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Chapter 95 The Meat Eater

Hearing the news brought by Shen Cong, Cheng Jinzhou was startled immediately, and said without hesitation: "Didn't you say that the investigation of Shaonan was led by Dali Temple?"

"The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment specifically proposed it in the meeting of Menxia Province." Shen Cong got off his horse, and simply sat on Cheng Jinzhou's driveway: "Did you offend someone recently? A minister like this is more than a success than a failure."

The assistant minister of the Great Xia Dynasty was equivalent to the title of deputy minister, and it was also the title of a fifth-level civil servant, but the proliferation of deputy posts was not unique to any era. In comparison, the authority is not as good as that of Dali Temple Minister.But no matter how high or low a person's position is, they are the ones who can give advice to the Menxia Province. Cheng Yun'an's official title is even smaller in the eyes of the Menxia Province. Therefore, the investigation that could have been decided by Dali Temple has become a multi-party negotiation. .

In this way, there are naturally variables again.

Cheng Jinzhou scratched his head, and smiled wryly while thinking: "I have offended quite a few people recently, the son of the prince of Dongshan, the grandson of the king of Nanling County, and your two brothers. Not counting..."

Shen Cong shook his head and laughed and said, "If Warlock Jiang Huang wants to come forward, it's not the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who will speak. Speaking of Nanling County King, is it the one who joined the cabinet many years ago?"

Cheng Jinzhou shook his head blankly. He didn't know about the political circles in the capital many years ago. He opened the curtain to see the sky, and simply ordered: "Shi Yan, turn to the Tang Mansion."

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Tang Wanxian also probably guessed that Cheng Jinzhou would come to find him, so he didn't make him wait for a long time. When he sat in the room, there were still two servings of fruit and two servings of snacks on the small table on the floor.

If there is tea but no food, the tea is just for decoration, if there are snacks for tea, it means the tea is drinkable. The two kinds of treatment naturally show the closeness.

Tang Wanxian was wearing a traditional toga, sitting cross-legged on the wooden floor, drinking tea by himself, and said bluntly: "This time it is Zhao Ao who is pushing hard, and I didn't expect him to speak on this kind of issue. , but since I have entered the agenda of the province, I have to come according to the regulations. I met several groups of people just now, so I will drink some tea first, sorry."

The last sentence is an explanation.

Cheng Jinzhou knelt in front of him, nodded solemnly, and asked, "Can you return to the leadership of Dali Temple?"

Having already collected enough money, Tang Wanxian said seriously: "The deliberation by the Menxia Province is not a big deal, but there are many variables. Those who are qualified to discuss this matter include the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Officials, as well as those from the Menxia Province. Several prime ministers, but the latter usually don't express their opinions on this kind of matter, so you don't have to think about it."

In essence, if one of the ministers speaks, the opinion of the Minister of Dali is not important.But none of the gentlemen who have reached this position can be moved by Cheng Jinzhou or Zhao Quanxiang.

"Then what should I do now?" Cheng Jinzhou asked simply. The purpose of paying the money was to allow both parties to stand on the same boat and steer the same rudder.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment should not express his opinion. Zhao Ao is the representative of the Ministry of Punishment. After all, he is in charge. Dali Temple has me, and the rest depends on the opinions of the Ministry of Officials." Cheng Yun'an's official position was too small, and it was not his turn to be dealt with by the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. If a servant came forward, other people would naturally ignore him. As for whether there was anything tricky in it, who cares.

"My second uncle is the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I wonder if he can help?" At this time, Cheng Jinzhou will not be obsessed with the other party's power. There are many snobbish people in the world. After all, his second uncle and he have a theoretical blood relationship. The relationship is still much closer than that between strangers.

Tang Wanxian shook his head and said: "The principal cannot enter the door to discuss matters, after all, there is a layer of separation. You must first confirm who is the leading servant, and then break through in one fell swoop."

He made a movement similar to snapping his fingers, and Cheng Jinzhou understood that the so-called breakthrough must be broken with money.

In terms of contribution points, plus what he got today, he already has 82. There is no shortage of money, but it shouldn't be used like this.After pondering for a moment, Cheng Jinzhou said truthfully: "Mr. Tang, my contribution points have increased very quickly recently. In fact, may I reach a two-star warlock at any time?"

"Oh?" Tang Wanxian nodded slightly, but said nothing.Star warlocks are more theoretical, so they will not be able to prove their value until the later stage. Generally speaking, court officials pay more attention to level star warlocks who focus on actual combat, but if there is a three-star warlock level, they dare not take it lightly.

A star warlock, perhaps more like a national academician, in a place like Shaonan, even if there is one, it is eye-catching and has infinite mana, but when it comes to the capital, the well-informed bigwigs will be picky : Academicians from Mauritius don’t count, academicians from Belarus don’t count, academicians from Shishan Republic don’t count—if they have any.

A two-star warlock can be regarded as a first-class academician in Belarus. There is a gap of 900 contribution points between it and a three-star warlock, so it is difficult to bring direct influence.Cheng Jinzhou also understood this, looked at Tang Wanxian and said, "My initial contribution has reached more than 130, which is higher than many second-level star warlocks, but my father can't wait, so I hope to invite Mr. Tang to find the best of both worlds." way."

After accepting Cheng Jinzhou's 50 contribution points, Tang Wanxian felt a little embarrassed. He put down the teacup in his hand and said, "If this is the case... do you know Zhao Ao?"

Cheng Jinzhou shook his head slightly

"Have you offended the Wang family of Nanling County recently?" Tang Wanxian tapped the table twice with his knuckles, and said, "The King of Nanling County is quite famous in Beijing."

Cheng Jinzhou didn't hide anything, and revealed all the meetings he had with Zhao Quanzheng, and said: "Although there are some grievances, it doesn't seem to be strong enough to ask a servant to come forward to make an enmity, so I don't Know where to ask."

High officials in the imperial court are all meat eaters. Just look at him borrowing the Dali Temple Minister in front of him, you can know that the expenditure of 3 taels of silver and the favor of 3 taels of silver are of the same value. The poor beg for food.Even if he is a little crazy, it doesn't mean that the elders of the Zhao family are also crazy.

Tang Wanxian glanced at him playfully and said, "It seems that the Zhao family has taken a fancy to the Liu family's granddaughter, which is interesting."

"Liu..." Cheng Jinzhou swallowed the last two words.

Tang Wanxian didn't know what he was thinking, and he explained a few more words: "The king of Nanling County claims that many sons are blessed. Last time I remembered, he had 8 sons and 6 daughters. Although there are only 3 sons. , but I am afraid that there are quite a few grandsons. Now that he intends to directly inherit the title to the third generation, competition is inevitable. Hehe, many sons are blessed..."

Your Excellency Dali Siqing obviously thought of himself, he is also a man of sixty years old this year.

Cheng Jinzhou finally understood that he was standing in the way of others inheriting the title, and Zhao Quanxiang had already regarded it as a real conflict of interests, rather than a moment of anger.He couldn't help but patted his forehead and said: "Even if my father is brought down, the Liu family can't categorically regret the marriage. It's too boring for them to do so."

"Things always have to be done step by step. I'm afraid this is the first step." Tang Wanxian pondered and said, "This matter may not be decided by Zhao Quanxiang. The elders in his family must have participated. For the Zhao family It is even more difficult to find a suitable marriage partner."

He was clearly saying that it was easier to bring down Cheng Yun'an than to find a married family. Even if Cheng Jinzhou was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do about it. As the fact was, sophistry was meaningless.Zhao Ao just said a few words at the meeting of the province under the door, and he could be burned out, but he was just doing his own business.At this time, he missed those magical star arrays very much. If he could become a first-level star warlock, he would have a greater influence.

Tang Wanxian laughed twice, served tea to see off the guests, and said, "Now you know which link has gone wrong. It seems that the way of the Ministry of Punishment is completely blocked. Let me ask the attitude of the Ministry of Officials first."

Cheng Jinzhou said his farewell obediently and left. After walking out the door, he just shook his head irritably.Daxia's lifeless officialdom can really suffocate people to death.

Shen Cong waited outside, rubbing his hands and asking, "How's the situation?"

"I'm afraid it depends on the Minister of the Ministry of Officials." Cheng Jinzhou
"Can't the Ministry of Punishment open up the joints again?"

"Zhao Quan should be the one responsible." Cheng Jinzhou got into the car as he spoke, lowered his head and said, "I asked Mr. Tang to help pay attention and see if he can finalize this matter."

Shen Cong knew more about the officialdom in the capital, shook his head and said, "Siqing is more respected than the minister, but the Ministry of Officials is the most authoritative of the six departments. If you do it empty-handed, you will inevitably be at risk."

"There are still three days left, don't worry." Cheng Jinzhou was thinking about the money from the Maritime Commercial Bank, and he didn't care about it at the time, but now he realizes that it is the only one that can be used.His contribution point increase has been decreasing day by day, and he dare not waste it recklessly until he finds new discussions and sources—for example, discussions that attract the attention of two fourth-level star warlocks at the same time are not encountered every day.

"Have you ever thought about looking for a relationship with your family?" Shen Cong naturally knew the whole story of the Cheng family, and knew that his second uncle was an official in the capital.

Cheng Jinzhou denied it: "It's better to do it by yourself."

In fact, he knew in his heart that given Cheng's father's uprightness, he would probably refuse to come to Beijing for the movement. If so, the Cheng family might focus on Shaonan and wait until the investigation team arrived, even though it might be possible at that time. Too late.

As the Cheng family of the Shaonan family, sometimes their vision is not wide enough, or the gentlemen with broad vision are not willing to show their openness. After all, every movement of this huge torso consumes a lot of energy.

Apart from Cheng Jinzhou himself, the gentlemen of the Cheng family may not care about Cheng Yunan losing the position of governor of Shaonan. After all, considering the nature of the whole matter, the Cheng family is not affected at all. Cheng Yunan can still make a comeback if he retreats for a while, but Just lost a few years of light and shadow.It is not worthwhile to spend [-], [-] or even more silver for this.

As for Cheng Jinzhou, money is easy for him, so of course he cares more about time. The so-called gold is hard to buy an inch of time. People who save more gold will have a deeper understanding of this. The legendary Forbes rankings and the like can probably It's called the time bidding leaderboard.

If Cheng's father can take two more steps in his official career, Cheng Jinzhou will have more room to dodge and move in the future.

Shen Cong could roughly guess Cheng Jinzhou's predicament, but the matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver could not be decided in an instant, so he could only comfort him and said: "If the Ministry of Officials has no objection, Dali Temple will still prevail."

Cheng Jinzhou spread his hands helplessly.

As expected, the contribution points obtained on the second day were even less, only a pitiful 3 points. Although for many star warlocks, this may be the result of two or three years, but it made Cheng Jinzhou very dissatisfied. If he could maintain the previous days these days, , with an increase of more than a dozen contribution points every day, he has more choices.As for now, taking out dozens of contribution points all at once is not only very hurtful, but also easy to be discovered.Bribery is always difficult to do openly.

It is impossible to write a new paper in a short period of time, and it is impossible to play a role. His article on the double-slit experiment has not received positive feedback.For a while, he was in a dilemma.

Enduring and waiting for another half a day, Cheng Jinzhou almost went to the Maritime Trading Company to make a transaction in person. He still has nearly 300 star dollars. A $100 handling fee will be charged.At this point, it belongs to the existence of Star Enterprise.

Fortunately, Shi Yan was not slow, and brought back the flying ticket of 3 taels of silver before noon.Cheng Jinzhou didn't care about the circulating funds for buying linen, etc., and took the money and ran to Tang Zhai. If Dali Temple Minister said something, 1 taels of silver should be enough for a servant of the Ministry of Officials.

It was in the afternoon, Tang Wanxian was naturally not in the house, Cheng Jinzhou panted and sat in the porter's room, only then did he feel drenched all over.He relaxed a lot, he simply unbuttoned his neckline, and then ordered Shi Yan to buy him two dry underwear.

There were more than one officials waiting outside the Tang residence, watching Cheng Jinzhou writhing there in dumbfounded, unbuttoning his gown and revealing his breasts.Classmate Xiao Cheng didn't care either. For the past few days, not only did he feel that the weather was stuffy, the air was stuffy, but most importantly, his mood was stuffy. He was the one who decided to take the route of the astromancer, so why would he care about the thoughts of a few petty officials? .

The head of the Tang family felt it was his duty to keep the Tang family's face solemn, and wanted to step forward to stop him. He just shouted, but saw Meng Da standing in front of him like a mountain, and then he realized: He is not a capable person. The child who was frightened casually is still a child of a nobleman.

So, Cheng Jinzhou took off his clothes easily, put on his clothes easily, and jumped up and down twice in front of Dali Siqing's house, and then let out a long breath, smiled and said to the officials next to him: "Excuse me, Hot day."

A group of people looked at the withered dead tree at the door of the house, speechless.

It wasn't until six or seven o'clock in the afternoon that Tang Wanxian's carriage rolled over, and the civil servants waiting to meet him lined up to welcome them.The rules of each minister are different, and the Tang family pays attention to the chronological order.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care about this. He just waited for Tang Wanxian to get off the carriage, got up with his hands in his hands, and whispered: "Master Tang."

The officials behind were full of complaints, but they couldn't really compete with a young man. Besides, they didn't know what Cheng Jinzhou's identity was, so they could only let him jump in the front of the line.

No, Tang Wanxian's visit to Cheng Jinzhou was inexplicable. He walked in the door a few steps, and when there was no one around, he said, "What is the visit today?"

Cheng Jinzhou was even more inexplicable and said: "What I said last time, we need to negotiate with a certain servant of the official department..."

"Zhou Shilang said that he has received your message." Tang Wanxian realized something, laughed and said, "It seems that you also have noble people to help you."

Cheng Jinzhou patted his forehead, wondering who would help him at this time.

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(End of this chapter)