Lei Yue Longmen

At this moment, a thin monkey-like man walked into the front hall, everyone's eyes could not help but be attracted by him, and one of them asked: "Acquainted with facts? Have you heard about the impeachment of Cen Zhuangyuan by the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" "

The person who came was Liao Shishen, one of the staff of the Eastern Palace. He has always been known for being well-informed and predicting things like a god, and was jokingly called a master of knowledge by his colleagues.

"Why haven't you heard of it? The discussions in the streets and alleys are very exciting."

"Then what do you think of this? This matter?"

"How else can I see it? False accusation."

"Why are you doing this? It must be a false accusation?"

Liao Shishen looked disdainful, "This? There is nothing in the world that I, Liao Shishen, don't know about."

"Then tell me quickly, what's going on? What happened?"

He put on an inscrutable gesture: "Have you ever heard of Cen Zhongyu's name?"

"Cen Zhongyu? Huh? This name sounds so familiar."

"By the way, isn't that thirty? More than? Years ago, a wealthy female businessman in the south of the Yangtze River? I heard that she started her business by opening a bank and made millions of dollars. She was as rich as an enemy. But then she seemed to disappear inexplicably."

"She didn't disappear, but went home to have a baby."

"what do you mean?"

"This? Cen Zhuo is Cen Zhongyu's only son. Before Cen Zhongyu washed his hands, he sold all the bank business for cash, and deposited all the money he got into Guiyun Bank."

"!!!" Everyone was shocked. Whether it was Cen Zhongyu's only son, or Cen Zhongyu's deposit of all his property in Guiyun Bank, these two news were undoubtedly explosive.

First of all, this Guiyun bank is a bank that has existed for hundreds of years. The owner behind it has been hiding it, but its reputation is first-class.How good? To what extent?Even the dignitaries of some neighboring countries are willing to deposit money to increase interest.Depositing silver in Guiyun Bank means that this money will only increase but not decrease.But not everyone can deposit silver into Guiyun Bank.It does not accept at least 1 taels of silver, and it is said that it is not enough to cover its labor costs.Cen Zhongyu deposited all his property in Guiyun Bank, which meant that this huge sum of money would fall on Cen Zhuo's head intact or even increased in value.

This is more than [-] years of rolling interest...

For a moment, everyone's expressions were extremely complicated.

Liao Shishen said meaningfully: "So, you think it's a big joke that Lu Wang and Xiang Wang fought for the husband of the two daughters three years ago? In fact, they are very shrewd! With regard to Cen Zhuangyuan's family background, once married to her, the whole The prince’s mansion doesn’t have to worry about eating and drinking.”

"..."

The Queen's Study Room.The second princess, Li Jingxi, frowned, flipped through the book aimlessly, and looked anxiously at the door.The turmoil caused by Cen Zhu early in the morning obviously reached her ears, and she couldn't help but want to know the details.At this moment, there was a chattering noise outside the window. The second princess, who was already too annoying, couldn't bear it anymore, pushed open the window, and yelled at the people: "You want to play somewhere else, don't yell around here."

The maid Fang'er knew that she was in a bad mood, so she didn't dare to touch her, so she hurriedly carried the frightened Li Zhouxuan to another place.The second princess' complexion improved slightly.

After Li Jingchen returned to the palace, he first heard the discussions of the staff in the front hall, and then heard the roar of his younger sister in the backyard. He was surprised to find that today's East Palace was inexplicably restless, and he was quite helpless.In fact, not only her East Palace, but the entire imperial city was disturbed by that person's suspension.

Now she can only persuade her staff to gossip less, but it can't stop the spread of this turmoil.As Gu Mian said, each of them is in the middle of the game now, and the safest way is to stand still and wait and see what happens.

"Sister, you're back!" As soon as Li Jingxi saw Li Jingchen, she happily welcomed her in, grabbed her arm and shook her, hesitating to speak.After a while he said:

"Sister, I heard that Cen Zhu has been suspended? Is it true?"

"Is that still fake?"

Before Li Jingchen could speak, a pair of big bright eyes appeared behind her, with an undisguised joking expression, waiting for her reaction as if watching a show.

"Why are you here?" Li Jingxi really didn't want to see him.

"Why am I? Can't come? Today I went to the early court with Huang Jie, and I saw everything that happened in the court." , it is the eldest son of the eldest princess Li Pingzhu, Li Jingxi's cousin, Wu Jingchai.In fact, the two were born in the same year, and there is little difference in age.It's just that because she was born a few months late, she had to call her sister, Wu Jingchai was always aggrieved.

Li Jingxi glared at him, why? Just ignore him.But Mr. Wu came over meanly, "Second Sister, so your sweetheart is so good? It's so powerful, you turned the court into a pot of porridge before going to court, tsk tsk, that scene..." He intentionally Putting on a look that he couldn't bear to look directly at, aroused Li Jingxi's curiosity, but he just kept it silent, the second princess was about to cry.

Li Jing's eyes were very calm, he patted her hand, and comforted her: "Don't worry, when Yu Shi was impeached, someone had already spoken out, Cen Zhu was born in a wealthy family, buying a house is not a problem, if you insist on teasing her Corruption and bribery are far-fetched, few people will believe it."

Just as the second princess was relieved, Wu Jingchai interjected, "However, Cen Zhuo couldn't be impeached for corruption, so those censors immediately changed their direction and began to impeach Cen Zhuo for using their own huge sums of money to falsify the political achievements of Longmen County, and to falsify it? Fake. Tsk tsk, they are not reconciled if Master Cen is not killed!"

Li Jingxi was in a hurry, and almost wanted to find those censor theories on the spot!

"Really, sister? Then... Then this time? How is it? Is there anyone to speak for her?"

Li Jingchai looked at Wu Jingchai's fear of chaos in the world, frowned and gave him a gouging look, Wu Jingchai immediately shut up knowingly.

Li Jingchen's expression was complicated. In just three years, Cen Zhu managed to turn the impoverished Longmen County into a rich county in the northwest. The county's tax revenue was two or three times higher than that of the same county. Judging from common sense, it is indeed unimaginable.That's why no one dared to intercede for him without conclusive evidence.But she had personally checked the land tax account books of Longmen County, and knew that there was absolutely no problem with Cen Zhu's political achievements.However, under the circumstances at that time, like most people in the court, she could only say a word.If you say it, you will be suspected of deliberately wooing her, and the suspicion will only increase for her.

"Yes, a great person has spoken for Cen Zhuangyuan." Wu Jingchai said suddenly.

"Who?"

"Pan Suiyong, Mr. Pan Ge. But that was when the censors impeached Cen Zhu and even the number one scholar might be bribed. Mr. Pan Ge's beard was so angry! That's what he said, cough cough!" He cleared it up With a voice, he put the old man Pan Ge rightly into position, as if he wanted to present the scene of him struggling to throw his sleeves intact.But it is actually very difficult to say such harsh words.So he assumed a posture that he thought was equally imposing, with one hand on his hips and the other hand straight forward? Facing the censors who did not exist in the air, he stretched out two fingers and trembled twice, "You, you, you You, you, you! Don't be too presumptuous! This? One yard is worth one yard. If you want to review Cen Zhu's political achievements, you will check the political achievements, but the old man said beforehand, there is absolutely no problem with her being the number one scholar!"

Immediately after finishing speaking, he changed his tone again, and said with a playful smile: "This is the first time I see Mr. Pan Ge? Are you excited? However, it's no wonder he was angry. He was the chief examiner of the previous session. The number one scholar was bought, so isn’t that pointing at him for personal gain and fraud?”

Li Jingchen and Li Jingxi watched him perform dumbly, both of them were speechless.

"There is also the emperor's uncle. Cen Zhu's champion was hand-picked by the emperor's uncle. He said that her champion was bought, but didn't he mean that the emperor's uncle was a briber? How could it be possible? This? It's no brainer to speak for the censor. To appease Pan Old man, the emperor's uncle drove the leader out of the court on the spot. The whole early court was full of chaos, and it is rare to end now."

After talking for a long time, my mouth is dry.The young master hurriedly went to serve tea on the table.

Li Jingxuan was still worried, and asked Li Jingxuan, "Then, does the emperor believe that Cen Zhuo's political achievements are fake?"

Li Jingchen said truthfully: "After the imperial court was over, Emperor Father invited the elders to the imperial study, probably to discuss this matter. Maybe there are some doubts, but you don't have to worry, if Cen Zhu is innocent, The imperial court will not embarrass her."

"But, what if she's not innocent?" Li Jingxi asked in a low voice, then hesitated after speaking, "I, I'm just a little worried."

Li Jingchen was a little angry in his heart, and almost blurted out, "She is." But after thinking about it, even he didn't dare to believe that kind of political achievements at first, and he was sure after checking the books, and it was reasonable for others to have doubts .That's why he changed his tone, "Don't worry, it will be fine."

"This matter is very beneficial to Donggong in the final analysis."

When discussing this matter with his staff again, Gu Mian held the tea and said delicately.

Li Jingchen's heart sank, she was ashamed of the "favorable" that both Gu Mian and Tan Xuanjing mentioned, and she herself knew it well.

She knew very well that no matter how in-depth the investigation by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Cen Zhu's relevant "evidence" would not be found.So not only did he not speak for her in the court, but he also intended to promote this aspect.

Because this will lead to another thing that is quite beneficial to her.

Why is it Cen Zhu? Can a poor and weak county be governed into a well-known rich county in just three years?

The answer is to control the river.

It is no secret that Longmen County suffers from floods all the year round. It was a secret before. The government did not dare to plant grains on the fertile land near the Zhuo River, so the tax revenue was naturally insufficient.Since Cen Zhu knew Longmen County, he has uncharacteristically planted rice on both sides of the Zhuo River on a large scale. This "gambling" approach has achieved unprecedented success.An important reason for her success is that the treatment of the lower reaches of the Zhuohe River has achieved initial results.

This? It's what she's been doing for four years.

Li Jingxi was right in one point, river governance is a hard but unknown job, it is not as beautiful as envoy Lan Que to sign the covenant, and it is easy to be forgotten.But it is a major event that actually benefits people's livelihood.At this critical juncture when the west wind overwhelms the east wind, she must make a strong counterattack in order to defend her position in the east palace.This event can be used to great effect.

For this reason, she had to "sacrifice" Cen Zhuo.

"In the next month, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely send people to Longmen County to investigate and collect evidence. If they can find evidence of Cen Zhu's crime, that's fine. If they can't find out, and Cen Zhu is a really good official. Officials, then we can just use it to remind the courtiers and officials, who is doing practical things in obscurity behind the scenes in this court, and who is doing those superficial efforts and gaining fame."

Gu Mian's words were still in my ears, but the empress dowager was tormented by complicated emotions, she didn't even hear Yun Zai came to remind her to eat.

After Cen Zhu returned from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his expression was very relaxed.A one-month suspension was nothing to her? A big deal.She happened to be happy to be free, and took this opportunity to discuss with everyone in the mansion to completely renovate the mansion.Where should a bridge be built, where should a road be paved, where should some flowers and plants be planted, where should some rockery be placed.Everything is well organized.She also told Gu Qing that she would set up a shop nearby to build a medical clinic for her, so that she could continue to practice medicine in the capital, but Gu Qing was so happy that she didn't even make gestures, just nodded her head.But then he hesitated, fearing that this would make Cen Zhu spend money indiscriminately.

Cen Zhu smiled, "I wish you could spend the money for me. Otherwise, if I earn so much? If I can't spend the money, doesn't it mean I'm incapable?"

With her foreshadowing, Lao Chen and Xiao Zhuang also let go of their furniture purchases.The two of them went out early and returned late every day with a group of servants, went to the market to clean up, pulled several large carts back, and moved them to the rooms one by one.Even unoccupied rooms are well-arranged.In the evening, everyone gathers around a table to eat, talking about what they have seen and heard in the capital, but laughing at Yanyan.

Two days later, an old man came to the house.As soon as Cen Zhu saw him, he immediately put down the strings he was adjusting, and gave him a big hug, "Brother, why are you here?"

Wearing a plain gray robe, Qin Liang patted her arm with a smile: "I'm passing by here, so I'll stop by to see you."

The two chatted for a while in the main hall, and mentioned the recent turmoil that Cen Zhu was involved in.Seeing her confident look, Qin Liang knew that she had a plan to deal with it, so he was a little relieved.

Seeing that Qin Liang seemed to be worried, Cen Zhu knew the problem after a little thought:

"Today is the day when King Dun returned to the capital. All the emperor's officials went to Chilan Bridge to greet him. As the chief historian of Prince Dun's residence, why didn't you go?"

Qin Liang sighed: "Brother Mo Ruobro. I am no longer the chief history of Dun Wangfu."

"Why? What happened? Is something wrong?"

Qin Liang put the teacup on the table, and began to confide the distress in his chest to her.