Bachelor

Chapter 443 Worry
Supervisor of rituals.

A sixth-rank eunuch rushed in: "Godfather, godfather."

Chen Hong was reading booklets boredly in the Xiyuan Lijian duty room, while Huang Jin was lazily leaning on the chair and taking a nap. He had just had lunch and the weather was so hot that no one could cheer up.

Hearing the eunuch's anxious cry, Chen Hong's heart trembled, and he raised his head.

And Huang Jin, who was sleeping on the chair, also opened his dim eyes.

It felt very bad to be interrupted from her afternoon nap, Huang Jin's expression turned ugly, and she was about to reprimand her.

Chen Hong had already thrown a folder, and was about to hit the eunuch on the head.He yelled and cursed in a low voice: "Damn, didn't you see godfather taking a nap? His old man is busy with state affairs, so it's rare that he has such a free time, but you come to disturb him."

"What's going on?" Huang Jin sat up straight and asked majestically.

The eunuch knelt on the ground with a plop, "Damn the son, damn the son, for interrupting godfather's lunch break. In fact, the son didn't dare to come over to wake up the godfather. In fact, His Majesty has an order to invite godfather to Yuxi Palace to discuss matters." .”

"Oh." Huang Jin rubbed his eyes, his long nails flicked out a small grain of eye mucus, and the nails made a crisp sound in the room.

Chen Hong took the paperwork that the eunuch handed over flatteringly, and asked, "Your Majesty, invite your godfather to come over. What are you talking about, and who else have you passed on?"

The eunuch replied: "As for Godfather and Eunuch Chen, Your Majesty also invited Eunuch Bi Yunbi, Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Rituals, and the four cabinet ministers. Now, they have all arrived, and we are waiting for Godfather to pass by. It is said that it was about the flood in Huai'an."

"Oh." Huang Jin's head was still a little numb, and he didn't realize anything.

But what a clever person Chen Hong is, he immediately felt that there was something wrong with it.Immediately stood up, and asked in a low voice: "Big water? The left and right are just helping the victims of the disaster. Do you need to invite all the ministers and cabinet members over? Let me ask you, who and what did your majesty meet before this?" Excuse?"

Chen Hong, the too-monitor asked, then remembered something, and hurriedly said: "If you don't ask, little Eunuch Chen, I would have forgotten. Someone saw that a six-hundred-mile expedited delivery was sent from Huainan earlier, so it's strange It's strange that this document went directly to His Majesty without going through the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies."

Huang Jin suddenly took a deep breath, and straightened his back from the chair: "Secret fold?"

Chen Hong nodded: "Godfather, if you don't go through the cabinet, it must be secret." He turned to the eunuch and said, "Go on."

The eunuch said again: "As soon as Zhezi arrived at the place of Long Live God, His Majesty sent all the cabinet members and the Minister of Internal Affairs to have an audience, saying that he wanted to discuss disaster relief, and that he was going to send a commissioner to the south to take charge of the overall situation."

"Go down." Chen Hong waved the eunuch to retreat, and said to Huang Jin with a serious face: "Godfather, shall we go to Yuxi Palace now?"

Huang Jin didn't say anything, but instead asked Chen Hong: "Hong Er, who do you think handed over this brochure, and what did it say?"

Since Huang Jin asked this question, Chen Hong had no choice but to bite the bullet and replied: "Nowadays, there is only Sun Dan in Huainan who has the power to make a special report. Urgent, who else could it be? He went to Huainan this time, nominally presiding over the inspection of the school administration in Southern Zhili, but in fact he went to make trouble for Wang Shu. According to my son, it was nothing more than borrowing This flood came to impeach Mr. Wang. Godfather doesn’t need to worry, it’s no big deal.”

"No, no, it's not Sun Dan. Although Sun Houzi is insidious, he can't do such a meaningless thing as impeaching Wang Shu. If you are going to impeach Wang Shu, you only need two imperial envoys. Is it such a big deal?" Huang Jin sneered: "Sun Houzi is a celebrity, respects his reputation, and never does things that directly conflict with others. Even if he does, it is behind the scenes. Therefore, our family feels that this The booklet was not made by him."

What Huang Jin said made Chen Hong a little speechless: "Then, godfather, who made this book?"

"Xia Yan, it must be him. He is the prime minister of Nanhe, and he has the exclusive power." Huang Jin said with certainty: "Besides, Sun Houzi recommended him to be the prime minister, thinking of replacing Wang Shu. In the future, Sanhe River All must be combined into one, the governor of Hedao is a second-rank setting. Jealous, a second-rank official, the power is equivalent to a feudal official, jealous. How can he not be tempted by Xia Yan, as long as Wang Shu is overthrown, he will have Chance."

"What godfather said is that it must be Xia Yan who did it."

"So, what do you think Xia Yan will say in the secret book?" Huang Jin patted the armrest of the chair annoyed: "Damn it, it's a pity that Dongchang is not in our hands now. Otherwise, I would have known that the book said What is it?"

Chen Hong had guessed the content of Xia Yan's excerpt a long time ago, but he would not tell Huang Jin.He was the one who revealed this matter, and that's how Sun Dan went south.At this time, he naturally tried his best to dispel Huang Jin's doubts.

Chen Hong said with a smile: "Godfather, my son is not clairvoyant, how could he know what is said in it. However, according to his son's guess, Xia Yan's notes are nothing more than impeachment of Mr. Wang for neglecting government affairs. This flood should Bear a certain amount of responsibility. This is also the habit of civil servants and speech officials. Once something happens to the court, they will hear about it and let it go. No matter what happens, the impeachment will be done first."

Huang Jin looked worried: "Hong'er, I'm afraid things are not as simple as they appear on the surface."

"Also ask godfather to clarify."

Wrinkles appeared on Huang Jinchou's forehead: "Our family knows Wang Shu. He likes money. After working in the river for so many years, there are inevitably some problems. I'm afraid someone will find fault..." He paused, Question: "Honger, how much money did Wang Shu send over last month?"

Chen Hong replied: "There are about 40 taels. Because the godfather didn't care, the son sent 10 taels to Concubine Zhang on his own initiative, and the other 30 taels are stored in the Lu family bank." He took out a large stack of money bills and handed them over, all of which were 1000 taels of large-value instant money exchange bills.

Huang Jin jumped up from his chair in shock: "Last month, the imperial court got 60 taels of tax from Fangshan, all of which was allocated to Nanhe for the repair of the Suining River embankment. This Wang Shu deducted 40 taels from it. Wan, he must have kept some on hand. Then... the river bank..." Huang Jin's face suddenly turned pale.

Seeing Huang Jin so frightened, Chen Hong felt a burst of joy in his heart.Holding back her smile, she pretended to be serious and nodded her head: "It seems that the Suining river embankment is nothing but bean curd, I'm afraid it's not even as good as bean curd. Godfather, this is not a good thing! "

Huang Jin's voice was a bit dry: "In the past two years, during the festivals, Wang Shu and Gan Bida have sent filial piety. The ice tribute and charcoal fire every year are not a small amount. If this matter is found out by someone with a heart, not only our family, but also Zhang The concubine and empress are about to fall into it. Our family doesn’t know much about money, Hong’er, tell me, how much money Wang Shuyi has sent over the past two years, is there an account?”

Chen Hong: "From the first year of Jiajing to the present, Nanhe Hedao has sent a total of more than 200 million taels. Among them, the concubine Zhang received more than 80 taels, and the godfather received more than 100 million taels. There are all account books to check."

"So much, why does our family have so much money now?" Huang Jin was a very greedy person, but when he heard that he had a huge net worth, he didn't feel the slightest joy, but became a little scared.He patted the armrest of the chair: "This Wang Shu is so fucking daring. The imperial court only sends over 200 million taels of Hedao silver every year, and he withholds more than half of it. This man has lost his mind and went crazy in order to be the governor of Hedao. He should be killed." , the three clans should be punished. There is also that Ganbida, who must have gained a lot of benefits, if our family sees him, we must kill him with a stick."

Huang Jin was startled and angry, and unconsciously poured his hatred on Wang Shu and Gan Bida, but he didn't expect that [-]% of the embezzled river money fell into his own hands: "Damn it, our family doesn't care about money. I don't really take it to heart, I heard that he has filial piety, and I just think about his little intentions, and it's not good to refute his face, so let Chen Hong keep it. But I don't want them to do such an outrageous thing matter."

Chen Hong silently knelt down: "Godfather, it's my son's fault. My son sees that godfather lives a poor life. As long as it is money, he will take it. It has caused so much trouble for you old man."

Huang Jin stood up, helped himself, his right-hand man, and sighed: "I don't blame you for this matter, it's because our family didn't explain it clearly to you at the time. A little thought from a foreign official can be accepted, but I can't help it." It’s not that you want all the money. Forget it, it’s meaningless to talk about it now. Now, Xia Yan’s secret book has dug up all the things about Nanhe, but it’s a bit troublesome. Tell me, what should we do now?”

Chen Hong thought for a while and said: "Godfather, Wang Shu and Gan Bida's greed for money in the Mohe River is just Xia Yan's one-sided speech. Now, for the court, it is not just a time to pursue responsibility. The most important thing is to help the victims. According to the son It seems that the imperial court will definitely send a high-level official to the south to preside over the overall situation. Although Sun Dan has a high prestige, but his grade is not high enough to command all the local officials in Nanzhili. Therefore, the biggest possibility is that the imperial court will send a cabinet member. While helping the disaster , while investigating Wang Shu and Gan Bida."

Now, Huai'an has unprecedented floods, according to the rules of the imperial court, at least one cabinet minister should be sent to deal with related affairs.

"It's reasonable, what you said is very true. So, who will be sent there?"

Chen Hongdao: "Among the four great cabinet ministers, Yang Tinghe is the chief assistant, so he definitely can't go. Mao Ji hasn't cleared up the matter with King Jianghua, so he can't go. As for Jiang Mian, he is too old to stand the trouble, and he can't. Go. Then, only Yang Yiqing is left. Yang Xiang is a veteran of the three dynasties, with a strong body and high prestige, so he is naturally the most suitable candidate."

"Well, it must be him." Huang Jin had a headache: "Everyone in the cabinet hates me, and Yang Yiqing looks down on our family. He is going to Huainan now, and he must do everything possible to set up a trap for our family. No, we can't let him go."

"However, if he doesn't go, there will be no suitable candidate." Chen Hong laughed secretly: Don't talk about Yang Yiqing, even if you change someone else, you will have to make trouble for Huang Jin.

"Well, that's a problem. How about we arrange for two deputy envoys to follow him and keep an eye on him. Chen Hong, is there a suitable candidate?" Huang Jin asked.

Chen Hong: "There is a suitable person available."

"Who?"

"Zhang Cong."

(End of this chapter)