Don't want to be an official?

"Why?"

Ma De was quite incredulous about Li Wei's answer. Now in these years, I'm afraid it's really not easy to catch people who don't want to be officials, you don't see so many scholars, ten years or even decades of cold windows, just for a fame? Not to mention now, even in the future generations, there are still so many people in the civil service industry who want to take the test!

"Sir, don't listen to this kid's nonsense. It's a blessing for you to be able to take a fancy to him, so why don't you want him to do anything? Li Liang said hurriedly. After speaking, he didn't forget to glare at Li Wei a few times, that look, if it weren't for Ma De's presence, it is estimated that he would have been beaten on the spot. It's no wonder that Li Liang is like this. I think that at the beginning, he even spent an old nose effort in a Fengyang prefect, and later went to Beijing to find an official from the Ministry of Officials to get it, and now it is rare for Ma Deqing to have good eyes, if Li Wei performs well in the future, the future is not bright? But which tendon is wrong with this kid? There is still a person who doesn't want to be an official? It looks like it's itchy skin!

“…… Brother, I, I'm still young, don't worry! Li Wei seemed to be a little afraid of Li Scale, looking at Li Scale's expression as if he wanted to eat himself, his body, which was still a little shaky, immediately sat down, motionless, and just said carefully.

"Are you still young? Damn, your son and daughter-in-law have married two, are you still young? Li Liang scolded.

"Gollum!" Ma De just picked up the teacup and wanted to drink tea, when he heard Li Scale's words, he immediately swallowed the tea leaves. …… Isn't Li Wei quite that person? Originally, he thought that "I am not alone", but why did this kid already have a wife? And it's still a marriage and two children?

"Master Li, marrying a wife and having children is Li Wei's business, the order of his parents, the words of the matchmaker, what are you anxious about?" Zhang Kai seized the opportunity and smiled at Li Scale.

"I don't bother to care about him. This kid is too good to lift! Li Yan ignored Zhang Kai, just glared at Li Wei, turned around and said to Ma De: "Don't blame your lord." This kid is the only seedling in the family, and my uncle and aunt can't control him on weekdays, and I don't know which evil one I fell for today, and I don't even dare to give the face of an adult, and I'll clean him up when I go back. ”

"Haha, no, no!" Ma De smiled, "Since Li Wei, you don't want to be an official, I won't force it, but I'll still leave you with a sentence: If you want to be an official one day, just come to me." What do you think? ”

"Lord Xie is not to blame. The kid will definitely come to you in the future! Li Wei heard Ma De loosen his mouth, jumped down from the chair at once, smiled and kowtowed to Ma De, and saw Li Liang next to him panting vigorously. He's angry! This kid didn't know what a great opportunity he had wasted, was Mader's blue eyes so easy to get? When I go back this time, I don't have to tell this kid's parents, I have to give him a board first, otherwise he probably doesn't know the rules.

"What's not to blame. Come often in the future, and I, the governor's palace, will come and go with you!" Ma De nodded at Li Wei with the lid of the teacup, and then smiled. The content of his words made Zhang Kai and Li Liang a little surprised. Li Wei came and went casually in the Governor's Palace? Where did Ma De fall in love with Li Wei? Even if this kid is smart, he doesn't need to be like this, right?

"What is the relationship between this Master Ma and the old Li family?" Zhang Kai couldn't help but think sullenly beside him.

……

Ma De, Li Liang and the others continued to talk and laugh a few words, Li Liang saw that Ma De liked Li Wei very much, and gradually let go of his worries. This time, he was entrusted by Li Wei's parents to help Li Wei find an errand, so that this kid would have nothing to do all day long and cause trouble for the family. But who would have thought that Li Wei, this kid, was fine before he came, and he actually tricked him when he came. If Ma De hadn't really taken a fancy to this kid, he would have to kill this kid half a year. However, no matter how you say it, it is also his own brother, since Ma De has left the words, he also hurriedly helped to say a few old things about Li Wei, while enlivening the atmosphere, he hopes to deepen Ma De's impression of Li Wei, lest Ma De forget Li Wei after a while, it will be a real loss. However, he was afraid that he would not be able to think of it, and Ma De probably would not forget Li Wei in his life.

"My lord, Lord Song, the governor of Jiangsu, asks to see you!"

Li Liangzheng said that when Li Wei heard Ji Mazi in Xuzhou tell the story and heard the crying scene, Ma De's personal guards came to report.

"Song Rou is here? …… Please! Mader said.

"My lord, shall we avoid it?" Zhang Kai thought about it next to him and asked.

"Evade what? You are my old family, do you have to avoid people when you come to see me? …… Rest assured! Song Meat is not enough to give you small shoes to wear! Mader laughed.

"Yes!" Zhang Kai was originally afraid that he would be a little embarrassed to see Song Meat. Although he, the imperial envoy of Jiangnan Province, has no subordinate relationship with Song Meat, no matter how he says it, he has just arrested a large group of Song Meat's subordinates with Li Scale, and he will always be a little uncomfortable when he meets. However, since Mader didn't let them avoid it, he didn't have anything to say.

……

"Xiaguan Song Rou, I've seen Lord Taiwan!"

Song Rou is not young anymore, but he is still walking like flying. …… This is not his usual performance, as the governor of a province, he has always walked steadily and with his head held high, but this time he was really a little anxious, and he unconsciously behaved like this.

"Lord Song is not too polite! It's been a long time, but you're getting tougher! Ma De took two steps forward to support Song Rou's posture of wanting to bow down, and said with a smile.

"My lord is laughing!" Song Rou smiled a little unnaturally, and greeted Li Liang and Zhang Kai again, and then sat down on the right head following Ma De's gesture. (In the center of the ancient living room is a table of eight immortals, with the host on the left and the guest on the right)

"Lord Song must be here for something, right?" Mader asked with a grin.

"Your Excellency's expectation is good!" Song Rou didn't wipe his feet around the corner, nodded slightly, and asked directly to Ma De: "My lord, the lower officials are here this time just to ask, what mistakes did Wang Shenhan, the prefect of Huai'an, Wang Hub, the prefect of Suzhou, and others make, and the adults actually want to 'invite' them to the governor's yamen?" You don't know, the whole Jiangsu is already in a lot of trouble now. ”

"Rumors? Hehe, wouldn't it? I just sent someone to 'invite' them, and I didn't arrest them in a big way, how can many people know? Lord Song, are you mistaken? Mader laughed.

"Your Excellency!" You are not "caught" people. But what secrets can there be in this officialdom? Song Rou glanced at Ma De with some displeasure, and said, "My lord, Xia Guan just wanted to ask why you wanted to arrest Wang Shenhan, Wang Hub and others." They are all officials in Jiangsu, and as the governor of the province, they have to give an explanation to the locality, right? ”

"Lord Song, you are pretending to be confused for me!" Ma De looked at Song Meat with a smile, his expression a little cold.

"Your Excellency!?" Song Rou glanced at Ma De with some incomprehension, his face full of doubts. Mader's expression was not a sign of friendliness.

"Li Yuchang's case, Lord Song, have you forgotten?" Ma De stopped laughing, Song Rou actually dared to pretend to be confused in front of him, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Although there is a duplication of the powers of the governor and the governor, and there are many people who attack each other because of different opinions, he has always valued this old man Song and thinks that this old man still belongs to a more responsible role, but today, it seems that the performance of this Lord Song made him a little disappointed.

"Li Yuchang? …… The jinshi who hanged himself? My lord, wasn't that case closed a long time ago? Song Rou thought for a moment and asked.

"It's over? Lord Song, since it is over, why does the Li Lin clan have to sue for three consecutive years? Ma De snorted coldly.

"Who is Li Lin? What is the state of three years? Lord Maker, the lower officials don't know! Song Rou exclaimed, his expression a little dazed.

"What did you say?" Mader is really angry this time! If Song Rou just didn't admit to knowing about it because he had always been a fool of officialdom, then he could still forgive him, after all, he had been doing this all these years. But Song Meat still said "I don't know" at this point, and the consequences will be serious. Could it be that he is so "honest"?

"Your Excellency, did you forget? The year before last was the year when the two Huai salt merchants made trouble? Xia Guan is so busy every day, how can he bother to care about other things? Then there is the matter of Caoyun, after these things have passed, the lower officials have to be busy dealing with the aftermath of Caoyun, and they have to arrange for Yunding to go to Taiwan to reclaim the famine, and he just finished the matter at the beginning of this year, so how can he take care of other things? Song Rou also saw Ma De's uncertain face, knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly explained.

"Oh?" Mader pouted, which was also a reason. Yanjiao and Caoyun did have a lot of trouble that time, and arranging for Yunding to go to Taiwan was also a big deal, and it was understandable that Song Rou was not in the mood to care about other things.

"My lord, as soon as the lower official received the following news, he immediately rushed here. …… Could it be that Li Yuchang's case was unjust? Song Rou asked again.

"Not bad!" Ma De glanced at Song Rou again, nodded and replied.

"Is this case involving so many officials?" Song Rou asked again. Ma De arrested two prefects at once, one with the same prefect, with four county orders, and a cadre of other officials, the total number of dozens of people, so aggressive, of course he had to ask. Anyway, these are all his subordinates.

"That's not all. I also have a county magistrate in Anhui who is related to this matter! Of the nine jinshi who went to Huai'an with Li Yuchang, four were in other provinces, and the official had already reported the matter to the Criminal Department. In addition, this official has also sent someone to invite you Xu Zuyin in Jiangsu. I hope he can give me a good explanation! ”

Mader said.

……

Xu Zuyin!

Jiangsu according to the inspector, * a big nail in Jiangsu. It's just that, despite such a deep background, at this moment, this adult has to lock himself in the study and think hard about countermeasures.

It's no secret that Ma De is at odds with the Prince, and this time, *'s background not only does not make him dependable, but makes his situation more and more difficult.

"Damn!" Xu Zuyin knocked on the table with his fingers with an expressionless face, looked at the subordinate standing in front of the table, and asked, "Is there really nothing left of Li Yuchang's case file?" ”

"That's right. My lord, a few days ago, the political envoy Li Liang took Ma De's warrant and transferred all the case files! No one dares to stop him! The subordinate replied.

"Humph! What a trick to 'surprise'! Xu Zuyin leaned back on the back of the chair and said in a deep voice.

"My lord, I heard from my subordinates that Song Rou has already rushed to find Ma De!" The subordinate looked at Xu Zuyin's face and said again.

"Song Meat is old and refined. He must have asked Ma De to lose his sincerity, and got out by the way. Hmph, old slippery head! Xu Zuyin said disdainfully. Song Meat has been in Jiangsu for more than ten years, and in his opinion, his political achievements can only be summed up in the words "lackluster". If it weren't for the fact that this old man's performance in the matter of Cao Yun was quite outstanding, I am afraid that he would not be able to be re-elected as governor at all.

"My lord, Ma De is obviously coming for us, what should we do?" The subordinate asked again.

"Where are all those prisoners now?" Xu Zuyin thought for a while and asked.

"All in camp with the Governor." The subordinate replied.

"Did you send someone in to find out?" Xu Yinyin asked again.

"Sent. But those pro-soldiers of the Governor's Mansion couldn't pry it open at all. If it weren't for the subordinates who were pretending to be the family members of those criminal officials, maybe they would have been arrested together! The subordinate said with a lingering palpitation. He had really rarely met that kind of soldier before, and if the person sent to investigate the situation was also arrested, he probably wouldn't dare to come back to see Xu Zuyin at all.

"It seems that this Mader still has some means. However, I, Xu someone, is in charge of the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, and I am afraid that it is not so easy to be brought down. He will 'surprise', and I will 'take a salary from the bottom of the kettle'. Xu Zuyin muttered with a gloomy face, and then he ordered his opponent: "...... You go to Li Yuchang's hometown in person, and since Li Lin's statement says that Li Yuchang was poisoned, then you go and get a pair of corpses that have not been poisoned to them! I'd like to see what they can do when they see this skeleton! ”

“…… Be! The villain will go right away! The subordinate was stunned for a moment, then shouted excitedly, and turned to walk out. However, as soon as he walked to the door, before he could open the door, Xu Zuyin suddenly stopped him.

"Wait!"

"My lord, what's wrong?" The subordinate asked.

"Be careful when you do things! Don't be discovered. …… If you can't do it, you'll come back right away. Don't stay! Xu Zuyin commanded again.

"The villain saves! Don't worry, my lord! The subordinate replied with a fist clenched.

"And. Don't forget to send someone to spread this matter to me, the more vigorous the better, just say that Ma De is not pleasing to the Jiangsu officials, because the Jiangsu officials do not respect him, and they are going to play 'killing chickens and monkeys' here, Wang Shenhan and Wang Hub and others are just the first batch, and soon there will be a second batch, a third batch, and then everyone will be unlucky together! ......" Xu Zuyin said again.

"My lord, is this too much? I'm afraid those officials won't believe it! The subordinate asked, puzzled.

"If you don't believe it, you will be skeptical, don't forget, Ma De once said that he would 'rectify the rule of Jiangnan officials', and also said 'rectify the treasury', this kind of thing, as long as it moves, it will link the officials of the entire Jiangsu province together! When the time comes, as soon as someone starts to doubt, someone will act. Anyway, Ma De has no popularity in Jiangsu, Jiangsu is the land of fish and rice, and it is the source of taxes in the Qing Dynasty. Now they are silent one by one, because they were shocked by Ma De. Once he comes back to his senses, he will definitely not rest with Madergan. The Holy Driver's Southern Tour has entered the territory of Jiangsu, I don't believe that the emperor will allow Ma De to defeat his Youxing! Hum! Xu Zuyin said coldly.

"Your Excellency is really clever. …… The villain must have done it properly! The subordinates couldn't help but give Xu Zuyin a thumbs up, and patted their chests again.

"There you go. Remember to be careful not to get caught! Xu Zuyin said again.

"Don't worry, sir!" His hand clenched his fists and turned away.

……

"Made, Made, if you want to be honest, I'll muddy the waters for you. I'd like to see what you can do to me. …… Just because you're a hairy boy, you still want to try the case? Hmph, you forgot that I, Xu Zuyin, is the platform of Jiangsu! Even if you come prepared this time, but you forget, Jiangsu Tong Province, all the pestle work has been registered in the Yamen of Zhentai, these people are under my control, as long as I say the word 'no', when the time comes, I want to see where you can put this 'poison' word! Xu Zuyin stared at the door of the study and thought secretly. Li Lin said on the pleadings that Li Yuchang was poisoned, so if no trace of poison can be found, this case is a definite false accusation. And as a Zhentai, he is absolutely sure that he can control all the pestles in Jiangsu, and when the time comes, he can't find the poison and can't overturn the case, Ma De is so "rampant" to arrest court officials, even if he is deeply valued by Kangxi, he will definitely not be able to stay in the position of the governor of Jiangnan.

"Last time, we didn't know how powerful you were, and we provoked you, but this time you didn't know how deep you came to provoke me! Let's go to Mai Mang this time to see who is smarter. Xu Zuyin thought secretly.

"Puff puff ......"

Xu Zuyin was thinking about things, but suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside the study, and then, with a "squeak", the door of the study was pushed open again, and the subordinate who went out just now rushed in again.

"My lord, it's not good......" Without waiting for Xu Zuyin to ask, the subordinate said anxiously:

"The standard camp of the Governor's Mansion has surrounded our Yamen!"