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Chapter 85 Thunder
Ji Qiang summoned Shen Wanjiu in Yangyuan Hall.

The clothes Shen Wanjiu was wearing were still the ones worn in the night of Shangyuan, very festive.Shang Liujia didn't think that Shen Wanjiu only had this kind of festive clothes, and it was such a big deal to meet the emperor, but Shang Liujia could only say that he did it on purpose, just to deepen His Majesty's impression of him.

At this moment, the 1 taels of gold ingots were placed behind Shen Wanjiu in two large boxes, but their owner, Shen Wanjiu, was trembling slightly. It was really rare to send gold to this level.

"Boss Shen, what do you want?"

Ji Qiang didn't call out immediately, but asked coldly.

Shen Wanjiu buried his head even lower, explaining again and again that he didn't ask for anything and sent the gold here just to celebrate the upcoming Longevity Festival for His Majesty.

"Boss Shen, please stand up and give me a seat." Ji Qiang looked at him for a moment, and his attitude softened a little.

Shen Wanjiu didn't dare to really sit, he only touched the corner of the stool with his strength, but he was obese and took up a lot of space, so it looked very funny to sit so precariously with his posture.

"You don't get paid for nothing, such a large sum of gold, how dare I accept it, please ask Boss Shen to take it back."

Before Ji Qiang could finish speaking, Shen Wanjiu plopped down on the ground, emphasizing again that he had no other intentions with the merchants, and he really only came here for the Longevity Festival.

This time, Ji Qiang personally helped him up, and completely changed his face, and said softly: "I already know Boss Shen's loyalty, but this gold..."

"This gold is the loyalty of the grass people and the business owners. If your majesty refuses to accept it, you will look down on me and other merchants. The grass people swear by their wealth and life that every penny in the box is clean... "

"Bold." Shang Liujia sipped lightly, believing that Shen Wanjiu was really daring.

Not only is he acting in a public manner, but he dares to talk nonsense in front of the king.

Shen Wanjiu's nervous nerves were stepped on again, and she was about to kneel down again, but Ji Qiang hurriedly stopped her. She waved to Shang Liujia, and when she faced Shen Wanjiu again, there was a hint of a smile on her face.

"Boss Shen is really loyal... How about this, I accept this money for the time being, it is considered to be borrowed from Boss Shen and all the merchants, in the future, I will definitely find a chance to return it to everyone."

Shen Wanjiu did not expect that His Majesty would not accept it at all, let alone that His Majesty would accept it in this way. Before he came, he made it very clear to the owners of the business firms that this time he took the opportunity to give gifts to express his gratitude to His Majesty. Feelings.

On the night of Shangyuan, because of his majesty's public approval, he bestowed a plaque, and for the first time let their merchants hold their heads high in front of everyone.

Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen, as a businessman, even if they are rich, they still have to behave with their tails between their tails. Even scholars who have not even been selected as scholars dare to look down on them.

All kinds of sad feelings here can only be understood by business people.

But Ji Qiang had already said this, Shen Wanjiu had no choice but to agree.Later, he thought about it, maybe His Majesty was just looking for a reasonable excuse for accepting the gift money, after all, she insisted on not wanting it at the beginning.

After Shen Wanjiu left, Ji Qiang stared at the two boxes of gold for a long time without saying a word, with a serious expression on his face, Shang Liujia couldn't figure it out, logically speaking, he should be happy after receiving such a large amount of money.

"Tell me, how much money can a wealthy businessman like Shen Wanjiu have?" Ji Qiang said after thinking for a long time.

But Shang Liujia was frightened, what is His Majesty going to do?
"What are you thinking about!" Ji Qiang glared at Shang Liujia, "I just lament the ability of merchants to gather wealth."

"I don't have any." Shang Liujia said on his lips, but secretly heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

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On the ninth day of February, the beginning of spring, there are three games, each three days.

According to the regulations of Daliang, the top [-] candidates will be selected to enter the palace examination, and they will compete for the three rankings of No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua.

When the examination was carried out in an orderly manner, He Yin from all over the world also came to Beijing one after another.The vast majority of officials have normal minds, and the number of He Yin is only small.

There are also people who are out of their minds, for example, a small sheriff who sells three or five thousand gold, and even an internal official like Linglu shakes his head when he sees it. Don't these people ask before giving gifts?

Shang Liujia told him that if this happened, it was the result of inquiring. Not only would they not feel that there was a problem with the amount they gave, but they would be complacent and hoped that His Majesty would remember them.

In fact, His Majesty did remember them, and Shang Liujia saw His Majesty take out the small notebook where he usually remembered things, and wrote them down fiercely.

The most ruthless ones were remembered by Yongzhou Mu and Liu Yu.

Liu Yu gave His Majesty [-] gold, [-] more than King Yong.

The disaster in Yongzhou was so serious that the victims were displaced. His Majesty sent relief food twice, and even sent [-] elite soldiers to help with the reconstruction after the disaster. When it comes to how to use gold to please His Majesty, this is the real water in the mind.

The point is, he took the [-] gold as he said, where did he get it?

Sure enough, in the early court, His Majesty was furious. For the first time since he succeeded to the throne, he lost control of his emotions in the Dragon Court, even overturning the Dragon case.

"20 taels of silver, where did Liu Yu get the money?"

"Yongzhou's disaster has lasted for several months, and it has not been properly resolved so far. Fortunately, he just gave me 20 taels of bribes!"

"In his eyes, is I so easy to dismiss?!"

Ji Qiang walked back and forth in front of the dragon case with an agitated expression, and all the officials shouted "Your Majesty, calm down".

It was the first time I met His Majesty like this, and I was a little at a loss.

In addition, because of Chun Wei, there are many people who are absent today. The first one is that the national teacher has not arrived.

Every spring, the national teacher must visit the examination room to show the importance our dynasty attaches to the students. This is a rule that has existed since the Holy Ancestor dynasty.

Almost all the people in the Hanlin Academy have become examiners, so the place where Meng Zijin and others usually stand is empty at the moment.

Chunwei was a major event, and most of the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate had gone, and Yin Qilei, the chief censor, was still in Yongzhou. Therefore, the area of ​​the Metropolitan Procuratorate was almost empty.

There was no one absent from the generals, but what His Majesty said was beyond the scope of their intervention, so most of the generals lowered their heads and pretended to listen attentively.

Therefore, apart from shouting "Your Majesty calm down" following the crowd, no one dared to come forward to persuade one or two.

"Decree: Yongzhou Shepherd Liu Yu was passive in disaster relief, neglected his duties and was incompetent. I gave him life five times and three times, but he was still stubborn and unrepentant. He made mistakes again and again, causing hundreds of thousands of people to be displaced so far. This is an unforgivable crime. From now on , he was resigned from his position as a shepherd in Yongzhou, and he was charged in Beijing for a thorough investigation."

There is nothing about He Yin in the imperial decree, but everyone knows that Liu Yu is finished.

At the same time, two prefects under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou Mu were dismissed and investigated, namely Tongshan County and Jinlin County.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, Tang Chongjian and Jiang Yousi couldn't help but look at each other, the strings in their hearts were tense, coming, coming, the things that had been weighing on their nerves were finally about to explode.

Yongzhou, something big is going to happen.

(End of this chapter)