The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Capital City, Liangxiang.

Yan Chengjin stayed in Liangxiang County for two days. When he heard that Liu Jian was furious, he wanted to settle accounts with him.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care. He was beaten with a cane and recovered in two days.

"Old Gao, if the idiot doesn't come to the library to give lectures, my business will be hard to do."

This guy sells Wang Shouren's annotations in the library.

This was written by Wang Shouren himself. When he went to Zhan Shifu to give lectures, Zhu Houzhao saw it first. After copying it, he shipped it out of the palace and sold it.

What you earn is that you have poor information and are supporters of the mind science. You can be one step ahead and get the latest understanding of Wang Shouren's mind science works.

Wang Shouren was helpless.

It has to be said that Zhu Houzhao can do anything except being a prince.

Yan Chengjin poured the chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea into a plain white tea cup: "Your Highness plagiarized other people's works. According to the copyright of the Ming Dynasty, you will be whipped for three days and three nights and pay a fine of one hundred taels."

Plagiarism and piracy were classified as serious crimes by Yan Chengjin in the Ming Dynasty.

He was whipped for three days, which can be called a minor severe punishment in the Ming Dynasty.

"Do you have time to take care of me?" Zhu Houzhao said happily: "If the idiot dies in Satsuma Kingdom, you will be Master Wang's son-killing enemy, hehe."

Master Wang shed tears. At first, he thought it was funny to watch the excitement.

It can be seen that Wang Hua has been heartbroken for a month, and he can no longer laugh.

"Brother Bo'an, you will definitely come back alive. Your Highness, don't ask for a crow's mouth." Yan Chengjin rolled his eyes at Zhu Houzhao.

In the letter to Wang Shouren, he wrote: Li A cloud-piercing arrow.

When Wang Shouren was in Hainan, he led troops to quell the Li rebellion. You can definitely guess that Li is a Li person from Hainan.

And a cloud-piercing arrow sounds like a code word and can be guessed.

Wang Shouren knew best how many Li soldiers there were in Hainan. For a small country like Satsuma, the whole country might not be able to muster 30,000 soldiers.

One hundred thousand Li people in Wang Shouren's hands were enough to bring down the Satsuma Kingdom.

So, he wasn't worried at all.

Wang Hua might have to come to him with pork meat to thank him.

Imperial Palace, Fengtian Hall.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the palace and felt that something was missing.

When I looked at the team of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I realized that something was missing. There was no one from the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

"Why doesn't anyone from the Metropolitan Procuratorate come to court?"

Xiao Jing hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin asked for leave for three days, Zheng Qian went to the northwest to supervise the construction of the Great Wall, and Jiang and Wen were just admitted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and were not qualified to discuss matters, so no one went to court..."

Although the censor can participate in family court discussions, the prerequisite is that he obtains your majesty's permission.

Jiang Wen and the others have just entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and His Majesty has not even remembered their names.

Emperor Hongzhi's face was stiff. Is this guy avoiding Master Liu again?

Liu Jian snorted coldly: "As a Jiuqing, it is unbecoming to ask for leave many times!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Zhang Sheng, Xie Qian and other people whose sons had been persecuted responded earnestly.

Throughout the year, they never took a few days off, except for Ding You.

Seeing that the public's anger was hard to quell, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing aside: "Yan Chengjin has been fined one month's salary, where are the others?"

"It seems...I am in Liangxiang with the prince."

These two collusive guys... Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath and said slightly angrily: "Additional punishment of two months!"

Your Majesty, your salary is not enough for Yan Chengjin.

I heard from the factory guard that Yan's family's festival expenses cost several hundred taels of silver. Every Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Day, they would give out silver taels to their servants at the risk of their lives.

The treatment is several times better than in the palace.

Mou Bin lowered his head slightly. His nephew had a favor with him, and he would not report it to His Majesty unless it was something urgent.

Chengxian Street, Liu Mansion.

Liu Jian returned to his mansion after his shift and saw Liu Lai reading in the study through the screen window.

He put his hands behind his back and stepped into the threshold: "What are you looking at?"

"I'm reading the Laws of the Ming Dynasty. As a royal censor, you must be familiar with the laws." Liu Lai glanced at his father anxiously.

Liu Jian looked at his son and showed a bit of guilt: "Fifteen years ago, if my father had not spent all his time explaining the scriptures to you, you would not have failed the exam."

In the sixth year of Chenghua, he was promoted to Zhanshi, the Young Master of the East Palace, and he devoted all his efforts to teaching Prince Zhu Youtang how to read.

In the fourth year of Hongzhi's reign, he was promoted to a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and handled government affairs day and night.

From beginning to end, he never fulfilled his father's duties to his son.

As one of the great Confucian scholars in the world, he taught Emperor Hongzhi to be knowledgeable about the past and present.

If you devote all your efforts to tutoring your son, how can you fail to pass the exam?

Liu Lai was stunned. He didn't expect his father to say such words: "Father's words are serious, and the child has never blamed his father!"

"After joining the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you will work hard as an official and work for the benefit of all people."

"Dad...don't you blame the child?"

Liu Jian glanced at him with a meaningful look: "You joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate what Yan Chengjin wanted to do. As a father, I always feel that he has something up his sleeve, otherwise..."

Otherwise, how could you be transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate? You, Liu Lai, are the only person in the world who can write bullets?

I don’t believe it!

Your stupid son has been deceived and yet he is so grateful that he doesn't know what to say.

Liu Jian's eyes shone with insight, but he was afraid of hurting his son, so he kept the words on his lips without saying them.

But Liu Lai refused bluntly: "Father wants to know, just send someone to investigate. Mr. Yan just transferred me to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Isn't this...repaying kindness with hatred?"

He didn't like Yan Chengjin, but he didn't bother to keep Chen Cang secretly like this.

If you want to investigate, be upright.

Liu Jian was furious, that's all. He was like this when he was young, with one intestine reaching the end.

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Liangxiang courtyard.

Yan Chengjin and Zhu Houzhao play Go.

He played the backgammon game completely, and without exception, he lost all games to Zhu Houzhao.

During this period, His Majesty sent factory guards to deliver oral instructions and deduct three months of his salary.

Yan Chengjin turned to look at He Neng: "We share the same responsibility for this difficulty. Starting from this month, the salary of the family will be halved. After three months, it will return to normal."

It is impossible to lose money.

How could he cry with a mournful face, as if his parents were dead: "Young Master..."

Zhu Houzhao won again, as if he had found fun: "Old Gao, how about I be your chess master?!"

Yan Chengjin's expression remained as usual: "In one month, I will defeat you."

"How to win?" Zhu Houzhao blinked. Lao Gao usually doesn't make random mistakes.

"You promise me something, and I will tell you."

Zhu Houzhao's big dark eyes showed vigilance: "What do you want to do to deceive me?"

"It's a good deed. There are many poor people in Liangxiang and Fangshan. It's August and it's getting cold again. Your Highness might as well take out some money and give them porridge." Yan Chengjin said.

Three days of rest will pass in the blink of an eye.

When Yan Chengjin arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the early morning, there was one more person on duty. Liu Lai was already here, waiting to arrange errands.

Jiang and Wen stood aside, knowing that this was the son of cabinet scholar Liu Jian, so they were quite respectful.

"The three of you will impeach Liu Lai today."

Liu Lai was so frightened that he turned pale and asked, "Master Yan, what is this?"

"This is the admission ceremony of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Every new censor will be impeached by all the censors in the court."

Jiang Wen and the others looked at Liu Lai with sympathetic light.

Liu Lai did not refute, but changed the topic and said bluntly: "Master Yan, my father wants to be demoted. What are you planning to investigate?"

"I am indeed planning something." Yan Chengjin said directly: "I am afraid that the cabinet and the six ministries will not approve the establishment of the fourth department in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. I need your help to advise me."

Establish four divisions?

The pupils of Liu Lai and Jiang Wen suddenly shrank.

Under the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the yamen of the Fourteenth District, and there has never been a precedent for setting up subordinate yamen in the capital.

Among all yamen, only six departments have four divisions.

And the six parts are unique.

If the Metropolitan Procuratorate also established four divisions, then the Ming Dynasty should have changed it to seven divisions, right?

"How can His Majesty and the officials agree?"