Chapter 110 A dead horse becomes a living horse doctor
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"I beg you to remember that the disaster-stricken people in Zhejiang are crying for food and be accommodating." Xu Zhixian implored, "If you suspect that there is illegal salt on board, you can send someone to inspect it immediately. Fifty grain ships will only take a few days."
"Is your county teaching me?" Yang Tongzhi said with displeasure on his face.
"I don't dare to lower my rank." Xu Zhixian shook his head hurriedly.
"Hmph..." Yang Tongzhi snorted with his garlic nose: "For the sake of the two major constitutions of Zhejiang Province and Guixian County, I have recently sent a letter to the Suzhou Prefecture, requesting that the case be expedited." He paused and said, "As for the matter.
The grain ship will also be searched as soon as possible... But such a fully loaded grain ship is very troublesome to inspect. All the grain must be unloaded and then the ship can be dismantled... Anyway, it will be searched as soon as possible." He stood up and saw off the guests and said:
"Just go back to your county and wait for the good news."
"Yes..." Xu Zhixian had no choice but to stand up and salute, then turned to Wang Xian and said, "Is there anything else you have to say?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Wang Xian bowed deeply to Yang Tongzhi and said: "Since it is very troublesome to inspect the grain ships, we might as well have the people from the Salt Department carry them to Fuyang, and then the Salt Department will unload the ships and put them into the warehouse. In this way, it will be clear at a glance whether there is illegal salt, and twice
Doing it all at once will not only save manpower and time of the Salt Department, but also solve the urgent needs of the people in this county."
"This method is good. It uses both luck and investigation to solve the dilemma." Xu Zhixian praised.
But I saw Yang Tongzhi squinting his goldfish eyes and not even looking at Wang Xian. The meaning was obvious, do you have any role to speak here?
This kind of shame of being ignored made Wang Xian furious. He said in a low voice: "I heard that your Excellency and I, the Fuyang Yang family, are from the same clan. It was only the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty that the two branches were separated. Please remember this incense and show your noble hand.
Please save our county’s life. I, as a county elder, will always remember your kindness..."
Wang Xian suddenly made such a strange statement, and Xuzhi County couldn't help but secretly worry, why are you talking about these things? How could someone named Yang care?
But Xu Zhixian didn't expect that Yang Tongzhi, who had been squinting his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at Wang Xian in surprise. Apparently he didn't expect that this secret relationship would have been detected by the other party.
But he is an old man after all. Yang Tongzhi quickly calmed down and said with a chubby face: "The national laws are as high as mountains, how can we tolerate personal affairs! Come here, pull him down and reward him with twenty big boards!"
"Sir, please calm down..." Xu Zhixian hurriedly stopped him and begged for mercy. He tried to persuade Wang Xian to avoid this slap in the face.
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The two of them came out of the branch office in embarrassment. Xu Zhixian got on the sedan with a sullen face, obviously very annoyed. Wang Xian's face was even darker, and he got in the car with a sullen expression and followed him back to the Changzhou County yamen.
Fortunately, both of them were sophisticated and sophisticated, and by the time they returned to the county government office and sat in the security room, they had already fully recovered.
"You are still impulsive." Xu Zhixian drank five cups of tea in a row to quench his thirst. He sighed and said to Wang Xian: "If you piss off Yang Tongzhi, you are the one who is unlucky."
"Even if you kneel down and beg him, he won't be accommodating." Wang Xian said coldly: "Uncle, can't you see? He has already made up his mind. Between the Salt Transportation Branch, the Suzhou Government Office, and the Hangzhou General Office
It’s a waste of time. He’s planning to treat us like monkeys!”
"Your metaphor... is quite vivid." Xu Zhixian smiled bitterly and said: "How could I not know that this is the case, but what can I do? The official level is overwhelming, let alone the Salt Transportation Department, which is not under the local control." He paused.
Said: "Xiannephew, what do you mean by the Yang family in Fuyang?"
"I suspect that the reason why Yang Tongzhi interfered and stopped the grain ship was actually entrusted by the Fuyang Yang family." Wang Xian said with waning interest: "But there is no evidence, I am just guessing."
"You can't find evidence for this kind of thing. If my nephew doesn't have a better way, he can only wait for now." Xu Zhixian thought about it again and again, and decided to tell the truth: "Do you know why Yang Tongzhi was so tough? Because back then,
During the time of Jingnan, he was a secretary under the King of Han. He followed His Highness in the north and south, and worked hard without any credit. Later, when the Holy Emperor came to the throne, the King of Han asked him to be a county official for him. However, not only was he incompetent, but he was also greedy.
He was very lustful and was impeached by the censor for many years. Despite this, his official position became bigger and bigger. He was promoted from the seventh rank to the fourth rank in eight years. It was a meteoric rise. "
Although Xu Zhixian was just telling the story, Wang Xian understood what he meant. Yang Tongzhi's backstage was tough!
Everyone knows that although Emperor Yongle made his eldest son Gao Chi the crown prince after repeated persuasion by civil servants, he always disliked the fat crown prince. However, he did not hide his love for the King of Han at all and allowed him to have an army.
He stayed in the capital and handed over the three major battalions to his command.
Everyone said that the emperor still favored the king of Han. He made Gao Chi the prince just to perfunctory the ministers. Once the opportunity is right, he will definitely be easy to save!
His Royal Highness the King of Han supported him, so Yang Tongzhi dared to do whatever he wanted!
Xu Zhixian's subtext is, admit it, nephew. If you can't wait, think of something else...
How can there be time to think of other solutions? Now is the spring famine season. Except for Huguang, every province in the Ming Dynasty is short of food. But it is too late to go to Huguang...
"Uncle, I have tried my best. I think my master will be very grateful if he knows about it." Wang Xian stood up, saluted Xuzhi County sincerely and said: "Let the disciples do the rest by themselves, and I won't give it to the master anymore."
I'm causing trouble."
Hearing the tragic tone in his tone, Xu Zhixian frowned and said, "You must never do anything stupid."
"Disciples don't do stupid things." Wang Xian smiled faintly, bowed and saluted, and left the county office.
Looking at his desolate back, Xu Zhixian couldn't help but sigh to himself, what happened to the world? Why do people who uphold the right path always have such a difficult life?
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After leaving the county government office, Wang Xian saw two well-dressed men waiting there. They were the guards who followed Black Boy yesterday. When he saw him coming out, he stepped forward and asked, "Are you done?"
"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded.
"Then get in the car." The guard's tone was not polite, he opened the curtain and said: "My young master has been waiting for a long time."
Wang Xian obeyed and got on the carriage, which crossed the street and bridge and drove into the official post in Lion Grove.
Passing through the heavily guarded doorway and entering a deep courtyard, I saw the black boy from yesterday, wearing a green-sleeved arrow jacket, fighting with several guards. Although the guards must have spared their hands, his fists and feet were fierce.
Wei, every move carries the sound of breaking the wind, and he is obviously a master.
At least compared to Uncle Tian Qi, that's the case.
Wang Xian and the guard waited aside until the black boy knocked several guards to the ground, and laughed proudly and said: "My skills are enough to travel around the world, right?"
The guard lying on the ground pretended to be in pain and opened his mouth to answer. Wouldn't it reveal his secret? So the man next to Wang Xian complimented him: "Young Master is a master who can walk sideways in the world."
"Ah, Brother Wang is here?" The black boy then saw Wang Xian, subconsciously touched his chin and realized that he had forgotten his beard. He said without changing his expression: "Please come in quickly, I will wash your face." Of course.
With his skin color, it would be easy for him to remain calm.
The guards led Wang Xian into the main room and served tea. After a while, the black boy changed into a moon-white Confucian robe and came out. His face became as dark as iron, and he also grew a full beard...
Wang Xian seemed not to notice his change and stood up to greet him.
"Brother Wang, please take a seat." The black boy stretched out his hand to give way, and sat down in the main seat and said, "How is it? Did everything go well today?"
"Alas..." Wang Xian sighed and said with a depressed look on his face: "It's okay not to mention it."
"What, it's not going well?" asked the black boy.
"Yesterday's prediction was indeed good, but Yang Tong knew it was wrong and deliberately delayed it." Wang Xian said bitterly, and told the black boy what happened today.
After hearing this, Black Boy said with an indignant look on his face: "This dog official doesn't care about the lives of the people at all!" Then he raised his head and asked Wang Xiandao: "What are you going to do? Just forget it?"
"We can't let it go like this!" Wang Xian said with gritted teeth: "But I can't let those dressed-up beasts succeed, otherwise I would have no shame in going back to see Mr. Fuyang!"
"What do you want to do?" Black Boy asked in a deep voice.
"I heard that last month, on behalf of the emperor, the emperor's grandson went to Jiangxi to pay tribute to Mrs. Hu. Now he has returned from Jiangxi and has arrived in Hangzhou and will arrive in Suzhou soon!" Wang Xian said word by word: "When the time comes,
I want to stop the driver and file a complaint! Heaven will listen!"
"You are so courageous!" A strange look flashed across Black Boy's face, and he said in surprise: "If you really make trouble with the emperor, not only Yang Tongzhi, but also his backers will be upset. Then you won't be the only one who is unlucky, you will also be unlucky.
Your county magistrate will also be punished!"
"I can't take care of that much anymore." Wang Xianyi said angrily: "My eldest father always taught me that if you don't make decisions for the people when you are an official, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes! Compared with hundreds of lives, the black hair on your head is nothing.
"The uncle is willing to sacrifice his life, so what do I, a junior official, have to care about?" He paused and said, "Besides, he has a backer and I have a backer too!"
"Oh?" The black boy didn't bother to ask what sweet potatoes were, and asked in surprise: "Who is your backer?"
"Of course he is the current Yongle Emperor!" Wang Xiansurong bowed in the direction of Nanjing and said: "The current emperor is as wise as Yao, Shun and Yu! My county magistrate and I are on errands for the emperor, so naturally we have the emperor as a backer! I don't believe in the backer named Yang.
, can be greater than the Holy One!"
"It is true that you have a great supporter..." The black boy looked at Wang Xian, who looked upright, as if he didn't know him, and said in his heart that he didn't expect that this man is still a loyal minister. He said in silence for a moment: "But the relationship between you and the Holy Emperor
, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, I am afraid that the sky will not respond and the earth will not work!"
"So I beg you to help me!" Wang Xian stood up suddenly, pushed the jade pillar forward, prostrated himself in front of the black boy, and said sadly: "I know that you have completed the task and have no obligation to help, but I also know that you are kind-hearted and loyal to you.
I love the people and will not allow those dog officials to be lawless and harm your Majesty’s people!”
The black boy looked at Wang Xian with strange eyes and said, "How do you know I can help you?"
When Wang Xian heard this, he felt like hearing the voice of a fairy! He just came to seek help from a dead horse, but he didn't expect that this black boy could really help!