The emperor is embarrassed

Ming Zhan had just ascended the throne, and summoned the four Marquises of Huaiyang to the imperial capital, and the rewards were quite generous.Anyway, Ming Zhan was never stingy when buying people's hearts.On the bright side, everyone praises His Majesty's sage.

Then, Ming Zhan made the second eye-catching action. He changed the title of Marquis of Shanren to Marquis of Shanqi.

Let's not explain Zhan's cultural level, anyway, the word "Shanqi" is not as beautiful as the word "Shanren".But the emperor's decree has been issued, and people discuss it in private for a while, and there is nothing to say.

Because now the clan doesn't have any real rights, and Marquis Shanren accepts the order obediently, and the others have nothing to say.But the emperor suddenly changed the title of Marquis Shanren, the oldest and most senior among the four princes, which made people think deeply.

The most thoughtful thing about the behavior of the emperor is Princess Jingmin, who just made a small engagement ceremony with the three girls of the Shanqihou family. , which is also normal.

Although the clan does not necessarily have high status and authority, it is valued in the bloodlines. As long as you live in peace, like a good chess prince, you will never be able to live without dignity.

Princess Jingmin appointed her son a daughter of the clan, and what she asked for was the word safe.

Now, suddenly for no reason, the emperor actually changed the title of Marquis Shanren.

Is there any meaning here?

In the aspect of interpreting the psychology of the superiors, the Celestial Dynasty has research and imagination that people of other races do not have.Don't explain Zhan's big move made by the imperial decree, even if the emperor sneezes and farts more one day, I don't know what it will be imagined?

For example, once the title of Marquis Shanren was changed, some people were secretly dissatisfied, "It's just a double word with Shanrentang, not to mention that my brother's title was named before, and it was Emperor Renzong who saw his brother's contribution in helping Taihu Lake to fight floods and disaster relief. Emperor Renzong rewarded him personally." What about it. Now you can change it if you say it, what are the rules of the ancestors?"

"My elder brother is still the uncle of the present, but he has the same name as the Empress Dowager's medicine hall. Today I will change my elder brother's title. In the future, if my title is the same as that of the Queen Mother's dog, I am afraid that I will give it up to the dog." How about Daoer!" Marquis of Linjiang blew his beard and stared dissatisfiedly.

Shan Renhou said angrily, "What are you talking about?"

After scolding his younger brother, Fang said, "Don't let me hear such words again, or the laws of the country and the family will not spare you!"

Marquis Linjiang asked urgently, "Could it be that brother just recognizes you like this?"

"Go back and study well." Marquis Shanren glanced at his brother, calmly said, "Eat more, talk less." He still dared to say such presumptuous words in the imperial capital. Their blood relationship with the direct line of the royal family is far away. What can I do?

The Marquis of Linjiang sighed, "We are both descendants of Emperor Taizong, but they are nothing more than that now."

"Brother, we don't have to worry about it, but we don't know what to do with our children and grandchildren?"

It's not just the high society in the imperial capital who pay attention to the affairs of Marquis Shanren, because Ming Zhan will write some court news in the royal newspapers, so anyone who likes to subscribe to the royal newspapers can know about this matter.

Far away in Datong, the Duke of Jin said to his son Feng Kangbao, "Your Majesty is too hasty."

Feng Kangbao said, "Your Majesty has the ambition to rise above the clouds."

The Duke of Jin sighed, "If Lingyun is not Lingyun, the Supreme Emperor is still alive, and the emperor will change the rules of the world. Alas, today's courtiers don't know how to persuade them."

Feng Kangbao obviously had a different opinion, and said, "Father, when the emperor ascended the throne, he changed the salt class. I heard that the current price of salt is only [-]% of what it used to be. The people are praising your majesty's kindness."

The Duke of Jin shook his head and sighed with a smile, "Although the common people praise His Majesty, it is not the common people that His Majesty rules the world."

Although countless people applauded the reform of the salt class, how many people in the official class really praised His Majesty's wisdom?As soon as the butt hits the dragon chair, it starts to abolish the old law and establish a new covenant. Is the prestige enough?Are the people below convinced?

Although the new emperor had some wise actions, in the view of Jin Guogong, the emperor at this time was obviously not a mature emperor.

Anyway, regardless of the different opinions, Ming Zhan still acts as his own emperor according to his own temperament.

What Ming Zhan didn't expect was that the Zhao family's counterattack against Shen Zhuoyan came so quickly.

Of course, the Zhao family did not target Shen Zhuoyan, what they wanted to get rid of was Shen Zhuoyan's biggest backer and guarantee: Governor of Huaiyang, Lin Yongshang.

Zhao Qingyi wrote a letter to the imperial court in Xiaozhong, saying that Lin Yongshang's identity was falsified and that he was not from Fujian.

As soon as this fold came out, the world was in an uproar.

Ming Zhan didn't even have a good Double Ninth Festival.

"It's really strange." Ming Zhan said to Zheng Linzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Li Pingzhou, Minister of Industry, "I checked. When Lin Yongshang took the exam, Zheng Linzhong, you were the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian. Lin Yongshang Chunwei, Lao Li, are you Examiner. What do you two think?"

No matter how loyal the two are, they can't say they are blind.

Li Pingzhou is the prime minister, so he answered first, "Your Majesty, starting from a scholar, the state examination must first be guaranteed by three people, and then to Qiuwei and Chunwei, Keke has identity verification, not to mention Mr. Lin has been an official in the court for a long time. Previously, Mr. Lin was an imperial guard. Shi, for the sake of the justice of the court and the justice of the world, he offended many people. Furthermore, Mr. Lin's nephew had an old feud with the Zhao family, which is well known to the world. Now Mr. Lin is young and holds a high position, so His Majesty has to use him. As the saying goes, Not being jealous is a mediocrity. Being framed by envy is unknown."

Zheng Linzhong took out Lin Yongshang's household registration file from his sleeve, which contained a picture of Lin Yongshang's portrait. Zheng Linzhong said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, please take a look. Although this picture is a portrait of Master Lin when he was young, the facial features are exactly the same. This picture is not a household registration picture either. The paintings were drawn by Master Lin’s hometown, and were drawn by Xiaolin’s Village in Fuzhou Prefecture, and there is no trace of forgery.” Actually, to be honest, the portraits of people these days are really not very similar.But once Lin Yongshang's incident happened, the people involved couldn't be settled by just one or two people?The emperor first mentioned the two ministers, Zheng Linzhong was the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian at that time, and this kind of thing happened under his rule, so he had to have something to answer.

Li Pingzhou is quite confident in his beloved disciple, he said directly, "Your Majesty, Fan Linxi died of illness in prison, and his family was sent to the Northwest as slaves, and all the slaves have brand marks on them. This matter, if it is simple, is extremely It's simple, you can know it once you test it. It's just Governor Lin Yongshang who suffered such a big humiliation, and I really can't bear it."

Although Li Pingzhou couldn't bear it, Zhao Qingyi's memorial said: If there is any falsehood, I am willing to admit the crime of defamation.

If there is no basis for this, how dare the Zhao family sue the governor of a province, a celebrity in the imperial court?Even if you want to avenge your father, you can't give up your life.Therefore, many people also suspect that Lin Yongshang's background may indeed be a hindrance.

There were quite a few people watching the excitement, and someone immediately proposed to call Lin Yongshang back to the imperial capital to defend himself, and to suspend Shen Zhuoyan's assignment as the editor-in-chief of the royal newspaper.

Ming Zhan said indifferently, "How can the governor of a province leave his post lightly? Shen Zhuo said that there is no official or job, and it is the duty of a scholar to write a few articles. Moreover, even if Lin Yongshang is guilty, they are only nephews and uncles, and they cannot be implicated. Shen Zhuo said."

See friendship in times of trouble.

Although Wei Ziyao has no abilities and is despised by others because of his playful nature, he is not bad in the imperial capital.The reason is that this man is righteous.

At this time, the person who usually approached Shen Zhuoyan to get close to him disappeared overnight.Seeing Lin Yongshang's downfall, everyone wished they could draw a clear line with Shen Zhuoyan, and wished they could take a detour when they saw him.

On the contrary, Wei Ziyao deliberately comforted Shen Zhuoyan, "Don't worry, people love to spread nonsense about things that don't show up, like a bitch."

He also specially went to Ming Zhan to say good things for Shen Zhuoyan, to the effect that, "I have only heard that rumors can be used to prosecute things, but I have never heard rumors that people can be convicted. The matter of Lord Lin has nothing to do with Shen Zhuoyan. Your Majesty, how can you do this?" Sheng Ming and martial arts, Xiao Shen is really hardworking for your newspaper. You say, I am a playboy, what do I know? Big things depend on Shen Zhuo's words. At this time, Xiao Shen is very difficult. If you take his post , I won’t do it either.”

O man, who has nothing to redeem.Although Wei Ziyao's actions are vulgar and lack of strategy, they show his true temperament.No wonder Wei Yingjia clings to Wei Ziyao so stubbornly?

Wu Wan also sent someone to send things to Shen Zhuoyan a few times, but Shen Zhuoyan didn't have anything to do with herself, she was just worried about her uncle who was far away in Huaiyang.

Huaiyang.

It stands to reason that whenever an incumbent official is impeached, the imperial court will send a copy of the impeachment to the official, and then the official will defend himself.

After Lin Yongshang received the memorial from Zhao's family, he sat quietly in the study for half an hour.

Then, Fan Wei and Feng Zhi were called.Although these two people are not high-ranking officials, they have been busy with Lin Yongshang in the painting of the reform of the salt class.The reform of the salt class is also what Lin Yongshang has been most concerned about since he succeeded the governor of Huaiyang.

It is rare that although Fan and Feng are servants of the dragon, they have never fought for merit in Huaiyang, and they cooperated well with Lin Yongshang.Although Lin Yongshang is honest and self-confident, he is not pedantic, and he is quite capable of buying people's hearts.Therefore, the three get along really well.

"Now that I am being impeached, I have to defend myself, and I have to wait for the court's order." Lin Yongshang was calm and poised, "In the future, the matter of the salt class will depend on the two of you."

How dare Fan Wei take it lightly, and hurriedly said, "My lord, the pure is from the turbid, and the turbid is from the turbid. My lord is in the first rank of the imperial court, and has contributed to the court and society for many years. Your majesty also has a lot of trust in your lord, and you will definitely not sit idly by Wrong for the traitor."

Feng Zhi also said, "That's right, don't take this kind of nonsense, my lord."

Lin Yongshang waved his hand and said with a smile, "Since I came prepared, this matter will not be resolved easily. Maybe I need to go back to the imperial capital to defend myself. You have been with me for so long, and I believe in acting on character. In the past six months, the reform of the salt class has been carried out for the most part, and it will be fully reformed in a few months. This is the hard work of the three of us. I let you take over. , you can't work hard in vain."

"The emperor sent you to Huaiyang because he wanted you to make meritorious deeds and be promoted and nurtured by you. Moreover, such meritorious deeds are different from ordinary ones. After many years, they must be recorded in the history books." After working so hard for so long, I arrived in Huaiyang with high ambitions. After a lot of hard work and such achievements, Lin Yongshang gave in as he said, which can be called a manly spirit.Lin Yongshang sighed with a smile, "If you refuse all the way, some people want to take over this hot cake. It is both reasonable and holy to entrust this matter to you."

"What's more, the reform of the salt class has already started, and it will not be interrupted because of someone's departure." Lin Yongshang said, "If someone else comes to pick up our ready-made bargains, I really don't like it."

When Lin Yongshang's words reached this point, Fan Wei also sighed a little bit in his heart, "I am willing to guarantee the money for my lord."

"That's not necessary." Lin Yongshang smiled firmly, "I have been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and I have gone through so many storms. This is really not a big deal." Lin Yongshang knew very well that Fan Feng belonged to Ming Zhan people.At this time, unless the emperor asked Fan Feng secretly, it would not be a good choice for Fan Feng to protect him.

Although Lin Yongshang said it easily, Fan Wei didn't believe it all.If nothing happened, Lin Yongshang would never have handed over the salt lesson to him and Feng Zhi so happily.

It is no problem for Lin Yongshang to be the governor of Huaiyang.

He has a close relationship with Fan Feng, and Fan Feng is valued by the emperor, if there is no accident, he will be the emperor's arm in the future.

At this time, it seemed that he could no longer hold the thing in his hand. Instead of letting others take advantage of it, it was better for Lin Yongshang to make a favor.If we meet in the future, if we are lucky, there will still be some incense.

Xu Yingyu was almost devastated. She had just bought the medicinal materials for Lin Yongshang and stored them up secretly, and then Lin Yongshang was ginsenged.This is not a trivial matter, although Zhao Qingyi's memorial seems to Xu Yingyu to be a bit of nonsense, but what if it is true?

Flies don't bite seamless eggs yet.

This is not a matter of corruption, it is about origin.If it is true, Lin Yongshang is the offender, and the Fan family committed a crime and their home was ransacked, and no emperor came to pardon the Fan family.Up to now, the descendants of the Fan family are still slaves.

If Lin Yongshang were to fall, Shen Zhuoyan would be the first to suffer, and Xu Yingyu would be the second.

Thinking about the herbs in her hands, Xu Yingyu was really worried.

Xu Yingyu didn't avoid suspicion anymore, and hurried to find Lin Yongshang.

Lin Yongshang seemed to be in a good mood. He was still playing the piano in the yard, and his piano skills were quite extraordinary.Looking from a distance, Xu Yingyu saw Lin Yongshang, who was dressed in long clothes and wide sleeves, and was a handsome figure.

Thinking about it this way, Xu Yingyu felt that Lin Yongshang really didn't come from an ordinary farming family.

Xu Yingyu used to hear her father talk about it. When talking about the young talents in the court, she often mentioned Lin Yongshang.This person came from a poor family, but he is quite talented, and he has leapt to a high position at a young age.Speaking of which, Lin Yongshang won the trust of the emperors of the two dynasties, and he is indeed a capable person.

The Supreme Emperor liked him, and Lin Yongshang went from an ordinary Hanlin to a fifth-rank censor, to Zuodu censor, and then moved to Lifanyuan Shangshu.After the new emperor ascended the throne, some old officials were not as lucky as him, and they directly released the first-rank governor. If Huaiyang went well in three years, Lin Yongshang was afraid that Lin Yongshang would join the cabinet before he reached the age of forty.

Xu San was envious of this kind of promotion path, let alone others.

After Leshan reported, Xu Yingyu was invited to come over.

Lin Yongshang smiled and invited Xu Yingyu to drink tea in the room. Xu Yingyu didn't want to drink tea, so she just took a sip and put on a show.Seeing that Le Shan had retreated and there was no one else in the room, Xu Yingyu put down the teacup and asked in a low voice, "Is it true?"

"Of course it's nonsense." Lin Yongshang smiled softly, making his brows a little brighter.

Xu Yingyu's heart tightened suddenly, and she sighed sadly, "I know it's true." Of course, Xu Yingyu said so without any evidence.But it's strange that sometimes a woman's intuition is closer to the truth than any evidence.

Lin Yongshang smiled slightly, without revealing anything, and reminded in a low voice, "Master Xu, you can't talk nonsense."

"This matter is simple and simple. Anyone who commits a crime as a slave has brand marks on his body. You can know it once you test it." Xu Yingyu sighed softly, "You are in the first rank, and the court will not sit back and watch you be wronged, but your position , how many people are staring and jealous, wishing that something happened to you. This matter is not trivial, it concerns the foundation of your life, and the imperial court will not fail to investigate."

Lin Yongshang showed a helpless look, "Master Xu, where did you come from?" The innocence on that face, no matter how sharp your eyes are, you can't see half of it.

Xu Yingyu has always been self-confident, but Lin Yongshang's expression made her doubt herself a little.However, Lin Yongshang was not alone in this matter. Xu Yingyu had her own way. She was mentally prepared before she came, and said directly, "Take off your clothes and show me, so I can feel at ease."

Lin Yongshang was startled, and the teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground. He quickly put the teacup on the table and waved his hand, "How did this happen? Unmarried men and women are unmarried." This woman is crazy!Having said that, Lin Yongshang glanced at Xu Yingyu cautiously, for fear that Xu Yingyu would make another unexpected move.

Xu Yingyu calmly said, "It doesn't matter. If you don't have slave marks on your body, I'll take a look and you won't lose anything. If you do, you'll be dead sooner or later, and I won't lose anything."

Lin Yongshang had never seen a woman like Xu Yingyu again, and he was terribly worried, "Oh, Master Xu, please stop joking with me. If Prime Minister Xu finds out, I'm done." If you offend Xu San at this time, , Don't you think you are too slow to die?

"Don't take it off now, when someone from the court will come to check your body in the future, do you want to take it off?" Xu Yingyu asked Lin Yongshang without the shyness of a woman at all.

What a woman!Is there anyone who talks like this?Lin Yongshang said angrily, "Even if I take it off, I can't take it off in front of women."

Xu Yingyu got up gracefully, forced her to Lin Yongshang, and said lightly, "Then I can only offend Master Lin!"

There is an old saying that when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to explain why.

Of course, this sentence is not simply about the matter between scholars and soldiers. It also has another meaning that when gentleness meets violence, it is often at a disadvantage.Although human civilization continues to progress, at the most critical moment, what plays a key role is often not the civilization that human beings are proud of, but the atrocities of human nature!

Lin Yongshang thought he was quite capable, but he didn't expect that he would fall into the hands of a woman.

However, no one told him that Xu Yingyu still had some work to do.I don't know how Xu Yingyu pulled and pulled, and then chopped Lin Yongshang's neck with a knife.The woman's strength is limited, and she didn't knock Lin Yongshang out all at once, but Xu Yingyu was efficient, she struck three times in a row, and landed on the same place precisely.Lin Yongshang didn't even have time to call for help, he rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.

The whole action was completed in just a moment, and Lin Yongshang rolled his eyes directly.Later, Lin Yongshang commented on Xu Yingyu's three moves and two moves, which were only enough to deal with a weak scholar like him.

Lin Yongshang is a big man, even if he looks thin on weekdays, he still has some weight.Xu Yingyu could only half-support and half-hug Lin Yongshang to the ground slowly. It was the first time Xu Yingyu did such a thing. She was born as a lady. She felt that she might be crazy. His chest popped out, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

At this time, Xu Yingyu didn't want to listen to Lin Yongshang's sharp tongue anymore. She had to get the most accurate information before she could prepare early!

In fact, it is impossible for the slave mark to be slapped on the buttocks, usually directly on the shoulders.

Trying her best to control her trembling hands, she took off Lin Yongshang's clothes, only to see a hideous mark on his left shoulder, and Xu Yingyu's heart sank suddenly.