Jinyiwei, Fusi, North Town.
Yang Peng came here after returning from Zhang Zhou's mansion, and what was waiting for him was Shangqi, the grandson of Qianhu, a member of Jinyiwei who had just returned from Liaodong.
"Sun Qianhu... No, I should call you Sun Qianshi. In a few days, Beizhen Fusi will be handed over to you." Yang Peng said with a smile.
Sun Shangqi said hurriedly: "I would also like to thank Eunuch Yang for your support."
Yang Peng said: "You can't say that. Everyone knows who the person who supports you is. How dare our family take credit? We just went to Cai Guogong's house, but we were told that Cai Guogong has served as the Minister of both the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. You have found the right tree."
Sun. Shangqi looked a little regretful and said: "After I returned to Beijing from my humble position, I haven't had the chance to visit you yet."
"Then I should have visited you earlier." Yang Peng said, "By the way, our family asked you to prepare before." Are you ready?"
Sun Shangqi quickly took out a few things and handed them to Yang Peng and said, "They are all here."
Yang Peng took them. He went up and said with a smile: "This is a decent gift."
Sun Shangqi asked in confusion: "Father-in-law, do you want to give a gift?"
Yang Peng said: "Of course, our family I want to give this gift to Duke Cai. Of course, I can’t say it clearly, because no one in the court is allowed to give gifts to Duke Cai, unless it is someone like the eldest princess of Yongkang, and we have no control over it.”
"Yes." Sun Shangqi lowered his head.
He also knew very well that it would be too difficult to give gifts to Zhang Zhou, and it would be impossible for Zhang Zhou to accept them.
Besides, Zhang Zhou doesn’t seem to like anything as a gift.
Yang Peng sighed: "The power of Cai Guo is overwhelming, and there are too many people who want to curry favor with him. Your Majesty is also afraid of doing anything that goes too far."
"Yes." Sun The upper instrument responded.
"If we want to give him a gift, we must have something fancy." Yang Peng said, "Ordinary gifts, even if they are for Cai Guogong's liking, will not be able to give him something, no matter what wine, sex or wealth. , Cai Guogong will not accept it because he avoids suspicion."
"But if you just ask him for a favor, for example, you want to help with something, and this matter... is to help him solve it. "Trouble... this gift is different."
Sun Shangqi thought to himself, people at the top are still good at giving gifts.
Yang Peng said: "Just say that almost all the people who have offended Cai Guogong in the past two years are in these case files, right? Some of them are clean people. If Cai Guogong wants to take care of his reputation and cannot do anything to them, then he should move to another place. Become an official, or demote them to the frontier, and let them suffer some hardships, so that you won't hear their cries like flies."
"The remaining ones are mediocre and follow the trend, and they are willing to be used by others. If you want to criticize Cai Guogong, you must attack them harshly, convict them, and let them suffer the pain of displacement."
"This last group is not clean in itself. Want to use criticismCai Guogong, who has the support of those senior ministers in the cabinet and wants to be an enemy of His Majesty and Cai Guogong, must be dealt with... not only must they suffer hardships, but they may even be eradicated, and even their relatives must be punished. To be punished and punished.
Sun Shangqi said hurriedly: "I have just returned to Beijing, and I have not yet officially taken over the affairs of Beizhen Fusi. I don't know much about the crimes of these officials." ”
Yang Peng said: “You don’t need to understand, you are just an organizer, and you are not allowed to participate in the period. "
Sun Shangqi said: "There are some things that I have done improperly in my humble position. I hope that Eunuch Yang can correct me more." ”
“Yeah. Children can be taught. "Yang Peng said with a smile, "Let's just say that these people are enemies of Cai Guogong. Now catching them by the fox's tail and being convicted together is not the best gift to Cai Guogong? ”
“I understand, humble position. "
Sun Shangqi suddenly realized that the so-called gifts were not material at all.
It was about helping Zhang Zhou get rid of troubles.
These troubles came from Due to the opposition of some people within the court, Zhang Zhou did not do it himself, and Yang Peng took action. In this way, Zhang Zhou lost some political opponents and could maintain a good reputation.
Yang Peng said: "We. The family also asked Cai Guogong for help and asked him to intercede with His Majesty on behalf of these people. "
Sun Shangqi was puzzled. What kind of request for help is this?
Yang Peng then smiled and said: "Our family is saying that these people are being held in prison. Being pressed hard by the people in the court, our family couldn't resist it, and it also brought some troubles to the court. Our family was afraid that something big would happen and it would end badly, so we asked him to come forward to help. "
Sun Shangqi said: "If these people get out of the prison, it will be like letting the tiger return to the mountain. ”
“Don’t our family know? "Yang Peng said with a smile, "If we report the matter, at most we will only pardon some people who have not committed serious crimes, and some people who are ignorant will not be reinstated. As for those who are not clean themselves, whatever should be done should be done, and their families are sent to Binhai City together as gifts to Cai Guogong. "
Sun Shangqi thought to himself, if you give a woman to Duke Cai, it is considered a gift.
Sending a group of useless family members to Binhai City, can this be called a gift?
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Yang Peng sighed: "Speaking of which, Binhai City is really short of people. "
Sun Shangqi said: "I have not been back to Binhai City for nearly a year. ”
“Then you don’t know the current situation. Yang Peng said, "With the development of Binhai City, what is most lacking is not land, technology or minerals. What is lacking most is people." An ordinary textile woman in Binhai City can get a salary of more than one tael of silver per month, but she still cannot recruit enough people. ”
“The northern frontier army has long been able to produce enough cloth, and the price of cloth around the capital has even dropped again and again, and has become equivalent to the price of cotton. The world is amazed. ”
“Let’s talk about forging steel, casting artillery, and making firecrackers, etc., it is really just carriages being transported out one by one. When the train from Binhai City to the capital is connected at the end of the year, it will be called... spectacular. "
When Yang Peng said this, he seemed to be sighing at the miracle.
Sun Shangqi was thinking, you just caught a few officials who were against Cai Guogong and put them to death. If the family members are distributed there, how can that solve the problem of shortage of people?
Yang Peng said: "Sun Qianshi, do you have enough manpower to grow new grain in Liaodong? "
Sun Shangqi said truthfully: "Basically... it's not enough. There is too much wasteland that can be cultivated, and the soldiers and civilians who plant it work every day. Even so, there is still a lot of land that cannot be sown at the right time. But the harvest was good. "
Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Didn't you mobilize people from Shandong and other places? "
"The imperial court issued a decree to mobilize people, but the people were unwilling to move. "Sun Shangqi said.
"Isn't it because the land of Liaodong is not the Central Plains and the people are unwilling to migrate long distances? Or they don't see real benefits... If it's like Binhai City, everyone knows where money can be made. A laborer can earn twenty or thirty taels of silver a year, and a woman can earn ten taels of silver a year. Five taels of silver or more...who wouldn't want to go? "
Sun Shangqi said: "But ordinary people cannot migrate.
Yang Peng said with a smile: "Then it depends on who will push forward this matter. Our family is going to help Cai Guogong to bring people from Shandong, Henan and other places, and even people around the capital, to Binhai City." , This is also what Your Majesty meant. Since restricting things such as household registration cannot bring prosperity, it is better to adapt everything to development and gather people in Binhai City. "
Sun Shangqi immediately understood what was going on and saluted: "Father, you have far-sightedness. ”
“It’s Cai Guogong who has the foresight, and we are just doing something for him.” "
Yang Peng said, still holding the list of convicted officials in his hand, "These people are at best appetizers. "
Sun Shangqi said: "Then what should we do with these people?
Yang Peng smiled and said: "It doesn't matter to them. Whether they die or not depends on how your Majesty decides." The key is that there are some innocent people who are more troublesome to deal with. They can neither be killed nor indulged. They must be relaxed and relaxed. "
Sun Shangqixin said, this is really difficult. Sure enough, the people in power have different ideas from us. It is more carefree to be a hundred households before.
" Besides..." Yang Peng said with a bad smile on his face, "Some of the women here also need to be sent to suitable places. ”
When Sun Shangqi heard this, he seemed to understand something immediately.
After all, he still had to give Zhang Zhou a woman, and he didn’t have to find it himself, or even borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha. It doesn’t even count, it’s just self-interest.
“We have never seen a cat in this world that doesn’t steal fish. "Yang Peng said, "Cai Guogong holds a high position, and it's not easy for people like us to do something that makes him appreciate and satisfied. After all, their abilities are there, so we can only do some icing on the cake, and treat the rest as a substitute.Your Majesty is worried. ”
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There is a heavy snowfall in the capital.
As the New Year approaches, all the government offices in the capital seem to have entered. In a state of stagnation, Li Shishi, as the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, went to visit Li Dongyang with eagerness. He arrived at the mansion at noon and sat there all afternoon. It was only after the lights were turned on that he saw Li Dongyang himself.
"Mr. Li. "When Li Shishi saw Li Dongyang, he hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Li Dongyang said: "Baizhou, do you have something important? ”
Obviously Li Dongyang also knew that Li Shishi was now involved in the whirlpool of public opinion. The cases previously investigated by the court had stalled at the level of minister, but Li Shishi himself was involved in the case. .
Li Shishi said: "Li Gong Mingjian, here is a list of convicted officials who have just been transferred from Beizhen Fusi. After reading it, it is sad to see that someone is deliberately trying to create unjust prisons in the court." ”
Let’s set a tone first.
These are all unjust imprisonments. These people should not be punished. Some people use prison methods to suppress dissidents.
Li Dongyang shook his head. He didn't seem to want to talk to Li Shishi about this matter.
Li Dongyang could have come back very early, but he deliberately refused to come back, which actually showed that he was not willing to leave with Li Shishi now. Too close.
“I know. Li Dongyang said, "If there is a chance, I will mention this matter to His Majesty, and I will mention it in the court." "
Li Shishi said: "Please also ask Mr. Li for help. "
"What? "Li Dongyang frowned.
Li Shishi knelt down with a pop and said: "I don't know why, but I was framed by Xiaoxiao. It was said that I had colluded with the convicted officials in the court and had done something illegal. , the specific details are not found in the official memorials in the court, nor in the theories of the court. They are all discussed in private by some people, which cannot be disturbed. "
Li Dongyang said: "What about that? "
Li Shishi continued to kneel there, lowered his head and said: "I hope that I can resign and leave the court, and never ask about the affairs of the court from now on. ”
“Alas!
After a brief silence, Li Dongyang seemed to say with emotion, "I know who you are, and it's nothing to begin with. Someone did deliberately expand the case, and even his brother-in-law was imprisoned for it." He was imprisoned and his life and death are still uncertain. My feelings are the same as yours, and I hope that His Majesty can clear away the clouds and not be deceived by villains, but now it seems that things are getting more and more out of control. "
Li Shishi said: "This roster is the result of someone making trouble. Last year, some people committed illegal acts, and their crimes could be said to be heinous, but they were only detained for more than a month, and were finally released, demoted, and kept in court. But now some people are being implicated for just unproven minor offenses. , it is really chilling. ”
It seems that Li Shishi is very aware of Li Dongyang’s opposition position in this case.
After all, Li Dongyang was stabbed in the flesh with a knife, and Li Dongming was involved in the case, which made Li Dongyang hate it deeply. , he can’t be objective and calm now.looking at the problem.
In this case, Li Shishi felt that Li Dongyang would come to help him.
The example he gave was naturally Liu Yu, who was accused of almost the same crime the first year. However, instead of being killed later, Liu Yu was given an official position and is still an official in the court. , but now it is no longer obvious, and even Li Shishi does not know where Liu Yu is an official now.
But because he was the one who released the person, Li Shishi still knew the details of Liu Yu’s case very clearly.
Li Dongyang said: "You compile Liu Yu's case into a book, and I will give it to some people and let them use it as a case to be cited and submit it to Shengting."
Li Shishi hurriedly said: "As for the matter below..."
"Baizhou, you have known me for a long time, and I know who you are as a person. You are not a big traitor or a big evil, even if you have a small fault. , you shouldn’t worry too much, after all, no one has held you accountable for your fault, so there is really no need to be so anxious. "What Li Dongyang means is that you can't retreat.
You still have to stay in the court. After this incident, maybe you will still help me with your heart.
Li Shishi said: "Previously, Dongchang had sent people to search my residence in Beijing and my ancestral home in Jiangxi. I am afraid of the next step..."
"You did not make a mistake. What are you afraid of?" Li Dongyang said sternly, "You are discouraged just because of others' suspicion? As long as there is no evidence, who can do anything to you?"
That's why Li Dongyang said it because he was really angry. Say these words.
The person he was angry with was Zhang Zhou, not Li Shishi.
In fact, Li Dongyang knew very well that Li Shishi was unclean, but in order to fight with Zhang Zhou, he seemed to not bother to consider whether Li Shishi was innocent at this time. As long as Li Shishi could help him in prison. Zhang Zhou's smear campaign could help him, and he didn't seem to care whether Li Shishi was guilty or not.
He will even help Li Shishi get away with it.
Li Shishi said: "Master Li, I am willing to go through fire and water for you, but..."
"There is nothing to worry about." Li Dongyang said, "In any case, we should not It is also the rule to find the second officer of the Sixth Department. Even if someone finds out something, I can guarantee that you will escape unscathed. At least you will return to your hometown and live in your old age. "The code change has been serious recently, which makes us more cautious. Power, updates faster, please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you