Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 137 Innocent
On the second day, Sheng Shaoqing once again went to Dongnuange to discuss matters with two huge dark circles under his eyes.

She obviously used the beauty function in advance last night, why is it still useless? !

System: [If you don't upgrade, the function will of course not have such an immediate effect! 】

"I'm late—"

"Let the two adults wait for a long time."

If Cui Yun hadn't called her several times just now, she would almost have missed the time today.

Yun Zhi and Ji Wenxuan turned around one after another and saluted, saying that they didn't dare.

Sheng Shaoqing looked at Ji Wenxuan with a pretty good expression. Ever since he agreed to the restructuring that day, he was like an old man in spring, and his face suddenly glowed like chicken blood.

On the contrary, it was Yun Zhi, not to mention the dark circles under his eyes that were similar to his own, and his complexion was quite haggard.

"Yun Shangshu didn't sleep well last night?"

Sheng Shaoqing sat down slowly, and also greeted the two adults in front of him to take their seats.

Yunzhi sighed and looked at Ji Wenxuan, "The minister reviewed the previous records last night, and found many mistakes and omissions that he hadn't noticed before. This is really...unexpected!"

"Before, the minister and others... were too optimistic."

Yun Zhi's tone was heavy, and a shadow was cast on his face, "These numbers have soared so rapidly, I still confidently thought that this was because my policy was effective, and I was only intoxicated in the joy of success, but... ..."

"That's not the case, is it?"

Sheng Shaoqing took a sip of strong tea to refresh himself, "I have also read the brochure you sent yesterday, and I found the numbers a bit strange, but I thought you already knew, Mr. Yun."

"There are so many people, but the number of acres has not kept up. This is not reasonable."

Yun Zhi nodded, and now the blackness was even worse, "So I stayed up all night, and sorted out the most mistakes and omissions, and I asked the Queen Mother to take a look."

Cui Yun stepped forward to take the folder that Yunzhi brought out from his sleeve at the right time, then turned around and presented it to Sheng Shaoqing.

Sheng Shaoqing opened the booklet, which seemed to be still warm, and took a quick look. It was almost the same as what he calculated last night. It was because there was a problem with the data of several towns near Chenliu.

Sheng Shaoqing closed the notebook and said, "I already know these things in my heart, so I want to ask you, have you encountered any obstacles since you came to Chenliu?"

Sheng Shaoqing pondered for a long time last night. Apart from the extremely low probability of accidentally making a mistake, the only explanation that makes sense is that someone did it on purpose, but she still needs to confirm it again.

Yun Zhi glanced at Sheng Shaoqing in confusion, then at Ji Wenxuan's reaction, frowned and shook his head and said, "There wasn't any big obstacle, before the people didn't believe that the government would give them the land, and then I followed suit. The sages moved wood in the east of the city to win the trust of the people, and since then the policy has been carried out smoothly without any obstacles?"

Seeing Ji Wenxuan's clear expression, Sheng Shaoqing asked cautiously, "Then Shangshu Yun doesn't think it's strange?"

Yun Zhi was even more puzzled, "What's so strange...?"

Sheng Shaoqing was surprised and said, "Did you imagine that it would be so smooth before you left Beijing?"

Without the slightest timidity, and without considering the possibility of failure, he went straight to the charge, so brave? !

Sheng Shaoqing's heart started to beat slowly. At that time, she was brainwashed by Yun Zhi's passionate and generous memorial, so she agreed immediately, but thinking about it now...

When the small slogan is shouted and the small flag is set up, who is not confused?

Yunzhi smiled wryly, "It's not that I don't know what the Queen Mother means, but if I think too much, I'm afraid I'll look forward and look backwards, and simply throw the boat to the ground and fight with my back. Maybe there is still a glimmer of life left."

"And then things went so smoothly, I certainly would not have thought..."

Sheng Shaoqing shook his head slightly when he saw Ji Wenxuan, and he was determined in his heart. Looking at the shape of Ji Wenxuan's mouth, he was definitely saying: Yunzhi is still too young.

"Doesn't the Queen Mother wish this matter goes well?"

Sheng Shaoqing shook his head, "Of course I hope it goes well, but since I said I hope, it means that it is impossible to be so smooth in reality."

Yun Zhi was confused by Sheng Shaoqing's words, and Sheng Shaoqing himself felt that he seemed to be talking nonsense, but Ji Wenxuan who was at the side slowly opened his mouth and said, "Master Yun, what the Queen Mother means is that you ever thought Why did it go so smoothly?"

Sheng Shaoqing couldn't help but nodded after hearing Ji Wenxuan's words, Ji Wenxuan still understood her!

Yun Zhi tilted his head and thought for a while, stroked his beautiful beard before speaking: "The minister's policy is flawless and impeccable, it should be so smooth!"

Ji Wenxuan sneered, "Master Yun is also considered an important minister in the court, why is he thinking so naively?"

Yunzhi was a little bit embarrassed by Ji Wenxuan's irony, but he was the prime minister, so he could only bear with it and said, "I would like to hear more about it, and I hope the prime minister will enlighten me."

"Master Yun was a Yuanwailang of the fifth grade when he was an official, but he has already sat on the position of Shangshu in just a few years. It can be said that he is young and promising."

Yun Zhi thought to himself, didn't he talk about his faults, why did Ji Cheng praise himself instead?Just thinking about a few words of humility, Ji Wenxuan smashed the refusal and threw it into the trash.

"But it's hard to be a parent official. If you do it well, you won't be famous, but if you don't do it well, it will make you messy."

"But Lord Yun is different. Whether it's a minister of the first rank or the governor of Chenliu of the fifth rank, he can do it with ease. If you think about it, you will be able to become a general in the future, and it will be just around the corner!"

Yunzhi blushed at Ji Wenxuan's embarrassing and smug face, and it was the first time Sheng Shaoqing saw Ji Wenxuan rejecting others like this, only then did he realize that if Ji Wenxuan's sharp mouth was really sarcastic, even Wei Zhen would have to bow down.

"What Prime Minister Ji means is that it's so strange that it went so smoothly?"

"Yes!" Yunzhi suddenly thought of something, and argued vigorously, "But these people are all my confidantes, so it is impossible for them to betray me, and it is impossible for them to forge!"

Ji Wenxuan saw that Yunzhi still didn't understand, so he asked directly, "Master Yun, your confidant?"

"Can your cronies fill the entire Chenliu mansion?"

"Can your cronies go to the field and count the people one by one?"

"The worst—"

"It's hard to say whether your cronies have gone to the village or town to personally check!"

Yunzhi was rendered speechless by Ji Wenxuan's series of rhetorical questions. He was worried that the biggest pressure on his trip would come from the capital city. He drank a pot in Chenliu.

Unexpectedly, Wei Zhen unexpectedly did not make any moves. He even sent a spy to watch Wei Zhen to report that Wei Zhen was closing the door to thank guests recently.

Later, when Chen Liu got busy with his affairs, he didn't bother to pay attention to Wei Zhen. He just listened vaguely. Mr. Wei Zhenwei's eldest son mysteriously disappeared for a few days and then returned home mysteriously. In a rage, he drove his son back to the old house outside the pass to watch the house, and there was no news from Wei Zhen after that.

According to Prime Minister Ji, the source of the greatest pressure is not the capital, but Chen Liu? !
"But the officials' policies and orders are all for the sake of the people of Chenliu, so why should the people in Chenliu's government lie to them?!"

"What's more... why do they have to make such a false appearance?!"

Ji Wenxuan asked leisurely, "Master Yun, do you know what flattery is?"

"Since Mr. Yun still doesn't understand, why don't I ask you again, if you can answer the question, let's leave it at that, and I won't ask any more questions, how about it?"

Yun Zhi nodded confidently.

"Master Yun, you divide the land among the people, where does the land come from?"

"The wasteland is vast, why worry about no land?!"

"Okay, now that there is land, who will divide it?"

"Of course it's the government!"

"Since Master Yun said it is the government, who is in the government?"

Yun Zhi laughed and said, "Naturally, it's government servants and officials at all levels."

"Okay, so where do these officials come from?"

Yunzhi gradually realized the problem, and his tone was no longer firm before, "Of course...he is...an official selected by the court..."

"Then who are the officials elected today?"

"They... most of them are the sons of local gentry families in Chenliu..."

Ji Wenxuan also stroked his beard and sighed, "Master Yun is sincere, but not everyone in this world is like you, Master Yun."

Sheng Shaoqing who was listening could not help but nodded, that's what she meant, and Ji Wenxuan was just her mouth!

Yunzhi is an extremely optimistic idealist, but not everyone is like him, full of expectations for the beautiful picture he planned.

Yun Zhi frowned, "But dividing the land among the common people won't affect them! On the contrary, in the long run, once Chen Liu becomes rich, they will benefit no less than they do now!"

"Could it be that everyone here is such a short-sighted generation?!"

Ji Wenxuan shook his head, "Master Yun, you are from the Yun family. You have lived in the middle of the capital since you were a child. You have enough food and clothing. You have horses and chariots to accompany you when you travel, and servants to take care of you when you enter. You have never seen the suffering in this world, so naturally you have never seen it. How terrifying can human greed be."

"You thought that what you were allotted today was the imperial court's land, but in their eyes, what you allotted was their ancestral property for generations."

"They just don't dare to oppose you, a well-established minister, and they just made up a beautiful report to make you happy under the guise of flattery. After one month, you will return to Beijing to be your high-ranking official , they took back their own land and continued to be their own extravagant and rich people."

"They! How dare they! How dare they?!"

Ji Wenxuan shook his head meaninglessly, "Why don't you dare?"

"The report in the Queen Mother's hand, doesn't it already explain everything?"

"Today you asked me in doubt, why there are more people than Tian, ​​and the truth will tell you now, it is not because there are more people, but because there are fewer fields. And the truth is certain, there are still many people who have no land among the old people! "

Startled by Ji Wenxuan's firm tone, Yunzhi was a little dazed for a moment, but when he realized it, he was about to leave immediately, and now he was going to deal with those bastards who dared to collude and deceive others!
"stop!"

Sheng Shaoqing hurriedly stopped Yunzhi angrily, why is Chen Liu's place poisonous, one or two here is like a firecracker, and it explodes at a little bit?
"This matter involves a lot. Are you going to overthrow Chen Liu's official office now?!"

Yun Zhi was furious for a while, "They shouldn't have been made officials in the first place! How can such a group of pampered dandies be able to take on the heavy responsibility of being a parent's official?!"

Sheng Shaoqing and Ji Wenxuan looked at each other, and reached a consensus in their hearts at the same time: soon, soon, they will be dealt with.

"That's it, what are you going to do?"

Yun Zhi said angrily, "One will arrest the other, and the other will arrest the other. You can't allow them to eat the imperial salary while violating the imperial government's orders!"

Yun Zhi became more and more angry, "It's really deceiving people! Especially the township government in the towns near Chenliu. I thought they were working hard and thought they were careless in their work, but I didn't expect it to be done on purpose. Of!"

Sheng Shaoqing opened the newspaper again, pointed to the names of those towns and asked, "This Qingshiban Township, and Lujing Township, who are their townships?"

Yunzhi thought for a while and said, "The township in Qingshiban Township is Wang Yuan, and the Lizheng in Lujing Township... seems to be called Wang Shun."

"Why are they all surnamed Wang?"

Seeing Yunzhi's angry expression, Sheng Shaoqing didn't dare to ask any more questions, but only looked at Ji Wenxuan, who silently said with his mouth: "This is the ancestral land of the Wang family."

Chenliu Wang?

"No wonder!"

Yun Zhi calmed down for a while before he said, "Earlier, the Empress Dowager searched for the lost property in the palace, and found that the stolen goods transferred in in the government office were written by the Wang family of Chen Liu. At that time, many people from the Wang family had been dealt with... But I didn't expect..."

"Master Yun didn't expect Mrs. Wang to be behind those things, Mr. Yun is still a bit crazy..."

Sheng Shaoqing saw that Yunzhi's anger that had just calmed down was about to flare up again, so he choked back "Really..." and only spit out "Ha..."

Ji Wenxuan continued to lip-sync: "Yunzhi's mother's surname is Wang."

Sheng Shaoqing: ………………

Isn't this the family of the world's aristocratic family, breaking the bones and connecting the tendons?
"Master Yun, what are you going to do now..."

Sheng Shaoqing just said, why did Yunzhi get so excited when he mentioned that someone in Chen Liuzhong was making trouble? It turned out that he was not tricked by outsiders, but was deceived by his own relatives.

However, Sheng Shaoqing guessed that in the eyes of the Wang family, Yun Zhi was the traitor.

After all, when Yunzhi talked about Juntian, he didn't go anywhere, but he came to Chen Liu to experiment. This grandson really doesn't treat himself as an outsider...

Yun Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "Of course... I have to give the people an explanation!"

"The Empress Dowager sent her own younger brother to guard the mausoleum of the late emperor, so I should follow suit!"

Sheng Shaoqing wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, why do he like to talk about this matter...

Sheng Shaoqing quickly changed the subject, and suggested, "Why don't we go to these places together, and then we'll make a conclusion?"

(End of this chapter)