ps. Okay, okay, I'll give Zhao Hao back to you, but I'm not allowed to play that stalk anymore in the future~~~

Zhao Liben ate three bowls of porridge in a row, and finally sat on the threshold with his belly in his hand satisfied, and he was no longer angry at his eldest son.

Zhao Shouzheng raised his courage and asked in a tentative whisper: "Dad, they said that you were evil to Gao Gong, are you also deceiving us?" ”

"That's not true, the old man did offend the surname Gao miserably." Zhao Liben smiled, and said with loneliness in his tone: "Who would have thought that with his stinky shit-like temper, he could climb to the position of the second assistant of the cabinet!" ”

When Zhao Hao heard this, he was frightened...... Gao Gong is an almost invincible figure in the Longqing Dynasty! It's only February of the first year of Longqing, where is the old man's future?

"But this time, it's not about the surname Gao at all. It's just an excuse for them to scapegoat! But I heard Zhao Liben spit out fiercely: "Otherwise, why did they obediently scrape together the money and release me as soon as you gritted your teeth and didn't pay the money?" ”

"Ah, they put together that fifty thousand?" Zhao Shouye was stunned when he heard this.

"Of course! They are unlucky together without bleeding! Zhao Liben sighed and said: "In the past, most of the Beijing Chacha went through the motions, but this time Nanjing originally wanted to follow the example. Unexpectedly, the situation on the Jingshi side changed abruptly and the intensity was unprecedented, and more than 100 officials above the seventh rank had already been deposed in one new month......"

Zhao Hao is a professional in Ming history, so he can naturally understand Zhao Liben's words.

The so-called Jingcha is the assessment of Beijing officials conducted by the imperial court once every six years. The deposed officials in the Beijing Cha will never be used, so that every Beijing official is like a ghost gate. But because of this, the bigwigs who preside over Jingcha generally don't be ruthless. This is especially true here in Nanjing, after all, everyone is sitting on the cold bench, why bother with each other?

According to the usual practice, there are two sets of teams in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, and the Beijing inspection of Nanjing officials is reviewed by the Nanjing Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and only the results are finally reported to the Beijing Division to accept the relics. This time it was the same at first, but who would have thought that there would be a bloody storm in Beijing, and where would Nanjing dare to be perfunctory?

"As for the bad accounts of the South Household Department, how can it stand up to scrutiny? After a serious investigation over the years, I found a deficit of 100,000 taels in three or two clicks. This is not a small amount, if it is really stabbed to Beijing, not only will the Nanhu Department be unlucky, but the Nandu Procuratorate will also follow suit! Zhao Liben smiled self-deprecatingly, and finally said:

"The hole must be filled, and someone has to carry the black pot to let most people pass safely. At this time, I don't know which bastard poked out the grievances between the old man and Gao Gong. Those people decided that I was going to be unlucky, so they thought of such a bad trick to trap the old man in the south courtyard to deceive you two fools! ”

Zhao Shouzheng hurriedly defended himself: "Dad, I don't know anything......

"Shut up!" Zhao Liben glared at him, but he didn't have the strength to get angry, and sighed: "People are intended, how much can be cheated." Alas, it's also our father-son ...... to blame."

When Zhao Hao heard this, he glanced at his uncle, and said in his heart, he mainly thought that you could be reinstated......

Sure enough, seeing that the uncle was about to faint in distress, he muttered: "That's 20,000 taels, where can I earn it......

When Zhao Shouzheng heard this, he came to his heart, patted his eldest brother on the shoulder and said, "You just steal the fun." If it weren't for my son's wise persuasion, we would still be burdened with a huge debt of 50,000 taels......"

"You're a happy fart!" Zhao Shouye was slapped painfully and blocked his brother's hand.

"Oh? Good grandson, you don't know a few big words, but you have such knowledge? When Zhao Liben heard this, he looked at Zhao Hao in surprise. I didn't expect this unsuccessful grandson to be able to see through the truth.

"Oh, people have to grow up......" Zhao Haoxin said!

These days, he has been typing out the draft, preparing a full set of rhetoric, so as to fool people when they are suspicious.

As a result, the father and uncle, the two living brothers, didn't notice anything abnormal at all. But Zhao Liben is worthy of being an old man, and he obviously can't get through it easily.

Zhao Hao raised his heart to his throat and prepared to deal with Zhao Liben's interrogation.

"Alas, this is also a little lucky in my old Zhao family's misfortune." Who knew that Zhao Liben didn't care about this, but said with relief: "In the future, our family, I'm afraid it will depend on you kid." ”

Seeing that he passed the test so easily, Zhao Hao was glad that he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss with one punch.

Zhao Xian, who had been silent, suddenly said when he heard the words: "Grandpa, you mean...... You didn't have an official reinstatement? ”

"The official is reinstated, it's a fart! This time out of such a big basket, Lao Tzu can mix up the job for the people, without affecting the children and grandchildren, and he has already burned high incense. Seeing that the eldest grandson didn't open the pot and mentioned the pot, Zhao Liben was angry again. It took a while to calm down and ask the children and grandchildren beside him:

"The old man must leave Beijing within three days, do you think about it, should you leave or stay?"

The two brothers glanced at each other, and the eldest brother spoke first: "Father, the court has not dismissed my official, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to my hometown with you." ”

"It's a bad official to take it seriously, if you don't leave, you won't leave!" Zhao Liben pursed his lips, thinking that he had become a flat-headed commoner, he couldn't help but feel sour.

Zhao Shouzheng was a little undecided, looked at his son, and saw that Zhao Hao didn't speak, so he whispered: "It's not bad for one night, and when I turn back, Zhao Hao and I will total." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Liben nodded, but did not hit him.

~~

When the five members of the old Zhao family finished speaking, the drum outside had already beaten twice.

"It's better to go to bed early, or beware of waking up hungry in the middle of the night." Zhao Shouye reminded with experience.

"The old man is sleeping here?" Zhao Liben stood up, pointed to the room where the fire was not extinguished, and said, "It's warm here." ”

"Uh, okay......" The corners of Zhao Shouye's mouth twitched, this was where his father and son slept.

"I'm going to get my father a quilt." Zhao Shouzheng took his bed to his father from the hut not far away, helped him settle down, and then went back to the house to sleep.

~~

At night, Zhao Hao's father and son wrapped themselves in a quilt and lay on the broken wooden bed left by the servants.

The two tossed and turned, pressing the bed board creak, and it became more and more difficult to sleep.

Zhao Shouzheng stayed until the third watch, listening to the snoring next door like thunder, then sat up and whispered to Zhao Hao, who was wide-eyed:

"Son, I haven't eaten enough, have you?"

"Hmm." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly and nodded, there was not much dinner, and he let the old man cook three bowls, of course he was not full.

"Hey, what is this?"

Seeing Zhao Shouzheng playing a trick, he took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, gently unfolded the oiled paper, and a yellow and clear roast duck leg appeared in front of Zhao Hao.

"Where did it come from?" Zhao Hao was taken aback.

"Shhhh Let's eat it......" Zhao Shouzheng hurriedly made a silent gesture and whispered: "I went out to buy it secretly after noon." Eat it, don't let your uncle smell it, he has a pointed nose ......"

"Let's eat together." Zhao Hao swallowed hard, drinking green vegetable porridge every day in the past few days, his eyes were green.

"You're growing up, I've eaten and wasted." Zhao Shouzheng also swallowed his saliva, but without hesitation, he stuffed the duck leg into his son's hand.

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