Idle courtiers

Chapter 193
Different from the bustle and bustle of the Ministry of Rites, at this moment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is a square away from it, has a deep courtyard and is very quiet.

Zhou Nan, Liu Sicheng of Honglu Temple, and Master Ji, the head of the Ministry of Industry's Dushuiqing Officials Department, sat on chairs and looked at Shenyang, the censor in front of him.

Early in the morning, they were called to the Metropolitan Procuratorate by Shenyang again, no need to ask, for the purpose of clearing their land and real estate.

The supervisory censor was of the seventh grade. According to the official rules of the Ming Dynasty, if the difference in grade between officials was no more than three grades, there was no need to kneel down and salute, just sit and talk. Zhou Nan naturally didn't bother to pay attention to Shen Yang, and put Erlang's legs up with a relaxed expression on his face.

As for the grades of Liu Sicheng and Master Ji, they are higher than Shenyang, so naturally they will not be polite to him.Both of them had resentment on their faces, and there seemed to be a raging fire burning in Mr. Shen's eyes.

Master Liu took the lead in scolding: "Master Shen, you really are endless! It's not for our newly purchased property, you can confiscate it, that's fine. The so-called wronged one has a debtor, whoever sells it to us will find it." Whoever goes, just return the silver to me."

Mr. Ji: "Yes, Mr. Shen is really baffled. The money for buying the land is my official's salary for these years. It is not stolen or robbed. It is obtained legally."

Shen Yang snorted: "What a joke, according to what you say, isn't this officer going to ask for the money for your land and house purchases for you? According to my "Law of the Ming Dynasty", buying stolen goods is the same crime as selling stolen goods. The stolen money and stolen goods were also confiscated to the state treasury. Not to mention the confiscation of the property of the two adults, you must be held accountable for your crimes."

Liu Sicheng took the case against the case: "Shenyang, you first filed bullets to impeach me, and now you insist on confiscating my property. Now you are using the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" to suppress people, hehe, you people in the Sanju Division are really powerful! , There is a feeling that we will be arrested and beheaded today!"

Mr. Ji: "Shenyang, come, come, arrest people!"

At this time, Zhou Nan suddenly added a sentence: "Master Shen published the impeachment report yesterday. If the court really wants to punish us, I am afraid that Master Shen will bring soldiers to the door today and shout for beating and killing. How could he be like us? If you are so polite, your lord must think this is inappropriate, right? If you really hand it over, I am afraid that Shen Yushi will also bear the responsibility of being lax, and he will have to hang up first."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Yang's complexion changed drastically.Liu and Ji also changed their expressions, and immediately understood the reason.

Political matters can never be labeled with the word right or wrong, either black or white, and black or white.

The errand of Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong Qingzhang Gyeonggi to pretend to be the emperor's property is a very beautiful errand. The reason why it is called a beautiful errand does not mean that there is any luxuries in it, but that it is a way to gain fame and keep the emperor's heart simple. good opportunity.

This errand is aimed at the clan and royal family. If it is completed, it will have an aura of being upright and not afraid of the powerful, and it will be the strength order of the Ming Dynasty.The most wonderful thing is that what you do is the white-glove job of holding money for the emperor. When the emperor sees the money, he will naturally accept your affection. How can the future be so small?

People who don't understand the power structure of the imperial court may think that the emperor's relatives are not easy to mess with. In fact, the Ming Dynasty is different from the Han Dynasty. As long as they are not princes, the clan is a group of poor people who can be used to gain prestige.

After receiving the emperor's will, Shen Yang and Zhang Dazhong were naturally very excited, and a word flashed in their hearts at the same time: "The good wind will send me to Qingyun by force."

However, the following errands did not go very smoothly. After more than half a year, there was very little harvest.Especially in the past month, there is almost no result.

Mr. Shen became anxious, he happened to know that the three people in front of him had bought the imperial property that others sold at a low price, so he decided to take the three of them under the knife and make some political achievements to deal with them first.

But Shenyang could only intimidate the three of them, but he dared not impeach them.

The reason is very simple. Of course, the subordinates should be punished for guarding themselves and stealing, but Shen Yushi, how did you lead the team, should you also bear the responsibility of not being strict with your subordinates?
Although the job between him and Zhang Dazhong was tricky, it was a fast track to promotion, not to mention other departments of the imperial court, even the colleagues in Yushitai were jealous, and they all wished that the two of them would be taken down in case of an accident so that they could be replaced by themselves.

When Zhou Nan pointed out the clues, Shen Yang was furious, and shouted: "Zhou Nan, what is your identity, a small scholar, a lowly office worker, there is something for you to talk about here?"

Zhou Nan was furious and was about to scold back.

Mr. Ji next to him shouted: "Shenyang, you call Zhou Xingren a villain, but this official sees you as a villain. Zhou Xingren was wronged and sent to Liaodong, and later he was not allowed to enter the officialdom. Who is responsible for this matter?" People don't know, who would not hesitate to sigh? No matter how you say it, Zhou Xingren is also the seed of reading. He is of the same line of scholars. He suffered such unjust injustice, and my generation can empathize with him. Look at you. Are you a scholar? We are ashamed to be with him, so farewell!"

Zhou Nan cast a thankful look, but felt a little unsatisfactory in her heart.He was thinking of attacking Shen Yang in this way just now, but Mr. Ji stole the limelight.Moreover, Mr. Ji's reputation is not very good, and his reputation will be slightly damaged by being in the same way as him.

When I bought that house, it was a scam, a victim.You two bastards are relying on yourself as a member of Qingzhang's working group. If you want to pick a bargain, can we do the same?

Liu Sicheng also shouted: "Yes, I am ashamed to be with this kind of villain. If you are surnamed Shen, if you want to impeach me, you can do whatever you want. We have official duties, so we leave!"

Shen Yang was furious in his heart: "If you want to leave, it's not that easy."

As soon as they applauded, two tall scribes came over, closed the door, and stood outside the door.

Master Liu: "Shenyang, what do you mean, do you want to imprison us?"

Shen Yang said coldly: "Official duties, your official duties are to assist me in clearing the property of the Gyeonggi emperor. You are all officials ordered by the imperial court, and you have not broken any laws and disciplines. Naturally, I have no right to imprison you. I just want the three adults to sit down. Eat tea, think about the grace you have received, think about the ambition of Xiu Qi Zhiping that you had in your mind when you were studying, think about the principles of being a gentleman, think about how you are worthy of your father, worthy of the court? "

While speaking, he pointed to the pen and paper on the long case, and said: "If you think it over, I will write down the matter of your private purchase of the imperial property, sign and mark it. In this way, I can make a statement for you at His Majesty's place." .”

Zhou Nan was stunned: Isn't this just shuanggui? I didn't expect that Ming Dynasty would still engage in this kind of thing. I happened to meet it, and it was an eye-opener.

Liu Sicheng was furious: "Shenyang, you are setting up a private court, what power do you have, you are so bold!"

Shen Yang sat behind the long table, picked up a book and read it leisurely.

"Since you are here, you will be at ease. Master Liu and Master Ji have stolen half a day of leisure today, so let's sit with Master Shen." Zhou Nan pulled the two who were on the verge of running away, and smiled at the book office outside. Said: "Today's tea is not bad, Mingqian Longjing! Even if it is not brewed, it will be bland and tasteless after two openings. Excuse me, can I change it."

The two of them also knew that they couldn't use force, so they snorted and sat back on their chairs: "The surname is Shen, let's see who can consume more than whom?"

Shen Yang just ignored it.

Zhou Nan was neither anxious nor worried. In fact, the scene in front of him was already in his expectation.I thought in my heart, I don't know what's going on with Zhu Congjian from the Ministry of Rites, and there will be fun to watch later.

Today will be a long day, so prepare early.

After the book office in Shenyang was replaced with new tea, Liu and Ji, who were already thirsty due to emotional agitation, took up the cups and drank them in big gulps, regardless of the heat.

Zhou Nan just held the cup and squinted his eyes, admiring the tender yellow buds and leaves floating on the surface of the soup.

(End of this chapter)