The eldest princess pampered the beautiful, strong and miserable proton queen

"Let me thoroughly investigate the national private salt case and make up for the shortfall in salt tax. You don't need to think about it. This must be the meaning of the eldest princess."

Having repeatedly fallen into the hands of the eldest princess, Marquis Cheng'an's face turned ashen.

In the case of smuggling salt, five members of the Lin family were found out, which made His Majesty very angry with the Lin family, but the branch of the family did not involve him.

The bad thing is that the eldest princess also found out that Lin's fifth house "filially honors" a large sum of money from the Marquis of Cheng'an every year. This money is dirty money from selling private salt. Whitewashed' silver.

The Marquis of Cheng'an received 'dirty money', who would believe that the Marquis of Cheng'an had nothing to do with private salt?
This "dirty money" is the ironclad evidence that the Marquis of Cheng'an is involved in salt smuggling.

"Because there is no substantive evidence to prove that the Marquis of Cheng'an's mansion participated in profiteering from private salt, it is impossible to convict the Marquis of Cheng'an's mansion," Cheng'an Hou clenched his fists and slammed it on the table. It's thankless."

Fu An also sighed secretly in his heart: "Private salt has not been strictly prohibited for many times, because the profit of private salt is extremely high. Along the coast, salt gangsters are rampant. Thousands of people gather in groups, armed with arms, and all local governments, aristocratic families, and wealthy gentry are involved. Your thorough investigation of private salt in the country is to make up for your mistakes, and this task must be done to His Majesty's satisfaction, if you can't find out some clues, His Majesty can punish you for the crime of ineffective supervision of the case."

"The eldest princess' plan is very vicious, and she wants to take this opportunity to divide your party forces in the court."

If some clues are found, it is bound to offend a large number of people.

If you can't find out, it's hard for His Majesty to explain.

Cheng'an Hou was silent for a moment: "Since the eldest princess has found out about Lin's fifth house, if she continues to investigate secretly, she will definitely be able to find out about Cheng'an Hou's mansion. She is trying to control the situation in Hangzhou County, so she will check half of the private salt. case revealed."

Once it is found out that the Marquis of Cheng'an's mansion is involved in smuggling, the glory of the Marquis of Cheng'an's mansion will come to an end.

The eldest princess will not be unclear about this.

But for the sake of the people of Xin'an County, he still let go of his personal grievances.

Even he couldn't tell whether it was admiration or happiness.

"Fortunately, the eldest princess did not continue the investigation," Cheng Anhou frowned, "The current situation is not so serious that it is uncontrollable."

Fuan bowed his head and remained silent.

"Push some dead ghosts out, discuss privately with the aristocratic families, noble gentry, and officials involved in the smuggling, collect a large sum of dirty money to pay the public, and spend money to eliminate the disaster. Satisfied His Majesty, it is almost okay, although offended a large number of people , and at the same time grasp the handle of a large number of officials, so that they can be used by me."

There are pros and cons to this sort of thing.

Fu An nodded: "Then Hangzhou County..."

Marquis Cheng'an frowned: "Your Majesty sent other officials from Dali Temple to find out the situation of private salt. Prefect Li and County Magistrate Wang couldn't keep it, and the failure to keep it would affect officials of all sizes in Zhejiang Province. Keep an eye on the Marquis of Cheng'an, don't act rashly, and don't meddle in the affairs of Zhejiang Province for the time being."

Although the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the world's criminal names, it is actually in charge of the people.

Dali Temple can manage as long as it is a major case.

The officials selected by Dali Temple over the years are all humble officials who are deeply trusted by His Majesty. With His Majesty as their backer, it is difficult for them to be bribed by the aristocratic family.

Dali Temple is also associated with the Imperial City Division, and the two often cooperate in handling cases.

When imperial power is involved, no one dares to get involved easily.

With Dali Temple in the hands of His Majesty, it can basically guarantee the cleanliness of officials and justice.

This is to abandon the officials of the Zhejiang Clan, and Fu An couldn't help feeling tense: "In this way, the management of the Cheng'an Hou Mansion in the Zhe Clan for many years will be destroyed in one fell swoop."

From the Imperial City Division to the Ministry of War, and then to the Zhejiang Division, the Marquis of Cheng'an suffered a disastrous loss.

He finally understood why Lord Hou wanted to save the eldest princess at all costs. As long as the eldest princess is around, there will never be a day of peace in Cheng'anhou's mansion.

"By the way," Marquis Cheng'an was bleeding in his heart, he frowned and asked again, "Has the dam destruction in Xin'an County been dealt with cleanly?"

County magistrate Wang is still very reliable in his work, but magistrate Wang will be convicted soon, and he is worried that magistrate Wang will not be firm in his words.

"Since the eldest princess was involved in politics, she has advocated the construction of water conservancy, which has made His Majesty pay more and more attention to the Ministry of Industry. The Ministry of Industry has gained a lot of sweetness, so the Ministry of Industry has always been in the same spirit as the eldest princess."

"Your Majesty sent Wen Yiqian to investigate the details of the dam, which is not good for us. Wen Yiqian is not only from a poor family, but also very pedantic. He often praises the eldest princess for her benevolence and heart for helping the world with a group of poor students. The princess highly admires him, and he is the most loyal supporter of the eldest princess in the court, this person has some tricks, and will definitely find ways to get rid of the eldest princess' ties."

Fu An immediately said: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, destroying the dikes and flooding the fields, harming the people, this is a serious crime of copying and beheading the whole family, no matter how stupid the county magistrate Wang is, he will not confide a word, otherwise he will lose his whole family."

To die alone, or to die the whole family, is an individual who knows how to choose.

Marquis Cheng An felt relieved.

"Wait a little longer," Marquis Cheng'an calmed down the anxiety in his heart, "When the report of the disaster situation in Xin'an County comes to Beijing, the news will be released. The dam was washed away by the flood because of insufficient funds for repairs and incomplete repairs. Pointing the finger at the Eldest Princess for harming the country and the people..."

The disaster situation in Xin'an County will be difficult to estimate and count for a while. The report has not yet entered the capital. His Majesty detained the eldest princess in the palace to protect the eldest princess and prevent the eldest princess from being affected too much.

but!

As soon as the disaster comes to Beijing, he will join forces with Yushitai and the court ministers to impeach the eldest princess, and ask His Majesty to remove the eldest princess from serving as regent.

After that, he provoked the complaints of the people in Hangzhou County, and submitted a letter of thousands of people to abolish the title of the eldest princess to protect the country.

The eldest princess has provoked public outrage and resentment, and His Majesty can't protect her.

Find another suitable time to get rid of her completely.

All the losses of the Marquis of Cheng'an were worth it.

Fu'an's heart beat wildly when he thought of the millions of people in Xin'an County and nearby counties.

"Afterwards, I will tell Your Majesty that the third prince will go to Xin'an County together with Xianzhao for disaster relief." Marquis Cheng'an took a deep breath, with a smile on his face, "The Lin family has operated in Zhejiang Province for several generations, most of them are People raised money, food and medicine for the third prince, and helped the third prince to make this matter beautiful. With the assistance of Xianzhao, the third prince will be able to properly resettle the victims. There will be no hindrance."

Fu'an hid his trembling hands in his sleeves, and used millions of victims to pave the way for the third prince. The Lord Hou did something bad, just to fulfill the name of the third prince's virtuous virtues and achieve the purpose of establishing the crown prince.

How insane?

……

The sky was dark, and the rain fell in front of the steps.

Du Qi hurried to the corridor.

Shizi stood in the corridor with his hands behind his back, his tall and straight silhouette, sunk in the dim light and shadow, seemed more and more profound.

He glanced down at the letter in his hand, hesitating whether to go forward.

"What's the matter?" Dongfang Yu turned around.

Du Qi was anxious, walked forward, hesitated for a moment, and handed over the letter: "Master Hou ordered someone to send an urgent letter, it seems that there is something important."