eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 745 Two different sides
This is a relatively unknown, peaceful county town, but the disappearance of the largest family in the county is really scary. In the past few days, few shops on the streets are open.

When Mr. Ge's motorcade came out of the Yamen, there were even fewer people.

It can be said that the resistance to land transfer in Qidong County is much smaller now.

This is about facing down, facing up, and being particular about it.

Gao Huai and Zhang Cong were sitting on the wooden benches of his subordinates by the roadside. He smiled and said, "Mr. Ge, please allow me to speak more if I have something to say."

"What do you want to say, father-in-law?"

"We are talking too much. We think that Mr. Ge should not report to the emperor about the Zhuo family in Qidong County, but should insist that there is conclusive evidence that they are the masterminds behind the attack on the imperial surveyors."

Zhang Cong suddenly heard this and didn't take it seriously at all, "Then how will father-in-law report to the palace?"

"Our family naturally said that the Zhuo family was the most suspicious. In order to shock people and clear away the father-in-law smoothly, Mr. Ge chose to deal with it thunderously."

Zhang Cong couldn't help but laugh, "I'm afraid my father-in-law is joking with me, right?"

Gao Huai shook his head slightly, "Measuring fields is an enemy of the world. Except Qidong, there are more than a hundred counties in Shandong. Which county will not have trouble? Which county will not kill people? Do you always want your majesty to kill people? Let your majesty do this kind of thing , Unjust case?”

He stretched out his index finger and tapped the last two words on the table, and even then his tone was softer, with a certain air.

At this moment, Zhang Cong stopped laughing. He vaguely thought of something.

"But Your Majesty, what you hate the most is that your ministers hide themselves and do not retaliate, or make false claims."

"Oh, that's for people like ours. We don't dare to tell half-truths, or Ma Bin tells our family together, but Jinyiwei does not belong to Eunuch You, so our family cannot take this risk. But Ge The old man is different. He has to make this happen. It’s harder to do things, and it’s even harder for him to do it.”

The eunuchs who can serve as guarding eunuchs are the only ones among tens of thousands of people. These two sentences revealed a lot of things at once.

In fact, Gao Huai didn't want to talk so much, but after getting in touch with him in the past few days, he found that Zhang Cong was different from ordinary civil servants. He did not pretend to be aloof, nor did he stick to the rules.

And from the aspect that the emperor is willing to entrust such an important matter, it can be seen that the emperor also quite approves of it.

Of course this kind of person is worth helping.

Now it just depends on what he thinks.

Later, Zhang Cong returned to the carriage alone. He opened the memorial he had written before and read it word by word.

The more I looked at it, the more it seemed inappropriate.

He said that Zhuo's guilt had not been completely determined. How would the rest of the cabinet vote if they saw it?Are you doing this nonsense with him?How should the emperor approve it?
Criticize him for what he did wrong and have to start over?Then should we still do the Zhangtian matter?
He was criticized for doing the right thing, so let’s deal with it like this, but isn’t this the emperor’s decree that unjust, false and wrong cases can be dealt with?

At this moment, Zhang Cong slapped his head: Oh, what a big mistake!

In fact, he originally didn't want others to sign, and he was so confident that the emperor would not do anything to him, but he felt that the emperor did not follow a certain pattern in doing things, and for so many years, he only focused on the results and not the process.

It has been emphasized many times that officials who say everything is right and do everything right but fail to get things done in the end are most useless.

Not being able to touch the ground, having the light on his mouth is something Zhu Houzhao hates.

In this way, this memorial really should not be written.

And try to write it as simply as possible, just one line: Zhang Cong, a scholar of Chendong Pavilion, is here to report: In May of the 11th year of Zhengde, the surveyor of Qidong County was attacked, and the officials and people were shocked. After investigation, the perpetrator was the Zhuo family of Qidong Bamin. A clan of people who held the royal flag and executed them for murdering imperial officials and resisting the imperial government to clear land.Report to the emperor according to the regulations.

After writing, put away the pen.

If reported like this, the opinions proposed by the cabinet will definitely be insignificant. They will not cause trouble to the emperor by drafting nonsense like "what are the details of the case". When it comes to the emperor, the emperor will not say much, because this It has something to do with measuring fields. Even if you know there's something fishy about it, you won't say much. Most likely, you'll just write three words: Got it.

In this way, this matter is finished.

Even if anyone doubts it, they are like Lu Weimin.Either he has an upright character, or he intends to cause trouble for his husband. Neither of these two people has a chance to speak in front of the emperor.

In this case, everything is fine.

There is no investigation, the truth, the truth, nothing.It turned out that Zhang Cong was ready to explain, but now he doesn't even need an explanation. The emperor doesn't want to hear it at all. What the emperor wants to hear is how many fields, how many households there are in Qidong County, how the measurement is, and how many hidden fields there are. That's all. That’s all.

Zhang Cong also 'evolved' at this moment. After all, this was his first time as a cabinet minister. In the past, he believed that loyalty to the emperor meant telling everything, working hard, repaying the emperor's kindness, and never betraying.

Only now have I discovered that a true official who takes the official position into the heart of the emperor should say what should be said and should not say what should not be said. The key is that if you are accurate in this degree, and the emperor also knows that if you are accurate in your official career, your official career will be inevitable. It's been a glorious journey, even the title is no problem.

He had previously heard that the emperor was slightly dissatisfied with Wang Hao, but he still couldn't understand it, but now he finally understood.

The emperor does not require his ministers not to do any 'bad things'.

The court itself is not like this either.

And for this, I still have to thank Gao Huai.

So he specially called the person over and showed him the memorial he had corrected.

Gao Huai was also a wonderful man, and he hurriedly handed what he had written to the palace and handed it to Zhang Cong to read. The two looked at each other and smiled, "Don't think that our family is suing the elder."

"Of course not, of course not."

There is actually another advantage to writing this way, that is, they are different.

These three words "different" are also very important.

This difference has two sides, one is doing things, and the other is loyalty. Everyone gets what they want, and the world is balanced!

When Zhang Cong did this, the only thing he had to worry about was that the emperor was a man who would kill off the donkey. But it turned out that this was not the case. Many times, as long as the person was used by the emperor and he did not make any mistakes, the emperor would try his best to protect him.

Even if it was as important as Yang Yiqing's, the emperor was determined to do it, but in the end he just asked Yang Yiqing to seal the territory.

Then there are Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Wang Hua... which one really met a tragic end?

"Then let's hand them out separately."

"it is good!"

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From Shandong to the capital, it only takes a day and night to deliver goods by horse.

In particular, matters in Shandong are extremely important, and Zhu Houzhao has ordered that such a memorial should not be delayed.

The same thing happened over at You Zhi. The emperor was burning the midnight oil to review, and he also secretly passed things over from the side.

"Your Majesty, the news from Gao Huai."

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao didn't expect it for a moment, and then asked: "Gao Huai from Shandong? The one you recommended?"

"Exactly."

Because of Shandong, he immediately stopped writing and opened it to read, but he immediately frowned when he saw it.

You Zhi noticed that the emperor's expression was slightly nervous.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

Zhu Houzhao's expression changed slightly, and then he paused, "It doesn't matter. The person you hired is very good, he understands the importance and knows how to advance and retreat."

"In other words, he has a little bit of eyesight and is more diligent in his hands and feet. He has no other strengths. He mainly relies on His Majesty's planning. He just does some menial work."

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said, "Don't reward him openly, but reward him secretly."

(End of this chapter)