The emperor is embarrassed

"who are you?"

Liu Ying's heart almost didn't jump out of his mouth. At this time, his first reaction was that Li Fang came to seek revenge and wait for an opportunity to retaliate.However, after a closer look, Liu Ying knew that she was wrong.

There was no lamp in the room, and this dazed black figure did not look like Li Fang in terms of body shape.

When he came, he brought enough guards. The room he lived in should have been carefully checked by his guards in terms of safety.Now, what about people?Thinking of this, Liu Ying suddenly let out a scream.

Afraid, of course.It's just that more important than fear is that he has to call for help.

In fact, Liu Ying's exclamation was extremely short, but when he was awake, his thoughts were still at the moment of the exclamation.

With a scream, Liu Ying opened her eyes.This was the first time he saw Xue Shaoliang, and Liu Ying immediately thought that his eyes were delusional. He was startled, and quickly sat up from the bed, hugging the quilt, and asked in great surprise, "Girl, what are you doing?" Why are you in my room?"

People's thinking actually has great limitations. For example, seeing Xue Shaoliang's beauty, Liu Ying's first reaction was to call her a "girl". This shows that to a certain extent, because of Xue Shaoliang's appearance, let her Liu Ying subconsciously denied the possibility of Xue Shaoliang being an "assassin".

How incredible, but this is the magic of beauty.

Xue Shaoliang's eyebrows were slightly calm, and he thought, this official is not stupid, is he?

Xue Shaoliang actually has a good temper, why can he keep a straight face for a long time when he is fine, it is because he is beautiful since he was a child, and others will always praise him for his beauty.Extreme things will turn back, Xue Shaoliang hates others to praise his appearance the most in his life, and hates others to mistake him for a woman.

If Liu Ying didn't know a little about martial arts and just woke up from a fright, Xue Shaoliang would have given him some flair.At this moment, Xue Shaoliang didn't want to deal with this stupid official who didn't distinguish between men and women, so after guarding Liu Ying all night, Xue Shaoliang lifted his leg and walked out.

Liu Ying had just woken up, but her mind was not too clear, especially when she only saw Xue Shaoliang's face, it was easy to be misunderstood.At this time, looking at Xue Shaoliang's figure and attire, Liu Ying also understood that she was making a joke.Now there are no guards in this room, only Xue Shaoliang guards, Liu Ying hurriedly called out, "Brother, you were abrupt earlier, can you wait for a while."

"I'm outside, you should get up first." From Xue Shaoliang's point of view, a useless scholar refers to someone like Liu Ying. Not only can't carry his shoulders, he can't lift his hands, and he's even less courageous. He slept all night. Still afraid of what happened yesterday.What's more, like Liu Ying, whose eyes are so lame that he can't tell the difference between men and women, he is just a waste.

Xue Shaoliang went out without stopping.

Liu Ying still had some pain in her neck, but the current matter was not about her neck. After Liu Ying got dressed, his servant Chang'an came in with a warm water cloth towel, tooth powder and toothbrush.

After washing up, Liu Ying asked, "Who is in my room?"

Chang An reported, "Master, that's Mr. Xue, the imperial guard from the imperial capital. Mr. Xue caught a thief and took him to Hangcheng. As a result, the thief hid in Mr.'s house and almost hurt Mr. Xue's life. Mr. Xue saved him." Uncle, it was so unstable yesterday, the little one was really worried, so I begged Master Xue to guard the adults in the house all night, and the little one kept watch outside, as expected, nothing happened again."

Liu Ying didn't ask any more questions, Chang'an said, "Master, breakfast is ready, do you want to spread it earlier?"

Liu Ying nodded and ordered, "You go and ask Mr. Xue to come over and share breakfast with me."

"Yes."

Liu Ying is really grateful to Xue Shaoliang, not to mention anything else, since Xue Shaoliang is a person in front of the imperial court, even if his rank is not as high as him, it is different after all.In the end, they really guarded him all night.

Hearing that Liu Ying wanted to invite him to dinner, Xue Shaoliang was not very happy to go, Chang An said, "My lord is very grateful to Mr. Xue. Since Mr. Xue doesn't want to go over, it's the same if I invite my lord to come over."

Such a tricky boy, Xue Shaoliang took his own sword and had to go to have breakfast with Liu Ying.

Liu Ying expressed her gratitude first, and then invited Xue Shaoliang to dinner. During this time, she couldn't help but inquire about Xue Shaoliang's errand, for example, "Master Xue's errand can be done? What kind of villain is that? It scared me a lot." Jump?"

Xue Shaoliang held a piece of cold lotus root slices with chopsticks expressionlessly, and said lightly, "This matter is confidential, and I have no comment."

Liu Ying smiled, "I'm sorry, but I was rude."

"Master Xue, if you need my assistance, you are welcome."

Xue Shaoliang took a look at Liu Ying. Although he didn't speak, the meaning was very clear: what can you do to help.

Liu Ying held her breath in her heart, thinking, she didn't know how to praise her, she was really blind for nothing.He simply stopped talking to Xue Shaoliang and started eating.

Xue Shaoliang was not happy to deal with people in the officialdom, so he went back to his room after breakfast to exercise his skills and adjust his breath.Hearing that Liu Ying woke up, Jiang Wen'an came to visit Liu Ying, sighed and sighed, "Yesterday was really dangerous. We heard Lord Liu calling for help. When we rushed over, that Lord Xue had already entered the door and killed the assassin. head. If Mr. Xue hadn’t arrived in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.”

Liu Ying touched her sore neck unconsciously, and said with a smile, "Yes, thanks to Mr. Xue." Maybe it was Xue Shaoliang who chased the assassin into her room, or how could it be such a coincidence?After learning about Xue Shaoliang's temperament, Liu Ying's gratitude to Xue Shaoliang dropped greatly.

"I wonder if there is any letter from Governor Zhang?"

Jiang Wen'an sighed, "According to the investigation, the only son of Prefect Feng disappeared three days ago. Those words that slandered Mr. Liu were probably forced by Prefect Feng."

"Before, I only heard that there is Suzhou and Hangzhou under heaven." Before I came here, I never expected that the chaos in Hangzhou has come to this point." Jiang Wen'an glanced at Liu Ying, and said calmly.

Now that the ins and outs have not been investigated clearly, Jiang Wen'an first said that if the chaos in Hangzhou has reached this point, it seems that he intends to attack Hangzhou.Liu Ying said lightly, "Yes, we encountered two assassinations on the first day, and there must be an explanation in Hangzhou."

Jiang Wen'an said again, "Let me tell you, since His Majesty only ordered us to investigate Governor Shao's matter, and we just keep the book on other matters, we still have to put Governor Shao's matter first."

"What Master Jiang said is true." Liu Ying didn't object, he just didn't understand why Jiang Wen'an made such a mess of Zhejiang and Fujian officials.

Xue Shaoliang rested for a day, said goodbye to Liu Ying early, and prepared to return to the imperial capital to return to his command.

At any rate, he was kind to her for saving her life, so Liu Ying prepared some soil and objects for Xue Shaoliang as a parting gift, which meant a lot.Xue Shaoliang waved his hand, "I can't bring these." Taking a look at Liu Ying, it was really useless, and he didn't even know how to prepare things.He directly took a load of dry food and beef to eat on the road, and left with his subordinates.

Although Xue Shaoliang seldom talks, his eyes are very flexible. He can see all the meanings in his eyes, and a quick-witted person can understand it at a glance.What's more, Liu Ying is not stupid, so she can clearly see the contempt in Xue Shaoliang's eyes.

Seeing Xue Shaoliang and his party galloping away, Liu Ying raised his left hand and hit his right hand twice, and the blow was so heavy that he immediately became red.Chang An asked in surprise, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Ying glanced at Chang'an, what's wrong?Lao Tzu is a cheap hand, so I prepare extra souvenirs for the surname Xue?A boy who doesn't know good and bad, blinded that pretty face for nothing.

Liu Ying turned around full of depression and prepared to deal with Shao Chunxiao's case.

imperial capital.

Xue Shaoliang brought back only one head.

The weather is hot, some are rotten, and the sour smell is unspeakable.

Ming Zhan felt disgusted, so he didn't look at it himself, and asked Ruan Hongfei to take a look.Ruan Hongfei went out for a while, and said to Ming Zhan, "It's Feng Zhe, that's right."

Ming Zhan was very pleased that Xue Shaoliang was so capable, he curled his lips and said in disdain, "Still playing with me as a double, it's all left over from my playing, hehe." At that time, under Ming Qi's arrangement, Shanqi Hou is dead, but Feng Zhe, who died with Hou Shanqi, is a Xibei.If it wasn't for Xue Shaoliang's cleverness and leading people to follow him for thousands of miles, Feng Zhe was not taken down until Hangzhou.I didn't want to, but because of Liu Ying, I couldn't capture Feng Zhe alive.

"Shao Liang, is Liu Ying okay?"

Xue Shaoliang shook his head, "There is no danger, Master Liu is safe and sound."

"You've worked hard." Ming Zhan said, "You will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the guards who follow you will be rewarded with 500 taels each, and there will be a six-day holiday, and you can listen to them when you come back." Ming Zhan is not indifferent to his useful subordinates up.

Xue Shaoliang took the order and went home to rest.

As soon as Xue Shaoliang left, Ming Zhan started wandering around the room, and said to Ruan Hongfei, "Shao Chunxiao's resignation is imminent, and the new governor of Zhejiang and Fujian is really hard to choose."

Ruan Hongfei ignored Ming Zhan's words. In Ruan Hongfei's opinion, there is no more difficult lover than Ming Zhan.I am born with a narrow mind, but there are too many narrow minds.One at a time, one at a time, you mind his business, he may suspect that you have another purpose, you don't care, he thinks you don't care enough about him.

Ruan Hongfei was very familiar with Ming Zhan's dark heart.

Therefore, Ruan Hongfei would not interfere easily with the affairs of the court.

After turning around for a while, Ming Zhan sat beside Ruan Hongfei, beat his calf and said, "From now on, I will not set up the post of governor of Zhejiang and Fujian."

Ruan Hongfei raised his eyebrows and listened, Ming Zhan said, "Split Zhejiang and Fujian apart, and only have a governor, not a governor."

"If it's divided into two places, I'm afraid there will be troubles when planning the southeast sea area in the future." Ruan Hongfei said.

Ming Zhan waved his hand, "Actually, the biggest trouble in the southeast sea area has been avoided. Feng Jingming won't be able to regain his vitality in a short time. As for the southeast sea area, set up the southeast military region to coordinate armaments. The governor only cares about government affairs and people's livelihood. Can."

"You have to pay attention to military power and don't over-centralize it in anyone's hands."

Ming Zhan smiled, "Only during the war, there will be a general who will coordinate the coastal naval equipment. Usually, it is like today. Let's go to their own." It's like the title of Marshal of the Army and Horses. Only then, in the peaceful days, which king would sit back and watch his subjects control the military power in the world?

Having made up his mind, Ming Zhan began to summon the officials who had returned to the imperial capital after ten years.

This time is also the busiest time in the imperial capital.

Running official, running official, what is running official?

In fact, except for a few governors and governors who are ordered by His Majesty, most of the other official positions are recommended by the Ministry of Officials.There are too many tricks here.Many officials who wanted to go further, since they returned to the imperial capital, although they could not be seen immediately, the bureaucrats came in and out frequently, and they probably couldn't spend a lot of money, especially this year.

It's not that the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department is timid and dare not collect money or something.Master Shangshu really understands too well that it is not a simple person who can achieve the position of Shangshu. Your Majesty has set up the Secretary of Integrity, so why did you come here?

Not to mention those who are at the first level of Shangshu, even those who can hang out on the streets of the imperial capital must understand that His Majesty intends to clean up the officials.

The country wants to crack down on pornography and illegal activities. If you don't bow your head to be a human being, if you come out like a demon moth, you will be bored and crooked.

Therefore, the officials who returned to the imperial capital this year felt especially, why is it so difficult to send this money?

Since it was not possible to send money, everyone started to follow the route of favor.

At this time, it depends on who has a stronger network of relationships. People from the same country, same family, same surname, and colleagues, anyway, regardless of whether it is worth it or not, you have to burn more incense to achieve a positive result.

Of course, there are also officials who like him, knowing that His Majesty has practiced frugality since he took the throne, and he likes honest people the most.The Ministry of Officials also deliberately selected a few officials with particularly good reputations for integrity, and deliberately recommended them to the court.

For example, there is Cai Chengying, the magistrate of Changzhou in Huaiyang.Born from a poor family, he has no family background and is extremely clean. Because he has to support his two younger brothers to study and pay for his family's family, he can't even afford meat all the year round.The old mother was so greedy, Cai Chengying went to buy two catties of meat for the old mother to eat, but the house was empty of rice and food, but he was quite hungry, and it took three days to get his salary.How could the children in the family bear it? My wife had just given birth and didn't even have a sip of the broth. She was going to starve along with her, and there was no milk. As a result, the newborn child died of malnutrition.The wife reconciled with Cai Chengying in a rage, and was condemned by the world.

Cai Chengying, on the other hand, has been praised by the world for having the virtue of "buying the son and serving the mother".

The newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials praised Cai Chengying as a model. For the sake of his mother starving to death of his son, the courtiers wished to write Cai Chengying as No. 20 Five Filial Piety.Ming Zhan was really annoyed by what he heard, and when he summoned him in private, he asked Cai Chengying, "Seeing that you are not young, how old is your brother?"

"Return to Your Majesty's words." Cai Chengying was still a little nervous when he saw His Majesty for the first time, and his words trembled, "Chen, my second brother27, third brother25."

"At this age, you should already have a family."

"Yes."

"When a man is twenty and crowned, a weak crown is an adult. A man should be independent when he is an adult. As a younger brother, he is married and has children, and he still just eats and drinks next to his elder brother. What's the reason?" Ming Zhan said, "Before I thought, It’s not easy for you to be an official, and your salaries have all increased. What’s more, the court never defaults on your salaries, you are a fifth-rank magistrate, although the money, gold slaves and silver maidservants are a bit expensive, but you can live a good life if you work hard to manage your family.”

"Maybe your brothers all have the ambition to rise to the top of the clouds, but you have to live first before you can talk about fame. At the beginning, Lin Yongshang came to the emperor's capital to take the exam, and he didn't have enough money. He still sold chicken soup for a few days to make up for the expenses. And, I heard that, Before becoming a Jinshi, Lin Yongshang was in Fujian, not only had to support his family, but also studied hard to prepare for fame. In this way, it did not delay Lin Yongshang's success." Ming Zhan leaned on the dragon chair and sighed, "Man, when you become an adult, After getting married, those who are not famous for their fame should at least support their wives and children first.”

Seeing that His Majesty was quite dissatisfied with the two younger brothers, Cai Chengying hastily argued, "Your Majesty, I, I am voluntary."

Ming Zhan waved his hand, "I know you did it voluntarily. What I said is just my own opinion. If the family has a lot of money, it's fine if you don't need a little profit from you. Like Mr. Cai, your family is already rich. You are not rich, there are so many mouths in your family, and more than a dozen mouths are counting on your salary to live, so that you have no money to buy rice for cooking."

"I can't say much about your own family affairs. However, I have to say something. You are so stupid. It's just some rice money. Who can you borrow a few taels from? As for making your wife and children hungry?" Ming Zhan Said, "Your wife just gave birth to a child, and she should have taken care of her during the confinement period. It's better for you to starve your wife and son."

"There is a folk saying that when you marry a man, you wear clothes and eat. Alas, it's not for nothing that people reconcile with you." Ming Zhan saw Cai Chengying's face turned gray, and hurriedly changed his voice and smiled. "Speaking of which, I also appreciate your filial piety to your mother, and admire your filial piety even more. Nowadays, people keep saying the word filial piety on their lips. There are really too few people who can really do what you do. .”

Whether Cai Chengying is pedantic or not able to turn his head, this kind of person who can do things to the extreme is often a type of person with great faith in his heart.In this era, the emperor is regarded as a god.Cai Chengying's heart may not feel good when his wife dies. If Ming Zhan speaks too much, it will destroy Cai Chengying's sage-like belief.It is estimated that Cai Chengying can find a rope and hang himself when he returns home, so the gain outweighs the loss.

This person is pitiful and deplorable, but it is not useless, Ming Zhan rounded up the words in time, and after a turning point, Cai Chengying's complexion really improved a lot.

Ming Zhan said softly, "I like your temperament. Now that the foreign appointment is full, you should come back. Now, there is no shortage of talents like you around me."

Cai Chengying was already full of ambition, and respectfully said, "I wish I could smash myself to pieces to repay the favor of the king!"

"Okay, how about this, you go back to Yushitai temporarily to work." Ming Zhan said softly, "If there is any injustice in the emperor, or if you need to improve, just tell me. I hope that with your help, you can make people feel better." The people will live a better life."

Cai Chengying quickly agreed.

Although the censor is also a fifth-rank official, how can it be compared to a parent with official power in his hands.But looking at what Cai Chengying has done, it is clear that this person is not based on the generation of profiteering.Moreover, Lin Yongshang, who is also of the clean and honest school, can be soft, hard, bend, and stretch, and his methods are fierce and extraordinary. Compared with Lin Yongshang, Cai Chengying is really heaven and earth.

Cai Chengying's temperament is not suitable for continuing to serve as a parent official.

Ming Zhan then summoned the second upright official, the magistrate of Baoding, Wang Yunshan.

As soon as Wang Yunshan stepped into the gate of Xuande Hall with one leg, He Yu hurried over and whispered something in Ming Zhan's ear.Ming Zhan's complexion changed drastically, and he waved his hand, "Tell them, I'm tired, and I'll talk about what your majesty sees tomorrow."

Wang Yunshan had to take back his foot that had just landed, and quietly retreated with those colleagues whom Hou Zhimai met.

Not long after, Prince Shen came tremblingly at his age.Ming Zhan had already learned the general reason of the matter from He Yu, and he was in a very bad mood. He asked Prince Shen, "Since I ascended the throne, I have treated the clan with courtesy. The matter between Shan Qihou and Feng Zhe was an accident. Now Fortunately, 800 years have passed, and the girl from Shanqihou's mansion came out to complain. I am young and not as knowledgeable as the old prince, and I have never seen such a strange thing."

"Your Majesty, since the funeral of Shanqihou and his son was less than 800 days old, His Majesty exaggerated the words of [-] years." Prince Shen said slowly.

Ming Zhan is just upset, and has no sense of humor, "Okay, I have been ashes for 800 years, and I don't have the ability to sit here and talk to you."

Prince Shen sighed, "I'm getting old, I'm too lazy to say those irrelevant lies. I'm telling you the truth. I think it's very suspicious that Shanqihou and his son died in the hunting ground of Zhennan Prince's Mansion by mistake. I came to the hunting ground to hunt. , there may be accidental injuries by guards, very few courtiers accidentally injured, not to mention the death of both father and son of Shanqihou, it seems too coincidental."

Ming Zhan said with a serious face, "The Supreme Emperor is also in Yungui, and the Supreme Emperor must know this matter better than anyone else."

"Your Majesty, although these words do not please His Majesty, I still have to say them." Prince Shen said in a deep voice, "Shan Qihou is a clan relative, and it is not wise to punish him if he is guilty. He insisted that he had received a letter from Feng Zhe, which clearly stated that Princess Ning Guo had the intention of murdering their father and son. The minister had already detained the girl who complained in the clan mansion, but I heard that before the girl came to the clan mansion, the imperial clan, Everyone who can go has gone. Your Majesty has to give the old minister an idea on how to deal with that girl now."

"What does the old prince mean?" Ming Zhan asked.

"Your Majesty, if the Supreme Emperor wants to return to the imperial capital, it is better to wait until the Supreme Emperor returns to the imperial capital." Prince Shen said.

Ming Zhan snorted coldly, "Take a good look at people, if you accidentally die, I only ask you."

Prince Shen took Ming Zhan's order and retired respectfully.

Ming Zhan slapped the table angrily, and said angrily, "Bastard!"

Ming Zhan thinks that the matter of Shanqihou's mansion has come to an end.

But he didn't expect that the Shanqihou's mansion would really produce talented people, and if the men were not enough, there would be women on the stage. The granddaughter of Shanqihou, the one who was engaged to Princess Jingmin's family before, was named Feng Baozhu.They actually made some kind of bullshit letter, saying that Feng Zhe entrusted someone to bring it back from Yunnan and Guizhou after a near-death experience, and there were many descriptions of Feng Zhe's worrisome situation in it.There is even a sentence: I see that Her Royal Highness Princess Chang has made up her mind, and she will use swords and swords in the near future.My body is not enough to regret, thinking of my father's suffering, I can't help crying, but I can't help it.

Therefore, Feng Baozhu believed that the grandfather and uncle of the family all died at the hands of Princess Ning, not the official conclusion of the Zhennan Palace, that they died of accidental injuries in the hunting ground or something.

In fact, as Prince Shen said, many people have suspected the cause of death of Shan Qihou and his son.

However, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion was clean, and Ming Zhan hated the good chess master from the bottom of his heart, so everyone passed by with a blind eye.Even Ming Zhan thinks that the case of Shanqihou's Mansion is already over.

But he didn't want to jump out of Feng Baozhu's testimony and call for injustice at this time.

Moreover, this girl Feng Baozhu is quite talented, so she directly said in the clan mansion, "Princess Ningguo was already dissatisfied with the fact that her grandfather respectfully invited the Supreme Emperor back to the imperial capital, and she thought that the return of the Supreme Emperor would have a negative impact on His Majesty's governance. Quite a lot. Because of this, killing and resentment is not enough to be blamed, and I have a letter written by my uncle as proof. Furthermore, I am not redressing my grievances alone. Princess Taichang had a stroke, Princess Shuyuan was imprisoned, Marquis of Zhongyi lost his life, and my grandfather and uncle lost their lives. I dare not say anything else. These things are right in front of me. To avenge my grandfather and uncle, I also want to earn a living for the other joint uncles!"

There is nothing more deceptive than this!

Of course, Feng Baozhu said this not only to Prince Shen in the Clan Mansion, but also to almost all the families she visited.When Ming Zhan heard these words, no one in the capital knew about it.

Ming Zhan said to Ruan Hongfei, "It seems that they insist on asking Uncle Huang to return to the emperor."