back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 435
"What?!" Qin Ming was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, and had no idea what Su Shi was talking about. "There is truth in the newspaper? My great Su, stop teasing me!"

Su Shi didn't know how to explain it to him, so he had to be persuasive: "Qin Dalang, do you know why I stayed in Kuizhou for so long?"

Qin Ming immediately replied: "I know this. Don't you just go to those Goulan tile houses to watch operas and drink tea, visit the country gentry's mansion, and go sightseeing in the mountains and waters to write your poems?"

Qin Ming's words made Su Shi unable to refute.Indeed, he has been repeating these few things since he stayed in Kuizhou City for nearly two months.But Su Shi did this for a reason: "I went to Goulan Wasi because there were a lot of people traveling all over the place, and I could get a lot of information; It came from trafficking; I went to the countryside, not to travel in the mountains and rivers, but to..."

"I know, I'm going to ask the farmer, right?" Qin Ming interrupted, he has been following Su Shi, how could he not know the whereabouts of this great talent? "Then what clues did the talented Su get from these people?"

Su Shi was left speechless by Qin Ming's question, and after a long time he said, "At least I know where the abducted child went."

"I've told you about this a long time ago. Virgins are sold into high-ranking mansions as domestic servants. Virgins with good looks are sold into brothels; virgins with lesser looks are sold into high-ranking mansions as maids. If they are not good looking, they will be sold to poor villages and become child brides...these children have already signed the deeds of sale, so what can you do if you know their whereabouts?" Qin Ming continued to question without mercy.

Su Shi shook his head, smiled wryly, and said, "Qin Dalang, have you really not thought about it? Who wants to put us to death again and again, and has the means to abduct and sell so many children? These children are from Kuizhou Road , Zizhou Road, Guangnan East Road, Guangnan West Road, and Fujian Road, and then bring these children to other prefectures in Dashun, sell them to their families, how can ordinary people have such skills? , have been able to act like this for many years, but have not been discovered. If the Supervision Department hadn't noticed the anomaly, maybe they would have discovered that they were doing such evil!"

Qin Ming was taken aback for a moment. What he had never been able to believe was explained by Su Shi: "Great Talent Su, do you suspect that there are people in the court..."

Su Shi sighed, and said: "I am also in doubt now, and I dare not confirm it. This is sensational. If you say it easily, who would believe it?"

"It's really unimaginable!" Qin Ming was also in an unstable mood, "Who would believe that a high-ranking official would do such an ugly thing?"

Su Shi pondered for a while, and said: "Now I just suspect, there is no conclusive evidence."

"What more evidence do we need! Who knows when we left the capital? The last time the inn was on fire, this time the assassin's assassination, is it all a coincidence? Fortunately, they only thought about assassination, and did not use the strategy of poisoning..." Qin Ming said bitterly, no wonder he was so angry.The students who were brought out all blocked the knife with their flesh and blood because they were protecting Su Shi.Although the assassin escaped with serious injuries, who can guarantee that there will be no next time?
Although Su Shi was open-minded by nature, he was not open-minded to the point where he was assassinated again and again, and the situation was calm.Calmly analyzed: "They will not use poison to kill. After all, only we know now that the behind-the-scenes instigation is likely to be an official in the court. The assassination can also be said to be a feud. I will not let it go easily. I am afraid that at that time, the matter will be even more difficult to cover up. Your Majesty is not partial to one side, and will naturally think that someone in the court must be behind the scenes. If they do this, they are not lifting a stone. own feet?"

Qin Mingruo said enlightenedly: "That's right, so they can only use the power of the rivers and lakes to deal with us. Once they use the power of the government, I'm afraid their true colors will be exposed immediately."

"Unexpectedly, Qin Dalang would have a day of thinking!" Su Shi teased, "Yes, they burned the inn earlier, just to remind us not to investigate any further. But a few days ago, maybe we have already touched the truth, so they just They will stop at nothing to kill us."

Qin Ming was blushed by Su Shi's teasing, and argued: "Since the truth has been found out, why don't you follow the vine to find out the truth? Isn't it absurd to say that the truth is in the newspaper!"

"Do you know that His Majesty has started to implement the New Deal again?" Su Shi said seriously, his piercing eyes stared at Qin Ming's hair.

"Didn't Your Majesty start implementing the New Deal early in the morning? What's so strange about that?" Qin Ming didn't understand why.

Su Shi sighed and said, "This time is unusual. Have you noticed that there are fewer inspectors around us these two days?" Seeing Qin Ming nodded, Su Shi continued, "That's because they wanted to People are being arrested, the world is in turmoil, I'm afraid it's inevitable..."

Qin Ming was taken aback, and said, "What's going on?"

Su Shi explained the content of the New Deal, especially the origin of the ten-rank official system.Qin Ming knew about the hatefulness of subordinate officials in the world.It's just that after getting used to it, Qin Ming didn't seem to be surprised at all.It is reasonable to wait until today for the imperial court to issue a policy to solve the problem.

"It turns out that those inspectors went to arrest the evil officials, which is very good. The common people in the world have long been bullied by these evil officials and dirty officials, and they can't hold their heads up. Your Majesty's removal of them will definitely win the hearts of the people. This is really a good government." !" But Qin Ming still couldn't figure it out, "But what does the implementation of the New Deal have to do with our case-solving?"

"There are good and bad subordinates in various state capitals. Your Majesty's new policy is to rectify the administration of officials. But in this way, how can scholars from all over the place give up? Cut off their promotion path, and ask them to be like subordinates and be like them. I think it is an extremely lowly and vulgar thing. Although the official position is set as a tenth-rank official, how is it worse than a subordinate official? I have studied hard for more than ten years in the cold window, and in the end I won a Jinshi. I am not as good as a subordinate official. With such a gap, who will suffer Come on? Even if His Majesty re-opens the autumn palace and increases the number of scholars, how can he appease the hearts of the scholars all over the world? A turmoil seems inevitable..."

Su Shi sighed quietly. As a talented man with a lot of knowledge and talents, how could he fail to see the benefits brought by the New Deal?But where there are benefits, there must be risks.The risks of the New Deal also made Su Shi quite worried.It really echoed Fan Zhongyan's famous saying: "If you live in a high temple, you will worry about your people; if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about your ruler!"

(End of this chapter)