The return of the son-in-law

"Bastard!"

Li Chonghao sat on the dragon chair, and threw Guo Zhanan's notebook directly on the ground in a rage: "I don't know yet, that my officials are so daring, secretly colluding with foreign enemies, bribing officials, and shaking the country's foundation!"

Everyone was shocked, and some looked down at the expressions of their colleagues around them, hoping to read something from their faces.Although Yue An had already known about this matter from Guo Zhanan in advance, in order to avoid getting angry, he pretended to be very surprised.

In his rage, Li Chonghao still did not forget to observe the reactions of the courtiers below. Seeing that some of the faces were flickering, and then thinking of the list on the booklet presented by Guo Zhanan, he felt murderous in his heart.

He is an emperor with no ambitions, as long as there is no rebellion under him, as long as he can still be the emperor, Li Chonghao will turn a blind eye to many things.But now, someone in the imperial court dared to collude with Tatar and bribe many officials with gold and silver treasures. How long can he be the emperor?

Thinking of this, Li Chonghao felt restless, wishing to kill all the people on the list immediately, even their nine clans.

Yue An came out at this time, picked up the folder on the ground, read it carefully, and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not trivial and has a lot of connections. The person who reported it is the county magistrate of Tonghua County. You can send someone to confirm it." gone?"

Yue An has been a minister for decades, conscientious and conscientious, and has never participated in the battles between the princes. Li Chonghao has always favored him.He saw that Yue An had read the scriptures before he said what he said, knowing that Yue An had not read the scriptures in advance, he trusted him even more, and said: "There is no need to investigate, this matter has already been stolen The booklet is in my hand, and the gold and silver and the rebels are all in Tonghua County. Oh, I forgot, there is another rebel in prison, waiting to be sentenced! Xiao Yiqing, let me ask you, Zhu Wenbin’s Is the case over?"

Xiao Yiqing was the minister of Dali Temple, and Zhu Wenbin was the magistrate of Tonghua County before Guo Zhanan.

Hearing about Li Chonghao's culture, Xiao Yiqing came out and reported back: "The counting was completed the day before yesterday, and Zhu Wenbin embezzled a total of 22 taels of official silver."

"22 taels?" Li Chonghao was furious, "This is more than that! Zhu Wenbin is such a big burden! Corrupting ink official money, bribing officials, and together with Tatar, he wants to empty me out! He can get so much money by himself! ? I don’t think you need to do it, Dali Siqing!”

Xiao Yiqing was dripping with cold sweat, complaining endlessly in his heart.He naturally knew that there was something weird about it, but Zhu Wenbin was interrogated by the three divisions at that time, and besides him, there were also the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Yushi Zhongcheng.He is only a third-rank official, but the minister of the Ministry of punishment is from the second rank, not to mention the nobleman behind the minister of punishment, he cannot afford to offend.

The servant of the Ministry of Punishment is not at court today, so Xiao Yiqing can only bear Li Chonghao's reprimand by himself, screaming injustice in his heart.

Li Chonghao's anger has not dissipated until now, and he turned his attention to Dai Quanlai, Minister of the Household Department: "A small county magistrate has 22 taels of official bank money that has been found corrupted by ink. work?"

Dai Quanlai also complained endlessly, and had no choice but to report back: "Your Majesty, there was a severe drought in Tonghua County five years ago, and there was no harvest for two consecutive years. The Ministry of Households sent people to check. His Majesty personally approved the matter, and said that the people are innocent, so more money should be sent down to let them buy the food and clothes they like."

"Oh?" Li Chonghao pointed at Dai Quanlai angrily, and said angrily, "You mean, I am blind!"

Dai Quanlai's knees softened, he knelt down, and replied in fear and fear: "I dare not! I have absolutely no intention of criticizing Your Majesty!"

Li Chonghao didn't bother to look at him, and raised his head slightly, as if he was thinking about a countermeasure, but in fact he secretly regretted it.

He had already remembered that three years ago, one of the papers from the household department was indeed about Tonghua County.It was stated in the brochure that Tonghua County suffered from severe drought for two consecutive years and there was no harvest.Tonghua County was originally a poor place, and the people living there could barely make ends meet. The severe drought in the past two years was nothing but worse for Tonghua County.

Although Li Chonghao was not a very good emperor, he valued his reputation the most.During his reign, how could he bear the hardships of the people in the world?This is not good for his emperor's reputation!

Therefore, he ordered the Ministry of Households to distribute a lot of silver taels to Tonghua County, hoping to show his benevolence and righteousness.

But I didn't want to, all these silver coins went into the hands of Zhu Wenbin, a traitor!

Li Chonghao is the emperor, the son of heaven, and the master of the world. He thought to himself that there could be no mistakes, and those who made mistakes were those trash from the household department!

Having made up his mind, Li Chonghao re-examined Dai Quanlai who was kneeling underneath: "You don't have to be the secretary of the household department, go and be with Zhu Wenbin."

When Dai Quan came to hear it, most of his soul was scared away, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I have never had a different heart, and I have never had any relationship with Zhu Wenbin, please give me your Majesty's enlightenment!"

Li Chonghao already had a headache, but now that Dai Quanlai yelled, he felt a splitting headache: "Enough! Dai Quanlai disrespected in front of the palace, was dismissed from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Households, and sent to prison. Wait for the trial in Dali Temple When it’s over, report back.”

What is Dali Temple trying?Dai Quanlai, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, did not work hard, and he never made a big mistake. If there is a trial, in fact, nothing will come out of the trial.

Everyone knows the twists and turns in officialdom.

Xiao Yiqing knelt there, his mind spinning rapidly, when he thought of Li Chonghao's anger today, he understood.

Even if there is none, something must be found out!

Li Chonghao got angry and finally calmed down a little.Although he is incompetent as an emperor, but it is related to the dragon chair under him, so he is not so easy to dismiss.

"Yue An, as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, you are in charge of the appointment and removal of civil servants in the world. Today, I will give you this list and assign five thousand soldiers to arrest everyone on the list and hand them over to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali. Temple review."

Yue An took the order, not showing it on the face, but he was relieved in his heart.

Although the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of civil servants in the world, it rarely has such power.Yue An was still thinking about how to bring this matter to him, but Li Chonghao didn't think about it, so he handed it over to him.

He had already seen the list from Guo Zhanan yesterday, and discussed countermeasures with Guo Zhanan that night.Regardless of other things, for the sake of Li Shaojun in the northwest, he must be replaced by someone from his own side.

On the other hand, the disputes in the court did not affect Guo Zhan'an.

He didn't go back to Guo's Mansion either. After all, as the county magistrate of Tonghua County, he left his post without authorization. Even if there was a reason for it, someone would make a big fuss about it. Naturally, Guo Zhan'an would not return to Guo's Mansion at this juncture.

What's more, in his opinion, there is no need to go back to the Guo Mansion.

Therefore, Guo Zhan'an simply sneaked out and took Huo Yu out for a stroll.

It was the first time for Huo Yu to travel far at such a young age.In order to rush on the road before, he kept his eyes on the whole way, but now that he has the opportunity to open his eyes, Huo Yu is overjoyed.

The prosperity of this capital is far from comparable to that of Yong'an Mansion.Looking at the hustle and bustle in front of him, Huo Yu felt that the size of the world was far beyond his imagination.

Guo Zhanan took Huo Yu for a walk all morning, and Huo Yu had a lot of things in his hands.The two of them chose a restaurant and sat down on the second floor by the window, so as to satisfy Huo Yu's curiosity to continue looking at the capital.

It wasn't until the dishes came that Huo Yu looked away reluctantly and asked, "Brother, is this your hometown?"

Guo Zhanan put vegetables in Huo Yu's bowl and said, "Yes, I grew up here since I was a child."

Huo Yu hurriedly thanked him, his heart continued to be sweetened by honey, he picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the dish that Guo Zhanan gave him, and suddenly became discouraged.

Before myself and my brother, there was indeed too far a difference.He was a poor bandit from a bandit village, so he really wasn't good enough for such a heavenly son as his own brother.

Seeing that Huo Yu stopped talking, Guo Zhanan thought it was because he liked these dishes.He was worried that Huo Yu would not be able to adapt to the prosperity of the capital when he first came to the capital, but now it seems that with food, things are going well.

His eyes fell on the things Huo Yu bought in the morning, most of them contained snacks, Guo Zhan'an was both helpless and relieved.

Guo Zhanan called Xiao Er, and planned to order two more signature dishes, but didn't want the original dishes to be gone.

Xiaoer smiled and said, "A few days ago, my shopkeeper hired a chef from Jiangnan. These dishes are the most popular in the capital now. Even dignitaries are proud of hiring a cook from Jiangnan."

Guo Zhan'an could only give up and waved Xiao Er down.

In fact, the taste of the food in this restaurant is far from what Huo Yu usually eats.

Tonghua County is located in the south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River. The taste is salty and spicy, which is far from the most popular fresh fragrance in Beijing today.

But firstly, Huo Yu was really hungry, secondly, children were always full of interest and curiosity about new things, and thirdly, the most important point, it was Guo Zhanan who caught him.

Don't say it's a dish with chopsticks, even if it's a dish, Huo Yu is willing to eat it.

After eating, Guo Zhan'an thought about Yue An's going to court and still had to deal with affairs in the yamen, so he took Huo Yu for a stroll before returning to the station.

Outside the inn, the second housekeeper of Guo's mansion had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw Guo Zhan'an coming, he quickly greeted him with a smile: "Young master, my wife asked me to pick you up."

Guo Zhanan sneered in his heart, go home?

Let's not talk about anything else, he is the young master of the Guo family, let alone a sedan chair, he doesn't even have a horse ready, do you want him to walk home?

Besides, he had only been back to Beijing for one day, and Guo Xiantong and Liu Feifei rushed to send people to "invite" him home. There might be a grand banquet waiting for him in this house.

Guo Zhan'an was not polite, and said directly: "No need, I have important responsibilities. Originally, leaving Tonghua County is AWOL. If I go back home again, wouldn't it be clear that I want the censor to refer to me?"

A trace of anger flashed across the second housekeeper's face, and then a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.He was promoted by Liu Feifei, and he looked up to Liu Feifei, whoever Liu Feifei treats well, he will smile on anyone.When this Guo Zhanan was in the Guo Mansion, he and Liu Feifei made it clear that they were not at odds, and he usually looked down on the young master of the Guo Mansion.

Isn't it just the young master, the biological mother died early, and the father doesn't hurt, what's there to be ashamed of?The head of the house is Liu Feifei, and she has her own son, Guo Yu'an, under her knees. It's not clear who will be the head of the house in the future?

It's just that when he went out today, Liu Feifei told him that he must invite Guo Zhan'an back home. Now that he is not good at starting, if he doesn't take Guo Zhan'an back, how can he explain to Guo Xiantong and Liu Feifei?

Thinking of this, the second housekeeper had no choice but to continue to smile, persuading: "Young Master, this is too much worry. How can this wanderer go home, why not enter the house? Master, listen to my advice, and go back with me." .”

As he said that, the second housekeeper turned out to be blinded by lard, and reached out to pull Guo Zhanan.

When Huo Yu saw him at the side, he was furious, stepped forward to stop Guo Zhanan, and slapped the second housekeeper on the arm: "Bold! Since you are a servant of my brother's family, what you have committed above , you should be tied up and given a good beating! Let you eat and drink three times and six eyes!"

Huo Yu was born in a bandit village, usually the bandits value brotherly loyalty and severely punish those who break their promises.He has been exposed to it since he was a child. Although he did not raise the cruelty of Boss Liu and others, he still has a bit of hostility in him.Normally, this kind of ruthlessness is not shown very much, but when it comes to the precious people around him, the ruthlessness hidden in Huo Yu's heart will come out.

Three knives and six eyes are a kind of punishment in Tiger Village for those who have made big mistakes.A knife is stabbed three times in the thigh of the erring man, each piercing the thigh.After three cuts, six blood holes were left on the thigh.

Guo Zhan'an is his elder brother, and even he can only rely on his small size and occasionally rub the hem of his clothes. This servant is so bold that he reaches out to grab his elder brother!

The second butler was taken aback by Huo Yu.When he took a closer look, hehe, he's just a brat who pretends to be someone when he pops out suddenly!

The second steward was vicious, so he stretched out his hand and pushed Huo Yu vigorously: "What are you yelling, poor boy? I invite my young master to go back. It's none of your business. Get out soon! If you don't get out, I'll kill you!" Arrested and reported to the police!"

Huo Yu was pushed so hard that his feet were unsteady. Fortunately, he had gained some success in martial arts during this period of time, so he regained his footing after a slight wobble.

Afterwards, he felt the heat from the back of his waist, and his heart warmed up.

My brother was afraid that he would fall, so he reached out to help him!

Seeing that Huo Yu didn't fall down, Guo Zhanan was relieved.In addition to disgust, he looked at the second housekeeper with anger: "I don't know yet, there is a servant who dares to bully others with the power of the Guo family? Report to the official? I don't know who is going to be arrested Report to the officer!"

The second housekeeper's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he had kicked the iron plate today.Before he had time to argue with Huo Yu, he quickly put on a sad face and said, "Eldest Young Master, you can come back to live with me. Master and Madam miss you very much!"

"No need." Guo Zhan'an dropped these words and took Huo Yu back to the station.