July is the hottest time of summer.At this moment, the sun was shining again, and the shadows fell on the ground and shrank into a pile.At this time in the past, the noisy street has long been deserted.But today is very different, the wide street is full of people, whispering and whispering.Even though their cheeks were flushed from the sun and their backs were soaked in sweat, no one left.

A boy in rough clothes asked: "Hey, what happened today? It's noon, why are they all standing here? Could something happen?"

An old man stopped him, "Hush, keep your voice down. Mr. Pei and his guards just went to Mr. Yuan's house."

The rough-clothed boy was startled, "Could it be another house raid? In the past half a year, I don't know how many court officials have been copied." Suddenly he said angrily: "Bah, what is Mr. Pei? Just a treacherous minister, he knows all day long to do evil!"

The uncle shook his head, and warned in a low voice: "Young man, please keep your voice down. The so-called lively, just look at the lively. Don't get involved in the show, and you will lose yourself."

The boy in rough clothes turned pale, said a few words of thanks, and left in a hurry, not even daring to watch the excitement.

The Master Pei they talked about was exactly Pei Ziqi, who was under one person and above ten thousand people.Since Emperor Gaozu, the prime minister system was abolished, and the six ministries were directly responsible to the emperor.In today's holy days, there are no specific official positions and ranks, and there are no specific official positions or ranks. They are not prime ministers but do the prime minister's business.

And this Mr. Pei is the Grand Scholar of Diange.Emperor Taizu separated the power of the prime minister and set up the left and right prime ministers.But what about the current saint?There is only one palace scholar, and all the power is handed over to this Lord Pei.Counting the powerful ministers of the Jin Kingdom, this Mr. Pei is a well-deserved No.1.It's a pity that other than that, when the world mentions him, they all shake their heads and sigh.Unruly, perverted and eccentric behavior... It's almost a "treacherous minister" to describe it.

But he couldn't stand the favor of the Holy Majesty on him, not only vetoed the proposal of setting up a palace scholar, but also allowed Pei Ziqi to be nepotism, and appointed his good friend Sun Hancheng as the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment.The Ministry of Punishment is the place where the king's law is taught, and the king's law is under the control of the two of them. How dare the officials of the Manchu Dynasty say anything?What do ordinary people dare to say?

At that time, the gate of Yuan Mansion was closed tightly, and the vermilion lacquer fell slightly.There are stone lions standing on both sides, and the word "Yuanfu" is engraved on the plaque.Compared with the simple and unpretentious outside, the inside is extravagant and extravagant.There are big ice cubes everywhere, revealing a slight coolness, as if entering the golden autumn season.

Nuo Da's courtyard was divided into two, one side was full of people, holding various weapons in their hands; the other side was only sparsely populated with five or six people.Of the two leaders, one's face was ashen, and the other was talking and laughing happily.The two sides confronted each other for a long time.

"Master Pei, what's the point of bringing someone into the Yuan Mansion today?"

Pei Ziqi smiled, his eyes were shining brightly.He was dressed in a moon white robe with a wide belt around his waist, simple and plain.Her black hair was as smooth as silk, her skin was fair and white with white teeth and red lips, and her delicate face stood out because of her pair of eyes.He took two steps, his figure was tall and upright, with the charm of exiled immortals.

However, such a banished immortal is even more hateful than an evil ghost.He said indifferently: "Is this the first day Master Yuan knows me? I am willing to condescend to come here, of course for the purpose of raiding the house."

"Master Pei, I pretend I didn't hear what you said just now. If you don't want to see me off, please—" Yuan Ming snorted softly, and said again: "Otherwise, don't blame me for disregarding the feelings of my colleagues."

Pei Ziqi smiled, and the corner of his mouth raised into a sneer, "Master Yuan, are you planning to beat the imperial court official? That is a serious crime."

"Compared to Mr. Pei, how can I be considered to have committed a serious crime? I am the minister of the Ministry of Industry and a first-rank official. Whether I am guilty or not depends on Mr. Pei's mouth, but is tried by the three divisions. Although the minister of the Ministry of punishment is your friend, three He is not the only one who decides the interrogation. Mr. Pei ran to my house without His Majesty's order, ransacking the house? Excuse me, Mr. Pei, what kind of crime did I commit to ransack the house?"

"Corruption and bribery."

Yuan Ming's face paled suddenly, and he turned livid again in an instant, and said sharply: "You can't talk nonsense! I have always been an honest and fair official, how can I allow you to slander me? Someone, arrest them!"

"Yes! Master." The loud answer resounded through the courtyard, surrounded by Pei Ziqi and six people.

"Master Yuan, are you a little too impatient? At least I have to wait for me to produce evidence before killing people." Pei Ziqi took out a pamphlet, "Jing'an five years, March five Ri Shenzheng accepted 1000 taels of silver as a bribe. On the 5000th day of the seventh month of the same year, he accepted [-] taels of silver as a bribe..."

Yuan Ming's face remained calm, but his heart was terrified.These are all Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds. What happened when the late emperor was in power, I didn't expect to find out all of them.Nowadays, the emperor is strict in governing officials, and I don’t know how many corrupt officials have been cut alive...

Thinking of this, the killing intent in his eyes could no longer be suppressed.He roared angrily: "What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and arrest them!"

At this time, Pei Ziqi still looked calm.He laughed and said: "Master Yuan, I am a literati, I don't like to do things, I like to reason. How many people watched me swagger into the Yuan Mansion. If I can't get out, I'm afraid you have to have an explanation, to the Holy Majesty, to the Ministry of Punishment. What's more, when I came to your mansion today, one of the purposes is to raid the house, and another is to save you."

Although Pei Ziqi is a despicable villain, he is comparable to a saint in one respect. He keeps his promises.As long as an agreement is made with him, he will definitely complete it.After a pause, Yuan Ming raised his hand to signal the servants to go down.He snorted coldly: "How can my officer, He De, let Mr. Pei help me?"

"I knew that Mr. Yuan is a reasonable person." Pei Ziqi smiled brightly, "I should have presented these evidences to the Holy One, and the Holy Spirit ordered the three divisions to interrogate. But you know that the speed of the three divisions' interrogation is not as fast as one or two." Months are not a crime. It just so happened that there was a drought in the central Sichuan area, and the Holy Majesty asked me to supervise the rescue. But the treasury is empty and the disaster is raging. If you raid your house in a month or two, I am afraid that the central Sichuan area will already be full of dead bodies. Why don't we make a deal. I'll give you a way out, and you hand over your property to me, how about it?"

Yuan Ming looked at him hesitantly, "Are you really willing to let me live?" You can be greedy for money, but if you lose your life, you will lose everything.

"Of course, Mr. Yuan don't need to worry too much. Today I only brought five people with me, which shows my sincerity. In the past, I ransacked the house, but there were never fewer than five hundred people..."

Yuan Ming was silent for a while, and beckoned for the housekeeper.He said: "Take a few gentlemen behind Mr. Pei to the warehouse to have a look."

"Master Yuan, have you misunderstood something?" Pei Ziqi said word by word: "What I want is not your warehouse, but all your belongings."

Yuan Ming immediately became furious, and even omitted the address, calling him by his first name: "Pei Ziqi, how dare you think!"

Pei Ziqi chuckled, and said casually: "Lord Yuan, what bargaining chip do you have to negotiate with me? It is my duty to rescue disasters, and it is my fault not to save them. Your Majesty will not blame me for this, this is the responsibility of the household department , I’m just supervising it. But you are different, your life is not up to you. Exchange your life for your belongings, do you think it’s worth it?”

Yuan Ming glared at Pei Ziqi, his black and white eyes gradually turned blood-colored.After a while, he flung his sleeves and left, leaving the dumbfounded housekeeper in place.Pei Ziqi didn't care, he folded his hands and smiled at the housekeeper, "Then trouble this old gentleman, count the property with us."

Pei Ziqi leads people up and down, Yuan Ming smokes from the seven holes in the house.He knows exactly what kind of ruthless character Pei Ziqi is, there is nothing he can't do, as long as he wants to do it or not, so the emperor has good trust in him.He has no eyes on the king's law and ignores the court guidelines, but any difficult and difficult problems will be solved easily in his hands.He doesn't care about the process, he only cares about the result, he's a frenzied lunatic!

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became.In the hands of a madman, what can he do?If a dog bites you, can you bite back?He had just given up struggling when another annoying voice sounded outside the door: "Master Yuan, something is wrong with me counting your belongings."

Anger rushed to his head, he rushed out of the room immediately, and the gold, silver and jewels all over the yard jumped into his eyes, as if he had been stabbed in the heart.Pointing at Pei Ziqi's nose, he cursed: "Pei Ziqi, you lunatic! Crazy! It's gone, it's gone, all my belongings are here."

Pei Ziqi smiled and pressed his finger. "Master Yuan, you are being dishonest. If I didn't find out about your family background before coming here, how dare you rush to search your house? Aren't you afraid that you will just take something and send me away?"

Yuan Ming was trembling with anger, and jumped out word by word: "Pei Ziqi, are you really going to take away all my belongings? Don't even think about it, there are hundreds of people in the Yuan Mansion. Without these belongings, How can I support them? My salary alone can’t support them for half a month!”

"Look at Master Yuan's words, they are too modest. Look at the big ice cubes in the house, even His Majesty is not as comfortable as you. I stole your property to let you return to your duty as a courtier. How can a monarch suffer? , the reason why we enjoy happiness?"

"you--"

"Furthermore." Pei Ziqi changed his voice, "Master Yuan's salary is enough to support his parents, wife and children. Those Yingying and Yanyan are better off. It is said that Master Yuan married No. 30 last month. Aunt Sifang, this is more than eight times the number of His Majesty's harem."

Yuan Ming's red eyes turned to panic.He trembled his lips: "How do you know?"

Nowadays, the Holy One treats the people kindly, but he hates the word "wives and concubines in groups".His tragic childhood was all caused by these four characters.The first emperor was the most romantic emperor since the founding of Jin.There are more than three hundred wives and concubines, and more than fifty children.There are too many children, it is inevitable to pay more attention to some children and turn a blind eye to some children, and the current Holy One is the latter.

As soon as the Holy One was born, the mother and concubine passed away.His mother and concubine passed away, and his father and emperor were not close. It can be said that his whole childhood was gloomy and lonely, and he spent it slowly in the deserted palace alone.Until he became an adult, he had no sense of existence among the princes, no different from a transparent person.However, it was precisely this that made him have the last laugh.In the subsequent battle for the reserve position, more than 50 children of the first emperor died, and only he survived.

Therefore, although the Holy Majesty did not expressly stipulate that courtiers cannot have wives and concubines in groups.But once he finds out, he will definitely be punished severely.What's the use of keeping a courtier who can't even control his own lower body?

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