"My minister, I have personally escorted Hu Dong to Yingtian Mansion."
In Kunning Palace, Zhao Sili stood with a slight bow, talking to Zhao Ning'er through a curtain.
Even if they are biological father and daughter, there is a world of difference when they enter the palace. The etiquette and laws cannot be overstepped.
"You are not allowed to interfere in politics in the harem!" Zhao Ning'er held six pounds in her arms and said softly from behind the curtain, "Father should report these matters to the emperor's grandson, not me."
"I came here to tell you to let you feel at ease!" Zhao Sili said, "Although this matter has nothing to do with the Zhao family, after all, he is using the name of the Zhao family. Therefore, I will definitely restrain my relatives in the future.
Act more cautiously and keep a low profile!"
Zhao Ning'er paused slightly, "I'm very happy that my father can think of this. Our family is not what it used to be. We are so prosperous, but I don't know how many people are waiting to see the joke in the dark. You and your mother are both unassuming.
If you have a different temperament, just live your own life behind closed doors and don’t pay attention to others. If you can’t see your relatives who are beyond your reach, just don’t see them!”
Speaking of this, Zhao Ning'er pondered, "You caught the person in the Luo family, then the Luo family..."
Zhao Sili hesitated for a moment, "The Luo family's wife is the eldest sister's mother-in-law after all. Whether she is guilty or not needs to be determined by the court!"
"Father is confused!" Zhao Ning'er's tone suddenly became stern, "It's obviously a crime of harboring and covering up, why don't you arrest father together? If you keep such a person who doesn't know right from wrong, she will be even more harmful in the future. Maybe in the future.
, it will implicate my brother-in-law, and it will implicate my eldest sister. In the end, it will implicate our Zhao family!"
"But after all, she..."
"Father, don't worry about it. Since you didn't arrest me, I will make it clear to His Highness!" Zhao Ning'er slowly put down the six kilograms, opened the curtain and came out from behind. At the same time, she waved her hands to the surrounding palace people to stay away.
He said, "Father, it's not that my daughter is cruel and doesn't care about her relatives. The Zhao family and my daughter will both prosper and suffer. Now this matter has nothing to do with the Zhao family. What if something else happens in the future?"
"Look at your grandson Liu Jin. Although he is the eldest son of His Highness, his mother's family is neither a frontier official nor a founding military official. People like us will not be able to help him at all in the future.
Count on him!"
"And if there is a joke in our family, his face will not look good!"
"When he grows up, he doesn't want to see a mother clan that follows people's influence and is greedy for fame and wealth!"
Zhao Sili looked at her daughter strangely, feeling bitter in her heart, "What do you mean?"
"The Luo family is a troublemaker! When we were poor and humble, we were always yelling at each other, and now they are even allowing his nephew to do random things in the name of our family. We don't want such relatives, but we can stop him if we can!"
"I'll go back and ask what your eldest sister means!" Zhao Sili hesitated, "Actually, your brother-in-law is pretty good..."
"If he was really good, he should have taken his cousin's head to Yingtian Mansion instead of asking his wife to go back to her parents' home to complain!" Zhao Ning'er said bitterly, "How could a man do something like this happen to his family?
I don’t know. When things come to a head, the in-laws’ family will come to help wipe his family’s butt. I don’t know whether to say that he is not responsible or that he is too scheming!”
Suddenly, Zhao Sili felt that he and his daughter were not just strangers, but people from two different worlds.
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In the Penal Department Prison, Chen Dewen was sitting on the floor in his cell. He had taken off his official clothes, leaving only the white clothes on his body, and his face was full of misery.
A few days ago, he was still thinking about flexing his muscles in the capital and doing something good for people's livelihood. But in an instant, he himself was behind bars.
Especially when he thought of the current emperor's treatment of offending officials and his wife and children at home, Chen Dewen shuddered.
Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years, and today, let alone serving the people, he can't even protect himself.
Creaking, there was a knock on the door behind me.
Chen Dewen turned around in surprise, turned over and knelt down in shock, "Convicted minister, please bow to His Majesty the Grand Sun!"
Zhu Yunxi came in slowly from the outside with a few guards. One of the guards placed a low table on the ground and placed some wine and food.
"Look at you alone!" Zhu Yunxi sat down on the stool put down by the guard again and said softly.
"Your Highness!" Chen Dewen cried out in an instant, "I have betrayed the divine grace!"
"There are so many lonely officials in the world, and you are the only one left!" Zhu Yunxi motioned to the guard to pour the wine, and continued, "You have been in prison these past few days, can you think of how you ended up in this situation?"
Chen Dewen wiped away his tears and choked with sobs, "I don't know people well and employ them inappropriately. I am eager for quick success."
"You!" Zhu Yunxi sighed and smiled bitterly, "I still don't understand the key. The key is that you are not practical enough! To be fair, although we have not known each other for a long time, only those who like me very much dare to think. But you have never been an official at the bottom,
I don’t know that people’s hearts are sinister, and they are also a little indecisive and have soft ears, which is why we are in today’s disaster!”
"My lord!" Chen Dewen felt sad again and couldn't help but lost his voice, "My lord, you are indeed too ambitious!"
"I hope this is a lesson to you!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "That guy Hu Dong has been brought to justice, and all 72 people involved have been arrested, including your Master Qin. That day, Hu Dong left
I broke his relationship and gave him five hundred silver dollars in exchange for speaking kind words in front of you! Grandpa Huang, the holy judge, peeled off the skin and filled it with grass to serve as a warning to others!"
When he talked about Master Qin, Chen Dewen's eyes filled with overwhelming hatred.
But when it came to peeling off the skin and filling it with grass, his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Without him, the laws of the Ming Dynasty are too harsh. It should be noted that there is still a human-skinned child in Yingtian Mansion who has been appointed as Zhongcheng.
In fact, not only Master Qin and Hu Dong are going to die, but also the people involved in the case are almost not left alive. Those local gangsters who are the backbone of the tiger will be tortured after they are caught in prison. They have bullied the people, cheated, and secretly hurt people in the past few years.
, they all poured out.
Even the shady officials in Yingtian Mansion had some long-standing cases tied to them.
Even if some of these people survived, they would have to be sent to the border to build the Great Wall, and would either die of illness or exhaustion.
Fortunately, in Hu Dong's case, no officials were found guilty of malpractice for personal gain or accepting bribes. Otherwise, the officials of Yingtian Mansion would be like leeks, being cut off by the old man again.
Everyone knows the root of why Hu Dong dared to do this. With the care of Ying Tianfu Yin, naturally everything can go up and down smoothly.
Chen Dewen looked at the wine glass in front of him and said tremblingly, "Senior, thank you, Your Highness, for coming to see me off!" As he said this, he held it up tremblingly, hesitating whether to drink it or not.
"Send you off? What kind of official position do you have, you are worthy of being alone to see you off!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Drink it, it's not poisonous!"
Then, amidst the surprise of the other party, he continued, "I begged you for mercy in front of Grandpa Huang. Although this case is bad, it is not irreversible. You have always had a good official reputation, and this time you have been implicated."
Chen Dewen's eyes were full of surprise.
"However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be forgiven!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "If you finish your official position to the end, I will send you back to the Guangzhou Taxation Department to be a customs collector!"
"My Lord, thank you for your kindness!" Chen Dewen cried and kowtowed.
"Thank you first!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, and the guards retreated silently, "Gubao, you see how much talent you still have. After arriving at the customs, everything, no matter how big or small, must be reported!" As he said that, Zhu Yunxi suddenly
Frowning, "During the Song Dynasty, the Guangzhou Customs tariff was still 480,000 yuan per year. How come it has been decreasing year by year in the Ming Dynasty, and last year it was less than 120,000 yuan. You are from Cantonese and are good at economics. Go and take a closer look at what's going on.
, and then play it carefully!"
Chen Dewen was stunned for a moment. He had just escaped from death, but he didn't expect to be assigned such an errand.
"I will do my best, but..." Chen Dewen hesitated and said, "How can I, a humble official, reach heaven to listen to you?"
With a snap, a piece of Jin Yiwei's waistband fell at Chen Dewen's feet.
"When you get to Guangzhou, take this waist card to Guangzhou Town Fusi Qianhu, and he will make arrangements for you!" After saying that, Zhu Yunxi stood up and left, "Remember, this is your last chance. If you do well, you can do it again in the future.
You have the opportunity to make great achievements. If you don't do it well, you will never be able to return to the capital in this life!"
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After leaving the gloomy prison of the Criminal Department, I felt the hot midsummer sunshine.
"Your Highness, are you going back to the palace?" Bastard asked shamefully.
"Go back, we're tired!" Zhu Yunxi got into the carriage.
As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but rub his tired temples.
It has not yet been decided who will lead the Jing navy. The position of the governor of Tianfu in the capital was once again vacant.
The land expropriation in the outer city of the capital will continue, and there are all kinds of things that make people busy.
But these things need to be put aside later. The most urgent task now is to hold a happy event.