Jinyi champion

Chapter 850

Yang Tinghe is well versed in officialdom rules, and he believes that Shi Zan also understands.

Even Yang Tinghe doesn't need to tell Shi Zan, don't expose me, because he knows that even if he doesn't remind, Shi Zan will never report Yang Tinghe as a last resort, even though everyone knows that the instigator of this incident is He Yang Tinghe.

But if Shi Zan doesn't say anything, there's no evidence. This is official rules.

otherwise.

You Huairou uncle, a martial artist who lived with the country, did not listen to the emperor's order, but dared to grab the emperor's wool with a note approved by the Shoufu University scholar?

Are you loyal to the emperor or to Yang Tinghe?

Besides, if you don't report Yang Tinghe, then Yang Tinghe may still be able to help you in the court and let you come out earlier.

Conversely, if you come forward to report Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe is likely to be fine, because he is the chief assistant, and the responsibility for the loss of pig iron is not entirely on him. The emperor still depends on Yang Tinghe to stabilize the court. Offending the emperor and Yang Tinghe at the same time, there is a high possibility that he will disappear on the Ming stage.

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After seeing Shi Zan, Yang Tinghe sent someone to notify Sun Jiao, meaning, don't be idle, didn't the emperor ask you to collect debts?You can go now.

After Sun Jiao got the message from Yang Tinghe's people, he became even more angry.

The one surnamed Yang is taking care of the Shi family?

Has Shi Zan prepared the money, or is he waiting for the chains to be attached to him?

It was near sunset that Sun Jiao arrived at Huairou Bo's Mansion.

Shi Zan invited Sun to the main hall alone, with thoughtful etiquette and hospitality.

Sun Jiaodao: "Yan Zhang, you and I are old acquaintances, and I don't want to embarrass you. It's really His Majesty who gave me this bad job. You should know why I came here, right?"

Shi Zan looked distressed, nodded but did not reply.

"In the first year, I kept saying that you were going to be transferred to the governor's mansion of the Nanjing Left Army, but there was no further information. Do you know why?" Sun Jiao asked.

Shi Zan looked up at Sun Jiao with a slightly surprised expression.

How did he know this kind of secret among the high-ranking officials?

Could it be that the emperor didn't like him and didn't want to transfer him?
Sun Jiaodao: "Actually, Wei Guogong has a friendship with you as a colleague and supports you to return to Nanjing to take up the post. However, many things happened later, involving some games between the monarch and his ministers over the defense of Nanjing, including the dispute over the southeast coastal defense... ..."

Shi Zan couldn't help but said, "Mr. Sun, just tell me what you have to say. Why didn't I make it?"

"Humph!"

Sun Jiaodao, "Do you still need to ask? Naturally, someone in the court obstructed it. As for who it is, I don't need to say it?"

Shi Zan suddenly felt like being bitten by a dog.

If I try my best to help Yang Tinghe, it's not because Yang Tinghe disagrees with my transfer to Nanjing, right?

There is so much oil and water in that place, the mountains are still high and the emperor is far away.Those who are officials all want to be officials in Beijing, but the guards all want to go to Nanjing.

For Wu Xun, the capital city is not a good place, and it is not the big names among the nobles such as British Duke and Cheng Guogong. Why do you think you can make a name for yourself in a place like the capital where there are so many nobles?
Sun Jiaodao: "Earlier, Duke Cheng went to Yang Jiefu to discuss matters. You should also know about this. You and Duke Cheng also have a good relationship. But later, Duke Cheng was recommended by Yang Jiefu to serve as an honorary minister of the Nanjing Coordination Guard, so later on ..."

Shi Zan now fully understands that everything is Yang Tinghe's tricks behind the scenes, which finally made him not regard it as Nanjing's coordinated defense.

"Mr. Sun, don't say anything. No matter why I didn't go to Nanjing to serve, it was the arrangement of the imperial court. I will not blame others. The matter about Yongping Mansion is my work and has nothing to do with others. If you If you feel that you must send me to prison for interrogation, you don't need to do it all the time, just say a word, and I will go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice after I bind myself!"

Shi Zan is Wu Xun after all.

He still has a bit of backbone, he felt that Sun Jiao was trying to sow discord in front of him and asked him to report Yang Tinghe.

But the current situation is that no matter how angry he is with Yang Tinghe, he can't report that Yang Tinghe ordered him to do this. This involves the question of who he obeys as a courtier. To swallow with blood.

Sun Jiao said angrily: "What do you think the old man is here for? Let you stab Yang Jiefu out? How does this benefit you and the stability of the court? Let me ask you, how much money does your family have?"

Shi Zan was taken aback.

silver?

Sun Jiaodao: "Your Majesty means that this matter arose from a dispute between the monarch and his ministers, and should not involve the noble officials who have nothing to do with the court, but His Majesty has to make up for the loss. As long as the value of the lost batch of pig iron is made up, Your Majesty can Let’s pretend it’s nothing like this, and you won’t be held accountable.”

"Then... how many taels of silver?"

When Shi Zan heard this, if he wanted to avoid being held accountable, he would have to bleed profusely, right?
Sun Jiao thought about it for a while, and said, "At least it costs four to fifty thousand taels of silver. Your family should have it?"

Shi Zan smiled wryly and said, "Mr. Sun, how much do you think my house is worth? I still have a house in Nanjing, and with the family's land, it would be good to sell it for a few thousand taels, forty to fifty thousand taels of silver? That would be fatal."

Sun Jiao asked, "Really?"

"Uh... no."

Shi Zan said firmly.

From Shi Zan's slight hesitation, Sun Jiao could see that this guy was obviously not telling the truth.

Your Shi family is a noble family that has been passed down from generation to generation. After so many years of joint defense in Nanjing, you must have earned a lot of money. You can only be a generation of civil servants?Moreover, Daming has always turned a blind eye to the corruption of Xungui, and the lack of armaments in the local army of Ming Dynasty is all thanks to you. Are you still pretending to be poor with me?

Sun Jiao sighed: "I have fulfilled my duty by telling you what His Majesty means. If Your Majesty really wants to investigate and take you to the prison for interrogation, I'm afraid it will..."

"Prison? Is it not enough?"

Shi Zan was a little apprehensive.

It would be okay if he went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, after all, Xun Chen was an existence detached from the court system in Daming, and no one dared to do anything to this super-class Uncle Huai Rou.

But if you go to the prison... things will be difficult.

In Shi Zan's view, isn't imperial prison a trumpet prepared by the emperor for your civil servants?What does this have to do with my Wu Xun?
Sun Jiaodao: "You are acting for the interests of Jin Yiwei this time. If you really want to fall into prison, I'm afraid they won't be polite to you. Water torture and fire torture will be used. You should weigh it first. Either you find someone Excuse yourself with reasonable and legal reasons, or get back the batch of pig iron, or you can only lose money and settle the matter, or... Sigh! I don’t want to talk about it, I just got to know you once, and I don’t want you to go to a dead end.”

Dead end?

What do you mean, Mr. Sun?
Make me kill myself?

As long as I die, this matter will end here?

It sounds reasonable, something happened, suicide happened.

But I don't even have a son yet.

Those wives and concubines didn't live up to their expectations and didn't give birth to me a son and a half daughter. If I die, my younger brother will inherit the title. I committed suicide just to preserve the family's reputation?This is too unfair, right?

Besides, isn't it just tens of thousands of taels of silver, really going to the point of dying?

"Old Sun, you have to save me."

Seeing that Sun Jiao was about to leave, Shi Zan knelt down to Sun Jiao with a "plop".

What I didn't kowtow at Yang Tinghe before, I kowtow at Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiaodao: "Yanzhang, what are you doing? Get up, what can't you say properly?"

Shi Zan stood up, with snot and tears: "My heart is dedicated to the imperial court, and I have never slacked off in official affairs. This time, I just wanted to return to Nanjing to perform my duties earlier and serve the imperial court. I thought it was just to assist Zhongtang. Do something, who knows that pig iron can be lost?

"Although I can't be said to be impoverished, such a big hole can't be repaired by one person! If you always leave, the next time you come, I'm afraid it will be someone from the factory guard. I'm not young, and I can't bear the pain. I'm afraid it's really going to be... woo woo."

An old man actually sobbed in front of Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao looked at it for a while and had a headache, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't want to help you, but to see if you can help yourself. You haven't been in the court for a year or two, and the rules of the court should have been clear long ago. I hope you can do it yourself. "

In this matter, Sun Jiao has absolutely no ability to help.

After analyzing the stakes and coming up with an idea, the problem can be solved by spending money.

If you refuse to give it, then the matter will not end. The emperor can't do anything to Yang Tinghe now, he can only cut on you!

"Old Sun..."

"It's useless for you to keep me. You are an old man who runs a silver mine? Tens of thousands of taels of silver. I really can't get it out. Why don't you send more people to Yongping Mansion to find out where the lost pig iron is? You found it. You'll be fine."

"But haven't those batches of mines been transported away by His Majesty?"

When Shi Zan said this, the two sides suddenly fell silent.

Sun Jiao looked at Shi Zan.

Shi Zan felt that he had slipped his words, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to meet Sun Jiao's eyes.

After a while, Sun Jiao snorted softly and said: "It seems that you are not stupid. Even if it is true as you said, why did you insist on getting involved from the beginning? I am afraid that Yang Jiefu was ready to sacrifice you a long time ago, but He keeps saying that he will help you, right? Hmph, how can he help you? Because of a little iron, His Majesty can't move him, but if you want to move you, let others know that doing things for Yang Jiefu will not end well, and damage his prestige, but it is possible .No matter how you look at it, do you think you can stand alone?"

Shi Zan said a big truth, and he finally got Sun Jiao's truth back.

Shi Zan's problem now is not whether the emperor wants to punish him, but whether he must be punished.

Because the emperor can't do anything about Yang Tinghe, the instigator, he has to rectify the specific people who handle the affairs, and let others know that if Yang Tinghe does not pay attention to things, his family will be ruined, and then others will know who is in charge of this court.

Sun Jiaodao: "Let's say one more thing. In fact, Yang Jiefu has not been in power for many days. If this kind of thing happened, he could have resigned from office and returned to his hometown, in exchange for His Majesty not to pursue you. But he hasn't done so until now. Why? Because He doesn't want to leave when he fails in the court battle, he wants to retire in a good way, and this incident just shows his most disgraceful side, you are destined to be sacrificed!"

(End of this chapter)