() "First, the Du Governor's Mansion is incorruptible, and secondly, I have always strictly controlled the system in this army, and I do not allow a little corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the cholera military camp happens. In fact, the taxes collected and the grain paid have already been swallowed by me and Governor Du. ”

"Over time, the emperor and the crown prince did not trust us. When the emperor was not sick, he often sent the superintendent to visit him, and after a long time, we became acquainted with each other. The assassin also knew that Yangzhou was probably the only state and county that had done this, and went back to report it to the emperor, but the law did not blame the public, and in anger, the emperor demoted several officials who spread rumors and caused trouble. ”

"I thought that this would not harm the people, but even the newly appointed officials are all in the context of even officialdom, and they are still corrupt and pervert the law. Including the big and small officials who came to Yangzhou before, many of them were obtained by buying and selling officials, but even if I reported to the imperial court, it would be useless, even so, I still abided by military discipline. ”

Chen Dongshan looked at Xue Tan and continued to speak.

"And explain to the emperor that it is enough for me and Du Zhifu to have two people in Yangzhou, but because of the large number of people in the army and the large expenses, often in addition to the food and taxes delivered to the imperial court, the army is almost penniless, and the brothers suffer with me, nothing more than for the discipline in this army, you have become in charge of affairs from the capital casually, and naturally you can't come by you."

"What's more, Yangzhou is close to Shuzhou recently, densely populated, since the last battle in Shuzhou, many escapees have come to Yangzhou, defected to the army, there is no surplus food to eat for a while, but the army has always been accommodating talents, resulting in making ends meet."

"Besides, it is the policy of the imperial court, I can't refute anything, I have to take my brothers to the field to grow grain, when there is no war, I also do some other livelihood from time to time, I think you have heard of the saying that Yangzhou is rich in land and resources before you came, but I am afraid that only those officials can really be called 'things bo'."

Xue Tan listened to these on the side, a little thoughtful......

Dong Mansion in the capital.

Dong Yu paced in the room, waiting for the news to be recovered by the subordinates sent out, rubbing his hands nervously.

Since sending his subordinates out to investigate the case of the Jinghong Pavilion, Dong Yu has known that maybe he and the sixth elder brother can't hide the matter, frames the sixth elder brother, secretly bribes Ji, and tries to kill the old bustard Siniang.

But what he is afraid of is not these, but about Du Jiang's position.

It is no secret that he intends to rebel, inside and outside the court, there is a private discussion about who is the sixth elder brother's henchmen, and people want to be loyal to their duties and put this person to the bottom

Dig it out carefully, but on the contrary, it is the person who conspired with the sixth elder brother to rebel in charge of this matter, that is, what is said.

If any of Dong Yu and Du Jiang were charged with killing the king, then they would inevitably be killed, and even the sixth elder brother would not be able to protect him.

What he was thinking about in his heart was how to protect himself and not let the matter be exposed, so he secretly assassinated, arrested the folk rumors, storytellers, and those who discussed the affairs of the Jinghong Pavilion, and convicted him of "discussing the government and politics indiscriminately", and hastily killed or locked him up.

Although no one knew who the officers and soldiers who suddenly broke in, the people in the capital were panicked, and everyone knew that this matter should not be mentioned again, otherwise it would lead to death; In addition to these knives and fish, Dong Yu is also uneasy.

Because he knew that although they were secretly killing these people who were discussing the government and politics, the momentum was huge, and there were murders within a few days, even if the people in Dali Temple did not investigate, it would reach Qi Yuan's ears.

And Qi Yuan didn't move for a long time, which made Dong Yu more and more uneasy.

What Dong Yu was thinking about at the moment was how to collect evidence, before the sixth elder brother splashed the dirty water on his head, he first exposed his identity and convicted him, and he would have peace of mind, no one would know his own affairs anymore, and even if Qi Yuan guessed the probable matter of the court, he would not be able to convict himself, after all, everyone who knew the details had already died in Huangquan.

But Du Jiang has been in officialdom for many years, where is the fuel-efficient lamp? Dong Yu asked him to search, but he did not find any evidence.

At this time, the subordinate who went out to inquire about the news came back to report.

"Master Dong." The subordinate saluted respectfully.

"How's it going?" Dong Yu hurriedly asked.

"My lord, the situation is not good, the sixth elder brother, now seeing that the vendors around the Jinghong Pavilion can't find evidence, he went to the prison and interrogated the inquisitors privately, and now he is interrogating. Moreover, the crown prince seems to have acquiesced, because I heard that the sixth elder brother was an upright triage of the three halls, and he was not secretly brought out, which seemed to be very sure. ”

"Bastard thing!"

Dong Yu cursed, it seems that the sixth elder brother is the same as he thought, and he wants to splash this dirty water on his head.

"Go and call the counsellors at once, and say that there is something important to discuss, and a hundred thousand are in a hurry."

The man received the order, and hurriedly went to ventilate and report the news at a trotting all the way.

Now Dong Yu has been forced to a dead end, he has been crawling all the way in the officialdom to get to where he is today, he is unwilling, unwilling to be disrupted by a little sixth elder brother and Qi Yuan, unwilling to be harmed by an old bustard for life.

Now, there seems to be no other way than to kill Siniang in secret.

"Lord Prefect."

"What's so flustered?" Du Jiang looked at the panting subordinate and felt displeased.

"My lord, the letter from the capital has just arrived."

The man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now Lord Dong is working on the case of the Jinghong Pavilion and is investigating the people behind the scenes, but the sixth elder brother seems to be maneuvering, trying to blame you and Lord Dong for everything. ”

"Because at that time, General Dong sent the old bustard of the Jinghong Pavilion out of the city, and this matter was also seen by people with a heart, and the sixth elder brother wanted to get rid of Siniang with the help of Lord Dong's hand, because that Siniang was too much of a hindrance. Originally, I thought it was just a nobody, but I thought that you didn't find any trace of Siniang. ”

"Master Dong also said that now only you can try your best to push the matter on the sixth elder brother, and I am afraid there is still hope to redeem it. I order you to let Xue Tan settle down and take off the precautions, so that you can have a chance to find Siniang, and then get rid of it, now Lord Dong is the darling in front of the prince, and at this time he is tracking down the news of Siniang, the prince will inevitably send someone to strictly guard Dong Yu's traces. ”

"Besides, now in Chaozhong, Dali Temple and others, it seems that they have been very close to the sixth elder brother recently, I don't know if they have taken refuge in them, so they will naturally help them secretly to relieve the siege, if you don't help General Dong at this time, I am afraid that he will bite back and give you out."

"For out?!" Du Jiang sneered, the most taboo thing in his life was threats.

"Arrange people immediately, I will go to the capital in person to discuss this matter with General Dong."

Although Du Jiang also knows that going to the city now is tantamount to dying in vain, but this step still has to be taken, the sixth elder brother is now in power in the court, and it will be a long night to stay and have a lot of dreams, it is better to go in person, discuss with Dong Yu, and by the way, probe Lord Dong's tone, if that Lord Dong really has the heart to confess himself, then he would rather take the risk and get rid of him first.

Du Jiang knows in his heart, that Dong Yu confessed to himself, in fact, there is no benefit at all, and now he chooses to take this step, but also wants to live a little longer, even if he tells the prince that he has detained Siniang, a cadre will inevitably be implicated, Dong Yu does not dare to tear his face with Du Jiang, unless he dies, his secret can be preserved.

"My lord, isn't there something wrong with that? Now that the inside and outside of the capital are being investigated, and after the incident of the Jinghong Pavilion, there have been countless deaths of storytelling and singing, so that there are many officers and soldiers inside and outside the capital, if you let the prince know that you are entering Beijing at this time, you will definitely have doubts, and you are afraid of ......"

"Do what I say, I know it." Du Jiang stroked his beard and said indifferently.