Chapter 265: Shangshu is hit by disaster, Shangshu leaves
The three brothers discussed for a while, and the third brother asked tentatively: "Can't you let Nanfang give some?"
Qin Lei shook his head and said, "I was trying to reduce the burden on the south a few days ago. How could I ask for money again in a blink of an eye? Isn't the burden I gave me a burden?"
The third brother had to do it, and the fourth brother suddenly said: "There is no need to take out these silver at once. The construction period is increased to two and a half years. If the planning is done properly, just prepare one million taels in total, and then prepare 500,000 taels every six months."
Qin Lei thought to himself: "You can borrow one million taels, but the 500,000 taels every six months are still not settled." He said embarrassedly and said, "In the past two years, I have borrowed everything I can, brother, I am afraid I can't borrow that much anymore."
The fourth brother smiled angrily and said, "Although 500,000 taels is a huge sum of money, it is not difficult. You can just embezzle it from the inner palace." The true nature of a corruption criminal was revealed.
Qin Lei secretly stumbled when he saw this, thinking that he was afraid that he would not earn much less than he was. Do I dare to hand over the transaction to him? It turned out that the trade department in Guantao has always lacked a person in charge. Although Guantao has both operation and operation is not a problem, the energy of the basically perfect commercial network is far from being exerted.
At this time, the third brother suddenly sighed and said softly: "Fourth brother, I'm afraid you're angry and never said anything. The inner mansion was taken back by the father."
Qin Ji's face suddenly became gloomy and he asked in a low voice: "Who did you leave it to? Second brother?"
Qin Lin nodded. Most of the royal business and business are exclusive, and the daily business is worth tens of thousands of dollars. It has always been managed by the royal children, and it has always been the most jealous. This time, the prince took advantage of the opportunity of the fourth brother's fall and he had nothing to say.
The fourth brother gritted his teeth and said, "Just as soon as he cleaned up the inner palace, someone wanted to pick up the peaches on the ground."
The third brother smiled at Qin Lei and said, "Last time in the court, didn't the second brother come out to speak to us? The father was very happy and gave him the inner palace." He said in a low voice, "It is said that the commander of the Iron Armored Army will also be replaced by the prince's brother-in-law."
Qin Lei said in surprise: "When is it, why don't I know at all?"
The third brother chuckled and said, "This matter is just an intention, and only a few people involved know it. I wouldn't have known it if it weren't for the suspicion of the eunuch province." When it comes to inquiring about the news from the upper class, the third brother is probably the most powerful character in the Qin Dynasty. The eunuch province had the responsibility to send detailed works to the royal palace, and these eyes and ears hidden among the eunuch palace maids were simply unpredictable.
Hearing this news, Qin Lei suddenly lost and came to Tan Xing and said to the third and fourth brothers: "I'll come back in a hurry, I have to go back tomorrow, and there are still some things to deal with today." The third brothers said quickly: "Brothers must go." Qin Lei smiled and grabbed his hand, and said in a gentle voice: "You have to take care of your brother in the capital. When we come back for the New Year, we will have a drink." Qin Lin nodded and stood up to send Qin Lei out.
The fourth brother also got up and looked at Qin Lei pitifully. Qin Lei said nothing but to see him. The fourth brother had to lower his head and send him out. When he arrived at the door, Qin Lei suddenly said to the official of Zongzheng Mansion who was waiting outside: "My fourth brother lacks exercise. He has gained a lot of fat at a young age. This is not enough."
The official of Zongzheng Mansion quickly smiled and said, "Please make clear what Dazong Zheng said."
"I just need some bricks and bulldozers to work and reform them." Qin Lei said lightly: "I have the right to change the imprisonment to labor service, right?"
The official nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "Some are some." The fourth brother was overjoyed when he heard this and kept glaring at Qin Lei. Qin Lei rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Let's go tomorrow." Then he shook his hands and walked out. The third brother also came out, leaving only the fourth brother standing at the door, touching his head and laughing.
The two princes left Zongzheng's mansion, boarded Prince Zhe's carriage, and drove towards the inner palace.
In the carriage, the third brother asked softly: "Fifth brother, my father handed over the inner mansion and the Iron Armored Army to the second brother one after another. What does this mean?"
Qin Lei smiled faintly and said, "What else can it mean? Just balance it. Let me go to pioneer the territory, but I am afraid that if it is too big, I will keep increasing the investment for my second brother. It's nothing strange." You must also guard against you, even if it's your own son, this is the emperor's heart.
Qin Lin whispered: "Why don't your father have any imperial guards in his hands?"
Qin Lei closed his eyes and thought for a while, and whispered: "Father is about to take back the Imperial Army." Emperor Zhaowu gave the iron Imperial Army to the Shen family for the stewardship, and he had no good intentions. How dare the Shen family repeal the Imperial Army like the emperor's personal soldiers, and could only be verified in charge, but Emperor Zhaowu could unscrupulously deal with the Imperial Army. It is estimated that it has been almost digested in the past few years, so he simply took back the Imperial Army. This book is the meaning of the title, and there is nothing to be surprised about.
The Shen family was originally a canal family and had no power in the military. In the past few years, they were just replacing the royal army and there would not be much rebound in this matter. At least Emperor Zhaowu would think so.
But Qin Lei valued the operation method of Emperor Zhaowu behind this. He was afraid that when he rectified his soldiers, this stinky old man would play with him. Thinking of this, Qin Lei couldn't help but spat: "I'm just thinking about good things."
Qin Lin pretended to be confused and asked, "What's the good thing?"
Qin Lei knew that he had made a mistake and laughed and said, "It's okay, I'm talking about myself." He felt a heat for no reason. Qin Lei then realized that the third brother's car was sealed tightly and was not breathable at all.
When Qin Lin saw this, he quickly opened a crack in the car window and said with a smile: "You won't be bored if you blow the wind." After a while, he started to tremble. Qin Lei said with a smile: "San brother is too afraid of the cold, right?" He said that and wanted to close the window.
Just as he closed the window, his eyes unconsciously glanced out, but his hands stopped. On the bustling street outside, three or four servants in green clothes were coming from the east with a pair of door panels.
What attracted Qin Lei's attention was the scarred person lying on the door panel. He couldn't help but exclaim: "This person seems familiar." Then he asked Qin Wei outside the car to ask for a few questions.
But when those servants saw Qin Wei dressed in black, they seemed to have met a savior, and she burst into tears and carried the person on the door panel over. A man who looked like a housekeeper in front of him bowed to Qin Wei and said excitedly: "This official, is our prince nearby?"
Qin Wei didn't know these people, and frowned and said, "What are you?"
"We are from Xiangyang Buche's house..."
In the upper room of an inn by the road, the military doctor was carefully treating the wounds for the man lying on the bed.
Looking at the bloody back, Qin Lei looked extremely ugly, and he heard the bus butler choking and telling the story of his master.
The one lying on the bed was the bus. He was a prefect in Xiangyang, and he resettled hundreds of thousands of victims in an orderly manner. The relationship between the gentry and the people was handled very well. Zhuo Wenzheng, the governor of Jiangbei, praised him very much, and urged him to go to Beijing quickly and take the position of a lie-in-law to the Ministry of Personnel to complete this situation.
According to past experience, the local filial and honest people generally stay in Beijing for about half a year to be familiar with the affairs of the court. Then after selection, different positions will be appointed according to the results of the rank. However, if the local chief needs this person urgently, he can request the Ministry of Personnel to release him in advance and shorten the inspection period to two or three months.
Therefore, Zhuo Wenzheng took advantage of the fact that he was not busy after autumn and asked the bus to go to Beijing for a job. He had a full plan and could go back before February of the next year, which would not delay the spring sowing, and he was very careful in his calculations.
But this time he miscalculated. He forgot that the appearance of the bus merchant book was a bit strange. At this time, the first item to select officials was "visually". Anyone with a disabled and a strange appearance would be directly defeated and there was no chance to be awarded an official position.
When he was in the south, because he was appointing officials, he had to look at Buddha's faces without looking at monks. In addition, he was a native gentry, and everyone had seen him before he had a stroke. Although the gentry and people laughed at him behind his back, they did not dare to disrespect him on the face. When they saw that he was indeed capable, everyone got used to it.
But the officials of the Ministry of Personnel were different. When they saw that he was a strange appearance, they felt disgusted. They heard that he was a filial and honest person recommended by the South. They responded to him indifferently and asked him to go back and wait. The public car business book thanked Qin Lei for his kindness, but did not want to waste his time in vain. So they went to the Ministry of Personnel every day for inquiries. Finally, they annoyed the officials of the Ministry of Personnel and ridiculed him hard about his appearance.
The bus merchant book is the most unwilling to others to talk about his own appearance. In addition, he was frustrated by several officials from the Ministry of Personnel, but he started arguing with the ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, but alarmed the Wen Shangshu who happened to pass by.
Wen Yantao called out a few people and asked about the situation. He heard that it was a quarrel because of the local recommendation of Xiaolian. He asked the bus merchants to look up and sneered, "Did you give Zhuo Wenzheng money? You're afraid you're not less than 100,000 taels."
The words made the bus merchant blush in his writing and he said in a retort: ​​"The lower official is the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture appointed by the prince. Because of his great achievements and a good reputation, he was recommended by Zhuo Futai, but he did not use any money!"
"Which prince?" Wen Yantao's face suddenly became gloomy.
Although the bus merchants saw that the adult was angry, he had no way out after talking. He could only say, "His Royal Highness Longwei."
If he had entered Beijing a few days earlier, he might have heard the anecdotes about "The Long County Prince's Battle against Sanwen" on the streets. I believe that even if he was a little more frustrated, he would not have mentioned Qin Lei's name in front of this Lord Wen.
That day, Qin Lei's naked humiliation and contempt for the Wen family brought too many shame and adverse consequences to the Wen family and the Shangshu. Not only was the shame of being pulled from the clouds that were high above to the mud, but also the suspicion and shake caused by the officials - they began to doubt whether the Wen family really had the strength of a three-legged tripod, or was praised as a buffer belt for the other two families. When they became suspicious of the ability of this big tree to shelter, their position naturally began to shake, and they began to consider whether to change to another big tree to enjoy the shade.
Although everything is just a clue, the Wen family, the leader of all officials, cannot be unaware of it. Prime Minister Wen has been hurt by how to eliminate the unpleasant intentions of officials these days.
Wen Yantao was also racking his brains to help Brother Nai find a solution. At this time, he saw that Xiaolian, who was ugly and had a hot temper, was actually Qin Lei's disciple, and he suddenly felt that the opportunity to establish his authority had come.
His wishful thinking is very good. As the saying goes, beating a dog and bullying the owner. Taking advantage of Qin Lei's little bastard being entangled by Li Hun in the Jingshan Village, he bullied his ugly ghost disciples for a while and shocked those fencemen. Even if the little bastard received the letter, he would not be likely to come back to settle the score with him for this small matter.
After making up his mind, Wen Yantao changed into a contemptuous face and sarcastically mocked the Prince of Longwei, saying that Qin Lei was so corrupt and incompetent that he actually recommended such a crooked and slandered to the court. It was ridiculous and hateful.
The bus merchants regarded Qin Lei as their benefactor, how could they tolerate Wen Yantao's disrespect for the prince? When he was ruthless, he scolded Wen Yantao's bad deeds when he was governor of Jiangbei, including the death of Zhuang Zhiwu, the former Xiangyang Prefecture.
Who in the south knew that Wen Yantao transported all the grain and silver from the various treasuries to the north, and Zhuang Zhiwu sued Shangguan Zhou Bingchun for embezzlement of the treasury. Zhou Bingchun was actually accused of being accused of the governor's treasury. He had no choice but to be on the governor's pirate ship, and under the instruction of Wen Yantao, he falsely accused Zhuang Zhiwu of corrupt and abuse of power.
Later, the court sent two literary parties, Zhou Weigong and Che Bi, to investigate, and it was clear that they wanted to kill Zhuang Zhiwu. Everyone knows what happened later. Zhuang Zhiwu died without knowing it. He was not clear and there were so many stolen goods in his family. In the end, he was convicted of his reputation and his family was ruined and his family was destroyed. Behind all this, Wen Yantao's instructions were indispensable, but the Wen family covered the sky in the officialdom, and no one dared to ask.
At this time, the bus merchant book openly exposed the inside story of the day. Wen Yantao was naturally angry and ordered someone to fork the bus merchant book and knock it to the ground. He really rewarded him with forty sticks. If he hadn't fainted, he would have continued to fight.
After listening to the description of the bus housekeeper, Qin Lei looked at Shen Bing who had arrived at the side after hearing the news. When he saw him nodding, he knew that it was all the truth.
After breathing out a breath of turbid air, Qin Lei suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Go to the six ministries!" The black-clothed guards were all afraid that the world would not be in chaos. Hearing this, he was ready to go out and prepare to go.
Qin Lin, who was on the other side, then stood up and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Kill the second brother Wen!" Qin Lei said angrily.
Qin Lin grabbed him and said softly: "He is also an official of the Six Ministry and an important minister of the country. If you really beat him like this, what is the face of Qin? Where is the prestige?" He added in a low voice: "That's second, the key is the face of our royal family..."
Qin Lei glared and said, "There have been Wen Mingli in the court, but I still care about this?"
Qin Lin smiled bitterly and said, "That's different. Xuanzheng Hall is in the Forbidden Palace, no one can see except the officials present. The six ministries are on the streets where people are coming and going, so they will definitely be laughed at by the people and gentry!"
Qin Lei also knew that what he was talking about was the truth, but he couldn't swallow this breath no matter what. He heard this and said, "I understand!" As he said that, he threw away Qin Lin's hands and walked out. Qin Lin asked anxiously, "You still want to go?"
Qin Lei nodded and said roughly, "I will pay attention to the royal image." As he said that, he stepped out of the inn and got into the car and went to the west city to find Wen Yantao's bad luck.
Looking at Qin Lei's departure back, Qin Lin smiled bitterly, shook his head and got in the car and returned home.
Half an hour later, Xicheng, Shangshu Street, and the gate of the Ministry of Personnel.
Qin Wei changed into a new sixth-grade guard uniform of the royal mansion and came to the gate with a heroic spirit. The doorman saw the carriage with black king emblem at the door, and his heart skipped a beat, thinking, this prince is not really the reincarnation of Lu Dongbin, why did his man come back from Jingshan a hundred miles away in less than an hour?
While quickly letting someone go in and inform Lord Shangshu, he met him tremblingly and bowed and said tremblingly: "Sir..., come... what's the business to do?" Qin Lei's reputation is too high. No matter how the adults fight, these minor officials will never dare to offend them.
But the sixth-rank guard was surprisingly polite and smiled: "This brother has invited you. Here are the guards of the Prince's Mansion of Longwei County. My prince wants to see your Minister of Shangshu, please go and report it..." The voice was soft and sweet, which made the door get goose bumps. He responded quickly and asked the guard to take tea in the doorman, and rushed in to report it.
In fact, he had already sent someone to report it, but he felt that the door was too dangerous, so he ran in and avoided it. Without running two steps, he saw his subordinate who had just entered to report the news and turned it out.
The menzi grabbed him and asked in a low voice: "What did Lord Shangshu say?"
Chapter completed!