Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

In the lobby of the Zhang Mansion to meet guests, there is a huge copper tripod in the center, filled with icebergs, exuding a hint of coolness.

Even so, beads of sweat continued to overflow from Zhang Yuming's shiny forehead.Sitting upright on the grand teacher's chair, he seemed to be ten years older in just a few months, and his gray hair seemed to have more gray hair.He kept wiping his sweat and checking the time from time to time.

"Master Zhang, how are you doing these days?" A figure came in, blocking the sunlight.Zhang Yuming looked up and saw Lin Ruhai, he hurriedly got up and pulled him to the chair beside him to sit down.

Coming here under the strong sun all the way, Lin Ruhai's robe was already soaked, and now that he entered this cool room, he felt so comfortable that he just wanted to sigh.

But Zhang Yuming didn't even care about the politeness. He waved his hands to let everyone in the room go down, closed the door, then came back and rubbed his hands at Lin Ruhai and said, "Brother Lin, I don't understand. The Yanzheng in Yangzhou is not yours." Is it a problem? Why do the Holy Majesty's decrees have to be related to me?"

Seeing the sweat on his forehead, Lin Ruhai panicked, and hurriedly acted like he was in a daze, and said: "My lord, it's not that the officials are disrespectful. We all know about this. Maybe the higher-ups got wind of it, so they put pressure on you." It's for us." Zhang Yuming panicked even more: "Then, what should we do? What if we are found out..."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly said: "My lord, in my opinion, if the higher authorities wanted to punish the crime, they would have moved a long time ago. Why bother to scare us with such edicts? There must be no evidence."

Zhang Yuming was slightly comforted, thought for a while and said: "Then what is the meaning of this? Is it just to scare me?"

Lin Ruhai said: "I'm afraid the emperor is short of money, and wants us to pass the ladder with a wink!" "Oh?" Zhang Yuming seemed to understand.

Sometimes it cannot be said that people have no brains. When life and interests are threatened, how many people can calmly analyze the problem?It's just being fascinated by power and money.

"In your opinion?" Zhang Yuming wiped off his sweat again and asked Lin Ruhai. "Let's relax a bit from now on and let them restrain themselves. In the past few years, we'll patch up the holes first, so that the emperor's pockets will be bulging. Once the emperor is happy, he will naturally expose this matter." Lin Ruhai bowed his head.After speaking, he slightly raised his head to see the expression on the chief minister's face.

Zhang Yuming was deep in thought.To be honest, he didn't want to take the risk of getting Lin Ruhai involved. After all, no one is as trustworthy as him, but it seems that there is only this way at the moment. Besides, the two of them are grasshoppers on the same rope now. He should... ...Didn't you have the guts to shout about it?Besides, he couldn't find any proof.

"What brother Lin said is true. Then you don't have to worry about it. The old man has his own arrangements. Anyway, I just want to keep you safe." He said haha, and hurriedly sent him away.

Lin Ruhai went back against the sun again.

When he returned to the mansion, he asked the servants: "Where is Miss?" The servants replied: "Miss is in the room and hasn't been out today." Lin Ruhai nodded, and turned to Yilanju where Daiyu was.

It was an independent yard. Lin Ruhai loves her daughter so much that she asked someone to dig a lake in the yard. A waterside pavilion was built on the lake and it was full of lotus flowers. It is a good place to escape the summer heat and enjoy the cool.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard gate, he saw Daiyu tap her toes on the lotus leaves, skimming across the lake like a fairy, with a graceful and agile figure, and when she landed in the pavilion, she already had several lotus flowers in her hands.Lin Ruhai walked in with a smile, Daiyu showed her kung fu just now when she saw her father coming, her face was feverish, on the one hand she felt embarrassed, on the other hand she was afraid that her father would teach her - after all, people think that women are Quiet is beautiful.

Lin Ruhai smiled and even praised her a few words, making Daiyu a little unbelievable.How did she know that Baoyu had already told Lin Ruhai in the letter?

Lin Ruhai first praised Daiyu for being amazing, then changed the subject and asked, "Daddy wants Yu'er to help with something, I wonder if Yu'er is willing?" Daiyu smiled inwardly, "Of course I will! I just don't know what it is?" Lin Ruhai smiled slightly.

After coming out from Daiyu's place, a servant came to him in a hurry and whispered something in his ear, Lin Ruhai didn't change his expression, he just said: "Don't worry, let someone keep an eye on you, Especially at night, you can't relax for a moment. Be careful not to be discovered." The man nodded and hurried away again.

More than ten days later, Baoyu received a letter from Daiyu.The letter said: Daddy wants me to go to the room of a man named Zhang Yuming to see what he is doing...

The heat of the night finally subsided a little, and the moon was covered by dark clouds, making it dark.Wearing black night clothes, Daiyu flew lightly across the quiet street and arrived in front of a magnificent mansion.She looked up, Zhang Mansion.Looking around, no one was there, so he jumped lightly and crossed the high wall.

She stood on the top of the wall and lowered her body. She tiptoed along the wall and walked through the main room in front. When she reached the second row, a room was still lit, which looked very abrupt in the dark night.Daiyu lifted her breath and jumped again, lightly landed on the roof of the house, and carefully lifted a tile.

Inside, a fat old man was leaning over the desk and writing something. After finishing writing, he folded it, put it in an envelope, and carried it in his arms, but he was not in a hurry to leave.He walked to the book case, and then buttoned the third line from top to bottom, and the third box from left to right——

Daiyu held her breath, observed carefully, and silently memorized his series of actions.

I saw that grid opened slowly, and there was a hidden compartment inside.He took out a few thick books from the dark compartment, read them over and over several times, then took a breath, put the things back in, and restored everything to its original state.Then he opened the door and went out.

Daiyu put the tiles away, slowly climbed to the eaves, watched the fat old man hurried into the shadows, handed the letter hidden in his arms to someone, and said: "Send it to the old place, everything careful."

Daiyu has deep internal energy, so she has sharp ears and eyes, so she can hear what he said clearly.The man nodded, hunched over and slipped against the wall.When the old man went back to the house and turned off the light, Daiyu floated out again.

"Daddy said he has to go a few more times in the future, I don't know what he is going to do..."

Baoyu frowned after reading it, and took up a pen to write back: "You must be careful when you go in the future, don't be found out, and don't show off. Uncle must have something important, so don't ask too much, and don't talk too much. Remember, remember. Everything is fine here, you take good care of yourself."

After finishing writing, ask Yinquan to come, "deliver this letter to Ms. Lin, and you will deliver all our letters in the future. I can't say it's hard for you, and I'll add money to you when I come back." Yinquan took it.

Baoyu thought to himself: "What's the matter? Could it be... so is it soon?" I was just worried that although Daiyu was smart, she was still young and inexperienced, so what if something went wrong.

In the palace, the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

"I can't tell, he's pretty good, has he made progress so quickly?"

"I think it's a bit slow. I let go after two decrees. But if this matter can be done well, I can also consider promoting him. By the way, what have Baoyu Ahuai and the others been doing recently? ?”

"What can you do, read books! That guy Baoyu is really cunning, he hid outside on Zhuangzi to be clean."

"Hehe, this is his free place, unlike me, who can't move a step and is stuck here all day long."

Shuihong smiled wryly and put down the notebook, and turned his wrist.Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Be patient, we will go to Qujiang Palace to live in next year, and we will be able to relax." "After all, it's too far away, so we can't go there every year, right? How much time? It's inconvenient." Shui Hong shook his head.

"Speaking of which, I've checked the account of the Ministry of Accounts these days, and it's really a bit tricky. There are also tax banks in various places. Since four or five years ago, there have been false reports, and the deficit is at least 1000 million taels." Shui Rong said, "I think we should do it." Shuihong frowned even tighter: "So many? Those people are really greedy! You can go to the booklet tomorrow and write down the specific situation. I'll see who I send to check it out. "Shui Rong agreed, sat for a while and resigned when he saw that there was nothing to do, and went back to the house to write notes.

After a few days, Shuihong sent imperial envoys to various places to check taxes, and also gave Shang Fang a sword to go down, which can be cut first and played later.

Although this corrupt official has always been the most difficult to manage, and the forces of various parties are intricate and intertwined, and the whole body can be affected by one hair, but Shuihong's methods are too tough, and Shui Rong holds the military power in his hand. Even if he wants to move, he has to consider whether his neck is strong enough.In addition, in the past few years, the people have been oppressed enough by those officials, and their anger has been accumulated for a long time, so it is the voice of applause among the people that a few officials were taken down and ransacked their homes.

People in some places even gathered in front of the county government office to watch the whole process of confiscating their homes and sending them to prison, kneeling there and shouting for the emperor's benevolence.The people's will is what they want, so things are going very smoothly, and a wave of anti-corruption has been set off across the country.

As for the vacant official vacancies, Shui Hong said that it was not a problem, and that for the time being, a group of old gentlemen from the Imperial Academy would be promoted for a while, and after the scientific examination next year, someone would be available.

The treasury had too much money to put down, Shui Hong no longer frowned, and was smiling all day long, Shui Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief.After such a toss, it has already entered winter.The red leaves of Xishan are red and falling, and the first snow is falling.

The new emperor has been in power for less than three years, not to mention anything else, but to say that the road of donating officials has been cut off, and there is such a way of anti-corruption and family raids, so that the people below clearly understand that the emperor can't rub the sand in his eyes. The wrist is tough and vigorous.

What's more, there is also the King of Beijing who controls an army and the household department. Yun Teng is also loyal to the emperor. No one dares to challenge the authority of the emperor when he controls the officials. Finally stabilized a lot.Shui Hong felt that he could finally sleep peacefully.

Baoyu is in the other courtyard, the news from outside was sent to him by someone, and Shui Rong often came to see him every half a month or [-] days, and after ten days, he would return to his residence for two or three days, it was really pleasant Incomparable.Moreover, Daiyu's letter also showed that the situation is very good. All in all, everyone has been in a good mood these past few months.

Chinese New Year is coming soon.The late emperor's three-year filial piety period has passed. Although Shuihong said that he will not officially leave his filial piety until the first month is over, this year can be lived more relaxedly. The official family may still have lingering fears from the battles of the previous few months. , but the folks were singing and dancing, letting go of the music: Shuihong decreed that all provinces involved in tax evasion and non-reporting should be exempted from tax for one year, because the people were squeezed out of breath.In this way, who does not praise the Holy Spirit?

Shuihong's good mood has continued, and as soon as the Yangzhou salt tax is reported at the end of the year, he knows that the time is ripe. After the New Year's banquet, he puts down a big thunder: after the new year, in June, he is going to open Enke to select officials to enter the court To be an official.

The author has something to say: Even though I have explained this paragraph, the plot is still not considered. After all, this is the first time I write about this kind of court battle, and I can't think of a particularly complicated one.