Jinyi champion

Chapter 855

in the capital.

Shi Zan began to borrow money everywhere.

He just wanted to put on a posture to show how pitiful he was, and borrowed everywhere, trying to make up for the shortfall by borrowing money, but a circle of royal relatives and acquainted ministers came down and failed to borrow 200 yuan in total. two silver.

The younger brother Shi Jin actually sent Shi Zan 600 taels of silver.

"Brother, as a brother, I can't help you much. With this little money, I sold the house in Nanjing to get so much... I have worked in the Northwest for many years, but I haven't saved any money. I hope you don't want it, brother." dislike."

Shi Jin, as Shi Zan's younger brother, seems to be very concerned about family affairs.

But Shi Zan didn't want to see this younger brother. The main reason was that he had no son himself. If he died, it would be the turn of this younger brother and his descendants to inherit the title.

However, Shi Jin's family was very popular, and he originally discussed giving him an adoptive son, but Shi Zan refused to agree.

During the Zhengde dynasty, Shi Zan served as a joint garrison in Nanjing. At that time, concubines were married one after another. Some of them were pregnant, but ended in miscarriage, and none of them gave birth to him.Because Shi Zan's woman has a precedent of pregnancy, even though he is nearly fifty now, he still feels that he has a chance to have a son, so he won't have to rely on his younger brother to adopt him.

Shi Zan asked coldly: "600 taels of silver, what are you doing? This time, I have to repay the imperial court 4 taels of silver. Do you think this is enough?"

Shi Jin said: "Whether it's enough is a little bit of brotherhood, you just accept it, you don't have to pay it back."

Don't need to pay it back?
Originally, Shi Zan felt that his younger brother had always cared about his family business, but now that he was so generous with giving him 600 taels of silver, he felt even more so.

Shi Zan immediately refused politely: "Are you afraid that you will lose your title because you can't pay back the 4 taels of silver? Then you won't be able to inherit it? Let's put it this way, no matter what, the title will not be lost. My Shi family has been loyal and good for generations, even if the saintly hearing is deceived for a while, sooner or later His Majesty will still know the loyalty of my Shi family!"

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Shi Zan drove his younger brother away and confiscated the 600 taels of silver.

In Shi Zan's view, accepting the 600 taels is tantamount to admitting that his brother is the first in line heir to the title of Earl Huairou, and he feels unwilling.

Moreover, the 600 taels is indeed a drop in the bucket for plugging the huge 4 taels of hole.
Seeing that the five-day deadline given by the emperor was about to expire, he was really desperate, so he could only secretly go to Yang's house and ask Yang Tinghe for help.

In order to prevent others from knowing that he was coming, he knocked on the back door of Yang's house, and after waiting for half an hour, he was allowed to enter. When he went to the study, he saw Yang Tinghe who was calm and relaxed.

"Zhongtang, help me."

Shi Zan was rude this time and knelt down in front of Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe didn't get up, and asked coldly, "Yan Zhang, what are you doing?"

Shi Zan's forehead touched the ground, and he said with a sad face: "The family has collected everything that can be collected, and the borrowed money is added, and the total is more than 3000 taels of silver. If the house and fields are sold, there will be nothing left in the family. , It is estimated that it is only 6000 taels, which is really not enough to pay back the 4 taels set by His Majesty."

Yang Tinghe said: "So, you came to borrow money from the old man?"

Shi Zan said: "Zhongtang, my humble servant obeyed your order. I didn't even see the batch of pig iron anywhere. It's really wronged me to take such a huge debt for no reason. I also ask Zhongtang to intercede in front of His Majesty, and let him Your Majesty exempted me from this punishment for the sake of the loyalty of my Shi family for generations."

"No ambition, really no ambition."

Yang Tinghe had a mocking look on his face, "You also said that your Shi family has been loyal and good for generations, even if His Majesty doesn't give you face, it will be for the sake of the ancestors of the Shi family, and he will be extra merciful to you. Do you think that when the time limit comes, His Majesty really What will people do to you? What will the ministers in the court think?"

Shi Zan looked up at Yang Tinghe, his face full of confusion: "What Zhongtang means is that even if the time limit is up, His Majesty will not... pursue it?"

Yang Ting calmly said: "It's useless to plead for you now, but if His Majesty really wants to ruin your family, then the whole court will definitely come forward and fight for you. What you have to do is to wait and see what happens."

The muscles on Shi Zan's face twitched a few times.

After thinking about it, he felt that what Yang Tinghe said was somewhat reasonable.

Now the emperor just asked him to pay back the money, maybe the emperor should have known long ago that his side would not pay anyway, so why did he insist on asking him to pay back the money?Is it to force Yang Tinghe to come forward to speak for him, so that the chief minister of the cabinet will also be involved?

It may also be that the emperor can't do anything with him at all, and can only pay back the money, which seems harsh, but it is a necessary move for the emperor.

If he didn't show up when the time came, there would be an argument. If the emperor wanted to imprison him, the nobles and ministers in the capital would come forward to intercede for him, and the emperor should not dare to mess around.

The truth is this truth...

But you Yang Zhongtang said that, don't you seem ungrateful?
You have to let my Shi family fall into danger, so you are willing to come forward to help?Maybe tomorrow, I will be sent to Jinyiwei Prison, if you intercede at that time, I'm afraid I will lose a layer of skin if I don't die!

Why don't I report you directly, so that when the sky falls, I can let you, an official, stand up?

"Let's go back!"

Yang Ting said, "When you get home, wait for the court to come. Put on a show, give as much money as you want, and say that you can't pay the rest, or you are still raising money. Let's see what His Majesty can do to you!"

When Shi Zan heard this, Yang Tinghe just let go of him, and even though he was angry, he had no choice but to leave in despair.

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"Father, Uncle Huairou came here before? What did he do here?"

After Shi Zan left, Yang Dun appeared in Yang Tinghe's study.

Yang Tinghe said: "This matter has nothing to do with you...how did you find out about the matter that you were asked to investigate?"

Yang Dun said: "Anlu is far away from the capital, and you can't find anything after a while... Didn't you have that Jinyiwei Qianhu Zhu Wanhong who was working in Anlu earlier? Why don't you write to ask?" Ask him about the old situation of King Xing's Mansion?"

Right now, Yang Tinghe is investigating the past of Xingwang Mansion in detail.

In the past, Yang Tinghe felt that there was no need to investigate. It was nothing more than a prince and a group of officials in the Xingwangfu. No one in the Xingwangfu was not an official in the court.

But now Yang Tinghe felt that he had to find out.

Because he knew that he didn't have much time in the court, so he still didn't know who the little emperor's advisers were, that is to say, he didn't know who his real opponent was before he retired, which made him feel very uneasy.

Before leaving the court, he had to figure out whether it was the little emperor who was talented and intelligent, who supported the facade of the Xing Palace and the court alone, or was there really an expert behind his back.

It's all right for me to fall into the trap repeatedly, and I will never allow Jiang Mian and others to face such a powerful opponent after I retire. If he doesn't solve the troubles when he is in power, the life of civil servants will become more and more difficult in the future.

"Then what have you been doing lately?"

Yang Tinghe frowned.

Not to mention Yang Shen, even Yang Tinghe, the father, knew that this son was out of tune.

Literary talent is good, but he has made a group of friends. Yang Dun is very good at eating, drinking and having fun. In the past, when Yang Tinghe arranged for Yang Shen to work, he was very picky about his eldest son. Things have to be handled by close people, and I immediately feel that Yang Dun is really not that kind of material.

Yang Dun said: "Of course I'm investigating, but I don't have any confirmation for a while... Recently, I also asked those Anlu merchants who came to the capital. I heard that the business there is extremely developed. That’s right, so the businessmen swarmed away…”

Yang Tinghe waved his hand, too lazy to listen to Yang Dun's words.

"Father, when will Big Brother come back?" Yang Dun asked suddenly.

"When will he come back? What does it matter to you?"

Yang Tinghe looked annoyed.

Yang Dun said: "Father, what's the matter, just arrange for the elder brother to do it, he will handle it, otherwise you will always pick on me, I have never liked to associate with people in remote places, especially to investigate such trivial and trivial matters. I couldn’t find a clue for a while.”

Yang Tinghe became angrier after hearing this.

The second son evaded in front of his father because he was not capable enough.

Emotional Yang Dun has never thought of being able to stand out in the court, not to mention his lack of ability, he is also very lazy, and even shows this laziness on the surface, for fear that others will not know that he likes to steal and play tricks.

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "It's time for your brother to come back... It seems that the hope of the Yang family in the future can no longer be pinned on you, a rebellious son! You don't have the slightest concern about the future rise and fall of the Yang family? It's useless, it's useless! "

Yang Dun didn't care about being taught such a lesson by his father.

In Yang Dun's view, anyway, he was suppressed by that genius brother since he was a child. Whether it is talent or ability, only Yang Shen is praised, and he can only stare beside him.

Since he was a child, he realized that since no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't compare to that prodigy brother, so why work harder?Later, he gradually formed the current attitude of not thinking about making progress, and only thinking about how to be free and easy.

Being admitted to Juren, or even Jinshi, shows that he is still capable, but he doesn't want to use it on the right path.

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The emperor gave Shi Zan a five-day deadline.

Jin Yiwei was commanded by Jin Yiwei's envoy, Zhu Chen, who personally brought people to the door to check and seize the Shi family's property, and Shi Zan had summoned his servants and others to form a line at the door, ready to reason with Jin Yiwei.

Many people watched.

After Shi Zan came back, he finally understood Yang Tinghe's words.

If you want the emperor not to dare to do anything to him, you have to make a big fuss, and it’s best to make a big fuss, so that not only the people in the court know, but even the common people in the market know that the emperor disregarded the past achievements of the honored ministers in order to collect debts, and even wanted to kill them all... ... Let the common people know how difficult it is for the Shi family, and how unfairly they have been treated by the royal family.

But Shi Zan never thought that such a nobleman never had a good reputation among the people in the capital.

The emperor wants to punish the nobles. For those people who don't know the truth, it's too late to applaud, and they will still think about the problem from the standpoint of your nobles?

joke.

Let alone what happened this time, you, Shi Zan, were the ones who were guilty first, even if you were innocent, don't try to win the sympathy of the public opinion.

(End of this chapter)