The news that Hua Qingfeng saw from the Di Bao said that it was a lace news, but it was only in this era that it was considered lace news in a very strict official "newspaper" such as Di Bao, but in fact it was still a matter of officialdom, but it was just said in a more playful and relaxed tone.

The news is actually news from five months ago, and it is actually old news, talking about the fact that Chu Tianxing, a fellow governor of Fengxiang Mansion in Shaanxi, was demoted to a loose official because of drinking. This old man is neither eating flowers and wine, nor doing anything that damages the prestige of the official when he is drunk, but he likes the contents of the cup, and often gathers with friends and drinks a few glasses.

The problem is that this Chu brother is drinking public wine. The so-called public liquor is the liquor that is brewed for official purposes, used for official business, and kept in the official treasury on weekdays. There is public wine in the official treasury of the yamen at all levels, which is specially used to give gifts to officials who come and go and officials who have taken office or dismissed their posts.

But there is one article, the special thing about public wine is that it is a public word, which can only be used for official business, if you give it to the officials of neighboring states and counties, it is also considered official business, but the giver and receiver, including the public wine that gives back to the other party, are not private, and they must be taken back from the official treasury, if you stay and enjoy, it will be a crime. This is like the fact that later generations of officials visited the country and received gifts from other countries, which cannot be regarded as private property.

In fact, now it is not as loose as when the founding of the country, the national law and discipline have been much looser, and many rules exist in name only, but these regulations have not been canceled.

After receiving fifty bottles of public wine from officials from neighboring counties, this Tongzhi Chu from Fengxiang Mansion in Shaanxi Province did not send them to the official treasury, but drank them himself. Li Boxian, the inspector of Shaanxi Province, had just taken office, and he was trying to get a few people to report to show his political achievements, so he immediately wrote a letter of impeachment on this matter.

In fact, this Lord Yushi was just trying to add a little political achievement to himself, and he didn't think that this matter could really be dealt with by the imperial court. This is just like some organs in later generations doing some useless "study" and "training" when they have nothing to do, all of which have something to say at the end of the year. Saying that he is doing something is a reason.

But he didn't want this impeachment note to be approved, and as a result, this powerful Tongzhi was dismissed from the mission and became a loose official with official and no position. said that it is interesting, because this Lord Yushi is just making up some materials for his "year-end summary", and he doesn't really want to bring down Lord Chu, but as soon as the news came out, it made this Lord Yushi so embarrassed, although Yushi is to picket hundreds of officials, but such a trivial matter has to be impeached, so how can it be mixed locally. Won't they be alienated from all the officials and made them hateful? Poor Li Yushi couldn't recover, so he had to drink heavily every day to relieve his worries, and he was often drunk, of course, he drank absolutely moonshine.

Is drinking public alcohol a trifle? Originally, it wasn't, if you don't do a little good, how can it become a great righteousness? For example, dynasties and dynasties actually attached great importance to the private morality of officials, at the beginning of the founding of the country. This is a serious crime that can be punished severely.

During the Song Dynasty, a high-ranking official asked his subordinates to sell some waste paper used in the office in exchange for wine money to entertain guests, but because the waste paper he sold was public, the wine should be public wine. Public wine for private use is "self-theft", so he was dismissed, and more than ten officials who were invited by him to drink were also demoted and driven out of the capital. It can be seen that the punishment is heavy.

It's just that the development of any dynasty is inevitably a common law: when the country was founded, there were mostly honest people, and the laws were strict. When the development of the dynasty reached its peak, corruption would inevitably breed, and the discipline was also lax, and when the dynasty ended, chaos was still frequent, and all kinds of incredible and strange phenomena became the norm, which made people numb.

When the chaos is out of control, it will either be invaded by foreign enemies, or replaced by internal strife, change the dynasty, rebuild order, and then repeat the cycle of rise and fall again. Whether it is the natural world or human society, this law is inevitable, and this can be regarded as a kind of self-cultivation of the Heavenly Dao.

However, the discipline of the current dynasty is far less strict than when the country was founded, and drinking public wine is really not a big deal. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Hua Zhixian thought about it for a while, and he came up with the reason.

This old man has bad luck, which must be related to the current situation in the imperial court. In the emperor's edict to dismiss him from office, there is a sentence that "there is power but no virtue", and it is believed that this reason touched the sensitive nerves of the Son of Heaven. You must know that Zhang Juzheng's behemoth has just been brought down for less than a year, and the liquidation of him is still ongoing, and in the emperor's heart, Zhang Juzheng is a typical example of "ability but no virtue".

Zhang Shoufu used his power to operate his son as the champion without any discipline, he was greedy for huge bribes, and even dared to collect the land and property of the criminal vassal king, when he found two musicians to dance to help the fun, he was scolded so much that he cried bitterly, and finally issued a "guilty edict" to the whole world to review this to be forgiven, and Zhang Shoufu himself has a group of wives and concubines, and constantly accepts the beautiful women from others......

These kinds of scandals were all exposed one after another in the liquidation of him, which made Wanli Tianzi, who had always regarded him as a moral model and a saint of Zhou Gong, deeply hate. The sentence that there is ability but no virtue is the expression of the resentment in the heart of the Son of Heaven, and the reason why this Fengxiang Mansion Tongzhi drank a few bottles of public wine and ruined his future is self-evident.

"Is there power but no virtue......

The more Hua Qingfeng thinks about it, the brighter his eyes become, Zhang Juzheng's credit cannot be erased, it is a real political achievement, the emperor wants to liquidate Zhang Juzheng, it seems that the tone is "capable but not virtuous", starting from private morality. In such a general political environment, he must severely punish similar incidents, so that he can constantly emphasize the rationality and correctness of handling Zhang Juzheng.

A fellow acquaintance will inevitably be a victim in this situation, what is Ye Xiaotian, a small county man? Hua Qingfeng jumped up excitedly, and finally found a breakthrough to rectify Ye Xiaotian, but he immediately thought that Ye Xiaotian was not a good match, if he wanted to find his fault, could his ass be clean?

Hua Qingfeng felt weak for a while, thought about it, and ordered someone to find Su Xuntian. Su Xuntian heard that Hua Qingfeng was looking for him, and he was a little puzzled in his heart, since Hua Qingfeng favored the purple feather girl alone and snubbed Mrs. Su Ya, the relationship between Hua Brother-in-law and Uncle Su has been tense, could it be that the sun is coming out in the west today?

Su Xuntian looked up at the sky, and the sun was still hanging in the east. Su Xuntian shook his head, and still rushed to Hua Qingfeng's study. When Hua Qingfeng saw Su Xuntian, she blurted out and asked, "Xuntian, that casino...... Has it ever been closed? ”

Su Xuntian was stunned, he never expected Hua Qingfeng to see him actually asking about it. After the last time he caused a fatality, Ye Xiaotian had advised him not to have anything to do with the casino anymore, but that was one of the few sources of funds for Hua Qingfeng, how could he break it lightly, with the development of post road commerce, the casino in Huxian County has become increasingly prosperous, and Su Xuntian himself has made a lot of money from it, so he is even more reluctant to close.

Su Xuntian asked angrily: "Brother-in-law, you take more than 200 taels of silver from me every month, but now you come to ask me if the casino has long been closed." You say, "Where did I get that money?" ”

Hua Qingfeng's old face turned red and replied abruptly, "Uh...... At the beginning, the purpose of protecting the casino was to compete with King Xu's generation, so he paid for the small section and paid the righteousness! Now that King Xu and the two are gone, we don't need this ill-gotten gain, follow the sky, you close the casino quickly, don't have anything to do with it anymore! ”

Now that Su Xuntian has also made a lot of profits from the casino, how can he be willing to give it, so he persuaded: "Brother-in-law, I have done everything, can I wash away the stain by making up for the dead?" Besides, although there is no restraint from King Xu's generation now, Ye Bai and the two adults are also respectful to you, and there is no need to buy cronies with money to strengthen your reputation, but more silver is not a bad thing. You and I don't touch my hands, it's hard to ensure that others don't touch their hands, and my nephew is about to be born, so I have to save a family for him. ”

Hua Qingfeng sank her face and said awe-inspiringly: "Nonsense! Although my past actions were lawless, they were always just cheap measures, in order to wrest power from the hands of traitors and serve the court, not for my own selfish interests. Even if I have an heir now, I should let him read the books of sages and take the road of imperial examinations, should I want to become a rich man with ill-gotten gains? Needless to say, close the casino quickly, and no matter what, you can't have anything to do with it anymore. ”

Su Xuntian had no choice but to agree. Hua Qingfeng thought for a while, and then asked, "The beating of people in the past didn't leave any trouble, right?" ”

Su Xuntian only said that his always timid problem had flared up again, and replied angrily: "With Lord Ye's help, it would have been dealt with cleanly a long time ago, what else could there be?" The matter had long since subsided, and no one from the family had come out to seek justice. As the saying goes, if the people don't raise it, and the officials don't hold it accountable, what kind of chaos can there be. ”

Hua Qingfeng's heart widened, and he waved his hand and said: "That's good, brother-in-law is also thinking about you, you can step down, remember, you must end the casino quickly, don't let our family have anything to do with it, after the incident, remember to sue me." ”

Su Xuntian agreed sullenly and retreated abruptly. Hua Qingfeng stroked his beard and thought secretly, I ignored it that day, and it was completely handled by Ye Xiaotian, and now even if he is impeached by this official, he can't make a fuss about this matter, this official has no hands, and he can shirk it, but he himself can't escape the involvement, and he will definitely not dare to mention it.

Thinking of this, Hua Qingfeng suddenly felt that he was very prescient, and couldn't help but be complacent, he pushed open the door, and the sound of firecrackers sounded sporadically in the distance, and the taste of the New Year's Festival had gradually spread, listening to the sound of firecrackers, Hua Qingfeng was also very relieved in his heart:

"Hua Mou came to Hu County, this is the sixth year, now there is an heir, the opponent is gone, as long as Ye Xiaotian is killed again, Hu County's political achievements will all fall on my Hua Mou, and when the term of office expires and the official is re-elected, can there be a good place to go?"

When he first arrived in Huxian County six years ago, he was also ambitious and wanted to fight with Qi Mu and Meng County, but as a result, Meng County was restrained inside, and Qi Mu was strong outside, not only foiling his plans one by one, but also taking his wife into his hands, forcing him to submit, and he ended up losing his wife and breaking his army.

After five years of sharpening a sword, Lord Hua finally rose again today, but I don't know whether his sword is good or not. But Hua Zhi County himself is full of confidence: "People have three declines and six prosperity, and Hua someone has been unlucky for so long, should Ji Tai come......"

: In order to spend the sword of the adult in five years, everyone votes for your monthly ticket and supports it! It's rare that the flower adults of the couples have saved up enough anger value, and they shouldn't praise ~~~.

(To be continued......)