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Chapter 182
Ji Fushou was surprised for a moment, then smiled and raised his teacup to him, "Congratulations on your promotion."

Finished drinking it.

Chu Lingjun sighed with emotion, "I just didn't expect that Mr. Zhuang would strongly recommend me."

After all, at the beginning of the journey, Zhuang Ping was not nose to him, eyes were not eyes, seeing that he never looked straight, never thought that now when he returned to court, he would do his best to support him.

Ji Fushou also learned a thing or two from Ji Sibo, and said with a smile: "Surprised?"

Chu Lingjun shrugged, "Of course I was surprised. I went to Lord Zhuang and asked him why he recommended me. He said that he didn't want the court to lose a talent who knows how to control water."

He remembered that when Zhuang Ping said this to him, he still looked disgusted, and he thought that this Lord Zhuang was actually quite interesting, "He also said that he didn't like me at first because I was recommended by the third prince. I have no skills, and was inserted by the third prince to take credit for it, and after reading my regulations on water control, he changed his opinion of me."

After a pause, he shook his head and laughed again, "He also secretly warned me to learn more, learn more skills, keep me away from the princes, and don't meddle if I have nothing to do. Anyway, the Ministry of Households has no money, and the Ministry of Industry treats the princes well." It's useless."

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of water conservancy, repairs and other projects, but all the premise is money, but the Ministry of Households insists that there is no money, and refuses to allocate it to the Ministry of Industry. It is worth noting that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is the lowest among the six Shangshu.

Ji Fushou looked at him with deep eyes, "But you can't leave, can't you?"

Chu Lingjun spoke silently for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Yes, it's okay to be branded as the Third Prince, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter?"

He was able to control the water because he was recommended by the third prince, who in the court would not regard him as the third prince?If he ignores the third prince after he is promoted, it will only make people feel ashamed of his character and feel that he is a traitor to the lord, and it will be difficult for him to take a single step in his official career in the future, and no one in the court will dare to associate with him.

Chu Lingjun's expression was complicated and difficult to understand, Ji Fushou chuckled and asked, "Do you regret it?"

He shook his head firmly, "I don't regret it. At that time, without the recommendation of the third prince, I couldn't go to Yong'an Mansion to control the water, and I wouldn't be promoted today."

Being able to step into the court two years in advance, he will have more time to thoroughly investigate the disappearance of the disaster relief money from the Ruyin Mansion. Even if he is branded as the third prince, so what, maybe he can further gain the trust of the third prince, Starting from the Third Prince, might we find more clues?

Misfortunes depend on blessings, and blessings lie on misfortunes.At least for now, it is a good thing for him, as for the future, who knows what will happen?
Ji Fushou looked at him appreciatively, and pointed out: "Then after you came back, did you visit the Third Prince?"

Chu Lingjun was taken aback, "I thought I wanted to avoid suspicion at this time?"

Ji Fushou couldn't stop laughing, "Why do you want to avoid suspicion? The princes are allowed to enter the court and govern, and you should go to see the third prince right now and tell him that Zhuang Ping recommended you. Even if the officials make things difficult, the third prince Just say a word, and this thing can be done. You have to know that it is Zhuang Ping who strongly recommends you, not the Minister of the Ministry of Industry who strongly recommends you."

Zhuang Ping is a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, ranked fourth.Among the six departments, there are more than a dozen fourth-rank Langs, and the Ministry of Industry has the lowest status.Zhuang Ping himself was speechless in the Ministry of Officials.

If the Minister of the Ministry of Industry raised a word with the Ministry of Officials, but was suppressed by the Ministry of Officials, would the Minister of the Ministry of Industry continue to ask the Ministry of Officials for permission for Chu Lingjun, a good man?
Ji Fushou felt that it was difficult.But for the third prince, this matter is just a matter of one sentence. If the third prince opens his mouth, the official department will not be stuck in the position of such a member of the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry is not highly valued. After the Shujishi disbanded, they would rather go to the local county magistrate than think about going to the Ministry of Industry.

So Ji Fushou asked him with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that your future will be delayed when you go to the Ministry of Industry?"

Even in Yushitai, it has more power than the Ministry of Industry.

Chu Lingjun had his own thoughts. He didn't decline Zhuang Ping's kindness because he wanted to investigate the case.

"You also know that the prefect Lin and the others died of injustice. I want to go to the Ministry of Industry to check the repair funds allocated six years ago."

The Ministry of Industry has files that record water conservancy projects in various places. He has to join the Ministry of Industry to have the opportunity to see it.

"You suspect that the flood in Ruyin Mansion was caused by someone tampering with the dam?" Ji Fushou was slightly surprised.

Chu Lingjun nodded heavily, "Six years ago, the prefect of Lin reported to the Ministry of Industry that the river dams were seriously missing, and asked the Ministry of Industry to allocate repair funds to repair the dams. At that time, the Ministry of Industry sent people to inspect and then allocated With 5 taels of silver, it doesn’t make sense that the embankment that was repaired six years ago was washed away by the flood after three years.”

You must know that the Lingshui dam he presided over can last at least 20 years. How could it be possible that a newly repaired dam took less than three years?
A few years ago, the treasury was not as impoverished as it is now, and the Ministry of Industry successfully obtained the repair funds from the Ministry of Households.

As a result, the repair funds of 5 taels of silver still caused floods in Ruyin Mansion, which caused the imperial court to provide disaster relief and a large amount of silver grain.

In the end, even the money for disaster relief was gone, and the Ministry of Households blamed this fault on the Ministry of Industry at that time. If it weren’t for the breach of the embankment, there would be no floods, and if there were no floods, there would be no need for disaster relief. The Ministry does not need to get poorer and poorer.

In view of this, the Ministry of Households' eyes are not eyes to the Ministry of Industry, and their noses are not noses. The relationship between the two departments has not been good in recent years.

When people from the Ministry of Households saw people from the Ministry of Industry, their nostrils turned to the sky, and they were contemptuous.When the people from the Ministry of Industry saw the Ministry of Accounting, they were flattered and licked their faces and smiled.

"After the flood, haven't you visited the dam?" Ji Fushou asked thoughtfully.

Chu Lingjun closed his eyes, clenched his hands on his knees, and said with difficulty, "I dare not go."

At that time, it happened that Lin Zhifu and others were being escorted back to Beijing, and Ruyin Mansion was under martial law to prevent the victims from rioting. He didn't dare to go, he was afraid that if he went, the person who died for him would lose his life in vain.He still wanted to avenge them, not daring to put himself in danger.

Chu Lingjun quickly controlled his emotions, opened his eyes and looked at Ji Fushou, "I'll look at it later, the dam has been completely repaired, and I can't see traces from the dam."

After the wind, he went to see the dike alone, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.

Ji Fushou glanced at him, and said in a firm tone, "Even if you can't see the traces of the embankment, you already have someone who doubts you, right?"

Chu Lingjun let out a bad breath, "That's right, the prefect Lin was busy with official duties at that time, and Chen Zhengxin presided over the repair of the embankment. I just wanted to check the repair regulations designed by Chen Zhengxin from the files of the Ministry of Industry."

(End of this chapter)