Xinfei finally got free, the couple had time to sit together and drink tea, and occasionally the interest came, Lang played the flute and the concubine played the piano and played a song, only envying the mandarin ducks and not the immortals.

Dong'er had already taken Chenzhi and Yunsi to her hometown Pingshan Town, and Jiang Anyi asked her to go to Jinshui Village by the way, and let Chenzhi congratulate Fan Shi on his birthday instead of him. Jiang Chenzhi Fengle was born in the fourteenth year, twelve years old this year, and his younger brother Jiang Chenyi followed Fan Shiben to enlightenment, which is regarded as the Fan family's lineage, go to see the master, let the master give a few words, Dong'er is very happy, although Chenzhi is the eldest son, but not a descendant, getting older, the mother has to fight for him more.

Thinking of his children, Jiang Anyi felt heavy, he was running around as an official, and he was separated from his wife and children a lot, so he couldn't even take care of his son's studies, and he was really ashamed to be a father.

Xin Fei persuaded politely: "Jiang Lang, Senior Brother Fan is very knowledgeable and virtuous, and Zhi'er and Yi'er will definitely learn something from him." Sailing on the sea, there is a lot of wind and rain, and the husband must hold the helm steadily in order to protect the stability of the family. ”

Jiang Anyi sighed, Dong'er went to Pingshan Town, and Tong'er was left in Beijing with Chenyi, Yunting, Yunjing, and Chenyi's four children. At the beginning, Jiang Anyi wanted to follow Tong'er when he went to Huazhou, but now that Dong'er is gone, Tong'er is more and more like grass growing in her heart, and she repeatedly mentioned in her family letters that she wanted to come to Huazhou. However, Li Mingxing privately brought the message of the Son of Heaven, and the frequent wars in Huazhou allowed Tong'er to live in the capital with her children in peace, so as not to worry Jiang Anyi.

When the news reached Huazhou, Jiang Anyi was silent for a long time, and the Son of Heaven clearly regarded Tong'er and Chenyi as hostages, and the intention of precaution was very obvious. According to the court system, officials above the fifth rank are appointed as officials abroad, and their family members can go with them. At this time and at that time, the emperor trusted him, and the prince kept claiming that he was Jiangshi, but as soon as he ascended the throne as the Son of Heaven, he was full of wariness of himself.

The discomfort in the heart dilutes the guilt, and the sages said, "The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; Since the Son of Heaven does not regard himself as a sibling, he does not seem to need to be as loyal as the emperor.

Shi Chongren didn't know that his secret performance was presented, and the most direct effect was that Jiang Anyi's family could not be reunited, he was excitedly looking at the spy report submitted by Luo Guantai in the study, and in just half a month, Luo Guantai took out the private affairs of Quan Tingshi, Gu Beijia, Wu Sima and other officials of all sizes.

"Assassin Shi Quan Xingqing, with the power to eliminate subordinate officials and officials, in three years, the main book, Gong Cao, engagement, and Peng officials in the palace were sold all over, more than three or four hundred taels, as little as fifty or sixty taels, just selling officials will get more than 60,000 taels of silver; During the New Year's Festival, each county order is customary to give 800 taels per person, and 84 counties in the prefecture can get 80,000 taels of silver every year...... Gu Yida used his family to meddle in the construction of roads and water conservancy, opened casinos and grain stores, and even colluded with his brother-in-law to steal and sell military rations with shoddy goods when the court reinforced Huazhou and gathered troops in Nanfeng County...... Wu Yuankai inflated the amount of government soldiers, and as many as half of the 5,000 government soldiers were empty, and they ate empty salaries from them......"

When he saw that Gu Yixing actually ignored the life and death of the front line, and almost provoked a mutiny by stealing and selling military rations, he trembled with anger, stood up and threw the lotus petal celadon bottle on the ground. There was a crisp sound of "pop", the porcelain pieces splashed, and Shi Chongren scolded: "A group of silverfish, the country is about to be defeated in your hands, but it is unforgivable." ”

The weather in May, the study was stuffy, but Shi Chongren felt a chill, and said that the Qing County Order was 100,000 snowflakes and silver in three years, although this is a bit exaggerated, but Quan Xingqing served for three years and the state assassin history, and the silver obtained was no less than 300,000 taels, if the officials in all states in the world were like Quan Xingqing and Gu Yida, the foundation left by his father was already full of holes, and it would collapse at the slightest disturbance.

In Beijing, I heard the ministers praise the peace of the world, the peace of the country and the people, and I took it seriously after listening to a lot, and went to Huazhou to see a prosperous scene, I really thought that the world was as prosperous as Huazhou, and now it seems that Huazhou is a minority, and I am afraid that the majority will be like this.

I secretly regretted in my heart that a pillar of the country like Jiang Anyi should have been relied on, but many people, including the imperial brother and myself, thought that his merits were too high and should be suppressed. The secret letter was presented, the imperial brother must be more and more defensive about Jiang Anyi, and will take action against Jiang Anyi, Shi Chongren smiled bitterly, and he was suspicious of capable ministers, should he rely on corrupt officials like Quan Xingqing to govern the world? Is Lone wrong?

The thick stack of espionage reports on the table was like a boulder pressing on Shi Chongren's heart, the bad performance of Quan Xingqing and others was enough to make them lose their official positions and go to prison, the Guanfeng sent by the Yushitai made it impossible to take these feudal officials, the performance evaluation of the officials mainly depends on the annual tax, and the various yamen received a lot of Bing Jing Tan Tribute, naturally no one will make a mistake, and the person who wants to be deceived is nothing more than the person sitting high on the throne. Shi Chongren smiled to himself, anyway, he went away and merged with the state, even if he played the real situation tomorrow, I am afraid that the Son of Heaven probably thought that he wanted to seize power.

Seizing power, the thought was like a lightning bolt piercing the night sky, Shi Chongren sat up straight suddenly, looking at the stack of spy reports with his eyes flashing. If these espionage reports are used well, they can completely control Quan Xingqing and others, Assassin Shi, Beijia, Sima and some minor officials, these people obediently obey their orders, then the entire state will be in their own hands.

The prince is a vassal, and the local government has to go to the Yin'an Hall at the beginning of each month to worship and listen to the training and report to the state affairs, but the vassal king only has the right to know, and it is strictly forbidden to meddle in local government affairs, and the officials of the royal government are not allowed to work in the state government yamen. If you don't help your relatives, it's impossible for the Son of Heaven to punish your uncles and brothers for some trivial things, and the apparent harmony must be preserved.

With these things in hand, keeping Quan Xingqing, Gu Yida and others are as obedient as domestic dogs, who dares to bark twice, and directly pull them out and slaughter them.

Luo Guantai did a good job, Shi Chongren felt sorry for his decision to subdue Luo Guantai and others, these Jianghu people are much more useful than court officials, the court has Longwei and dark guards as eyes and ears, and he might as well establish his own eyes and ears in Bingzhou, if he can collect more officials' private interests, this is much faster than the second brother's so-called virtue to convince people.

Listening to Yan Shengsen say that in order to do this errand well, Luo Guantai paid for the informant by himself, and this intention is worth joining the army with seven grades, and tomorrow he will summon Luo Guantai and others to reward him for his good life, but he is a person with clear rewards and punishments. When the time comes, let Luo Guantai find more people in the martial arts to do errands for Lone, these martial arts people don't pay attention to the rules, but they are easy to use.

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Tian Shoulou's urgent letter was sent through the dart bureau, Jiang Anyi was taken aback, and sent someone to invite Zhang Keji. Handing over the letter to Zhang Keji, Jiang Anyi said worriedly: "Shoulou heard in Beijing that the Son of Heaven thinks that my prestige in Huazhou is too high, and he intends to transfer Fang Gong away and replace Zhou Yongtong with Zhou Yongtong to serve as the assassin in Huazhou. ”

Zhang Keji said while reading the letter: "Zhou Yongtong, the son-in-law of Wenzhen Gong (Wei Xiang Wei Yishen)?" He Ji is not a few years younger than Fang Gong, and the Son of Heaven can trust the Wei family. ”

Wei Yishen has two sons-in-law, the eldest son-in-law Zhou Yongtong is a young eunuch in the palace (from the fourth grade), and the second son-in-law Zhang Yuanguan is the right general of Wuwei (Zheng Sanpin), when Emperor Su went to the north, Zhang Yuanguan accompanied the expedition, and there was no merit, and after returning to Beijing, he still returned to Zuo Wuwei as a general. Zhou Yongtong is an elegant scribe, he was favored by Wei Yishen at a young age, and was recruited as a son-in-law. Shi Chongwei ascended the throne, his brother-in-law Wei Youcheng was a person he trusted, and Aiwu and Wuwei's son-in-law were also appreciated by the Son of Heaven, and they were ready to send Zhou Yongtong, who was already a waiter in the Criminal Department, to Huazhou to replace Fang Shishu.

Zhang Keji put down his letter and said: "Zhou Yongtong is a loyal elder, after he came to Huazhou, most of them were Xiao Gui Cao Sui, Zhang guessed the intention of the Son of Heaven to send him, it was nothing more than to stare at the lord's abnormal behavior, this is a clear conspiracy." It is estimated that the prince of Luo said something to the Son of Heaven after coming to Huazhou, and the Son of Heaven was a little uneasy about the lord, but he took the liberty of transferring the lord away, and he was afraid that the border would be restless and the taxes would be affected, so he simply transferred Fang Gong, and replaced a cronie like Zhou Yongtong to keep an eye on the lord, and wait for Huazhou to settle down in two years before making arrangements. ”

Jiang Anyi was displeased, and said: "Jiang asked himself if he was loyal to the court, why did he treat me like this, first he didn't let Tong'er come to Huazhou, and then he transferred Fang Gong away to change to a nerd who could sing the wind and the moon, and asked Jiang to work hard for the court and treat Jiang as a thief, Jiang simply went home to reunite with his family." ”

Zhang Keji said with a smile: "Speaking of the wind and the moon, Zhou Yongtong can't compare to you, the lord can sit upright, don't worry about Zhou Yongtong, Zhou Yongtong is a gentleman, don't worry that he framed the lord out of nothing, it's better for the Son of Heaven to send him than to send a villain like Cheng Mingdao." ”

Jiang Anyi sighed and remained silent. He and Fang Shishu have been together for seven or eight years, and they know each other very well, Jiang Anyi respects Fang Shishu very much, and Fang Shishu also regards him as a nephew and disciple, and he has not been less instructive of the reason for him to be an official. A few days ago, Fang Shishu also said that after three or two years in Huazhou, he would return to his hometown, and teach his children in Xiangxue Juzhong to spend the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that the holy decree would soon transfer him elsewhere.

Zhang Keji said: "The wind rises at the end of the green apple, and the Son of Heaven is suspicious of the lord, so he must not be careless. ”

Jiang Anyi said depressedly: "I remember that when I first entered Zechang Academy, there were three tests, and Mr. Su said, 'Yin has three benevolences, Weizi goes, Jizi is a slave, and he dies than admonishment, and he tries to speak superiorly', Jiang replied 'You can admonish it, and if you can't admonish it, you can go, leave a useful body, or shepherd one side or educate a place; If the country is in crisis, although it will not avoid death, it will be loyal to the country; If it is too peaceful and stable, then retreat to the rivers and lakes to wait for the opportunity, do more practical things for the country and the people, and Sanren will not distinguish between superior and inferior', I can't imagine that after many years, Jiang himself has to make a choice. ”