The Lin family of the Red Chamber has a son

The two memorials are about the same thing, but the content is very different.

At the end of June, Jinling was flooded.According to the prefect of Jinling, since the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the area around Jinling has been rainy and rainy, but fortunately it has not yet become a disaster.But in June, heavy rains continued, and the deepest water in Jinling City was three or four feet, even the Gongyuan next to the Confucius Temple, which was also flooded.The shallowest part of the water is one foot deep, and most of the people were forced to move their families to the mountains.Judging from this, the disaster was actually very serious.

But another memorial is the exact opposite.Jinling does have floods, but it is far from such a serious place.Lin Yan had a heart, and when he received the memorial, he saw that the second letter was a secret one, and the bottom was not signed, presumably it was secretly collected and used by the emperor just like his father Lin Ruhai back then.

Situ Jun was so angry that his face was full of clouds, "Huh! Everyone looked away from me, and he became the emperor of the land himself! I have never encountered such a natural disaster in the few years since I was enthroned, and I was worried about it before. Anxiety, fear is caused by my improper administration. Who knows, it is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster!"

Lin Yan's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he already had a solid foundation in his heart - Jinling is the place where the old officials of the court occupy.This is where the Taizu started the incident.I remember when I visited the Red Mansion earlier, the so-called four families of King Xue of Jia Shi were all from Jinling.However, Jinling is not just these four families, the Zhen family is not weaker than any of these four families.

If it is said that among the four major families, only Prince Teng of the Wang family has a place in the court, and the rest are just relying on the protection of their ancestors, then the Zhen family has talents from several generations.Especially when the Supreme Emperor succeeds to the throne, the Zhen family has made great contributions to supporting him. As I said earlier, the noble concubine who is favored in the palace comes from a side branch of the Zhen family.

The Zhen family...

Lin Yan looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose. His eyes fell on his toes, and he only bent down to listen to the emperor's anger.

When Situ Jun mentioned the point of anger, he slapped the imperial case heavily with his hand, only to make the bowl carved from white jade squeak slightly.

"Lin Yan! What do you think about this matter?"

Lin Yan thought for a while, then bowed and replied, "Returning to the emperor, as far as I can see, the two memorials say that although they are the same thing, there are many secrets hidden in it."

Situ Jun laughed back angrily, "Nonsense! Say what you think in your heart, this is not a grand court meeting, just speak up when you have something to say."

Lin Yan smiled slightly, "I ask the emperor to forgive me for my innocence, so that I dare to say so."

Situ Jun raised his eyebrows, "Say it."

"As far as I can see, since the prefect of Jinling reported serious flooding, so my place in Longxing in the dynasty suffered from this natural disaster, the emperor...should issue an imperial edict to punish himself."

Situ Lan was startled when he heard it, and quickly stopped talking: "Zifei, don't talk nonsense!"

However, Situ Jun frowned, looked at Lin Yan with a clear look, and motioned to Situ Lan: "Old Jiu, don't interrupt, let him talk!"

Situ Lan and Lin Yan were given two more seats. Situ Lan hesitated to take a seat, but kept glancing at Lin Yan.

Lin Yan smiled reassuringly at him, then looked at Situ Jun, bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, according to the Jinling magistrate's play, Jinling City will be flooded after June enters. The second memorial says that although there is a flood, the depth will not Yingchi. The gap between the two is too great. If the second memorial is true, how could the prefect of Jinling have the courage to deceive the emperor? Didn't he ever think that other than him, There are still officials in Jinling who can tell the truth to the sage? If you think about it and still be like this, you can only say that this is the consensus of all officials in Jinling."

Having said this, he deliberately paused, and sure enough, Situ Jun's expression changed.

He continued: "A small Jinling magistrate would never have such courage. What I said is hidden, and that's it. But I thought that since the report was published with great fanfare, if the emperor reprimanded him at this time, it would seem to be inappropriate. The people are not kind enough. If this is the case, the emperor will tell the world of his sin..."

"Okay!" Before he finished speaking, Situ Jun had already attacked the case, "Good idea!"

He was furious before, but he never expected that someone would dare to be so bold and blatantly bully the emperor.If it wasn't for the hidden thread that he buried, he would have been kept in the dark for a long time.In his anger, he didn't have time to think about it, but Lin Yan looked gentle, but his heart was full of bad water.

The edict of guilt is just an introduction. The next step is to order officials in Jinling to conduct self-examination and mutual investigation.

He had long intended to rectify the administration of officials in the south of the Yangtze River, but due to the fact that the Supreme Emperor was still alive and had no suitable excuses, he did not move.Now it seems that someone handed the handle of the knife to him, and he just waited for him to accept it.

Looking at Lin Yan who was standing with lowered eyes, Situ Jun had a smile on his lips. He was approachable and warm like a spring breeze, and said softly, "Sit down and explain in detail. I'm a little messed up now. Please explain in detail."

Lin Yan's method is very simple.

In his view, the ancients' understanding of these earthquakes, solar and lunar eclipses, floods and locust disasters was still superficial, and it was far less thorough than later generations.Therefore, these natural disasters often occur, from the emperor down to the common people, they all habitually think about gods, ghosts, and heavenly punishment.If it happened that the reigning emperor made a mistake in his administration, he would inevitably have to change it immediately.There was a record in this dynasty that in the last years of Taizu, the earth dragon was overturned in the capital area, Taizu himself fasted for seven days, knelt in the Taimiao to introspect and pray for blessings, and all civil and military officials reviewed it to calm the anger of the sky.

As for local natural disasters, exaggerating the disaster is actually a matter of tacit understanding by local officials at all levels.But like Jinling, the upper and lower bodies are integrated, and what was obviously not a flood has turned into a serious disaster, which has never happened before.

Whenever such a disaster occurs, the imperial court needs to allocate funds for disaster relief, and most of them will order a reduction or exemption of taxes for this year or the next year.Here, the tricks are getting bigger!

Lin Yan knew that the emperor had always had complaints about the Supreme Emperor's defense of the old officials, but it was not easy to do it for a while.The Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River is not only a representative of the courtiers of the old school, but also a family that is loyal and loyal to the two princes. Before the emperor ascended the throne, the Zhen family also tended to support the two princes.But they kept it secret, and the emperor couldn't touch them for the time being.

The foundation of the Zhen family is in Jinling.It can be said that the officials in Jinling follow the lead of the Zhen family.

This time, it was their mistake.Regardless of the reason for exaggerating the disaster, in the end, I am afraid that I will fold myself into it.

The emperor is good at forbearance, with a deep mind, and he has figured out the joints here. The rest is to use this reason to play out. Those who should be rectified should be rectified, those who should be withdrawn should be punished, and none of them will be spared.

Situ Lan glanced at the black black iron ring on Lin Yan's finger, and his eyes darkened.

The emperor obviously fully comprehended what Lin Yan had said, and there were signs of a turnaround on his face, but the coldness in his eyes was even stronger—well, regardless of whether there was any handwriting by those two people behind this matter, we still have to borrow money. With this big knife delivered to the door, cut off their arms!

When Situ Lan and Lin Yan came out of the palace, they were silent all the way.Lin Yan turned his head and glanced at Situ Lan, and saw him sitting against the wall of the car, frowning, wondering what he was thinking.

Stretching out his hand, he took Situ Lan's hand lightly, and felt his wrist turn, but he closed his palm instead. Lin Yan smiled, and said softly, "What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing." Situ Lan looked at the roof of the car, closed it a little tiredly, and sighed, "I'm afraid there will be more people involved this time."

Lin Yan laughed and said, "You were born in the royal family, so you should understand such things without me talking about them. To put it bluntly, if the emperor had never been enthroned, what would happen to your two brothers?"

Situ Lan remained silent, because the Supreme Emperor loved Zhongjing and Loyalty back then, if the two idiots hadn't fought in the middle of their own nest and made the Supreme Emperor chill, it would be hard to say whose throne belonged to it.I have always followed the emperor's brother, I have been like this since I was a child, and when I grow up, I support him with all my strength.It really made those two people gain power, needless to say the eldest son of the emperor, I am afraid that my follower will continue to follow the emperor.

With a little effort between his hands, Lin Yan looked at Situ Lan, "Why do I feel that you always seem to have something on your mind recently?"

Situ Lan suddenly hugged him into his arms, put his chin on his shoulder, and said in a muffled voice: "Zifei, I suddenly feel quite boring. You are busy these days, and I always have a feeling that I can't hold you Feeling. If possible, I really want to just take you away and lock you up in one place so that no one can find you!"

Lin Yan was amused, but still hugged him back, "Just the two of us?"

Situ Lan nodded vigorously.

"Then, washing and cooking, carrying water and farming, which one can you and I do?"

Situ Lan froze, and then said unconvinced: "Didn't you come here when there was no one serving you in the academy?"

Lin Yan slightly turned backwards, grabbed Situ Lan's face, looked at him seriously, and said, "That's because, my lord, your clothes are dirty, so someone will come to the academy to take them out and wash them. The academy will automatically wash them." With a canteen, at least you won’t be hungry.”

Situ Lan sighed, collapsed and leaned against the wall of the car, "So we are useless!"

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Everyone performs his duties, and each makes the best use of them!"

"Actually, I really don't want Zifei to go into these muddy waters." Situ Lan said seriously.

Lin Yan shook his head, "I want to be rich and powerful, but I also want to be clean. Where does time come from such a good thing?"

The two of them were chatting on the carriage, and Lin Yan suddenly remembered something, "Go to Zuixian Tower!"

The coachman responded with a sound from outside, raised his whip and turned the direction.

It was not long before they arrived, but this time Lin Yan walked through the main entrance openly, pretending that he was here to drink anyway.

The Drunken Immortal Tower was in the middle of the bustle, Lin Yan and Situ Lan got out of the car, and before they stepped in, they heard a pleasantly loud voice, "Brother Lin!"

Lin Yan frowned, and looked back, the original smile on his face faded.