The southern end of the Ming Dynasty, Leizhou Peninsula.

Leizhou City is located in the hinterland of the peninsula, with the Nandu River in the south, the West Lake in the west, Guangzhou Bay in the east, and the western Guangdong plate bordering the mainland in the north.

Because there are pearl ponds and salt farms in the area under its jurisdiction, and it is the only way to get to Qiongzhou Island, and the land is fertile, so the trade here is quite developed.

After the baptism of the years, this ancient city located in the border area is not old, and the ancient houses and streets have an antique style.

"I also said that it was Master Hanlin! How can the hand be so heavy? ”

"That's it, I don't understand any pity and jade, I'm angry with the old lady!"

"The emperor shouldn't have demoted him at all, he should have cut him off in the first place!"

……

When the girls of Yihong Mansion walked into one of the rooms, they saw their companions crying in the corner of the bed, and there were several clearly visible whip marks on their hands and feet.

The handsome little girl's face was wounded, and when she saw her companion come in, she suddenly hugged an older girl and cried bitterly.

"Okay, people gave silver, Xiaoli quickly give Xiaotao some medicine!" When the bustard saw that his girl was suffering from this sin, he also arranged it in distress.

Xiaoli picked up the bottle of medicine on the table and walked over, still not angry: "How many stinky money think you are terrible?" Sooner or later, he will be punished! ”

Guangchao North Street is very lively, it is connected to the Chaotianmen Gate in the north, and many travelers will choose to stay nearby, and Yihong House is located here.

While the girl downstairs was chattering, a handsome young man with a wine jug appeared to staggering away from the Yihong Mansion.

This young man is none other than Yang Tinghe, who was relegated to Leizhou's original Hanlin review.

Since he was demoted, he no longer needs to pretend to be a moral gentleman, and here he reveals his true nature. It's just that no one could have imagined that a change of fate would make a moral model a real villain.

Yang Tinghe is no longer a humble gentleman with a sachet hanging on his waist, and now he shows a bit of a profligate hermit style, with a loose appearance of Jiupin official uniforms, and a strong smell of wine all over his body.

A mother and daughter happened to come to meet each other, and after smelling the unpleasant smell of alcohol on Yang Tinghe's body, they pinched their noses and looked at the drunk official.

"Damn, damn, all prostitutes deserve hell, why should they harm me?" After Yang Tinghe finished venting in Yihong Mansion, he seemed to be puzzled in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and said angrily.

Although a few months have passed, I still can't let go of that encounter every time I think about it.

He was originally a dragon and phoenix among people, if there was no deviation, he would not only enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but also become the future leader of the civil official group.

It's just that he went to the Teaching Workshop Division to drink because of the frustration of his promotion, and he was tired by the official prostitute who couldn't think about it, so he fell from the sky to the ground, and came to the southernmost point of the Daming Continent to serve as an insignificant ambassador.

Although the official prostitute was dead, whenever he thought of that woman ruining his good future, he longed to dig that woman out and whip her body.

Now my biggest entertainment is to come to this Yihong Mansion, take out my anger with these women, and vent the hatred in my heart.

"Master Guan, do you want to try grilled fish, I heard that the dignitaries and nobles in the capital are eating it, and it is said that His Majesty eats it!" A stall owner selling grilled fish stepped forward and enthusiastically recommended it.

When Yang Tinghe heard those two words, he couldn't help but think of the young man who was sitting under the Fengtian Gate and controlled everything, so he angrily pushed the stall owner away and said, "Get out!" ”

Because of the taboo, it is difficult for him to blame the cause of his own misfortune on that person.

It's just that he obviously didn't kill anyone, at most he said a few words that he didn't like, and as a result, that person actually relegated himself to this place where birds don't.

If he writes history by himself, he must make that person the first faint monarch in China.

What if that person likes to eat? Not only will I not eat this bullshit grilled fish, but I will also spit and step on the grilled fish.

The stall owner, who was nearly 60 years old, was suddenly pushed and fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity, breaking a piece of skin on the green brick with his elbow.

"Be careful!"

"Who is this man, how can he be like this?"

"So oppressive and good, he should really be sent to the official!"

……

The people around saw the stall owner being pushed to the ground, and several diners stepped forward to help him up, but they condemned the authentic one after another.

"Be quiet, that person, we can't afford to mess with it!" A stall owner next to him came to help, but he also showed his injured elbow earlier, but shook his head helplessly.

Although the grain official is not worth mentioning in the officialdom, he still cannot be provoked in the eyes of the people.

What's more, this ambassador Cang was born in the Hanlin Academy, and he was also favored by the prefect of Leizhou, and his father-in-law and father were both non-commissioned officers of the Ming Dynasty.

"What Lord Hanlin, I'm bah!" A strong man looked at Yang Tinghe and the direction where he was going, and immediately spat indignantly.

Leizhou City is not small, but it is not big.

Originally, many people were surprised by this demoted Hanlin master, but after seeing Yang Tinghe's various behaviors, they refreshed their cognition of Hanlin master.

In the past, they all thought that Master Hanlin was a humble gentleman, but now they know that they are actually hypocrites, and what they do is a hundred times more disgusting than a real villain.

It can only be said that if they are at the top of society, each of them is a humble gentleman who promotes good and eliminates evil, but it is their turn to fall to the bottom and be more evil than anyone else.

Perhaps it confirms the saying: "Don't persuade others to be good without suffering from others, if you suffer from me, you may not have my goodness."

After Yang Tinghe's original smooth life changed, the moral model of "a supreme minister who cares about the people's livelihood and persuades Wuzong to cultivate virtue" is gone, and is replaced by an official second-generation ambassador who is on the evil side.

"I heard that he not only made fun of the girl in Yihong Mansion, but also did something to the lady of his family!"

"The dignified Hanlin official actually made his wife angry, what kind of show is this, he really dares to admonish the emperor directly?"

"Correct, he is no longer a Hanlin official, and I heard that he was demoted by the emperor because of indirect death!"

……

The people present watched Yang Tinghe go away, and they no longer had sympathy for this degraded Hanlin master, but they were talking about it here.

In the west of the city, Leizhou Mansion often closes positions, which is where the official family stores grain.

Yang Tinghe was demoted to the position of the ambassador of the cang, but this official position is also very important, after all, in the event of a famine, the people of the whole province are counting on the grain storage here.

A scribe walked out of the side door of the granary, and reported anxiously: "My lord, I only need to look for you!" Just now, Lord Fuzun has come to order, let you go to Chaotianmen quickly, and the Governor is coming to Leizhou today! ”

"What did the man who was in trouble with the eunuch do to him? You go and tell Lord Fuzun that the official is in poor health, so you won't go with him to greet him!" Yang Tinghe felt a burst of disdain for Wang Yue, so he ordered.

The scribe swallowed hard and spit, and reminded seriously: "My lord, then it is okay for our Governor, and the Governor is also under the order of the Prime Minister Yanzheng, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you not to go, right?" ”

"What nonsense! You just go and talk to Governor Lin, he will help the official round the field! Yang Tinghe waved his hand impatiently, and walked towards the bamboo chair in front of him.

The scribe saw that Yang Tinghe fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bamboo chair in the duty room, so he had no choice but to go forward to pass the word.

The entire Ming Dynasty is probably the only ambassador from the Hanlin Academy who has such courage to dare not go to the city gate to greet him in the face of the presence of the governor who has the status of Qincha.

Just as Yang Tinghe was asleep, a mighty team came from north to south.

Although Wang Yue was a civil official, he had already developed the habit of riding horses in Biansai in those years, and now he directly led Lu Song and others in Jinyi to ride horses quickly.

"Is this Leizhou City?"

"Not to mention, this city is quite majestic!"

"Nonsense, this is the capital city of the Ming Dynasty, Su Dongpo has stayed here!"

……

Wang Yu and Hu Jun saw Leizhou City in front of the official road from a distance, and in the face of this unusually strong city, they also commented on it.

Starting from Anlu last year, they went from west to east to Yangzhou Prefecture, then went south to Wuchang to solve the case of Wang Hua's embezzlement of military salaries, and finally arrived at Guangzhou Mansion, and now they have come to western Guangdong from east to west.

Along the way, everyone has grown up in this turmoil, especially Wang Yu and Hu Jun's eyes have a kind of perseverance that does not match their age.

"Lin Qingfeng, the prefect of Leizhou, led his staff to welcome the arrival of the governor!" Lin Qingfeng, the prefect of Leizhou, led a group of government officials and all the officials of Haikang County to wait here for a long time, and knelt down respectfully.

Yang Tinghe was lying on the bamboo chair and falling asleep, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but he had a sweet dream.

In the dream, his teacher Liu Ji became the first assistant of the dynasty, and Xu Pu, who valued him, also entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, not only was he not demoted, but he was also arranged by the teacher to enter the East Palace and become the prince's teacher.

As the prince's teacher, he not only had to instill in the prince the Confucian idea of a virtuous king, but also observed the prince up close, hoping that he would be able to control it easily in the future.

As for the uncontrolled emperor Hongzhi, in the year when the crown prince was eight years old, a imperial doctor sent a bowl of soup to Hongzhi and said, "Drink! ”

Crash!

When Yang Tinghe was most proud, a basin of cold water fell from the sky without warning, but it drenched half of his body, causing him to realize that it was a dream just now.

Just as he was angrily looking for the initiator, he saw a young man splashing water, but beside the young man stood a group of officials.

"Ambassador Yang, open the door of the granary!" Lin Qingfeng, the prefect of Leizhou, had a very ugly face, and said to Yang Tinghe, who woke up slowly, with a straight face.

Although he was afraid of Yang Ting and the forces behind him, he clearly emphasized that the Governor would come over two days ago, but this person even dared to drink and make mistakes during the day.

"What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and open the door of the granary, my family wants to check the warehouse!" Lu Song saw Yang Tinghe's reaction in his eyes, but urged in a businesslike manner.

Yang Tinghe secretly swallowed this breath, and touched his waist, but found that the key on his waist was missing, and he couldn't help but panic.

"Sir, aren't you hiding the key under this brick? You say it's not easy to be stolen! The scribe saw Yang Tinghe's habit of touching his waist, so he reminded him seriously.

Yang Tinghe suddenly remembered that since he lost the key last time, he had quietly hidden the key. He removed the brick in front of him, and a key ended up being crushed underneath.

"You have carefully calculated for the Governor, and you must be able to match the account book!" Wang Yue knew very well the importance of finding out the grain now, and he told him seriously.

At this time, in addition to the Qincha Guard, there was also a group of accountants. Each of these people is a good arithmeticist, but unlike the accountants who only calculated accounts in later generations, these people not only knew how to do the calculations, but also could do the work themselves.

The entry and exit of the granary are recorded, and there is no disaster this year, and the summer grain has already been collected, usually the granary at this time is very compact.

Wang Yue personally led his people into the granary, in order to prevent rain and fire, the granary has been divided into large and small grain pools, each grain pool stores a few stones to dozens of stones.

As soon as the group walked in here, a burst of rice fragrance came to their faces.

"Grandpa, come and see!"

"There's only one layer of polished rice on top of this!"

"It's all sand and gravel down here, what's going on?"

……

Before the weighing and statistics began, Wang Yu and others checked the quality of the rice and grain according to the usual practice, and found that there was only one layer of polished rice in the grain pond here.

Wang Yue picked up the polished rice and grabbed a handful of sand and gravel from below, and immediately asked angrily: "Come on, lock up the prefect of Lin!" ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, you have been wronged! This rice grain has always been good, and the lower officials don't know that this will be the case, so please be aware of it! Lin Qingfeng, the prefect of Leizhou, was dragged over, and even said in a panic.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Ambassador Cang has always been an alcoholic! I don't know if it was because of his poor guarding, which led to the theft of rice and grain! Haikangzhi County pointed to the door.

Wang Yue's face froze, although he faintly felt that the problem was probably not as simple as it seemed, but the Cang Ambassador's alcoholism was seen with his own eyes, and he had actually seen this Cang Ambassador.

"Is it true that Xiaguan has some omissions, and is there a lack of five hundred stone grains? Xiaguan still has some meager funds in his family, give Xiaguan three days, and Xiaguan will buy it back to fill the lack of food! Yang Tinghe knew that it was not a matter of being able to solve it with money, so he was ready to make up for it.

Wang Yue squinted at the young man in front of him who was full of alcohol, and said with a calm face: "Do you think it's a matter of five hundred stone grains?" ”

"Governor Wang, is it necessary to make such a fuss about such a small matter? Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds for the lower officials to fill the void with their own private wealth! Yang Tinghe faintly felt that Wang Yue was deliberately targeting him, so he said angrily.

Wang Yue glanced at Yang Tinghe deeply, but he made a certain decision and ordered: "Come on, set up the execution platform!" ”

(End of chapter)