Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 390
"One two... La!"

"One two... La!"

On October [-]th of the ninth year of the Apocalypse, with the change of seasons and the arrival of the Little Ice Age, even in southern regions like the Chengdu Plain, the temperature began to drop sharply.

In later generations, the degree of October is no more than adding or subtracting the temperature of a coat. However, in this era, everyone, whether they are traffickers or rich officials, put on cotton coats.

On the banks of the Minjiang River, the boats coming and going are pulled by the trackers, and the boatmen row their oars against the current.

On the bank of the river, perhaps due to the improper operation of the boatman, a boat of [-] materials ran aground on the beach. Many peasants took off their cotton clothes in this cold winter and strolled along the river beach to push the boat.

Pairs of feet were deep in the mud, while the people on the boat were holding on to the side of the boat and watching the trackers push the boat hard.

"The people are suffering..."

In a word, if it is normal, it might make people think that this person has a heart for the common people, but now he is standing on the boat, watching the trackers push the boat, and he feels a bit like eating minced meat.

"Move it! Work harder!"

After working hard for a long time, the boat finally slipped from the river beach and fell into the river. The trackers were all excited, and at the same time they rolled and crawled towards the shore.

Perhaps because they were afraid that the cotton clothes would be dirty, they hurriedly washed away the mud on their bodies with biting river water, put on the cotton clothes, and then trotted along with the boat, and only started to pull the boat rope after the boat was completely safe.

This kind of hard work can often be exchanged for more than a dozen Wen in a day. Even if you just waded in the river, you can spend at most [-] Wen.

But even so, the trackers still pulled the boat with a smile, just because they felt that they were very happy.

Perhaps in their view, in Sichuan under natural disasters, having a job already won [-]% of the people.

Of course, the reason why they are so happy is that there are other things besides having jobs and wages.

"This group of people are so happy to earn twenty yuan a day, it's really..."

On the side of the road, more than a dozen people wearing black guards (clothes that belong to the half-arm category) rode on the backs of donkeys, looking at the trackers pulling the boats, feeling quite emotional.

This group of people is naturally Lu Wenzhao, Shen Lian and other Jinyiwei.

As for Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru and other civil officials, they sat in the pulled boat, lamenting that the people's livelihood is not easy, but at the same time enjoying the service of manpower.

Of course, Lu Wenzhao, Shen Lian, Lu Xiu, and Lu Xian were not arrogant, but felt that riding a boat was too rough, and Wen Tiren and others couldn't catch up if they went ashore and rode a horse, so naturally they had to ride a donkey.

"They are not happy because of these twenty texts..."

Sitting on the back of the donkey, Lu Xiu glanced at the trackers on the bank in a dawdly manner, and then explained:

"Sun Chuanting swept away most of the gentry in Sichuan. Although he caused a lot of trouble for His Highness and the court, he also swept out millions of acres of land."

"According to the report of Jin Yiwei, the Supervisory Department who arrived in Chengdu first, Sun Chuanting probably swept out more than 900 million acres of military and civilian land, and in order to prevent someone from encroaching, he also released the news early to equalize the land."

"In this field, the people in Sichuan can almost divide two acres per person. Calculated, one household can divide more than ten acres."

"In addition to the fact that there have been several rains since autumn this year, which has wiped out the severe drought in eastern Sichuan, do you think they can be unhappy?"

Lu Xiu expressed the joy in the hearts of the common people, while Lu Xian looked at Shen Lian and Lu Wenzhao who were in front of him when he heard the words.

Shen Lian's expression was dull, as if his mind was not here, while Lu Wenzhao was calm, turned his head and said:
"Take advantage of this opportunity to rectify all Jinyiwei in the southwest."

"Yes!" Everyone held the reins on the donkey's back and bowed, and Lu Wenzhao also began to ride the donkey slowly.

They still have [-] miles to reach the ferry, then change to a small boat and walk a hundred miles along the Fu River to reach Chengdu.

The Fuhe River is not as wide as the Minjiang River. In the Ming Dynasty, it was only a hundred meters wide at its widest point and only 60 meters at its narrowest point. In addition, the river is not deep, so its speed will be slower.

"These civil servants are spoiled and hypocritical. If we rode horses, we would have arrived in Chengdu long ago."

Lu Xiu was talking nonsense, with a generous look, so Lu Wenzhao couldn't help explaining:

"They are not hypocritical. If they are hypocritical, they are actually the same when riding in a carriage."

"They took the boat because the people on it told them to go slower."

After speaking, Lu Wenzhao simply explained the matter clearly.

It is true that the incident created by Sun Chuanting had a very bad impact, but to put it bluntly, the cause of this incident was also because the gentry in Chengdu Mansion did too much.

The reason why the local gentry rebelled against the imperial court was also to show their energy, and they did not expect the imperial court to really kill Sun Chuanting.

The gentry can understand it, so naturally they will not insist on Gu Bingqian, Shi Fenglai, Yuan Keli and others to punish Sun Chuanting.

If the gentry don't say anything, Gu Bingqian and the others will naturally not look for trouble.

Zhu Youjian was uncomfortable between the people and the imperial power, and they were also uncomfortable between Zhu Youjian and the gentry.

The higher-ups had to deal with Zhu Youjian, expressing that they did not want to make trouble, while the lower-level were concerned about face and wanted to explain to others, so they acted tough.

It's just that this kind of toughness is on the lips. In fact, they all want to procrastinate and delay things.

Common people tend to forget things, and so do gentry.

If Sun Chuanting's matter dragged on for another month, a group of people would forget it.

Therefore, before departure, Gu Bingqian and others informed Wen Tiren and the others not to rush to Chengdu.

It is precisely because of this that they chose the most time-consuming ship to go, and spent so much time detouring.

Otherwise, if they walked the Yangtze River into the Tuojiang River, and then drove to Chengdu in a carriage at Longquan Mountain, they could basically arrive in Chengdu in early October, and if they collected evidence, they could try Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuyou, and Pan Shiliang in mid-October.

Now they have delayed the time until mid-October, so when they arrive in Chengdu, they can use the excuse of collecting Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang's crimes to delay time.

If it is delayed until the winter moon or the twelfth lunar month, the gentry all over the world will have forgotten most of this matter.

At that time, the trial will be done slowly, before the Lantern Festival, and the busy time after Zhengdan will end the trial. By then, no one will pay attention to Sun Chuanting.

Therefore, Wen Tiren and the others seem to be enjoying themselves, but in fact the three of them are all human beings...

"These civil servants have too many thoughts."

Lu Wenzhao's explanation made everyone suddenly enlightened, and they couldn't help but feel a little lucky when they lamented the cleverness of the civil servants.

The major Sichuan case proved that, in addition to the imperial government's national policy of fighting against corruption, there is also a rule hidden under water.

That is, as long as His Royal Highness King Qi wants to protect him, no one can move this person.

Sun Chuanting is like this, and they are even more so.

Therefore, they can't help complaining about the Sichuan Thousand Households Office, which is not reporting what they know and is united with corruption.

"Commander, what should we do with the affairs in Sichuan?"

When Shen Lian asked Lu Wenzhao, he obviously wanted to wipe out Sichuan, but Lu Wenzhao had bigger thoughts than him.

"Students from Yanshan have failed the exam this year with more than [-]. They have practiced in Yanshan for five years, and they can enter Jinyiwei."

Lu Wenzhao talked eloquently, "I have asked Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan to recruit [-] Jinyiwei."

"This time, take this opportunity to replace all the Jinyiwei in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, especially the three thousand Jinyiwei in Sichuan, and abolish them all!"

Lu Wenzhao was calm on the surface, but he was more anxious than anyone else in his heart.

Although he is an old man who has been with Zhu Youjian all the way, the corruption of Jin Yiwei has not been interrupted since he took over Jin Yiwei.

Seven years ago, it was okay for Tianqi to say that because of insufficient manpower, there was no way to abolish Jinyiwei on a large scale and replace them with new ones to exchange blood.

But this problem has changed since Zhu Youjian transferred [-] Yanshan students to Jinyiwei in the seventh year of the apocalypse.

In the seven years since Apocalypse, first there were problems in disaster relief in various places, and now a major case broke out in Sichuan.

Various cases have involved the corruption of Jin Yiwei.

Jin Yiwei currently has more than 9 people, and takes away more than 200 million taels of silver from the court every year.

Except for Beizhen Fusi, who is in charge of military affairs, which has not had any problems, Nanzhen Fusi can be said to have continued to have problems.

One thing is one thing, two things are not three things. Although Zhu Youjian didn't say anything harsh after the incident, Lu Wenzhao knew very well that if he couldn't rectify Jinyiwei this time, then Li Ruolian or Lu Jianxing would most likely take his place.

As for him, after all, he is an old man who has followed all the way, and he will probably be awarded a title and dismissal, and then arranged for retirement.

Lu Wenzhao is only 45 years old, and he is in his prime, so why would he want to be treated as a waste and stay in the capital to retire?
Therefore, he is not planning to return to the capital in a short time. Even if he does not alleviate the corruption problem of Jin Yiwei, he must let Zhu Youjian see him busy below.

Lu Wenzhao handed over the Beijing and six provinces in the north to Cui Yingyuan, and he was responsible for checking the ten provinces in the south.

If Cui Yingyuan can't even do this little thing well, then the commander of Nanzhen Fusi should also be replaced.

Thinking of this, Lu Wenzhao looked at Shen Lian, Lu Xiu, and Lu Xian.

Although these three people can do it, if it is possible, Lu Wenzhao would rather promote a ruthless person like Yang Huan to the top.

This is not to say that Yang Huan is better than them, but that the three of them are more suitable for the Supervision Department.

"After the inspection in Sichuan is over, we will inspect each province and replace Jinyiwei from province to province."

Lu Wenzhao finally explained the purpose of his trip, and then slowly moved north with the Jinyi guards.

"Huh... the land of Bashu is much colder than Jiangnan."

Compared with the predicament of Jin Yiwei, the three of Wen Tiren are actually facing many difficult problems to deal with.

While Lu Wenzhao and the others followed the fleet to the north, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru also stood on the deck, exhaled white mist, and watched the river view with admiration.

Li Banghua is Donglin, although he is also a capable official and human being, but he still maintains most of Donglin's problems, the same party and the same...

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for him to chat with Wen Tiren of the Zhejiang Party and Zhou Yanru of the Gu Party, but to rest in the boat.

His rest created a chance for Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru to be alone.

There is a 15-year age difference between Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren is five out of fifty, and Zhou Yanru is under forty.

The two belonged to Hanlin, and basically the next cabinet ministers will be their group.

Speaking of which, although the personalities of the two are very different, they behave similarly in the world.

Historically, both of these two men were aware of Chongzhen's character, so they came to confuse Chongzhen without corruption or forming a party, in order to become the chief assistant of the court.

The difference is that Wen Tiren has a thorough understanding of Chongzhen's character, while Zhou Yanru is still a bit behind.

Wen Tiren knew that Chongzhen hated corruption and those who formed a party, he could immediately split with the Zhejiang Party.

Zhou Yanru's awareness in this regard was a bit poor. Although he did not form a party, he also knew that Chongzhen liked Donglin when he came to the throne, but he made a mistake in recommending Donglin officials.

During the reign of Chongzhen, if things were done well, there would be no rewards. If things were done poorly, they would lose their hats, and at worst, they would lose their lives and be blamed. Wen Tiren was too transparent, so all the recommendations were mediocre people.

A mediocre person is like a toad, poking it and moving it, but not doing it is good, and doing good is meritorious.

Zhou Yanru thought that recommending Donglin would win Chongzhen's favor, but Chongzhen thought that he was attached to Donglin, and was also dismissed in the end. Wen Tiren died well, but Zhou Yanru was bestowed with death.

Although there is a master like Chongzhen, whoever comes will die, but a person like Zhou Yanru can squeeze into the center of power in any dynasty and generation. Even so, he still can't play Wen Tiren.

If there were anyone fighting for power in the late Ming Dynasty, these two people would either be number one or number two, and Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying would have to be behind them.

If these two people can understand the current situation during the Chongzhen period, they will naturally be able to understand the current situation better.

They all know that the current emperor doesn't care about party disputes, and Qi Wang Zhu Youjian, who cares about party disputes, doesn't care about officials' parties. Therefore, facing such a superior character, Zhou Yanru chose to directly attach to the original Qi royal party.

He thought that the Qi Wangdang could stick closely to King Qi, but he didn't want the Qi Wangdang to become a fool under the influence of interests, and turned into a "Gu Dang", and he became a "Gu Dang" trainer. next cabinet minister.

It can be said that Zhou Yanru is completely regretful at the moment. If he was young, he would directly choose the Yanshan School.

It's just that now that he is forty and not confused, he can only follow Gu Dang to the dark.

Compared with him, Wen Tiren saw it more thoroughly. He had long known that the Qi Royal Party was essentially a bunch of scumbags, and as a natural Zhejiang native, it was understandable to stay in the Zhejiang Party for a long time.

If Zhu Youjian doesn't like the Zhejiang Party, he will naturally split the mess quickly, but right now the Zhejiang Party is only the second party in the temple, and with the rise of Yanshan, it may become the third party. safe.

Wen Tiren sensed Zhu Youjian's means and goals from Zhu Youjian's attack, that is, whichever party is big, he will attack that party.

At the beginning, Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and the Five-Party Alliance were dominant, but he was weak, so he needed to support Donglin against the Five-Party Alliance.

When the five-party alliance disintegrated, before Donglin pursued the five parties fiercely, Zhu Youjian stood up to contain Donglin. As a result, although Donglin was the dominant family, it did not eat the strength of any party.

Later, the emperor supported the eunuch party, united the remnants of the five parties to deal with Donglin, and defeated Donglin step by step.

Seeing that Donglin was about to be annihilated, Zhu Youjian stood up again. After several tricks, the five parties rebelled, and the eunuch party was instantly defeated. Cui Chengxiu and others are still working with the natives in Nanzhou.

Later, the five parties disappeared and were absorbed by the Zhejiang party, while Donglin lingered on.

At this time, the Qi Royal Party was dominant, the Yanshan faction rose rapidly, and Zhu Youjian immediately started self-examination, and the anti-corruption campaigns made the Qi Royal Party and the Yanshan faction complain endlessly.

The Qi Royal Party resolutely turned against the water and gathered around Gu Bingqian, becoming the current Gu Party. Although the Yanshan faction did not turn against the water, in Wen Tiren's view, they would corrupt sooner or later.

In such a political situation where there are people at the top and people at the bottom want to overtake, Wen Tiren can stay in the Zhejiang Party with complete peace of mind.

Entering the cabinet as a small party, he will choose how to operate based on the attitudes of the two brothers Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao towards him.

In short, he knows better than anyone how he wants to go, and what he wants is to protect himself and seek power.

When necessary, the Zhejiang Party is just a stepping stone.

In this regard, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren have unprecedentedly consistent personalities, and parties are just stepping stones for them.

Therefore, when Li Banghua couldn't chat with them, the two of them chatted amicably.

"Sun Chuanting has made meritorious deeds for loving the people, even killing gentry, but for breaking the rules of the imperial court, resignation is already a severe punishment..."

After all, they are all people who can be selected as officials. Zhou Yanru looks very good, with a foot-long beard hanging on his chest, white face and bright eyes, and a thin body, he looks like an upright official at first glance.

Compared with him, although Wen Tiren next to him was a little fat, but with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a long beard, he seemed to have a kind of integrity that envied evil.

Generally speaking, the two of them don't look like traitors, and even when they first saw them, they thought they were honest officials.

It is not difficult to explain why Chongzhen trusted the two people so much in history, and why these two people were able to jointly govern for nine years during Chongzhen's 17 years when cabinet ministers were frequently changed.

If these words Zhou Yanru said while standing by the river were heard by people who don't know why, they would really be grateful to him, thinking that he was speaking well for Sun Chuanting.

However, they are both thousand-year-old foxes, and Wen Tiren has already seen through Zhou Yanru's thoughts.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Yanru understood from King Qi and the emperor's protection of Sun Chuanting at the Huangjimen court meeting that the best way to judge Sun Chuanting is to remove the real power, keep Sanjie and Wu Xun, and let him go home and rest comfortably for two years .

Therefore, what he just said was a discussion to satisfy the emperor and King Qi.

Wen Tiren smiled along on the surface, but actually saw his thoughts clearly.

However, his idea coincided with what Wen Tiren had in mind.

At the current stage, he is unwilling to offend Dong Lin, and he is also unwilling to offend Sun Chuanting, the celebrity in front of King Qi.

Therefore, since Zhou Yanru took the lead, he can naturally encourage Zhou Yanru to be attached to Zhou Yanru and let Zhou Yanru speak the verdict.

"This is naturally the best. This matter, the old man agrees with Yusheng, so you will collect and pronounce the sentence at that time."

Wen Tiren expressed his attitude, and he still had the same attitude as himself, which greatly benefited Zhou Yanru.

In his opinion, the problem with Sun Chuanting's case lies with Wen Tiren.

The four chief officials of the Sixth Division are Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren of the Zhejiang Party, Li Banghua of the Donglin Party, Lu Wenzhao of the Jinyi Guard, and Li Yongzhen, the eunuch who was sent by the emperor to watch.

Needless to say, Li Banghua, although Sun Chuanting has no party, but Li Banghua and Sun Chuanting have a good personal relationship, so he naturally tried his best to protect Sun Chuanting.

Lu Wenzhao didn't need to say much. Although he couldn't express his opinion directly, he still wanted to protect Sun Chuanting in his heart.

Now Zhou Yanru wants to protect, and Wen Tiren agrees, so only Li Yongzhen, the supervisor of ceremonies, is left.

Although Li Yongzhen is a member of the Supervisor of Rites, Sun Chuanting is still a member of Zhu Youjian. Unless Li Yongzhen has a brain problem, it is impossible to offend Qi Wang Zhu Youjian, so...

"Sun Chuanting saved..."

Zhou Yanru was much more relaxed, because as long as he didn't offend Sun Chuanting, he wouldn't offend the King of Qi, and if he didn't offend the King of Qi, and even helped the King of Qi, the probability of success would be much higher when he ascended the court.

Zhou Yanru had the same thoughts as Wen Tiren, so they were all relieved to protect Sun Chuanting.

However, the matter of Sun Chuanting was resolved, but the matter of Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang was not.

The two belonged to the Gu party. From my point of view, it was impossible for Zhou Yanru to sentence them to death. On the contrary, he wanted to protect them.

But he also knew the problem, Sun Chuanting wanted these two people to die, while Gu Bingqian wanted them to live.

In this case, if Zhu Youjian expresses his opinion, no matter how he handles it, he will not offend anyone.

But Zhu Youjian didn't express his position, which made him have to face the guarantor.

Because Zhu Youjian didn't make a statement, Gu Bingqian would acquiesce in wanting to save him, and if Gu Bingqian wanted to save him, it meant that Zhou Yanru would also want to be saved.

Needless to say, Li Banghua, with his character of fighting against dissidents, he must be sentenced to a felony for these two.

As for Li Yongzhen, the eunuch, as long as the money is used properly, the two can live, and Lu Wenzhao probably wants the two to die, because they are involved in the corruption case of Jin Yiwei.

In this way, among the four judges and one bystander, two of them wanted Liu Yuyou and the others to die, and one was neutral. Then Zhou Yanru had to be drawn to Wen Tiren's side to keep Liu Yuyou and the others alive.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yanru also bowed with a smile and said:
"If Sun Chuanting is saved, there will only be cases involving more than 600 officials including Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang."

"In this case, from my point of view, Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang have only served for one year, and there is a high probability that there is nothing wrong with it. In a year, the two probably didn't even figure out Chengdu County and Huayang County."

"Hmm..." Wen Tiren agreed with a smile, but he was very disdainful in his heart.

"What I mean is, Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang were demoted to six grades in a row, and all the other 600 officials were exiled to Nanzhou... How about it?"

Zhou Yanru discussed with Wen Tiren kindly, and Wen Tiren nodded kindly when he heard this:
"Of course, this case will be handled according to Yusheng's instructions."

"Thank you so much..." Zhou Yanru breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

Once Wen Tiren made a statement, at least Liu Yuyou and Pan Shiliang would not die immediately. As long as they didn't die immediately, or in Zhou Yanru's hands, Zhou Yanru's official career would not be affected.

As for whether they will die afterwards?So what's the matter with Zhou Yanru?

In short, as long as Sun Chuanting is kept, he will be successful!

　The evening update is estimated around 09:30

　　
　
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