Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

[One Thirty Eight]

The officials from the Ministry of Industry were originally not under Zhou Jinyu's jurisdiction. In fact, the officials sent by the Ministry of Industry to supervise the construction of the dam must be of higher rank than her.

But who made her an imperial envoy?

And it's an imperial envoy holding an imperial envoy, even though her rank is not as high as that of Song Zhi, an official from the Ministry of Industry, she can still exercise the rights of an imperial envoy.

Cut first and then play.

Just relying on the one-sided words of the villagers, it is really not easy to be convinced, so, thinking of this, Zhou Jinyu said to the poor man: "You, take me to see the expropriated land, if it is indeed as you said In other words, those are all irrelevant to fellow practitioners, and I will definitely give you an explanation."

Hearing the words, the man nodded instantly, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll just believe you once!"

But Zhou Jinyu's words made that Song Zhi panic, and he began to feel guilty.

Just as he was about to leave, Zhou Jinyu glanced at him, came to him and blocked him and said, "Master Song, let me go with you."

Song Zhi also saw Zhou Jinyu's intentions now, she was serious about it, and obviously she would not let him go.

Song Zhi looked at Zhou Jinyu coldly and said, "Master Zhou is so powerful."

But Zhou Jinyu laughed because of his words, tilted his head to look at the people beside him, and said in surprise: "Really? Has this officer already shown the official authority of an imperial envoy? Is it very majestic?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Fourth Master, you are very imposing in the first place."

Zhou Jinyu nodded in satisfaction: "Ah... happy."

Song Zhi: "..."

Did this person understand what he meant?

Song Zhi said angrily: "Zhou Jinyu! Do you know that I am a fourth-rank member of the imperial court, and you have no right to order me around!"

Zhou Jinyu raised his eyebrows to look at him, and said with a smile, "Who ordered you? I'm asking you to go."

Song Zhi flicked his sleeves and said, "Then I won't go!"

Zhou Jinyu was very embarrassed and said: "Oh, if you refuse, I can't guarantee that I will kick you a few more times."

Song Zhi: "..."

Is this man a hooligan?Start talking with your fists at every turn?

Song Zhi was scared instantly, so he could only follow Zhou Jinyu to check the land resumption, and at the same time winked at his subordinates, telling them to find someone quickly.

Zhou Jinyu and his party followed the man all the way, and the rest of the troublemakers followed. When they finally arrived at the so-called confiscated farmland, they were several miles away from the river. This is the closest place to the river. A farmland, and all the cemeteries in the farmland were bulldozed.

Everyone scolded the government in a hurry, and Zhou Jinyu raised his arms to signal everyone to be quiet.

When they stopped talking, Zhou Jinyu said to them: "I mean what I say, and now the facts are in front of my eyes. According to what I just said, I will give you an explanation."

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Zhou Jinyu's next words.

Zhou Jinyu glanced at Song Zhi with a cold gaze, and then ordered the accompanying arresters to hurry up and said, "You guys, put this fourth-rank lord of the Ministry of Industry into prison for me, and wait for the officer to go back, and then he will be punished. "

The two detectives looked at each other without making a move.

Song Zhi roared: "How dare you! Zhou Jinyu, my official is Mr. Li from the Ministry of Industry, how dare you!"

Zhou Jinyu glanced at the two catchers and said coldly, "What's the matter, are you not happy?"

One of the arresters hastily bowed and said, "I don't dare to be humble."

As he spoke, he immediately gestured to his companion with his arm, and the companion understood, and then the two of them stepped forward together and took Song Zhi down.

And the man who had just killed his father by Song Zhi obviously still hesitated, Zhou Jinyu walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, according to the laws of the Jin Dynasty, the murderer pays with his life, I will definitely not let him die." Your father died in vain."

After she finished speaking, she said to the onlookers: "I promise you that the local government will not expropriate the graves that have been pushed down by the government. I will also send people here to compensate you accordingly."

Although the common people were very grateful to Zhou Jinyu for helping them keep the land, some people still said: "My lord, they pushed our ancestors' graves away, and now you are talking about compensation, this is not just a compensation." of."

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while, and asked the questioner, "Then what do you want?"

The man thought that Zhou Jinyu was easy to bully, so he wanted to take this opportunity to threaten the government to pay more compensation, and said: "I want my ancestor's bones! Folks, they pushed the grave away, and our ancestor's bones can't be found anymore. , the ancestors will be angry!"

With his agitation, the villagers immediately started to riot again.

The man shouted again: "We want each household from the government to pay back 200 taels of silver to comfort the spirits of our ancestors!"

Zhou Jinyu shook his head secretly in his heart, this group of people, are they being taken advantage of by killing him?

200 two?

Now that the imperial court can't even come up with disaster relief funds, it's all pooled together by merchants in Beijing and China. Now they are so loud that they shout 200 taels every time they shout?

They still want to buy a house with money?

The man whose father was killed by Song Zhi just opened his mouth, and said to the villagers: "Folks, your lord has made decisions for us, and you have already helped us. Isn't 200 taels too much?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he became the target of public criticism, and the man who asked for the money began to scold him: "I said Liu Dafuzi, are you stupid? Your father's life costs 200 taels? How much is that?"

Other villagers also followed suit, some said his father died wrongly, some began to scold the government for being inhumane.

The man paused and stopped talking.

Zhou Jinyu didn't change his expression in the face of the crowd's yelling. He just looked at the farmland in front of him and said, "According to me, 200 taels of silver is really not much."

The villagers originally just booed along, thinking of getting more benefits, but they didn't expect that this young adult was really as stupid as they had guessed, and he agreed so easily.

"However..." Zhou Jinyu looked at the crowd and suddenly suggested: "I feel that there are a lot of farmland here, but it is far away from the river. If the river water is brought in for irrigation, it is obvious that this place can be turned into a paddy field. , within three years, the harvest here will be more than a hundred taels a year, which is more cost-effective than directly asking for silver, after all, this silver will come into the account every year, what do you think?"

Everyone fell silent suddenly, they were weighing.

At this time, a person suddenly stood up and said: "My lord, I thank you for your kindness!"

Another person also said: "Thank you, sir!"

But some people started to stand up and said: "Thank you, I said Zhang Laosan, this is your field, of course you are willing, but our field is far away, and the river water can't be irrigated at all."

"What's the matter if it can't be poured! My lord, this is for our livelihood. Is it possible that you want to live on 200 taels for the rest of your life?"

"Damn! You black-hearted bastard! You're thinking of yourself!"

Then, the two groups started to quarrel.

Zhou Jinyu hooked the corners of his mouth, and when they started to fight with hoes, he led the people away.

This man, he does not suffer from scarcity but from inequality.

When encountering difficulties, we will share the same hatred and fight against the enemy.

But once they get benefits, some people get more and some people can't get it, there will be internal strife.

They thought they were fools, they thought they were being taken advantage of, and they thought she, Zhou Jinyu, was easy to bully and talkative.

Actually?

Zhou Jinyu left with his hands behind his back, letting them continue to quarrel.

By the time the villagers came to their senses, Zhou Jinyu had already walked away, and the second round of quarrels ensued.

"Master Zhou! Your Excellency Imperial Envoy!"

Zhou Jinyu stopped, turned around, and saw that it was the man named Liu Dafu just now, so he chased after him.

Zhou Jinyu asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"

Liu Dafu bowed solemnly to Zhou Jinyu, then looked at her and said, "My lord, I have something to tell you."

Zhou Jinyu said, "Well, tell me."

Liu Dafu said: "My lord, Sun Zhihai, the local county magistrate, colluded with bandits and harmed the common people. I hope your lord will clearly investigate!"

Zhou Jinyu raised his eyebrows: "You said, Sun Zhihai, colluding with bandits?"

Liu Dafu nodded vigorously: "Yes, my lord, before you came, bandits often came to the county to rob things, and later we went to report to the officials, but Sun Zhihai fooled us by saying that he would send troops to suppress the bandits , In fact, he was with those bandits, and he didn't even catch a bandit hair, but it made us miserable, my lord, you are a good person, can you help us?"

Zhou Jinyu looked at him and asked, "How do you know?"

Liu Dafu was stunned, and replied: "The villain once went up the mountain to cut firewood, and saw those officers and soldiers eating wine with the bandits, and later those bandits carried the silver in the boxes, gave the officers and soldiers a box, and carried another I left the box, and I went home later and told my dad about it, and my dad told me not to tell anyone."

Zhou Jinyu smiled and asked, "Your father told you not to tell anyone, why did you tell me?"

Liu Dafu replied: "Sir, you helped us today, you are our benefactor, you are a good official!"

Zhou Jinyu hesitated for a while, and said solemnly: "I didn't expect that the small Yong'an County is actually a family of officials and bandits. I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, so don't worry."

Liu Dafu smiled and said, "In this way, our Yong'an County will be saved! Thank you, sir!"

Zhou Jinyu tilted his head and saw two black figures not far away, hiding behind a big tree.

She suddenly changed the subject and said to Liu Dafu: "But I'm sorry, I am destined to disappoint you, Liu Mu, take this person back to the Yamen! He dares to slander the local magistrate at will, and he is not a good person at first sight, so arrest him Take it back!"

Liu Dafu's original gratitude and respect for Zhou Jinyu disappeared in an instant, and the smile on his face froze instantly.

"My lord...you!" Liu Dafu was stunned.

Even Liu Mu was stunned, he tentatively said: "Fourth Master, did you say something wrong?"

Zhou Jinyu gave him a cold look: "Presumptuous, didn't you hear what I said!"

Liu Mu frowned, then bowed and said, "Yes, my lord."

Celebrating the Year of the Fish: [Second update]

Liu Dafu was taken back to the county yamen. When Zhou Jinyu returned to the yamen, the county magistrate Sun Zhihai had already been notified and was waiting for her at the yamen gate.

Seeing her back, his eyes were full of coldness.

The so-called strong dragon does not suppress the top snake, even if Zhou Jinyu has the name of an imperial envoy, it is too arrogant to push the fourth-rank official of the Ministry of Industry back to the Yamen.

When Sun Zhihai saw her coming back, he was about to have a fit.

However, Zhou Jinyu cut off his words directly, walked forward with a smile, and said in a low voice, "I said, Mr. Sun, have you lost your mind?"

Sun Zhihai looked at her puzzled: "My lord, what do you mean..."

Zhou Jinyu said: "Oh, you are not safe at all, no, you have been caught by someone, right?"

As Zhou Jinyu said, he asked Liu Mu to bring Liu Dax up, pointed at him and said, "This man said that you colluded with the bandits and even shared the spoils with the bandits, and he saw it with his own eyes. It's thanks to him that he came to talk to me." Having said that, if you let other people know about it, would it be okay? Master Sun, do you want this black gauze hat on your head?"

Sun Zhihai was startled: "My lord, you are..."

Zhou Jinyu patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I have taken him down now, and I will definitely not let him go out and talk nonsense."

Sun Zhihai gave Liu Dafu a hard look, then smiled at Zhou Jinyu: "Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!"

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "It's easy to say."

Sun Zhihai ordered that the left and right staff of the yamen press Liu Dafu into the dungeon, without saying anything else, and became more respectful to Zhou Jinyu.

Zhou Jinyu entered the yamen and sat down on the main seat, while Sun Zhihai stood below.

The little maid came up to serve tea, Sun Zhihai took it personally, and then delivered it to Zhou Jinyu.

Sun Zhihai smiled and said: "My lord, thank you for today's matter, and there will be a big thank you in the future."

Zhou Jinyu shook his head: "What about tomorrow, today you will have a chance, and you can thank me again."

Sun Zhihai was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it's the lower officials who were negligent, come here."

A man dressed as a teacher in the government office came forward: "My lord."

Sun Zhihai ordered: "Go, bring out 1000 taels of silver."

Zhou Jinyu waved his hand casually, stopped the master who was going out, and said with a smile, "Don't, it's so vulgar to give money, I don't need the 1000 taels of silver, right?"

Sun Zhihai hurriedly said: "That's right, my lord is as rich as a country, so you don't care for these few taels of silver, but this is a little thought from a villain, and I hope your lord will accept it."

Zhou Jinyu shook his head: "What is so rich that you can't beat a country? You must have inquired about my life experience. My mother was originally a maid in the palace, but she finally married into the Zhou family. After all, I am not from the Zhou family." , The money of the Zhou family has nothing to do with me. In this world, who despises those who have little money? Don’t you think so?”

Sun Zhihai asked: "What does your lord mean?"

Zhou Jinyu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I'm thinking, how about sharing your money with me?"

"This……"

Now, Sun Zhihai was in a dilemma.

Zhou Jinyu said: "Being an official is nothing more than asking for money, but if you earn all the money, what's the point? Mr. Sun, people, you have to know how to choose, and you will never end up with money. If you can't keep it, you can't keep your life, tell me, is this the reason?"

Zhou Jinyu wanted to force him with his life, but Sun Zhihai could only grit his teeth and nodded directly: "Yes, what my lord has taught me is that I am willing to share the wealth with you."

Zhou Jinyu nodded with great satisfaction: "A person who knows the current affairs is a brilliant man. I appreciate you. When I return to the capital, I will definitely recommend Mr. Sun to His Majesty and praise your political achievements. The so-called hello, me, everyone. "

When Sun Zhihai heard this, he really laughed.

He didn't want his son to be trapped by wolves. He originally thought that the imperial envoy was a fool, but now that she offered to ask for money, he didn't worry anymore.

Zhou Jinyu stretched out a slap: "Well, I want [-]%, what do you think?"

Sun Zhihai showed a look of embarrassment: "My lord... the official can only get [-]% here. If you are willing, the official is willing to give you [-]%."

Zhou Jinyu suddenly slapped the table: "Asshole, Mr. Sun, what do you mean? Are you looking down on me or are you sincerely trying to deceive me? Isn't it enough for me to hand over the whistleblower Liu Dafu to you?" Sincere?"

Sun Zhihai hurriedly shook his head: "No, it's not my lord, it's the money that the subordinate officials got, and [-]% of it is going to be handed over to the Zhizhou lord, the subordinate officials definitely dare not lie to you!"

Zhou Jinyu nodded and calmed down his anger: "So that's how it is. That magistrate is really a jerk. He dared to ask for my money. Then I told His Majesty that he didn't care about state affairs and was a mediocre official! The magistrate's seat It's up to you!"

Sun Zhihai originally shook his head repeatedly after hearing Zhou Jinyu's words, but when he heard the last sentence, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, thank you sir, thank you sir!"

Zhou Jinyu nodded, and his anger completely subsided.

She looked at Sun Zhihai, and suddenly said: "Master Sun, I think, in order to show sincerity, you and I should make an alliance with blood and become brothers. What do you think?"

Sun Zhihai was flattered: "My son-in-law, do you mean that you want to be my brother?"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said: "What kind of son-in-law? It's just a false name. Brother Sun, if you don't dislike it, I am willing to share the blessings and difficulties with the elder brother!"

Sun Zhihai hurriedly said: "I don't dislike it, I dare not dislike it, brother Zhou, brother, I will not hide it from you now, I have been the county magistrate in Yong'an County for most of my life, and I have been obsessed with that dog magistrate for several years. If you are willing, brother, I am willing to recognize you as a brother, and share the blessings in the future, and I will be the brother in trouble!"

Zhou Jinyu slapped his thigh: "Okay! What I'm waiting for is my brother's words!"

The two immediately bowed to their brothers and bowed to the sky three times in the yard. After the worship was over, Zhou Jinyu bowed to Sun Zhihai again, baring his teeth and shouting: "Brother."

Sun Zhihai was naturally happy, and shouted: "My dear brother!"

After the vows were over, Sun Zhihai asked the master to take out 3000 taels of silver and gave it to Zhou Jinyu as a meeting gift.

Zhou Jinyu didn't refuse and accepted it directly.

The salary of a small county magistrate does not exceed 200 taels a year, and this Sun Zhihai pays 3000 taels when he makes a move. It can be seen how much money he secretly coveted in this place far away from the emperor without telling the court.

Sun Zhihai hosted a banquet, and Zhou Jinyu sat at the table and apologized to Sun Zhihai, saying that she arrested Liu Zhi from the Ministry of Industry because of the excitement at the time, and she had no choice but to ask Sun Zhihai to release him secretly one day That's it.

Sun Zhihai only smiled and said: "Brother, I know you didn't mean it, I have my own way, so don't worry about it."

Zhou Jinyu responded and toasted Sun Zhihai.

Sun Zhihai never refused to come, and his eyes began to turn red after a while.

Zhou Jinyu also pretended to be drunk, and said to Sun Zhihai, "Brother, brother, I am suffering. You don't know how miserable I am."

Sun Zhihai was taken aback, and asked, "How did you say that?"

Zhou Jinyu said sadly: "Brother, my mother came from a humble background. She was a low-class maid in the Guining Palace. Not long after she married into the Zhou Mansion, her husband died. Everyone in the Zhou family secretly said that it was my mother's fate." Unknown, my husband died, and my mother and I struggled in the Zhou family. Later, I finally won the number one prize, and was appointed servant of the official department, and the entire official department also treated me with contempt. Now I finally got the chance and came to the This Yong'an County, regardless of the superficial scenery, actually received a lot of gossip behind its back. And this son-in-law, sounds nice, a relative of the emperor, but if I hadn't been recommended by the officials, I'm afraid I wouldn't be here in my life. There may be a chance for promotion, but now I am here to serve as an imperial envoy in Yong'an County, it is completely promoted by Master Shangshu."

Sun Zhihai was taken aback for a moment, it turned out that his brother actually climbed onto the high branch of Master Shangshu?No wonder there is such a big tone, saying that he can recommend himself as the governor of the state.

He was overjoyed, but he sighed and comforted him, "Oh, brother, it's not easy for you!"

Zhou Jinyu said: "That's not true, brother, tell me, what do we do for official purposes, isn't it just for money!"

Sun Zhihai patted his chest and promised: "Brother, brother, I promise, if you have money, you and I will earn it together!"

Zhou Jinyu burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you for taking care of me, big brother. I only met a big brother like you because of the blessings I cultivated in my previous life."

Sun Zhihai laughed and said, "One family of brothers does not speak of two families."

Zhou Jinyu pretended to be drunk, and asked, "Brother, I don't know if our way of making money is safe or not? Are the bandits safe? Will they really hand over the money obediently?"

Sun Zhihai smiled and said: "That's natural. Do you think that the bandits in Niangniang Mountain are all bandits? They were originally Jinjiang pirates. It was my brother who let me save a life for the head of the family. They are grateful to my brother. My brother, my man, is the second in charge there, so you can rest assured that when the time comes, you can collect the money with peace of mind."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Oh! I'm relieved now."

After a meal of wine, Zhou Jinyu learned from Sun Zhihai that his men would go to Niangniang Mountain to fetch silver tomorrow.

Zhou Jinyu said that he was curious and wanted to follow along to see the world.

Sun Zhihai thought for a while, and agreed.

When Zhou Jinyu left the county office, she couldn't even walk steadily. She smirked and told Sun Zhihai, who was also drunk, not to see her off, and Liu Mu helped her out of the county office.

After walking out of the yamen, when he came to a place where no one was around, Zhou Jinyu pushed away Liu Mu's arm in an instant, and his eyes became clear in an instant.

Liu Mu was a little surprised by Zhou Jinyu's reaction.

Zhou Jinyu glanced at him with a smile, and asked, "Did you just believe that I'm a bastard and want to join forces with that Sun Zhihai?"

Liu Mu was stunned, bowed his head and saluted: "I don't dare!"

Zhou Jinyu chuckled: "Very well, if even you believe it, it means that Sun Zhihai must believe it too."

Liu Mu became more and more afraid to speak.

The person in front of him usually looks confused, and he can't speak when he sees the princess, but he saw the two things that happened today for real. A man of great knowledge and wisdom.

So, this person has been pretending to be confused?

Thinking of this, Liu Mu was secretly shocked. Fortunately, he had never disrespected Zhou Jinyu before.

Zhou Jinyu went back to the inn, drank a few cups of tea to hangover, and immediately called Jinfeng into the room.

Zhou Jinyu looked at Jinfeng and ordered: "Go, take my letter and call Lingnan Commander Sun Sheng to come and suppress the bandits."

Jin Feng was taken aback, Changsun Sheng is the elder brother of the current Empress Changsun Yiqiu, as Wei Huanian's secret guard, he naturally knew that Changsun Sheng was deposed by Emperor Tianshun in the early years, and the generals who followed Emperor Tianshun to conquer the world would either be killed , or be exiled, but most of them were killed, and because Changsun Sheng was the elder brother of the eldest grandson empress, Emperor Tianshun specially granted grace and did not kill him, but put him in Lingnan.

Over the years, Changsun Sheng has been unconvinced, thinking that he can use the relationship of Empress Changsun to return to the capital, and even learned from the news received from the hidden guards over the years that Changsun Sheng has always had the idea of ​​rebellion.

Zhou Jinyu had also heard about this. When Old Suntou was talking to her about the general situation in the court, he once told her that there was such a number one, very "worse" person.

I have been tossing and tossing for so many years, but I haven't accomplished anything at all, and I still dream of rebellion one day.

Just a crazy dream.

Jinfeng paused, and asked: "My lord, what if General Changsun refuses to come?"

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while and replied: "Then you tell him, if he refuses to help, then he will never even think about going back to the capital in this life, and just be the commander-in-chief in Lingnan for the rest of his life."

Jin Feng was taken aback for a moment, then quickly bowed and said, "Yes!"