Chapter 1258 Become a defendant

Old Summer Palace, Qinzheng Hall, East Pavilion.

Chen Shouchuang, the prefect of Shuntian, knelt in front of the emperor and wrote a memorial.

The confidant of the emperor who was promoted from the Ministry of Works has not acted like an iron-faced censor, but is obedient.

Yongzheng sent the eunuch to take his note and waved his hand and shouted.

The Thirteenth Master happened to be discussing government affairs in front of the emperor. He sat aside and looked at Chen Shouchuang, thinking about his purpose in his heart.

As the prefect of the Beijing Prefecture, Chen Shouchuang not only has the third grade, but also has the right to directly hand over the brand to the emperor.

What's wrong with peace in the city?

The Thirteenth Prince thought about it, looked at the emperor behind the imperial case from the corner of his eyes.

The emperor looked at the sack with a strange expression, not as if he was worried, his mouth slightly raised, and he felt a little sarcastic.

At this moment, the emperor had read the memorial and said to the Thirteenth Prince: "Someone handed over the paper to Shuntian Mansion and sued Cao Yong for invading the people's wealth!" After that, he handed the memorial to the eunuch beside him and signaled to deliver it to the Thirteenth Prince.

When the Thirteenth Prince heard this, he felt strange. He took the note, read it quickly, and then looked at the paper attached to the back, and then he was sure that he had heard it correctly. Someone really sued Cao Yong.

Encroaching on people's wealth?!

The Thirteenth Prince didn't even want to defend Cao Yong a few words because the charge was really outrageous.

Cao Yong has a good reputation in the officialdom, and the emperor also likes him. In addition to his diligence in work and respectful behavior, another reason is that he is rich and not greedy.

If you don’t be charmed or suppress, you will never reach out to guard the Ministry of Revenue, the most abundant yamen, and you will never reach out.

Others don’t know, but the well-informed Thirteenth Prince knows the source of income of the Cao family.

In addition to Zhuangzi and "Daoxiangcun", there are also dividends for shops in Guangzhou. The Cao family even hides a business, which is also profitable.

That is "Western beauty cream".

There were also several bottles of jade-colored glass bottles in the Thirteenth Prince's mansion, and a smaller version of the head of a Western beauty was collected from outside.

In a foreign goods shop in Beijing, such a bottle of beauty cream will be sold for four or five taels of silver per bottle.

In fact, these things are all produced in Macau and are secretly traded by the Cao family.

It is a thing that costs four or five taels of silver per bottle, and if the effect is not good, it will not be promoted. Since this thing can occupy a place in the capital within a few years, it can be seen that the effect is quite good.

Although the Thirteenth Prince didn’t know the formula of this “beauty cream”, he knew that the main ingredients used were pearl powder.

The most deficient thing in the rouge shops in Beijing is pearl paste, pearl powder, etc. The price of things that can be customized is not as expensive as "beauty cream".

Cao Yong, who has several ways to make money, has only heard of those who spend money in his life. Is this accusation of embezzling other people's property a bit ridiculous?

Chen Shouchuang knew Cao Yong. The two of them were officials in the same dynasty, but they nodded in friendship.

Chen Shouchuang would not childishly think that with a piece of paper in his hand, he could play the role of the Iron Censor and lead people to attack the Minister of Revenue who holds real power.

It is true that he is a minister valued by the emperor, and Cao Yong's holy favor may not be inferior to him.

Besides, he is no longer the censor.

The prefect of the capital, the emperor, first of all, demands stability when dealing with things.

When he saw the paper, his first reaction was not to investigate the authenticity of the matter, but to pay attention to whether there was any official conflict behind the paper and whether it would cause political shock.

It is related to the second-rank Jingtang. Whether to file a case or not, whether to file a case or not, is not something he, the prefect of Jingzhao, can decide.

So, the imperial court requested the imperial decree.

"What do you think?" the emperor asked the Thirteenth Prince.

The Thirteenth Prince smiled and shook his head, and replied, "This paper seems to be very polite, but it is a little lacking in confidence. In front of him, the Cao family is robbed of the banker's wealth and refused to let go of the bank's wealth, but later, the village's dowry and property are cited as evidence. Since the house and land of the banker are all given to the Zhuang family's dowry, the Cao family's statement that the people's wealth is a little incompatible."

Chen Shouchuang was listening and breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though everyone said that Cao Yong was kind-hearted, Chen Shouchuang was unwilling to offend him in vain.

Although he was older than Cao Yong, he was far behind Cao Yong in terms of his official qualifications.

He finished his prefect and was most likely promoted to the Minister of State. At that time, Cao Yong might go further and be appointed as the Prime Minister.

But today is his unlucky day, because the emperor continued to speak and asked him to file a case for trial...

Ministry of Revenue, Shangshu Room.

Seeing the documents sent by the Ministry of Justice, Cao Yong couldn't help but frown.

The Cha Siting case finally settled. Cha Siting and his son Chuck died in prison. The other sons were under fifteen years old and were slaves to the family of heroes.

Among the two brothers, the elder brother was old and had no reason to know about the evil and chaos that he had done. He would check Shenxing and his father and son were both lenient and released and returned to his hometown.

Brother Cha Siying and nephew Cha Ji were both spared from death for three thousand miles. Cha Siting's name should follow the family property, change the price, and keep it in Zhejiang for the purpose of seawall projects.

Because he entrusted the Thirteenth Prince in advance, the Cao family was added to the list of "Meritorious Officials' Family".

Cha Siying's two sons under the age of fifteen were caught and Cha Xue, and they would join Cao's mansion as an official slave.

Such a result can be explained to Cao Xiang, but Cao Yong was not happy.

Because from Jiang Jian's side, he also heard another news about the Cha family.

Cha Siting's wife and daughter-in-law both committed suicide by committing suicide, and the other women of the Cha family will follow their adult father, son and nephew for three thousand miles.

The women of the Cha family were not confiscated as slaves, leaving some room for the Cha family in Jiangnan; the young men of the Cha family were all slaves, which cut off their imperial examination journey for several generations.

After all, the Cha family is too popular and already in charge of Shilin Niuer.

Because it was not easy to go too far, Cao Yong only ordered Cao Man to take his famous letter to the Ministry of Justice to lead the people.

Cao Yong was just indifferent to the resettlement of the two brothers of Cha Kai and Cha Xue, and asked someone to take them to the servant's house to settle, and did not treat each other differently.

The storm in Cha's family's case has just expired, and he doesn't want the emperor to vent his anger because of this.

Two brothers, one is fourteen and the other is nine years old. The older one has already taken the exam for scholars. Not only does he look gentle and elegant, but he also has ink in his belly.

Cao Yong thought about it and ordered Cao Yuan to arrange the two brothers to be the book boys by Changsheng and Tianbao.

Compared with the six ministries of the Hanlin Academy, the news lags a little behind, but after all, the Cha family is a big family in the Hanlin Academy and many people are paying attention to it, so Cao Xiang also received news that his mentor was exiled and the Cao family rewarded the "official slave".

He was anxious and wanted to go home immediately to see what was going on. He was just busy with Hanlin Academy today. Several newly appointed editors and rested editors and rested, and came to him for a long time to ask for leave to learn. After dealing with it, he got out.

When he came out of the yamen, Cao Xiang did not return to the East Mansion and rushed directly to the West Mansion.

He was sad that his teacher was about to be exiled in his seventies, and he was also happy that his teacher's two sons entered Cao's mansion.

Although they were all confiscated by official slaves, they were different from other families in Cao's family.

However, when Cao Ying heard that he had placed their brothers in the house of the servants and asked them to be Tianyou's companions, Cao Xiang's expression became entangled.

Seeing this, Cao Yong was amused and laughed and said, "Since the emperor asked them to be official slaves, would the fourth brother still want to see them as young masters?"

Cao Xiang hesitated and said, "There are not these two children at home. The eldest brother and sister-in-law have always been kind. Even if they have children at home, they are not too young to start serving?"

Cao Yong said with a stern face, "What do you want to do? Take it over and keep it in a rich and graceful way?"

Cao Xiang also knew that this was inappropriate, so he lowered his head and said, "It's always good to take care of him more."

Cao Yong shook his head. He saw Cao Xiang had already become enlightened a few years ago, but why did he stay in the Hanlin Academy for a few years?

"You are a disciple of Cha Siying. If someone is interested in exploring this news, it cannot be hidden from others. If you send them to you, how can you place them? If you treat them well, it will be a slap in the face; if you are careless, you will be despised by the world. Let's stay here in the Western Palace." Cao Yong said.

This is also the most appropriate way. Cao Xiang was much more clear-headed and thanked his cousin again.

That day, Cao Xiang stayed at the Xifu side. The two brothers exchanged cups, but they were less restrained and more close than usual.

"The teacher is an old man in his seventies. I'm afraid that life will be difficult to go back to Heilongjiang." Cao Xiang said after a drink.

"You don't have to worry too much. Now General Fu of Heilongjiang happens to have an old relationship with me. I will send him a letter and ask him to help take care of him." Cao Yong said.

The reason why I have been so hard to be kind to others is due to the love between Mr. Jin Yong.

I am willing to help a bunch of people, but I can only do one more thing. If there are more, it will not be in line with Cao Yong's temperament.

For the people in the Cao family, the Cha brothers entered the house only had two more servants; only Cao Yong and his wife and the butler Cao Yuan knew their true identities.

When Zhuang Yanping heard that Cao Yong was back, he came to say goodbye. He would go to Tongzhou Wharf to board the boat and head south early tomorrow morning.

Chai Xiucai and his wife found an excuse and moved out of Cao's mansion yesterday. Looking at the situation, they stayed in the capital for more days.

Although Zhuang Yanping was a little dissatisfied with them, he never expected that these two people had already begun to accuse the Cao family of ambitions for money.

After talking to Zhuang Yanping, Cao Yong returned to the inner house.

After asking for peace for Li, Cao Yong returned to Wutongyuan.

"Niu Niu's marriage is over. The old lady is afraid of heat and is worried about returning to Haidian Zhuangzi. The next day is Qianqiu Festival. After Qianqiu Festival, how about moving to the garden to escape the heat?" Chu Yu said.

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "If you have done it almost well, you can move it over earlier, don't wait for Qianqiu Festival... The Ministry of Rites issued a document today, and this year Qianqiu Festival is exempt from congratulations..."

Chu Yu was shocked when he heard this.

The "Qianqiu Festival" has been exempted from congratulations for two consecutive years, and the rumors of harmony between the emperor and the empress can be broken with one stab.

"Why does the emperor like the queen so much and doesn't even give her decent?" Chu Yu asked in a low voice in his heart.
Chapter completed!