Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 427 Testing

Everything in this world is complicated because of people. Even simple things will become extremely complicated if there are more people involved.

Why?

One person has one idea, one person has one plan. As long as power is mixed in, then the matter will become bigger. Even if the matter itself is small, for some unspeakable factors, everyone will follow suit. On the contrary, The thing itself is what the person wants, but in the end it doesn't matter.

Even if there is no power involved, if there are too many people involved, a very simple thing will become complicated for the sake of so-called face, so-called friendship, and so-called other things.

This is human nature! !

Shandong.

Jinan.

Governor's Yamen.

"Cui Lianxian, I have traveled all the way to Shandong. If there is any lack of hospitality, please don't blame Cui Lianxian."

Yuan Keli, the governor of Shandong, rolled up his robe sleeves with a faint smile on his face. He looked at Cui Chengxiu who came uninvited and said, "If there is a place where I need to be the governor of the Yamen, Cui Lianxian can just ask and I will give my full assistance."

"Governor Yuan is too polite."

Cui Chengxiu smiled slightly and followed what Yuan Keli said: "The Integrity Commission was ordered to go to Lu to investigate the case this time. I first came to Jinan Mansion. Without Governor Yuan's help, I'm afraid I wouldn't have settled down yet. Cui is very grateful for this. .”

Yuan Keli smiled.

Yuan Keli knew why Cui Chengxiu and the members of the Integrity Academy rushed from the capital to Shandong in a hurry. After all, water transportation was involved.

When Cui Chengxiu and his entourage rushed from the capital to Jinan Fucheng, I don’t know how many people stared at them. Even though Shandong is far away from the capital, when some important matters are involved, news can be conveyed to each other very quickly. It’s nothing more than It's a matter of spending some people, tiring out a few horses, and mobilizing a few boats.

Who is Cui Chengxiu?

How could you not know this?

When everyone is thinking about water transportation, only Cui Chengxiu understands the difficulty of this trip. After all, in addition to water transportation, there are many hidden tides hidden in the Qilu land, the remnants of white lotus, and the remnants of oral smuggling. , build hidden piles...

Even though he came to Shandong to investigate water transportation matters and arrest a large number of people, Cui Chengxiu was not sure whether the people to be arrested were related to the above-mentioned power groups.

Therefore, before deciding to investigate the case, Cui Chengxiu first wanted to understand the situation in Shandong, which reminded him of Yuan Keli, the governor of Shandong!

"Governor Yuan, although Cui went to Shandong on orders, he is still here for the first time and does not know much about the situation in Shandong."

With thoughts in mind, Cui Chengxiu looked at Yuan Keli, who was much older, and said with a smile: "You also know that our Integrity Commission is a special institution after all. Although it has supervised the Beizhili Cangchang deficit case and uncovered many corrupt officials. There are dirty officials and evil spirits, but Cui is still vividly aware of the dangers involved."

"If it hadn't been for His Majesty's wise decision and the order to mobilize the elite troops who were previously ordered to assist the Liao Dynasty, I am afraid that the person talking to Governor Yuan now would not be Cui, but someone else."

This Cui Chengxiu is not simple.

Although Yuan Keli has not changed on the surface, he is secretly thinking about it in his heart. No matter what kind of controversy or criticism Cui Chengxiu has received before, he is still the Minister of the Integrity Academy. In a sense, he is better than the six ministers, and perhaps many civil servants. I don’t admit it from the bottom of my heart, but the grade is there. The Office of the Independent Commission Against Corruption was built with internal funds directly allocated!

Although it is true that Yuan Keli is a high-ranking official in the border area and holds a lot of real power in his hands, when he meets Cui Chengxiu, he must show him the respect and rules he deserves.

However, Cui Chengxiu kept his figure very low. It was precisely this that caused Yuan Keli's inner view of Cui Chengxiu to change a lot.

"I still say the same thing. As long as it is proposed by Cui Lianxian, I will definitely give my full assistance." Thinking of this, Yuan Keli looked at Cui Chengxiu and said: "I have transferred a group of officials from the governor's office. If Cui Lianxian needs it, , I will condemn them for assisting."

It seems that deep down in Yuan Keli's heart, he doesn't trust the people of Shandong Sansi either.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t have specifically transferred manpower from the governor’s office.

Cui Chengxiu raised his brows slightly, but the smile on his face did not dissipate. It was precisely because of hearing what Yuan Keli said that he inferred in his heart that Yuan Keli had been investigating something behind his back since he took office as governor of Shandong.

Recalling that when Yuan Keli was still an official in Beijing, Cui Chengxiu was still an inconspicuous official in Beijing. Cui Chengxiu had met Yuan Keli several times.

Compared with when he was in Beijing, Yuan Keli is much older now.

Cui Chengxiu also knows one thing. He trusts Yuan Keli very much now. Otherwise, under the situation like that, he would have promoted Yuan Keli to governor Shandong against all objections!

"Cui will remember this kindness in his heart."

Under Yuan Keli's gaze, Cui Chengxiu stood up and saluted: "I'll ask Governor Yuan tomorrow to punish those officials. Cui really needs to know more about the situation."

"Easy to say."

Yuan Keli lifted his robe and stood up, moved a few steps to the side, away from the direction of Cui Chengxiu's salute, then raised his hand and returned the salute: "As the governor of Shandong, there may be major problems with water transportation under my rule. I have no shirking responsibility, and I must follow this." We need to find out the matter, after all, too many people are paying attention to this matter."

Although Yuan Keli and Cui Chengxiu were both promoted by Zhu Youxiao and were reused, in the eyes of some people they both belong to the imperial party, but among some people, it is impossible to have too many interactions. They don’t want to have too many interactions. They are doing what they want to do in their respective positions.

Although Yuan Keli's impression of Cui Chengxiu has changed, this does not mean that Yuan Keli will absolutely trust Cui Chengxiu.

After all, they are not the same kind of people.

Yuan Keli couldn't stand some of Cui Chengxiu's style and style, but this time Cui Chengxiu was ordered to go to Shandong to investigate the case, Yuan Keli found an opportunity!

Especially after Cui Chengxiu led a large number of people to Jinan Fucheng, he did not make any moves in a hurry. This made Yuan Keli know that Cui Chengxiu was a thoughtful person.

And this time he came to the governor's Yamen late at night, which further verified Yuan Keli's idea.

"Governor Yuan, it's getting late."

Under this situation, Cui Chengxiu lifted up the sleeves of his robe, looked at Yuan Keli with a smile and said, "If there is nothing else, Cui will leave first. Cui still feels very guilty for disturbing Governor Yuan this time."

"That copy will be sent to Cui Lianxian as a gift."

Yuan Keli lifted up his robe and stepped forward.

"Stay."

Cui Chengxiu stretched out his hand and said, "Governor Yuan does not need to send him off in person. Cui will leave first."

With that said, Cui Chengxiu turned around and walked out of the hall...

(End of this chapter)