Idle courtiers

Chapter 144

Zhou Nan picked up a chess piece, put it on the board, pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered something.

He asked: "Honorable County, there is still one thing I don't understand, please ask the elder to clarify."

Dingzhi County: "Zimu and ask."

Zhou Nan: "You just said, the county lord, that the imperial court allocated a total of 30 taels of silver to help the refugees, and it cost 11 taels to call the refugees to build the dam. It’s more than [-]. Isn’t there [-] left? You said the money was stolen by them, but the numbers don’t match up! Also, where did the money go?”

Ding Qiguang caressed his beard and smiled: "During the Spring Festival this year, Luo Longwen and Luo Hanzhang went south to visit relatives. They came to Huai'an once, and when they returned to Beijing, they released a big boat. They should have brought them all back to the capital."

"Ah, Luo Longwen, the person you're talking about is Xiaoge Lao's aide?" Zhou Nan whispered.

Ding Qiguang nodded: "Song Kongdang, the prefect of Huai'an, is the elder of Yan Ge."

Luo Longwen, styled Hanzhang, was born in Shexian County, Anhui Province. He was an aide to the old Xiaoge and the number one think tank.

Who is the old man of Xiaoge, Yan Shifan, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, the son of Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet at the time.

Zhou Nan now fully understands that Song Zhifu is the periphery of Yan Ge's old school.No wonder the Huai'an Mansion offered to provide relief with work, and stretched out its hand to the river worker, but the river was silent, and it really couldn't offend the Yan family and his son.

What an old man, if you want to report Song Kongdang, why not confront Mr. Yan Ge, you are quite courageous!
Ding Qiguang thought that Zhou Nan was also afraid of the power of the Yan family, so he said with a smile: "Zimu doesn't have to worry, there is justice in the world, and there are gentlemen in the court, and Song Kong will definitely not tolerate Song Kong being a national thief like this. The evidence is convincing, you If I make things big, Yan Ge and Xiao Ge will not risk the world's disgrace to protect the prefect of Song."

What he said made sense.

When later generations talked about Yan Song, the so-called number one treacherous minister of the Ming Dynasty, they all thought that this man covered the sky with one hand, and he was simply a living Cao Cao. Could he go up to court with a sword on his feet, and run in the Forbidden City?In fact, this is all imagination.Although Emperor Jiajing was not the most accomplished emperor in the Ming Dynasty, his political wisdom ranked in the top three, second only to Taizu and Chengzu. How could it be possible for the strict party to dominate.

In addition to the strict party, Jiajing also fostered Qing rumor officials and trained Dongchang and Jinyiwei to check and balance.

In this way, the life of Lao Yan and his son was not happy. When they were in power, they were impeached several times by the imperial envoy every year, and they were scolded bloody.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were a terrible existence, and what they did was to find fault with others.He also controls the public opinion of the government and the public, and if you provoke them, it will be a matter of minutes to criticize you.Dare to hit people if they disagree with each other.During the grand ceremony in the early years of the Jiajing Dynasty, the old Zhang Cong of the cabinet was almost poisoned by them.

If the Yan family father and son dare to be unfavorable to Qingliu and want to kill them all, you just wait for your reputation to be ruined, and the emperor will be the first to refuse.

Tang Shunzhi, Zhou Nan's nominal benefactor, is a well-known scholar in the country, the head of Xinxue, and has a high reputation in the court and the public.If he came forward to handle the case, Yan Song and his son probably didn't want to get into trouble for Song Kongdang, a small person like Song Kongdang.

In the end, it is estimated that for the sake of everyone in the world, all the officials of Huai'an Mansion were removed.

Tang Shunzhi behind Zhou Nan is the key to Ding Qiguang's success in getting rid of Song Kongdang.

After Yizheng finished his sentence, Ding Qiguang looked at Zhou Nan eagerly: "Could it be that Zimu is willing to be a nine-rank miscellaneous official forever?"

"I'm not reconciled." Zhou Nan said bluntly, and then stretched out his hand to him: "Bring it?"

"what?"

Zhou Nan laughed and said, "Just now I won three games of chess with the county magistrate, and you lost a total of three coins to the lower official."

"You... Hey, you should think about it more!" Ding Qiguang knew that Zhou Nan had clearly rejected him, shook his head and ordered him to take out three coins.

"Think about it, think about it, I don't want to jump into this fire pit with you, and put your life in it in the end." After taking the money and returning to the government office, Zhou Nan spat fiercely in the direction of the Shanyang county government office, There is an urge to beat Ding Zhixian up: "Ding Qiguang, you are a fool. Is it estimated that the 10 taels of silver that Long Luo Wenjie sent back to the capital will end up in the hands of the emperor? You tell the Huai'an prefect. It seems that the sword is aimed at Yan Song and his son, but in the end it is aimed at the emperor, and you are not looking for death like this."

As a time traveler, Zhou Nan naturally knew that the reason why Yan Song was able to be the chief assistant of the cabinet was not because of his political talents.In fact, the old man was quite incompetent.

It is said that all of his policy programs were written by Yan Shifan, and even the Qing Ci written to please Emperor Jiajing was ghostwritten by his son.To tell the truth, Xiao Yan is an incomparable talent.

However, Yan Song has a talent that others don't have - being able to help Emperor Jiajing make money.

Emperor Jiajing believed in Taoism, and when he was happy, he built palaces and temples in the capital, wasting a lot of money.He has been in power for more than 40 years and exhausted the entire Ming Dynasty. When King Yu succeeded to the throne, there was only 10 taels of silver left in the treasury, and the salaries of hundreds of officials could hardly be paid out.It is precisely because the central finance was tossed to the brink of collapse by him that Zhang Juzheng's subsequent major reforms in Longwan came about.

When Emperor Jiajing was short of money, he reached out to the treasury, or ordered Yan Song to find a way.

To put it bluntly, Mr. Yan Ge is the white glove of the emperor's pocketbook.

Ninety percent of the money collected by Lao Yan every year has gone into Jiajing's internal funds. You go to investigate, and in the end, don't you want to find the emperor?
It is estimated that even Tang Shunzhi will not be able to recover by then. As for the life and death of Zhou Nan, who cares?
A jailer can call him a second time travel.

When Zhou Nan read time-traveling novels in the past, he often read such plots: the time-traveler accidentally solved a shocking case, which in turn affected the political situation and the general trend of the world.Also because of this peerless achievement, it attracted the attention of the relevant forces above. With the help of a certain big shot, he became a general, married Bai Fumei, and reached the pinnacle of life from then on.

But a novel is still a novel, and the biggest figure in the Ming Dynasty today is the emperor.You are uncomfortable for Emperor Jiajing, who in the court dare not open their eyes and come out to stand for you?
If it wasn't for a foresighted time traveler, Li Lu swayed his heart, Zhou Nan would really have to accompany Ding Zhixian to the end in a daze.

"I also want to get promoted and get rich, but life is more important!" Suddenly, he felt a little sympathetic to Ding Qiguang.Old man Ding has been in the officialdom all his life, and now he is only a seventh-rank magistrate. After a few years, he will be driven back to his hometown in Henan to take care of him.

This old man was born with great ambitions, he probably saw his former classmate Song Kongdang's current scene, his heart must be bitten like a poisonous snake, the things in the world are the most painful.

The matter passed like this, and Zhou Nan returned to a peaceful life.

For the next period of time, Zhou Nan was really bored, and went to the county government to play chess and chat with Ding Qiguang from time to time, and he could win three or five coins every day, feeling very happy.

Since Zhou Nan rejected him, Dingzhi County no longer mentioned this matter.

The two had fun all day long, and they got to know each other well.

On this day, when Zhou Nan was leaving the office, he saw Wang Er running over excitedly: "Uncle, lord, congratulations, congratulations! Someone came from my hometown and was waiting in the mansion. They said that the lord's concubine, Sister Su, was born. She is a big fat boy."

"I'm a father now..." Zhou Nan had always regarded himself as a refreshing young man, but now he suddenly became a father, and it felt unreal.

"Great joy, great joy! Uncle and lord, go back to the house quickly."

Zhou Nan was dragged by Wang Er and ran on the street before recovering.Laughed loudly: "Haha, haha, good, very good! Ah, don't worry, I'll go back to the Criminal Court to ask for a leave first."

As an ordinary man, he naturally hopes to pass on his genes. This is a biological instinct, and Zhou Nan's heart is full of joy.

"Why are you asking for leave? It's gone now, so I can't find anyone. Uncle and lord might as well write a letter, and my nephew can send someone to the yamen tomorrow morning. In addition, my nephew has already prepared a boat, and I promise to take you to the yamen." Send it to Anton safely."

(End of this chapter)