Chapter 120: Suing the Servant of the Ministry of Rites for Accepting Bribes
This is the first time that Jiang Fu has softened in front of Chen Shilang.
In Chen Shilang's opinion, even if Jiang Fu is usually domineering, she is just a woman, and now without the protection of her father and husband, she is like a tiger with its teeth extracted, so she should lower her voice and wagging her tail and beg for mercy.
Chen Shilang snorted, very satisfied with her knowledge of current affairs, tilted his chin and looked down at her and said:
"Why bother us to break up the family when we were so sensible? Since you have this filial piety, I will give you this opportunity.
Put everything down and let's go. ”
In the end, he also knew that it was not good for his father-in-law to take advantage of his son's absence to move things out of his daughter-in-law's house, and this time he mainly wanted to scare and scare her.
Seeing that she had softened, she immediately took someone with her, and walked away with her on her toes.
My Lady covered half of her red and swollen face and spat at Chen Shilang's back.
"This old man is not ashamed, and we are really afraid of him.
Madam, let's leave it at that? ”
Jiang Fu sneered, raised his hand and smashed the jade bowl on the table that had been touched by the Chen family to the ground, his eyes were cold.
"Forget it? Oh, he thinks beautifully, even if Miss Ben smashes these things, he won't be cheap.
Don't worry, I'm sure I'll help you out of today's bad breath! ”
After Chen Shilang brought people home, he couldn't see Jiang Fu sending something over, so he couldn't help but be anxious and dissatisfied, wondering if she was lying to herself.
Finally, on the third day, when he was about to take people to make trouble again, Jiang Fu's people arrived, followed by a car full of mahogany boxes.
He had seen the box in Chen Jian'an's courtyard before, it was used by Jiang Fu to hold the dowry, and it was full of good things brought out from the Jiang family.
Chen Shilang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ordered someone to carry all the things into his yard while Chen Jinyu hadn't come back yet.
As soon as the things were placed, he couldn't wait to open the nearest box, and saw that it was filled with all kinds of huge strings of beads and gold and precious stones, and he immediately smiled toothlessly.
"Okay, well, with these things, who will dare to say that our Chen family is shabby in the future.
Come on, bring the account book, and then call the account room to count out some silver money to level the Chen family's account.
Then go and inform the clansmen and neighbors that in order to celebrate Jin Yu's promotion, our Chen family is going to hold a three-day flowing water banquet, such a glorious thing must let everyone come to be happy. ”
There are not many outstanding people in the Chen family, and Chen Shilang is already the first to achieve this position, and it stands to reason that his official position should be the object of glory and scorn among the clansmen.
But the deviation is worse in his official position in the Ministry of Rites.
What kind of place is that?
The emperor, who didn't have any festivals and sacrifices on weekdays, couldn't think of him at all, so he remembered that he was just asking him to do some rough work, and he couldn't speak at all in front of the emperor.
Although he climbed to the position of the squire, he had neither oil and water, nor a sacred heart, but he was just an idle job, even if the juniors in the family wanted to join the ranks, he couldn't help much.
Chen Shilang pretends to be high on weekdays, disdainful of dealing with powerful ministers and dignitaries, the mansion is very poor, and the clansmen can't get any oil and water if they want to fight the autumn wind.
is such a relative who has an empty official position, can neither help his career nor get benefits, and over time he will have no prestige in the clan.
Chen Shilang himself also knew that he was not angry just by looking at the attitude of the clan and the patriarch towards him, and he kept holding his breath, and sooner or later he would impress them.
Now is a great opportunity!
Chen Jinyu has become a close minister of the crown prince, and he follows the emperor every day, who does he want to promote?
The group of snobbs in the clan who want to cultivate juniors to shine in the Chen clan, how could they let go of this opportunity to pat themselves on the back, they will definitely come back.
When the time comes, I will show them their current financial resources, and let them know that your uncle will always be your uncle, even if he was poor in the past, but as long as he thinks about it, there is nothing that he can't get.
Whether it's money or power, or even ······ That supremacy!
The room full of gold, silver and jewels flashed Chen Shilang's eyes and blindfolded his heart, and the bookkeeper took out nearly half of the things from the first box with an abacus to pay off the debt, and took out a few ingots of gold for the cost of the flowing water feast.
"Sir, that's enough."
When Chen Shilang saw the few ingots of gold in his hand, he was dissatisfied:
"What good dishes can you buy with these? Take three times the number and come out, the boss has just entered the office, and he will not be seen clearly by others.
Whether it's a dish or a snack, just pick up the most expensive top. ”
The bookkeeper was a little frightened and took out some money according to what he said, although he did not dare to disobey the master's order, but he disagreed very much in his heart.
With so much money, it has caught up with the old man's fortune for half a year, so extravagant and extravagant, does it really matter?
In Chen Shilang's opinion, it naturally doesn't matter, now the Zhang family is jealous of the emperor, the whole group of dragons in the East and West No. 2 Factory has no leader, and his son has become a celebrity in front of the emperor, isn't he in the limelight for a while?
I didn't see that even the first-class officials frequently gave gifts to themselves today, and the group of people who didn't look down on them in the past from the household department and the military department were eager to wash their feet with water in person.
Chen Shilang has never been so proud in his life, and in the past few decades, he has swallowed his anger and kept his voice in obscurity, and now he is suddenly promoted, which is quite a bit of inevitability.
Even the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee flattered him on the surface, but secretly laughed at him for things that he couldn't get on the stage, and that villain's appearance of triumph really made people laugh off their big teeth.
But no, who let the family have two good sons, even if they disdain it in their hearts, they still have to pinch their noses and stutter.
Jiang Fu has been paying attention to the movements of the Chen family, and as soon as Chen Shilang asked people to send gold, silver and jewelry to pay off the debt, Jiang Fu asked people to contact the creditor on the back foot.
Chen Jinyu was busy with official business in the palace and had not returned home for three days.
Because of this, I didn't know that my father didn't listen to me at all, so he set up a flowing water banquet by himself.
His Majesty dispatched a large number of soldiers and horses to attack the Northern Barbarians, and they all said that the soldiers and horses would go first before the grain and grass were moved, and before the army arrived in the northwest, the grain and grass would be levied from the whole country and taxes would be increased.
Not to mention how difficult the people in the other places are, just talk about the capital, even the people at the feet of the Son of Heaven are not having a good time.
After surviving the winter, he increased his taxes, because his family had no surplus food and even handed over the wheat seeds he had left over last year.
In this way, spring plowing is a problem in every household, who doesn't tighten their belts and save a mouthful from their mouths, thinking about saving some money and waiting for the spring to buy seeds.
As soon as they heard that the Chen family had opened a flowing water banquet, the people in Beijing, who had not eaten enough for a long time, flocked to the door of the Chen family, and when they saw the big fish and meat on the table, they couldn't care about anything, so they sat down and began to eat, for fear that they would be snatched away if they ate slowly.
As soon as the flowing water banquet opened, it was almost coaxed and robbed, and Chen Shilang saw this and hurriedly transferred the family and soldiers to guard it, but anyone who had a hand to rob had to eat a stick.
Under such violent supervision, the people who came to the banquet were finally more honest, eating one by one, and never getting off the table if they didn't eat themselves until they were about to die.
Many people wait in line at the entrance of the alley before dawn, just to grab a seat to eat.
When the Chen family arrived, they saw the scene of the courtyard before they reached the door, and as soon as they walked in, they heard the envy of the people:
"This Chen family is really rich, how expensive is pork now, look at how much silver this big elbow has been on for seven or eight rounds!"
"Don't talk about big elbows, let's just say that this whole chicken doesn't know how many have been served, I haven't touched meat since the New Year, and even the New Year is not so good today!"
Listening to the admiration and envy in the mouths of the people, the patriarch's vanity instantly swelled to the point that he couldn't swell, and he touched his beard with a smile and led the clansmen into the Chen family's compound.
You must know that the people can only sit on the street in front of the door and eat, but they are of the same people, and they can go into the courtyard and be well entertained.
Eating better isn't the point, but it's enough to make people feel bright.
Some of the clansmen of the Chen family were not having a good time during this time, and they were no different from the people outside, but when they walked into the gate of the Chen family behind the patriarch, they all straightened their waists and poles, and their faces were arrogant, and even the eyes of the people outside were full of disdain.
I completely forgot that I was also the one who tightened my belt so that my stomach didn't scream.
The mat in the courtyard of Chen's Mansion is several times better than that outside, not only the most popular pastries and fruits in the capital, but also good wine and tea, and even the soup on each table is boiled by old ginseng.
The patriarch also put a few crabs on the table, this thing is now a rare thing, the patriarch is very satisfied, and at the banquet he kept praising Chen Shilang for giving birth to a capable son, and Chen Shilang is really the pride of the Chen family, and it is really the glory of the ancestors.
Jiang Fu didn't know if the ancestors of the Chen family would feel light on their faces because of a few crabs, but when they heard that Chen Shilang had made such a big show, Jiang Fu knew that the scenery of their Chen family was over.
Those people who ate the wine and meat of the Chen family did not miss the good of the Chen family in their hearts.
When others are hungry, your family's big fish and meat even swagger through the market, and after the people who have eaten return to the coarse tea and light rice, there will inevitably be a gap in their hearts, thinking that the Chen family is so big every day, and the big fish and meat are even more resentful.
People who have never eaten are angry in their hearts, feeling that they have suffered a loss, and they go to the door of Chen's house every day, thinking about whether they can get some benefits to make up for it.
If Jiang Fu comes to do it, even if the silver money is exchanged for grain red envelopes and distributed to the people in the city, each person will get less, and there will be no flowing water seats, and spending money is not even eye-catching and hateful.
This matter made a lot of noise, and even the emperor heard the rumors, although he didn't take this matter seriously, but after all, he had a mustard in his heart.
Therefore, when someone made trouble with the yamen and sued the waiter of the Ministry of Rites for accepting bribes, the court exploded.