My whole family traveled across time with an encyclopedia

"Mom, there's a letter from my hometown. Do you want to read it?"

Not long after seeing Mrs. Lai off, Ning Changrong came over with a letter.

Wang Xiujuan took it over, and they have kept in touch over the past few years.

Village Chief Ning still told them everything about their current situation in the past few days.

Then he asked about his plans for this year.

It seems that they really want to go back to celebrate the New Year.

The main thing is to visit the newly built ancestral hall.

It has been several years since the ancestral hall was built, but their family has never been there once.

The main reason is that every time when the New Year is approaching, Ning Changrong has a lot of things to do, and he can't leave his son and go back with his granddaughter.

"What do you think? Madam Lai asked me earlier. I said she would think about it again."

After not seeing her for so many years, I still miss the brothers Ning Lao Er and Ning Lao San.

Every time along with the letter sent by Village Chief Ning, there are some things sent by Ning Lao Er and Ning Lao San.

Sometimes it’s clothes and purses, sometimes it’s food.

Wang Xiujuan also invited them several times, but everyone was timid.I don’t dare to come here either.

"The ancestral hall has been built for so many years. It's time to go back and take a look." Ning Changrong reviewed his arrangements.

"Let's see, Your Majesty and I will take half a month's leave. I'll try my best to finish the things I have in the past few days. I'll definitely be able to squeeze in time during the Chinese New Year."

"But I can't guarantee that I will have time then."

Wang Xiujuan can also understand that many things happen suddenly.Her son now holds a high position and cannot be away from the court for a long time.

"Okay, let's go there for the time being. As for what happens then, let's talk about it later."

Upon hearing the news of Ning Changrong's return, Ning Qingxi rushed over from his courtyard.

"father!"

Ning Changrong turned around and looked around. Because he was running too fast, Ning Qingxi was panting heavily after he stopped, and his hair was messed up.

He said funny: "Why are you in a hurry? Why are you running so fast?" If his daughter ran so fast because she missed him, Ning Changrong might be very moved.

But he knew in his heart that his daughter had something to ask.

Sure enough, after Ning Qingxi took a breath, he quickly asked, "How is it? Has the crisis with General Fu been resolved?"

She looked at her father's expression carefully. Fu Anshu had not been here for the past few days. It was said that he was focused on learning the rules in the palace.

But the two often exchanged letters, and this matter had already been discussed with Fu Anshu. Ning Qingxi often comforted each other in letters.

As for the grain and grass transported earlier, the news of being robbed and killed had already spread. Ning Qingxi still learned from Fu Anshu that Fu Anshu accidentally overheard it when he went to pay his respects to the Queen.

When Ning Qingxi asked Ning Changrong about the news, the war ahead was intense, and Ning Changrong could only tell a few words.

"Hahaha, don't worry, it has been solved a long time ago. The food and reinforcements have arrived, and they will beat the crap out of those Beiqiong and White Lotus Sect."

Seeing her father's relaxed look, Ning Qingxi finally let go of the stone in her heart.

"Great." Then she turned and left.

Ning Changrong stopped helplessly, "What are you doing? You just want to ask about this news and leave immediately after asking?"

Ning Qingxi blinked and looked at him, her eyes seeming to say: What else?
Ning Changrong: "..."

"There is no need to write a letter to inform the palace. I already know it. Does the palace know?"

Ning Qingxi thought about it and it seemed right.

"Okay, I understand, dad. Just go and do your work that day."

Ning Changrong, who had just finished a busy day and was about to go home to rest: "..."

Looking at his daughter's leaving figure, Ning Changrong said melancholy: "If you have something to do, call me daddy, if you have nothing to do, just ask daddy to go and get busy..."

The servants looked at the fighting spirit between father and daughter and couldn't help but cover their mouths and snicker.

They have never seen a father-daughter relationship like this.

……

The sky is in full bloom and the capital is in prison.

The jailer was carrying a bucket of food and banging on the cell doors as he passed with the stick in his hand.

"Eat, eat."

The people imprisoned here are all those who became officials through Enke and were forced back because of their evil thoughts, as well as corrupt officials from all over the country.

After the jailer put the rice in, these people suddenly lost the pride and reserve of scholars and started to eat hungrily.

If they dare to eat slower, the food in their hands will be snatched by others.

Usually it’s soup and water, but today there’s rice and meat.

A man with an upright face looked at the sumptuous meal and couldn't eat anything. He trembled his lips and asked: "Brother, is this...is this a deprivation meal?"

After hearing this question, the other people who were enjoying the meal suddenly looked up at the jailer as if the pause button had been pressed.

Everyone here knows that prisoners are given a good meal before being chopped down.

"No." He looked at the big meat in the hands of these prisoners with envy. If the superiors hadn't been watching closely, he would have wanted to take some of it away.

Of course he didn't dare to be harsh on the meal, but these people didn't eat the meal.

The middle-aged man with an upright face still couldn't believe it. He asked cautiously again: "Isn't it true, brother?"

The jailer seemed to be impatient by his question. He slapped the handle of the knife on the door of the prison and said, "If you say no, you won't. Are you bothered? Eat quickly. If you don't eat, others will eat."

The man with an upright face was dubious, and he didn't dare to ask again after seeing the impatient look on his face.

Just looking at the sumptuous meal in this bowl, he couldn't eat it no matter what. He would rather eat the soup...

Others also felt sad. Even if the jailer said otherwise, they still didn't believe it. It would have been fine to give them some soup and water on weekdays, but today they were given such a sumptuous meal.

I have never heard of such good food in prison, except for the last meal.

Some people cried while eating. Their mouths were full, but they couldn't help but continue to stuff them, as if they wanted to be full even if they died.

Soon there were whimpering sounds throughout the prison.

Combined with the dark and damp environment of this prison, people who didn't know it thought it was haunted.

The jailer said with a mocking look on his face: "You are all a group of old men who are still officials. Look at what you look like now."

"They are all going to die, no matter what the officials are."

This jailer was Cao Yingfa's subordinate. Cao Yingfa was taken to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and a group of his subordinates who followed him were also sent over by his connections.

He is now regarded as Ning Changrong's man, so naturally he has to be on par with Ning Changrong in everything. Ning Changrong hates corrupt officials the most, so naturally he will be unselfish towards these corrupt officials.

Cao Yingfa's men also followed suit and hated these corrupt officials. Every time these corrupt officials were sent over and it was confirmed that they were crucified, the jailers in the prison would do it privately to make them suffer secret losses.

There are so many ways to manage people in prison that others can't find fault with them.

These officials who were escorted over were all punished by them.

At the entrance of the prison of the Criminal Department, the carriage in front was still far away, and Cao Yingfa trotted forward respectfully.

The carriage slowly stopped, and Ning Husheng jumped off the carriage frame first. Waiting aside, Ning Changrong opened the curtain of the carriage and got out of the carriage.

Cao Yingfa immediately stepped forward and said respectfully: "Master Ning." Ning Changrong raised his hand to indicate that he didn't need to be polite.

"Lead the way."

Cao Ying nodded in agreement, and then introduced him as he walked.

"The food you ordered has been delivered to the prisoner. The officer is personally watching it, and no one dares to hold it harshly."

It doesn’t matter if anyone can trust Ning Changrong Road.

He nodded casually, and while listening to Cao Yingfa's report, he looked at the layout of the Penal Department prison, which still looked familiar.

When he first came to see Bai Yunliang, he came once.

However, the rank of these people is obviously not as good as Bai Yunliang's, and the guards in Bai Yunliang's cell are not as strict as Bai Yunliang's.

Some officials were even locked up together.

Ning Changrong saw this and asked in confusion: "Why are these people locked up together?" In order to prevent prisoners from getting into trouble, prisoners like this are usually held in separate cells.

Cao Yingchang was afraid of misunderstanding, so he hurriedly explained: "My lord, I don't know. There are really too many prisoners, so we can only house a few of them together. But don't worry, my lord, the jailers are watching and won't cause anything to happen to them."

"Row."

When Ning Changrong's figure fell into the eyes of the prisoners, some cried and shouted that they were wronged.

“My lord has wronged me, and my lord has wronged me for being a low-ranking official!”

"I want to meet with your Majesty! Lord Ning! I want to meet with your Majesty at Xiaguan!"

The seemingly steady and upright prisoner finally ate this sumptuous meal, which was probably a decapitation meal. Now when he saw Ning Changrong walking down, he immediately followed Ba to the cell door and started crying.

Ning Changrong took out his ears and saw that he looked a little impatient. Seeing this, Cao Yingfa immediately shouted at the prisoners:

"Shut up, daddy!"

Cao Yingfa did not punish them less. Seeing that he was angry with these prisoners, he felt sad and could only look at Ning Changrong helplessly, not daring to howl any more.

Ning Changrong glanced at Cao Yingfa with some surprise, "The prestige is not small."

The other party chuckled, cupped his hands and said, "It all depends on Master Ning for promotion."

As a small city guard, he knew exactly who he relied on to be able to come to the punishment department.

Ning Changrong smiled, said nothing, and turned his head to look at the offending officials.

The eyes of these people were full of the desire to survive. Looking at the bowls in the prison, they saw that they were completely eaten, not even a grain of rice was left.

"Do you want to live?"

The prisoners suddenly acted like crazy, shouting crazily: "Master Ning, I want to live! I want to live!"

"Master Ning! Grandpa Ning! If Xianguan wants to live, as long as you rescue Xianguan, Xianguan will be a dog by your side from now on!"

"Tsk, tsk," the jailer on the side discussed in a low voice, "these Qingtian masters are so shameless."

"If you want to be shameless, you will lose your life. If you lose your life, why do you need to be shameless? But I really didn't expect these Qingtian lords to be so generous." Even Dangguo dared to say such things.

Ning Changrong saw the unprecedented will to survive in everyone's eyes, and said in a calm tone: "If you want to survive, I have a way, but it depends on whether you have the ability to survive."

"Master Ning, please tell me!"

"Master Ning, please speak frankly!"

Ning Changrong sat on the chair specially brought by Cao Yingfa and leaned back easily.

"You were all arrested for various crimes, but the fundamental reason is still the same, you are too greedy."

When those people heard this, they burst into tears and swore to the sky that they would repent and never reach out again.

"No, I want you to be greedy."

As soon as he said this, not to mention the prisoners, even Cao Yingfa and the others were stunned on the spot.

The prisoners were not sure what Ning Changrong meant.

I just felt that the other party was testing them.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ning, I will never be greedy again after this!"

"Master Ning! I really know that I was wrong. I was also blinded by lard for a moment, which is why I caused such a disaster."

"Just for the sake of Xiaguan's family, Xiaguan will not reach out randomly again. Please rest assured, Lord Ning. Please save Xiaguan, Lord Ning!"

Ning Changrong said in a calm tone: "Okay, you know for yourself how many of the oaths you made are true or false."

"I'm not testing you."

"I want you to be corrupt. Go to Jiaozhou and give me a hard time to be corrupt."

He glanced at the confused prisoners in front of him and raised a finger, "As long as he can earn 10 taels of silver a year, he can survive. If he can't reach that, humph."

Needless to say what follows, everyone has guessed that failure to achieve that will naturally lead to a dead end.

A courageous official asked tentatively: "Is what Mr. Ning said true?"

"Do I need to lie to you?"

The other party thought about it and thought it was right. Since the chance of survival was at stake, he had to ask clearly.

"As Lord Yi Ning said, do you want to covet those [-] pieces of silver every year? You can use various methods? The court will not punish you?"

Ning Changrong nodded, "Yes, this time I go here to give full play to your strengths and use your various corruption methods."

One person asked hesitantly, "Master Ning said it was 10 taels of silver a year, but it is impossible for one place to get 10 taels of silver every year."

Ning Changrong sneered, "That's your problem, what does it have to do with me?"

Everyone was speechless.

"Then if you have embezzled 20 taels this year, you will only be able to embezzle tens of thousands taels next year. Can what you got this year be carried over to next year?"

"Of course you can. If you have the ability, you can just take five years' worth of money a year. In short, as long as you have the ability to make money for the imperial court, you can survive."

"Your Majesty...does your Majesty know about this?"

Ning Changrong said: "Do you think I dare to make my own decisions? Just because of you bastards?"

"Don't dare." The person who asked the question quickly apologized.

Another person asked: "What about the official's family?"

According to the crimes they committed, their immediate family members will usually be implicated, and others, such as those who were exiled and their homes were confiscated, in short, no one was spared.

"Your Majesty has mercy and allows them to go to Jiaozhou with you, but you can only live in the local county government."

You don't need to think about it to know that the local county government must be the place to watch over them.

But being able to stay together as a family and still survive, these prisoners are already grateful.

As for making money, it is definitely easy to make money in the first few years, but it will become more and more difficult in the following years.

But that will be a few years later, and they don't want to think about it for the time being.

If you don't agree, your head will fall to the ground immediately, and it will be clear to everyone how to answer.

Not surprisingly, everyone agreed.

Cao Yingfa and others were frightened when they listened to their conversation.