Yang Hao returned to the Kaifeng Mansion Fire Hospital and immediately summoned a group of minions to rush out of Kaifeng Mansion. Old Liu Tou, who was selling pears under the willow tree opposite Kaifeng Mansion, looked at the demolition team carrying pickaxes and shovels and murmured to himself
He said: "Hey! Leng Tou Qing personally took action again. Which official is in trouble this time?"
Yang Hao led the people straight to the Luo family's mansion in Zuobokangmen on Wheat Straw Lane. He looked around, pointed to a few low sheds in the alley, and asked, "Why hasn't this place been demolished yet?"
A fire patrolman with a red circle on his chest and the word "fire" in the middle came forward and said: "Sir, you never said that this place was going to be demolished."
"Really? Then I must have made an oversight." Yang Hao picked up his writing brush, walked over and wrote the word "DELETE" on the wall of the shed. He drew a circle with familiarity and said, "Okay, now we can take it apart."
He turned to look at the closed door of Luo's house, and said hello: "Go and break the door for me. Nanya Huoqingyuan is going to demolish the shed. Tell the owner of this house to come out quickly."
The fireman reminded him with a smile: "Sir, this house is the residence of Mr. Luo, the deputy envoy of the Third Secretary."
Yang Hao glared and shouted: "So what?"
"Yes, yes," said Huo Qiuxin: "You dare to demolish the shed of Mr. Wang's house, what else can I do?" He obediently went up to the door and knocked on the door. After a while, the doorman answered. He thought he was here to visit.
When my lord's guest asked that it was Kaifeng Mansion who came to demolish the shed, he hurriedly turned around and reported inside.
In the inner house, Luo Keqin, the third son of the Luo family, heard that the Kaifeng Mansion had come to demolish the shed. He immediately became furious and shouted: "It's too much to bully people. Do you think our Luo family is going to collapse? Come on, come on, summon the strong men for me."
Servant, I'm going to see which bastard dares to dismantle my things."
Luo Gongming was sitting in the flower hall, sipping tea and reading quietly. When he heard the sound, he frowned slightly and shouted: "Qin'er, shut up! Our alley doesn't need to be demolished anymore, right? Kaifeng
Some official from the government has brought someone here."
Upon hearing Lao Luo's question, the disciple hurriedly entered the flower hall and reported, "Sir, it's the stupid head from Nanya Huoqing Academy... Oh no, Dean Yang, he personally brought someone here."
"Yang Hao?" Luo Gongming put down the book, stood up and walked slowly for a few steps, stroking his beard and smiling slightly: "Haha, this guy has a sincere heart. He can defeat his enemies without making friends."
"Dad!" Luo Keqin rushed in angrily. Looking at his eagerness to try, he only waited for his father to nod slightly and was about to rush out. Luo Gongming frowned and reprimanded: "You, the boss is not young, but your temperament is still like this.
You are reckless, not to mention your eldest brother and second brother, even your youngest brother is much calmer than you. You..., call your second brother over."
Although Third Young Master Luo was angry, he was most afraid of his father, so he had no choice but to endure his anger and retreat. After a while, he led Luo Kejie in a hurry. Luo Kejie said: "Dad, did you call me?"
Luo Gongming called him closer and gave him detailed instructions in a low voice. Luo Kejie understood and immediately stepped back.
After a while, the corner door of the Luo family's mansion opened, and the second young master Luo walked out alone, Shi Shiran, and said, "I am the second young master of the Luo family. Who from Kaifeng Mansion is on business here?"
Yang Hao immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Second Young Master Luo, I'm offended. Yang Hao, Kaifeng Prefecture Fire Court, has been ordered to clean up illegal buildings, dredge roads, and build fire patrol shops. How many sheds are there in your alley?"
It is not only an eyesore, but also inconvenient for people to come in and out. Yang wants to demolish it. This is an imperial decree."
Luo Kejie laughed and said: "So that's it, that place is just a place where the toilet is placed every morning, and a shed is built just to prevent rain in summer and cover snow in winter. It doesn't matter. Since Dean Yang was ordered to clear the road, he just Just dismantle it.”
Yang Hao was overjoyed and looked back and said: "You heard this, why don't you take action." He sent people to demolish the shed, and Yang Hao said loudly: "Second Young Master Luo understands righteousness, and Yang admires him very much." Then he whispered: "I heard that the eldest son had committed a crime and is now in jail awaiting trial. Yang just heard about it today and came here in a hurry. I wonder how he is doing now?"
Luo Kejie smiled slightly, and lowered his voice and said: "My brother will never be involved in corruption, let alone have any affair with the Northern Kingdom. This is someone's deliberate frame-up. Making things out of nothing is not gold for refining fire. If the court continues to investigate, they will always pay back Luo Kejie. The whole family is innocent, Dean Yang has taken the trouble."
"I didn't do anything," Yang Hao said: "Brother Ke En and I are brothers of Paoze who share life and death. If Mr. Luo is in trouble, if I can be of any use, just speak up. Mr. Luo stays behind closed doors and wants to wait quietly. The court has found out the truth, so there won't be any more trouble, right?"
There was a hint of worry in Luo Kejie's brows, and he sighed softly: "When the truth comes out, things that shouldn't have come out will also come out, but... it's not a very urgent matter. Dean Yang doesn't have to worry."
Yang Hao was startled and suddenly became suspicious. Since he said that he was not corrupt and had no affair with Liao people, what was there to worry about? Could it be that the eldest son of the Luo family had other secrets that were not visible to others? Because of this suspicious case, the censor investigated and found out Are you going to expose it?"
Sure enough, Luo Kejie smiled bitterly and said: "There are indeed some shady things in this. The people who framed our Luo family are very shrewd and well versed in official affairs. Speaking of which, no one would investigate a court official. members of the Luo family, especially my Luo family. My father is the deputy envoy of the third minister. Everyone in the court must give some face. However, the person who framed the frame used an easy-to-exploit stratagem to frame the case, which led the officials to thoroughly investigate the matter. After observing, some things that were inconvenient to reveal were inevitably exposed."
Luo Kejie explained it concisely, and only then did Yang Hao understand the whole story.
It turns out that after the founding of the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid the situation of warlord separatism like the Tang Dynasty, local military power, political power, financial power, criminal power, appointment and dismissal of officials, etc. were separated one by one. The transfer envoys were officials appointed by the imperial court to take charge of local financial power. In order to prevent corruption caused by transfer, financial power is also highly concentrated. When the local government needs financial supplies, the transfer envoy must report to the court to allocate funds.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the quality of financial officials varied greatly, so the finances were very chaotic. Often when there was no need to allocate funds, the transfer envoys would hurriedly petition the court for funds. After the funds were allocated, they found that no funds were needed and the funds had to be turned over. Therefore, The imperial court made stipulations on performance appraisals, requiring each transit envoy to try to balance the financial revenue and expenditure of his or her own branch. Any improper request to the imperial court for appropriation would be investigated as dereliction of duty.
However, it is difficult to draw a clear line between what is appropriate and what is inappropriate. In order to avoid being tainted in performance examinations, many transfer envoys keep a flexible fund on hand. Once there is a need in the local area, they will first allocate it and implement it. After that, you can apply to the court for allocation and make up for the flexible funds. This can avoid frequent requests for transfer of funds from the court. This matter is of course against the laws and regulations of the court.
Yang Hao was a little dazed after hearing this. This kind of thing is similar to the "empty seal case" in the early Ming Dynasty. They were both compromises that officials came up with when facing policy troubles. In the early Ming Dynasty,
, The imperial court stipulates that each chief envoy, prefecture, prefecture, and county must send accounting officials to the Ministry of Household Affairs to submit local financial revenue and expenditure accounts and the number of all money and grain. The government and the chief envoy, the chief envoy and the household department
The figures must be completely consistent. If there are any slight errors, the account book will be re-produced and must be stamped with the official seal of the original government office.
Since the chief envoys and accountants were too far away from the capital, and their travels took a long time, they kept blank account books with official seals in advance. They could fill them in at any time when there was any refutation from the ministry. It stands to reason that using such reports would not produce valuable results.
It comes from securities, and it is difficult for people to engage in fraud for personal gain based on the numbers here, so the Ministry of Accounts does not intervene.
As a result, the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty found out about this matter. He was furious and ordered everyone from the Minister of Household Affairs to the people who kept orders and seals to be executed. One of the main reasons was not because of the corruption involved in this matter.
Space, but what it violated was the emperor's most taboo thing: obeying the emperor and violating the law, bullying the superiors and monopolizing power.
Of course Zhao Kuangyin is not as bloodthirsty as Zhu Yuanzhang, but it is difficult to say how he will react when he hears this. He originally sent the transfer envoy to collect local finances and prohibit local interception. Fortunately, now, the transfer envoy himself has the
He left a considerable amount of wealth, didn't this touch his evil skin?
Yang Hao was stunned for a long time and then said: "This plan is indeed vicious. What will happen once the court finds out?"
Luo Kejie said: "It's hard to say. It's really hard to guess the emperor's intentions. In fact... as long as my brother tells the truth why he has no choice but to do this, and then says that all the transshippers do this, it is just a customary habit. Officials
After I understand the whole story, I won’t embarrass my brother too much, but this time, our Luo family will offend all the Gods of Wealth in the world."
Yang Hao frowned and asked, "Is there no remedy?"
Luo Kejie shook his head and said cheerfully: "Dean Yang, there is no need to worry about the Luo family. The officials are kind and will not embarrass the Luo family too much. Besides, my brother is only a deputy envoy, and there is an envoy above him. As long as there is an affair,
If the matter in the North cannot be proven, even if he is found guilty of corruption, the worst he can do is be demoted and punished."
Yang Hao sighed, shook his head and said: "It's a pity that Yang Hao has a low-key position and is powerless to deal with such a major imperial matter. After all, he can't help. Alas... I'm really ashamed."
Luo Kejie smiled and said: "Haha, it's nothing. My father said that sometimes, taking a loss is taking advantage. Only the wise can see the benefits."
"Huh?" Yang Hao's heart skipped a beat and he raised his eyes to look at Luo Kejie. Luo Kejie had already looked around and said, "My father also said that Dean Yang came to visit the Luo family when they were in danger and wanted to do his best to help. This feeling
, the Luo family wrote down. My father also knows what Dean Yang has done recently. The dean has done a good job, but... too much is too much. The blade of suspicion hanging over your head has been removed, and the dean can rest assured.
The court is doing something."
Yang Hao was overjoyed when he heard this. He heard that the old fox had already made arrangements for his predicament, so he didn't need to worry too much. Luo Gong was an important minister in the imperial court and often had access to Zhao Kuangyin's figures. He revealed this information, obviously telling him that the emperor
His suspicion of himself was gone. This was great news. A big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
In the Luo family's inner house, Luo Keqin, who had been taught a lesson by Luo Gongming, stood in front of him like a defeated rooster, with his head downcast. Luo Gongming ignored him and slowly took a sip of tea and looked at the book in his hand.
Then he put the teacup on the table. Unexpectedly, it was empty when he put it down, and the teacup was snatched away by someone.
Luo Gongming's gray eyebrows frowned slightly, he raised his head helplessly and said, "Madam, what are you doing?"
Standing in front of him was a beautiful middle-aged woman in pure white and light clothes. Although there were some wrinkles on her face, the accumulation of time had added a bit of elegance, grace and mature charm that girls did not possess. Her facial features were charming and round.
When Luo Keqin saw her coming, he was overjoyed and quickly bowed and saluted: "Mother."
"You go out, I have something to say with your father."
"Yes, yes, yes," Luo Keqin was overjoyed and immediately ran away. This Mrs. Luo was Luo Gongdan's second wife. She was about twenty years younger than Luo Gongming. She was the most favored by Luo Gongming, and only one in the Luo family.
Only then did she dare to speak loudly in front of the old man. Mrs. Luo's only biological children were Luo Kedi and a sister, Luo Min, but since she came here, she treated her ex-wife's children equally and won the respect of everyone in the house.
Luo Gongming looked at his son, who was running faster than a rabbit, and snorted: "Who has provoked you again, causing you to come to ask your husband for punishment?"
The woman stared at her eyes like spring water and said angrily: "Don't act pretentious in front of me. I heard that bullies are coming to Kaifeng Mansion now? If you continue to be a coward, more and more bullies will come to your door."
More and more, Kecheng has been detained in Yushi Prison for several days. As for you, you eat well and sleep well, and you are not worried at all. Isn't he your biological child?"
"Save? Can't be saved, can't be saved..." Luo Gongming shook his head repeatedly: "Isn't it just a few days of detention? He won't be tortured, and it won't be difficult for him. He won't be eating or sleeping anywhere, so what's there to worry about?" Luo Gongming?
After Gongming finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued reading.
Mrs. Luo was so angry that she grabbed the book and slapped it on the case, and shouted: "Old fox, what are your plans? The whole family is in panic now. At least you can tell me and let me know what I know."
"Plan?" Luo Gongming chuckled and stood up slowly: "What are you planning? What's the plan? Kecheng was obviously framed, but do you know... who is in charge? What is the purpose? What is the goal?
Is he still an old man? Is there anything more to come?"
Mrs. Luo was stunned and said: "I don't know, do you know?"
Luo Gongming shook his head and said: "My husband doesn't know either, so it's better to be still than to move, and it's better to stay still than to move blindly, so as not to mess up my own position."
Mrs. Luo said displeasedly: "What if I don't have any offspring anymore? Kecheng is kept there all the time, and you old guy just ignores me? You are really cruel. I see you...
A desperate heart means a desperate life. My enemy has already died on the battlefield, but he still points his finger at Kecheng. Kejie and the others will take care of me until I die in the future. It would be better for you..."
Mrs. Luo burst into tears when she talked about her biological son. Luo Gongming, who had been sitting steadily on the Diaoyutai, panicked when he saw it. He stood up quickly, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped her tears gently and said: "Look at you, look at you,
Why are you crying now? Who said that my husband is just sitting here and not paying attention? My husband has already started thinking about it, and he still waits for you to urge me? "
Mrs. Luo grabbed the handkerchief, wiped her tears carelessly, and said with her almond-shaped eyes: "Have you already started thinking of a solution? I haven't seen you go out. Did you go to Zhao Xianggong's house or Nanya Emperor's brother to ask for help?"
In front of everyone, they are the only ones whose words carry weight."
Luo Gongming smiled complacently, stroking his beard and said: "I have sent people to spread the news in the market. On the one hand, I said that my husband was close to Prime Minister Zhao, which offended Mr. Zhao of Nanya. On the other hand, I said that my husband had close contacts with the current emperor's brother. Zhao
My husband is jealous, hehe, after these few days, these rumors must have been spread to the ears of the officials by Wu Desi."
Mrs. Luo's eyes opened wider and wider, and her red lips gradually opened. Luo Gongming said again: "After these few days, the heat is almost done. I have secretly informed several friends at Yushitai that tomorrow morning
A memorial was filed to impeach my husband for colluding with Kecheng and his son, bending the law for personal gain, embezzling and extorting bribes, hahaha... Uh, madam, what are you doing?"
Mrs. Luo took her hand off his forehead, grabbed his goatee, and yelled: "Are you not sick? Are you making yourself miserable? If you are impatient, go get some noodles."
Hang yourself from the beam, don't be angry with me here, I'm so angry, I'm really mad that I married such a confused old man like you."
Luo Gongming took the beard back from her hand and said with a smile: "Madam, this is your fault. You have your own reasons for doing this for your husband."
Mrs. Luo angrily grabbed his chair and sat down, saying angrily: "Tell me, what do you mean by doing this?"
Luo Gongming walked up to her, crossed his arms and said with a smile: "Madam, this is a trick for a husband, it is called retreating in order to advance, killing two birds with one stone. Of course Cheng'er will not have an affair with the Northern Kingdom, I believe the officials are well aware of this, and the court
Since the official couldn't get any evidence of Kecheng, the official's slight suspicion was naturally dispelled.
However, the origin of these valuable goods in Kecheng's cabin cannot be explained, and the charge of smuggling cannot be escaped. This is a small section, but the private accumulation of intercepted wealth on the Southeast East Road has been found out.
This kind of bullying behavior is the most taboo for emperors. Today, there are ministers who dare to bully the emperor for public purposes, and tomorrow there will be ministers who dare to bully the emperor for private purposes. In your opinion, it is forgivable, but it is out of respect and imitation. How can the emperor be so aloof?
One head?"
Mrs. Luo's expression suddenly changed and she lost her voice: "Is it so serious?"
"It's hard to say that even if we don't kill anyone, we must be severely punished. But because of my husband's death, the officials suspected that it was a dispute between the prime minister and the emperor's brother. Someone deliberately framed me. In that case, our Luo family would be safe, and punishment would still be inevitable.
But it won’t sink to the bottom and never have the chance to make a comeback. This is called keeping the green hills alive..."
Mrs. Luo's eyes turned and she asked again: "Is this the first eagle you mentioned? Then what is the second eagle?"
Luo Gongming frowned slightly and said seriously: "I am still confused as to who is intending to do harm to me. After thinking about it, this matter is probably related to the dispute between Zhao Xianggong and Nanya Emperor's brother. Let's
We can't wait here stupidly. By the time the plot emerges, it will be too late. I spread the news to my husband just to hope that they will restrain themselves.
For my birthday last autumn, Mr. Zhao held a banquet at Deyuelou to celebrate me. If he didn’t go, he would offend others, so my husband had to go. During the Chinese New Year, the emperor’s younger brother of Nanya sent me a gift, which I refused to accept.
It was about to offend someone, so my husband had no choice but to accept it. Nowadays, the fight between Xiangyin and Yin is getting more fierce, and the life of the centrists who want to be wise and protect themselves is having a hard time.
But, who is better, Xianggong Zhao or Emperor Nanya’s brother? I can’t tell. Once you are on the wrong team, you will never be able to turn around. Now they are still secretly competing. I think... it won’t take long for this to happen. The two adults will have to go shirtless and compete directly. At this juncture, we might as well use this case to take the opportunity to withdraw from this gathering place and come back when the situation is calm."
Only then did Mrs. Luo understand his intentions. After thinking about it carefully, she said unwillingly: "But if this happens, won't Kecheng's position as the transfer envoy be lost?"
Luo Gongming said disapprovingly: "What's the point of temporary gains and losses? The transfer envoy is supposed to be replaced every three years, so he can't last long. Besides, what's wrong with young people suffering some injustice? If they don't experience some setbacks, their career will be smooth. If you are so proud of your ambitions and then stumble when you reach a high position, it may be a big stumble that will cause you to lose your head.”
Mrs. Luo glared at him and said angrily: "You are an old turtle who thinks long-term. If there is any disturbance, you will immediately shrink your head."
Luo Gongming smiled and said: "Haha, only in this way can the political arena be everlasting and never fall..."
Mrs. Luo asked again: "Are our whole family going to leave this time?"
Luo Gongming shook his head and said: "Keqin is a member of the Nanya Division and has joined the army. He will not be implicated in this matter. Of course he will stay in the capital. This child has a reckless temperament and his husband is most worried about it, so I just taught him a lesson. No...you're here before I finish talking."
Mrs. Luo snorted coldly and said: "If you are interested, just continue to teach your son. Who is going to demolish our yard outside? Have you, old man, endured it too much?"
Luo Gongming smiled slightly and said: "The man outside is not here to demolish our yard, but he is a righteous man who wants to build bridges and pave roads to relieve people from distress. Haha, I have been an official all my life. If I need a junior like him to rescue me when I am in danger, this official career is still There is nothing to mess around with. But his friendship is commendable, and my husband has told Keqin that it will be of great benefit to him to spend more time with this person in the future."
The alleys on one side of the Luofu courtyard wall were just a few wooden sheds open on three sides, which were demolished very quickly. At this time, Yang Hao and Luo Kejie also talked. Luo Kejie said goodbye and returned to the country. Yang Hao learned that the emperor had treated him With the news that the murderous intention had been eliminated, I felt very relieved. When I saw the government officials surrounding me, I took out a bunch of money from my waist, threw it to the leader of the police, and said: "Seeing that the time is getting late, I will not I’m back home, everyone has worked hard, take this little money and treat everyone to a drink.”
The catcher smiled happily, accepted the reward and thanked all the government officials, and then left happily. Yang Hao walked alone along Baokang Lane. Hearing the sound of rushing water, he strolled through the alley and arrived. On the bank of the Bianhe River behind the alley, looking at the rolling water of the Bianhe River, I felt excited in my heart: People like Luo Gong would never speak lightly if they were not sure. Now his danger was finally lifted!
Yang Hao felt extremely happy. He took a long breath of moist and fresh air, and a peaceful and relaxed smile appeared on his face. At this moment, he suddenly felt someone behind him. He turned around and saw three females standing there. There, the three girls were all dressed in men's clothing, but they did not deliberately hide their identities. The middle one, a woman dressed in men's clothing, looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. She had big, watery eyes, pink makeup, and was very pretty. When she saw Yang Hao, he turned around. , the girl immediately clasped her fists like a man and said in a crisp voice: "Dean Yang has invited you."
Yang Hao took a closer look and saw that the young girl smiled brightly at him. Although her face was tender, her smile was alluring.
"It's her!" Wu Wa'er was not decorated on Longting Lake that night, she just looked like clear soup hanging from water. It was difficult for Yang Hao to forget this beauty. As soon as she spoke, the other two women dressed in men's clothing moved to the left and right.
They surrounded him, and Yang Hao couldn't help but laugh when he saw that they looked like they were robbing someone.
He had just learned that the looming knife that had been hanging over his head had been removed. Now he was working as an official and making money. He was relaxed and proud. When he became happy, he felt narrow-minded and pretended not to know her identity.
, smiled and said: "It's Yang. I wonder if the girl is acting like this. Is this to rob wealth or sex?"
Wu Wa'er's plump lips opened and closed slightly, and she glanced at him, with a smile on her face, and asked with a somewhat playful and sly smile: "Dean Yang is such a wonderful person, I didn't know that this girl wanted to rob money."
So what, Jie Se... so what?"
Yang Hao laughed, looking like a pig brother, and said with a sultry smile: "Robbing for wealth, no. Robbing for sex, come on!"