eldest son of Ming dynasty

"Do you regret it?"

"I don't know what Da Situ is referring to?"

"This old man has taught you more than once. Being an official in the court is like sailing a boat in the sea. If you are not careful, the boat capsizes and people die. You have won His Majesty's trust, but you have made too many enemies in the court, and you have no one else in your eyes. You ended up like this today. Right now... you were arrested when you first entered the capital, and you probably don’t know why.”

The middle-aged man had disheveled hair, shackles on his hands, and the prison uniform on his body was extremely dazzling.

"Da Situ has the grace to appreciate and promote the criminal officials, and he also has the feeling of teaching and awakening. These criminal officials keep it in their hearts, but it is a pity that the criminal officials are in prison and cannot protect themselves. These kindnesses can only be repaid in the next life. "

"As for the way of being an official, it's not that the criminal officials don't understand. But the criminal officials really don't understand what they did wrong during this trip to Yangzhou, and why they offended the Holy One. Later, I felt that I couldn't figure it out anyway, so I simply I don't want to. And it's rare to have such leisure like now, wouldn't it be a waste of time to be entangled in fame and fortune?"

Han Wen asked: "But you have expended so much effort to write these things, and you may not be able to hand them over to His Majesty. Even if you hand them over, His Majesty may not necessarily read them when he is angry with you, and even if he reads them, he may not necessarily listen to them. So, why not Isn't it a waste of hard work?"

Gu Zuo was speechless for a moment, "The culprit only wanted to do this, but he didn't expect the situation that Da Situ said. If this is the case, I hope Da Situ will speak more kind words in front of His Majesty."

"You don't want the old man to plead for you?"

He shook his head, "Since Your Majesty is annoyed, the criminal officer doesn't want Da Situ to offend Long Yan again for me."

Han Wen didn't know what to say, did he want to say he was stupid?Or is he straight?

After a long time, he turned around and turned his back on it.

"Liqing, do you really not understand what went wrong in the trip to Yangzhou?"

"Please enlighten me, Da Situ."

"The tax on the salt tax accounted for 24% of the national treasury, and the benefits of salt imports are seen by everyone. You said you want to check and occupy the nest, but you know that King Qi, King Yong, and King Heng have tens of thousands of salt imports, and there are many They are all given by the Temple of Filial Piety, apart from the vassal king, there are also the ministers. Those father-in-laws who are in charge of rituals probably dare not, and His Majesty has not given them Yanyin, but how many people take advantage of Yanyin in the [-] yamen of the palace , do you know?"

"Both Huaihe River and Huai River transfer salt envoy Zou Cheng, who is only a third-rank official, but the world's most fat job, why did he fall on his head, do you know?"

When Gu Zuo heard this, he already knew that it was another old-fashioned way.

"Da Situ always said that criminal officials offended too many people, but no one cared why they offended them."

"No. To be an official, you always want to offend people. The old man said that you don't even know who you are going to offend. You don't know yourself or your enemy. Then you say who is behind Zou Cheng, have you figured it out?"

"Officer, I really don't know."

"It's no wonder that the emperor is always behind you. The emperor is the ruler of the Ming Dynasty, so you have never been afraid. This time, you should know that the court is not that simple."

"Big Situ..."

"What do you have to say?"

Gu Zuo raised his head, "You know what kind of monarch your Majesty is. With the character of a criminal officer, His Majesty sent a criminal officer to patrol the salt. Could it be that he wants the criminal officer to join them? So, if you really want to offend some people, then can only offend them.”,

What Gu Zuo said was absolutely correct, and Han Wen couldn't refute it.

The emperor has no experience in folk life, but for some reason, he has a relatively clear understanding of all kinds of tricks. Even if it is a little inaccurate, he still understands where there will be twists and turns, and he firmly does not believe that even a little problem can be solved. No situation.

This is something you'll find out many times.

So the emperor is hard to fool.

In other words, sending Gu Zuo this time is to shake off the interest groups of the Salt Law.If he doesn't, maybe even more worthless.

But does His Majesty really want to kill so many people with a knife?
Even after the great martial arts performance, there is no reason to put down the raised butcher's knife.

Han Wen sighed, "Your Majesty wants to get rid of the evils of the world. If you have this ambition, maybe there will be a day..."

It's hard to say what's going on in the world...

"The snail horn has a false name, and it's a mere profit, so it's really busy.

Everything is fixed, whoever is weak is strong.

And while you are still young, let me go crazy.

In a hundred years, Hunjiao was drunk, thirty-six thousand games.

consider.How much can you worry about the wind and rain, half of it will interfere, so why bother, let's talk about the short and the long.

Fortunately, the breeze is bright and the moon is shining, the moss is spreading, and the cloud curtain is high.Jiangnan is good, a thousand bells of fine wine, a song full of fragrance. "

Han Wen recited Su Shi's "Man Ting Fang" before he left, and there was actually some feelings in the lyrics of returning to his hometown and returning to the mountains and rivers after his official post.

Gu Zuo couldn't understand, was this read to him, or was it that Da Situ's ambition had already been rewarded?
After the Hangeul came out of the prison,

Mao language only appeared.

With the death in prison last time, Mao Yuwen was more careful this time, and everyone inside and outside changed for him.

If anyone wants to come, he must come in person. ,

It doesn't matter to the others, if Gu Zuo dies here, then he will not be the deputy envoy.Is it okay to have things happen again and again?

"Da Situ, why didn't you tell him the truth in the palace? Did Da Situ also think that His Majesty wanted to deal with him?"

Hanwen paused slightly, and said: "In life, being too smooth is sometimes not a good thing. It is easier to see the world clearly when it is in a low point."

"Big Situ is really well-intentioned."

Han Wen lowered his head slightly, "Please ask Deputy Envoy Mao to take care of Qing Li. The kindness of today, I will remember in my heart."

Mao Yuwen had no conflicts with these important court officials, but his behavior caused these people not to see him very much.So there is relatively little contact.

But if he could have this opportunity to sell favors, he would still be willing.

So he also complied.

Then he went down to the dungeon to look,

After Han Wen left, Gu Zuo returned to his case, but he was not writing, but just sitting in a daze.

"Bring some good wine."

At such a juncture in life, wine is still needed.

after going out,

When Mao Yuwen received a secret letter, he was a little surprised when he saw the man's appearance.
Because this person was specially inserted into the Nanningbo Mansion by him.

"Is there no one following?"

"No, my subordinate walked around a few streets and couldn't keep up."

As he said that, Mao Yuwen couldn't help opening it to read it. After reading it, he was a little shocked, "This matter has a lot to do with it, are you sure?"

The visitor bowed his head, "The villain has indeed heard about these things. I have been looking for an opportunity to go out in the past few days and I have also visited the West City. It is indeed him."

It was a coincidence.

"The people from Xiyuan have been to Nanning Bofu. You must double check, if something is wrong, I will not be able to avenge the envoy's vengeance!"

Because the emperor would feel that he, the deputy envoy of Jinyiwei, was not thinking about business, but was trying to achieve his own goals by taking advantage of the emperor's attention to the salt lesson.

This is called public revenge.

One of the more glaring is the use of the emperor,

Mao Yuwen gained a lot of wisdom by eating a ditch. The last time he scolded the emperor, he realized that the emperor was not only full of tricks, but also deeply versed in people's hearts and extremely smart.
If you use him and let him see it, there will be no need to talk about the consequences.In case things are not done well, you can really wipe your own neck.

The person who reported it knelt down, "I don't know that this matter is related to the deputy envoy's affairs, but it is absolutely true that the people from Xiyuan entered the Nanning uncle's mansion. Of course, if the deputy envoy wants to be safe, he can do so." Use this as an opportunity to investigate in depth to see if... there is really a connection."

"En." Mao Yuwen nodded. It's nothing just to have been in Nanning Bofu. What if he went there for something else?

It's not easy to talk about, so it's not easy for him to report to the emperor immediately.

However, there are always some clues and progress.

And if once he was caught by him...Mao Yuwen's slender eyes narrowed, it would be business and private matters together.