I am the king of the dead

"Because Jin Shangshu is the only one who looks up to His Majesty, and he is the one who contributes."

"I have never heard of someone being so sad about the family of Young Master Yang Shiqi, and the Yang family in Ji'an Mansion is one of the most wealthy and powerful families in Ji'an Mansion."

"And Jin Shangshu's father is a common man, and Jin Shangshu's son is a bit straightforward and honest, just an ordinary person."

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the rattan chair, and said with a gloomy expression: "This matter is not easy to investigate, let Dudu Lu cooperate with you to find out the person behind this."

"I obey the order." Xing'an took the order again and left.

In Daming, in Shuntian Mansion, and in the capital, Xing'an and Lu Zhong had to figure out what the emperor wanted to know, even if they dug three feet into the ground.

Before evening, Lu Zhong returned to Juxian Pavilion.

"It's the head of the household department, Zhang Feng, the left servant." Lu Zhong checked all the documentary evidence, physical evidence, and personal evidence. If His Majesty wants to do it, there will be a second and third addition. If His Majesty doesn't do it , the matter stopped here.

Zhu Qiyu finished reading these documentary and physical evidence, and said sharply: "You bastard!"

"When Jin Shangshu was about to leave, he still refused to let his fellow servant, Shen Yi, be the head of the household department. It was just because Shen Yi had been orthodox for 12 years and wanted to ask for money. Zhang Feng didn't know how to be grateful."

"What does he want! What does he want!"

Lu Zhong bowed his head and said: "Jin Shangshu has a violent temper, and Zhang Feng has limited ability. He is often reprimanded by Jin Shangshu. Jin Shangshu often laments that there is no one in the household department. He once asked Xu Youzhen to go to the household department, so Zhang Feng holds a grudge."

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said: "I really don't think much of this Zhang Feng's ability. After two years of reckoning, he still hasn't figured out the account of Zhengfu owed by various places. It's up to Jin Shangshu to do it himself." If it wasn't for Jin Shangshu's protection, how could he seek the position of Shangshu today?"

"Okay, I haven't appointed him as Minister of the Household Department yet, so I'm playing with the prestige of Duke Ming?"

"Did Jiang Yuan, the left servant of the Ministry of War, get involved in this matter? He was demoted because of Jin Lian's last words, and he never harbored any grudges?"

Lu Zhong hurriedly said: "No, I have checked it. Jiang Shilang has been dizzy recently. The Minister of the Household Department, Jin Lian, has passed away. The Household Department is in a mess. The matter of inspecting the granary has all fallen on Jiang Shilang's head." .”

Chapter 554 You are clean, I am quiet

Jiang Yuan does not resent Jin Lian, on the contrary, he is very grateful to Jin Lian.

The mistake he made because of his addiction to officials, was told by Jin Lian when he was dying, which can be regarded as bringing this matter out in advance.

After Yu Qian learned about it, he immediately found His Majesty and asked His Majesty to punish him severely. Jiang Yuan paid for his past mistakes, put down his burden, and finally moved forward lightly.

Jiang Yuan believes that with his own ability, he can take the position again.

Isn't he just a minister of the Ministry of war?It's not that I haven't sat down.

Jiang Yuan may or may not have known about Zhang Feng's fierce pursuit of Jin Lian's family this time, but under repeated investigations by Lu Zhong, Jiang Yuan did not participate in this matter.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the soft rattan chair and forced himself to calm down.

On the contrary, the more I think about it, the more angry I get, how can I not be angry?

"That Shen Yi, tell him to come to see me right away, I still don't believe it, without him, Butcher Zhang, would it be possible for me to eat pigs with hair?"

"If Shen Yi can't do it, I will take over the job of the household department myself, and save myself arguing with the household department!" Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said angrily.

"There is also this Zhang Feng. Immediately order Wenyuan Pavilion to write the edict, and immediately remove him from prison! The three divisions will conduct a joint trial. Today's affairs are over today. I don't want to see Zhang Feng's face in the court tomorrow!"

The left servant of the sixth department, Zhu Qiyu, was dismissed as soon as he said he was dismissed, without asking anyone's opinion. This is not in line with the way he has been in power, but he still wants to act arbitrarily.

革！

Immediately, immediately, I can't wait a day!

As soon as Zhu Qiyu's order to dismiss came out, the well-informed officials in the capital knew clearly that His Majesty was really angry.

His Majesty has always been cautious about the appointment and dismissal of the principals of the six ministries, such as the dispute between Jiang Yuan and Chen Ruyan, and the dispute between Wang Ao, Wang Zhi's successor, and Xiang Wenyuan.

This time he acted so arbitrarily and arbitrarily, someone immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Wang Zhi didn't know what happened, he took Wang Ao to Juxian Pavilion in a hurry, saw that the light of Juxian Pavilion was still on, he hurriedly reported.

The appointment and dismissal of officials in the capital is entirely up to His Majesty's will. This is the scope of rights that Emperor Taizong Wen often personally confiscated and painted. Wang Zhi is not against this matter, but wants to ask why.

If someone else asked him, as a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, but he didn't know why the sixth-rank Zuo Shilang was dismissed, would he still be a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials?

As soon as Wang Zhi entered the imperial study, he felt the cold wind blowing. The imperial study in Juxian Pavilion was no different from the past. The only reason was that His Majesty, who was sitting on the soft wicker chair, had a frosty face.

Yu Qian had arrived early, and he also sat on the stool without saying a word, his face livid.

Yu Qian was a good old man in Daming, and whoever impeached Yu Qian had never suffered any retaliation or harsh criticism.

Being able to make Yu Qian, a good old man, look so ugly, it can be seen that Master Yu is really angry.

"I see Your Majesty. Is Your Majesty safe? Your Majesty wants to dismiss Zhang Feng. I shouldn't ask too many questions, but this is a big matter, so I'm still here." Wang Zhi greeted first.

Wang Ao hurriedly saluted: "The minister sees Your Majesty, Your Majesty bows to me."

"Pingshen, I'm about to be pissed off, Xing'an, give me a seat." Zhu Qiyu didn't mean to offend Wang Zhi, but sat up straight and told the whole story.

Zhu Qiyu gave Wang Zhi a look at the physical witnesses investigated by Jin Yiwei and said, "Uncle Mu Yang's bones are not cold yet, but Zhang Feng has revealed his true colors."

"I know that Uncle Mu Yang is strict and very angry when he treats his subordinates, but Uncle Mu Yang fully guarantees that Zhang Feng will be the head of the household department. Zhang Feng is so kind and repays revenge, I really despise him."

"Without talent or virtue, how can he occupy the position of Duke Ming of the Six Departments? I can't tolerate him!"

"Yu Shaobao also heard the news just now and came to Juxian Pavilion. After learning about this, he has not spoken much."

Yu Qian nodded to Wang Zhi, then said coldly: "This son is not a minister."

Yu Qian prepared a basket of words, such as the words of the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs that the matter is important, to persuade His Majesty not to go his own way, but Yu Qian didn't say a word, but was persuaded by His Majesty instead.

Wang Zhi stared dumbfounded at the documentary and physical evidence in his hands. Lu Zhong was an extremely sharp knife in His Majesty's hands, and he was a man who had completely defected to His Majesty since His Majesty was King Tan.

Since August 14, 22th orthodox year, when His Majesty supervised the country for the first time, Lu Zhong has never handled unjust, false or wrong cases. Every case has been tried by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Moreover, Lu Zhong seldom used torture. Except for that time in the Prince Ji's Mansion, which was expedient, Lu Zhong had used torture, and the torture equipment of Beizhen Governor was almost rusted.

And it was the first time that Yu Qian could scold others.

"The minister is also disdainful!"

"The minister can't tolerate him!"

"What does he want to do, he!" Wang Zhi shouted angrily with the veins on his forehead twitching, his face flushed.

Wang Zhi seemed even more angry than His Majesty.

Wang Zhi was also getting older, so he chose Wang Ao in the matter of looking for the successor of the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Officials.

Thinking about it in another way, if he chose Wang Ao to treat his family like this after he left, Wang Zhi would crawl out of the soil in anger.

Wang Zhi felt the same way.

Wang Zhi said unsatisfactorily, "Let's leave it at that, it's too cheap for him, you should check it out, check it out carefully, check if there is anything wrong with him."

Wang Ao's face was full of confusion, he really couldn't imagine why Zhang Feng was so stupid, he was about to get the position he was looking for, did he want to give it up to Shen Yi?

Wang Ao asked suspiciously: "Could it be that Zhang Feng didn't know that Jin Shangshu was protecting him? Did Zhang Feng think that Jin Shangshu would protect Shen Yi because of his friendship with his fellow countrymen, and that's why he acted like this?"

Wang Ao raised a possibility that the heart of a villain measures the belly of a gentleman.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Uncle Mu Yang has indeed only talked with me about this matter alone, and my imperial decree has been drawn up, Xing'an."

Xing'an took the mounted yellow silk imperial decree and placed it on the table.

The imperial edicts mounted on yellow silk are extremely important.

Your Majesty, who is frugal, only uses paper for small things, and yellow silk is not given.

Apparently, His Majesty thought that the appointment of Minister of the Household Department was a major event, so he used yellow silk.

However, this drafted imperial decree can no longer be issued.

"I'll burn this imperial decree in a while, if I don't see it, I won't worry about it, I'll treat him and Uncle Mu Yang as blind and fall in love with him!" Zhu Qiyu pointed at the imperial decree, looking at it and getting angry.

Lin Xiu, the internal eunuch, had a painful expression on his face. It would take fifty silver coins to buy this zhang-long yellow silk.

"Your Majesty, Shen Yi has arrived." A small yellow door hurried in and said in a low voice.

"Xuan."

Shen Yi was in his 40s, tall and thin, his cheeks were sunken, his cheekbones were extremely high, he was not well-shaped, and there was no gap between his two hands.

He bowed his head and said: "I see your majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty."

Shen Yi was rarely able to enter the imperial study, but he often came to Juxian Pavilion, and he would attend when His Majesty held salt and iron meetings, but it was the first time he could enter the imperial study.

There are a lot of books in this room, the lights are bright, there are pendulum clocks and water clocks, and there are piles of memorabilia and thick memos on the table.

"Excuse me." Zhu Qiyu adjusted his mood and asked curiously, "Are you related to Uncle Mu Yang?"

"Yes." Shen Yi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the aunt of the minister is the third grandfather of Jin Shangshu, and they are all relatives from three miles and five villages, so it's normal."

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said for a long time, "This can be regarded as the fifth service."

"Yes." Shen Yi said hastily.

Some people are well-informed, and some people are not so well-informed.

Shen Yi's news is not well-informed, what Wang Zhi knew, Shen Yi didn't know, he didn't even know the news that Zhang Feng was about to be dismissed, when he saw Wang Zhi, he thought His Majesty was going to do ideological work with him.

Shen Yi and Jin Lian have been partners for six years, so they know Jin Lian very well.

The main reason why Jin Lian looked down on Shen Yi was that Shen Yi was greedy and loves money, and secondly, there was his relatives from the same township and from Wufu.

It is impossible for Jin Lian to recommend him to be the head of the household department.

Therefore, it was almost certain that Zhang Feng would be the head of the household department, and Jin Lian had already talked to Shen Yi about it.

Shen Yi had long been mentally prepared.

"Jin Shangshu passed away, and the affairs of the household department are a mess, but fortunately, it has been sorted out, and it will not affect His Majesty's use of force against the Tatars."

"Fifty-five thousand Wugang chariots, 50 catties of new-style gunpowder, 40 arrow clusters, and more than 17 long and short soldiers, all entered the arsenal, and the minister just delivered it to the Ministry of War." Shen Yi took out a ledger and handed it to the Xing'an.

This was an errand he was doing before he came to Juxian Pavilion, and he dared to go to Juxian Pavilion to meet him after finishing it.

He is telling His Majesty with the facts that he will not slack off because of the appointment and dismissal of the Minister of the Household Department.

The matter of Xiang Wenyuan is right in front of him, and he, Shen Yi, will not be as confused as Xiang Wenyuan.The servant of the third rank is also a high official of Guangyao's lintel.

Zhu Qiyu took the ledger, read it carefully, checked it carefully, and put down the ledger.

Preparing to go to war with the Tatars is naturally due to the emperor Zhu Qiyu's lenient nature. This preparation is the preparation of the capital's arsenal, not the armament of the army that has already deployed.

The armaments of the army had already been prepared when Marquis Shi Heng of Wuqing set out.

This is why Zhu Qiyu looked down on Zhang Feng.

Marquis Shi Heng of Wuqing set off and asked Zhang Feng to be in charge of the military equipment. He waited and waited, but he couldn't see the food and grass, let alone the military equipment.

For this reason, Jiang Yuan went to Jin Lian's house, but seeing Jin Lian was seriously ill, he could only sigh for his unspoken purpose. After all, Jin Lian was in the officialdom and guessed Jiang Yuan's purpose. Gave it to Shen Yi.

Shen Yi handled these matters properly.

Shen Yi's ability is very strong, but Shen Yi just likes money, he will not let go of a copper coin with his hands.

"Shen Shilang, I heard that your nickname is Siliang, is there such a thing?" Zhu Qiyu said with some embarrassment.

Shen Yi said helplessly: "Yes."

"When I was young, I had a strange illness and couldn't open my eyes. Later, a doctor who was traveling in the rivers and lakes held silver coins in front of my eyes, and I opened my eyes. My parents gave me a nickname, Siliang."

"Because at that time, that silver weighed four taels."

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said: "I know, the Ministry of Households is in charge of the state treasury. If you are short of money, you can borrow it from the internal treasury. I can give you whatever you want, but don't touch the state treasury money."

"Or I can't keep you."

"I understand, I don't dare, it was not easy to live in the capital before, now I live in an official residence, food and clothing are all spent by the imperial court, I have nowhere to spend money." Shen Yi said hastily.

Jin Lian's affair with Jiang Yuan has been lifted. Jin Lian will definitely say the mistake that Shen Yi almost made back then.

His Majesty is clearly aware of his greed for money.

There is no hope for the position of Minister of the Household Department in this life.

Of course, no matter how much he likes money, he dare not touch the money of the state, mainly because his head is more valuable than silver.

Daming has recently fixed his salary, and His Majesty has also built an official residence. This official residence has many disadvantages, but it is not without advantages.

For example, the daily expenses of firewood, rice, oil and salt, especially the expenses of servants, have all been saved.

The money of the Beijing officials is naturally not enough compared to the wealthy businessmen and powerful tycoons, but it is definitely enough.

"Well, do your job well." Zhu Qiyu stood up, walked in front of Shen Yi and said, "Uncle Mu Yang has passed away, and the household department has a lot of work, so work harder."

"I'll save it." Shen Yi bowed his head and said, "I'll take my leave."