surnamed Wang

Chapter 381
At the end of February, the attendants and advisors sent by the imperial court to appease the refugees from all over the world began to return to Beijing one after another. Many civil and military officials secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.

When this group of court upstarts came out of Beijing earlier, many old people in the court still had the intention of watching the excitement.

A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. Although the small officials in the border counties outside the capital are no match for poisonous snakes that choose to eat people, they are all toads. If they don't bite people, they are disgusting.

The first month had not yet come out, and the officials who were roasting in the stove in the mansion in the capital gradually couldn't sit still. Where did these people go to resettle the refugees, they obviously stole their money bank.

Those small officials in Yurou Township who have always been lying to each other would be fine if they cooperated. Once they deliberately tripped up these Beijing officials who came from afar, the attendants and advisors didn’t even bother to act. After that, we will slowly deal with the refugee issue.

It was only then that the top and bottom of the court realized that the 100 people sent by the emperor were imperial envoys with changed names. It has gradually started to burn their hands, and they can't wait to bury their family's gold and silver mountains, and they have to scold their mothers while burying them.

What they didn't expect was that the attendants and consultants who had just been officials for less than half a year, each of them didn't know whether they were proficient in the art of geomancy or able to pinch and count. come out.

Some of them even buried their money in places where strangers are not allowed to enter, such as mass graves and cesspit, but they were found without exception.

Naturally, they would not admit that it was their own, so they could only watch helplessly as the other party took away the property they had accumulated for several years or even more than ten years as ownerless property.

There were also those who intended to bribe attendants and consultants, and in the end, without exception, they were sent to prison. Those who were dismissed from office and those who were assigned were assigned. refugees outside.

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Looking at the entire dynasty, the most serious refugee problem was in Zhongzhou, but Lian Li, who was in charge here, returned to Beijing the first time.

Although the government of Zhongzhou officials will not reach the point where there are no officials and no corruption, the situation is still severe. Even Li You has the intelligence of the secret guards, and he can almost catch every one of them, even several times like Wu Tong and Wu Da. I got my personal stolen goods and got them.

Even Li Da who can't accompany the princess in the princess mansion during the Chinese New Year, it would be a lie to say that he is not angry at all, and a scholar who gets angry is a bit more terrifying than a martial artist.The entire Zhongzhou was quickly walked by the consorts, and nearly half of the officials failed to escape. Some of them who did all kinds of bad things were beheaded on the spot and hung under the Caishikou archway.

With so many posts vacant in Zhongzhou, Emperor Shun was also very troubled. To be honest, he regretted letting this brother-in-law take charge of the overall situation. He never thought that the usually gentle and elegant scholar would be so decisive and ruthless in killing people.

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Lian Li, who returned to the capital, immediately went back to the princess mansion, changed into a set of casual clothes in the mansion and went out.

After leaving the mansion, Lian Li went to the armory with his [-] guards. Although these guards were ordinary officers and soldiers, the firecrackers in their hands were not ordinary. Only they know it.

In Zhongzhou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The local officials of the eighth and ninth ranks seem to have the aura of the local emperor. He died long ago at the hands of those so-called roadblockers.

Naturally, such an important firearm cannot be easily spread. The first thing all the guards do when they return to Beijing is to return the firearms to the ordnance factory.

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In less than a quarter of an hour, Lian Li arrived at the ordnance factory. Today, as Liu Luming was away, Jiang Xiucheng, a newly appointed foreigner, was in charge of receiving him.

There is nothing wrong with a boy under 20 years old wearing a tailor-made official robe.Wang Gingquan was very righteous, and presented Jiang Xiucheng with this official robe before he left. The young man unexpectedly did not show his cold face as before, but calmly said "thank you".

Jiang Xiuye ​​once told Wang Gingquan that this child is not sociable, but he will always remember other people's kindness.

Wang Gingquan just laughed it off at the time, he knew very well what a young man was, after all the white long gown he gave to Jiang Xiucheng back then, he had always been a treasure to him.

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When Jiang Xiucheng saw the man in front of him who had the identity of the emperor's relative, he only performed a ceremony of dismissing the official, and did not kneel down like other people when they met their ancestors. The young man took the lead and said:

"Thank you, Lian Lang Guan, for making an exception and helping me. I have always wanted to find an opportunity to visit my house, but it's a pity that my lord is busy with work and left Beijing before the New Year. In the end, I asked my lord to come to me. It is really rude of me. .”

What the young man said by "making an exception and helping each other" naturally meant that the other party gave him a title of Juren, and it was precisely because of this that he was now honored as a first-ranked official in the court.

Lian Li shook his head with a smile and said:

"Yuan Wailang can't thank me for this matter, if the prince didn't ask His Majesty for his will, even if I had the guts to do it, I wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

I was very curious when I heard the prince mentioned that there is a young man with outstanding talents and learning in the mansion. But at that time, I was in Enke, so I didn't make time for it. I didn't expect that when we meet now, you and I have become colleagues.

Jiang Tanhua was young and promising. Not only was she the first examinee to win the first class before she reached the crown in more than [-] years since the founding of the dynasty, she also stepped into the fifth rank. Thinking about it now, the prince was indeed as insightful as a torch. "

With Lian Li's status, he naturally doesn't need to curry favor with a young man who is inferior to him in terms of age and status, but unlike other literati, Lian Li is a rare "literati mutual respect". For this young man who won the second place The young man admired more than envied, so he couldn't help saying a few more polite words.

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"Sir, don't stand still, let's go in and talk."

After all, Jiang Xiucheng was still young, and after chatting for a long time, he realized that it was inappropriate to block the other party at the door. Thanks to Lian Li, he didn't care about it. Uiro wears small shoes.

The two came to the main hall of the ordnance factory, and a tall and thick man brought tea. Jiang Xiucheng was a little embarrassed and said:

"We are all rough people who work. We don't have the kind of maids who serve tea and water. Even adults, please forgive me."

Lian Li couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded, what is his identity, and he still wants to see the maid?
Do you think the floor you sleep on is not hard enough?

Even the son-in-law shook his head and was about to speak when he heard two familiar voices from outside:
"Liu Luming, why doesn't our factory even have a girl with a clean face? Did you hack the money to hire the maid?"

"Brother Wang, who do you think I am? This is a factory, why do we need a maid? If you want to see it that much, you can go back to your house and see it."

"It's not that you don't know. If I dare to look at it more in the mansion, the princess can pick out my eyeballs."

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(End of this chapter)