Lin Jue thought about it and decided not to tell Lin Bonian about yesterday for the time being. Although he seemed to be honest with Lin Bonian, for some reason, Lin Jue's distrust of Lin Bonian became stronger and stronger. Especially after coming to the capital, I always felt that Lin Bonian had deceived the Lin family. He didn't go all out to manage his network in the capital, and it seemed that all the money he took from the family was used for personal enjoyment. I didn't pay attention to myself and Lin Youde's big exam. Compared with Lin Boyong, Lin Bonian, the head of the family, is obviously much more incompetent.

"Second uncle, you have to wait for the big exam to be released. At the moment, I say that it is useless to do well in the exam. Anyway, I've done my best. It is naturally best to be able to pass the test, and if I can't pass the test, I will do business. I also opened a business in the capital, and I can't starve to death anyway. ”

How can you think like that? If you can't pass the test, you have to continue to take the test, I am optimistic about you. I don't like the uproar in that theater you opened. I heard that you and the woman in Mochizuki Tower are a little unclear, which is not good. You haven't married yet, and you don't know what to do with a good play, don't you cherish your reputation? Young people should not indulge in women's sex, but should be aggressive. ”

Lin Bonian said some high-sounding words with a straight face, for some reason, when Lin Jue listened to him say these words in a dignified manner, he remembered the several young concubines of Lin Bonian that he saw when he visited the mansion for the first time that day. Lin Bonian is also in his fifties, and he has done a lot of things about a pear flower pressing begonias, but when it comes to these admonitions, he doesn't have a red face and a heartbeat, of course.

"The second uncle admonished. However, Miss Xie is a good girl, her conduct is impeccable, and she is not the kind of person that the second uncle thinks. Lin Jue said.

"That's it, you have some sense of proportion in your own heart, you are also an adult, and the second uncle doesn't want to make you unhappy. Not...... In a few days, I will inquire about you and the situation of the Youde University exam, and I may be able to know some news in advance. But your teacher should be worried about these things, but as far as I know, he doesn't seem to care much. You teacher, hey! I don't even know what to say. Lin Bonian frowned.

Lin Jue asked tentatively in a low voice, "Does the second uncle have any entanglement with my teacher?" I listened to the second uncle, as if Mr. Fang was a little dissatisfied. ”

"Am I dissatisfied with the other party? I wanted to have a good relationship with him, but he didn't pay attention to me because his nose was high. He is your teacher, and now he is the middle of the imperial history, can I not want to have a good relationship with him? But you, the teacher, simply don't recognize it. Ay! I really don't know what to say. I'm going to be angry when I say it. Lin Bonian's fingers tapped on the table, and he became emotional.

Lin Jue was finally sure that there was indeed an entanglement between Lin Bonian and Mr. Fang.

"Second uncle, what's going on? Tell your nephew. ”

"Naturally, I want to tell you, I just said that I have something to find you, and this is it. I'm afraid I want you to come forward for me and talk to Fang Dunru about this matter. We are all from Hangzhou, and we can be regarded as some friendships, why do we not recognize each of our relatives once we arrive in the capital? That's not all, but it didn't care about me. What is this? How can I say that I am also your second uncle, and he is still your teacher, how can people do this? It's really incomprehensible. Lin Bonian's mood became more and more angry.

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Second uncle, you tell me what's going on, I'm confused when I hear it, I don't know what's going on." ”

Lin Bonian glared at Lin Jue and said, "What's the matter?" Do you know that this morning, your good teacher who is upright and upright actually played me in court. They want to kill me. Tell me, should I be angry? ”

Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "What's the matter?" What is the matter with the teacher's participation in the second uncle? ”

Lin Bonian frowned and shouted: "It's not a matter of money and grain expenditure in the Sansi Yamen. After Yan Zhengsu came to the capital to become a deputy minister, he set his sights on the yamen of our three divisions. In the past few months, he has not done anything, but he has done one thing, which is to check the accounts of my three divisions and yamen every day. I also checked early and late, and sent a letter to the local state capital to investigate. It's made us restless. Zhang Ji scolded angrily all day long, and our three deputy envoys were also annoyed by him. That's not all, the key is that he is calculating, and checking the accounts is simply nitpicky. Can such a search not find out what happened? No, he checked in front, and your teacher was in cahoots with him, and after he made a mistake, he came to participate in us. Today, the three envoys, Lord Zhang Jun, the deputy envoy of Yantie, Lord Ren Daoyuan, the deputy envoy of the Du Branch, Lord Huang Qianyuan, and I, the deputy envoy of the household department, were all impeached by your teacher. It is our fault to say that we are derelict in our duties and incompetent, that we are not in charge of the use of our duties, that the imperial court is now financially tight, and that there is a shortage of money and food everywhere. You say, should I be angry? ”

Lin Jue suddenly realized. It turned out that it was really because of this incident. Lin Jue had already passed a round in his mind just now, and he guessed that it was related to this matter. That night at Mr.'s house, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru talked about many things after drinking, one of which was about the financial deficit of the imperial court and the chaos of expenditure. At that time, Yan Zhengsu also named Lin Bonian, and Lin Jue was present at the time and listened to it all.

From Lin Jue's standpoint, he didn't know much about things, so naturally he couldn't say much. At the time, I thought it might not be a big deal. After all, there are many reasons for the tight fiscal and tax constraints of the imperial court, and the three divisions and yamen cannot be fully responsible. As for the second Bolin Bonian, he was actually just a household envoy in the third division of the yamen, and he was the fourth-ranked official, so he didn't care too much, so he didn't care too much. But now it seems that Yan Zhengsu should be eyeing it, and the teacher is involved, and he has begun to hold him accountable. This matter is a bit tricky, and it is no wonder that Lin Bonian is unhappy.

"Second uncle, is there any fault in the third division of the yamen? Is the impeachment groundless? Lin Jue asked in a deep voice.

“…… What are you talking about? Chengxing is looking for trouble with you, but are you afraid that you won't be able to find it? Which yamen in the capital has no problems? They are deliberately finding fault. Lin Bonian said angrily.

"Second uncle, don't be angry, why are they looking for the stubble of your third envoy? There is no injustice or hatred. There's always a reason. Lin Jue frowned.

Lin Bonian waved his hand and said, "You ask me, who do I ask?" You don't know that your teacher has been biting like a mad dog since he entered the Imperial Tower. It's only been a few months, and seven or eight officials have been bitten, and everyone has avoided them. Why don't you ask your teacher why he is doing this? ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Second Uncle, Mr. Fang is my teacher, how can you insult him so much in front of me?" How does this make the nephew deal with himself? ”

Lin Bonian also realized that his words were too aggressive, and said in a slow tone: "Let me tell you, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru are going to make trouble when they enter Beijing this time. It is said that they are brewing some changes. The emperor was deceived by them into believing their words. If they want to seize power, they naturally want to toss it around. My Sansi Yamen is a soft persimmon, and they are naturally going to start from us. ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "Second uncle, calm down." Don't be angry. What is wrong with your three divisions? If it is nitpicking, the emperor will not be indiscriminate. Justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, and hundreds of officials in the court can also speak. ”

Lin Bonian opened his mouth, but he didn't speak. Of course, things are not as simple as he says. Yan Zhengsu did find out a lot of problems in the Sansi Yamen, and these are naturally not nitpicking. In recent years, the imperial court's finances and taxes have been continuously reduced, and the three divisions and yamen cannot escape the blame. Taxation is ineffective, research and judgment measures are ineffective, and they fail to fulfill their duties. That's not all, the biggest problem is actually the use of the allocated money. Because of the decrease in money and grain income, the original extravagant and wasteful expenses should have been warned by the three divisions and reduced according to the plan, but the three divisions and the yamen did not do it. There are more monks and less porridge, and tax revenues are decreasing year by year, but expenditures are increasing sharply, forming a bad situation in which Yin eats too much grain.

The response of the three divisions and yamen is also very problematic, and in order to control the deficit as much as possible, they must also make trade-offs. According to the general principle, in the allocation of money, some non-emergency and necessary appropriations will be reduced, but matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood must not be reduced and shaken, because that will move the foundation of the Great Zhou. For example, the army's money and grain allocation, such as the money and grain for disaster victims, such as the dredging of rivers and damming the fields, and the money for the purchase of grain for the stable relations of the cadres, and so on.

However, the response made by the three divisions and yamen was not in accordance with the principle of priority and importance, but under Zhang Jun's instructions, several officials agreed to form a prudent method not to offend the above, but only to deduct the below. For example, the money for the Gen Garden built for the Empress Dowager's pension cost millions of taels of silver. With such a shortage of money, it is entirely advisable to suspend the disbursement of this disbursement. But they didn't, they allocated the full amount of this silver to make the queen mother and the emperor happy. They know that those below can be offended, and those above must not be offended, so that their position will not be shaken.

There are a lot of things like this, and Yan Zhengsu is such a shrewd person, no matter how well they cover it up, they are still found out by a pen. This is the reason why he was impeached in the court today.

"Lin Jue, you still don't know that officialdom is difficult, and many things are not what you imagined. As far as my three divisions of the yamen are concerned, although they are in charge of my money, grain and taxes, it seems that they are a very powerful and rich yamen. However, the real situation is that the Sansi Yamen is actually the most angry Yamen. Everyone thinks that you have money, and you will reach out for everything, and the imperial court's annual tax revenue is only more than 60 million taels of silver, which seems to be a big number, but think about it, how many places do I have to spend money in Dazhou? Scattered everywhere, in fact, it has long been stretched. The so-called clever woman is difficult to cook without rice. If you don't give the money, they will be jealous of you, and they will stab you in the back. Once you offend someone you can't offend, you won't be able to eat and walk around. You say, "Can we be blamed for that?" Lin Bonian sighed.