Chapter 1505: A Small Registrar

With a bang, the lid bowl was smashed to the ground, scattering all over the floor...

Zheng Bichang stared and shouted: "It's turned upside down! A small County Assistant, a sesame-like Registrar, actually dare to pull out such a thing at this time? What is this for? Ah? Old He, go and catch them for me!"

He spoke almost through gritted teeth...

He Maocai was also looking for death: "Can't catch them, Old Zheng. People have sent the official documents to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, saying that the Censorate has also sent people to send official documents. They ran with fast horses, and we can't intercept them at all. Everyone who should know knows, and what they did is considered compliant. What reason do we have to catch people?"

The two of them were like "no brains" and "unhappy," sitting there angry.

"Don't just drink tea, say something." He Maocai said unhappily, "This matter must be reported. At present, the situation in Zhejiang is an 800-li urgent report, and it will reach the capital in four days."

"Need you to say? Don't I know?" Zheng Bichang glared at He Maocai, who couldn't hold his breath, and said unhappily, "Now what we can do is for you to send someone to investigate the case immediately, catch Hangzhou Tongzhi Luo Zhengwen first, and send someone to Chun'an to destroy all the evidence they have."

"Old Zheng, the two people in Chun'an dare to do such a thing at this time, so they are not people who can listen to us. Otherwise, they would just send official documents to us, why do they have to send them to the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Everyone who should know knows, and what they did is considered compliant. What reason do we have to catch people?"

The crying common people at the gate of the yamen, didn't you see them? If they didn't have the guts, would they dare to send people to the province to cry and make trouble? I think it's just that the capital is too far away, otherwise, they would dare to send people to cry at the gate of the imperial city. You tell me, how can I arrange for people to destroy the evidence? I'm afraid they will detain my people, and it will be even harder to end it."

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Bichang's words hit his face: "This won't work, that won't work, then what do you say should be done? You also heard the news reported from below. They dare to blackmail local big families to raise money and food, and they have raised 30,000 shi of grain, which can support for a month!

Wait another month, the mulberry seedlings will grow later, and the change of rice to mulberry will be suspended. It is impossible for 500,000 pieces of silk to be enough. Now there is another thing, this is really..."

"Old Zheng, I understand. This time, changing rice to mulberry is afraid it won't succeed." He Maocai snorted, his tone was equally bad, "Hu Zongxian even beheaded his own students, so he will never agree no matter what. Cabinet Minister Yan is his teacher, but it doesn't work.

And that Tan Lun, you saw it, that is a person of Prince Yu. Standing beside Prince Yu are Xu Jie and Gao Gong, who are specifically against Cabinet Minister Yan and the Junior Cabinet Minister. This time, they will definitely obstruct it.

Originally, they were looking for reasons. Now it's good. A County Assistant and a Registrar who have only been in office for half a month in Chun'an have handed over the knife..."

"Don't I know? Old He, what's important now is what we should do!" Zheng Bichang shouted in a low voice, "Last year, repairing the river and building the dam, you and I also had a share. If the matter is poked up, we can't run away either, and we will be finished if we don't die..."

He Maocai said gloomily: "In their official documents, it is clearly stated that they are only accusing Hangzhou Tongzhi Luo Zhengwen. Why don't we let Luo Zhengwen..."

He raised his palm and wiped it across his throat, but there was no fierce look on his face, as if killing a fifth-rank official was just a common thing.

"Can it work?" Zheng Bichang asked hesitantly.

"Old Zheng, this doesn't look like you. Luo Zhengwen is dead, and the matter of the Xin'an River ends with him. We will confiscate his home again, and we can earn a fortune. What's wrong with that?"

Zheng Bichang shook his head, took a sip of tea with the lid bowl, stabilized his mood, and sighed long.

"Old He, the feeling this time is very bad."

"What if it's good? What if it's bad? Old Zheng, by now, our brothers have no way out. You just think too much."

Zheng Bichang looked at him like a fool: "Alright, you go and handle it. Let Luo Zhengwen be sensible and don't find trouble for us. The overall situation in the southeast cannot be chaotic. Let him consider the overall situation."

"Then Chun'an side..."

"Send people to investigate the situation as usual, and the case will be concluded at Luo Zhengwen. As long as Luo Zhengwen is dead, it's all a small matter. The key is still the fields in Chun'an. If they are allowed to go on like this, the matter of changing rice to mulberry will really be yellow. At that time, how can we explain to Cabinet Minister Yan and the Junior Cabinet Minister? How can we explain to the Emperor?"

"You hurry up and think of a way, I'll go handle things." He Maocai said, got up and left.

Relatively speaking, He Maocai showed a rougher temper and less patience than Zheng Bichang, so he was very impatient to see Zheng Bichang here...

May 23rd, Hangzhou Tongzhi Luo Zhengwen fell into the West Lake and drowned while boating.

Wang Yan warmly welcomed the right counselor of the Zhejiang Provincial Administration, the deputy envoy and censor of the Surveillance Commission, and the deputy Battalion Commander of the Zhejiang Embroidered Uniform Guard Battalion Commander Office who came to handle the corruption case of the Xin'an River.

He asked again: "Are the officials saying that the Hangzhou Tongzhi Luo Zhengwen involved in the case fell into the water and drowned?"

"Correct. We have confiscated Luo Zhengwen's home, as well as the firm operated by Luo Zhengwen's cousin that you pointed out in the text. Besides that, the other personnel involved in the case have also been arrested, waiting for the judicial department to examine the details and report to the three judicial departments."

This is what the deputy Battalion Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard said.

Wang Yan did not hide his "tsk tsk tsk," and then waved away the minor officials serving in the room, and said very directly: "How Luo Zhengwen died, I believe you officials all know. I don't care about that much. To tell you the truth, I did these things to get money and food.

Luo Zhengwen not only embezzled the funds for repairing the river and building the dam, but also stole and sold the official food in our Chun'an righteous granary. Now that you officials are all here, I want to ask for the account money on behalf of the common people of Chun'an. Is it possible?"

"Naturally not. How to deal with the stolen money, the country has its own laws. How can you, a small Chun'an Registrar, ask for it at will?" This is the right counselor of the Provincial Administration, who spoke very impolitely.

So Wang Yan nodded: "Since it is not possible, then I can only let the common people of Chun'an go to the province to ask for it."

"Bold! Do you want to rebel? Ah?"

"Wang Yan doesn't have such great courage, it's just that the food in the county is only enough to support for another month. When the time comes, the common people will be hungry, what can they do?"

"Then sell the fields! There are dozens of silk merchants in Chun'an waiting to buy fields with food. But the common people don't sell them. Why don't they sell them? Because there is you, this Chun'an County Assistant, this Chun'an Registrar, who framed colleagues, blackmailed big families, and racked your brains to find food. Do you think you can manage for a lifetime? Tian Youlu! Wang Yan! You are obstructing the national policy of changing rice to mulberry, ruining our country's great plan, with sinister intentions! You deserve to die!"

Tian Youlu's face was gray, sitting below without saying a word. When did he ever think that one day he would be scolded by his superiors like this? This is what a good official should bear, what does it have to do with him?

But he had already been forced by Wang Yan to be a good official for the people, wrote official documents and stamped them, and could reach the capital in two days. He had no room for regret.

So he listened to the words of these superiors whom he couldn't reach even if he jumped hard. The idea was very simple: tired, destroy it...

"I understand. You officials are not here to investigate the case, but to investigate Wang, and to force Wang to cut off the food for the common people..."

Wang Yan sat there as stable as Mount Tai: "The common people pay taxes, and the government saves the common people. This is a matter of heaven and earth. Those silk merchants, you know best how much they suppress the price of food.

Want to earn money, understandable. Wang also wants to earn, but money is not earned like this. Exhausting the pond to fish is not a desirable way. You officials should deal with this year, what about next year? When the time comes, the officials force the people to rebel, and they have to be raped and looted by the chaotic people, and the knife is cut to the neck before they know regret?"

"A small Chun'an Registrar, also dare to discuss the country's major events? What do you know? Officials force the people to rebel? You say rebel and rebel?"

"Then I won't discuss it. Second Master, you take these officials to handle the case." Wang Yan shook his head, seeing that they still wanted to speak, waved his hand to interrupt, "You officials don't be impatient. This matter is not a case that can be concluded by Luo Zhengwen's death. On the contrary, Luo Zhengwen's death will be more troublesome. You officials should think about how to deal with it later."

"Deceiving the imperial court, Wang Yan, you are heinous..."

"My actions are within the law. Framing me is not possible, especially at this time."

Wang Yan laughed, arched his hands at the crowd, and left the middle hall of the county office straight away.

These people dare to kill Luo Zhengwen, of course they also dare to kill Wang Yan. But unfortunately, this is Chun'an, and outside the county office is Qi Dazhu leading a group of people holding knives to defend. Here, no one can turn over any waves.

Where is there any political struggle? In the final analysis, it is still about the fist.

The fist is not hard enough, and it is directly pressed to death. What kind of struggle is there?

Wang Yan didn't get the hearts of the people in Chun'an, and didn't get the protection of armed forces. Zheng Bichang, He Maocai, and others really dared to send troops directly to catch him. After all, the best way to solve the problem is to solve the person who raised the problem.

Even if the capital is furious, so what? Zhejiang is united, everyone fools around, and the people who come to investigate are bribed, and some light merits are sent out, and the matter is solved perfectly.

Leaving the county office, Wang Yan took Qi Dazhu and others to the west of the county town. The brick kilns and cement kilns here have been set up, and they have started to burn fire to test the firepower.

The speed of construction is still very fast. After all, there is nothing else, just a lot of labor, and there is no shortage of manpower at all. With craftsmen guiding and working together, whether it is successful or not, the speed is definitely no problem.

Not only did kilns start here, but a layer of soil was dug up in a piece of land suitable for burning bricks a few miles away from the brick kiln, and it was piled up like a mountain outside the brick kiln.

Wang Yan asked craftsmen to make various formulas, how to mix various soils to burn cheap and usable bricks.

On the other hand, Wang Yan also hoped for an accident to produce more high-end and easier-to-fool glass...

Various yamen people here are investigating the corruption of the Xin'an River and the case of stealing and selling official food in Chun'an County, and the capital also received news related to the case...

In the 18th year of Jiajing, the Emperor moved to the West Garden, where he handled government affairs and also practiced Taoism.

Wanshou Palace is where Jiajing lives as an immortal.

Early this morning, Lu Fang, the eunuch in charge of the Ceremonial Supervision, who should have handled official business, came over to serve the Emperor to get up, wash, and eat.

Jiajing, who slept well for a night, sat at the table, eating a bowl of porridge. Lu Fang's eyes were sharp and he saw Jiajing pick up an extra chopstick of cucumber, so he moved it closer to make it easier to pick up.

"Master, this is the first batch of cucumbers from the Siyuan Bureau this year. They are the most tender with flowers and thorns, and they are made into this small dish today. It is the most nutritious and cooling. Master, eat more. The slave hasn't seen Master eat so much for a long time."

Jiajing picked up another chopstick of cucumber, looking very dissatisfied: "You old dog, I am practicing Taoism, is it a good thing to eat? Not eating or drinking is a good thing."

However, Lu Fang didn't panic, with a smile on his face, and steadily served the Emperor: "Master, you have already achieved success in Taoism. But even so, you should taste the best flavors in the world. Even if you drink dew, you should also have the flavors of the world."

Jiajing laughed, drank two spoons of porridge, and said: "Speak, you don't go to approve red, what is the matter with coming to me."

"Can't escape Master's eyes, the slave really has a thing here, which makes people cry and laugh, and makes it difficult to handle."

"Oh? Tell me, I want to hear how it makes people cry and laugh, and how it is difficult to handle."

Lu Fang took out the report letter Wang Yan cast to the Embroidered Uniform Guard from his sleeve, dismantled it and placed it beside Jiajing, but directly explained the process of the matter in detail.

"Master, this Wang Yan, the Embroidered Uniform Guard has already asked about it. He was originally from Liaodong. He didn't take the imperial examination and went through the selection, sold his family property and spent silver, and went to Chun'an to be an official. On the second day of his arrival, the Xin'an River breached... It is said that he eats and drinks big fish and meat, without any avoidance, and in order to raise money and food, he found the mistakes of local big families and lifted such a thing.

The money and food he wants are all written on the paper, saying that these people caused the disaster in Chun'an today. Confiscating the home and exterminating the family to supplement the Chun'an common people who suffered from the disaster is a matter of heaven and earth."

"It looks like he is someone who can't wait and wants to be an official to earn money, but when he arrived at the place, he became the master for the common people?" Jiajing laughed, picked up the letter paper on the table, and looked at it with squinted eyes, "Is this Wang Yan's handwriting?"

"Yes, Master, Wang Yan's handwriting, County Assistant Tian Youlu was forced by him to use the seal and sign the name."

Jiajing nodded repeatedly: "This child has a good handwriting. It has the monument image of Wei and Jin, the atmosphere of Tang, and the elegance of Song. Yan Zhenqing, Chu Suiliang, Zhao Mengfu, Mi Fu... This child is young, and his calligraphy has already been integrated and formed."

"The slave will let him write a Tao Te Ching to help Master's Taoism practice and pray for blessings."

"I am the monarch of a country, asking for words from a small Registrar, what kind of system is this?"

"Hey, look at this mouth of the slave, it is to let this small Registrar feel Master's benevolence and write words voluntarily."

Jiajing squinted comfortably, put down the letter in his hand, and picked up the porridge again.

"Continue."

Lu Fang knew that it was about Wang Yan wanting to be an official to earn money, but suddenly became the master for the common people, explaining the reason.

"Yes, Master. It is said that this person speaks very directly to the people in the yamen and the common people, saying that he also wants to earn money, but this money cannot be touched. If the common people have no fields this year, how will they live next year? When the officials force the people to rebel, coupled with the Japanese pirates in the southeast, the harm is great, he will not do it.

Also said that he wants to build houses for the common people, let the common people spend money to buy wood to make pillars, and the rest will be paid by the government. Before coming, he was leading the disaster victims to build kilns to burn bricks, saying that it is to investigate things and reach knowledge, exhaust the principles of heaven and earth, and study carefully to burn cheap and durable bricks for the common people to build houses."

"Strange skills and tricks, what investigate things and reach knowledge? If Wang Yangming's disciples hear this, they are afraid they will peel his skin. Do the common people believe it?"

"Believe, he knows medicine, and the plague in Chun'an was suppressed by him. Every day when he patrols, he also treats patients when he meets them. This person keeps his word, from the beginning of disaster relief..."

Lu Fang said very detailedly. Obviously, although the Ming Dynasty's discipline is corrupt and is moving towards decline, the information ability of the factory guards is still quite strong...

"He is someone who invites people's hearts." Jiajing shook his head with a smile, and then said, "It is the same idea as Hu Zongxian. It seems that this small Registrar is a person who understands the facts and the overall situation. How does he say about changing rice to mulberry?"

"He didn't oppose it, he disliked the food given by those silk merchants for buying fields, saying that this is an act of exhausting the pond to fish."

"That is opposition!"

Jiajing snorted, "This matter will make trouble for a while. It won't be quiet these days. Let them make trouble, let them see what they want to make trouble. In addition, send the Embroidered Uniform Guard to Chun'an. There are many things there, and I also want to see how this small Registrar builds new houses for all the common people in the county! Just send Zhu Qi, he is a capable one."

"Yes, Master!"

Lu Fang responded with a smile, serving Jiajing for decades, he knew that Master was happy because of the fresh things at this time...

As for the overall situation in the southeast and changing rice to mulberry, that is not something a small Registrar can influence or control.

Hu Zongxian said well to Hai Rui, you are a small seventh-rank, who can you resist? In Zhejiang, you can do things to shake the imperial court because there are people behind you who want to shake the imperial court. You can't push down the one the Emperor wants to use, and you can't protect the one the Emperor doesn't use.

Not to mention that Wang Yan is only a small ninth-rank Registrar. Being able to toss about by himself, his name appearing here in Jiajing, and making Jiajing interested, is already a great ability...

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