high official

Chapter 212

Angrily leaving the Qianhu Office, Hu Yun opened the sedan chair curtain and ordered the outside world: "Go to the Chasi Yamen!"

As the sedan chair passed through the streets of Hangzhou City, the anger on Hu Yun's face dissipated, leaving only a cold smile. He was deeply scheming and beyond imagination. His anger was for others to see, but he had already calculated his interests clearly in his heart. At that time, when the sedan chair came down in the back office of the Chasi, the bearer lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and saw Zhou Xin in casual clothes standing in the courtyard, still serious and unsmiling.

But being able to come out to meet him already shows his status in Zhou Nengtai's heart.

"I'm ashamed, I have humiliated my mission." After getting off the sedan chair, Hu Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I can only keep that kid safe."

"It's already very good," Zhou Xin stretched out his hand to greet him, "Zhuo Jing prepared a few side dishes in the kitchen, let's talk while eating."

"Haha, Mrs. Sister-in-law's craftsmanship is a must!" Hu Yun laughed happily.

Zhou Xin is from Guangzhou, and his wife cooks excellent Cantonese cuisine. Cantonese cuisine pays attention to quality and taste, and the taste is light. say.A dish of white-cut chicken, a plate of braised pork with taro, and a bowl of chicken soup with cordyceps and bamboo shreds completely bought Hu Yun's stomach, and the slightest unhappiness in his heart caused by being calculated disappeared in smoke.

Scholars talked about not talking when eating, not talking when sleeping, and the two of them had dinner, then went to Zhou Xin's study, and went to the Ming Dynasty before turning to the atmosphere of conversation.

"Brother, the hospitality is so generous," Hu Yan sat in Zhou Xin's study, feeling a thousand times more comfortable than sitting in the Qianhu House, and said with a smile, "Could it be because of a disturbed conscience?"

"Why are you uneasy?" Zhou Xin said lightly.

"If you hadn't used Wang Xian as bait, I would be in Hangzhou right now?!" Hu Yan said with a half-smile, "I heard that he was captured by Jin Yiwei, so I pulled Zhu Jiu up with both soft and hard methods. ?!" Although he was relieved, he was still a little angry when he mentioned it.

"He was indeed arrested." Zhou Xin said without changing his face.

"But you were only arrested this afternoon, why did you notify me three days ago?" Hu Yan smiled and said, "Could it be that the old man is a prophet?"

"Jin Yiwei will take advantage of the courtyard to try to recruit people, that's obvious," Zhou Xin said unhurriedly.

"I don't believe it, you are a majestic Zhejiang envoy, you can't protect a subordinate, you have to look far away!" Hu Yun said with a half-smile: "I don't want to cause trouble, but I pull others to top the tank! Seeing that my brother is full of righteousness, I can't think of it." What a slippery head!"

"I can indeed protect him," Zhou Xin did not deny, but the next moment, he sighed with a heavy expression: "But it can be protected for a while, but not forever!" Pointing out the window, he said with emphasis: "As long as Jin Yiwei He will never have peace until he gives up his mind!"

"..." Hu Yun was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "It's impossible for my brother to go through such a lot of trouble for a Wang Xian?"

"Yes." Zhou Xin did not hesitate to say, nodded, and said word by word: "Not only one Wang Xian is in danger, but also millions of people inside and outside Hangzhou, who are also in dire straits!"

"..." Hu Yun was also stunned when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "Jin Yiwei is really making trouble in Hangzhou. I heard it from time to time in the southern capital of Zhejiang."

"It's not outrageous, it's sensational!" Zhou Xin suddenly raised his voice: "Jinyiwei Zhejiang Thousand Households Office has only been officially opened in Hangzhou for two months. More than 600 officials, gentry and civilians have been arrested! On average, more than a dozen people are arrested every day. Whoa! How could it be just these 600 people who suffered? And their families! All [-] families ransacked their homes! The losses amounted to hundreds of millions of taels!" The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his face as cold as ice that had lasted for thousands of years , filled with deep-seated pain: "How many women were raped and how many innocent people were killed during this period... This indictment written with blood and tears piled up like a mountain in my procuratorate signing room!"

"Really?" Hu Yan's scalp exploded when he heard it.

"I have been secretly investigating for a long time. The cases of the past two months have been recorded one by one, and you can read them at any time." Zhou Xin said solemnly.

"No, I believe..." How could Hu Yun not believe Zhou Xin's words?He took a deep breath and said, "I only know that they are running amok in Hangzhou, but I don't know that they have reached such a level that people and gods hate each other!"

"What a 'people and gods both hate', that's so appropriate!" Zhou Xinji said, looking at Hu Yun enthusiastically, "Jie'an is an imperial envoy of the emperor, patrolling hunting on behalf of the sky, seeing that the land of Zhejiang has become a ghost in the world. , how can you not go to Datian to listen?!"

"Uh..." Hu Yan said in his heart, he really wanted to use my mouth, but he said calmly: "My brother is a provincial standard, and he acts the same as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so why use others to act?"

"Jie'an, don't think that I still have the idea of ​​being wise and safe," Zhou Xin said solemnly: "As the saying goes, in his position, he seeks his own government! I went to Taiwan for a province, risked my life, and I should protect the safety of the province. Now People in a province in Zhejiang are devastated, and the rules and regulations are upside down, how can I stay out of it?"

Seeing that Zhou Xin was full of loyalty, Hu Yan also said solemnly: "It was me who spoke frivolously."

"It's okay." Zhou Xin shook his head slowly, with a bitter expression on his face, and said: "It's just that the establishment of the Thousand Households Office shows that the emperor doesn't trust me, Zhejiang Civil and Military. How can I use it?"

"Yeah." Hu Yan nodded with a serious expression. Now the scope of the investigation has been narrowed to the three great constitutions in Zhejiang. It is really difficult for the three to prove their innocence...Of course, he will not say this to Zhou Xin : "It's better to wait..."

"I can wait, but the people in Zhejiang can't wait!" Zhou Xin sighed deeply, cupped his hands at Hu Yun and said, "Brother Qiu Jie'an is for the sake of the people and the people, and told the emperor about the situation in Zhejiang! The emperor is wise and benevolent, so he must not bear to see him. The people of the Li people were deeply hurt..."

"It's okay to play for you." Hu Yun frowned and said, "But this matter is no small matter, and we need to think about it in the long run. It's not that I'm pouring cold water on you. This time, the officials and people in Zhejiang have touched the emperor's scales. I will definitely love the people of Zhejiang..."

"Alas..." Zhou Xin knew that what Hu Yun said was true. Today, he is moody and unpredictable. Sometimes he is as kind and compassionate as Yao, Shun and Yutang, and sometimes he is as cruel and cruel as Emperor Qin and Sui Yang.For example, after the success of Jing Nan, he once vowed not to kill Jianwen's officials, and he did so at the beginning. Courtiers, wives and daughters were sold into the teaching workshop, where they were abused... From this point of view, Zhou Xin was full of disgust for Fang Xiaoru, thinking that for the sake of so-called morality, this person not only caused the massacre of his own relatives, but also killed countless people No place to die!This is by no means true morality!
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After returning from a moment of absent-mindedness, Zhou Xin looked at Hu Yun miserably and said, "Today... do you really intend to punish Zhejiang?"

"How is it possible for the emperor to say such a thing? This is just speculation by the people below." Hu Yan pretended to make a clear statement to Yongle, and then said: "Otherwise, Ji Gang dares to let his subordinates make such a fuss because Zhejiang is close to Zhili's elbow and armpit? I heard that at that time, in order to compete for the thousand households of the Zhejiang Thousand Households Office, his subordinates competed to bid, and this person surnamed Xu paid 50 taels of silver for a year to get this job."

"It's really lawless!" Zhou Xin said indignantly, "No wonder he searched the dead as soon as he took office!" It turns out that there are indicators!

"So I guess, within a year, the emperor will not care about Zhejiang's affairs." Hu Yun sighed: "Even if there is a fallout."

"I believe it's because the emperor doesn't know the details? If he knows the truth, he can't let them do whatever they want!" Zhou Xin said coldly: "Don't forget, Zhejiang is the richest place of Ming Dynasty. Ten thousand taels of silver, how much will flow into the national treasury? What's more, there is still Mingjiao watching!"

"What you said makes sense, but I can't say that." Hu Yun said with a wry smile on his face, "I'm a big imperial envoy, if I can fool around in the province, what's the point of returning to the capital? It's just a fifth-rank official, is this what I should say to the emperor?"

"I can only... reluctantly." Zhou Xin also knew that this was a bit difficult.

"It's okay to let me eat raw rice, but I don't guarantee that I won't have diarrhea!" Hu Yun said with a wry smile, "It's a trivial matter for me to be dismissed from office. Anyway, I've had enough of being a wild official who spends all day in ravines," he said seriously Said: "However, if this kind of thing cannot be successful in one fell swoop, it will be difficult to do it again, and it is easy to beat the snake and not die but suffer from it! We still have to think long-term..."

"Then make a plan!" Zhou Xin said in a deep voice, "Anyway, it's still a long time before dawn, so we can definitely come up with a solution!"

"If you can't think of a way together, you won't be allowed to sleep?" Hu Yun smiled wryly.

"I'm sorry Jie'an, I've already lost everything," Zhou Xin said resolutely, "If you don't help me today, I'll go directly to Beijing to sue the imperial court!"

Looking at Zhou Xin's expression, Hu Yun knew that he was serious, and he couldn't help but set off a huge wave in his heart. According to the procurator's envoy to Beijing to sue the imperial court, regardless of success or failure, his official career will be ruined.The reason is very simple, as long as you have no other purpose, then the way to be an official and a minister is to make big things small and small things small.Zhou Xin took matters that were limited to the province of Zhejiang, or even the prefecture of Hangzhou, to the capital and became a major event that attracted the attention of the government and the public. It is also conceivable.

What's more, Ji Gang slapped Ji Gang hard, how could he not hate Zhou Xin to the bone?If he offends the emperor and is targeted by the big boss of Jinyiwei, no matter how famous Zhou Niantai is, he may not end well...

Therefore, Zhou Xin's statement of "breaking the boat" is not an exaggeration at all.

"It's not a last resort, you can't do this!" Hu Yun said decisively.

"I'm withdrawn by nature and don't have many friends. If something happens, please take care of my family." Zhou Xin whispered.

Hu Yu was startled for a while, and then he was silent for a while, and finally said: "The matter should not have reached this point yet, we can find others for things that I can't do..."

"Who?" Zhou Xin's eyes lit up.

Hu Yun looked at Zhou Xin, and a sense of understanding suddenly rose in his heart. He pointed at him and laughed and scolded: "Well, you are Xin Zhou, you just expect me to say this, right!"

(End of this chapter)