Placid Chang'an

Seeing that Zhang Jun entered his study seemingly casually, but actually fled, Su Cen stood there and frowned in thought. There was indeed a problem with this case.

As soon as Lujiazhuang was mentioned, Zhang Jun's expression changed. Later, when he mentioned the ghost and the mountain god empress, Zhang Jun's frightened expression could hardly be hidden. He clearly remembered the case, but for some reason he refused to speak. .What is there in that village that makes Mr. Zhang, who is used to seeing poor mountains and rivers, feel cold?

Could Chen Guanglu's subsequent resignation and disappearance be related to this case?

Su Cen entered the apse while thinking. Someone had already arrived at this time, sorting out the cases reported from various places. When Su Cen entered, he heard someone complaining: "A case has been closed three or four times in a row. It's really sprinkling salt in the crotch. ——If you are so busy, you can’t understand how much effort it takes to verify these cases for those of us in Beijing every day.”

Su Cen coughed lightly, and the man immediately fell silent, and called out "Lord Su" with an embarrassed expression on his face.

After half a year in Beijing, Su Cen also learned a lot about the world, so he asked with a slight smile, "Where is the case so annoying?"

The man immediately breathed a sigh of relief, put the booklet on the table and said with a smile: "The ones from Yangzhou will send one every three days. They are all the same thing, and I don't know what they are up to."

Su Cen brought a stack of cases over, picked up the paperwork that the man had just put down, flipped through it, and placed it on top of his stack, saying, "I'll see what the trick is."

Su Cen originally planned to watch from the back hall, but he really didn't like people walking around and whispering to him, so he carried the things back to the study.Opening the window first, and moving all the orchids of Song Jiancheng into the sunlight, Su Cen stretched his waist and made tea for himself.

Song Jiancheng's orchids are very delicate, neither too cold nor too hot, nor too dry or waterlogged. Su Cen even thinks that Song Jiancheng left these orchids to torment him.The thing left by others is a living thing, so it is not easy to raise it to death.But there are so many flowers and plants in the world, what is wrong with raising them, but orchids, which makes him have to serve him like a uncle every day, just like serving Li Shi.

Su Cen couldn't help laughing when he thought of this, Li Shi's temperament is not just like these orchids.Loneliness and arrogance, you have to be careful in everything, and you can't get out of bed if you accidentally disobey the holy will.

Su Cen blushed and cleared her throat, and carefully watered the orchid with a water bottle.

After returning to the table and unfolding the case, the fragrance of orchids blows in with the wind, and the fragrance is far away and clear, which complements the lingering tea rhyme, which has a different artistic conception.

The first case was exactly the one that the person said was too idle. Mr. Su was sitting upright, wanting to see if it was really so annoying.

At the end of each word, Su Cen frowned, and glanced forward at the person who submitted the paperwork.

Yangzhou Governor Shi Feng Yiming.

It can't be a fledgling newcomer, right?

But Shangzhou Governor Shi is at least a fifth-rank official, and now that the imperial court is all imperial examinations, anyone who can achieve the position of Changshi must be a Jinshi, so he can't even write a good seal, right?

But throughout this booklet, the thinking is confused. In a word, Haohaotangtang's big article is that a murder case happened in the post road. One person died. Vendetta.

No wonder some people want to scold, how can such a case be reviewed and registered for him?

I read it again from the beginning to the end, but still found nothing, Su Cen wrote the word "doubtful" at the back, and took out the notebook and put it aside.

When the sun was setting and the remaining cases were finished, Su Cen stretched himself, moved all the orchids into the room, locked the door and went to the office, forgetting about the original case.

Su Cen didn't expect to hear that name again, but it was at the court meeting.

The supervisory censor of Huainan Road impeached the governor of Yangzhou, Shi Feng Yiming, for corrupting the law, taking bribes from private salt dealers in private, indulging in the flood of private salt, and collecting all the evidence. Waiting for the little emperor to say a word, he can be escorted to prison .

The more Su Cen heard, the more wrong he became, not to mention a supervisory official, how did he get the evidence of Feng Yiming accepting bribes from Qipin? Little people can tell.

Sure enough, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials came out and added: "The performance review of the Ministry of Officials in the past years, this Feng Yiming has really done nothing during his tenure for several years, and his relationship with his superior, the Governor of Yangzhou, is not good. The two disagree on many political matters. , and this person is short-sighted, looking ahead and disregarding the future when things happen, Yangzhou is located in an important area in the south of the Yangtze River, accounting for the top priority of the country's tax revenue, Feng Yiming is really not suitable for this important task."

Su Cen thought to himself that the Tao is one foot tall and the devil is ten feet tall. There is a supervisor in front of him who will step on him to the end, and then a powerful official will come out to make up for it. Instead of mentioning Feng Yiming's corruption, he will say that he is not capable enough. , and finally pointed out the importance of Yangzhou, that is to drive Feng Yiming out of Yangzhou no matter what.

This Feng Yiming has offended someone in the court, this is to punish him to death.

Su Cen couldn't help but think of the note that Feng Yiming wrote not long ago. At that time, he only cared about the case and didn't care about the place where the case happened.

There is a saying: with a waist of [-] guan, riding a crane to Yangzhou, Yangzhou City, famous for its fireworks and moonlight, is actually also known as "the richest man in the world". There are many merchants from all over the world, and its prosperity is not inferior to that of Chang'an City. Huainan Road Yangzhou itself accounts for sixty-seven out of ten of the tax revenue, which is not bad.

The Su family has been in business for generations, so naturally they will not let go of this fertile soil. The tea house run by the Su family has the largest branch in Yangzhou, and the Yue family's Jiangning Buzhuang family is there, and the eldest brother is now resident in Yangzhou. Concentrate on running the semicolon.

There is no doubt that Yangzhou is prosperous, but it is also a place of troubles. For example, the dispute between official salt and private salt has been raging recently, and Yangzhou is the main battlefield.

Judging from the impeachment of the supervisory censor, it can be seen that Feng Yiming has a heart for the private salt dealer. If he is really involved, is the ambiguous case really that simple?

Su Cen couldn't help but looked at Li Shi's position, his handsome back remained motionless.He has always known that Li Shi wanted to abolish the salt distribution order, so he indulged in the proliferation of private salt, in order to impact the official salt market, and force those salt distribution merchants to voluntarily give up the salt distribution rights.Is Li Shi instigated by Li Shi to make Yiming's personal relationship with the private salt dealer?In such a situation, should Li Shi be released on bail or not?

As we all know, official salt is protected by the imperial court, and the salt decree was issued by the imperial court at the time, but private salt is illegally sold, which has been intolerable in all dynasties.This matter has not been limited to just one Feng Yiming, it is because someone used Feng Yiming to force Li Shi to stand in line, the official salt is still private salt, the salt merchant is still private salt dealer, and the imperial court still insists on going his own way, Su Cen can't help but also Curious, how would Li Shi choose?

Li Shi's hand that tapped the armrest of the chair stopped, touched the fingers between his fingers, smiled slightly, and said, "It just so happens that I also received a playbook here," and handed it behind him. A doctor immediately took it over, Li Shi said: "Come on, read it to everyone."

The doctor who received the memorial said: "My minister Shi Feng Yiming, the governor of Yangzhou, risked his life to admonish... Your minister impeached Yangzhou Governor Xue Zhi for colluding with Governor Cao Ren, salt and iron transfer envoy Qiu Jisheng, don't drive Zhang Luan, supervisory censor Liang Jiexing and Yangzhou Dispute Salt merchants are corrupt and perverting the law, disregarding human life, using power for personal gain, deceiving superiors and inferiors, etc., [-] serious crimes... The law of heaven is clear. ..."

At the end of the waiter's words, his tone was trembling, and the memorial in his hand almost fell to the ground.

The uproar in the courtroom turned into dead silence.

Feng Yiming's letter is no longer an ordinary impeachment, it is death impeachment, risking death to remonstrate, either the enemy dies or I die!

Even Su Cen froze in place for a while, one was because of the courage of Feng Changshi, and the other was because of the content he played, if what Feng Yiming played was true, then the entire Yangzhou City officialdom, from the governor down to Doesn't the censor, civil servant and military general have no good people?

After Li Shi and the others came back to their senses, he asked, "What do you guys think?"

The ministers who had been talking so eloquently before were speechless, and finally the Minister of the Ministry of Officials stood up and said cautiously: "I'm afraid Feng Yiming is too radical. He knows that he has committed a crime, so he bites people like a mad dog. If it was true what he said, wouldn’t Yangzhou have rebelled a long time ago?”

Li Shi nodded, "Then send someone down to investigate, then it will be clear what is right and what is wrong."

"My lord," an admonishing doctor came out and said, "I have heard that Feng Yiming and the governor Xue Zhi are at odds for a long time. The two people's attacks on each other are probably due to old grievances."

"Oh?" Li Shi raised his eyebrows.

Immediately, another person came out and said: "I have also heard that Feng Yiming and Xue Zhi are both from Huating County, Songjiang, and now they work together. Their political views have been different and they have accumulated grievances for many years, which is why they have reached this point today."

Li Shi asked, "Then how do you deal with this matter?"

"This matter is neither big nor small," Li Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, finally came out to smooth things over, "It was the result of old grudges, so the two of them couldn't take it seriously when they participated in the performance, so one of them fined them with half a year's salary, and the two of them were fined. It is only right for people to shake hands and jointly benefit the people of Yangzhou."

"Well," Li Shi nodded, "Then Yun Qing will play."

Su Cen looked at the back that was as stable as Mount Tai in front of him and couldn't help admiring him. He used his strength to transform his strength into invisible. If this person left the temple and joined the rivers and lakes, he would probably be a top-notch master.

At night, Su Cen was just about to leave when someone patted him from behind, turned his head slightly, and couldn't help laughing: "My lord."

Li Shi looked at him with a smile in his eyes, and asked, "Are you in a hurry to go back?"

Su Cen replied: "Yesterday I bought two jars of seasonal sweet-scented osmanthus wine. I didn't dare to drink it yesterday because I have to go to court today. Now Qu Ling'er is eagerly waiting for me to go back."

"You're not old enough to be addicted to alcohol," Li Shi said while walking with his hands behind his back, "I won't drink today, go somewhere with me."

Su Cen frowned: "But Ah Fu has prepared all the appetizers."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Su Cen regretted it. As expected, Li Shi turned his body and said to Qi Lin who was following behind him: "Master Su loves his wine and food, go and help Master Su solve it, so that he won't worry about it."

Qi Lin held his sword and said yes.

Su Cen wanted to cry, but he didn't want to let him eat, let others go to his house to eat, is there any law for Da Zhou?

At this time, the three or five ministers outside the Hanyuan Hall watched Prince Ning's back and went down the Longwei Road. Li Qiong, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, asked, "Didn't it mean that Yangzhou is under control? How come there are still some notes?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials shook his head with his hands in his hands: "I'm also puzzled. Last time I let him take advantage of the loopholes to send out a few papers by chance, Xue Zhi and the others have already set up strict defenses. The post stations in Shangjing are guarded at every level. Even a fly can’t fly out of the zhezi, how did Feng Yiming’s zhezi reach Li Shi?”

Li Qiong narrowed her eyes and looked at the handsome back, and said coldly: "We have all been tricked by Li Shi."

"what?"

"There is no scripture about Feng Yiming at all. He made up a scripture to scare us."

"This..." The advising doctor was taken aback, "How did he know that we are going to impeach Feng Yiming today?"

Li Qiong gritted her teeth angrily: "There is nothing about this old fox that he can't guess."

"What now?"

"What's the hurry, isn't Yangzhou still in our hands?" Li Qiong slowly walked down the dragon's tail and said, "He has spent so much effort just to get Feng Yiming, and now he is just returning to the original point "Feng Yiming alone can't do much. Even if he really sends an imperial envoy, he won't be able to do anything in Yangzhou City where we cover the sky with our hands."