The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Metropolitan Procuratorate,

Yan Chengjin rolled out a blank piece of paper and drew a process mind map.

"The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal starts from Tongzhou in the north. If a river channel is dug out of Liangxiang and connected with the Marco Polo River, it will merge into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal."

As the small commodity center of the Ming Dynasty, Liangxiang is the righteous bird of the world.

With the inner harbor as a transportation channel, Liangxiang will definitely become the "Jiangnan" of the north.

"Building a library has emptied the treasury of Liangxiang, and I have to ask Your Majesty for extra money."

After analysis, Yan Chengjin was in trouble.

Your Majesty wants to hold the treasury in his mouth, how can you make him spit out the money?

"If I ask for money, Han Wen will definitely jump out and object. If you want money from the national treasury, you have to pass Han Wen's test."

Suddenly, there was another mini-boss on the white paper blocking the road.

Yan Chengjin wrote a few words on the paper.

A censor came out of the warehouse with a lot of information and books in his arms, and staggered back to the check-in room.

A sharp shout almost frightened him to death.

"Fang Xue! What are you doing with the classics!" Dai Shan was furious.

The censor turned around and said with shame: "Sir, it's Brother Gao who wants it. Let me get it..."

Before Yan Chengjin came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was the golden censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After Yan Chengjin came...

Everything has changed!

Even the adults yelled at him.

Looking through several classics, Dai Shan wondered, what does this guy want to do with the canal records passed down by thirteen censors?

Holding his hands behind his back, he strode into the duty room. There was a quiet censor writing and drawing by the east window.

Are you rushing for business again?

Dai Shan's old face broke into a smile: "Cheng Jin, who are you going to impeach?"

"My official, I would like to ask your majesty to connect Liangxiang to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal." Yan Chengjin said respectfully.

Fang Xue quickly put the classics on the desk.

Dai Shan couldn't understand: "What you asked me to do was to bring out these classics for what purpose?"

"The lower official must read these classics before submitting the memorial."

Are you out of your mind?

But I don’t think it’s a good idea to say this…

Dai Shan quickly said: "My dear nephew, there is no need to be so cautious."

Yan Chengjin nodded, but he opened the classics with his hands and looked at them one by one.

Seeing that he didn't listen to his advice, Dai Shan shook her head and turned to leave. After taking a few steps, she heard a voice behind her:

"Brother Fang, does he know where Master Hanwen lives?"

Dai Shan turned around and jumped angrily: "Why are you asking about Han Wen's address?"

"I'm just asking casually, sir. You don't need to be so cautious."

After Dai Shan left, Fang Xue whispered to Yan Chengjin: "Brother Gao, can you teach me how to impeach now?"

"Impeach is just two words."

"Which two?"

Yan Chengjin came close to Fang Xue's ear and said two words, and Fang Xue's expression froze.

…

After the morning dynasty,

Emperor Hongzhi saw Zhang Xian, the magistrate of Liangxiang, and his cabinet draft, waiting for his approval.

"Is Liang Xiang asking for permission to dig a waterway?"

It must have been Yan Chengjin's idea again. The son didn't dare to give advice directly, so he asked Zhang Xian to give advice.

Emperor Hongzhi ordered Mou Bin on the side: "Let Yan Chengjin do it himself."

Yan Chengjin took a sketch and came to Nuange to meet Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request that the river channel from Liangxiang to Lugou River be dug."

"Liangxiang wants to open river transportation?" Li Dongyang was surprised.

Liangxiang has many small commodities, and water transportation is the main transportation channel in the Ming Dynasty. Liangxiang can join the water transportation through the Marco Polo River.

Emperor Hongzhi said nonchalantly: "The purpose of opening water transportation in Liangxiang is to clear the trade routes in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Yan Chengjin was ready to give out the first reason for his careful preparation.

"It is to clear the trade routes between the north and the south, and to feed the refugees in Liangxiang. After winter, there are fewer businessmen coming to Liangxiang. There are old goods hoarded in warehouses and dilapidated houses. The workshops cannot operate, and the refugees will starve.

If the refugees were allowed to dig a waterway from Liangxiang to the Lugou River, they would have a livelihood. "

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "You can just decide this matter. There is no need to report it to me."

"Your Majesty, I am here to waste money..."

Emperor Hongzhi's old face moved slightly. The previous dynasty opened the Canal Canal and used tens of thousands of refugees. Just providing food rations spent countless waste.

"Why not transport it to Tongzhou and then transport it by water?"

Yan Chengjin had long expected that His Majesty would not be happy when he mentioned extravagant expenses. "Tongzhou is far enough away from Liangxiang, more than sixty miles away, and there are often official ships transporting grain at Tongzhou River Port. I am afraid that it will hinder the Shipping Department, Your Majesty." Don’t you want to waste money?”

You little brat!

Did you ask that?

Emperor Hongzhi's expression became unnatural. Li Dongyang and Xie Qian lowered their heads deliberately, not to look at His Majesty's face, so as to avoid His Majesty's embarrassment.

Yan Chengjin stood in the hall.

When I come to ask for money today, I have carefully thought out every word. Only by saying these words will your Majesty be able to waste money.

Han Wen cheered up and said: "It costs a lot of money to open a waterway, and it is now three feet frozen. Why not wait until spring next year to open it again?"

Yan Chengjin expected that when asking for money, he would have to pass the Korean language test.

"Spring will begin tomorrow, and merchants will start trading. If we open the waterway at that time, we will lose a lot of money. The soil is not frozen yet, and there are many refugees, so we will be able to dig out the waterway."

"How much will it cost?" Emperor Hongzhi asked.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver."

The ministers gasped.

Spending 50,000 taels of silver is no big deal, but spending 50,000 taels of silver on a small county always feels like wasting money.

"How much tax does Liangxiang pay in a year? No! It's a loss!" Han Wen angrily refused.

Li Dongyang pretended not to see Yan Chengjin's signal for help.

"Then... I will think about it again."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded. Once the waterway in Liangxiang was opened, the official position of the Municipal Shipping Department would be added. In this way, more money would be spent.

Walking out of Nuan Pavilion, Yan Chengjin was sure that Emperor Hongzhi would not object or approve of it. As long as he could master the Korean language, he would be able to get the money.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate's attempts to impeach Han Wen have almost all failed. This shows that Han Wen has an excellent official reputation and a very high status in His Majesty's heart."

In historical materials, most of the records about Han Wen are complimentary, saying that he was an upright person.

If you can't send money, you can only impeach.

As a censor, impeachment is your duty. If you pay bribes, it may lead to disaster.

Yan Chengjin must open water transportation in Liangxiang.

“But what weaknesses does Hangeul have that can be impeached?”

Historical data cannot be fully trusted, and he knows very little about Korean.

When he returned to his residence, Yan Chengjin ordered someone to invite Wang Yue and said, "Do you know anything about Korean?"

"Han Wen is after Han Qi, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. He has a good official reputation. He even impeached me and Mr. Ma. He is not a good bird."

After listening to Wang Yue talk for a long time, Yan Chengjin didn't find any shortcomings in Korean.

"If my nephew wants to impeach him, he can just report it directly to His Majesty. Why should we be so cautious?" Wang Yue said.

Yan Chengjin will not impeach rashly.

Suddenly I thought of a person, Cheng Minzheng!

Cheng Minzheng and Han Wen were in the same year. They were both Jinshi in the second year of Chenghua, and they had a personal friendship.

At night, Yan Chengjin received a reply from Cheng Minzheng:

"The Han family is a wealthy family in Hongdong. They grew up in fine clothes and fine food. Naturally, they have some habits of rich children. They occasionally go to drink wine, but they prefer to choose quiet and deep places. There is a Jixian Tower in the capital..."

Yan Chengjin knew that Han Wen's family was very well-off and that he would be a national husband when he was born.

Just because of the rice penalty law, the family declined.

Eunuch Liu was really a talented man who liked to innovate and invented many criminal laws. Liu Jin invented the penalty meter law.

The penalty meter method determines the amount of penalty rice and the distance of transportation according to the seriousness of the crime.

Not only do you have to hand over fined rice, but you also have to pay money to deliver the rice to the designated border.

The place designated by Eunuch Liu will definitely not be too close.

Han Wen was directly punished to the point of bankruptcy.

Stunned like this, Han Wen did not kneel down to lick Liu Jin, which shows that he is upright and upright, but it gave Yan Chengjin a weakness. Han Wen cherished his reputation very much.

"Do you know where Jixian Tower is?"

He Neng was suddenly startled: "Master, that's a place for drinking wine. It's late at night, do you want to go out?"

"Prepare the sedan chair and bring a few more servants. I am going to make a trip."

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