Li Zhang also completely understood the situation.
He doesn’t need to think about how to play tricks. Basically, he just follows Li Rong’s path. He will do whatever Li Rong does. Even if it is to act as a cow or horse for Zhang Zhou, it is better than any self-made plan. The proposition is a hundred times better.
When leaving, Li Zhang quickly made an appointment with Zhang Zhou to go to Beizhen Fusi, in the name of discussing the situation, but in fact he was just to follow Zhang Zhou's orders.
"Brother Zhang."
In front of Zhang Zhou's carriage, Zhu Feng had already come out early and was waiting.
Zhang Zhou nodded, "I have worked hard for so many days and haven't gone back to take a look."
Zhu Feng said, "I want to open a house. I don't want to deal with family affairs. Anyway, the family business is nothing." I will inherit it, and I will just concentrate on taking care of my own palace."
Due to some trivial family matters, Zhu Feng was ready to separate from the Chengguo Palace.
In the past, in the eyes of family and friends, Zhu Feng was just a kid who didn’t grow up and needed others to plan everything for him. However, as Zhu Feng’s experience in politics increased, he could no longer help but want to be. He is an "adult" and no longer accepts his family's influence on his destiny.
"Very good." Zhang Zhou nodded.
Zhu Feng was too closely tied to the Duke of Chengguo, which may not be a good thing for Zhang Zhou, because at that time Zhu Feng had to consider the position of his family when doing things.
For now, Duke Chengguo's office is in agreement with him, but that doesn't mean that Duke Chengguo's office won't have other thoughts in the future.
Zhu Feng asked, "Has the matter in Yongping Mansion been settled? I see that Jin Yiwei will continue to investigate the case, and the situation will continue to expand. Many people will not live in peace."
Zhang Zhoudao "Zhijie, are you related to this matter?"
"No." Zhu Feng said, "I'm just thinking about your reputation, Brother Zhang. I'm afraid they will criticize you secretly or even try to harm you. "
The implication is that if the local families are unable to protect themselves, I can't say whether they will jump over the wall. In addition to malicious slander, they may also choose to physically eradicate Zhang Zhou, the "Ming cancer."
"You don't have to worry about this. It's best that you don't go anywhere except to the Yanwu Hall these days. If anything happens, I will send someone to find you at any time." Zhang Zhou told Zhu Feng .
"Yes."
Zhu Feng didn't have many places to go, so being an idler in the capital was already half of his dream.
Fusi, Jinyiwei North Town.
Li Zhang arrived first, and Mou Bin later brought Guo Ang and others in to salute him.
"It's very good. I didn't expect that Duke Cai Guo would help you morally. In this way, you are the heroes who have dedicated their lives to the Ming Dynasty. Even if you have gone too far in some places, you have finally lived up to the emperor." Well, neither the courtiers nor the local officials can find fault with you."
Li Zhang first expressed his comfort.
Guo Ang stepped forward and asked, "Eunuch Li, I feel so humble about my position. Does this mean that we will continue to investigate the matter in Yongping Mansion, but some people whose homes have been ransacked?"People, we need to exclude them from those involved in the case"
"Yeah. ”
Li Zhang glanced at Mou Bin in passing, and he knew that Guo Ang was asking for Mou Bin.
Mo Bin himself was embarrassed in the court, and he seemed to be doing his job honestly. Asking questions like this is left to his subordinates.
Guo Ang said, "Who can be excluded and who can't?" Li Zhang frowned and said, "You Jin Yiwei are handling the case. They all rely on connections and scheming, and don't take the facts as the criterion. Who is convicted and who is not? It depends on whether he is really guilty. This also teaches you whether you should let people from the Ministry of Punishment teach you."
Guo Ang said with an embarrassed look, "It is said that people from Dali Temple will also participate, for fear of finding fault. "
Li Zhang put on the airs of a factory owner and said, "If you get things done, others will naturally be unable to find fault." The focus is not on the evidence or the progress, but on whether the instructions of Cai Guogong were followed. Do you think the people in Dali Temple are qualified to challenge Cai Guogong?"
"Eunuch Li's words are really enlightening and humiliating. Taught. "Guo Ang quickly made a respectful gesture.
Mo Bin then asked a less urgent question, "Will Cai Guogong come today?"
Li Zhang said, " Make an appointment, but it also depends on whether Cai Guogong is free. He has been away from the capital for more than a month. He will naturally be busy with official duties when he comes back. Although he is in charge of this case, you still need to implement the specific investigation and other matters. Don’t ask about everything either. First, compile a roster and pass it to Cai Guogong so that Cai Guogong can know more about the case. "
Guo Ang said with emotion, "It is true that he has not handed over the case file to Cai Guogong before. Even so, Cai Guogong was able to turn the tide in the court, leaving the ministers speechless. It seems that Cai Guogong has always been hiding something. dew. "
"Otherwise"
Li Zhang said with a dark look on his face, "Do you really think that when Cai Guogong arrived at Yongping Mansion, he didn't hear anything about what happened down the mountain in Yongping Mansion? Everything up and down can't be hidden from him. There is also the attentive Governor Liu of Jizhen. This person may be transferred back to the capital in a short period of time. He is a number one figure. "
Guo Ang asked, "Then do you want to go and find out if Governor Liu heard about him?"
Li Zhang said, "You don't need to tell me, our family also knows that this person is not A person who is as honest as water still has some flaws that are not tolerated by the world, but this kind of person is also eager to climb up. As long as he has the ability, even if there are some bad deeds, it will be tolerated by His Majesty. Your Majesty also does not want both the government and the public to be a group of people who claim to be honest and self-sufficient, but are mean and unkind to others. "
Guo Ang said, "As a humble official, I will ask someone to write the file and send it to Cai Guogong's house today. "
"Don't rush to show it to Cai Guogong first. "Li Zhang was a little annoyed.
Guo Ang was startled at first.
Mo Bin reminded, "Of course I have to check it with Eunuch Li first. If there is no problem, I will send it to Cai Guogong. "
"Yes. "Even if Guo Ang pretends to understand, he has to pretend to be confused now.
That night.
Shangqi, the grandson of a thousand households in Jinyiwei, came to deliver the case to Zhang Zhou.
By the way, Zhang Zhou also diagnosed and treated Sun Shangqi's wounds, which moved Sun Shangqi to death. After all, with Zhang Zhou's current identity and status, showing concern for his subordinates' injuries would be considered a face-saving gesture. Now that he was actually treating the injury himself, Sun Shangqi felt that he had not killed the wrong person.
Zhang Zhou said, "The injury is not serious, but you still need to rest. Sun Qianhu, you have been running around and not getting enough rest recently, which can easily cause the wound to burst again."
Sun The superior responded, "My lord, you are right, but after all, one has to obey orders in a humble position."
"Then transfer me here and stay with me for a few days. In addition to occasionally delivering cases and interacting with Jin Yiwei, For a moment, you don’t need to do anything else." Zhang Zhou said.
"Yes." Sun Shangqi lowered his head.
Then Zhang Zhou picked up the file and read it.
Seeing that Zhang Zhou was taking it seriously, Sun Shangqi couldn't help but make a comment: "Look, sir, there are still fourteen or five families involved in the case in Yongping Mansion, even if some have been excluded. , most of them are related by marriage, and the relationship is very close, because some evidence has been obtained before, so it is hard to say who will be punished and who will get away with it."
Zhang Zhou said, "The local government. "
Sun Shangqi said, "Several local officials were also involved before, but Commander Mou thought that it was best not to touch those who were officials in the dynasty, so later they were regarded as subordinates of the local government. The officials were all released. But in fact, these people were deeply involved in the case." "Yes." Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "If those who work in the local government are not involved in the case, it will only be the local officials. Gentlemen, there is no way to explain it."
In the Ming Dynasty, the law was still limited to yamen above the county level. Most of the affairs of the middle and lower classes were still handled by the squires, and the person who contacted the squires in the yamen was not the county magistrate. At this level, there are subordinate officials and subordinates at the following levels.
These people are truly intertwined local forces. Previous incidents such as riots in the mines had the shadow of organized organizations organized by this group of people.
Sun Shangqi asked, "What do you mean, sir, to put these people in jail to hold them accountable?"
Zhang Zhou said, "In handling the case, we have to deal with the leader of the thief. It seems that he dared to hurt someone." Your people are not the ones who only have land. Shouldn’t those who have swords in their hands be listed first in this file?"
"Yes" Sun Shangqi. It seemed that he understood what Zhang Zhou meant.
Zhang Zhou sighed with emotion, "Now that I have done my job of eradicating evil, I also want to set an example in Yongping Mansion. After all, there will be mining everywhere in the future. Many people think that I am wasting people and money, and even endangering the Ming Dynasty. I also know that This will encounter resistance, but if the Ming Dynasty wants to make the country rich and powerful, it must have these mines as a foundation."
Sun Shangqi said, "My lord is devoted to the imperial court. , whoever steps forward to stop it will be an enemy of Daming."
"Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded.
Then Zhang ZhouLooking at the roster.
Sun Shangqi said, "Among this list, the Zhao family, together with these families, were the ones who caused the most violent troubles before. This is also related to their deep background in the local area. At the time of the incident, After that, several people in the Zhao family even learned of the news in advance and escaped first. This time, everyone with evidence pointed to them." Zhang Zhou asked with a smile, "How many of them are real? It involves Tongfan."
Sun Shangqi hesitated and couldn't tell.
Because it is obvious that Li Rong’s initial accusation was just that there was no actual evidence. In the final analysis, it was just a random accusation, but there was actually a lot to be said for doing business with foreigners in private. Families in the border areas are involved.
Just like the case of Liaodong Governor Zhang Yu, it was also because of this.
Zhang Zhou said, "I have to consider the matter of conviction again. You don't have to worry about it. Just bring the two sides' words to each other. After this incident, your official position may still have the opportunity to be promoted. Build good relations with the people below."
"I don't dare to have delusions in my humble position, I just hope to do my best."
After all, Sun Shangqi is not from the core faction of the DPRK. He is just a member of the royal family.
In just three years, he has become a member of a thousand households in Jinyiwei. For him, his life goal has been achieved, and further advancement is something he never dared to think about in his life.
Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "If you have the ability, don't be afraid of being promoted. Just like me, sometimes you don't need to care what they think. Only by being promoted to a high position can you have more opportunities to serve the court. No matter how ambitious you are, you are just running errands for others. Big things still need more channels to complete."
Although Sun Shangqi didn't listen very well. Understand, and he also somewhat understood Zhang Zhou's trust in him.
It was also because Sun Shangqi didn’t read much. He was literate but not illiterate at most. It was difficult for him to understand the truth.
But in Zhang Zhou’s opinion, Sun Shangqi’s character should be taken seriously. Sun Shangqi was not given many opportunities to make meritorious deeds before, so he can use it boldly in the future. Anyway, He, Zhang Zhou, no longer needs to avoid the reputation of nepotism.
In addition to nepotism, what else can anyone else do?
Until late at night, Zhang Zhou was in the study looking at the list and the detailed information. Case.
It wasn’t until Jiang Pingyu came over to bring him hot tea that Zhang Zhou raised his head and asked about the time. Only then did he realize that he seemed to be working hard. He had to enter this continuous working mode as soon as he returned to the capital. .
"Master, what are these?" Jiang Pingyu asked curiously.
"Case file." Zhang Zhou said, "Although these pieces of paper are inconspicuous, a casual sentence can ruin a family. So far, more than a dozen families have been convicted, from the head of the house to the servants. , implicating more than a thousand people." Zhang Zhou also expressed some emotion in his words.
Jinyiwei's handling of cases is equivalent to demonstrating imperial power.
Now listThese are the people on the list, but next time I won’t be sure who they are.
The most important thing when working for the royal family is "one emperor and one courtier". Zhang Zhou also knew this very well. If he wanted to control his destiny in this era, it seemed that the only way was to take his place.
But rebellion is easier said than done
Especially in a relatively stable dynasty, the probability of successful rebellion is almost zero, and Zhang Zhou currently has a better way to realize his ambitions , is to take advantage of the emperor's trust, but who knows whether this trust can last long
Zhang Zhou waved his hand and asked Jiang Pingyu to sit down on the stool next to him.
Jiang Pingyu’s eyes were still on those papers.
Obviously Jiang Pingyu herself is also curious about the process of conviction and conviction, and is also concerned about whether her and Zhang Zhou's fate will one day be affected by these so-called files.
"Master, are there any female relatives among these people?" Jiang Pingyu asked.
"Yes." Zhang Zhou said, "The crime this time will be relatively serious. Many female relatives have actually been taken into custody by the government. If they are found guilty in the end, their future lives will be very different from the past. Being displaced is a minor matter. A lot of what he has experienced is unimaginable."
Jiang Pingyu said, "That's quite pitiful."
Zhang Zhou said, "It's like this, sharing the ups and downs of the family. There's nothing wrong with it under the rules. You don't have to worry about our own family." "Yes." Jiang Pingyu nodded.
"Recently, I should tidy up the house more." Zhang Zhou also wanted to find something for Jiang Pingyu to do. "By the way, we will also take care of a few shops, and then we will build a village outside the city. Occasionally I may go out of town to do some things, and let Qing'er and the others do something."
"Master, you don't have to worry about things at home. "Jiang Pingyu knew exactly what role she should play.
A kind wife.
Don’t let Zhang Zhou worry about family affairs.
Zhang Zhou nodded with a smile and said, "You also supervise Zhang Jun's homework. As an official in the court, it is difficult to take care of the family. The popularity of the family should also be more prosperous, and the position of a highly respected minister should also be He looks like a very popular minister."
Jiang Pingyu pursed her lips and said, "Master, please don't talk nonsense. It would be bad if outsiders know about it." Please remember to bookmark this chapter. The latest and fastest website. Free reading without anti-theft