Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 290
It was raining in Jinling in the beginning of winter, and the temperature dropped immediately. People couldn't bear it, and at the same time, they began to add clothes crazily. They were all bloated like penguins.

Outside the Wenhua Hall, Chen Yunfu put away the oil-paper umbrella and handed it to the servant at the side, and asked a question.

"Is everything okay in the palace these few days?"

"If you go back to the young master, everything will be fine." The servant bowed down to replace Chen Yunfu's court boots, and replied.

Chen Yunfu nodded, said that's all right, and led Yang Shiqi into the hall.

He was the first to come, and before the other courtiers arrived, Chen Yunfu was watching over a bowl of hot tea, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

"Young master came early."

Chen Yunfu opened his eyes and nodded when he saw Xu Ben: "Xu Ge is getting old, please sit down, I don't know how Zhang Wei is doing these few days, this time, Benfu can't sleep well."

"There shouldn't be any accidents." Xu Ben sat down and said: "A few days ago Zhang Wei led the army to Yongshun, counting the time, it is almost time to arrive in Yongshun, the latest news from Huguang, it is estimated that It's just the situation in these few days, so you don't need to worry about it, Young Master."

After the two chatted for a few words, Shao Zhi, Qi De and Xu Huizu arrived one after another, rubbing their hands and stamping their feet, saying that it was suddenly cold.

"Today's regular cabinet meeting will be presided over by Mr. Shao Ge. Let's talk about the criminal punishment standards just formulated by the Three Law Departments. Starting next year, the punishment of all kinds of criminals will become labor reform."

Shao Zhi was ordered, nodded and took the conversation from Chen Yunfu, and began to talk freely about the reform-through-labor standards of the Sanju Department.

Everyone's attention can't be said to be concentrated, whether it's Qi De or Chen Yunfu, they seem to be a little distracted.

Shao Zhi talked there for nearly two quarters of an hour by himself, and finally stopped his voice and looked at Chen Yunfu: "Master, I'm done talking."

"Oh good." Chen Yunfu settled down and asked, "Do you have any opinions?"

How can there be any opinions, such a "small matter" Qi De obviously didn't care much, and Xu Ben didn't know much about the business of the Sanju Division, so he didn't open his mouth casually. That's it, everyone passed the proposal casually.

Later, Xu Ben and Qi De each talked about the things they were in charge of.

At this time, Hu Sizong hurried in from outside the hall, walked all the way to Chen Yunfu's side, bent down and whispered something in the latter's ear.

"Young master, the letter from Zhang Jinglue has arrived, and only eight words have been written. Yongshun has been decided, so don't worry about it, young master."

The corners of Chen Yunfu's eyebrows immediately raised, adding to his joy, but he didn't say anything, so as not to interrupt Xu Ben who was narrating.

After the report, Hu Sizong didn't stay by Chen Yunfu's side, and walked to Yang Shiqi to sit down. Both of them belonged to the General Administration Department, the former was the left councilor, and the latter was the right councilor, so they were familiar with each other.

"Hu Guangping?"

Yang Shiqi said something in a low voice, which attracted Hu Sizong's astonished gaze: "How did Shiqi know?"

"The young master showed joy just now, and the worries of the past few days have disappeared. The one who is worried about the young master is nothing more than Yongshun, so I made a bold guess."

Hu Sizong raised his thumb: "Shiqi has good eyesight."

This Yang Shiqi, on the contrary, has such insightful and meticulous observation skills, which can be said to be a magic skill for a secretary.

"Back then, the young master decided to divide Yongshun between the two peaches, and he said that it would not take three years. Now, it seems that the young master is indeed clever." In a few years, Yongshun will be my Daming's Yongshun."

"Yes."

Hu Sizong also echoed: "All the things that the young master decided in the past few years have proved the wisdom of the young master in practice in the past few years. After the resumption of business, the fiscal and taxation has been expanded. Liaodong is becoming more and more stable and prosperous, and Huguang is now closed. The hidden dangers of barbarians and chieftains, ten years later, our Ming Dynasty will usher in a splendid and prosperous age."

"I hate that in the imperial court, there are always some people with dead bodies, who oppose the young master everywhere."

Although Yang Shiqi didn't call his name, Hu Sizong couldn't hear it, so he quickly made a gesture: "Shiqi speak carefully."

The whispers between the two would obviously not be heard by the five people in the meeting. Qi De didn't know that he had been treated as a mediocre official with a vegetarian meal, and he was talking with great vigor at this moment.

He gave birth to a moth again.

This year the imperial court's finances and taxes are very healthy, and the autumn harvest has filled dozens of official warehouses in Zhili. As soon as there is money in this pocket, Qi De wants to lose some.

He plans to hold a grand banquet for the elderly next year, and invite all the elderly over 50 years old in Zhili to come and celebrate the beauty of the imperial court together.

Can't this Qi De be a little more stable?

The so-called Senior Banquet is the predecessor of the so-called Thousand Seniors Banquet. The Senior Banquet is held on the Shangyuan Festival every year. The general scale is controlled at about 300 to [-] people, all of whom are well-known local elders in Yingtianfu.

Now Qi De is lucky, he actually plans to invite all the people over 50 years old in Zhili Mansion, he doesn't even think about it, can the palace sit down?

Even if they could sit down, Wu Yangyang would have tens of thousands of people to eat, drink and settle down, how much money would the court have to spend.

The imperial court treats guests, so you can't invite big guys to eat steamed buns and pickles.

Don't dare to say that a state banquet is given, that would require dozens of expensive dishes, and a thousand or eight hundred tables would be set up, so how could it cost so much.

Chen Yunfu frowned, and when Qi De's words were finished, he said: "It's cold and freezing at the end of the year, what kind of senior banquet is held, don't do bad things with good intentions at the end, and avoid it."

"Yeah, it's rare for the imperial court to be rich for a year. When they have money, they spend a lot of money. When they don't have money, why bother to cut down on food and clothing? Let's save the money and keep it. It will be useful sooner or later."

Xu Ben, who has always been pragmatic, also disagreed, and then Shao Zhi also expressed his opposition. This is a good thing, and three people objected, and Qi De's face suddenly became a little ugly.

He didn't expect that his good intentions would be opposed by so many people, and they still opposed them face to face.

This is too embarrassing for others.

It was dark at the moment, and I sat down and said nothing.

"Okay, let's go here first today, let's go."

Chen Yunfu was in a hurry to reply to Zhang Wei's letter, so after refuting Qi De's untimely proposal, he directly announced the adjournment of the meeting, got up and left in a hurry.

"Master."

Shao Zhi caught up behind him, and said in a low voice: "This morning, the old man received a letter from Heng Er. He said that Guangdong has not been peaceful recently."

Chen Yunfu who was putting on his shoes was stunned for a moment, then left with Shao Zhi and asked on the way.

"Did something happen?"

"Heng'er said that during this period of time, there have been many major cases in Guangzhou, and he feels that something is wrong, so he has not taken any rash actions so far. I will show you the letter for the specific situation later."

"it is good."

Chen Yunfu sent Shao Zhi away, looked south and frowned.

Consecutive major cases?

The clans in Guangdong can't sit still.

But it’s okay if they can’t sit still, if they can’t sit still, it means that the merger of the two volumes and the reform of the tax law have hit their lungs.

As long as we dig deep into this matter and put a little pressure on them, success is probably not far away.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Chen Yunfu went to the Tongzheng Envoy to learn about the situation in Huguang at the moment, and then replied a letter to Zhang Wei, and then rushed to Shao Zhi's mansion to check the urgent letter sent by Shao Ziheng .

It happened 20 days ago.

Because Shao Ziheng went to Dali Temple, Hu Rang, the chief minister of Guangdong Province, assigned the criminal Cao to the former, and at the same time, he was responsible for adjudicating major cases with the procuratorate.

And not long after Shao Ziheng took over, Zhang Yunbi, the procurator of Guangdong Province, fell ill and recuperated. In just seven days, there were more than ten major thefts and robberies in Guangzhou.

Because of Zhang Yunbi's illness, the matter of solving the case naturally fell on Shao Ziheng's shoulders.

The latter didn't realize it at first. As the official of one of the parents, it was his duty to protect the environment and the people. Since Zhang Yunbi was not around, he naturally shouldered the responsibility of solving the case.

What really made Shao Ziheng feel that something was wrong was that it had only been so long since he took over to solve the case that the officials below told him that the gangster Jiang Yang who had committed numerous crimes had been arrested and confessed at this very moment!
Holding the confession of guilt, looking at the row of more than a dozen so-called gangsters who had been tortured to the point of being inhuman, Shao Ziheng smelled a hint of conspiracy.

Hu Rang felt that at this moment, the evidence was convincing and the suspect was brought to justice, so he urged Shao Ziheng to close the case as soon as possible, but Shao Ziheng temporarily delayed and wrote this letter to Shao Zhi instead.

"What do you think?"

Shao Zhi brought two cups of tea and put them lightly in Chen Yunfu's hand. Seeing that the latter was deep in thought, he asked a question and stopped urging him.

"Brother Ziheng thinks right, there is indeed a conspiracy in it."

Chen Yunfu frowned and said: "Zhang Yunbi doesn't get sick in the morning and doesn't get sick in the evening, but at this time, it's too late to be sick, not to mention, it's too easy to solve such a big case. In the next day, the Jiangyang bandit who turned his back on evil will be arrested and brought to justice, and confessed?"

"Behind, someone is pushing."

"It is likely that the Guangdong clan directed and acted on its own."

Seeing that Shao Zhi didn't understand, Chen Yunfu explained the meaning of the word.

In ancient times, there was no profession of director, and of course there would be no such term as self-directed and self-acted.

"Self-directed and self-acted, that's apt."

Shao Zhi pondered: "Then what is their purpose?"

"I reckon it's because of brother Ziheng or me." Chen Yunfu speculated: "If you handle a big case, you will make great contributions, but if you don't handle it, you will cause a big disaster. I'm afraid that brother Ziheng won't be able to handle this case." .”

"How to say?"

"You said, if after Brother Ziheng punished this gang of Jiangyang thieves, he suddenly discovered that the real culprit was someone else, and that the gang had been caught and sentenced by Ming Zhengdian to be innocent people, what should we do in this case? ?”

Shao Zhi's complexion suddenly changed.

"Isn't there a testimony?"

"Testimonies can be obtained through torture, or they can be forged, as long as there are two officials who bite back, brother Ziheng, it will be difficult."

Hearing Chen Yunfu's analysis, Shao Zhi was even more worried: "Then it's better to let Heng'er drag it. Anyway, Zhang Yunbi is the procurator. When Zhang Yunbi recovers from illness, when will the case be handled again? Let Zhang Yunbi handle it, and Heng'er will assist you. .”

"If Zhang Yunbi is not good." Chen Yunfu gave an extremely bad guess: "If the case is not solved for a long time, the people of Guangzhou will make trouble."

If this matter is really promoted by people behind it, then if you think about it with your toes, you will make troubles by coercing public opinion.

Shao Zhi was in a hurry, this matter was related to his son's life and death, and he could still sit there, so it was inevitable that he would lose some sense of propriety.

"How to do?"

"Do it well." Chen Yunfu knew that his father-in-law was in a hurry at the moment, so he quickly opened his mouth to offer a way to ease his mind: "On the grounds that this case is of great importance, the Sanju Division sent people down to arrest this gang of Jiangyang thieves. Bring them all back to Beijing, and the case will be transferred from the local area to the central center."

Shao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Being a father is also a fascination for the authorities."

"The game is broken, the main thing is for the child to think about how to use this matter, and in turn put the mastermind behind it."

Chen Yunfu explained the reason for his contemplation: "It doesn't make much sense just to break this situation. Those shady things will definitely have a second move if they fail to succeed. Disgusting enough.

Therefore, taking advantage of this matter, counter-offensive, see if we can directly pull out these clans. "

Shao Zhi asked, "Then do you have an idea now?"

"No." Chen Yunfu shook his head and said: "This matter is still unclear, and my child does not know the specific situation in Guangdong. There is no way to do it in a hurry. Let's send someone to take over this case first, so as not to Brother Ziheng has been plotted against."

"it is good."

Of course Shao Zhi only thought about his son's safety now, he didn't want Shao Ziheng to be a victim of politics.

"Let's just say that first."

Chen Yunfu finished drinking the tea in the cup, got up and said, "Let's take my leave first, my son."

"Why are you in such a hurry today?"

Shao Zhi left a sentence: "Let's go after dinner, since I already have an idea, I'm not in a hurry."

Chen Yunfu smiled: "Before I had time to announce the happy news to my father, Lingyun is pregnant, so the baby has to go home and take care of her."

"Really, that's really a great thing." Shao Zhi's face suddenly showed joy: "It's a great thing for children to prosper."

Knowing the reason why Chen Yunfu was in a hurry to leave, Shao Zhi naturally couldn't keep Chen Yunfu any longer, and got up to send the latter away.

"Now that you have five wives and concubines and more and more children in your family, have you never thought about hiring some servants?" When sending them out, Shao Zhi glanced at the concierge hired at home, and said, "After all, , you are also the chief assistant after all."

"There's nothing going on at home now, but I hired a few cooks a while ago, let's forget about ordering servants." Chen Yunfu said with a smile: "I really have something to buy, and Yanran and Qiaoer will buy it. It's better than being bored in a deep house every day, isn't it?"

"You." Shao Zhi shook his head helplessly, knowing that Chen Yunfu was always thrifty, so he didn't persuade him any more.

If you live frugally, you don't look like a chief minister.

But I have to say that Shao Zhi admired Chen Yunfu very much.

I really found a son-in-law who took a long ride.

(Ten changes for big seals and ten changes for monthly tickets will be issued at the end of the month.)
(End of this chapter)