Wanli Xinming

Chapter 375 Tax Reform ([-])

Because Guo Siji was stupid, half of the court was working overtime.Zhang Siwei waited for the edict to come out in the attendant room before returning to the political affairs hall. It was already dark.As soon as he entered and turned around the shadow wall, Wang Qinian, the book on duty, told him that Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Geng Dangding were waiting outside his living room door. I heard that the court was asking the court to investigate Guo Siji and vindicate He Xinyin.

Zhang Siwei was not happy at all, so he walked a few steps quickly.After entering the door, he looked at Shen Shixing with a gloomy face and said, "What is Rumo here for?"

Zhang Siwei said that Shen Shi's behavior was "Ru Mo" instead of his name "Yaoquan", which was the first time after they were both cabinet ministers.Shen Shixing had a wry smile on his face, but Wang Xijue was always smiling, as if he didn't hear the Prime Minister's dissatisfaction.

Among the three, Geng Dingzhi was the oldest, at the age of 63, 11 years older than Shen Shixing, and ten years older than Wang Xijue—but he was the most restless one.Before Shen Shixing could answer Zhang Siwei's question, he took a step forward, bowed to the tunnel and said, "Master Yuanfu, I don't know what the emperor said about He Xinyin's matter?"

Zhang Siwei snorted coldly when he heard him call him "Yuan Fu".But Geng Ding was older than him, so he wasn't rude either.He smiled back and forth at the corner of his mouth and said, "Mr. Tiantai, it's not like He Xinyin splattered on you once or twice in the newspaper. You don't care about the past."

Geng Ding raised his head, his eyes were red and said: "Emperor Taizu Gao's "Guomin Bang" said: 'In the future, if there are instructors and others in the world who do not follow the maxims of sages, raise dissent, confuse future generations, and obey their conscience, they will be punished— -'If He Xin hides this sin and dies, then he will die properly!"

"But He Xinyin did not commit this crime, but killed him unjustly! Guo Siji's unforgivable crime, first, created a 'pseudo-sage' who deviated from the classics and apostasy, and made his heresy spread; second, he placed the imperial court in a place of injustice. , though ten thousand deaths are not enough to atone for their sins!"

Zhang Siwei listened to Geng Ding's words, and his heart moved, and then he suddenly realized the choice of the emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.He cares about it in his heart, but his face does not show, and he stretches out his hand: "Go in and talk." After he said that, he nodded and entered the living room.

Shen Shixing took the lead, and filed in with Wang Xijue and Geng Fang.After a few people were seated, Zhongshu brought tea and snacks.Geng Ding wanted to say more, but Shen Shixing interrupted: "Mr. Tiantai, don't be in a hurry, the Prime Minister has just come back from the saint, and the emperor must have a decision."

Zhang Siwei picked up the teacup, took a slow sip, and looked at Shen Shixing's face.Then he put down the teacup and said softly:

"Originally, regarding He Xinyin's remarks, the emperor's original intention was 'it's not surprising, it's self-defeating'. Guo Siji's actions, as Mr. Tiantai said, made the court very uncomfortable. At the same time, some people with ulterior motives made noise, Now that the public opinion is booming, the emperor dares to be embarrassed, and the truth is even more troublesome, and also recommends the emperor to listen to Mr. Shui Lian's opinion."

"The emperor didn't summon Mr. Shui Lian. After discussing with the Prime Minister, he has ordered Guo Siji to be arrested, intending to rehabilitate He Xinyin - now that the edict has been issued, the light report will be sent out tonight."

Zhang Siwei said this, as long as he was not in the Hall of Mental Cultivation this afternoon, most of them would make up the scene "After Zhang Siwei's persuasion, the emperor agreed to rehabilitate He Xinyin".At the same time, it came out that the emperor trusted Zhang Siwei more than Pan Sheng, because despite Zhang Siwei's suggestion, "The emperor did not summon Mr. Shui Lian."

But the truth is the exact opposite - that's the art of language.More importantly, Zhang Siwei did not pretend or lie, he just omitted the details of his communication with the emperor.The information revealed in a few words is that the old man's holy family is still the same, Shen, you don't have to ask to buy people's hearts and explore the bottom at the same time.

Shen Shixing's face changed slightly, Wang Xijue was still smiling, and Geng Ding was overjoyed.He bowed his hands to the north and sang the holy way: "Your Majesty Shengming!" He bowed his hands to Zhang Siwei again: "Lord Yuanfu, hard work!" Zhang Siwei smiled slightly.

Wang Xijue casually took over the topic and said, "The Prime Minister is really working hard, but just now someone thinks that your face is not very good - you must cherish your precious body, and now the state affairs are so thick, the political affairs hall cannot be without you at the helm. of."

This time, it was Zhang Siwei's turn to change his face slightly, Shen Shixing's eyes flickered, and Wang Xijue was still smiling after speaking.Only Geng directed his head to the side, not understanding why Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing's expressions changed.

The masters of the political affairs hall are not listed for the time being.In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Wang Tong, who was in front of Zhu Yijun, saw sweat on his forehead, because the anger in Zhu Yijun's eyes was unconcealed: "What's your explanation for the matter of He Xinyin?"

Wang Tong blushed, knelt down and kowtowed with gritted teeth and said, "This minister is guilty of oversight and failure to supervise. He Xin is invisible and has the technique of attacking. The Department of Internal Affairs has been monitoring him for the past few years, and he has often used this technique to get out of surveillance. The local government saw that his itinerary in Xiuning was public, and there was no taboo person, so he neglected to take precautions. Guo Siji arrested him two days after the news was reported to the sub-bureau, and when the protection order went down, he was tortured and died."

Zhu Yijun was speechless.It's not surprising that insider spies often fail to see He Xinyin.When Jin Yiwei was "looking for Li Shizhen", the spies often missed it.What's more, He Xinyin has been wandering the rivers and lakes for decades, and it is not a blessing to be famous.

Because Zhu Yijun strictly ordered the insider spies to reveal their identities at will and interfere with local official affairs, after He Xinyin was arrested, the insider spies did not dare to directly protect him, otherwise He Xinyin would not die.This is the drawback of the strict system. The so-called creative work is of course a high level - not everyone can make money in the system.

Although Wang Tong confessed his guilt, Zhu Yijun had no choice but to talk about it, and he didn't know who to attack if he wanted to.Wang Tong has cooperated with Zhu Yijun for so many years. Seeing that the emperor was silent, he knew that he understood his defense. After pondering for a while, Fang gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, the so-called 'Shilin's Hope' that you let the Department of Internal Affairs monitor, still need to Give the minister a charter, and next time you encounter such a situation, there will always be a solution."

When Zhu Yijun heard the words, he didn't know how to answer Wang Tong's question.Walking back and forth from the throne, he said for a long time, "Let's keep it as usual. I don't want to do anything to them, but I always have to know what these people think to be at ease, otherwise—" Otherwise, Zhu Yijun didn't say anything, but in his heart Added a sentence: "Otherwise, I don't know how ideology will develop."

The so-called business as usual is to keep an eye on these people as before, and try to master and report what they write, publish, and communicate with others—as for other things, there is nothing the Department of Internal Affairs has to do.Wang Tong breathed a sigh of relief and planned to retire.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun thought of his debut again: "Before, I asked you to investigate the characters behind the 'robbery case'. How are you doing? It's been almost two years since Qiu Xizi called the law field."

Wang Tong heard the words and looked up at the emperor.Zhu Yijun just asked casually, but he didn't expect to have an answer, so he looked at Wei Chao.

Wei Chao bowed and signaled that the servants and female officials who were serving at the Hall of Mental Cultivation were all going out.He stood there by himself, motionless, and when the door of the palace was closed, he just put the whisk in his hand and put it on his arm, still bowed and stood there.

Wang Tong swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice: "The son of Ma Bin has been found after the year of the minister. He lives in the home of Zhou Dequan, a wealthy businessman in Taicang, and his alias is Zhou Tiedun." Shenge's hometown is very thick, and the Kunqu team's "Shenban" in Shenge's hometown is based on the "Zhoujiaban", and the "Zhoujiaban" was dedicated by Zhou Dequan in the 11th year of Wanli."

Zhu Yijun nodded slightly when he heard the words, but he didn't know what it was like in his heart.Shen Shixing was related to the robbery case, which he never imagined.

Although the robbery case led to the suicide of the fourth-rank senior officials, it is not surprising that there must be a big fish behind.However, the profit from this 'case' is too small, and Zhu Yijun can't imagine what the big odds could be behind this profit.To talk about falsely accusing Zhang Siwei, using a small case to stir up a major political dispute, and a bit of a joke—the main insider "Ma Bin" didn't even dare to show his face, what's the use of writing a few reporting letters?
He sat behind the imperial case and pondered, Wang Tong could only continue to say: "Because the emperor has been paying attention to Han Bixian's case, the minister did not dare to neglect, and arranged for a spy to enter Zhou's house and made friends with that 'Zhou Tiedun'. Yue heard that Zhou said that his father went to Luzon to do business - this clue has not yet been transferred to the military intelligence bureau."

Zhu Yijun felt irritable for a while, he suppressed his emotions and asked, "What did the capital find out?"

(End of this chapter)