Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 31 I don't understand the unspoken rules of the officialdom, who else will you punish?

Xie Qian's letter came very quickly. As soon as An Dongwei's encounter with Japanese pirates was reported, Xie Qian hurriedly sent the letter over.

The content is only one sentence.

"Go back to Qufu immediately, or I will pick you up in person."

Zhu Houzhao didn't dare to let Xie Qian come, and finally fooled the old man to keep him secret. If he came, he didn't read the Analects in front of the saint's spirit, but instead ran out secretly, which would be exposed.

Knowing that he couldn't stay any longer, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to return to Qufu. Before leaving, he handed over the matter to Zhang Yong, telling him that he must step up the construction of the saltworks and try to open the doors as soon as possible to make money.

Then Zhu Houzhao happily rode a donkey and returned to Qufu with the spoils he had seized.

That Liu family was richer than imagined, and a total of 20 taels of silver were copied from his family.

According to his promise, Zhu Hou took out 1 taels of silver and rewarded those young and strong who captured the heads of the Japanese pirates.

Each family that died gave 20 taels of subsidy, not because Zhu Houzhao was unwilling to give more, but because this kind of family with no pillars, orphans and widowed mothers, having more money is not necessarily a good thing.

In order to compensate these families who died fighting for him, Zhu Houzhao, in addition to a subsidy of 20 taels of silver, also promised that the Yuanbao Chamber of Commerce would subsidize these families with a certain amount of food and daily necessities every year until the children in the family reach adulthood, and if the children are willing to study, Admission is also free.

On the side of the Anton Guard, he paid nearly 2 taels of silver to make up for all the soldiers' previous military salaries, and also paid them in advance for one year.

This moved the soldiers so much that they patted their chests and swore that they would only obey His Royal Highness' orders in the future.

Zhu Houzhao just laughed at this.

The combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the guard is just like that. To be honest, if it is not that no one is useful, he really looks down on him.

But then again, something is better than nothing, even if these officers and soldiers are not allowed to fight, do logistics, and do some physical work, it is still no problem.

Qufu, the Confucius family, the lobby in the front yard.

Holding the case file in his hand, Yang Yiqing strode into the inner hall, "Bachelor Xie, I think this case is a bit strange."

Xie Qian, who was writing An Dongwei's report, frowned slightly, put down the brush in his hand, and stared at Yang Yiqing, "Yang Yushi, Zhang Yong, who was attacked by Japanese pirates in An Dongwei a few days ago, was sent by His Highness to investigate the case, Cooperate with Zhang Yu, a thousand households of Anton Guard, and wipe out the Japanese pirates."

"This is a great victory, and it is a rare victory in the suppression of Japanese pirates by the sea in recent decades."

"But you also know that the guards below often resort to deception, so I want you to go over and see if it is true."

Yang Yiqing was stunned for a moment, then raised the file in his hand, "But Bachelor Xie, the matter of the Kong family..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Qian pressed his hand, "I'm here for the matter of the Kong family, don't you feel relieved? Now that the Kong family is in disaster, the people of the world are panicking. If An Dongwei's great victory is true, It can restore some of the reputation of the court, and it can also inspire the hearts of the soldiers and civilians across the country to fight against the Japanese."

Staring at Xie Qian who was smiling and looking at him, Yang Yiqing opened his mouth, and finally lowered his head in response, "Yes!"

Looking at Yang Yiqing who put down the file and turned to leave, Xie Qian tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a moment, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he lowered his head and continued to write the report.

After a while, Xie Qian's personal guard walked in.

"Master, Mr. Chen, please see me!"

"Let him in." Xie Qian said without looking back.

Soon, an official came in.

"Chen Qi, doctor of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, pays homage to Bachelor Xie."

"How's it going."

Xie Qian still didn't look up, a small fifth-grade doctor is not worthy of his eyes.

"Returning to the bachelor, the Shandong salt merchants were very sad when they learned that the Kong family was robbed."

"I also learned that the Kong family has no food to eat, so they generously donated a total of 50 taels of silver to help the Kong family overcome this difficulty!"

The pen in Xie Qian's hand paused slightly, "The flood of private salt in Shandong has already shaken the foundation of the country. The emperor is very concerned about this. The catastrophe of the Confucius family is related to the salt merchants. It can be seen that some salt merchants are so rampant. to what extent."

"As the representative of the Ministry of Criminal Justice this time, you must never let these lawless criminals go. You must investigate them to the bottom. You cannot wrongly accuse a good person or let a bad person go."

Chen Qi, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, thought about the words for a while, and understood in his heart that Xueshi Xie was dissatisfied with the amount of donations from these salt merchants, so he decided to beat them again.

"Your Majesty understands."

Raising his hand and putting down the brush, Xie Qian looked at a pot of flowers on the table, quietly waiting for the ink to dry.

The losses of the Kong family must be made up for. As a cabinet bachelor, Xie Qian knows how poor the court is.

It's not that the court is so afraid of the Kong family or the Holy Mother, but that Zhu Houzhao is involved in it, and the court doesn't want it, which makes everyone unhappy.

So he needs a group of people to fill these vacancies, and the target he picked is Shandong salt merchants.

Since this case is related to salt merchants, these salt merchants should bear the responsibility.

He also did not go to those salt merchants to discuss this matter, but directly asked the accompanying personnel of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to release the news that he would thoroughly investigate the matter of private salt in Shandong and the Kong family. The matter is delayed, and the investigation is temporarily suspended.

However, before the salt merchants could breathe a sigh of relief, Xie Qian issued an order to investigate.

In less than half a month, the order was issued three or four times back and forth.

There are also capable people among the salt merchants, or they may have been instructed by others, knowing that the court intends to let them spend money to avoid disasters.

However, the amount they gave was not enough, and this amount of money was simply not enough to pay off the Kong family.

The imperial court didn't intend to pay the money, so the salt merchants could only let the salt merchants continue to bleed.

It's not that Xie Qian didn't think about checking it directly, but the huge profit network of the salt merchant made him give up this idea.

Although he is a cabinet bachelor, he is helpless in the face of the huge profit network of salt merchants.

In addition, apart from the lack of money, the reason why Xie Qian chose to continue the investigation was that the way these salt merchants paid the money was wrong.

You have donated here, so the court is still going to find the money lost by the Kong family.

In this way, not only would the imperial court fail to get the gratitude of the Kong family, but it would also lose a sum of money, which was completely thankless.

There is no one who does things like this, who doesn't understand any rules, and deserves to be punished.

In fact, the most correct way for the salt merchants is to find a culprit, put the money in it, and then the court went to arrest the murderer, and happened to find the money lost by the Kong family.

In this way, the murderer has been caught and the money has been recovered. The court is trying to appease the Kong family, just give a little or two, and this matter will be considered a perfect end.

In this way, apart from the death of a few unlucky people and the death of a few members of the Kong family, the scholars in the world are satisfied, and the court is also at ease. The Kong family is also satisfied after receiving the compensation. .

It's a pity that these salt merchants' brains are still a bit weak, and they didn't understand the deep meaning, so they had to suffer again.

"Wang Wang Wang Wang..."

The ink on the playbook was slightly dry, Xie Qian just put it away and was about to call someone to send him back to the capital, but he was blocked by a dog barking outside the door and a eunuch's coquettish call
"Oh godfather, slow down, my son is about to fall!"

Hearing this sissy voice, a row of black lines appeared on Xie Qian's forehead.

He just couldn't figure it out, how could there be such a person in the world who would have no shame in admitting a dog as a godfather.

There was a sound of footsteps rushing in from outside, Xie Qian looked up with a dark face, and saw Liu Jin, who was guarding outside the Holy Man's Temple, rushed in staggeringly, led by a big yellow dog.

"If you're not guarding by His Highness, what are you doing here?"

With a dark face, Xie Qian resisted the urge to lift his foot and kick him, gritted his teeth and looked impatiently at Liu Jin who was comforting his godfather.

At this time, Liu Jin was not the emperor who would be established in the future, and naturally he didn't have any arrogance when facing Xie Qian, a great scholar.

He stretched out his arms to hug his godfather who was about to run away, and said to Xie Qian with an apologetic smile: "Bachelor Xie, Your Highness calls you to see him!"

Hearing this, Xie Qian, who had a bad complexion, suddenly became happy. At the same time, he reached out and patted his chest, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"My little ancestor, you are finally back."

ps: Some things were updated in advance at night.

　Thanks: Li Qian happily rewarded 3000, thank you boss, let the boss spend money, I wish this girl Li Qian happy every day.

　　
　
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