After hearing Tian Boping's words, Shen Yi twitched his eyebrows, then turned slightly sideways, signaling Tian Boping to come in and talk. Only then did Tian Laobao see clearly that both of Shen Yi's hands were covered in batter, and the man in the world looked a little surprised.
he asked.
"Young Master, do you have the luxury of cooking on weekdays?"
In this era, men rarely cook, especially scholars, and they are even less likely to cook. In Tian Laoba's view, it is really against the rules for a promising scholar like Shen Yi to cook.
Shen Yi shook his head nonchalantly and said with a smile, "I'm just messing around. Brother Tian, please find a place to sit in the yard while I wash my hands."
Tian Boping didn't think too much. He found a stone pillar in the small yard and sat down. Shen Yi quickly washed his hands and walked back. He didn't have any airs, so he just chose a grassy spot to sit down and looked at Tian. Bo Ping asked: "Brother Tian, did the imperial envoy read out the decree in public?"
"Read it out."
Tian Boping said quickly: "It was because I heard the decree that I hurriedly came to see the young master."
Speaking of this, Tian Laoba coughed and whispered: "The imperial envoy went to the prefect's Yamen first, but I did not have time to arrive at the scene. Later, I heard from onlookers that because Chen Fuzun's rule was not strict, Jiangdu The price of rice has skyrocketed, and the reputation of the court has been damaged. It should have been severely punished, but because Chen Fuzun wanted to serve the country sincerely, he..."
"Change it to a one-year fine."
Hearing this, Shen Yi was stunned.
"Even Master Chen was punished..."
"yes."
Tian Boping responded and said: "I heard that the two imperial envoys from the imperial court a few days ago were both old friends of Chen Fuzun. After the three met, they called each other cousins and were very close. I originally thought that Chen The palace master will definitely be safe and sound this time, and he will even be rewarded by the court. I didn’t expect..."
Shen Yi nodded and thought to himself.
This time, he "watched" Jiangdu's struggle from beginning to end. According to the final result of the struggle, Chen Fuzun's side must have won a complete victory, but now... Chen Fuzun has also received some punishment.
You know, this Lord of the Palace is currently on the rise in his career. A one-year fine is not a big deal to him. But when he takes the civil service exam next year, the Ministry of Revenue will see the record of this fine. Don’t say anything about it then. It would be difficult to give him an "above" rating, even if it means "above average"!
There is a high probability that it is a "中" character.
This is a very hurtful thing for the young and powerful Magistrate Chen. Even if his future promotion path is smooth, this Chinese character will at least allow him to serve one more time at his current level.
That is three years.
For rising officials, wasting three years is undoubtedly an uncomfortable thing.
"Chen Yu's faction won, but Chen Yu himself was affected..."
Shen Yi thought to himself.
"Then there are only two situations."
Shen Qilang thought this way: "The first one is that Chen Yu or Prime Minister Yang won, but they did not win completely. The imperial court decided to take fifty measures each, not only to rectify the grain merchants, but also to beat Chen Yu. Palace Master, and the second situation..."
Shen Yi took a deep breath.
"The second situation is that Chen Fuzun, the trouble-making disciple, made Yang Xiangye in the capital a little unhappy, so he took the opportunity to beat his own student..."
Just when Shen was wondering about the situation in the capital, Tian Boping, who was sitting opposite him, cleared his throat and continued: "Sir, after the imperial envoy went to the government office, he immediately transferred to the residences of the grain merchants, starting from Ma Yuan's house. When the villain came to inform the young master, the imperial envoy had already gone to the houses of two grain merchants."
Shen Yi came back to his senses, looked at Tian Boping, and asked, "Search your home and exile him?"
Tian Boping nodded and said: "Both grain stores, Ma's and Zhao's, were driven up by market prices and went on strike to fight against the government. They were confiscated and exiled by the imperial court. But the strange thing is..."
Tian Boping looked at Shen Yi and said: "If you just want to confiscate the property of these grain merchants, you can usually just give the order directly to the Jiangdu magistrate's office or the county magistrate's office, and let the government office carry it out. However, these imperial envoys did not give orders to Jiangdu locals." Instead of issuing an edict from the government, he rushed directly to the homes of these grain merchants to announce the edict."
"This is not difficult to understand."
A faint smile appeared on Shen Yi's face, and he said: "It's nothing more than confiscating the ownership of the family property. Our Jiangdu is a first-class wealthy city in the Chen Kingdom. As the richest man in Jiangdu, the Ma family and the grain merchants must have lost all their wealth." It’s not bad. If the local government in Jiangdu ransacks the house, even if it is handed over to the court afterwards, no one knows how much it can turn over. But if the court directly ransacks the house..."
"At the very least, with two fewer people handling it, more money can be put into the household department's coffers."
Shen Yi said softly: "In my opinion, this is probably the intention of the Ministry of Revenue, which wants more money and grain to be put into the treasury."
Tian Boping nodded repeatedly and praised Shen Yi for his far-sightedness. After the two talked for a while, Tian Boping stood up and left.
Having said this, Shen Yi looked at Tian Boping and said with a smile: "Brother Tian, I will be here all day long. You keep an eye on what's going on in the city. If there is any movement, come here and let me know."
Tian Boping nodded repeatedly, stood up and said goodbye, while Shen Yi continued to stay in the small courtyard, teaching these children how to make snacks.
About an hour later, Tian Laoba once again came to Shen Yi out of breath. He looked up at Shen Yi and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. It was not until the young man Xu Fu brought him a ladle of water that he regained his breath and looked towards Shen Yi.
"Sir, after the imperial envoy dealt with the grain merchants, he went to the county government and the court..."
Tian Boping coughed several times and said, "The imperial court is going to demote Feng County!"
Hearing this, even Shen Yi was stunned.
Because this is completely unreasonable!
The biggest party implicated in this matter is the Jiangdu Government Office, which has little to do with the Jiangdu County Government Office. Even if it is related to the Jiangdu County Government Office, the County Government Office is acting on the orders of the Government Government Office!
It makes no sense why Chen Fuzun only fined him a salary, but Magistrate Feng directly demoted him!
Shen Yi frowned and asked, "What's the reason?"
Tian Laoba whispered: "It is said that the account transactions between Mr. Feng County and those grain merchants were found out, and it was found out that Mr. Feng had accepted bribes of more than 10,000 taels of silver from Jiangdu merchants in the past few years..."
"What the court means is that Magistrate Feng allowed these grain merchants to increase prices and sat idly by because he accepted bribes."
It has been more than four years and almost five years since Magistrate Feng took office in Jiangdu. He has been serving as a parent official in a prosperous place like Jiangdu for nearly five years and has only received less than 10,000 taels of silver...
To be honest, it's very rare.
According to common sense, if you can be a county magistrate in a place like Jiangdu, Magistrate Feng has some connections behind him. With such a small amount of money, he should not be demoted directly...
Shen Yi lowered his head and thought about the cause and effect carefully. He thought of Magistrate Chen, the Ma family and other grain merchants, and suddenly...
An idea flashed in his mind!
"Yes…"
Shen Yi slapped his thigh and suddenly realized.
Tian Boping didn't understand. He looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Sir, what did you think of?"
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said: "When Ma Yuanwai waited for these grain merchants to collapse, the grain market in Jiangdu suddenly became empty. Some people in the capital were probably eyeing this piece of fat, so... "
Shen Yi said slowly.
"So they need one of their own to come to Jiangdu to be the county magistrate."
