The exquisite and precious incense tables are furnished on the four-lane wide official road at the pier. The incense candles sway. The fragrance scatters in the cold early winter air. The sunshine and scatters are radiant.

Ning Ru was wearing a seventh-grade green Hanlin official uniform, standing behind the incense table, glanced at the big and small officials of Jinling kneeling on the ground. The handsome and vicissitudes of life were calm on his face, which made people unable to see the mockery in his heart.

He knew the content of the imperial edict. The Nanjing Ministry of Revenue Food Cases was shocked by the government and the government. The officials in Jinling probably thought it was a political struggle in the court. However, who knows the real reason for Chen Gaolang's ending?

Empress Jia cried to the emperor in the palace: Her younger brother angered the powerful and powerful in Jinling and was assassinated. The emperor has been extremely fond of Empress Jia in recent years. In anger, he summoned a group of military ministers, with arbitrary heart. The Military Affairs Office was still in a stalemate. Mr. Xie, Mr. Liu and Mr. He had different opinions on handling.

It is said that the emperor was preparing to enthrone Empress Jia as a concubine. However, according to the system, only two imperial concubines are allowed. The current emperor's harem already includes Empress Zhou and Empress Wu.

He really despised the officials in Nanjing. Corruption - corruption is not wrong. Being an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth! In three years, Zhou Gongfu, 100,000 snowflakes. But who would have thought of such a bad trick assassinating Jia Ziyu? He is willing to accept the loss by betting.

The thoughts flashed through my mind, Ning Ru took back her thoughts and began to read the second imperial edict in a slight manner.

The second imperial edict, after a fixed opening term, reprimanded Wu Zang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, sued him and sentenced him to the Nanjing Censorate for review.

"I obey the order."

Zhang Jingwei, the left censor of the Nanjing Censorate, stood up and stepped forward to receive the imperial edict. He sighed in his heart. If he had known that Secretary Wei's side could win and not follow the trend, he might have been promoted to leave Nanjing now.

However, there is no if in the world. Zhang Zongxian’s regret can only be regret.

Zhang Jingwei ordered the yamen runners to step forward and peel off the official hat and robe of Wu Zang, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and prepared to be taken to the prison of the Censorate.

"Get away." Wu Zang stood up, struggled, preventing the two yamen runners from approaching, and shouted at Ning Ru in grief and anger: "How unfair the court is! I am just a minister. I am not guilty. I am not guilty."

Ning Ru had no expression on his face and had no reaction. A six minister of Nanjing who was about to be imprisoned is not worth wasting his saliva. Nanjing is a place for retirement. The minister was imprisoned and there was no possibility of resurrection.

Zhang Jingwei waved his hand and told the two yamen runners to drag the struggling Wu Zang away. Mr. Wu's voice drifted far away in the early winter sunshine of Hexi. This person's style is much worse than that of Chen Shangshu. He is simply a shame to the face of a scholar.

Wei Hong, the Minister of Revenue, showed a rare smile of pleasure on his face. He was scolded by the imperial decree and was smuggled by Chen Gaolang's gangsters and sat in the public room. How arrogant were you at that time?

Zhang Anbo shook his head in his heart. A gentleman does what he does, but does not. The grain of the national treasury is related to the people's livelihood of the national treasury. How can he resell it? There must be a red line in his heart.

Based on time, this imperial edict was not a game between the two sides of the Jinling officialdom after squeezing the price of grain, but was still before. This was obviously the result of Zi Yu's action. The Zheng family has collected a lot of things!

The Zheng family was close to the Zhen family before, and behind them were close to the Chen family.

Mr. Wu was detained and sent to the prison of the Censorate. Another Mr. Wu was taken away and left the dock, the power field in Jinling.

Some of the people involved in the reselling of food in the kneeling crowd were trembling as if they were in the abyss. These two imperial edicts were completely calculated. As soon as they came up, they were storms and merciless. I am afraid that the investigation of the imperial envoy Ning was just a formality.

When Ning Ru picked up the third imperial edict, the atmosphere on the dock became tense, like a black cloud covering the city.

Duke of Zheng, Deng Hong, felt a cold sweat on his back. Could it be him the next one to deal with?

Jia Yucun was not calm. The third-rank minister just casually put him in prison. What about him, the third-rank prefect? ​​Of course, he could see the problems Zhang Anbo saw. He regretted it now and shouldn't offend Jia Huan so much.

However, for Wei Hong, Feng Cheng, Zhang Anbo, Jia Huan and others, their feelings were not like this. It was victory! It was the pride and arrogant enemy that was trembling in fear!

Looking at the trembling Baping, Pi Jingye and others, Jia Huan pursed his lips gently.

At this moment, the thoughts are clear!

…

Ning Ru read out the remaining two imperial edicts next.

The third imperial edict was promoted to the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, Zhang Anbo, to the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, and to continue to be responsible for the reform of the Imperial College.

The fourth imperial edict: Guangdong Chengcheng announced that Zhen Yingjia, the right governor of the Political Department, did not see the emperor's kindness, and lost two million taels of silver in his post in Jiangnan Weaving and ordered the debt to be paid within three years.

After the process of promulgation was completed, the officials, gentry and scholars of Jinling kneeling on the ground stood up one after another with different expressions. After pausing for a while, they whispered.

Ning Ru smiled and glanced at Jia Huan from the crowd. He was so easy to recognize. He was too young. He smiled and said to Zhang Anbo standing in front of him: "Congratulations to Zhang Zongbo. He accepted a good disciple."

Zhang Anbo smiled gently and said, "Ning Hanlin, Tongxi." He and Ning Ru's father, Grand Secretary Ning, were of the same generation. They were both officials during the reign of Emperor Taishang. They had a tacit understanding with Ning Ru. This voice of Tongxi means congratulations to the reinstatement of Ning Ru's official position.

It is impossible for the original position of the seventh-rank Hanlin government to appear in the palace newspaper. Even the old friend’s letter may not be mentioned. It was only then that Zhang Anbo was able to congratulate Ning Rudao.

Ning Ru nodded with a smile.

Duke Deng Hong of Zheng seemed to have escaped from death, and then stepped forward and said, "The officials have prepared a banquet in the government office. Please let Lord Ning move."

If you have to be more guilty, you will be more guilty.

Wei Hong was slightly fat, nearly 60 years old, wearing a second-rank crimson official robe, with a high-ranking official demeanor, and sneered: "Ning Longjiang was ordered to investigate the Ministry of Revenue's grain case. This banquet should be set up in the mansion in the city to facilitate the rest of the imperial envoy Ning."

When the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing was vacant, Wei Hong was the leader of Nanjing civil servants at this time.

Ning Ru smiled slightly and said, "Okay. According to Wei Situ's meaning."

…

A group of senior officials surrounded the imperial envoy and went to the mansion in the city for a banquet. Some officials, gentry, and scholars gradually dispersed.

Not everyone is qualified to participate in the banquet of the imperial envoy.

Jia Huan was originally planning to leave. He and Mr. Longjiang had not seen each other for a long time, but if you want to have a personal relationship, Mr. Longjiang actually admired him more. At this time, Mr. Longjiang was busy, so he was inconvenient to disturb him.

But Ning Ru sent a escort, Tu Jiansheng, who came out of the Northern Supervisory Office, to invite Jia Huan and said politely: "My friend Jia, Senior Ning invites you to the mansion in the city. Senior Ning wants to talk to you."

"Okay. I'll go now." Jia Huan nodded. Mr. Longjiang is the royal relative. He may not be able to hide the fact that he sued the emperor through his elder sister Jia Yuanchun. He really wants to understand the situation in the capital.

Li Liangji, a talented man from Jiangnan who was talking with Jia Huan, bowed and said, "Brother Jia, go first, we will wait for us to visit another day. When the former Shilin criticized Brother Jia, we did not speak out in time. I hope Brother Jia will forgive me."

Jia Huan said frankly: "I can understand."

Assassination, whether he sent someone to assassinate the camp soldiers to retaliate or the Zheng family sent someone to assassinate Daiyu, it would arouse Shilin's disgust. It is natural for these two brothers to refuse to speak out. It is clear that they can protect themselves.

Many of the Shilin people who put pressure on him were involved in the Ministry of Revenue’s grain case and had interests in it. Chen Gaolang was at a high position. How could the Shilin people blame the Chen family without evidence?

I can't see it, and of course there are people who scold me behind my back. Jiangnan scholars are like this. I criticize the powerful and powerful, but it's not the weather.

Li Liangji and Ding Ang all smiled embarrassedly and watched Jia Huan leave. This understanding made them feel ashamed. Next, the Chen family was about to collapse, so they could shout for Jia Huan a few times.

…

Seeing Jia Huan leave, there was Zhen Li who was stunned. He had just recovered a little. The dock was lively, crowded and orderly. However, within two meters of Zhen Li, no one talked to him.

The Zhen family's deficit case broke out. Fortunately, the emperor still spoke mercilessly to the Zhen family and asked the Zhen family to pay off the 2 million taels of silver owed within three years. It was not as cold as he was to the Chen family.

It should be clear that the Interior Office of the State Administration of the State Council belongs to the royal family and is managed by the prince trusted by the emperor. Jiangnan Manufacturing is the dispatched agency of the Interior Office. In other words, the money owed by the Zhen family does not ow the imperial court treasury, but the private money owed by the emperor.

The money owed to the emperor is more deadly than the money owed to the national treasury! The emperor only spends one million taels of gold and silver a year.

Therefore, this time Emperor Yongzhi did talk about mercy.

However, Zhen Li was not grateful. Because he knew that the Zhen family could not afford two million taels of silver. Not to mention that three years, if they lost their power, it would be difficult to give it out for ten years.

There is a misunderstanding in this. Huaiyang Governor Sha Sheng secretly reported to the court about the matter involving private salt in the Zhen family. Therefore, Emperor Yongzhi asked the Zhen family for money, and he was too lazy to wait for the future to settle the accounts. Will those who traffic in private salt have no money? Who doesn’t know that the richest person in the world is the Yangzhou salt merchant?

The Zhen family earned hundreds of thousands of taels of smuggled salt every year, which was all given to the prince. They could not take it out at all. At this time, the Zheng family, which was trafficking in salt, had already searched Sha Sheng's house. The Zhen family had no ability to traffic in salt.

Zhen Li watched Jia Huan leave by being surrounded by others, and there was a big gap in his heart. Jia Huan's teacher Zhang Anbo took office as the Minister of Rites in Nanjing and became the leader of Jiangnan Shilin. This was a good thing for Jia Huan.

And what about the Zhen family?

Thinking about Jia Huan's hope of cutting off the Zhen family, he felt a little unhappy. There was also some unspeakable jealousy and regretful emotions mixed.

If I had known this, why should I be there?

…

The crowds on the dock gradually dissipated. The yamen runners who were blocking the road also left. The dock at Outer Jinchuan Gate regained the function of freight.

Chen Gaolang and Chen Zizhen stood by the official road with several servants from the family. The cold wind in early winter was gentle.

Chen Zi really burst into tears to the wind, supporting his father with disheveled hair, "Father, let's go back!"

Chen Gaolang said cowardly: "Well, go back, go back." But he couldn't move his steps, savoring his life in the officialdom.

He now knows why he has not received warning messages from the capital.
Chapter completed!