, and looked at Hai Rui, who was slowly walking from the gangplank to the big ship.

Hai Rui walked to the end of the gangplank, not in a hurry to board the ship, and stood still, looking at Shen Yishi, who was standing on the chair at the bow of the boat and looking at him.

The two pairs of eyes met at this moment, a brief frozen, a brief look at each other.

Shen Yishi's feet didn't move, and under the faint river breeze, the "snow plum blossom" slowly floated towards Hai Rui. Stopped on the side of the ship.

One was at the end of the gangplank, the other was on the side of the boat, and the two were only a few feet apart, both staring at each other.

"Report to the position of your driver." Hai Rui asked suddenly.

Shen Yishi: "In the lower Shen Yishi, I do business for the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau." ”

Hai Jui: "Business? So you're just a businessman? ”

Shen Yishi: "Even if it's it." ”

"The "Daming Huidian" contains a clear text that merchants are not allowed to wear silk and satin, what do you say about this costume?" Hai Rui's words were asked in a low tone, but they were full of sternness.

Shen Yishi smiled faintly: "Master Hai's words really stopped me." ”

"Please reply to my words!" Hai Rui's voice suddenly turned high-pitched, and his gaze pierced Shen Yishi's eyes.

Hearing his loud voice, several soldiers of the Governor's Office immediately boarded the gangplank from the stone steps of the dock and walked behind Hai Rui.

Hai Rui didn't look back, only waved his hand, and the four pro-soldiers retreated from the gangplank.

Shen Yishi restrained his smile this time, with a little respect: "Sure enough, it's better to be famous than to meet, Mr. Gangfeng is worthy of Mr. Gangfeng." ”

Hai Jui: "I'll say it again, and I'll be clear. ”

Shen Yishi didn't reply, raised his hands and clapped his palm.

The steward appeared in the carved door of the large cabin, and then the four geisha appeared, each holding a tray in their hands: the first tray held a six-rank gauze hat, the second tray held a six-rank Zhonggong official uniform, the third tray held the jade belt that tied the official uniform, and the fourth tray held a pair of black satin official boots. Led by the steward, the four geisha and the four trays were all held in front of Shen Yishi.

Shen Yishi: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, merchants are not allowed to wear silk and satin, but I wear it." Why, you tell Master Hai. ”

"Yes." The steward took a light sentence and said loudly, "In the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau reported to the ceremonial supervisor, and the weaver Shen Yishi was diligent and had outstanding achievements. ”

Hai Rui was slightly stunned, then looked at the four women who could not hide the dust, looked at the gauze hats, robes, jade belts and official boots in their trays, an angry light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly retracted again, and turned to look at Shen Yishi: "It turns out that the imperial court still has a special case of rewarding businessmen for their fame, no wonder this set of official uniforms should be entrusted to the hands of women." ”

Shen Yishi: "Master Hai is very right. Although this fame is a gift from the emperor, Shen never dares to wear it, after all, it is not in line with the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty. Speaking of this, his tone was clear: "But since the emperor rewarded me with fame, I am not just a businessman." This is also the reason why Shen dared to wear silk and satin. Talking back like this, I don't know if Master Hai recognizes it? ”

The ancestors became the law, the country **, and was able to go directly to the emperor through the eunuchs to change it without authorization, indiscriminately gave to merchants, and forced himself to approve, which shows how far the Ming Dynasty eunuchs, officials, and businessmen colluded for private gain! The person in front of him was playing the brand of the Weaving Bureau, that is, using the brand in the palace to buy the fields of the disaster victims cheaply, and he dared to be so swaggering, the anger in Hai Rui's chest was blazing, but the more he looked at this time, the calmer he became, and looked directly at Shen Yishi's eyes: "You just said it yourself, the emperor rewarded you with your fame like this is not in line with the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty." Do you want me to agree with your words now? ”

How many powerful officials in the Ming Dynasty have dealt with, and such a sharp official Shen Yishi is really the first time to encounter it, and the stronger it is, it has always been Shen Yishi's superiority, not to mention that this is a battle against the water, and when he encounters such a master, the melancholy and loss along the way is immediately intensified into a fighting spirit by the invisible edge of the other party. He smiled again and replied: "It's been three years, and every time I see this set of official uniforms, Shen is uneasy, and I finally met someone who can return the grade of official uniforms to the court for me." Master Hai, the hungry people are waiting to be fed, and the grain and rice are on the boat, this is the big thing. Should Shen wear an official uniform or a silk satin, can I talk about it later? ”

"No." Hai Rui replied categorically, "If you are a serious official, you should immediately change into official clothes, and if you are just a businessman, you should immediately change into cloth clothes." ”

Shen Yishi: "Is wearing official clothes and changing cloth clothes related to today's food and rice for the disaster victims?" ”

"Of course it is!" Hai Rui's tone became stern again, "You are using the brand of the Weaving Bureau and the sign of the palace to buy the fields of the victims at a low price. If you want to put on an official uniform, I will go to the weaving bureau. You have to change into a cloth garment, and I will take you down at once!" Let me ask you again, do you immediately put on your official uniform, or do you change into cloth clothes? ”

Shen Yishi shook his head lightly: "I have already said that wearing official clothes or changing cloth clothes has nothing to do with the disaster victims and grain and rice. ”

Hai Rui: "That means that the matter of buying the fields of the victims at a low price was not done by the Weaving Bureau, nor was it the original intention of the palace." Come! ”

Several of his own soldiers behind him shouted in unison.

Hai Jui: "Take down the lanterns from the weaving bureau on each boat, and then take this person!" ”

"Wait." Shen Yishi also immediately said loudly, "But I don't know why Lord Hai took the lantern on the ship?" ”

Hai Rui's eyes shot at Shen Yishi like a knife: "You dare to ask me if you use the brand in the palace to buy the fields of the victims at a low price, slander the imperial court, and try to provoke a popular uprising?" ”

Shen Yishi shook his head lightly again: "It turned out to be for this." At this point he shouted to the boats, "Put down the post under the lantern!" ”

Immediately, the silk posts that had been hanging there under the lanterns of each boat were lowered at the same time.

Countless pairs of eyes were on those posts—each with four big words written on it: "Disaster relief"!

Hai Rui's eyes slowly looked at the mast of the big ship, and immediately his eyes were filled with doubts.

——On the mast, the three red characters of the lantern "Weaving Bureau" above and the four big characters of "Disaster Relief" in the post below are prominently connected into the seven big characters of "Weaving Bureau Disaster Relief"!

Immediately afterwards, there was a commotion on the shore, and the victims were jubilant!

Hai Rui's eyes were dazed!

"Please. Haichi Prefecture. Shen Yishi made a gesture.

The ship was indeed very large, and in the middle of the cabin were two large bookcases with stacks of account books piled on top of them. Hai Rui glanced at Shen Yishi.

"The account books are here, please take a look at Haizhi County." Shen Yishi said without being salty. Take care of yourself and sit down next to the desk.

Hai Rui didn't say anything, sat by the bookcase and flipped through the account books. For an hour, the two did not say a word. After reading the last volume of the account book, Hai Rui turned his eyes to Shen Yishi, who had been sitting opposite the big case.

Shen Yishi closed his eyes at this time and recuperated there.

Hai Rui didn't call him either, his mind was in turmoil, but there was silence in the cabin.

Hai Rui was tired of business, and this was the first time he had dealt with a businessman, and it was such a big thing to deal with such a big businessman, and it suddenly became so confusing, which was even more unexpected. After reading Shen Yishi's bill for the relief of the victims, all the original plans that had been conceived did not work at this time. He wanted to detain the grain ship to help the victims, and then use this to overthrow the strict party's harsh policy of changing rice to mulberry, and now it is an empty city. The other party not only did not buy the land cheaply under the brand of the Weaving Bureau, but sold the good to the emperor and voluntarily lent grain to the two disaster-stricken counties. In this way, the word "relief" has been solved, but what will happen to the word "change"? In the end, it was not the national policy of the imperial court to change rice to mulberry, and it was so simple that it became a relief for the victims. Conscience and determination told him that there must be a more complicated background behind this matter, or a more hidden plan, and he didn't know what bigger changes would happen next! Hai Rui became alert, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only tell himself, listen first, and figure out what the other party was going to do and why he was doing it.

"Gang Fenggong, finished reading?" Shen Yishi finally opened his eyes.

"I'm done." Hai Rui's gaze was directly Shen Yishi's gaze, "I take the liberty of asking, you are a businessman, although you have a six-grade top, it is just a fictitious, disaster relief is not your responsibility, why are you doing this?" Hai Rui asked as he looked at Shen Yishi's eyes steadily.

"Why can't I do that?" Shen Yishi sat opposite him, not evading, and also looked into Hai Rui's eyes.

Hai Jui only looked at him.

Shen Yishi: "I'm a businessman, but I'm a businessman who works for the Weaving Bureau. The imperial court told me to produce more silk, so I tried my best to produce more silk for the imperial court. Now there is a disaster, and it is also a matter of the imperial court. The Zhejiang government couldn't come up with grain for disaster relief, so I first advanced money to buy some grain and lend it to the government, helping the imperial court, that is, helping myself. Then you will return the food to me, and I will lose nothing. But I don't know if I say this, do Haida people recognize it? ”

Hai Rui: "What about changing rice to mulberry?" You have lent all the money to the disaster county to buy grain, and you can't buy fields and change mulberry, how can you produce more silk? ”

Shen Yishi: "It's not my Shen's business for the imperial court to change rice to mulberry. So many rich people can pay to buy fields and plant mulberry seedlings. There are also the people themselves, and when they have grain, they can also change their paddy fields to mulberry seedlings this year. At that time, as long as I can sell me more raw silk and let me weave more silk, I will be able to handle it with the help of the weaving bureau. ”

The words were so reasonable and so practical, which greatly surprised Hai Rui. There is such a person, and there is such a mind to understand the overall situation, as soon as he makes a move, he actually thinks that everyone thinks that it is difficult to solve the problem of the real "dilemma", why did the Weaving Bureau and the Zhejiang government not consult him in advance? And this person didn't even communicate with the government, and at this time, he suddenly stuck a rod into the end and personally sent food to himself! Who the hell is this?

"Sign the IOU." Shen Yishi didn't allow him to think too much, "The disaster is like fire, sixty and a half percent of the grain will be lent to you, and I will go to Jiande and lend the remaining thirty and a half to them." ”

Hai Rui still looked at him steadily.

Shen Yishi: "If Lord Hai is still suspicious, I will transport the grain back." If you write me a certificate that you don't want to borrow grain, I will have to report to the Weaving Bureau. ”

The pen, inkstone, paper and ink were placed on the table, and Hai Rui nodded and picked up the pen.

Outside the door, the rain was still falling. The two stewards, one on each side, each holding a neat stack of clean clothes in their hands, stood on either side of the door with their heads bowed with their heads held in their hands.

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing stood silently on both sides of Yan Shifan, one on one side.

Yan Song lay on the recliner, his eyes staring at the beam of the roof in distraction. The gauze hat was still neatly worn on the head, and it was still wet. The robe was still worn on the body, and it was also wet.

The old father didn't change his clothes, and Yan Shifan had to wear the soaked coat and hat at this time and sit on the chair next to him.

"There are so many vassal kings, and there are so many people in the middle palace, and half of the annual expenses are accounted for. Last year, the palace was repaired, and another third was occupied. The treasury is empty...... When the treasury is empty, it is said that we have fallen. Yan Shifan said with a sullen head, "I also said that changing rice to mulberry is to make up for our deficit......" Speaking of this, Yan Shifan's tears that did not drop in Yuxi Palace flowed out at this time.

Yan Song still looked up with empty eyes.

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing just looked at Yan Shifan in a daze.

"You say!" Yan Shifan stood up, "Is this treasury from the Zhu family or our Yan family?" ”

"Someone is coming, ......" Yan Song suddenly shouted, followed by a violent cough.

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing immediately ran over, one grabbed one of his hands, Luo Longwen used his other hand through the back of his neck to help him sit up, and Yan Maoqing stroked his chest with the palm of his other hand.

Yan Song coughed and said weakly: "Come, come, come ......"

The steward at the door walked in: "Xiangye, what do you always command......

Yan Song: "Take, bring a knife, give it to Yan Shifan, and let him kill me......"

Hearing him say this, the steward was so frightened that he knelt down, and Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing were also startled and knelt down beside him.

Yan Shifan also closed his eyes, lifted his robe and knelt down.

"You guys go out first." Luo Longwen had to speak at this time, and glanced at the steward who was kneeling there trembling. The steward stood up tremblingly, and withdrew, and the steward at the door followed him.

Luo Longwen: "Don't worry. The most important thing at the moment is to find out who did the work of buying fields under the brand of the Weaving Bureau. ”

Yan Maoqing also answered: "This point is very important. It stands to reason that Zheng Michang and He Maocai will not be confused to this point no matter how confused they are. Then there are two possibilities left, one is that Hu Zongxian is behind the scenes, and the intention is also to prevent the change of rice to mulberry. The second is that the people of the Weaving Bureau did it themselves. But why would they do that......"

Yan Shifan has a violent temperament, but he has the courage to do things and his mind is far better than others, and at this time, he knelt there and listened to the rambling speculation of the two and couldn't help but be disgusted: "Is your brain stuffed with too much money!" ”

The two of them were stunned and looked at Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan: "Hu Zongxian obstructed the change of rice to mulberry for the sake of his own notoriety, the left side and the right side were originally to tell the world that we did all the bad things, not him." What's in it for him to make this bad at this time? I actually guessed that the Weaving Bureau did it itself, and the Weaving Bureau dared to splash dirty water on the emperor's face like this, why not wipe his neck with a knife! You can't see such a clear thing at this juncture, this matter was forced out by the group of people under King Yu! Dad didn't understand, and he still talked to Xu Jie, and believed that Xu Jie's would ask Zhao Zhenji to allocate grain to Zhejiang, and he also counted on passing the position of the first assistant to Xu Jie, and counted on Xu Jie's old shelter from the wind and rain......" He choked in his throat when he said this.

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing suddenly understood, and they were even more shocked, looking at the little pavilion elder, and then slowly looking at the pavilion elder.

Yan Song was also touched by his son's words, and kept looking at Yan Shifan who was kneeling in front of him.

Yan Shifan wiped away his tears: "What you always scold is that your sons are specifically trying to provoke you with trouble." But the wind and rain caused by the sons couldn't drench Xu Jie, and the people of King Yu couldn't be drenched, but they were still poured on the sons themselves. At this point he fell down and could no longer speak.

Yan Song slowly sat up with his wet body supporting the armrest of the chair, and looked at Yan Maoqing: "Send a letter to Nanjing, ask if Hu Zongxian went to find Zhao Zhenji, and whether Zhao Zhenji lent grain to Hu Zongxian." ”

Yan Maoqing knelt there and raised his head slightly, first glanced at Yan Shifan beside him, and then replied without anger: "Yes." ”

Yan Song sighed again: "Yan Shifan feels wronged, and you also feel wronged." Just so much money, keep buying houses, buying land, and raising women, and I don't feel wronged. What did Zheng Michang and He Maocai do in Zhejiang, do you all know? They're digging our graves. Give me a change of dry clothes, I'm dead, Yan Shifan can't even protect himself, let alone you. ”

"Yes!" Yan Maoqing replied loudly, and then immediately stood up and walked to the door, "Prepare hot water immediately, and wait for the elder pavilion and the elder of the little pavilion to take a bath and change clothes!" ”

Yan Shifan moved quickly, and after taking a shower and changing clothes, he went to Yan Song's study, and waited here with Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing. After a long while, Yan Song was also served by his subordinates, took a bath and changed his clothes, and was carried out of it by two maidservants, and sat down on the chaise longue.

Yan Shifan waved his hand, and the two maids withdrew, and he was no longer angry with his father, and pulled the chair closer to Yan Song, and his face showed a look of fighting to the death. Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing also pulled their chairs closer to the father and son, and sat there with grim expressions.

"Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers." Yan Song's eyes flashed at this time, with a light that had been hidden all along, "But you have to fight for your own people first." Yan Shifan, tell me more thoroughly what you said about Hu Zongxian and the Weaving Bureau earlier. ”

"Don't be afraid of death!" Yan Shifan still looked desperate as soon as he spoke, "I'm afraid that I won't know where I will die." Wenlong and Mao Qing were confused, saying that the Weaving Bureau's purchase of land was either the fault of Hu Zongxian's envoy or the bad of the Weaving Bureau's people. I don't think it's possible to do either. Hu Zongxian is a person who is proud of his talents, and there are people who are disobedient, but he will never do such a thing. He is now an official and has become bigger, and he is afraid that he will be affected by us, so he looks forward and backward just to leave a way out, how can he go to the fire by himself. ”

Yan Song slowly looked at his son, full of encouragement to continue, it is these places, this son's excellence makes him admire from time to time.

Yan Shifan was encouraged in his father's gaze, and his speech became more neutral: "It makes no sense for the people in the Weaving Bureau to do this. You must know that in my Ming Dynasty, all officials have a way out, and it is a big deal to resign from the official position and go home to live with their wives and children. The eunuchs had no way out, they only had one home, and that was the palace. When they do this, they don't even want a home. There's no way to do that. ”

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing were inspired by him, and they both thought sharply there.

Yan Maoqing suddenly said in surprise: "Did the emperor order them to do this?" ”

Luo Longwen was also taken aback. Yan Song still lay there calmly, looking at his son.

Yan Shifan waved his hand: "No." If the emperor had instructed me, I wouldn't have called my father and son today, and I would be so angry. This fake can't be done. ”

Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing both turned to look at Yan Song, and Yan Song finally nodded.

Yan Shifan: "Dad blamed us just now, but we didn't manage the people below. Now this knot is on the two brutes Zheng Michang and He Maocai! Yesterday, I received a report from them, only saying that Chun'an had Diao Mintong, and did not say anything about the Weaving Bureau's purchase of land. The day of the report was the seventh day of the sixth month, when the ship of the Weaving Bureau to buy the field had already sailed, and they would not not know about it, but they would not report it if they knew! ”

Luo Longwen immediately affirmed: "These two people have played tricks!" ”

"Why are they playing with this mind's eye?" Yan Maoqing's brain couldn't keep up, and he couldn't keep up with the conversation, so he rolled his eyes up and thought nonsense there.

Yan Shifan stood up and paced up habitually: "There's nothing I can't figure out." These two brutes must have been involved in the purchase of land by those big households, and they wanted to take advantage of the change of rice to mulberry to make a profit. But we sent another Gao Hanwen, and they were not happy. It's not good that they are purging those big households to oppress people under the brand of the Weaving Bureau. I thought that as long as I changed rice to mulberry, all the ugliness would be covered. They don't have to bear the burden when something happens. ”

Luo Longwen: "The old whip of the small pavilion is inside!" ”

Yan Song: "I said it at the time, this matter still makes Hu Ruzhen down-to-earth." You're angry, and you want these two people to do it. ”

Yan Shifan: "My father, the pass is Hu Zongxian's don't do it!" Do it in three years, as he says, and the deficit in the treasury can drag on for three years? ”

"Don't talk about the past!" Yan Song made a decision, "Send it to Hu Zongxian immediately, or instruct him to investigate." If someone really wants to buy a field under the brand of the Weaving Bureau, there is one to catch the other. In addition, it is not possible to buy all the fields of the victims of the disaster, but also to buy the shares of the counties that have not been affected by the disaster. The price of land should not be too low, because if it is too low, it will provoke popular unrest. ”

Yan Shifan: "What if those big families refuse to buy land at a high price? ”

Yan Song: "Then let the government come forward to pressure them to buy." Rebels have always been farmers who have rebelled, and I haven't seen a businessman turn the sky upside down. On the line of life and death, only Hu Zongxian can do this matter! ”

Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing glanced at each other and were silent.

Yan Song looked at them sternly: "Are you also shareholders in Zheng Michang and He Maocai?" ”

"Nope!" The two of them argued at the same time.

Luo Longwen continued: "Don't worry, if you want to make money, we won't make this beheading money. ”

Yan Song: "Then do as I say!" ”

Yan Shifan: "Listen to my father, let's do it immediately." ”

The rain never lightened, and the wind became stronger again. Feng Baoqing carried an oil-paper umbrella, and just walked into the inner courtyard of the dormitory from the second gate against the wind, and blew his umbrella over with a breath of wind through the hall. He simply let go of his hand, and the umbrella flew away in the wind. The rain was heavy and the rain was drenched, Feng Bao simply walked slowly in the heavy rain, and walked under the eaves of the corridor outside the dormitory, his body was already thorough, he wiped the rain on his face, and called in a low voice: "Master, the slave is back." ”

Without answering, Feng Bao stopped there, listening intently to the movement inside, and suddenly he heard King Yu's voice: "Small family, the eyelids are so shallow? ”

Feng Bao was stunned, and slowly retreated to the small door on the side of the eaves, and he didn't dare to go far, so he stood at the small door of the eaves, looking at the door of the dormitory.

There are only King Yu and Concubine Li in the dormitory. Yuwang was still sitting in that chair, holding a book in his hand, looking at it attentively. Concubine Li sat on a chair beside him, with a dark Songjiang cotton robe spread out on her lap, on which the words from the Tao Te Ching were embroidered.

"The concubine's family is a small family, but this has nothing to do with shallow eyelids." Concubine Li is embroidering the word "song" in the middle of "Qu Zhi Zhi", "The emperor's reward is 100,000 pieces of silk, I can't wear it, and I don't dare to sell it, my family is small, and I'm still worried about having no place to put it." If you really want to return it to the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, you can return it tomorrow. ”

King Yu's eyes stared at the book: "Then retreat." ”

Concubine Li: "His Holiness gave it, I dare not resign." When did the prince see someone return the things rewarded by the emperor? The prince thinks about it, the concubine's maiden family is really going to return the things rewarded by the emperor, what will the lord think? What will the outside think? The emperor is a villain, let's sell it? ”

King Yu: "Where is the villain being sold?" Zhejiang changed rice to mulberry and made a fuss, 500,000 horses of silk will be sold to the West this year, and if the trouble continues, how many people will die, do you know? ”

Concubine Li: "No matter how many people die, this silk can't be returned." ”

King Yu put the book in his hand on the coffee table: "Didn't you say that day that you wanted to leave a world for the prince to win the hearts of the people?" Why is it involved in your mother's family, and the people's hearts are not wanted? ”

Concubine Li stood up, gently lifted the robe, and admired the words embroidered by herself: "Lord Wang, these are two different things." It will be the emperor's longevity in just twenty days, and the concubines hurriedly embroidered this robe and gave him the old man's birthday. At that time, the emperor will definitely have to reward things, and we don't want it. ”

King Yu squinted his eyes at her, no longer answered, walked to the door, opened the door, and looked at the heavy rain outside: "Did Feng Bao come back?" When it rained so heavily, where did anyone answer, he raised his voice: "What about people? They're all dead! ”

The two palace maids hurriedly walked out of the back room: "The slave maid will go to find it." ”

At this time, Feng Bao suddenly came over like a ghost, and saluted drenched: "Master, the slave has been back for a while." ”

Yuwang stared at him: "Come back and hide?" How much credit do you have, and who will you show when you get wet? ”

Feng Bao was stunned at first, and immediately smiled, while twisting the rain on his clothes: "Back to the master, the slave was originally holding an umbrella, and a breath of wind blew away." ”

Yuwang stopped asking him, and sat down on the edge of his chair.

Concubine Li appeared at the door: "Come in." ”

Feng Bao saw Concubine Li and bent down again: "Princess, is the prince asleep?" ”

Concubine Li also whispered: "I didn't see you in the middle of the morning, and I made trouble for a while." Just fell asleep. With that, she looked at the two palace maids.

Maybe it's all become a habit, but whenever Feng Bao comes back like this, the palace maid will immediately avoid it as long as she sees her eyes. At this time, the two palace maids lowered their heads and quickly retreated.

Feng Bao jumped at the door again, shaking off the rain as much as possible, and then walked in the door.

King Yu looked at Feng Bao, and Concubine Li also looked at Feng Bao: "Let's talk about the things in the palace." ”

Feng Bao whispered: "The prince, the princess, and the minions have all inquired clearly." One morning, Long Live Ye scolded the Yan family's father and son, and old Yan Song shed tears. ”

Concubine Li immediately glanced at King Yu, and then looked at Feng Bao: "How did you scold?" ”

Feng Bao: "Back to the master, Gonggong Lu is still accompanying the emperor, and the slave can't ask for details." I only asked the servants who were on duty outside the temple at that time, but they couldn't hear clearly from a distance. I only know that it is for Zhejiang to buy disaster people's fields under the brand of the Weaving Bureau. The emperor seems to have said that he would simply give up his seat to the Yan family's father and son. ”

This is appalling news, King Yu was shocked, and Concubine Li's eyes also flashed.

King Yu was about to open his mouth and continue to ask, but Concubine Li snatched the conversation again: "What else did you hear?" ”

King Yu's brows were already furrowed, and Concubine Li was unaware, still staring at Feng Bao.

Feng Bao: "Then you have to wait until the evening when the slave enters the palace again, and you will know when you see Gonggong Lu." ”

"Either call Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng now......" King Yu muttered.

"You can't call them." Concubine Li interrupted King Yu again, "First, the situation is still unclear, and the more this time comes, the more you pretend not to know." ”

This matter is so important in the eyes of King Yu, but the news he heard is so unanswered, his heart is already very disturbed, his thoughts have not been cleared up, and he is always interrupted by Concubine Li when he wants to ask. Now he was just wondering whether to call Xu, Gao, and Zhang to discuss, but Concubine Li even refuted his words before he finished speaking. King Yu's face was very difficult to look at, and he endured it and looked at Feng Bao: "What do you say?" ”

Feng Bao was so shrewd, he immediately knelt down: "Back to the master, this is not something that can be said or said by slaves." ”

Yuwang sneered: "It's good to understand." Go back to the house and change this wet skin. ”

Feng Bao kowtowed: "Thank you, master." Then he half stood up, bowed and withdrew.

Watching Feng Bao's figure disappear, King Yu sat down alone, thinking distractedly, while picking up the tea bowl on the coffee table, uncovering the lid of the bowl, drinking it but it was gone, his heart was anxious, and he put the tea bowl on the coffee table.

Only Concubine Li was left in the room, and she hurriedly took out a teapot from a hollow tea basket made of ivory on the desk and refilled the water for King Yu.

Concubine Li: "Lord, it's not the concubine who said you, you can't be in a hurry at this time." Yan Song and Yan Shifan have been in charge of the cabinet for 20 years, and there are not a few of them in the two capitals and 13 provinces. It is not so easy for the emperor to move them. Let's just wait and see, and wait until we really have a will, and then call Xu Jie, and they will not be too late to discuss. ”

King Yu suddenly stood up and shouted, "Someone! ”

Concubine Li was stunned.

After a while, the two palace maids hurriedly ran in from outside the door.

King Yu said loudly: "Go to the front and tell Wang Zhan to tell him to call Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng immediately!" ”

A palace maid answered and hurriedly walked out.

Concubine Li was stunned.

King Yu picked up the tea bowl and drank it, his hands trembled slightly, and after taking a sip, he threw the tea bowl to the ground: "Don't you even have a mouthful of hot water!" ”

The remaining palace maid was so frightened that she hurriedly said, "Slaves and maids deserve to die." The slave and maid will go and get it. He hurriedly walked out.

Concubine Li's face turned pale, and she looked at King Yu in a daze.

King Yu walked to the door, looked at the heavy rain outside the house, and almost shouted: "If you give your nose, you will be on your face!" Don't forget, your family is from a family that builds a house on the shelf! ”

There was a series of open flames, and Concubine Li already felt that King Yu was angry with herself. It's the first time I've said such heartless and contemptuous words. Concubine Li was stunned at first, and then tears couldn't help but roll in her eyes, but maybe she had been spoiled for a long time, maybe she had a strong personality, so she bit her lower lip tightly and stood there, refusing to cry.

Shizi was woken up and cried in the inner room, and Concubine Li turned around and walked towards the inner room.

"Stand!" Yuwang snorted, "Did I tell you to leave?" ”

Concubine Li stood again: "Lord Wang, the prince is awake......"

King Yu looked out of the house again: "Don't think about it, giving birth to a son will have a great merit. If you don't follow the rules like this, I will pass the son to Concubine Chen's name tomorrow. If you forget, this king will remind you now that there is a main room in King Yu's mansion, and you are just a side room. ”

Concubine Li's tearful eyes flashed with panic and grievances.

Yu Wang didn't look at her, and pointed out the door with one hand: "Did you see Feng Bao?" Even a minion is more disciplined than you! ”

actually connected herself to the minions, and Concubine Li was like a bucket of ice water poured down her head! But the royal rules also reminded her at this time, she bit her lip and knelt down, but she was still in that unconvinced tone: "All mistakes are the fault of the concubines, don't be angry." ”

Yuwang was even more angry: "I'm angry? Joke. Putting down this sentence, he flicked his sleeves and walked straight out.

Concubine Li knelt there in a daze, and the prince of the first dynasty was crying in the back room, and tears finally flowed from her eyes.

When Xu Jie and the others arrived, King Yu's mood was still very depressed.

Zhang Juzheng brought a letter from Tan Lun, detailing the current situation in Zhejiang. Can't wait to browse them one by one, Xu Jie held the letter, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng stood behind him, and the three of them all watched carefully with bated breath.

Xu Jie looked slowly, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were young after all, and they finished reading it quickly, and the two of them glanced at each other, their eyes full of excitement.

"Today is the fourteenth, and the letter was sent on the ninth day. can't use the survey of the Ministry of War, it will be delivered in five days, this Tan Lun is really difficult for him. Gao Gong didn't care whether Xu Jie had finished reading it or not, so he praised Tan Lun loudly.

Zhang Juzheng looked at King Yu, and he was eager to look forward to the joy of the monarch and the ministers. only to find that King Yu was not as excited as he thought, but sat there in high spirits. He was a little surprised, and stood quietly.

Xu Jie only finished reading the letter at this time, and no matter how old he was, he couldn't help but show an excited look: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself." A false case of complication, a big case of buying the fields of the victims at a cheap price under the name of the palace to defile the holy name, with these two things, it will be difficult for Yan Song and Yan Shifan to get out this time. ”

Gao Gong: "Don't miss the opportunity, immediately find a few royal history recitals!" ”

All three of them looked at King Yu. King Yu turned his gaze to them at this time, and replied after a long time: "Yan Song and Yan Shifan have been in charge of the government for 20 years, and there are not a few of them in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. It's not so easy to move them......"

Xu, Gao, and Zhang were all stunned, so they all looked at him and waited to listen to what was going on.

After saying this, King Yu himself was stunned, wasn't this exactly what Concubine Li said not long ago? After realizing it, my heart was not good for a while, and I was silent and stopped talking.

"That's what the prince said." Zhang Juzheng answered, "If the emperor really wants to move them, there will always be a will." If there is no will, the final decision has not been made. At this time, we should wait and see for a while. ”

This is exactly the same as what Concubine Li said! King Yu couldn't help but look straight at Zhang Juzheng and examine him.

"What? Is the minister wrong? Zhang Juzheng was a little uncomfortable with his gaze and asked.

"No, no. You're quite right. King Yu replied, but his eyes looked out the window.

Xu Jie and Gao Gong were also a little surprised, glanced at each other, and at the same time looked at Zhang Juzheng, signaling him to finish his words.

Zhang Juzheng understood, looked at King Yu's back and said: "I always have a feeling that it is too unbelievable to buy the fields of the victims under the name of the palace. If there is such a thing, there must be a number of heads on the ground. Who will do it and who is doing it? There are still a lot of variables in between. Before such a treacherous thing is not ironclad, the last strike will be controlled, and the first strike will be likely to be controlled by others. ”

Xu Jie and Gao Gong were deeply impressed by Zhang Juzheng's opinion, nodded, and looked at King Yu at the same time.

Yuwang seemed to be listening, but there was not much reaction at this time.

Zhang Juzheng: "The prince ......"

"Hmm." King Yu replied casually, only then did he feel his gaffe, coughed, made a serious face, turned to them and sat down on the chair in front of the window: "Master Zhang whips in." What Master Gao just said is also right. Don't talk about it now, you have to find a few imperial histories to say hello first, write the song and prepare it there, and hand it over as soon as the situation is clear. ”

Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng glanced at each other again, knowing that although King Yu was a little distracted just now, they still listened to their words.

Xu Jie: "People must be reliable. If you leak the news, it's your life-or-death business. ”

Gao Gong: "This is natural. There is one person under me, the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the eunuch who has participated in the middle palace on the affairs of iron mines and salt wells, and the emperor has allowed him to play, and he has dealt with a few people. This person has more weight in the emperor's mind than others. ”

Xu Jie: "Who?" ”

Gao Gong: "Zou Yinglong! ”

"This guy does!" Zhang Juzheng immediately agreed, "Once Zhejiang's purchase of land under the brand name of the palace is confirmed, let Zou Yinglong take the lead." ”

"Just do it, it must be secret." As he spoke, King Yu immediately felt footsteps outside the door, and hurriedly looked towards the door.

Sure enough, the voice of a palace maid soon came from outside the door: "Qi, Qi Prince, Princess Li wants to go back to her parents' house......"

King Yu stood up suddenly, walked to the door in a few steps, and opened the door: "What did you say?" ”

The palace maid knelt down: "My lord, the princess said that she wanted to go back to her mother's house and ask her mother's family to return the 100,000 horses of silk rewarded by the long-lived lord to the palace." ”

"Inexplicable!" King Yu was anxious, "Tell the princess to wait there." I am not allowed to come, I am not allowed to go. ”

The maid: "Yes." He stood up and hurriedly walked inside.

Xu, Gao, and Zhang seemed to understand why this prince was always distracted for a while just now, and the three of them met their eyes.

Xu Jie: "Lord Wang, this matter has to be discussed in the long term anyway. The ministers will leave first, and it will not be too late to discuss when there is new information. ”

Yuo: "Okay. Be careful, too. ”

Three: "Yes." ”

"Let's go." King Yu was obviously anxious to see Concubine Li.

"This letter must be taken away." Xu Jie reminded and solemnly handed him Tan Lun's letter.

King Yu hurriedly took the letter and put it in his arms.

Gao Gong was not as careful as Xu Jie, nor Zhang Juzheng in this regard, and said directly: "All such letters are best handed over to Princess Li for custody." The princess understands and can hold it. ”

King Yu was impatient: "Got it, let's go." ”

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly tugged at the sleeve of his high-arched coat and motioned for him to leave quickly.

"Sold!" He Maocai was like thunder in the past, and sat there in a daze, "We were sold by Shen Yishi...... Changed rice to mulberry yellow......"

"It's not a matter of changing rice to mulberry now!" Zheng Michang seemed to have exchanged people with He Maocai, but he was gloomy from the past, at this time, Tie Qing's face was blue, and he strode back and forth, "You can't change rice to mulberry, you and I can't get rid of the official and go to prison." If that Inoue Shiro who was locked up in Chun'an stabbed us out, you and I would have to destroy the Nine Clans! ”

"What then?" He Maocai looked at Zheng Michang in a daze.

Zheng Michang: "Hurry up, you go in person, and bring the prisoners back first." ”

He Maocai: "Hu Zongxian personally sent people, and I am not allowed to escort people back." ”

Zheng Michang: "As long as Hu Zongxian himself is not there, you will be in charge of the criminal name of a province according to the procurator, and you will personally detain the criminals, who dares to stop you!" ”

He Maocai: "Then I'll go now." ”

Zheng Michang: "Do you know what to do after you come back?" ”

He Maocai calmed down a little at this time and thought for a while: "I can't let him live anymore." ”

Zheng Michang: "And the dozen or so widows who are now locked up in the Yamen of the Zhensi Division, none of them can live. ”

"Understood." Answered, He Maocai walked out of the door, walked to the door and stopped, "The matter of changing rice to mulberry can't be so yellow." Zhongcheng, this year's hundreds of thousands of silk horses can't be produced, and the imperial court still has to track it down, and if it finds out about the destruction of the embankment and flooding the fields, you and I will not just be dismissed and imprisoned......"

"I know!" Zheng Michang broke him, "It's all like this, things have to be done one by one." ”

He Maocai: "I went to Chun'an, you can't just stay here, you have to find some way to start doing the rest of the work." ”

Zheng Michang: "Are I still alive if you die?" At this time, these doubts still arise! ”

"Not suspicious." He Maocai was still at the door, "Do you have any way to tell me first, I have a good bottom in my heart." ”

Zheng Michang was really helpless, and sighed fiercely: "Then I'll tell you, my way is three." ”

"Which three?" He Maocai asked urgently.

Zheng Michang: "One is a rope, one is poison, and the other is a steel knife!" Either one of them can bring my life to fruition. Are you relieved of this? ”

He Maocai immediately turned back to the chair and sat down: "Then what else am I going to do?" ”

Zheng Michang's eyes were so angry that his eyes darkened, and he immediately spun around and sat on the ground with his ass.

He Maocai was startled, got up and ran over again, and helped him: "Zhongcheng! Zhongcheng! You can't afford to fall at this time! ”

After a while, Zheng Michang came over and said weakly: "I heard that Gonggong Yang has returned...... You go to Chun'an, and I'll go to Gonggong Yang...... Isn't that okay? My ancestors ......"

He Maocai: "You just told me no, why is this trouble?" ”

Zheng Michang: "Can't delay, go ...... quickly"

He Maocai shouted loudly to the outside world: "Someone! ”

A scribe came in and was shocked when he saw this: "Lord Zhongcheng! Hurriedly ran over to help him.

He Maocai stood up: "Go and call Lang Zhong." Zhongcheng, I'm leaving! He strode out.

The scribe helped Zheng Michang sit down on the chair, turned around and was about to call Lang Zhong, but was stopped by Zheng Michang's weak voice.

"You don't have to call Lang Zhong. I'll go see Gonggong Yang now. ”

Yang Jinshui's bedroom was set up with a large rosewood round table, and there were only five people sitting around. Yang Jinshui, who was sitting at the top, sat on the left and right with four sturdy men, with hard faces, all wearing knee-length black clothes. From behind, everyone's shoulders are particularly wide, the waist is tied with a strap and looks very small, the hem of the black clothes is short, and the exposed leg tendons are exposed as hard as iron pillars. This is known as the "tiger arm bee waist mantis legs", the famous brocade guard of the Ming Dynasty!

It is said that these three rules for the selection of Jinyi Wei were set when Zhu Di was the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. Whoever has these three things, the first one is to walk, and one person can walk more than 160 miles a day; The second is to be good at jumping, a two-foot high wall, jump up and climb with both hands, and turn over to pass; The third is to be good at fighting, not only with fists and feet, but also with ruthlessness, and at the same time pinch the throat of the other party, if your throat is broken, you will not die, and the one who dies must be someone else. The most powerful thing is that there is also "horse gong", that is, it can not sit or lie down for seven days and seven nights, sleep on the ground with two legs in turn, and kill a wolf empty-handed when the head and feet are on the ground for seven days!

The delicacies did not work for them, and each of them was presented with three legs: a leg of mutton, a leg of a dog, and a fat pig's trotters. There is no need for a glass of wine, and in front of each person is a bucket of large wine jars, on which a piece of red paper is pasted, all of which are written with the words "three years".

Yang Jinshui smiled: "Eat where to eat." Zhejiang is good for Shaoxing rice wine. The best is these thirty-year-old daughter red. Those who are idle are also drunk after drinking a pound. You have drunk ten pounds of each of your jars. In addition, I have prepared some for you, and I will go back to Beijing and get on the ship, and I will also taste them for the brothers of Jinyiwei in Beijing. ”

The four of them also laughed, but none of them looked like they were smiling, their mouths were dry and their eyes were still shining. The next Jinyi guard, who was sitting under Yang Jinshui's head, asked, "Why is rice wine called 'daughter red'?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "Customs. Shaoxing gave birth to a son to brew some wine for him, buried in the cellar, named 'champion red', buried for more than ten or twenty years, said to wait for the son to win the champion and then take out the feast of guests. ”

Yang Jinshui's first brocade guard answered: "I know, I gave birth to a daughter and buried it, and when I take it out and marry someone in ten or twenty years, I will call it 'daughter red'." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Brother is so knowledgeable. ”

"I still don't understand." Jin Yiwei, who was the first to ask, spoke again, "If the son born is not the champion, wouldn't it be a pity to have this wine." ”

Yang Jinshui really smiled: "There is only one champion in the country in three years." Call it this name, and wait until the son marries his daughter-in-law and drinks it. ”

Another brocade guard accosted: "I don't understand it either." Father-in-law Yang gave us all the thirty-year-old daughter red, can't the daughter of Shaoxing people marry at the age of thirty? ”

Yang Jinshui just took a sip of wine in his mouth, and squirted out: "Wait for thirty years, just wait for you to come, so that I can marry you!" As he spoke, tears flowed from his eyes.

Yang Jinshui's first brocade guard is obviously the head, and he also buys Yang Jinshui very much, praising his field, and said with a smile: "Thirty is like a wolf, it is just right for us!" ”

The other brocade guards saw the two of them laughing like this, and they also laughed loudly when they were infected, but their voices were a little terrible.

After laughing, the four of them drank wine and ate meat. The head of the brocade guard was on the topic: "When I came, Father-in-law Lu told us in detail. Whoever should be arrested and who should not be arrested will listen to Yang Gonggong. Father-in-law Yang, when will you start and which ones to catch first? ”

Speaking of this, Yang Jinshui's smile was closed, and a sad look appeared on his face.

The four brocade guards glanced at each other, and then asked, "What's the trouble for Gonggong Yang?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "I won't hide it from you, brother." The first person to be arrested this time was my partner. ”

"Partner?" A few brocade guards didn't understand.

Yang Jinshui: "It stands to reason that this person has really done something for the palace, but this time the ghost was blinded, and when I didn't return in Beijing, I went to buy land under the brand of the Weaving Bureau, and openly disgraced the emperor's face!" He is looking for death on his own, and I can't help it. ”

A brocade guard: "What kind of official is he?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "The palace invited him to a false title of six grades, but in fact, he didn't have any official position, just a silk merchant in Hangzhou." ”

Jin Yiwei: "Didn't the official tell us to arrest something, let the Hangzhou Mansion arrest it?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "This person has been an errand for the Weaving Bureau for more than ten years, and he knows too many things, so he went to the government and shook out his face in the palace." ”

"I see." Jin Yiwei picked up the wine jar and took a sip, "Who else?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "Other people can't be arrested until they are interrogated." ”

Another dish came up, a large tray containing four large bowls, each with a braised lion's head the size of a hydrangea. It was the personal eunuch beside Yang Jinshui who delivered the food, and at this time, while smiling and putting the food in front of the four people, he leaned into Yang Jinshui's ear: "Godfather, Zheng Michang is here." ”

Yang Jinshui frowned: "He knows that I am back?" ”

Eunuch: "I think I know." said that there was a big thing, and he must let his godfather see him. ”

The four brocade guards all put down their chopsticks and looked at Yang Jinshui. Yang Jinshui pondered for a moment and stood up: "I'll see you sooner or later, see what he says." A few brothers ate and drank slowly, and I will be back in a while. ”

The four brocade guards stood up and gave them away.

Yang Jinshui walked into the living room with a smile on his face, and when he saw Zheng Michang, he said, "Good ear report!" As soon as my front foot arrived, you came on the back foot. ”

Zheng Michang stood up, dressed in civilian clothes, but with a wide belt tied on his head, his face was gloomy.

"What? Sick? Yang Jinshui looked at the strap on his head.

Zheng Michang: "The headache is half due to the wind, and half is forced by them." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Who dares to force the dignified governor of Zhejiang?" Sit, sit first. As he spoke, he sat down first.

Zheng Michang also sat down, no longer detoured, and said straightly: "Gonggong Yang, do you know what Shen Yishi did?" ”

Yang Jinshui looked at him, knowing that he was talking about the Weaving Bureau's purchase of land, thinking that this person must have heard the wind, and rushed to clear it, so he asked rhetorically: "What's the matter?" I've just come back and I'm going to ask you how this has been going. ”

Zheng Michang: "It can't be done by changing rice to mulberry, so Shen Yishi lent all the grain he bought to Chun'an and Jiande to help the victims......

"What!" Yang Jinshui stood up suddenly.

Zheng Michang: "Shen Yishi branded the Weaving Bureau, and first went to Chun'an to borrow dozens of boats of grain for the newcomer Hai Rui in Chun'an Zhixian County. Then he went to Jiande and lent dozens of boatloads of grain to the newcomer Wang Yongji of Jiande Zhixian County. If you want to buy land again, there is no more food. ”

Yang Jinshui stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

Zheng Michang: "Father-in-law Yang, it's mid-June, mulberry seedlings can't be inserted, the Weaving Bureau has ordered 500,000 pieces of silk this year, what will be sold to the West at that time?" Without this money, what can be made up for the deficit in the treasury? When the time comes, not only the cabinet, but also the palace will have to ask me about my guilt. I was really miserable by this Shen Yishi! ”

"Shen Yishi lent grain to Chun'an and Jiande, is this news reliable?" Yang Jinshui looked at him.

"It's true!" Zheng Michang hurriedly replied, "The grain guards are all officers and soldiers sent by the province, and they came back to report it." ”

Yang Jinshui's heart was suddenly confused. I don't know whether to be happy or worried. Long Yan was furious, because Shen Yishi went to buy land under the brand of the Weaving Bureau, but he was not in Hangzhou at the time, and he was protected by Gonggong Lu, so he saved his head. Now that the Jinyi guards are here, just to arrest him, things suddenly turned upside down. Shen Yishi not only did not go to buy land, but also went to disaster relief under the brand of the Weaving Bureau! The palace knew about this, and the emperor's face was saved from top to bottom, which should be happy. But it was a lie when I reported it. What does this say? Also, why did Shen Yishi do this? As Zheng Michang said, if there is no grain, can you still buy the field? Wouldn't it be a waste to change rice to mulberry!

Thinking of this, he couldn't think clearly, instinct prompted him to grasp the handle of others, so that he could get out of this mutation, and soon he remembered the incident of the Chun'an disaster victims, and this incident was not allowed to be the cause. So he had a little bottom in his heart, and said to Zheng Michang: "There must be a reason for things, right?" Okay, how could Shen Yishi go and give all the food? ”

Zheng Michang: "Everything he does is in his heart, how do we know what he thinks?" Gonggong Yang, I have to call Shen Yishi back immediately and ask him well. ”

Seeing that he was still so sleek at this time, Yang Jinshui didn't give face: "Lord Zheng, we don't understand what you say." Shen Yishi took the grain boat to buy the field, and you, as well as the adults, personally delivered it on the dock. What did he do without showing you any wind at all? ”

"The heavens are above! He showed us a little bit of wind. Zheng Michang swore a curse.

"You don't know that every boat has a lantern from the Weaving Bureau?" Yang Jinshui approached the Middle Palace.

When Zheng Michang heard him ask this, he became vigilant: "The ship belongs to the Weaving Bureau, and what lanterns they hang is not something that our local government can control." ”

Yang Jinshui was so tired in his heart, and at this moment he was determined to get the person in front of him and He Maocai, who didn't come! Of course, he had to take it step by step, so he also pretended to be thinking about it and asked, "That is, what happened to him when he arrived in Chun'an?" ”

When asked about the truth, Zheng Michang didn't dare to reveal the matter of the Tongwei, so he pretended to think: "What happened......

Yang Jinshui: "Didn't you say that the victims of Chun'an were accommodated?" was originally scheduled to kill on the sixth day of the sixth month of June, but was held down by the newly appointed Chun'an Zhixian, saying that there was a grievance. Lord Zheng doesn't know about this? ”

Zheng Michang: "I know about this. The victims of the Chun'an disaster did buy food from the Japanese invaders. That Hai Rui stopped this matter under the pretext that he had no confession and no case file. The intention is to resist the imperial court's national policy of changing rice to mulberry. Maybe Shen Yishi was also afraid of stirring up a civil uprising because of this incident, so he had to lend them grain. ”

"It's kind of plausible." Yang Jinshui stretched his voice, "That means that if there is no such thing, Shen Yishi will use the brand of the Weaving Bureau to buy the fields of the disaster victims?" ”

Zheng Michang was stunned: "What kind of brand...... I really have to ask Shen Yishi about this. ”

Yang Jinshui couldn't hold back any longer, and stood up suddenly: "Lord Zheng, Zheng Zhongcheng!" I'll tell you the truth now. If Shen Yishi had bought land under the brand of the Weaving Bureau at the beginning, it would have been obvious that he would have poured dirty water on the emperor's face! Whose idea was it? I can't tell if the palace will send someone to ask for clarification. If he had used the brand of the Weaving Bureau to provide disaster relief from the beginning, this would have put gold on the emperor's face. Can you change rice to mulberry or not? Who forced him to do this? Shen Yishi is not dead, I can always ask for an understanding. ”

Zheng Michang was stunned, and it was not until this moment that he really knew that this matter was a dead move from the beginning. Now when I saw Yang Jinshui's face, my eyes turned black again. At this moment, the scene of Gao Hanwen falling down in the lobby of the governor's yamen suddenly appeared in his mind, and then he also fell down like pouring firewood, and he didn't know anything.

Yang Jinshui was startled at first, and then looked at him on the ground: "Play dead!" You can't hide from pretending to be dead! ”

As he spoke, he put down Zheng Michang and turned back to the bedroom. Seeing Yang Jinshui come in, the four brocade guards put down their chopsticks and stood up.

"Sluggish. Sit, sit. Yang Jinshui greeted and sat down. The four brocade guards also sat down again.

"Drink, drink." Yang Jinshui picked up the wine glass, but his hand trembled slightly, and the wine overflowed from the mouth of the glass.

Who are the Jinyi Guards? Immediately felt that Yang Jinshui's complexion was wrong.

Jin Yiwei: "What's wrong?" The surname Zheng is angry with his father-in-law? ”

Yang Jinshui slowly put down the wine glass again, and his hands couldn't help but tremble a little: "Don't be angry, my brother is planted in their hands this time." ”

"What?" After hearing this, Jin Yiwei put the wine jar on the table and looked at Yang Jinshui.

The other three brocade guards also put down the wine jar and looked at Yang Jinshui.

Yang Jinshui: "The brothers came to Zhejiang to arrest people this time, all because I told my ancestors that they bought the victims' fields cheaply under the brand of the palace. I heard the wind and knew you were coming. Now they have suddenly played a trick and lent the grain they bought to the two counties that were affected by the disaster. The matter of buying land is gone, but I have become a brother, I deceived my ancestors, and my ancestors deceived the emperor again. Now that they are not guilty, they can't let the ancestors ask the emperor for guilt. If you want to arrest me, you have to arrest me. ”

The four brocade guards looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while, so they all looked at Yang Jinshui again.

Yang Jinshui sat there in a daze: "The emperor and the ancestor handed over the big stall of Suning-Hangzhou weaving to me, in order to share the worries of the emperor and the ancestor, this year I desperately negotiated the business of 500,000 pieces of silk in the West, I didn't want to be calculated by them......" said, a few tears appeared in the corner of his eyes.

At this moment, Yang Jinshui's accompanying eunuch walked in: "Godfather, the dog is still lying there pretending to be dead, and he must ask his godfather to see him." ”

Yang Jinshui looked at him slowly: "What does he want me to do before he is willing to let go?" ”

The accompanying eunuch: "He said that he was a feudal official of the imperial court, and today he was humiliated by his godfather, and he 'can be killed but not humiliated'." Ask the godfather to give him an explanation. ”

Yang Jinshui: "It's just that I am charged with the crime, you tell him, tell him to simply send the soldiers of the governor's yamen to arrest me......

"Let's play this game!" Jin Yiwei got up and turned to look at the accompanying eunuch, "Where is the person surnamed Zheng?" ”

Accompanying eunuch: "Wearing a second-grade court dress, lying in the living room." ”

The other three brocade guards also slapped the table and stood up.

Another brocade guard: "What a feudal official!" There are fewer green turtles in Yongding River than him. Deceive people to the weaving bureau, this is not blind! ”

Another brocade guard: "I'm worried that I can't catch anyone." Just rely on him to deceive the people in our palace and disturb the emperor, so we can arrest him first. ”

The other two brocade guards all looked at their heads: "Catch it!" ”

Jin Yiwei pondered for a moment: "After all, he is the governor of a province, and we can't arrest him if he doesn't buy land now." But he wanted to look at it and play with us all like this, it was stealing fruit from the coptis tree—asking for his own suffering. In this way, we will meet him first. As he spoke, he said to the eunuch who accompanied him: "Excuse me, lead the way." ”

Accompanying eunuch: "Your Excellency, please." ”

The four brocade guards followed the eunuch out of the bedroom and into the living room. I saw Zheng Michang's face resolute at this time, lying straight on the brick floor, looking at the roof with his eyes.

The four eunuchs who had been beaten by the mandarin duck board were waiting for him on the side at this time.

The fat eunuch was holding a bowl in his hand, and the high eunuch was also holding a bowl in his hand.

Fat eunuch: "Lord Zheng, it's a big thing, and your body matters." Ginseng soup and ginger soup have to be drunk a little. ”

Zheng Michang only looked at the roof with his eyes and ignored them at all.

Fat eunuch: "It's not the end of you lying like this, you have to rely on you to manage such a big Zhejiang." ”

Zheng Michang's eyes slowly looked at the fat eunuch standing on the left: "Call Yang Jinshui." ”

Fat eunuch: "It's all angry, why bother?" ”

Zheng Michang stopped looking at him again, and looked at the roof with his eyes.

"What, can't you get up?" The accompanying eunuch walked in. The four eunuchs hurriedly stood up and stood with their hands down.

The accompanying eunuch walked to Zheng Michang's head and squatted down: "Lord Zhongcheng, Gonggong Yang asked me to bring you a message." ”

"Say." Zheng Michang's eyes were still looking at the roof.

Accompanying eunuch: "Gonggong Yang said that this time he was planted." But you still don't let him go, really investigate it, he cut off his head and the family is not hungry. You've got a dozen sons to raise. ”

Zheng Michang's face turned purple again: "How can this be true!" So far, I can't let him go...... Tell him that if you tell me to leave like this, and then put all the charges on my head, it is better to send someone to behead my family now! ”

Accompanying eunuch: "You are always a feudal official, without the emperor's edict, who dares to touch you?" But now there are a few people who want to meet you. When you see them, you know what to do. Speaking of this, he stood up: "A few big brothers, Lord Zheng said that he was thinking to meet you." ”

Zheng Michang was stunned, his eyes couldn't help but look towards the threshold, and he saw a few pairs of feet wearing linen and straw sandals with iron legs stepping in from the door. Then, the pillar-like legs stood on either side of him.

Zheng Michang was a little surprised, his eyes slowly moved up, he saw the knee-length black robe, and saw the blue belt around his waist, and suddenly, his eyes showed panic.

There is a sign hanging on one of the belts, which is impressively engraved with the words "Beizhen Fusi"!

The other three belts also have signs on them, which are impressively engraved with "Beizhen Fusi"!

Zheng Michang looked up in horror, and saw that the shoulders of those people were towering, and their fingers were slightly open, like several eagles with their wings slightly spread and preparing to jump up to catch prey, and several pairs of eyes were more like eagles, staring at him coldly.

Zheng Michang trembled and tried to get up with his hands on the ground.

"Don't pay for it." Jin Yiwei's cold voice sounded, "It's cool on the ground, lie down more." ”

Zheng Michang's hand shook and he sat there again.

Jin Yiwei on the other side: "Isn't Lord Zheng going to ask Gonggong Yang for an explanation?" A few of us came from Beijing to ask for an explanation. Do you sit here and talk about it, or do you get up and go to the governor's yamen and say it? ”

Zheng Michang's eyes were a little black again, he was dizzy for a while, he immediately closed his eyes again, sat there and tried his best to adjust his heart, and it took a while to slowly open his eyes and look at the few eunuchs standing on the side: "Excuse me, help me ......"

The accompanying eunuch: "That's it." Come, give Master Zheng a hand. ”

"Yes!" The fat eunuch and the thin eunuch walked over, and one went to help him.

Zheng Michang knelt down when they helped themselves halfway: "Zheng Michang, the governor of Zhejiang, respectfully invites Sheng'an!" ”

The brocade guard stood upright there: "Saint Bow." ”

Zheng Michang kowtowed, and then stood up with the support of the two eunuchs: "Please send a few Qin to the governor's yamen, and the officials will reply one by one." ”

Jin Yiwei thought for a moment and nodded.

Four chairs were placed side by side under the window to the south, and four brocade guards sat with their backs to the window. Zheng Michang sat in the middle of the room facing Jinyiwei. In this way, the light outside the window just shone on Zheng Michang's face, and his eyebrows appeared. The faces of the four brocade guards were dark, and Zheng Michang couldn't see their faces clearly.

After picking up something that could wash himself and not make people think that he had put it on his feet, Zheng Michang stopped and looked at Jinyiwei.

The expressions of the four brocade guards were still drowned in the darkness and could not be distinguished.

"The subordinates who should say it have all said." Zheng Michang swallowed his saliva, "A few errands can go and ask Gonggong Yang, the lower officials have been on an errand in Zhejiang for so many years, as long as it is a matter in the palace, which time did they not do their best." This time, there are really some people who are doing it, and the intention is to disobey the national policy of the imperial court to change rice to mulberry. Please tell Father-in-law Yang on a few errands, don't misunderstand. ”

"Say these things yourself." Jin Yiwei spoke, "I'll ask you a few words now, and you have to answer truthfully." ”

Zheng Michang: "Please ask on a business trip." ”

Jin Yiwei on the other side: "Shen Yishi is carrying a grain ship under the sign of the Weaving Bureau, do you and He Mao know if he is going to buy land or go to disaster relief?" ”

Zheng Michang was nervous again, thought for a while and replied, "Xia Guan really doesn't know. ”

Jin Yiwei: "You didn't ask?" ”

Zheng Michang: "The Weaving Bureau is under the control of the palace, and Shen Yishi is under the management of Yang Gonggong, and it is really difficult for the lower officials to ask." ”

Jin Yiwei on the other side: "What do you mean, if you buy a field, this crime should be borne by Yang Gonggong?" ”

"That's not what it meant." Zheng Michang hurriedly replied, "Gonggong Yang was not in Hangzhou at that time, and Shen Yishi should be guilty of it." ”

Jin Yiwei: "Now that Shen Yishi has given all the food to the disaster, he is not guilty." But at that time, it was under the guise of buying land, how to say about this? ”

Zheng Michang stood up: "These subordinates don't know, and the superiors will know everything when they ask Shen Yishi." ”

Jin Yiwei sneered: "What is Shen Yishi?" It's also worth taking care of! We have been ordered to arrest the officials. Now that I hear Lord Zheng say this, you are not at fault at all. Then we have to arrest Grandpa Yang and go back to pay the errand? ”

"Bad!" Zheng Michang was anxious, "Gonggong Yang was not in Hangzhou at the time, and he was not at fault. ”

Jin Yiwei: "First to buy the land, then to provide disaster relief, eight hundred miles to the palace urgently, make the long live master angry." Now you say that you are not at fault, and Gonggong Yang is not at fault, but a businessman has wiped out my Ming Dynasty from top to bottom. You don't have to be ashamed, can the court afford to lose this face! ”

Zheng Michang understood at this time that if he didn't ask for sin, he wouldn't be able to pass this hurdle no matter what, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Since the superior said so, the lower official will write a note to ask for guilt now." ”

Jin Yiwei: "Aren't you innocent of sin?" How do you write this recital? ”

Zheng Michang: "I am the governor of Zhejiang, Gonggong Yang is not here, there is such an incident in Zhejiang, how can I say that I am also guilty of negligence." I wonder if this is okay? ”

Only then did the Jinyi guard stand up, and the other three Jinyi guards also stood up.

Jin Yiwei: "Then write it out first as you said." Remember, this case is our work, and all the transcripts have to be handed over to us first, and we have to hand them over if they want to be handed over. ”

Zheng Michang: "Remember. I'll write tonight. ”

Jin Yiwei walked up to him at this time, resting one hand on his shoulder, and Zheng Michang snorted.

Jin Yiwei: "I said two words, you have to remember." ”

Zheng Michang: "Please say it." ”

Jin Yiwei said: "First sentence, don't tell anyone about our coming to Zhejiang." ”

Zheng Michang: "The lower officials don't dare. ”

Jin Yiwei: "The second sentence, be an official, but don't be too fine." If you are too fine, the heavens will take you. ”

Zheng Michang: "The lower officials understand, the lower officials understand......"

"If only I understood." Jin Yiwei put his hand away, "Let's go." ”

Zheng Michang was stunned there alone, as if he was carefully smacking Jinyiwei's words.

Obviously deliberately arranged, from the first door to the second door to the bedroom under the eaves of the courtyard, everywhere hung red gauze lanterns, each lantern reflects the "weaving bureau" three big characters, the weaving bureau back house illuminated red light.

Yang Jinshui's accompanying eunuch was in front, leading Shen Yishi all the way from the head gate of the back house.

Lanterns of the "Weaving Bureau" flashed over their heads.

The accompanying eunuch changed his usual posture of leading the way sideways, and walked with Shen Yishi, glancing at his reaction from time to time.

Shen Yishi was still wearing the six-grade palace clothes, walking steadily, although his face was still dusty, he was still peaceful, and he couldn't see any uneasiness.

When they arrived at the door of the bedroom, the accompanying eunuch suddenly stopped. Shen Yishi also stopped beside him.

Accompanying eunuch: "Boss Shen, please wait, I'll report first." ”

Shen Yishi: "Yes." ”

The accompanying eunuch walked slowly to the door of the bedroom, whispered a few words, and the bedroom door opened from the inside, and the room was also full of red light.

Shen Yishi quietly looked at the open door of the cave, and saw a transparent cicada-wing gauze curtain hanging down in front of the door, and Yun Niang was sitting behind the curtain, with a guqin in front of him, followed by two "ding dong" sounds. Shen Yishi knew that "Guangling San" was waiting for him inside!

The accompanying eunuch came back slowly, and looked at him: "I'm waiting, please." ”

Shen Yishi smiled, greeted the music of "Guangling San", and walked into the bedroom door, Shen Yishi deliberately did not look at the direction of the piano, but looked at Yang Jinshui who was sitting at the round table.

Yang Jinshui didn't look at him, tilted his ears sideways, and his fingers lit the beat on the table, feeling intoxicated by the sound of the piano.

Shen Yishi stood quietly, his eyes just looking in the direction of Yang Jinshui.

On the round table, there are several stacks of delicate side dishes, three pairs of silver cups and chopsticks, and a delicate crystal bottle, red as if it contains wine transported from the Western Regions.

After the first piece of music was played, Yang Jinshui still didn't look at Shen Yishi, but waved his hand. Shen Yishi walked over slowly. Yang Jinshui still didn't look at him, pointed his hand to the stool next to him, and Shen Yishi sat down again.

As soon as Shen Yishi sat down, Yang Jinshui picked up a silver chopstick in front of him and knocked it on the silver cup.

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

Yang Jinshui still didn't look at Shen Yishi, but lifted the crystal bottle, pulled out the crystal bottle on it, and poured wine into the cup in front of Shen Yishi.

Shen Yishi stood up.

Yang Jinshui slowly poured the wine, and read: "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately." Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people came back to fight in ancient times? After pouring the wine, he looked at Shen Yishi.

Shen Yishi also looked at Yang Jinshui: "My father-in-law is finally back." ”

"It's easy for me to come back or not." Yang Jinshui looked at him, "It's really not easy for you to come back this time." Carrying dozens of boatloads of grain, from Hangzhou to Chun'an to Jiande, he killed three in and three out, but he didn't get drunk and lie on the battlefield, good ability! Come, drink this cup first. ”

Shen Yishi picked up the cup with both hands, but did not drink it immediately, but looked at Yang Jinshui.

"Don't worry, it's not poisonous." Yang Jinshui also picked up the cup, "You need to use a luminous cup to drink wine, and the merchant of the Western Regions gave me four the year before last." The use of silver cups is to reassure you that there is no poison in this wine. After speaking, he took a sip of it, took a sip of the bottom of the cup, and looked at Shen Yishi.

Shen Yishi still didn't drink, his eyes were full of sincerity: "Father-in-law, can I finish my words first and then drink?" ”

"Yes." Yang Jinshui looked indifferent, "Anything is fine." Beauty plan, drag knife plan, draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, hide from the world and cross the sea, any of the thirty-six plans can be used. ”

Shen Yishi: "Father-in-law, do you ask Yun Niang to avoid it first." ”

Yang Jinshui slowly looked at him again, and then shook his head: "There's no need to play with these virtual things." As for me, I was originally a eunuch, and you sent a Yun Niang to me, which was false from the beginning. Anyone can have green hair on their head, but only those of us who can't grow green hair on their heads. Behind my back, you can say anything you do in front of her. ”

Shen Yishi lowered his head, thought about it and raised his head again: "I'm sorry for my father-in-law, and I'm worthy of my father-in-law." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Look, it's here again." Don't play false, real money has been dealing with half a lifetime, can you do something hard? ”

Shen Yishi: "Then I'll start from the beginning." ”

"That's right." Yang Jinshui no longer looked at him, and put on a deaf look.

Shen Yishi: "Father-in-law, we were wrong about this from the beginning. ”

"We?" Yang Jinshui said the word "we" so heavily, and then looked at Shen Yishi again, "Is there me in this 'we' you said?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Both." Changing rice to mulberry was a dead move from the beginning. My father-in-law didn't see it, and I didn't see it either. ”

"It's kind of interesting. Go on. Yang Jinshui looked at him intently.

Shen Yishi: "Actually, when Hu Butang was unwilling to change rice to mulberry according to the cabinet's intentions, I saw a clue. But when I think about it, this is a will, and I can't take back what the emperor said. Therefore, he raised grain with all his heart and waited to buy the land. But it wasn't until my father-in-law went to Beijing this time that suddenly Gao Hanwen, the prefect of Hangzhou, Hai Rui from Chun'an Zhixian County, and Wang Yongji from Jiande Zhixian County, came to realize that we had been swept into the whirlpool. ”

Yang Jinshui: "It's not us, it's you." You've rolled up a whirlpool that makes me want to get caught up in it. ”

Every sentence is pushed back, and at this time the argument is confrontation. Shen Yishi lowered his eyes and was silent for a while, then raised his head again: "My father-in-law knows that according to the market price, it should be forty stones of rice to fifty stones of rice to buy one acre of land in a good year, and even the disaster county cannot buy an acre of land with less than thirty stones of rice." But we can't get out that much. Because of the purchase of land and the production of silk into silk, more than half of it will be used to make up for the deficit of the national treasury, and the rest of the profits will be shared by Lord Zheng and Lord He. Therefore, we can only buy land with ten stones and one acre at most, so that we can not make money or lose money. We have to do such a thing, and we can't say it to the outside world. If we really want to be able to buy land according to ten stones and one acre to change mulberry, we will work hard and be able to produce 300,000 more horses of silk every year. But after Gao Hanwen, as well as Hai Rui and Wang Yongji came to Zhejiang, they didn't know these inside information, and they insisted on buying land at the market price. Father-in-law, let's not talk about whether we can afford to pay or not, and I can't afford to ask me to take out so much cash to buy a few hundred more boatloads of grain at once. ”

Yang Jinshui obviously accepted these words, and his attitude was more relaxed: "This is the truth. Sit down and say. ”

"Grandpa Xie." Shen Yishi sat down at this time, glanced at Yun Niang behind the gauze curtain, and then looked at Yang Jinshui.

Yang Jinshui thought for a moment, and then looked at Yun Niang behind the curtain: "Play your piano, play one song after another." ”

Yun Niang slowly stood up behind the curtain: "I'll go out." ”

"Don't pay for it." Yang Jinshui lengthened his voice, "If you play yours, you should have no two of us." ”

Yun Niang had no choice but to sit down again and bounce up.

With the sound of the piano, only Yang Jinshui and Shen Yishi could hear the sound of talking. Yang Jinshui turned to look at Shen Yishi again at this time, with a deep sadness in his eyes: "It's been a few years, you know better than anyone else how I treat you." I didn't tell you much about the affairs of the court and the affairs of the officialdom. This time, why did you team up with Zheng Michang and He Maocai to hide from me and take Yun Niang to Shi Meiren? Dare to pretend to buy land and give away all the grain under the banner of the Weaving Bureau? Neither of these two things should be done by you Shen Yishi. If you do one, you're looking for death. What's going on? I don't understand, I haven't slept for a few nights, and I've been waiting for you to come back today with your head on your shoulders and make it clear. What exactly is this for, you say? ”

Shen Yishi: "For the sake of my father-in-law, for myself, for us to be able to retreat." ”

Yang Jinshui looked at him tightly.

Shen Yishi: "My father-in-law was not in Hangzhou at that time, and the situation changed. There was Gao Hanwen, who was an old-fashioned person from Xiaoge, and Hai Rui, and Wang Yongji, who was recommended by King Yu to the officials. This is obvious, it is King Yu, Ge Lao, and Xiao Ge Lao who are more energetic in changing rice to mulberry. If Gao Hanwen came and pressed Hai Rui and Wang Yongji to follow the original strategy, then they would fight with themselves on the top, and our Weaving Bureau would buy silk from the field. Unexpectedly, when the governor's yamen was deliberating, Gao Hanwen did not agree to buy land with the price of ten stones. This shows that Yuwang and they don't want to lose public opinion, and they want to use this matter to overthrow strictness. Yan Ge Lao and Xiao Ge Lao also saw this, and they didn't want to bear this notoriety, so they sent Gao Hanwen, who was engaged in science, to make up for the deficit in the treasury, and they didn't want to let the people on King Yu's side catch the braids. He calculated to plant the notoriety to our Weaving Bureau. Looking at the involvement of the palace and the emperor, no one in the government and the opposition dared to say a word. ”

Yang Jinshui nodded: "That's the reason." What about Zheng Michang and He Maocai? But they've been involved since the beginning, so they don't have a little burden? ”

Shen Yishi: "Not to mention these two people, they are the ** of the two officialdoms!" began to want to please the court, and he could reap benefits in the middle, so he dared to do anything to step on green seedlings, destroy embankments and flood fields. When I found out that the situation was complicated, I panicked again. He was bent on pushing the people sent by Xiaoge Lao and King Yu to the front, and even more wanted to push our weaving bureau to the front, and they hid in the back. I can't hit them when the sky falls. ”

Yang Jinshui: "So I asked you to find Yun Niang to make a beauty trick and force Gao Hanwen to go to the front to do it?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Yes." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Since Gao Hanwen has been leveled by you, why can't he change rice to mulberry?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Because of King Yu, they are even more powerful." ”

Yang Jinshui: "What do you say?" ”

Shen Yishi: "I don't know where they found this Hai Rui, as soon as they came to play with their lives, they suddenly helped Gao Hanwen to hold grievances in the lobby, and they also turned out the matter of flooding the fields, and the knife saw blood, forcing Zheng Michang and He Maocai to be helpless." ”

Yang Jinshui: "They just made another thing to force that Hai Rui to go to the front to do?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Yes." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Then tell you to buy land with the lantern of the Weaving Bureau, and push the Weaving Bureau to the front to do it?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Yes." ”

Yang Jinshui: "You just follow them and hide it from me?" ”

Shen Yishi thought about it, but still replied, "Yes." ”

Yang Jinshui was stunned and looked at Shen Yishi directly.

Shen Yishi: "What I am doing here is to let the court know in the future that all their things are done without the help of my father-in-law." ”

Yang Jinshui seemed to understand something: "Go on." ”

Shen Yishi: "Father-in-law think about it carefully. In order to change rice to mulberry, first destroyed the embankment and flooded the fields, and then engaged in a big case of the common widows, to the point that Yan Ge Lao, Xiao Ge Lao and Yu Wang, Xu, Gao, and Zhang They will fight to the death in the imperial court sooner or later. At that time, whoever understood more would not be able to get out of it. The more they are hidden, the more they have nothing to do with it. ”

Yang Jinshui rolled his eyes and thought sharply there. After a while, he looked at Shen Yishi again: "You mean that at the beginning, you pretended to go to buy land under the lantern of the Weaving Bureau, and deliberately didn't let me know." Let me play a copy to the court, and then borrow the grain, and the court will believe that I don't know about this from beginning to end? ”

Shen Yishi: "Doing this will cause some trouble for my father-in-law, but it's a big deal to get a few reprimands." But in the end, the ancestor and the emperor both understood in their hearts that none of this had anything to do with the father-in-law. ”

Yang Jinshui understood everything in his heart at this moment, and looked at Shen Yishi's gaze with mixed feelings. Then, he looked at Yun Niang, who was still playing the piano: "Sensei played." You go out first. ”

The sound of the piano stopped, Yun Niang slowly stood up, and walked out slowly without looking at the two.

Yang Jinshui picked up the glass of wine in front of Shen Yishi with both hands and handed it over: "We people have lost their homes since childhood. As this person, what he said was two words, loyalty to the above, and the importance of making friends. Old Shen, I didn't mess with you as a friend. Drink it and say more. ”

Shen Yishi took the wine glass with both hands, drank it slowly, and when he put down the wine glass, his eyes were a little wet.

Yang Jinshui also looked a little sad, and sighed: "It's not easy for you to follow me in the past few years. The business in the palace is big, and you don't have to pay taxes, and the outside is looking at how much money you make. But you lose more than you earn. In order to save face for me, Yun Niang also gave me away. How much care you have lost and how much you have to do with it, I understand it all today. I'll reward you with something, and you won't lack anything. In this way, you will bring Yun Niang back today. ”

"Father-in-law." Shen Yishi's voice suddenly rose, "Yun Niang, I will never take it back." She served her father-in-law for a day in Hangzhou, and when her father-in-law returned to the palace, he would take her away if he wanted to take her away. I didn't want to take her away, so I prepared a dowry and asked her to choose someone to marry. ”

Yang Jinshui stared at him: "What? Think she's been with me for a few years? ”

Shen Yishi immediately stood up: "My father-in-law said this, and I, Shen Yishi, were even more embarrassed. ”

Yang Jinshui: "What is the fate between you and me?" Say a little higher, you will recognize me as a godfather, and say a little lower, I will recognize you as a brother. Let me tell you, as soon as I came back this time, I asked Yun Niang to move to the outside house. The name was also set for her, to be my goddaughter. With this glass of wine, we have also set our name, and you will be my godson-in-law. ”

Shen Yishiyuan's wet eyes burst into tears at this time: "My father-in-law really doesn't dislike it, I'll worship my godfather." As he spoke, he picked up his robe and knelt down, kowtowing.

Yang Jinshui looked at him: "Do you dislike her?" ”

Shen Yishi wiped away his tears and stood up: "Godfather understood wrongly, she disliked me." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Won't it?" ”

Shen Yishi: "I understand what she thinks in my heart better than my father-in-law." She fell in love with that Gao Hanwen. ”

"How so?" Yang Jinshui was stunned, "You have been friends for a few years, and you still support her family, just this time when she saw that Gao Hanwen, she fell in love with someone else?" ”

Shen Yishi: "Yun Niang was originally a high-hearted person, following me, she felt aggrieved. ”

Yang Jinshui: "What kind of heart is high? Qinhuai River is full of such a **! If she dares to live in Nanjing and think about Beijing, I can't spare her first. ”

Shen Yishi: "Father-in-law! In the past few years, it has not been easy for her to serve her father-in-law for me. With this in mind, you really think of her as a daughter. ”

Yang Jinshui looked at him and sighed: "You are a person, you are at a loss." With scheming on his face, his heart and intestines are soft. ”

Shen Yishi picked up the crystal bottle and poured wine for Yang Jinshui, handed it to Yang Jinshui with both hands, poured wine into his cup, and took it up: "I've been bearish for so many years." To say something that makes my godfather strange, if I can one day, I am willing to cut off my descendants and go to the palace on an errand with my father-in-law. ”

Yang Jinshui was stunned: "How can you think like this!" Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, this stall, the court still has to rely on you. Listen to Godfather, let's pass this hurdle, I said to my ancestors, please give you a serious reputation, take charge of a salt factory copper mine, work hard, and glorify your ancestors. ”

Shen Yishi: "I hope there will be that day." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Why didn't there be that day?" I will give my ancestor a book today and explain this matter clearly from beginning to end. Whoever has merit and who has had it, the ancestors understood it in their hearts, and the emperor also understood it in their hearts. Let's give the food relief, all to save face for the Long Live Lord. But you still have to do it to change rice to mulberry, how to do it, let them tear this mess away. I'll show you a blow, the people of Jinyiwei have come, and things will be checked one by one. If they change rice to mulberry, the two brutes Zheng Michang and He Maocai, as well as Gao Hanwen, Hai Rui and Wang Yongji, will not be able to run away! ”

Shen Yishi just listened silently.