Chapter 117: Another major case (2)

Sushun went to Beijing on the same day as Chongshi. Both of them returned to Beijing on orders, one was to change their posts, and the other was to report their duties, but they both lived in the Xianliang Pavilion. After handing over the sign in the Old Summer Palace to invite Sheng'an, they returned to the hall. Only then did they realize that the sworn brother (brother) also settled here? They were overjoyed. Chongshi hurriedly went from the courtyard where he lived to Sushun's courtyard. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted loudly, "Brother? Can you be here?"

Sushun was about to visit him, but when he heard the voice, he came out, "Second brother? Haha! I've never seen each other for many years, so it's always good?"

"Please greet my elder brother." Chongshi took a few steps and bowed to himself first, "Get up, get up, brother, why should I be polite?" Sushun took Chongshi's hand and smiled sincerely, "Come on, talk to me inside!"

The two entered the hall. This was not in their own home. There were only a few listeners who served him, putting on fragrant tea and refreshments. The two brothers sat at a distance from each other. "On the way here, I saw the mansion and transferred from the country of Tianfu to the land of fish and rice. The second brother's emperor's family is still in full swing. I, the brother, am very happy for you."

"The emperor's grace is so great that it really makes me feel like falling into a dream. Brother, do you know why the emperor has such an appointment?"

"How can I know? For more than half a year, I have been in Shanxi and Beijing. Even if there are letters, it is hard to guess the inside story. Brothers are really blind to this matter." Su Shun said, "No matter what, it is a good thing to come out of Sichuan. Yunnan and Guizhou have been in that place for a long time, and they have lost all their lives. It is better to have Jiangnan and the most fertile land in the country. I think I have experienced it for several years, and the emperor will reuse my brothers again."

"The emperor is even more ashamed of his subordinates. In the eighth year of Xianfeng, I always think about it, and I feel frightened! As a minister, I have been punished by the master for many years, but I am willing to let my father down, and I am willing to be abusive!" When talking about the matter of the previous year, Chongshi was sighing in his heart. Although he asked himself that what he had done in office this year was no longer absurd and exhausted, he had really offended many people in order to purify the officialdom. This time, the emperor ordered himself to change his post to Shanghai. Is it intentionally safeguarding his holy heart? However, if that is the case, wouldn't the various improvement methods he had taken during his tenure in Sichuan end?

Su Shun saw him pondering and thought he was still worried about the answer when he met you tomorrow. For this brother who is a big country, he deliberately changed the topic and said, "This time the Shanghai relocation has been settled, my family has been settled? By the way, brother, I heard that you took a concubine while you were in office, or did the emperor have a golden mouth? Have you ever come with you?"

Chongshi blushed and nodded honestly, "I'm going to hide it from my brother. What happened back then was that I had no virtue after drinking, but after several years, Honglian and I were like fish in water, and we were really happy!"

"I'm afraid there's more joy?" Su Shun laughed and greeted him, "Come here? Come to my official bag, take sixty taels of silver, go to the street, and put on a pair of gold bracelets to add makeup to Mrs. Ru."

"No, no." Chongshi hurriedly stopped him, "Brother, there is no such rule."

"This is for my younger siblings. You must be wrong because you think the courtesy is too low, or you can accept it."

After saying this, Chongshi was not easy to persuade him again. He stood up and saluted and thanked him. The two brothers sat down again. "Brother, I have also heard about the elder brother's reputation in Shanxi in Sichuan. I really admire him! I traveled for more than 600 miles overnight and made contributions in just one word. Hey! I am ashamed of the Confucian champion of a province! I am really worthy of being a talent for a province and a border chosen by the emperor!"

This incident was also a proud and proud stroke of Su Shun. He laughed loudly when he heard this, "Brother has been awarded a mistake, but he has been awarded a mistake!" After laughing a few times, he frowned and sighed, as if there was something unspeakable, "But, brother, there is one thing that my brother doesn't know how to speak to you."

"What's wrong?"

"That's it..." Sushun used the case to bring Widow Cao from Fengze to the capital, and told Chongshi about the plan of Xianmei Yushang, and finally said, "I think my brothers have also seen the mansion circumcised during their tenure. After all, the emperor was heartless and exempted the 16 merchants in Jin Province from the crime of sealing the door and fined the confiscation of money... Although these ***severe money,... Alas! I don't know what to say, it's awful to do this."

Chongshi didn't like Su Shun's actions, but because they became sworn brothers and friends for many years, they had the idea of ​​kindness and forgiveness in their hearts. After hearing him patiently, he sighed with his sigh, "Brother, you are not brothers who dare to disrespect and criticize nowadays. The emperor is good at everything, but one of the "colors" cannot be broken. Think about it, who are the people in the palace? It's okay for the innocent women of the Han family to visit Jiangnan. They actually made a few fireworks and willow alleys? There are many more words among the court officials, so there is no need to explain this to the elder brother. Now the elder brother is actually going to get a folk widow into the palace. If you don't mention it, you just want to swear by the empress?"

Su Shun was silent for a long time and waved his hand hard, "You and my brother have not seen each other for many years, so don't talk about these unhappy things. After meeting the saint tomorrow, I will come to my mansion to have a quiet night fun!"

The next morning, the Military Affairs Office stopped the court early, and the emperor first passed on Sushun, "You did a good job in Shanxi this time. Although I was in the capital and had never visited the province on-site, I also knew it."

"When I was admonished by the emperor, I had already secretly told myself when I left the capital that the party in this position must be serious and serious, so as to live up to the master's expectations and protect his holy intention." Su Shun replied on the ground and said, "If I say that there is anything else that can be seen by the slave, it is because of the master's loyalty and politeness, and I dare to say that he will not fall under anyone."

"I know your loyalty to me. In Shanxi, as the head of a province, you should always treat official duties with a fair heart. Don't make any messes of things, just to invite me." The emperor said, "It's like the female leader of Fengze. I heard that you were forced to hang yourself. Is there any such thing?"

Sushun was shocked. He was afraid that Cao Yang would find out about the suicide of his family. He then wrote an impeachment. He unexpectedly fell into the emperor's ears. "This is true, the slave dare not deceive him. However, the treatment was timely and no evil results were achieved."

"You? Don't keep your brains in a crooked place. I can't handle these female protagonists in the harem. I have to add them?" As he said that, the emperor also found it funny, "You get up first."

Su Shun burst into laughter, seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, he said boldly, "...Prince, please say something very disrespectful. Cao Yang is the most beautiful woman that the slave saw. "Snooker looked at the emperor. The young emperor was full of interest. Su Shun said in his heart, and continued, "That kind of charm is the only one who has seen in his life. I think that the emperor is rich in all the world, and people in the world, and things are taken away. It would be a pity for such talents to be wandered among the people. It is better to... come here..."

"Bah!" the emperor laughed and scolded, "There are so many beauties in the world. Do you really have to be selected into the harem one by one?"

He looked at Sushun with great emotion: Being an emperor is the dream of countless people, but he doesn't know that while gaining a lot, he loses the same amount! This is a job with only subordinates, servants, but no friends or relatives.

The ministers in the court, either noble or humble, were all very craftsmen when they saw him, and he had to act as solemn as if he was to the big guest, his words were boring and his expression was meticulous. He really tasted this kind of taste!

Now he understood a little why Emperor Gaozong had to favor ministers like Heshen. He was not unaware that Heshen was greedy, nor did he know that Heshen controlled the government, but just to be able to get a sense of joy and happiness from the bottom of his heart, and he indulged it from all sides!

At this moment, he almost issued an order, leaving Sushun with him. Just find someone to take over the errands in Shanxi? Fortunately, he finally became ignorant and swallowed the words he was about to say, "No need to say this."

"yes."

"This time I transferred Chongshi to Shanghai Road, there was a big thing for him to do." The emperor signaled Liu Fu to go out, and there were only two monarchs and ministers left in the hall, and a Jingyu girl. Then he talked to him about the construction of the Jiangning Railway, from the governor to the officials of the officials, and finally said, "I still remember that when I was demoted to you, I said that at most three years, I will have the government of the world and be the purgatory! This year is the second year, and it is urgent!"

Su's eyes heated up and he knelt down again, "The emperor is willing to take good care of his servants for the world, but it is difficult for him to repay him. Only by working diligently and offering his ranks can he comfort his master." He said, "However, the servant thought that even if Chongshi worked at Shanghai Road, it would be difficult to handle this matter clearly in the short term."

"What?"

"As a post in Shanghai, there are many official duties and there are differences between superiors and inferiors. How can we find out the various illegal things that the governor has in the process?"

The emperor was stunned when he said to him, "What do you think?"

"I can't think about it carefully for a while, but if I say that there is only Chongshi, and I can handle all difficulties clearly and clearly, it is better to start from the side, which will achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"Well, you can tell that you have made great progress when you say this. Tell me in detail?"

With the emperor's encouragement, Su Shun became more and more energetic. "I thought that Shandong Governor Chunshou made great contributions in the construction of railway construction. The emperor picked him up and became the governor of a province and even put his son out as a Taoist platform. I thought that Chunshou had only a heart, and he should also be grateful to the emperor's kindness. If Chunshou could come forward and report it first, wouldn't it be better than such a blind man's repeated investigation like a blind man touching an elephant?"

"Your words," the emperor chuckled, "Yan Jingming may not have thought that he would not say it to me, not because he didn't want to say it, but he didn't dare to say it! Only those who sincerely consider me and start from the overall situation of the court can think of it and say it! From this we can see that Sushun, I have finally not wasted my efforts in the past few years!"

"The slaves cannot bear the responsibility of the emperor's words. In previous years, there have been many absurdity, or even violated the emperor's teachings. The emperor protects the situation in many ways and does not act as wrong as the slaves. The slaves..."

"Forget it, you don't have to follow this kind of childlike manner. In short, I and you are a rare encounter with the king and the ministers. As long as you can abandon the bad habits in your body, there will be some days when you meet me in the future!" The emperor was also a little moved. Someone would be a warning to his subordinates with such promises to come. "However, although your words are reasonable, it is not a feasible way. Think about it, if Guiliang is really greedy, as a vassal of a province, can Chunshou have something he doesn't know? Since he knows, he has never been in the forefront of the emperor. It can be seen that he is in it and cannot be clean!"

"Yes, I think so too. But, Emperor, Rong Nucai asked boldly,..."

"You want to ask Chunshou's handling, right?" the emperor nodded bitterly, "This matter is, even I, and I think about it. If the same crime is different, not only will the people be calm, but even those criminals may not admit their guilt. Why do we have to behead our heads and demote our officials, but Chunshou doesn't have to?" He looked at Sushun with bright eyes and asked, "If you are Chunshou, how will you answer such a question?"

Su Shun said immediately without thinking, "If it were Chunshou, he would say, 'It is true that Chunshou is guilty, but he made a contribution to the first, so he was relieved by the emperor!"

The emperor laughed loudly. While laughing, he pointed at him, "Who can you save your father's worries?"

Su Shun understood this sentence and laughed. Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, he suddenly remembered something, "Emperor, I have something to do, I dare not hide it. I also asked my master to forgive the crime of making friends with me."

The emperor glared at him for a long time and sighed dejectedly, "Is it for Chen Fuen's business?"

Su Shun was shocked, "Your Majesty, do you know?"

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He talked with Sushun for a long time, and it was only after Si Shi that the emperor asked him to kneel down and go out. Chongshi, who was waiting outside, dared not ask or leave. Finally, he saw Sushun coming out at the second palace gate. He was about to go up and ask, but he saw that Boyan Nemogu also followed him, "Please pay tribute to the prince."

"Is it Chongbaishui?" Bonnemogu was a kind man. He greeted him with a smile, then waved his hand to lead the way, "It just so happened that the emperor is calling you in, come with me."

Chongshi originally wanted to ask Emperor Sushun how he looked. Seeing that there was no such opportunity, he had to sigh and follow Bangnemogu into Shende Hall. The emperor was thinking about what Sushun had just said. If he could go to the province with both hands, on the one hand, Chongshi would investigate the case in the province, and on the other hand, Chunshou came forward to report the first time, and then sent someone to the province to formally launch an investigation, evidence collection, and inquiry. The various bad policies in Jiangning Railway Construction will probably be revealed to the world. There are two difficulties. One is whether Chunshou is willing to report what he knows in his heart; the other is how much role can Chongshi play in it?

He thought in his heart, and walked away from Shende Hall, standing on the street in front of the hall, the spring sunshine shining on his body, and it was so comfortable that it could not be said, "Jingyu?"

"Shocked Yu is here."

"Do you still remember..." The emperor turned around and looked, the timid girl stood under the porch, her pure and cute face bathed in the sun, and she was extremely cute in red, "Do you still remember the five-year agreement I made with you?"

Jingyu's beautiful face suddenly turned red with shame, and his lips opened slightly and said softly, "Jingyu... I remember."

"The ninth year of Xianfeng is already the third year." The emperor smiled and said as if reminding her. He suddenly remembered the widow Cao mentioned in Sushun. I wonder what it was like?

After saying a few words to Jingyu, he saw Beyan Nemogu and Chongshi coming to the corridor from a distance. Seeing their smiles and laughing, he did not dare to get close. The emperor waved with a smile, "What's wrong? I have scolded me a few words, has you become less courageous in Chongbaishui?"

"The emperor is as powerful as the sky, how dare the servants be afraid of something?" Chongshi's answer was appropriate, which made the emperor smile, "It's a great day today. Don't go to the hall, it's a waste. Let's go with me a few steps in the garden, so that I can appreciate this wonderful spring scenery. Bangyan Nemogu, there is nothing to do with you here, you can go down."

"Slaves should follow you..."

"You can do it. When will you curb your bad habits of being irritable? I will let you go with me again."

Boyan Nemogu was startled and thought the emperor really hated him, but seeing that the emperor's face was as rosy as usual and the corners of his mouth were smiling, he thought he was joking with him, so he felt relieved, asked for peace on the spot, turned around and retreated.
Chapter completed!