Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 309 4.105 How about giving Fu a trial of Shuntian Mansion?

Volume Four

4.105 How about giving Fu Shi a Shuntian Mansion General Judgment?

At noon that day, the back tent of the army tent at Daye Qianhu Station was opened.

It was an ordinary banquet, with two meat and two vegetarian dishes, four appetizers, and an unsealed jar of local old wine. However, there were only two people sitting opposite each other. The person in charge was naturally Zhou Yang, and the one sitting below was Fu Shi, the director of Qianhu Office. .

"Sir, I would like to offer you another drink." Even though Fu Shi still hasn't figured out what the problem is, he realized something was wrong after drinking this drink. Not to mention his identity, he was the only one invited to the banquet today. There is obviously something wrong with this person. It is the food and wine, let alone a treat. Considering Zhou Yang's own status, it is shabby for a dinner, at most it is no more than a midnight snack.

"Okay!" Seeing Fu Shi coming and going first as a courtesy, Zhou Yang didn't have any friendship. He raised his hand and put down the wine glass after feeling bored. He stared at the subordinate in front of him with a complicated expression for a long time, until his expression began to turn pale and his body even trembled a little. Then he said softly, "Brother Changwen, you and I are both disciples of Rongguo Mansion. I treat you well these days, right?"

"Why do you say this, sir?" The waiter no longer dared to sit down. He held the edge of the table and moved it in front of Zhou Yang. He knelt on the ground with a "pop" and said, "I don't dare to do this because of my humble position."

"You still don't dare?" Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't expect that the Lord Registrar would dare to be so playful less than a year after he took office. "My relationship with that County Magistrate He You don’t know about the relationship, right? On the flower boat in Daye Lake a few days ago, what did Brother Changwen do? Do you need my help to think about it? "

"Sir." Fu Shi's expression turned pale, "A humble position is just a show, yes, a show - you are working in Daye after all. Although the court does not care about 'civilian and military discord,' the things on this scene... Still want to do it? Not to mention that Magistrate He’s advisor happens to be He Ping, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"What about the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Zhou Yang said lightly, "Is it possible that he can still stop me? Brother Changwen, I am a military general. Promotion and promotion all depend on the Ministry of War, including at most the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army. Unless the Ministry of Civil Affairs finds out about me, If there is something extremely egregious, otherwise I have no right to say anything about it and can only file my official status.

I know that you are a civil servant and are naturally close to county magistrates and prefects, but you should not forget that your official position is that of the director of Daye Guards Qianhu Office. Unless you can escape, no real civil servant will take it seriously. On; and whether you can jump out right now, no matter what others say, it doesn't matter. I am the one who makes the final decision! "

"Sir, I don't dare to be humble!" The waiter shivered and kowtowed, "In humble duty, I just had a few drinks with County Magistrate He and came back without even daring to stay overnight. I didn't say anything at that time, and just talked about romance, romance, and romance. Just listening to some Yaoqin songs, not a single sentence related to military affairs, let alone a promise!"

"Really?" Zhou Yang smiled faintly. He knew that Fu Shi was not lying, because one of the two boys and two guards who followed Fu Shi to the flower boat for the banquet that day was bribed by Zhao Qiying. Everything Fu Shi said that day , were recorded for the record, "Then, brother Changwen, can you explain what's going on with that oiran lady in the back house?"

"That's just that." Fu Shi's face turned pale and he was speechless.

"I know that you literati love to sing poems with famous prostitutes, and it is considered an elegant thing to give women to friends, but don't forget that as a living person, the mind will not be fixed." Zhou Yang sneered Then he said, "That woman may really be just a famous prostitute in Daye, but who dares to say whether she was told anything before following Brother Changwen?"

"This..." Fu Shi knelt on the ground, his head stuck to the floor and he didn't dare to move, but the cold sweat continued to fall drop by drop.

"Compared to these, even if I can't see the things you do secretly, I still know the rules." Zhou Yang stopped chasing and threw a few pages of materials in front of Fu Shi, "In less than a year In a short period of time, the harvest was more than 10 taels. Brother Changwen, even if you take some benefits according to the rules, it is not excessive, but what did you take?
When the Ye family was wiped out, each of the other five people only had about 3 taels, but you alone plundered more than [-] taels. That time when three mine owners were wiped out, you took a so-called 'profit share' of [-] from the county magistrate He; When the Bailian bandits were put down last time, County Magistrate He took the opportunity to frame and extort them. Many of the so-called 'evidences' were signed and authenticated by you as the director of the Qianhu Office, right? "

"Humble duty. Humble duty." The servant was completely speechless, and he knelt on the ground like mud.

"10 taels, according to the salary of a sixth-grade official, is enough for him to earn forever!" Zhou Yangqi grabbed the wine glass and smashed it on Fu Shi's head, "I'm not an unreasonable person, this 'water is clear' Of course you know the principle of "no fish", but you can only take money. Why do you dare to hand out any money?
Okay, for the sake of Uncle Zheng and Sister Qiu Fang, I will spare you this time, and I will go back and hand over half of you. If this kind of thing happens again in the future, I won’t say anything like annihilating relatives for justice, let’s According to the military rules, if there is another war one day, you will be rewarded with 'sacrifice for the country' - get out! "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" "Fu Shi kowtowed more than a dozen times until the blood on his forehead stained the floor. Then he struggled to get up and staggered out of the Chinese army's tent.

"Brother Zhou, are you going to let him go like this?" Zhao Qiying strolled out of the inner room, glanced at Fu Shi's back with dissatisfaction and said, "Betrayal is only a matter of zero or countless times. He just suffered it now." The interests of Magistrate He and the local aristocratic families have not really betrayed you, but what about the future? Who dares to say that he can still be relied on at critical moments? "

"I never thought he could be reliable, let alone really trust him." Zhou Yang never forgot this, "However, I really can't arrange him directly. From a human perspective, he and I are both disciples of the Rongguo Mansion, and according to the rules, we belong to the category of "relatives hiding from each other".

Not to mention that I shouldn't directly 'kill relatives' when I find out that he has a problem, even if he exposes himself, I should try my best to help him out; if I really solve him for this, what will outsiders think?No matter how much I have lost, they will only think that I don’t even spare my own people, and they will also think that such people should not be closely friends with me. "

"This -" Zhao Qiying also found it very difficult. Compared with Zhou Yang's modern thinking, she actually understood the importance of "circles" in this era better, "Then what should we do? We can't really let him go like this. Bar?"

"If you can't use it, you can't kill it, so you have to send it out." Zhou Yang shook his head helplessly, "It just so happened that the people of the White Lotus Sect were in chaos this time. When it is completely settled, I will give him more credit and then contact the capital. On the Rongguo Mansion side, let them take the opportunity to help with the operation and send him away as quickly as possible - well, how about he be upgraded to the sixth grade and give Fu a trial as a general judge in Shuntian Mansion?"

"You are really worthy of him!" Zhao Qiying rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, "How can this be punishment? This is nothing more than this for my brothers, right? Although the Shuntian Prefecture's Tongjian is only the fifth grade, it is the fifth grade at the feet of the emperor. One step further up is Tongzhi. With his background at the bottom of the list, he will never be able to hold a regular position in his life, but if he really gets to this point, it will be like smoke rising from his ancestral grave."

"He can't be the co-president of Shuntian Mansion. I reserved that position for another 'good brother'." Zhou Yang smiled slightly, but actually there was one sentence he didn't say. This was also to provide help to Fu Qiufang, "Don't forget The real heir to the Rongguo Mansion is now working as a county magistrate in Yancheng. Don’t worry about his actual abilities. With the help of those three - well, now five masters, his political performance is very good."

"Yancheng is a wealthy and upper-class county. According to the rules, the county magistrate is from the sixth rank. When the second master Lian's term expires, there is no problem in taking the title of sixth rank." Zhao Qiying frowned and said, "But if you want to be promoted directly to the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, , I’m afraid it will be difficult to reach him, but the general judge position you mentioned just now is considered to be at the same level in terms of level, which is very suitable for his transition."

"You, you still underestimate the Jinling Jia family's Yu Yin, who was the 'one family and two kingdoms'." Zhou Yang smiled and nodded the girl's forehead. Not to mention Jia Lian, the official heir, in the original work, Jia Yucun was the only one who was investigated. County magistrate, he was quickly promoted to the prefect of Jinling after joining the Jia Mansion. This position also has another title, "Yingtian Fuyin", which is the same level as "Shuntian Fuyin" and is the fourth rank. "Anyway, I am just suggesting that others should be given It’s good for Jia’s family to have a headache.”

"Is that what you said, 'for the sake of Second Uncle Zheng'?" Zhao Qiying held back a smile and gave Ailang a slap, "You really deserve the title of 'Student of the Rongguo Mansion'; if I remember correctly, you just now When Fu Shi spoke, he also mentioned, 'For the sake of sister Qiu Fang', my Lord Qianhu, do you have anything to explain?"

"No, you must have heard wrong just now." Someone firmly denied this.

"Really?" Zhao Qiying rolled her eyes at him, "In other words, you really have never harmed this daughter of the Fu family?"

"I'd better harm you first!" Knowing that this kind of problem could not continue, Zhou Yang simply solved it physically, hugged the girl horizontally and entered the inner room.

"Oh, put it down, what are you doing in the broad daylight?" Zhao Qiying kept shaking her fists in shame, "You sent Yan Ling to the southeast corner to rest. If she comes over with something, will I still be alive?"

"Isn't that better?" Someone's shamelessness clearly exceeded Zhao Qiying's expectations.
That night, a concubine who had just entered the palace after Fu's examination "died suddenly of a sudden illness."

(End of this chapter)