Zou Qing lowered his eyes and dared not speak.
After a while, he raised his eyes towards the young man and looked for help.
The young man burst out laughing: "Well, Song Wen, he is a young man, how can he not value his beloved? Besides, he is so affectionate, won't it be a lot of good for us?"
Jiang Songwen looked at the chessboard in front of him, and remained silent for a while. When the young man hit him hard with his elbow, he said, "You don't know, I am very cautious when facing him..."
The shadow that Shen Chen had cast on him was too deep.
He was obviously old enough to be Shen Chen's father, but every time he saw Shen Chen, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
It's probably because of a guilty conscience.
He is the Minister of Works, how could he really know nothing about the affairs of his subordinates
Whether it was the collusion between the Peng and Yi families and their collusion with Liu Biping to sell things to Japan, or the earlier ironware of King Cheng, none of it escaped his eyes.
Over the years, those people have been making trouble for a lot of reasons, and he, as the person in charge of the Ministry of Industry, has approved one note after another, and the amount of money he has received in exchange for each note is simply incalculable.
Only a fool would really believe that he is not contaminated.
The more greedy he is, the higher he stands. If he is caught, the greater the price he will pay.
It didn’t matter in the past. It was just a small fight. No matter how the Yi family and the Peng family fell, it would not implicate him anyway.
But ever since the downfall of Concubine Peng De, incidents have occurred one after another, and later even Lu Yuanrong and others got into trouble, which was extremely intolerable.
It is true that Lu Yuanrong was in collusion with Xue Changshi, and he also had interests involved with Chu Jingxing in the past, but he was really not one of Chu Jingxing and his group, and Chu Jingxing was not capable of doing this.
The real person behind him is him, Jiang Songwen.
He worked hard to support a person to stand in the front, to make money for him and to ward off disasters for him, not for someone to destroy it without hesitation.
After all, Shen Chen and Wei An are still too young and always think things are so simple.
They didn't even think about it. If Lu Yuanrong was really Chu Jingxing's man, why did Lu Yuanrong die so cleanly without revealing anything
Who would keep working for a dead person? The officialdom is the most realistic place for this. It goes without saying that when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. When a person dies, of course, everything is gone.
They should never, ever touch his way of making money.
He had endured a lot over the years. He knew that Shen Chen and Wei An were not targeting him, so he had not taken any action. He watched Shen Chen and Wei An destroy his previous connections in the northwest and those of the Yi family and others, but he did not feel angry.
After all, others want to harm them, so they should fight back.
Anyway, even though the matter involved him to some extent, it wasn't serious, so he just accepted it.
Who knew that Wei An and Shen Chen were always so ignorant of their proper limits.
It's not a big deal to touch Lu Yuanrong. To be honest, he's just a puppet. If he's gone, they can just support the next one. Anyway, his father is a cabinet minister and an old man whom Emperor Longqing trusts very much. There are countless people who want to do things for them.
But the terrible thing is that Lu Yuanrong has too many secrets and he knows too many things.
Shen Chen and Wei An had no intention of stopping and wanted to continue investigating.
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What about the money he embezzled over the years and the things he did for the money
He has bullied many men and women. Qian Shiyun, who was famous for his heroic deeds, was scolded by all the civil and military officials in the court because of his son's affairs. He was shocked at the time, after all, he had done quite a few such things.
It’s just that Qian Shiyun’s son is stupid, and he is smarter in appearance, and he is bad in secret.
The swallowing and hoarding of land, the canal repairs led by those from other places who came to the Ministry of Works, and the expenses of shipbuilding and weapons in various places, all could not escape his hands.
He had no idea how much income he made from this one item alone in the Ministry of Industry.
With so much money, how could Lu Yuanrong not be prepared? If anything happened to Lu Yuanrong, as long as Shen Chen and Wei'an investigated, they would be sure of the truth. Once the truth was exposed, even his father would not be able to save him.
Now many people in the capital are calling for the killing of these corrupt officials. Soon there will be another inspection in the capital...
In addition, Shandong also gave a lot of tribute this time.
He accepted money from others, and he also had a vested interest in the matter, so he couldn't help but do things for them.
Shen Chen and Wei An had no choice but to die.
He glanced at the young man and couldn't help but shout at him, "Chengqi, stop talking nonsense."
Chengqi's full name is Dong Chengqi. He is a younger generation from Mrs. Jiang Zining's side. Although he is young, he is of a high generation. Even Jiang Songwen has to call him cousin.
He is of the same generation as Mrs. Jiang Zining.
Hearing that he didn't call him uncle, Dong Chengqi groaned and threw a grape in his hand back into the glass plate: "Tsk tsk, is this the right way to address an elder? If you act like this, you'll get beaten when you get home."
They have a very good relationship and have always been very open with each other. In private, they don't care about these titles at all.
Jiang Songwen was not angry either. He rolled his eyes at him and scolded him, "We are talking seriously. Stop talking nonsense. He hasn't reacted yet because Wei An's injuries are too severe. He can't take care of anything else for the time being. But by the time he reacts, it will be too late."
Dong Chengqi's smile gradually faded, and he frowned with a worried look on his face. After a while, he laughed, "I know what you mean. Aren't you afraid that those people are ignorant and will investigate further and find out what you did? Aren't you afraid of being discovered? It's not that difficult..."
He knew that Dong Chengqi always had many ideas, so he paused and asked him, "What ideas do you have?"
Dong Chengqi hummed, pretended to think for a while, then smiled and looked at the person in front of him, and said softly: "Since you said that Shen Chen will only give up pursuing this matter after Wei An dies, then let Wei An die."
He frowned, a little melancholy: "It's just that hurting someone's life like this is not a good thing after all. It hurts my virtue, and it's only for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother to care about such trivial matters."
Zou Qing stood obediently by the side, listening to them talking and waiting for them to make a decision, whether to let Wei An die or Shen Chen die.
Anyway, these matters are decided by the masters. Once they make the decision, the people under them just need to follow the rules and complete the tasks on time and in quantity. Other matters are not their responsibility. Anyway, they just follow orders. (To be continued)