Jinyi champion

Chapter 858 Who is calling the shots? (plus more)
The emperor rejected Yang Tinghe's request to return home.

Afterwards, there was no discussion about Shi Zan, the caring uncle, in the court, but the emperor seemed not in a hurry to collect debts from Shi Zan.

The purpose of putting pressure on Shi Zan was to get him to expose Yang Tinghe's accusation. Now the goal has been achieved. Although Shi Zan is still in Jinyiwei's imperial prison, it seems that even Shi Zan himself feels that as long as he obeys the emperor's orders this time, , then my own affairs should be settled, and the debt should be written off.

Good luck and bad luck, who is sure that this is not a good thing for the Shi family?

Yang Tinghe had resigned in the past, but it didn't make any waves. This time, Yang Tinghe's resignation became the focus of attention from the court.

It seemed that even the ministers knew that Yang Tinghe's resignation this time was really not a joke, and the emperor's veto attitude was not as firm as before. Yang Tinghe's reign may not be long.

The news spread to Yongping Mansion.

Yang Shen was restless, because he felt that it was because of his ineffectiveness in Yongping Mansion that the incident in the capital happened.

Now that Zhu Hao was temporarily allowed to return to the magistrate's yamen, even though he knew that he should not meet Zhu Hao at this moment, he still came to ask him personally.

Zhu Hao met Yang Shen in the inner house of the magistrate's yamen.

"Brother Yongxiu, you shouldn't have come."

Zhu Hao shook his head and sighed.

Yang Shendao: "Do you think that others don't know about the Yongping mansion and it has something to do with my father? I just got the news that my father proposed to return to the land in front of civil servants and generals in the court hall. Although His Majesty refused, his attitude was not firm. Obviously moved my father to leave the court."

Zhu Si thought for a while and asked, "Why did you say that?"

Yang Shen originally wanted to cover it up, but seeing Zhu Hao's slightly weak appearance, he seemed to be unable to bear it, so he confessed frankly: "The day before my father's resignation, Eunuch Zhang was in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, and your Lao Taishan, went to the cabinet to check-in together and sent a few things to my father for review, which involved the attacks on my father by the ministers of the DPRK and China over the past few years.

"Think about it, if Your Majesty has no intention, why would you carefully preserve these things? Taking them out now is obviously an opportunity to force my father to retire."

Zhu Hao smiled wryly: "Yongxiu, you shouldn't have said these things to me..."

"It's okay, even if you belong to Sun Butang's family now, there is no need for me to hide some things from you." Yang Shen said, "Uncle Huairou can't afford the 4 taels of silver. You have to be mentally prepared to face ransacking your home.”

Zhu Hao was silent for a long time before he said: "Brother Yongxiu, let me ask you, the purpose of His Majesty's actions this time is not to let Uncle Huairou expose it, is it the matter entrusted by your father?"

Yang Shen was silent for a while.

Although he told about the matter of Sun handing over the wooden box, he didn't plan to go deeper.

Yang Shen felt that sooner or later Zhu Hao would know what Sun Jiao did, and there was nothing to hide. If he told Zhu Hao earlier, he seemed to trust Zhu Hao, but Shi Zan secretly reported and exposed Yang Tinghe. It's still a secret, and Sun Jiao might not tell Zhu Hao about it.

Zhu Hao sighed: "Recently I also wrote a letter of invitation, and it is estimated that it will be sent to the capital in the next two days."

"You...why is this?"

Yang Shen really didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Zhu Hao has only been an official for two years, and he has experienced many things in the officialdom. Now, as a young official who is not yet 20 years old, his official career should be bright, so he resigned and returned to his hometown?
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "I'm a little tired. Maybe a person like me can write articles, but I'm still too immature to use my brains with those big bosses in the court. This time, because of my careless move, I got hit by Jin Yiwei." The trap that led to the loss of everything. But speaking of it, how did the pig iron get lost?"

Yang Shen shook his head, expressing that he didn't know either.

"Hey! So, even if it is a local magistrate, how can he fight against Jinyiwei? After all, he is the emperor's pro-army, with His Majesty's backing. Is a fledgling official like me able to compete with him? I was too young before. .”

Zhu Hao's tone was full of regret.

Yang Shendao: "Regarding your resignation, it's best not to be impulsive. I will tell my father to let him mediate for you in the court. The responsibility is not on you, so you don't have to worry about it."

Originally, Yang Shen came to Zhu Hao because he wanted Zhu Hao to help him with things, but now Zhu Hao was disheartened by the officialdom and deliberately put down his pick. He knew that he could not put more pressure on Zhu Hao, otherwise he would not be able to persuade Zhu Hao to stay.

It was rare to have such a "subordinate" whom he admired. Yang Shen felt that Zhu Hao was very good at handling affairs, and he was a good candidate to take the blame. If he left like this, then Yang Shen's already weak base would be even more bleak.

Now that Yang Tinghe is in the court, there is no way to give him more protection. If he becomes an official, how can he gain a foothold in the court if he does not have full wings?

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Yang Shen left.

When Lou Suzhen entered the study, she saw Zhu Hao sorting out some manuscripts, as if she really wanted to pack up her belongings and prepare to return home.

Lou Suzhen said: "The news came from the mine that the recent iron production has been accounted for in detail. Now it involves transportation issues. I can't make up my mind for a while. I want you to make a decision."

The products of the Yongpingfu Mine mainly use locally produced coal and iron ore, which are roughly processed to produce pig iron and a small amount of steel.

Later generations explored the iron ore reserves of the Qian'an iron ore area as high as more than 50 billion tons. In the 30s, the Kailuan coal mine had a maximum annual output of more than [-] million tons. It can be said that the iron ore and coal reserves are amazing and very beneficial Smelting in situ.However, in order to ensure that the smelting technology is not leaked, further processing is mostly completed at the Xishan Coal Mine, which requires the transportation of pig iron between Yongping Prefecture and Xishan, the capital.

Because Jin Yiwei withdrew, the original delivery channel was cut off.

It has only been a month since Zhu Hao took over the mine, and the first batch of pig iron produced after he took over the mine is to be shipped out now.

Zhu Hao laughed and said, "Why, no one below dares to luck?"

Lou Suzhen smiled and nodded: "Young master is right. There was an incident where Yongpingwei transported pig iron and was robbed. Now everyone is afraid of responsibility, so this matter must be presided over by the young master."

"Could it be impossible for me to personally escort them? If the people in the mine are worried, they can directly ask Gong Pin, the commander of Kaiping Zhongtun Weixing, for help." Zhu Hao said.

Lou Suzhen said: "Master, you think that General Gong will follow your orders? Is he also afraid of accidents?"

Zhu Hao said: "Look at what you said, it seems that you want him to deliver explosives, is it that dangerous? You are as timid as a mouse!"

Lou Suzhen smiled back at Zhu Hao, as if to say, they are as cowardly as mice, aren't they all forced by you?If you don't rectify those matters, the local government and the guards won't be in a panic. Now everyone knows that Yongping Mansion is the frontier of the battle between the monarch and his ministers.

Zhu Hao said: "How about this, you go and tell Mou Dazhi, ask him to contact Jin Yiwei, and say that we don't have the ability to transport the pig iron to the capital at the moment, please trouble him to send someone to help, we can provide the manpower, but the safety on the road is up to Jin Yiwei Guaranteed. Let Xu Zisheng and Yang Yongxiu supervise the matter by the way, don’t they want to return to Beijing to report on their work? Just let them go back with this batch of iron!”

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After Mou Dazhi learned about Zhu Hao's plan from Lou Suzhen, he thought the magistrate was crazy.

Jin Yiwei is working hard and ready to rob you again, but you actually said that you want to hand over this batch of pig iron to Jin Yiwei for escort?It's no wonder people will take care of you.

But Mou Dazhi still went to communicate with Jin Yiwei. When he talked to Lu Song, he was very respectful. After all, his leg injury has not healed quickly. An injured leg was broken.

Unexpectedly, Jin Yiwei readily agreed, which surprised Mou Dazhi.

The news was sent back to the magistrate's yamen, and then Zhu Hao notified Xu Jie and Yang Shen who were still stranded in Fucheng.

After hearing the news, Xu Jie hurried to find Yang Shen, wanting to ask what was going on.

Yang Shen was very indifferent to the news: "A series of unpleasant incidents happened before, so that no one dared to transport pig iron. Now Jingdao has no intention of becoming an official. I guess he doesn't want to take responsibility anymore, so he just handed over the pig iron to the government. Escorting it to Jin Yiwei means that the handover will be completed at the mine."

Xu Jie said: "Then... Jin Yiwei will spend manpower and material resources to transport it for nothing?"

Yang Shen looked up at Xu Jie with an incredulous look on his face: "Do you think this batch of pig iron was transported for nothing? The cost is borne by the mine, and the main manpower for transporting and escorting the cars is also provided by the mine. In fact, it means that the local magistrate The yamen is only responsible for production, and the transportation is completely handed over to Jin Yiwei, and the mine is still in the hands of Jin Yiwei in disguise."

Xu Jie sat down, and said annoyedly: "What is the purpose of the court's endless disputes? After all, the mine is still owned by Jinyiwei, and the products produced cannot enter Taicang. Could it be that Jinyiwei will honestly transport this batch of goods to Taicang? "

Yang Shen remained silent.

Xu Jie said: "The magistrate's yamen sent a letter, saying that we should go back to Beijing together. What's going on? The case has been investigated?"

Hearing this, Yang Shen couldn't bear it any longer, and almost roared in front of Xu Jie: "It's all in such a field, do we still need to investigate? Isn't Jin Yiwei responsible for all this? A local family named Yue , involved in it, but now their people are protected by Jinyiwei, even the magistrate they want to arrest, and the local guard commander is also in their hands, what can we do? Don't flee back to the capital in despair, stay here Humiliated?"

Xu Jie felt Yang Shen's fury and powerlessness.

Obviously Jin Yiwei is not qualified to govern a party, but they are crushing local officials to death, who dares to fight Jin Yiwei?The local magistrates of the fourth rank were arrested casually by them. Even if lynching was not used, it was the best deterrent to the local gentry.

In this way, the local people know that even if the mine is handed over to you, it’s not our Jinyiwei who has the final say?

Yang Shen said: "Zisheng, you should be regarded as an upright person, do you have the courage to expose Jin Yiwei's wrongdoing with me?"

Xu Jie swallowed.

He suddenly regretted coming to Yang Shen.

You, Yang Shen, are not afraid of death, and you want to confront Jin Yiwei head-on, but I have just become an official, without your courage, let alone your background, I don't dare to break ground when I am too old.

just forget it.

Xu Jie shook his head ignorantly.

(End of this chapter)