Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 113: River Patrol, Wind and Snow Prevention Meeting, Old Friends Discussing Political Divergence, Tianjin Bridge
Li Fu stayed in Luo Zhenbang's study that night.He had symptoms of insomnia. He drank wine at night and was worried. He tossed and turned until the fourth watch before falling asleep. When he woke up, he felt very cold. It turned out that the stove was too hot and the quilt had been kicked off.When he looked at the sky, the window paper was bright and clear. Li Fu stood up, washed himself and pushed the door out. A cold wind rolled up the snow and hit his face immediately, causing him to choke. It turned out that last night It snowed in the middle of the night.Waiting next door were two family members of Luo Zhenbang. They heard the noise and came over to say hello.Li Fu said with a smile: "I have been taught by Guizang, where are my two skinned monkeys?"

"They are young and sleepy." The older man said with a smile, "Don't look at the sky, it's snowing now, and the roofs have turned white, reflecting the light in the room. In fact, it's still snowy." It's morning! Our master just came over and told us that if it's cold and the table is cold, just ask us if we need any extra clothes and they'll be brought over as soon as possible. It's snowing today. If I'm not in the mood, just ask I have to rest a few times and sit in a sedan before I dare to go!" Li Fu said: "I love the snow the most, and I don't want to sit in a sedan. It's only fifty miles to Longmen Yique, so hire a donkey and ask the two of them to follow. Zhenbang is There is no need to accompany people who have official business - they are all old friends, no one should be rigid about anyone." The chief immediately agreed: "Yes! But the master said, he must accompany him. When Ye Laitian made the platform in Luoyang, it was still unknown. So I asked him to go to the post house to see the Luohe river construction. Mr. Luo said, please wait for him patiently, he will be down before noon, and nothing will be missed. "

Tian Wenjing is here?Li Fu was startled for a moment and then said with a smile: "It's better to rush early than to catch it by chance. How could I not see Tian Yiguang coming? Didn't they go to Luohe? I won't go to Longmen today. It’s such a joy to walk in the snow everywhere looking for plum blossoms!... Prepare a sedan for me and go to the Luohe River." "There is a sedan, which is what our master often rides in." Chang Suipei smiled and said, "That’s what our master said. , Tianzhitai knows that you are coming to Luoyang, so he will definitely come over to talk. I will no longer work." Li Fu thought for a while and said: "Let's prepare the sedan, I'll go."

The magistrate's office was very close to Luohe. Li Fu took a sedan chair and passed outside Xiguan to the south. After walking for less than half an hour, he saw a vast white desert beach across the sedan chair. In the distance, there was a frozen road running through the snowflakes. A mirror-like river.Li Fu pointed to a large dilapidated temple on the east side of the road and asked the Chang Sui who was following the sedan: "It's such a big temple. Whose incense is it?" "It's the Zhougong Temple." The Chang Sui said as he stepped on the slippery road, "It has been in ruins for many years. Yes, it looked like this when I was a child." Li Fu stopped talking and saw several official sedans sitting beside the embankment in the distance. Several people on the embankment were standing in the cold wind, pointing and saying something. They must be Luo Zhen. Bang Yigan people.Without waiting for the embankment, Li Fu ordered him to stay in the sedan chair. He bent down and walked slowly up the embankment. Sure enough, he saw Tian Wenjing, leading a group of masters and provincial officials to inspect the embankment.Because no one was paying attention, Li Fu was not busy meeting each other, and quietly followed the crowd. When he glanced at Tian Wenjing, he still looked the same as when he last met in Beijing, except that his hair was completely white and his muscles were thin. His body was on the river embankment, as if it could be blown over by a gust of wind. He was wearing a golden pheasant patchwork suit, his slender braids behind his flowered coral top were tossed high by the wind, and his beard under his chin was also covered with ice.

"Zhenbang," Tian Wenjing frowned and pointed at the square stones scattered in the embankment. "You are becoming more and more careless in doing things. Master Qian Du said that there are still thousands of square stones left when he came last time." It's neatly stacked. If you can't work on the river in winter, why can't you send a few people to guard it? They've asked the people to go back and build walls and build stone troughs! The stone was bought with silver. If it were your own, how could you be willing to do this? Wasted?" Luo Zhenbang walked with him, saying yes again and again, and said: "There is a festival here. The platform in front of Dacheng Hall of Fuxue collapsed, and Minglun Hall and the east courtyard wall also need to be repaired. The houses where several professors from the government school live must also be repaired. Wang Hanlin came to visit last time and said it was outrageous. I said that the government really did not have the money. They said there would be no construction in winter, and there were so many disturbances in Luohetan. Stone, you might as well move it over first and use it. Zhang Xuetai from the province also sent a letter to ask for it. I asked them to use it first. When the spring comes and the work starts -" "The flowers bloom in the spring?" Tian Wenjing's rigid face didn't even have a smile at all. He said, "There is a peach blossom flood in March and a cauliflower flood in May. Can we make temporary arrangements in time?"

As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned.Tian Wenjing seemed to be in a very irritable mood. He walked quickly without saying a word, and then stood and pondered.He was really not afraid of hard work and trouble. Sometimes he would personally go to the slippery embankment and hit the embankment with stones until there were holes. Embankment, eh? We need to find out if there is any embezzlement of money from the river workers!" Then he pointed to the beach outside the embankment that was covered with weeds and wild wormwood, and said: "This land is at least [-] acres, right? How many times has the emperor issued imperial edicts? Reclaiming wasteland, you are deaf and blind! There are so many idle people in Luoyang City, but the land here is barren - Look, Lao Luo, build a sluice from the upper reaches of the Luo River to divert water. This is fertile land that can guarantee harvests despite droughts and floods!" He patted the gradually drying soil on his hands and said coldly: "You have to cultivate it all for me next year!" A group of Luoyang county magistrates led by Luo Zhenbang listened in silence to this headstrong and impatient governor. Reprimanded, everyone hung their heads and swallowed their saliva, and everyone's face was gloomy.Luo Zhenbang smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, this land is deserted, but it belongs to the owner, otherwise I would have cultivated it long ago. If you don't look carefully today, you will know it if you walk down the beach. There are graves inside. In Yuan'er, the land boundaries around an ancestral tomb are clear. This is private land, and the government really can't do anything..."

"Hmm." Tian Wenjing breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the deserted beach again as if unwilling to do so, "Is it private land?" He thought about it and said nothing for a while.At this time, the wind and snow were getting worse, and pieces of broken jade and Qionghua were confused and confused on the vast river beach. Sometimes they splashed like wild waves, and sometimes they rolled up like arrows and rushed toward us. They rolled up into snow pillars and danced, chasing each other unscrupulously... At this time, Li Fu was covered in snowman-like appearance. When he saw Tian Wenjing standing upright with his eyes wide open, his eyes were searching for the faults of the officials below him. Angry and funny at the same time.Yin smiled behind Tian Wenjing and said: "Yiguang, you are so diligent. You are worthy of being a role model!" Tian Wenjing turned around and stared for a long time before he saw that it was Li Fu. He was smiling and bowing to him. He broke out into a smile and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Ju Lai! Just now Zhenbang said you were coming, and he planned to visit after seeing this section of river construction. Why are you here!" Then he said angrily to Luo Zhenbang, "Li Zhitai is a guest." , you didn't even tell me when you went up the embankment!" Luo Zhenbang could only explain with a dry smile.

Li Fu and Tian Wenjing walked side by side for a while and talked about their departure from Wuchang. Tian Wenjing was also very cordial and asked along the way: "I heard that you didn't bring your family to take office. Why?" Li Fu said casually: "Mrs. It’s troublesome. I go back to Beijing three or four times a year. It’s easy to meet, so why bring him to the post? Last time in Xiangyang, I met a county magistrate who went to Yichang to take office. In addition to his wife, aunt, seven concubines, eight aunts, three aunts, six wives, and a master. There were sixty or seventy book offices in total, so I dismissed him at that time. Yichang is such a small place, and you brought so many ghosts and ghosts, and the sky is high! I saw that there were many corrupt officials in the Xi Dynasty. Originally, He's not a bad person. He doesn't stretch out his hands. He doesn't act like a mother-in-law. He picks up things from others behind his back and gets on the boat as soon as he comes and goes." Tian Wenjing smiled and said: "You returned to Zhili to be the governor, and your home is in Beijing. Could it be that Deport them back to their place of origin?" Li Fu said: "Beijing is different. Outside it is a watermelon, but in Beijing it becomes sesame seeds. There are six ministries and nine ministers at the top, the imperial censors and censors are watching, and under the imperial chariot, there are several at home. I am an unscrupulous child and I have to restrain myself from being unfaithful. In fact, I don’t want to go back to Beijing. I shouldn’t be afraid of these things. I have the final say in sealing the territory outside. When I go to Beijing, it is difficult to be a corrupt official, but it is even more difficult to be a practical official. Disaster!"

"Well, this is an interesting thought." Tian Wenjing wanted to say, "Those 'ox ghosts and snake gods' are all raised by Huo Hao Yin. Huo Hao returns to the public, and officials eat with their salaries and Yang Lian Yin. Who can bring so many diners?" The words came to his lips But Bian changed his mind and said, "It's a pity that all the officials in the world don't think this way, and it's all in vain!" Li Fu laughed and said: "Stop advocating your 'raising honest silver'. We won't talk about it today - look at the snow, The rain is so good. It would be great to be in Suzhou and Hangzhou with plum blossoms dotted with it!" Tian Wenjing looked down the embankment. The two sides of the Luo River were less than three inches thick and were already covered with white snow. The beach on the other side of the river was a continuous stretch of white. The white poplars were gray in the fallen snow, and the scenery was not very clear.Only the ice on the river surface could not retain snow, and the smoke was swept back and forth by the wind.After a long time, Tian Wenjing said: "There is a proverb in Henan, 'Watch a bed with three quilts and sleep with a steamed bun on your head.' I would rather the snow were cotton - this kind of day -" He suddenly remembered something and waved to Luo. Zhenbang ordered: "Please Master Qian to stay with the people I brought, and the rest will go back. People from the Zhentai Yamen here in Henan Prefecture will also go back. But they can't rest. They will inform the counties to see if there is any snow." Those who live in the house or have no food to eat should give alms from the county treasury. Some beggars have a hard time, so they ask Chief Lijia to take care of them and put them in the temple. Two things: [-]. Don’t freeze and starve people to death; [-]. Who dares to deduct money from here? , take one bite, I, Tian Wenjing, tell him to vomit three liters!"

"twitter!"

Luo Zhenbang agreed and hurried to the back to give instructions. The official Goshamabian's sedan bearer was eager for this sound and stumbled down the embankment to look for the sedan. In an instant, he dispersed like birds and beasts.Luo Zhenbang rushed to them with a short, dark and thin middle-aged man. Tian Wenjing pointed at the middle-aged man with a smile and said: "Qian Du - Master Qian of my yamen - meet Mr. Li." Li Fu met Qian. Although Du was short, he exuded a spirit of vigor. His eyes were moving wildly, and he could tell at a glance that he was a restless person. He felt disgusted in his heart, but he held Qian Du's arm and said, "Old man, don't be like this. I don't have time to ask you for help!" Qian Du said with a smile: "Master Julai is famous all over the world. My students have admired me for a long time! Today we meet in the wind and snow by the Tianjin Bridge. The students are very close." After saying that, he waved gently to the bottom of the embankment. There was a Gesheha who jumped up the embankment in twos and threes, holding a large pile of raincoats in his arms, with exactly four pieces spread out.Qian Du said again: "It's freezing on this day, too! I asked them to borrow some coir raincoats from nearby people's houses, not to avoid the snow, but just to block the wind and help them walk in the snow with coir raincoats." Are you excited?" The originally dull atmosphere suddenly became more relaxed after he stirred it up.

"I've heard the name of Tianjin Bridge for a long time, why can't it be here?" Li Fu and everyone shook off the snow on their bodies and put on thick raincoats. Sure enough, they felt like they were protected from the wind, so they asked Luo Zhenbang with a smile: "The bridge is away from the bridge." How far is it from here?" Luo Zhenbang smiled, pointed to the other side of the Luo River with his hand, and said: "It is to the north of the small poplar forest on the beach. In fact, it is a small arched pavilion bridge that is very inconspicuous, but it is very famous. Literati often come here to study in the spring and autumn, but not many people come here on weekdays." Only then did Li Fu know that the world-famous "Tianjin Bridge" in Luoyang did not span the Luo River, but was abandoned on the Luo River beach. A place of interest.Seeing that Tian Wenjing was still lost in thought, Li Fu smiled and said: "Still thinking about your cotton? If you are an official like this, you will probably be exhausted to death. Let's go to Tianjin Bridge and have a look!" Tian Wenjing smiled and said: "Come to Luoyang Five The times were either river construction or farmland reclamation. I haven’t seen any scenic spots, and the elegance is gone. Ordinarily, a day like this, with such a broad river view, should be a bit poetic, but now I can’t stand out in the limelight. "

So the four of them walked tremblingly down the river embankment in the snow.After passing through a beach and standing by the river, I felt the snowflakes were blurred and the world was blurred.Li Fu looked at the blue and stone river and said: "I'm afraid the water here is very deep. I stepped through the ice and fell into the water when I was a child, and I still have lingering fears. Walking on such a river is really scary, as if you are facing an abyss." Luo Zhen Bang said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Look, there are faint car marks on it. It turns out that Li Zhitai wants to visit Yique. I have asked people to try it many times. You two feudal officials, If something happened in our Henan Mansion, I'm afraid Long Live would kill me, Luo Zhenbang! But the depth of the water is true. In summer, ships with a draft of six feet can sail unimpeded. Last year, Li Youjie (Li Weizi) went to Shaanxi to fight I have been here and had a drink at Anlan Tower in the south of Luoyang City. The sky and water are the same color, and there are formations of sand gulls. It is not inferior to the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. Several local celebrities even wrote a lot of poems!"

"Reciting poems again?" Li Fu asked.

"He knows shit about poetry." Tian Wenjing said, "He will go undercover and listen to the wall to catch thieves!"

Qian Du walked carefully and said with a smile: "Mr. Li doesn't have much ink, he has a quick mind and is naturally smart. But he also writes poems occasionally. Hmm... I went to Jinling on a business trip the year before last, and Fang Bo Fan Shijie was the examiner of my house. The room master of Fake went to visit him. He just invited Youjie Gong and Jishan Gong to have a drink at the Lanjiang Tower in Yanziji. They all joined together to write poems together. Jishan Gong wrote a sentence, "The river and the sky are on the same floor." Fan The teacher said, "Feng Qing brings Spring and Autumn". Seeing Mr. Youjie scratching his head and scratching his head, I couldn't think of it, so I also said, "Goose and fish go with the water" - I wanted to let him think about it for a while, but unexpectedly, after saying it, he still frowned in deep thought, Fan The teacher asked him very casually, "What poems are you writing for a poor beggar? Can I do it for you?" Youjie suddenly brightened up, pointed to the river in the distance and said, "Brother-in-law Fan, don't talk too much, I also have poems. You guys." Look, the two fishermen disturbed the fishing net and were fighting on the boat. My poem is 'two fishermen fighting'!"

"This is a five-character poem," Luo Zhenbang shook his head and said, "How did Mr. Ji come up with six characters?" Qian Duren laughed and said, "Wan Sheng also said the same, 'This is a five-character poem. You can delete the word 'beat'." Go. It's just Ye Yun." Mr. Li was very happy and pressed my shoulder and said, "Do your mother a good job! It's "Two Fishermen Caught" - this poem is really wonderful!" Yin Futai said, "This poem of yours cannot be said to be "wonderful" in any way! If you come up with such a sentence in the examination room, you should be beaten." Youjie Gong was stunned, pointed at me and said: "There is a "beat" in my poem. "Did he force me to delete the word?"

Everyone laughed after hearing this.Luo Zhenbang accidentally fell down onto the ice and slid far away.Li Fu suddenly remembered the last time he tried to impeach Li Wei for being "ignorant and ignorant". Compared with Tian Wenjing, Li Wei was still polite and courteous to the literati.Tian Wenjing was a scholar, but he couldn't get along with scholars. The smile on his face disappeared as he thought about it.While he was talking, the Tianjin Bridge had arrived, and Li Fu looked at it carefully. He saw that the bridge faced Luoyang City from the south to the north. It was five or six feet long and about two feet high. It was a very ordinary jade belt arch bridge, with a jade belt standing on it. The pavilion is very exquisite.The four of them walked slowly through the snow. They first went to the bridge to have a distant view, but the wind in the pavilion was like a knife and it was extremely cold. They then went down the bridge to the south.

"There is a bridge here to block the wind, and there is not even snow, so it is warmer," Li Fu said with a smile, "——The seat of this bridge looks like the style of the Tang Dynasty, and the pavilion above is rigid, in the style of the pre-Ming dynasty——Why is it called Where's the 'Tianjin Bridge'?" Luo Zhenbang said: "Luoyang was the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, scholars from all over the country came to Beijing to take exams, and they all crossed this bridge. It looked like a Qingyun intersection, so it was named 'Tianjin Bridge'." Li Fu nodded. He raised his head and sighed: "Thousands of years have passed in a blink of an eye. The bridge is here, but where are the people? The scholars at that time are today's juren, and they don't write eight-legged essays. What a blessing! Look at this bridge, Luoshui in the Tang Dynasty was not big!" "

Although Li Fu didn't say much, he unknowingly stabbed Tian Wenjing.Everyone knows that he was a down-and-out "scholar" who failed the imperial examination three times and could not pass the "Tianjin Bridge". He was an elected official who paid tribute.No one dared to reply.Tian Wenjing didn't seem to care, he smiled and said: "There are four rivers in Luoyang, Yi, Luo, Xian, and Jian. They used to flow into the Yellow River. Later, the Yi River changed its course and merged with the Luo River. It was Chen Kang in the Song Dynasty. In order to open the boat, the Luohe River became as large as it is today. Chen Kang was not a Jinshi, and he did not jump over the dragon gate, but if he did this, the Tianjin Bridge would no longer be practical." Li Fu realized that he had made a mistake and blushed. No words.Tian Wenjing stood in the snow, looking at the gray and gloomy Luoyang City on the north bank. He said for a long time: "Zhenbang, I will go to see the project of Jianhe entering the mouth of the Yellow River tomorrow, and then return to Kaifeng along the north bank of the Yellow River. Don't mind if I have a lot of trouble with you." . You are still serious about your work. The troubled boy should be pushed by me before you move. Listen to the instigation from below, pointing out that we squeezed money from the provincial vassal treasury in the same year. Let me tell you, Luoyang merchants are the richest in the world, and people here are famous. Qianqingpai has the most distinguished gentlemen in the province, so we should make decisions from them. The money in the province does not belong to me, Tian Wenjing. You can’t even imagine how much a Yellow River costs! There are also grain rations for spring famine relief, Isn’t that all money? These rich people have property and live in peace, without the court spending money to do these things, how can they live in peace? He is an iron rooster, you must have steel pliers to pluck out the hair! Don’t be soft-this is for their own good. Reasonable It doesn't make sense, so I have to be rude to him." Li Fu was listening, and none of these words touched his ears.Whoever is rich will use "steel pliers" to pluck out hair, which is called robbery!The grand country has a system for collecting wealth, so how can it be done randomly?But Tian Wenjing adhered to Yongzheng's will, so he could only go to Beijing to see the emperor to talk to him.Li Fu originally thought that Tian Wenjing would stay in Luoyang for three to five days, so he took the opportunity to have a chat with him. When he heard that he would be leaving tomorrow, he couldn't help but be startled, thought for a while, and said: "Wen Jing, I want to take a moment to talk to you." ." After saying that, he gave up his hand, and the two left Tianjin Bridge and strolled eastward along the bank of Luo River.

The wind had subsided a bit at this moment, and the ice on the Luohe River was covered with half an inch of snow. Reflecting the gray stone embankment opposite, white feathers fell endlessly, and the two sides of the frozen river were silent except for the rustle of falling snow.After a long time, Li Fu said:

"Light suppression."

"Well."

"You are determined to be a famous official. It's too hard."

"You're half right." Tian Wenjing took a breath silently, "Half of me wants to be a famous minister, and the other half is to repay the emperor's kindness. If you don't work hard, you can't succeed. Only when the Duke of Zhou vomits your support can the world return to its heart."

Li Fu sighed.Tian Wenjing told the truth.He was a poor minister Lang Jingguan for 20 years, and managed to get to the sixth rank despite qualifications. In the first year of Yongzheng's reign, he went on a business trip to Shaanxi to announce the decree. On his way back, he used imperial envoys to check the deficit of the Shanxi vassal treasury without permission, and in one fell swoop he overthrew Nuo Min, the "No. [-] governor in the world". In three or four years, he opened the government and was promoted to governor. It turned out that all the princes relied on Yongzheng's full support. He could only repay this "holy grace" by dying of exhaustion.After a long time, Li Fu said: "I understand what you are thinking. But there is something stuck in my throat, and I want to persuade Brother Yigang."

"what?"

"When the scholars are better, there are also Jin gentry." Li Fu said, "This is the vitality of the country." Tian Wenjing stopped and stared at Li Fu, his eyes no longer had tenderness: "Of course they are the vitality of the country. But If the vitality is too strong and the yang is strong and the yin is weak, isn't it also a disease of the country? If the fire is too strong, it will be vented. Plucking their hair is to benefit the world, and it is fundamentally beneficial to them. These short-sighted people only care about the present. Isn’t it terrible to reap the benefits and forget about the mistakes of the past? Look, this Luoyang was formerly the vassal territory of King Fu, and the most mature fields in Luoyang belong to this fair-weather prince. He is reluctant to give some of it to the poor and reward the soldiers. The city was destroyed and the family was destroyed, and all the gold and silver accumulated in the mountains and seas were given to Li Zicheng for military pay! You have to read King Fu's poems and look at his paintings. He is not a first-rate beautiful scholar!" "I didn't say you don't want scholars." Li Zicheng Fu tried his best to suppress the fire in his heart and said slowly: "The honor of the scholar-bureaucrats is more important than their lives. Just like you and I, who went to the countryside and were kicked out by the government to build river embankments, carry stones, and fill in mortar. Is this how the country treats scholars? Pei Xiaoyi, from the Pei family camp in Dengzhou, served as an upright official for two years. He died, leaving only five orphans and a widow. They were driven to Ruihe to build a bridge and were unearthed. He was a man who had been granted a royal title. He could bear such humiliation. Huh? The Xi Dynasty did not implement a system to support integrity. I heard that you gave a prefect 5000 taels of silver every year to support integrity, but Pei Xiaoyi did not take the money! On the contrary, corrupt officials usually gather money, and they are not afraid of you, who is an official and a gentleman. Yiguang , Doing this is too cold for the hearts of scholars!" Tian Wenjing was walking when a gust of wind came towards him with snow flakes, causing him to shiver all over. He calmed down and said: "I know about the case of Wang Pei's suicide, and the emperor also has it. , we must pay more attention to caring for orphans. But there is never any safety in doing such a thing. Scholars serve as officials for the world and the country, not for their own personal gain. Therefore, it is not a shame to go to official posts. Gentlemen who cannot afford official posts have money. After all, we are in the minority, so we can think of ways to provide better benefits. But if the local officials do not go out on official duties, the harm will be incalculable over time."

"Actually, I don't think it's a big deal. I've read all your excerpts. I think it's a bit unfounded."

"I have also read your excerpts, and they are all right," Tian Wenjing squinted and said nonchalantly, "Nowadays, both the government and the public have read hundreds of articles impeaching me, but not many of them are significant."

"Plucking the seedlings to encourage growth may backfire."

"If the harp is not in tune, of course it needs to be changed."

At this point, the two people stood still and suddenly laughed at the same time - it turned out that the two of them were at war with each other and accidentally exchanged words.Luo Zhenbang, who was standing by the Tianjin Bridge, saw this and smiled and said to Qian Du: "They say that Tian and Li are equally powerful. I think they are talking about speculation!" Qian Du shook his head and said: "Don't you I know that for these adults, crying may not necessarily mean sadness, and laughter may not necessarily mean happiness. They can only be moved by big things, and can't be moved by small things. Have you seen this Fan Shijie? It is said that he is the descendant of General Fan in Malingyu, and even the emperor respects him. He was stunned for a while. Last time he went back to Nanjing, one of his subordinates from the Planning and Finance Bureau made a joke to him, saying that he met two children on the way to the Yamen, calling each other a turtle, and they couldn't reconcile each other. Mr. Fan He said, "What's wrong with this? Tell them, how can children be "tortoises"? Only adults can be "tortoises"!" The official said, "This is what adults said. I don't dare to say it because of my humble position." .'...Teacher Fan just smiled and cursed, just do whatever you want to do when you come down. Like us -" He touched Nutian Wenjing with his mouth, "If you bare your teeth in front of him, he will kill you. Get out of the study. When it's time to do serious business, I'll still ask you to come in and arrange it in a pleasant manner."

"It's all a joke," Luo Zhenbang said with a smile, "Tian Zhitai refuted the Shaanzhou Golden Widow case. What's the story behind this? This case involves wealthy merchants of the Jin gentry. These scholars in Luoyang are furious and want to go to Beijing to file a lawsuit. . Maybe if something happened to stop the exam, it would be a big deal. You know that Jin Shengyi is the leader of the literati in Henan Prefecture. After death, the soul is still there!" Qian Du said: "This is Master Bi's hand. It was a thunderstorm night. Widow Jin failed to collect her debt and committed suicide in front of Cai Jiaju's door. Master Bi went to Shaanzhou to investigate in person. Widow Jin did not go out on weekdays. She was a weak woman with no enemies or anything else. Because of the cause and effect, he advocated severe punishment. Cai Jiaju did not know where he hired a cunning pen, and argued back and questioned: "The door is eight feet high, how can a woman hang herself alone? It rains heavily in the middle of the night, why is there no mud on her feet?" Tian Zhitai said This is a reasonable refutation, so I sent it back to you for retrial." Luo Zhenbang frowned and said: "This pot of rice is overcooked. What do you think we should do?"

Qian Du only smiled and said nothing.Luo Zhenbang hurriedly took out a banknote from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand, saying: "The Jin family is indeed wronged. We gathered some money to settle the case. Only by turning this case over can it be interesting." Qian Du accepted it honestly and politely. He asked, "Did both the plaintiff and defendant mention Luoyang?"

"I mentioned it," Luo Zhenbang said, "I asked the trial room to go through a few sessions, and I was very tight in both sessions. There must be a way to settle the case in one session." Qian Du smiled and said, "I have a way. You have to thank me for seeking justice for the Jin family without being punished!" Luo Zhenbang said with a smile: "That's natural. Widow Jin's nephew said that as long as he could express his anger, he would be willing to lose his entire family. Now that we are not allowed to collect firewood privately, we can only benefit from these things."

Qian Du approached Luo Zhenbang, looked at Tian Wenjing and Li Fu on the river bank in the distance, and said, "It's obvious that someone from the Cai family changed Widow Jin's shoes. Separate the maids and check Their feet, whoever wears that pair of shoes will be sent to jail together with her husband. Let's go back and interrogate the person named Cai - there is definitely collusion in this matter. Just because of collusion, more people will know. You can do it one by one. Put them in jail mercilessly, and those who care about it can't stand it anymore. No one can stop it." Luo Zhenbang said with a smile: "You are a money and food master, your punishment is not ambiguous!" Qian Du He blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "The two makers were talking cordially over there, how did they know we were causing trouble here!"

But Li Fu and Tian Wenjing have broken down.

"Yi Guang, I didn't interfere with your Henan government affairs. The way to make friends is righteous!" Li Fu suppressed the anger in his forehead and said as gently as possible, "After all, you and I are in the same year of the provincial examination!" Tian Wenjing snorted. He sneered and said: "You are gesticulating, as if Sage Kong sent you to teach me a lesson. It should be this way and not that way - I am more than ten years older than you, and I don't know what to do? Do you think you are like that in Hubei? It's a good idea, but your vassal siphoned off the treasury money. I didn't do well, but there are no corrupt officials in Henan! You are a Jinshi, and you have the same year as your Jinshi, and Wenjing can't reach you."

There was a slight ringing sound, and Li Fu took a quick step forward and said: "I don't want to offend you at all, but I am trying to persuade you from the bottom of my heart. If you act aggressively and are not lenient, you are afraid of causing trouble. The government governs the gentry, The gentry is in charge of the people. You are the ears, eyes and claws of the government! Renovating the government is like walking on the glacial river. It is too late to pay attention to every step!"

"Suspicious."

"what?"

"I said you were suspicious." Tian Wenjing said coldly, "The fox is walking on the ice. If you take a few steps and listen, if there is a ringing sound, you will be frightened and take three steps back! Look -" He lightly stamped his foot. "It's frozen solid here, it's absolutely fine!"

Li Fu blushed furiously.He couldn't bear it any longer: "I will give in anyway, you look down on people so much! You become an official and torture these scholars! You are a minister who speaks and makes money - you are a villain, I want to use my own power to sympathize with you!"

"It's up to you." Tian Wenjing swayed slightly and went back to the north bank without looking back.Li Fu also chose the road to cross the river on the ice.

Qian and Luo were chatting lively by the Tianjin Bridge when they suddenly parted ways and exchanged looks.Qian Du hurriedly chased Tian Wenjing, and Luo Zhenbang chased Li Fu, panting and asking: "You talk so well, how did you become like this?"

"I'm leaving tomorrow."

"It's not that I want to--"

"The smell of copper here is too strong!"

Qian Du asked Tian Wenjing here: "Dong Weng, what happened to Li Zhitai? Aren't you talking very speculatively?"

"Bah!" Tian Wenjing spat, "Hypocrite!"

(End of this chapter)