However, he said that after Chen Ju received Lin Yanchao's letter, he read it carefully, but saw that the letter was generally written about Lin Yanchao's idea of the dredging of the Jialu River this time, and how to carve a monument and build a temple to praise Chen Ju in the future.

To put it bluntly, it is the posture and strength of the sycophants.

The letter said these things, and then Lin Yanchao also gave Chen Yuan a copy of the Buddhist scriptures engraved during the Song Kaibao period as a parting gift.

Of course, the preciousness of this ancient book is better than the previous gift from Lin Yanchao.

Chen Ju looked at the letter, then looked at the ancient books, smiled and said, "Do you know Lin Sanyuan's intention to send this letter and the scriptures?" ”

Both left and right shook their heads and didn't know.

Chen Ju smiled and said: "Scholars, many things are not easy to say, and it is for the sake of face, so let you guess from the meaning between the words, our Lin Sanyuan is not a layman, but I didn't expect it to be like this." Okay, you tell the people of the Lin Mansion that our family knows what their master has explained. ”

At that moment, Chen Ju returned to Beijing by boat, and the first thing he did after returning to Beijing was to return to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven then met Chen Ju in the Wenhua Palace.

Wenhua Hall is the place where the banquet was held in the past, and the hometown of Lin Yanchao's tongue and Confucianism.

The left and right bronze cranes in the temple are incense and sparsely rise.

Chen Ju respectfully knelt down with His Royal Highness, and told him about this mission.

The Son of Heaven looked at the Wanmin umbrella sent by the people, and listened to Chen Ju's report on the other hand.

When Chen Ju reinstated, he did not take credit at all: "Your Majesty, the ministers have done this errand so smoothly, it is all supported by the people, and the reason why the people support it is that they thank Your Majesty for their longen in their hearts." ”

"This umbrella of all people is the gratitude of the people to the saints."

The Son of Heaven was very happy, and said with a smile: "You don't want to put gold on my face, this Wanmin umbrella is earned by you." I have never heard of officials receiving the umbrella of the people, but I have never heard of eunuchs receiving them, which is rare, rare. ”

Chen Ju kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty praises, and the ministers are terrified." ”

"Fear what? You have done a good job on this errand, Wang Xijue has already promised me, and after serving the Que, he will go out of the mountain, and after that, there will be Mr. Shen in the cabinet, and Mr. Wang will be there, and I can finally sit back and relax. ”

"There is also this errand in Henan, this face of the people's umbrella shows the joy of the people, Henan Governor Yang Yikui also said that the officials and people of Henan Province not only admire my kindness, but also thank you for turning around in the meantime and doing a lot of good things for the people."

"This Ma Yu did evil in Henan, almost provoked the people's uprising, you go to Henan to calm the people's grievances, you can do bad things as good things, this errand is so good, I really don't know how to reward you."

Chen Ju lowered his head and said: "Where does the minister have any merit, all of this depends on Your Majesty, the grace of the imperial court, and the officials and the people are respectful." The ministers are just pushing the boat with the current. ”

The Son of Heaven smiled and said, "You are still so modest and pushing, no, I must reward you well this time." ”

Chen Ju knelt down and kowtowed: "Where do the ministers dare to give His Majesty a reward, if Your Majesty really wants to reward them, the ministers implore to reward the other two officials." ”

"Oh, which two officials?"

Chen Ju said: "Fu Zhiyuan, Lin Yanchao." ”

"The two of them?" The Son of Heaven couldn't help but be surprised.

Chen Judao: "It is these two people, the minister went to Henan this time to investigate in detail, Ma Yu did evil before, and the Henan officials were all together, but these two people did not hesitate to lose their black yarn hats, and even their lives, but also to protect the people, so as to stop Ma Yu from doing evil." ”

"Xiaguan went to Henan this time, and when the names of the two were mentioned, the people gave them a thumbs up. Your Majesty, these two people can really be called loyal and brave, such a minister is really given to me by God. ”

The Son of Heaven paced, "I know that these two people are indeed doing well. I have already rewarded Fu Zhiyuan and promoted him to the political envoy. You see, I also wrote Fu Zhiyuan's name on the imperial screen of this Wenhua Palace. Come and see. ”

Chen Ju went up the steps and took a look at the screen of the Wenhua Palace, but saw that the names of many ministers were written on it, and the names of some ministers had been crossed out, and these people were either taken away from their posts or died of illness.

Only half of the names left on it are like this, among which the names of Fu Zhiyuan and Lin Yanchao are impressively listed.

Fu Zhiyuan's name is darker, obviously newly written, as for Lin Yanchao's name, the ink has long faded, and I don't know that it has been written on it for a long time.

Chen Ju knew that the Son of Heaven asked him to look at this screen, which represented his trust in himself and regarded him as a confidant. But even so, he just glanced at it and didn't dare to look at it again.

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "As for Lin Yanchao, this time, whether it is the matter of silting the field or the matter of Ma Yu, he has done a good job. Sitian has solved my urgent need, the Yunnan military affairs, he has made a great contribution, and Ma Yu, that should really be killed! The 300,000 taels of silver he coveted in my name still do not know where to go. ”

Chen Ju really gritted his teeth when he saw the Son of Heaven mentioning Ma Yu. If Ma Yu is still alive now, needless to say, the Son of Heaven will definitely chop him into meat puree and feed it to the dogs.

The Son of Heaven paused and said: "Lin Yanchao is loyal, but Ma Yu is also a eunuch in the palace after all, he killed someone without asking for an order, although it is excusable to obey the power in a hurry, but this case cannot be opened." If I don't take office or demote office, it's already a reward. ”

"In addition, I always feel that this time Lin Yanchao dared to kill Ma Yu, it was not so simple. This man has been known to me for many years, and I know him. Lin Yanchao acted decisively and then acted, and was very cautious in doing things, how could he do something impulsive and kill Ma Yu by mistake? I've always been a little suspicious. ”

Chen Ju lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I went to Henan here, and I happened to see Lin Yanchao." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled slightly and said, "Lin Qing, what did he say?" ”

Chen Ju said with a look of fear: "The minister was heading to Kaifeng at that time, but he was caught off guard against Lin Yanchao coming to the door. When the minister saw him coming, he was really shocked, and thought that he was not good for the minister. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ju paused and peeked at the face of the Son of Heaven. But seeing that the Son of Heaven smiled and said: "You slaves, every time you go out of the palace, you rely on my name, and you don't know how to restrain yourself. Hmph, there is more than one Ma Yu in this palace, and it is good that there is someone to make you afraid now. ”

Chen Ju lowered his head and said: "The minister also thought so at the time, but after Lin Yanchao boarded the ship, he said that the minister was not greedy for ink. ”

"Oh? Did Lin Yanchao raid the boat? ”

"Not really."

So how did he know? It must be a fiery eye. ”

Chen Ju said with a smile: "He said that the minister's boat has a shallow draft, and at a glance, he knows that it is not carrying any heavy objects. When the minister heard about this, he remembered that in the past, the thieves intercepted the road, and they were all looking at the ruts of the carriage, and if the ruts were deep, they would stop and search, and if the ruts were shallow, they would let them go. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard Chen Ju say this, he couldn't help patting his legs and laughing: "Okay, good, it seems that Lin Qing still has this hand, and in the future, he will not be an official, and he will not starve to death." ”

Chen Ju saw that the Son of Heaven was happy, and he also laughed and said: "I heard that this Lin Tongzhi has the ability to never forget, he must be well-read, and he also knows a little bit about the means of coming to the road." He saw that the ministers had no heavy objects at that time, so he immediately invited the ministers to drink, saying that the ministers were worthy of friendship with a father-in-law who was not greedy for ink. At that time, the minister thought that he could get Lin Sanyuan's golden face, so he invited him to drink, and after returning to the palace, he said that he would be embarrassed. ”

The Son of Heaven smiled slightly and said: "That's your luck, if you are like Ma Yu, I'm afraid it will not be eating wine, but eating knives, no, eating vases." ”

After speaking, the Son of Heaven stroked his palms and laughed again.

Hearing the Son of Heaven say this, Chen Ju laughed softly, but he was in a very good mood when he saw the Son of Heaven.

Chen Ju continued: "But at that time, the minister was still scared in his heart, he said so, I don't know if it was another set. So the minister asked him, is it selfish or public that you killed Ma Yu? ”

"The minister also said at the time that at that time, Ma Yu checked the silt fields of Defu, if you were trying to cover up the matter of greedy ink silt, killing Ma Yu would be a personal grudge, and it could not be called a request for the people's life."

The Son of Heaven frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Then how did Lin Qing answer?" ”

Chen Ju said: "Lin Tongzhi said at the time that he did have a personal grudge with Ma Yu, but killing Ma Yu was not a personal grudge. Now outsiders say that he killed Ma Yu for the sake of greedy ink, and he is indeed greedy for ink. He said that in that case, let us not care about the deeds. ”

The Son of Heaven smiled slightly when he heard this, and then said: "What a good argument regardless of my heart, Lin Qing took the matter of silting the fields for me, and I really wronged him." This time in Yunnan, Lin Qing really made a great contribution, but I couldn't tell the world. ”

Hearing this, Chen Ju smiled slightly and said: "Lin Tongzhi is a simple promotion of His Majesty today, and it is also appropriate to serve His Majesty." ”

Tianzi smiled and said, "Then do you believe what Lin Qing said?" ”

Chen Ju said: "Of course the minister didn't believe this, but he thought it made sense. At present, the grievances of the people in Henan have been calmed, Ma Yu's matter has turned harm into benefit, and the people are grateful to the saint, all of which also have the credit of Lin Tongzhi. ”

"Then there is no point in pursuing Lin Tongzhi's heart to kill Ma Yu."

"These ordinary people, even if they are like husband and wife, they have their own careful thoughts, not to mention between monarchs and ministers. If Your Majesty wants to do everything, no one in the world is perfect. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard Chen Ju's words, he was silent for a long time, and he couldn't help but think of the queen, Concubine Wang Gong, Concubine Zheng and other concubines in the harem.

Among so many concubines, only Concubine Zheng is the most liked by him, but even if there is a husband and wife, Concubine Zheng may not have other thoughts.

The Son of Heaven said after half a sound: "Chen Ju's words are deeply heartfelt. I understand, this is the end of Ma Yu's matter. It's time for me to make a holy decree to Lin Qing. ”

"Chen Ju, you see, where should you instruct the Ministry to transfer Lin Qing? Is it being transferred back to Kyori? Or where does he want to be transferred? ”

Chen Ju couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, the transfer of officials below the third grade of the imperial court was all in charge of the officials, and it would be good to report it to the Son of Heaven in the end.

But the fact that the Son of Heaven can care about the transfer of a fifth-grade official has already explained what Jane is in the emperor's heart.

And in Guide Province.

The matter of dredging the Jialu River has been decided after the discussion of the feudal department.

However, because of how to repair the Jialu River, there was another controversy in various provinces.

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