In late autumn, the lotus flowers in the moat have withered, most of the lotus stems are bare on the water surface, and occasionally some half-remnant lotus leaves are still on top of the stems, shivering with the autumn wind blowing.
At the gate of the city, the people who went in and out, the merchants and travelers picked up the cage and the burden, and the soldiers guarding the city gate were afraid of the wind, and they had already hidden under the city gate, lazily basking in the oblique sunlight, where the wind could not blow, and then there was a touch of dusk sunshine, and it felt still a little warm.
By the moat, there are women washing clothes, a smooth clear stone slab obliquely probed into the water, the wooden pestle "tom" pounding the clothes, although it is not yet winter, but the river is very cold, hands have been frozen red.
Occasionally, a silver carp will be frightened by the sound of beating its clothes, and will roll over and jump out of the water, splashing a few waves.
The fish here are very big, because the lotus root and fish and shrimp in the moat are not allowed to be hunted, so this section of the river around the city has become a paradise for fish and shrimp, as long as they do not swim across the border to other places, they can basically enjoy their old age in peace, but the Yellow River burst its banks a few months ago, and it was also flooded here, and the lotus flowers were destroyed so badly, not only the effect of autumn frost, but also the result of flooding.
"Boom" The gong sounded, holding the "quiet" and "avoid" street patrol signs, the people who were entering the city hurriedly stepped aside, and the woman who was beating her clothes by the river put her hand on the canopy and looked at the city gate, looking at this posture, she knew that it was the county magistrate who had returned.
The surname of Kaocheng Zhixian is poetry, called Shi Xiaohan, a Jinshi of Hongwu for 27 years, and he has been a Kaocheng Zhixian for seven years.
This person doesn't have much ability, after he arrived, Kaocheng didn't see much change, but it didn't get worse, this person is also an honest official, he can only be said to be a well-kept official, and his reputation among the people is not bad.
At this time, Shi Xiaohan sat in the sedan car, his head slightly locked, still thinking about the prefect's summons.
Kaocheng County is under the rule of the Guide Prefecture, and the Guide Prefect is Sun Guanghe.
Shizhi County is not good at flattery, and the relationship with this Sun Governor is very light, and there are few ordinary contacts, but the first two days of Sun Zhifu suddenly sent someone to summon him, Shizhi County did not dare to slack off, arranged the county affairs, and hurried to Guide Mansion, Sun Zhifu was hospitable, invited him to a banquet, and also said during the banquet that he was an honest and capable official, and should have been promoted a long time ago, or moved to a better county government, but because of the four years of Jingjing, which affected the examination of officials, which made him sit in the examination for seven years, and the prefect planned to recommend it to him, Transferred to at least one rich county.
If Governor Sun really did it, this matter would be really easy to do, because Zhou Wenze, the in-law of Governor Sun's Mansion, was the secretary of the Ministry of Meritorious Service.
Don't look at the official is not big, the real power is not small, the four fat differences recognized by the imperial court are the Ministry of Officials Literature Selection Division, the Ministry of Officials Examination Division, the Military Department of Military Selection, and the Military Department Treasury Division.
Among the four chief officials of the yamen, the energy is really amazing.
But Shizhi County is not Sun Zhifu's henchmen, this great thing, how could it fall on his head for no reason, at that time, Shizhi County felt that there was something strange in it, sure enough, yesterday Henan Provincial Supervision Imperial Envoy accompanied the Henan Patrol Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to summon him and Sun Zhifu, this summoning, not to ask about political achievements, not to ask about integrity, only to ask about the Yellow River flood two months ago, Shizhi County has a good idea.
The flooding of the Yellow River is half a natural disaster, half is.
It is said that it is a natural disaster, because when the rain is too sufficient, the water of the Yellow River is indeed too fierce, and in the past four years, the southern army and the northern army have fought fiercely, and the imperial court has not made much effort in river management.
Yes, this time the Yellow River flooded, in fact, the flood was not particularly fierce compared to previous years, and it was actually possible to cope with the past with the annual money allocated by the imperial court to call the servants to make up for it.
However, the money allocated by the household department every year for river control, through the hands of Sun Zhifu, fell into Kaocheng County, only 30% of the ten percent are good, he Shi Xiaohan has a clear conscience, this money is not greedy, all used to control the river, but such a little money is obviously not enough, as a result, after a few years, the embankment has not been repaired, and finally something happened this year.
As soon as the flood occurred, he wrote to ask for tax reduction and relief, in fact, the Yongle New Dynasty has just been in charge, and the official affairs of the Jianwen Dynasty are still in the process of taking over, and many old things have faults.
But Shizhi County sighed secretly, the prefect was too greedy, and he had reaped a lot of benefits in the past few years, and now the people have suffered a disaster, as a parent official, anyway, it is generous to the court, why can't he report it according to the truth, reduce taxes, and reduce the burden on the people However, this Sun Guanghe has been the prefect of Germany for many years, and he already has the capital to be promoted, and if there is a stain on this examination course, it will be difficult to apply for promotion, so for the sake of his political achievements, this flood was concealed and not reported, so that many people's fields were destroyed, and they were forced to pay grain, and they could not afford it, so they had to leave their hometowns and become beggars.
This year's flood did not cause too serious losses, but because of Governor Sun's own selfishness, the damage of the flood was multiplied.
Although Shizhi County was dissatisfied with this, he didn't dare to say it in front of Governor Sun.
He didn't take Governor Sun's promise to him very seriously, although he didn't dare to claim to be a good official for the benefit of one party, but he didn't want to form a party with a corrupt official like Governor Sun.
What he is afraid of is that there are people in the court of the Sun Governor's Mansion, if the Metropolitan Inspectorate can't bring down the Sun Governor's Mansion, or only the Sun Governor's Mansion, he, the seven-rank main hall, will not be able to do it in the future.
And the imperial envoy of Henan Province and the special envoy sent by Beijing came to investigate the case, and he wanted to ask Sun Zhifu directly, and then summoned him, or asked in front of Sun Zhifu, which was clearly to exonerate Sun Zhifu, where did he still have the courage to expose, forced to helpless, had to say a lot of things against his will, but looking back, his heart was worried, it was not his business, but now he was forcibly dragged into the whirlpool by Sun Zhifu, once the court really strictly investigated the case, he also avoided being implicated, wouldn't he be extremely wronged Shizhi County thought about it, struggled in his heart, wanted to report, and was worried about being suppressed.
If you don't report it, you are worried about being implicated.
Seeing that he had entered the city gate, the prefect of the poem sighed and said, "That's it, they've all come back, and they still want to do so much."
"Lord Prefectural is back" The guard of honor is walking, suddenly someone in front of the road, Shizhi County opened the sedan curtain to see, but it is the old master Wang of Shenghua Academy, this person is not only erudite and talented, but also is a famous local gentry in Kaocheng, among the students he has taught, there have been many lifters, show talents, his son is now the imperial envoy of the imperial court.
For such a character, Shizhi County does not dare to hold it up, he wants to govern the place, and the support of such local strong figures is indispensable, Shizhi County hurriedly got off the sedan chair and said with a smile: "Master Wang is invited." ” Old Master Wang said with a smile: "The county lord came back just right, I have a friend who has traveled here from Beijing, and the old man is about to set up a banquet to entertain him, only one elegant guest is missing, it is better to meet by chance, the county lord, go to my house to sit down." ” Shizhi County hurriedly said: "No, no, no, Master Wang, this official has just returned from Guide Mansion."
Master Wang was willing to follow him, waved his hand to the guard of honor and said: "You go back to the county office, the county lord will go to my house to eat and drink, and I will send the county lord back when I go back." ” Mr.
Wang is a local clan, and the head of the three classes of officials is his nephew, how dare he not follow, he listened to the shouting, and then led the guard of honor back to the county office, the poetry and county order is full of worries, where is the heart to eat wine, but the old master Wang is full of interest, pull him away, Shizhi County is helpless, so he has to go back with him with a wry smile.
Old Master Wang took him back to his home, and then instructed his family: "Quickly invite my friend from Beijing to come out and meet the county lord." ” Shixian Ling smiled bitterly: "Old Master Wang, this official really has no intention of eating wine today." ” Old Master Wang smiled mysteriously: "Lord County, do you really meet you by chance today, hehe, Lao Yu is waiting for you to come back, this friend from Beijing, you see it, there are only benefits, and Lao Yu will not harm you." ” When the Shixian order heard it, he became vigilant: "This friend that the old master Wang said, do you know this official?"
"From today onwards, don't you recognize it" With the voice, a thin, fair-skinned, slender man about forty years old walked into the living room, his sharp eyes cast on him, like an eagle falcon.
Shixian Ling said suspiciously: "The foot is" The man smiled and said, "I'm the one who came to save your life."
Shixian Ling's eyes shrank, and he said in a deep voice: "How can I say this?"
The man said calmly: "When the official arrived in the examination city, he made a secret visit, and knew that you were an official and honest, so I wanted to pull you along."
Poetry county order, Kaocheng flood, disaster report up, the court has not replied for a long time, the people have been displaced, and there are many complaints, why can't you send a letter to urge you to report that you have fulfilled your responsibility, this is self-deception" "You are, this officer" Old Master Wang said solemnly: "This is Lord Chen Ying, the imperial envoy of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
Shixian Ling exclaimed "ah", Chen Ying said loudly: "This year, the water is not big, why is the Kaocheng alone disaster report submitted to the Beijing Division, but there is no reply, the gentry of Kaocheng have asked again and again, and you have repeatedly issued a document to ask the Guide Mansion, how Sun Guanghe answered, how to suppress, human evidence, physical evidence, correspondence, the official has arrived, do you still refuse to hand it over?"
"This" Chen Ying said sharply: "Shi Xiaohan, you are the shepherd of the Kaocheng side, but you want to stay out of the matter, isn't it wishful thinking, you are in collusion with the Sun Governor's Mansion, and you are in the same stream, and see if the official can rectify you, you will boldly expose it, the official is the master for you Sun Guanghe is now entangled with the search envoy and the supervision envoy sent by the official in the Guide Mansion, this is your only chance to get rid of the crime, don't make a mistake" Shixian Ling listened, his face was as pale as paper At the same time, the capital, the letter post division.
Wu Youdao, the deputy imperial envoy of the capital, was carefully flipping through the registration book, and suddenly, he turned to the fold of the Kaocheng County Ling Shixiao Han's disaster report, Wu Youdao's eyes lit up, and he looked at it carefully, this letter had been received by the Xinyi Division and forwarded to the General Administration Division, and there was a painting signed by the General Administration Department on it.
Wu Youdao smiled slightly, closed the registration book, stuffed it into his sleeve, and smiled at the manager of the Xinyi Division: "This registration book, the official took it first, and when the matter is over, I will return it to your Xinyi Division." ” General Administration, Imperial Envoy Huang Zhen led a few people to check the search directory of the official letter uploaded and issued for registration one by one, Zhang Antai was like an ant on a hot pot, although his face was pretending to be calm, his heart was like pouring boiling water, and he was so anxious that he panicked.
But he had no choice, pretending to accidentally lose or omit to report, or it could be said that he was careless and tampered with the handover book, he didn't dare.
Besides, it's useless for him to change it, the Xinyi Division has their Tongzheng Division's acceptance and signature, and his hand can't reach for the Xinyi Division.
However, before he had the evidence, no one wanted to offend him, after all, the General Administration Department was not a yamen to be messed with, Wu Youdao's old slippery head ran to check the Xinyi Division, and left the General Administration Division to the Huang Imperial Envoy.
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He had already signaled several times in the open, but this bastard surnamed Huang didn't know whether he was deliberately pretending to be stupid or really didn't understand, and he was not moved by the benefits he promised at all "Yang Xu" Zhang Antai suddenly thought of Yang Xu's invitation, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate invited a total of three people, Chen Ying, Wu Youdao, and Huang Zhen.
Chen Ying is the imperial envoy of the left capital, Wu Youdao is the deputy imperial envoy, these two people are okay, but there are thirteen imperial envoys and imperial envoys in Beijing in the Imperial Procuratorate, these ordinary imperial envoys are no less than 100 people in total, Yang Xu invited a Huang Zhen alone, he is Yang Xu's person After figuring out this joint, Zhang Antai died of his heart, how can he win over, how much can he have the benefits that Fuguo Gong gave Huang Zhen Zhang Antai stomped his feet, turned around and walked out.
Huang Zhen held a handover catalog, his eyelids twitched slightly, glanced at his back and smiled coldly, and his eyes were fixed on a record on the dossier, Huang Zhen had already found what he was looking for, and he deliberately tortured people in this slow manner, that is, he was grinding his surname with Zhang Antai, and Zhang Antai really couldn't hold his breath.
Watching Zhang Antai go out, Huang Zhencai said slowly: "Here, the person who received the Kaocheng County Order is Su Xiaopu, the governor of Tongzheng, why did this person call him here to ask about the whereabouts of this concert."
Wang Lesi, who experienced the General Administration Department, hurriedly replied: "Oh, Su Xiaopu's mother is seriously ill and has taken leave to return to her hometown."
Huang Zhen smiled slightly and asked, "Oh, when did you leave?"
"Well, unfortunately, I just took a leave of absence yesterday."
Huang Zhen said strangely: "Yesterday, how can you say that it is not a coincidence, it is a coincidence, it is very coincidental."
Wang was stunned, and Huang Zhen asked again: "This Su Xiaopu, where is your hometown?"
Wang Cheng hurriedly said: "Yunnan Chuxiong Mansion" "Tut-tut, it's far enough."
Huang Zhen sighed, stood up, and ordered his people with a smile: "Let's go, let's go to the Ministry of Officials to find out if this Su Xiaopu's hometown is Chuxiong Mansion in Yunnan."
Wang Cheng was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Oh, Governor Su's hometown is Fenghua County, Ningbo Prefecture, but I heard Governor Su say that he has now moved to Chuxiong, Yunnan." ” Huang Zhen nodded, and said slowly: "You haven't moved out of our Ming realm."
Wang Cheng smiled dryly: "Imperial Envoy Huang said that he laughed, of course he didn't move out of our Daming realm. ” Huang Zhen said: "Cheng, as long as you haven't left our Ming realm, you won't be afraid that you won't be able to find it."
He rolled the handover book, carried it behind him, like a proud duck, twisted his ass and shook it out of the Ministry of Meritorious Service, Zhou Wenze said angrily: "Lord Zhang, why are you so uncontrollable, Yang Xu is clearly knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, at this time, why do you still come to see me" Zhang Antai said angrily: "What should I do if I don't come to you, I am looking for your face, so I pressed this letter for your in-laws."
Originally, the affairs of a third-class county, when the new dynasty was first established, there were many things, and it was not necessary to go to heaven to listen.
But just let him Yang Xu know, now that it has been found on my head, how can I not be in a hurry" Zhou Wenze paused and said: "Confused, you are confused, isn't that Su Xiaopu already solved, this clue is broken here, he Yang Xu has great ability, and he can't find your head, you just bite Wang Xiaopu to death, what can he do to you?"
Zhang Antai sneered: "My Lord Zhou, what you said is light, I am doing something for you, otherwise it is really not easy for him Yang Xu to catch my handle."
Yes, Su Xiaopu's line is broken, but Chen Ying's mad dog over there in Kaocheng is the master who bites people and doesn't tell his mouth, if he has the evidence of your good in-law, I'm afraid that he won't be able to pull you out if you Zhou Daren goes to Jinyiwei's prison, I don't believe that your mouth is stronger than Jinyiwei's torture equipment, at that time, can you not summon me out Once this line is exposed, can I still say anything about the chapter?"
Zhou Wenze said categorically: "Don't worry, my in-laws have been running the Guide Mansion for many years, and Chen Ying sent a personal unfamiliar search envoy to find a fart, can he find a way and must not rely on the imperial envoy of Henan Province."
This Henan Provincial Imperial Envoy, but he has already fed my in-laws, and he will not contribute at this time, when will he contribute with him, the people sent by Chen Ying can't toss any tricks."
Zhang Antai insisted: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what happens, if something really happens, it's too late to say anything."
In my opinion, you should talk to that person, and ask him to think of a way."
Zhou Wenze hesitated for a moment, sighed and said, "Okay, you go back first, I'll see him in a while."
On the Fuguo Mansion, Xiao Sixun was riding a wooden horse vigorously in the flower hall, Yang Xu crossed Erlang's legs, holding a cup of tea, and Zuo Dan stood next to him, after listening to his narration, Xia Xun smiled: "The matter of the Ministry of Officials is getting more and more interesting, staring at him, the goblin is about to appear" To be continued: