Idle courtiers

Chapter 487 Wanping is a Corrupt Official
Zhou Nan was amazed: "Why did your brother's murder case start because of me?"

Jin San: "When I was looking at the list, if the old man hadn't publicly said that my young master can't be a good scholar, the villain wouldn't have been driven to Wanping Farm to do farm work because he hated him. If it wasn't for the farm If we don’t go down, the villain won’t go into the city to pull a dung truck. If it wasn’t for pulling the dung truck, he wouldn’t be able to clash with that dragon master, and my brother wouldn’t have accidentally thrown him to death. My lord, what do you say? Shouldn't you be responsible for the matter, you can't ignore the villain! Also please tell Wan Ping to save my brother's life."

He actually spoke uprightly and confidently.

Zhou Nan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then he became furious, and shouted: "Get out, if you talk too much, I'll have you arrested."

"Don't, don't, sir, help, help!" Jin San burst into tears.

But Zhou Nan was very contemptuous of him, so he ignored him, and even left in a sedan chair.

He went to Ah Jiu's place today, and the ninth lady said that she went back to her mother's house again today and happened to meet her grandfather.Xu Jie also casually talked about Zhou Nan's participation in the Sutra Banquet in Xiyuan, and asked him if he had any suggestions.

This is which pot should not be opened and which pot should be lifted. Zhou Nan was troubled, and said with a bitter face: "Ah Jiu, you don't go to Xiang's mansion in the future, this matter is not so easy."

In Ah Jiu's mind, Zhou Nan is a cunning and wise person, who smiles playfully all day long, but never sees him getting nervous.But now he looked like this, he didn't feel strange in his heart, and asked: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Things are not very good." Zhou Nan roughly talked about the troubles he encountered.

Ah Jiu became angry: "This tall beard is really disgusting. If the master joins the cabinet in the future, he will never be dismissed. A gentleman should retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye."

Zhou Nan smiled wryly: "Don't say that no one can tell what will happen in the future. Even if my official career goes smoothly and I enter the cabinet in the future, it will be 20 years later. By then, Gao Gong will have retired and returned home went."

"So what if he becomes an official in the future, isn't he still a disciple and grandson?"

Zhou Nan couldn't help laughing: "You are a very temperamental person, forget it, let me think of a way."

These words are to comfort Ah Jiu, the day after tomorrow is the day of Jingyan, if you miss it, you have to wait for the next opportunity in a month.

A month later, Gao Gong did it again, and he couldn't afford to waste it with him.

Zhou Nan naturally understood that Gao Ge always wanted to separate himself from the emperor, so as to avenge his previous fight for the chief assistant, and secondly, to isolate Xu from inside and outside the party.

The reason why Xu Jie's party is so beautiful now is actually related to Zhou Nan serving in front of the emperor at any time, and holding a poem of Qingci in the heart of the emperor.

As long as Zhou Nan can't see Jiajing for a few months, Zhou Hanlin's love in the palace will be exhausted.

Think of a way, what can you think of now?Gao Gong is in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, and he can make a decision when he is selected by Jingyan.

If you want to enter Xiyuan, the only possibility is to wait until the summer vacation of Neishutang is over, but that is already in August.There is still such a long time, and the matter of adding two assistant ministers to the cabinet cannot be delayed.Not by the emperor's side, fear of accidents.

Ah Jiu knew Zhou Nan well, and knew that he spoke easily, but in fact he had no claim.He didn't mention it any more, and just chatted with him.

After talking for a long time, she didn't know why, then she suddenly said: "Master, I'm going to live in Baigezhuang for a while, I've already asked my uncle to pack up my luggage, and I'm going to leave early tomorrow morning, please allow me."

Zhou Nan: "Why, but I'm tired of living in the capital, and want to go outside the city to relax? Also, how about spending time with my mother-in-law and her old man?" He just remembered that Ah Jiu still has a piece of property in Baigezhuang. Mother also lives there.

Ah Jiu's mother is Zhou Nan's real mother-in-law. She still has feelings for that kind blind old lady Zhou Nan, so she smiled and said, "You've packed your bags and you're still asking me? Haha, go ahead and replace me." Greetings to my mother-in-law. In addition, I will ask my servant to prepare a gift for you to take there."

Ah Jiu replied: "Besides going to stay with my mother for a while, there are really some things over there."

Zhou Nan asked casually, "What's the matter?"

Ajiu: "The seedlings in the manor are heading for grain filling, and they need a lot of water and fertilizer. In the past, the fertilizer for the farmland outside the city was sent out from the city, and it cost more than ten or twenty yuan for a cart. Recently, However, it is out of stock, and I need to guard it. Although the grain in the field is not worth a few dollars, the grain in my own field is safe to eat."

Zhou Nan wondered: "There is also a shortage of poop, it shouldn't be! There are millions of people living in this capital, and each person poops a poop every day, and the pile is like a big mountain."

"You, are you still looking for a flower man, but you speak so carelessly?" Ah Jiu frowned, and the little maid beside her also snickered.

Ah Jiu said: "All the dung in the capital has been rounded up, and many dung shops have been established. If they don't send the dung out, who can do it?"

The so-called Daxing is actually the Heise Society of the Ming Dynasty.The main job is to lend usury, help people fight, and bully the market.

As mentioned earlier, the owner of Mei Zhuang in Andong County, Huai'an Prefecture, started his fortune by doing this.

"They don't send the dung out of the city. Is it because they want to hoard it?" Zhou Nan couldn't help talking to himself.

Ah Jiu smiled and said, "What are you hoarding such a stinky thing?"

"It's hard to say, it's fertilizer after all." Zhou Nan remembered that Jin San was doing this job before, and his heart moved, as if he had grasped something.

As for what it is, he can't say clearly, and he always feels that this matter can be dug deeper.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhou Nan did not go to work at the Imperial Academy either.Anyway, when I went, I just drank tea and read the newspaper, had a meal and took a nap to pass the time.

Besides, there is no attendance check inside, and Gao Gong only goes to the Imperial Academy three or five times a month.No one is in control, and Zhou Nan has nothing to worry about.

After sending Ah Jiu into the carriage, he changed into casual clothes, took a boy to the outer city, and wandered in the streets and alleys.

He is determined to investigate the matter of manure. The inner city is full of the mansions of the ministers and officials. He has his own septic tanks, and he can ask people to clean them up. The tentacles of the Heser Society can't reach there.

Besides, the population in the inner city is not large, so how can it compare with the vast market in the outer city?
As soon as he got into an alley, he smelled a strong stench at the end of his nose, which made him almost cry.

Looking closer, I saw sewage flowing across the street.The green and yellow dirty water was as deep as the back of one's feet, filling the entire alley.

There were also maggots with big white tails floating up and down in the water, which gave him goosebumps all over his body.

It was inconvenient for the people to travel, so they had to build a road with bricks on the dirty water.When encountering people with limited mobility, they will fall to the ground if they are not careful.

Zhou Nan couldn't stand the smell, so he fled for more than 100 steps. He drank two bowls of rice wine at the sweet wine stand on the street before regaining his senses. Finally, he couldn't help but spit on the ground: " It stinks, it's too smelly, it's like being caught by an abalone."

"My husband just came from Zhuqi Hutong, the place is very dirty, and you look decent, how can you go there?" The owner who sells sweet wine said with a smile.

Zhou Nan: "I just came from Zhuqi Hutong. It's too dirty, and the government doesn't care about it?"

He is an old man, so he naturally knows the operation of local government agencies.This kind of cleaning is usually done by the government servants.

The work of the ancient yamen servants was very complicated, arresting criminals, collecting taxes, fighting fires, cleaning streets, including policemen, firefighters, tax officials and sanitation workers.

"Whatever, hey, there are corrupt officials in the Wanping county government who scrape land."

"Hey, is this place under the jurisdiction of Wanping County?" Zhou Nan asked.

"Exactly."

Zhou Nan: "Tell me, what corrupt officials are there? Who is the corrupt official?" Isn't Shi Wenjiang the county magistrate of Wanping County?It shouldn't be!
The boss was probably afraid of the Wanping Yamen, and knew that he had made a slip of the tongue.He looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and asked: "Sister, do you want to drink more, if you don't drink, you will receive twenty Wen." Then he kept silent.

Knowing that there was nothing to ask from him, Zhou Nan threw a string of money over, hired a sedan chair and went to the Wanping county government office to look for Shi Wenjiang.

This place in Wanping County is very strange. In addition to controlling the vast rural areas in the south and east of the city, more than half of the outer city of the capital is under its jurisdiction.But the county government office is outside the city, in the county seat next to the Lugou Bridge.

It was a coincidence that I went today, Shi Wenjiang just had lunch and took a nap in the public house.

Seeing Zhou Nan coming in casual clothes, he was very pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly watched the tea, and asked with a smile, "Zhou Hanlin, Tanhualang, what kind of wind brought you here? You don't have to ask someone to bring you a letter first, so the next official can do the same." The magistrate will pick it up."

Zhou Nan deliberately teased him: "Today, I'm here to investigate a case."

Shi Wenjiang: "What kind of case did you ask you, the Hanlin editor, to investigate? It's not right, Zhou Hanlin, you are not an official of science and Taoism."

Zhou Nan: "I heard people say that there are corrupt officials in your Wanping county government who are scraping land." He talked about the scene he saw in Zhuqi Hutong before, and said with a smile: "Of course, this is probably a joke. However, The streets are so dirty, it is inconvenient for the common people to travel, your yamen is also responsible, and the people who organize the excrement will transport the human and animal excrement out of the city as soon as possible. After all, the capital city is the most benevolent area under the foot of the emperor, and the streets are so chaotic, it will also affect your yearly examination."

After hearing his words, Shi Wenjiang suddenly sneered and said, "Zhou Hanlin, you are right. The county government indeed has a corrupt official who scraped land, and he is our county official. Don't underestimate the dung business. The county magistrate controls three manure shops, and the oil and water are about four hundred taels a year. From my point of view, this year they intend to do a big business, and maybe they can earn more than a thousand taels."

Zhou Nan was taken aback. He never expected that this job would be so lucrative, with an annual income of one million, comrades!

This is how it happened?
"Haha, I didn't expect you to make so much money, Wen Jiang, life is good!"

Shi Wenjiang sneered: "If this kind of ignorant money is used to have a child, it will be useless. I am afraid of being punished by God!"

"So serious?" Zhou Nan asked in surprise.

　After driving [-] kilometers, I just got home, and I was exhausted, so I rushed out a chapter.I really can't hold on anymore, the update tomorrow morning will be delayed until [-]:[-] noon, please understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)