Today's Pai Ya seems to be different from the past. The officials and subordinates seem to be inexplicably excited when they find that Mr. Hua's face is full of red. After arranging the yamen, the subordinate officials retreated to the lobby, and found that they did not need to participate in the county school instruction and instruction of the yamen arrangement. The tax ambassador, Mr. Luo, the inspector, Zhao Yicheng, the post station, and others rushed to realize that it must be Something important happened.
Those who work in the yamen are particularly sensitive to the direction of the wind, so Xu Shi and his colleagues are not in the mood to do things this morning. If they have nothing to do, they will sneak out of the signing room and wander around the second hall, hoping to get the exact news as soon as possible, but the second The officials in the hall never came out.
Sitting in the second hall, Hua Qingfeng was even more excited than when she was waiting in the office earlier in the morning, and her face was always rosy. It's been a long time since he felt this kind of blood boiling. From childhood to adulthood, he has been a good son in the eyes of his parents, a good boy in the eyes of his neighbors, and a good student in the eyes of his teacher. He has too few passionate experiences.
He can clearly remember the number of times he fought with others since he was a child, because he had only fought once since he was a child. At that time, the Hua family's family was not bad. At that time, he was still the best student in the only private school in the town where he lived. He was only nine years old that year.
When the teacher was teaching, the child sitting in front of him kept making small movements and whispering to others from time to time. Hua Qingfeng angrily reminded him to shut up, and the child immediately said loudly: "Hua Qingfeng, Mr. Lecture, don't talk!"
At that time, he was speaking to stop the other party from speaking, so when the master turned his head, he just saw his most proud disciple opening his mouth, so he glared at him angrily. Enduring until the end of the class, he finally pounced on like a tiger out of the gate, and grabbed the rambunctious kid...
Hua Qingfeng, who doesn't know how to fight very much, didn't win because he didn't even know how to punch. He just grabbed the opponent's clothes and swung from the back of the class to the front. He lost that fight, but even though his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he was very excited, and the blood all over his body still felt like burning after a long time.
At that time, the blood was so high that his palms swelled up and down, and he felt that if he punched out at that time, even if he hit the wall, he would not feel pain. But at this moment, he had that feeling again, the feeling he hadn't seen for a long time: hot blood!
Hua Qingfeng glanced coldly at all the officials in the second hall. He had already announced Ye Xiaotian's ten crimes in the hall, and the audience was in an uproar. Everyone noticed that their Grand Master seemed to be a little different from usual, his eyes were unusually sharp and imposing.
The county warehouse ambassador and prison officer have already expressed their support. After Hua Qingfeng emphasized twice in a row the imperial climate since Zhang Juzheng was liquidated, he promised that Ye Xiaotian would fall for this joint impeachment, and the county warehouse ambassador and prison officer stood up again. After deciding to join the name, the wind direction in the hall gradually changed.
At least, Luo Xiaoye's questioning and Li Yuncong's strong opposition did not suppress Hua Zhixian's aura, and he still controlled the tone of the whole matter. Hua Qingfeng likes this feeling more and more now, like drinking alcohol, feeling ecstatic.
"Master Bai, what do you think? Would you like to join hands with the county?"
Hua Qingfeng pointed the finger at Bai Hong, the third in command in the county, as long as he is willing to join hands, there will definitely be a group of vacillating officials joining in. Bai Hong watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, as if an old monk had settled down without saying a word.
Hua Qingfeng raised his hand, pressed heavily on the already written memorial, and asked again in a deep voice: "Master Bai, what do you think?"
Master Bai was pondering, he suddenly understood that Huaqingfeng summoned him yesterday, and used the name of "burden burden" to grant him more power. It turned out that it was to win him over to impeach Ye Xiaotian together, but fortunately he was excited for a while. Su, if he refuses to agree, it is obvious that Hua Qingfeng's previous promise will not be fulfilled.
"Kill Ye Xiaotian, and Huazhi County will expire again. In this case, I will be the oldest one among the most powerful officials in Huxian County. I am a seventh rank, not inferior to Hua Qingfeng, and I have a cousin-in-law in Nanjing. As an official, will I take over as Huxian Zhengyin?"
Thinking of this, Bai Hong, an official fan, couldn't help feeling hot, but he immediately thought of the banner hanging in the study: "Be kind!"
The blank space in the middle is not, as he said to people, to keep "people" in his heart. The blank space actually contains the word "Ye Xiaotian", which was decided before he came to Hu County to take office. Idea: Never be an enemy of Ye Xiaotian, do you want to break your previous oath now
Thinking of that Ye Xiaotian who defeated two county magistrates and one chief secretary, and messed around in Nanjing City, harmed the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites one after another, and drove away Uncle Li Guo, Bai Hong's blazing greed immediately came to him. Like being splashed with cold water...
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When Hua Qingfeng was putting on a show in the second hall, trying to force all the officials to sign a letter with him, his backyard was already on fire. Ye Xiaotian suddenly appeared in Mrs. Su Ya's boudoir at this time, sitting in Mrs. Su Ya's small study.
Su Ya and Ye Xiaotian sat at both ends of the desk, Su Ya was full of embarrassment, blushing, fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, she bit her lower lip tightly with her white teeth, and said nothing. Ye Xiaotian put his hands on his knees, looked sternly, looked at her and said in a deep voice: "How is Madam thinking?"
Su Ya clenched her fists and said: "This matter, my husband can't help you, but... how can you force me to do such a thing, I am his wife!"
Ye Xiaotian said coldly: "Otherwise, Madam, do you have a good plan?"
Su Ya said angrily: "How can you be ungrateful? If my younger brother hadn't tipped you off, you'd still be kept in the dark. When the time comes..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "At that time, your husband will be accused of being jealous of his talents and false accusations against his colleagues, be dismissed from office, and sent back to his hometown. Not only will he no longer be able to be an official, but he will also have a bad reputation. Impossible!"
Su Ya looked at him and said, "You're full of nonsense, how do you know that the imperial court approved my husband's memorial and dismissed you as a citizen!"
Ye Xiaotian said calmly: "Of course I won't just talk about it. Since Madam asked me the reason, then I will tell you. Once my husband writes to the court, the court will not punish him without teaching him? The court will let Ye Mou write a letter to defend himself, but also You will send Feng Xianguan to check on me, right?"
Su Ya said: "That's natural!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Okay! At that time, Ye knew about it, Madam thought, if I have the intention to deal with the county lord, who can mobilize more power than my husband? He wants to harm me, is there a way for me to kill everything?" Evidence against me, in turn, to catch him?"
Su Ya said angrily: "My husband has nothing in his sleeves, what can I do to catch him?"
Ye Xiaotian looked up to the sky and laughed, "Really?"
Ye Xiaotian pointed at the wall, and said: "Ma'am, this "Mountain and Flowing Water Picture" is a famous work. It is an antique from the previous dynasty, and it is worth at least one thousand taels of silver. Tell me...is this considered an 'elegant bribe'?"
The so-called "elegant bribery" refers to presenting officials with valuable calligraphy, paintings and antiques, which not only achieves the purpose of bribery, but also looks elegant. Officials hold it and can exchange it for money at calligraphy and painting antique shops at any time, which can be regarded as a kind of hard currency. But that picture was a gift from Ye Xiaotian, and Ye Xiaotian's private seal was stamped on it.
Su Ya said angrily: "That was given by you, could it be that you are the briber?"
Ye Xiaotian said solemnly: "No, it's because the lower officials were forced to be blackmailed by the county magistrate!"
Su Ya was so angry that she was speechless: "You...you..."
Ye Xiaotian turned his eyes, and said again: "If I remember correctly, Huazhi County once published an essay through the bookstore under the name of Hong Dashan?"
Su Ya stared at a pair of beautiful almond eyes and said, "So what?"
Ye Xiaotian said with a half-smile: "As the saying goes: 'If you ask for a small job, engrave a manuscript', you can see the benefits of printing a book. Printing a set of books can at least earn back the money to buy a concubine. I wonder if Huazhi County engraved this poem and prose Jizi, how much did you earn?"
Publishing books was not profitable at first, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, due to the development of the publishing industry, book engraving and book selling began to become a profitable industry. The relationship between books and literati is the closest, and most of the officials come from among the literati. As a result, some officials make money by printing and selling books. Therefore, the imperial court stipulates that officials who make profits by publishing books will be dismissed and investigated!
In this dynasty, there was a scholar and politician who published his own stereotyped essays into a book and ordered all students to buy and read them. He was impeached, and he was dismissed immediately after investigation. In other words, officials can write and engrave books, but they cannot make a profit, let alone use their position to buy and sell by force. Otherwise, you will be severely punished.
Su Ya was so angry that her face flushed even more, and she said: "My family didn't make any money from it, but they paid some money for printing the book."
Ye Xiaotian spread his hands and said: "This is just your one-sided opinion, ma'am, who can be sure? If you go down to Hong Dashan's place for a while, and then visit some local gentry, what do you think they will say? I want to add Sin, there is nothing to worry about."
Su Ya's face turned pale, and she said bitterly, "You want to frame me?"
Ye Xiaotian asked back: "Could it be true that your husband accused Ye of a crime?"
Su Ya was silent again.
Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly, and said again: "I won't mention the matter of Xuntian's death. I regard him as a friend. This is what I do for him, not for the county. But... there is a The gambling house, as far as I know, the real master behind it is the old man, and this gambling house is still in operation. The county magistrate runs the gambling house... Hehe... "
Su Xuntian, who was watching outside the door, didn't know that because of his negligence, another crime was added to his brother-in-law. When Hua Qingfeng wanted to deal with Ye Xiaotian, he ordered him to close the gambling shop and erase the traces of the Hua family, but he felt that taking some profit from those gamblers was not harmful to the world, but also made money, so he was reluctant Unexpectedly, Ye Xiaotian has always known the existence of this gambling house, and also knew that this gambling shop is the county magistrate as the backstage.
Mrs. Su Ya's chest was heaving and she interrupted him excitedly, "Stop talking!"
Ye Xiaotian smiled, and then said: "Ma'am, I am in the capital, and I have the friendship of Li Lin Shilang, and in Jinling Mansion, I have the fate of Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of War. If there is a lawsuit, who do you think will win? To me , there are only two endings, either turn defeat into victory, or die together, but for you, madam, there is only one outcome: your husband will definitely lose his job and ruin his reputation! Therefore, Xuntian told me about this, so that I would know in advance, there is He didn't save me, but his brother-in-law, your husband!"
Su Ya limp in the chair like a deflated ball, closed her beautiful eyes, two lines of tears flowed down slowly, and choked up: "I...promise you..."
Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly, got up and walked to Su Ya, and said sincerely: "Madam is very smart! She is both smart and beautiful. It is the blessing of Huazhi County to have such a good wife!"