Dajin royal family

Chapter 542 Continued Fermentation
The matter of officials forcing people to buy food quietly spread in Taiyuan, which entered the winter moon, and the people in teahouses and restaurants talked very intensely after dinner.

Most people are concerned about how many corrupt officials who broke the law were found out this time, and a small number of people expect how the court will punish these people.Judging from the imperial court's attitude towards corrupt officials in the past, exile is relatively light. This time they used the banner of the king to oppress the people, I am afraid that the punishment will be more severe.

In the teahouse, Duguzheng and Dou Wei were sitting leisurely by the side, listening to the scholars talking nonsense.

"Tell me, what will Jiang Chengxiao do this time?" Dou Wei asked lightly.

Duguzheng said: "I know that you are deeply concerned about Li Yuan's death, and even have opinions on King Zhao, but now the whole thing is done, Li Yuan is defeated, Wei Hong is defeated, and Guanzhong has fallen into the hands of the Northern Jin Dynasty. If you live under the fence, you should show some respect, especially here in Taiyuan."

"Brother Dugu is afraid?"

"I'm afraid." Duguzheng admitted frankly, and continued: "It's not that you don't know about Weihe's affairs. He has done what Hunjun wanted to do. If news of your dissatisfaction reaches his ears, he will be very upset. Happy to do it again.”

Hearing this, Dou Wei pouted, "Don't worry, I will pay attention to it in the future."

"hope so."

"You haven't answered my question yet."

Dugu said: "The key is not how he will deal with it, but whether we can seize this opportunity and enter the court."

"What do you mean?" Dou Wei sneered: "Don't forget, this is not Guanzhong, we have nothing left. Oh, yes, there is still a lot of money, and all we have left is money, which was given to Li Yuan that waste, the land was given to him, what is left of us to become the capital to enter the court?"

"Although we have left Guanzhong, the influence of Guanzhong has not diminished in the slightest. We still have a foundation, and this will be our last chance to make a comeback."

Dou Wei pondered for a while, and he felt a little moved.

At present, after the Guanzhong nobles moved to Taiyuan by force, it is inevitable that there is a sense of relying on others. Although the two of them were given the position of a loose official by Jiang Chengxiao, they have already left the court after all. If they really have the opportunity to enter the court this time.
"Brother Dugu, what should we do?"

"Don't worry, the fire has just started and it's not big enough." Duguzheng laughed.

a few days later.

As more and more evidence about the forced purchase of grain by officials was searched out, many officials in the Yushi Yamen and the court wrote letters asking Jiang Chengxiao to investigate the matter thoroughly, and even held a court meeting.

Among them, the Hebei family headed by Yushi doctor Lu Huaishen danced the most happily, and impeachment memorials were sent into the palace one after another.

Zheng Shanyuan didn't let go of this opportunity, causing many people to quarrel.

However, the strange thing is that King Zhao never gave them any feedback, but only ordered Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishments to continue the investigation, which meant to eradicate them all.

This is equivalent to giving Lu Huaishen a shot in the arm. He immediately united with many officials from the Hebei Department and kept submitting proposals to the palace.

A few days after the incident, more explosive news suddenly spread from the market in Taiyuan.

That is to say, in the clan of Wang Hong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and Pei Ju, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, many family members participated.The news spread so well that even the names of Pei's and Wang's children who were greedy for ink were picked up.

In fact, the relevant ministers in the court and China are clear about the involvement of the children of the Wang family and the children of the Pei family.But the problem is, what the courtiers know internally and the common people know are two different things!
With the ferment of public opinion, even more rumors appeared that Wang Hong and Pei Ju didn't want to see.

Some people say that this is because Wang Hong and Pei Ju are protecting their family children behind the scenes, otherwise they would dare to greedy ink under the banner of King Zhao in Taiyuan.

Others said that the court has been controlled by the Pei family and the Wang family.In particular, Wang Hong received the most serious attack and annihilation. Some people even rumored that Wang Hong, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, formed a secret party and promoted Wang's children and officials who were close to Wang without authorization.

In order to prove this, some people have come up with the incident of Zhongzheng's selection of scholars last year to prove it.

This made many people suddenly recall that the Hebei scholars who were selected by Zhongzheng in those days had trouble!

This powerful proof was almost unanimously recognized by the people of Taiyuan.

The city was full of turmoil outside, and Dali Temple and the Criminal Department were in a state of desperation. While strengthening their manpower to investigate in various counties, they waited in fear for King Zhao's order.

what order?
Naturally, whether to thoroughly investigate Pei Ju and Wang Hong's orders!

Zhao Palace.

Jiang Chengxiao was dealing with government affairs. Ever since the forced purchase of food, he never dared to be careless about government affairs.

Mai Congde carefully waited on the left and right. Nan Jiyun came back with a large pile of memorials and put them on the case table in a short while, and then sent out the finished memorials to the various officials.

"This one again?"

Jiang Chengxiao looked at the impeachment memorial sent by Yushi Yamen, and shook his head helplessly. These guys really didn't give him a chance to relax.

"Congde, put the notes sent by the censor together separately, and read them later."

"Yes."

Putting down the imperial censor's impeachment memorial, he picked up the annual plan memorials sent by various counties and counties, which wrote many major events in the county, including harvest and various matters.Some county guards also mentioned many touching stories of filial sons in their memorials, hoping that the court would reward them.

Don't think that the things mentioned in the memorial are very serious, some of them are actually boring, and even want to make people complain.

For example, the sheriff of Pingyuan County had nothing to do, and mentioned in the memorial that a gourd vine with seven flowers was found in the county!
Heh, maybe Qiduohua will become a gourd baby!

Jiang Chengxiao put down the memorial, picked up the ink pen, and wrote on it, "You should pay attention to people's livelihood and be sympathetic to the people."

This is his little warning. If this guy talks nonsense again in the future, he will definitely withdraw the Pingyuan county guard.

Of course, there are people who are more boring than him.

For example, the sheriff of Xinluo County sent a book almost every day to greet him, and then Jiang Chengxiao wrote him boringly, "Lonely An, Wang Qing Mian Zhi".

Dealing with government affairs, it got dark before I knew it.

"Your Majesty, should we eat in the Chui Gong Palace, or go to the empresses in the palaces?" Mai Congde asked.

"Let's go to Shuxiu Palace."

"Yes."

Shuxiu Palace is the residence of Mrs. Bai. After moving to Zhaowang Palace, the concubines also lived in each palace according to the etiquette.

After receiving the notice, the Bai family immediately ordered the palace staff to prepare meals and wait for the king to arrive.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chengxiao arrived at Shuxiu Palace.

"The courtiers and concubines see the king." The Bai family and the palace people saluted one after another.

"Get up." Jiang Chengxiao looked around and said, "How's the shirt?"

"Go back to the king, I just took the medicine of Sun Taiyi, and I have already rested."

"Go and see alone."

Bai quickly persuaded: "Your Majesty, you can't, Shi'er is seriously ill."

"It's okay." Jiang Chengxiao interrupted her, and walked in.

Jiang Shi's illness was all his fault, because if he hadn't taken Jiang Shirt out to inspect, the child wouldn't have caught a cold.

When he got inside, he saw Jiang Shirt lying on the bed coughing.

He walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, reached out and touched his head, and found that it was not hot, presumably there was no cold or fever, it should be just a cold.

"Is there something uncomfortable?" Jiang Chengxiao twisted his small mouth.

Ginger shirt nodded.

"Where is it uncomfortable?" Bai asked nervously.

"Hungry." He opened his mouth.

Hearing this, Jiang Chengxiao couldn't help laughing, and then hugged him in his arms, "Then Daddy, how about feeding you?"

"I can eat by myself." The little guy said seriously.

"Okay then, get dressed."

Bai Shi wanted to stop him, but he didn't dare to speak. He could only look at his snot-snotting son getting dressed under the service of the maid.

When the three of them were eating, Mai Congde came in.

"Your Majesty, General Pei is asking to see you."

Jiang Chengxiao put a thin slice of beef into the ginger shirt bowl, heard Mai Congde's words, frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

"General Pei said he has something important to report."

"Okay, let him wait in the Chui Gong Palace, Gu will go right away." Jiang Chengxiao said.

"Yes."

Jiang Shirt blinked and said, "Daddy, I can eat by myself, you don't need to feed me."

"Why, do you think your father is in the way?" Jiang Chengxiao patted his forehead.

Because he accidentally made his son sick, he felt guilty and hoped that the little guy would get well soon.

Jiang Xie didn't understand what it meant to be in the way, but he just said to himself: "The eldest brother and the second brother eat by themselves, and the eldest sister and the second elder sister also eat by themselves, so can I."

The little guy spoke very seriously.

(End of this chapter)