The officials were finally able to breathe after the imperial examination, but perhaps what happened this year was too shocking and compact, so that before they could react, they would have to go to the end of the year to review the officials, these works should have been completed early, but because of the Cangzhou Changming case, the documents that had been written had to be re-prepared, especially some words of Lord Li Zaixin that had been sent back from the Imperial History Observatory recently, and even the officials felt a headache.

"Lord Shangshu, the achievements of various officials in Cangzhou have been reported one after another, and the seventy-two highest ranks still have to be decided by adults. Chen Zhongfa, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, said softly, he and Chang Ming and the current Lord of the Ministry of Rites are all protégés of the previous Ministry of Rites Liu Yudu, and they were originally jealous because Chang Ming was transferred to Cangzhou to become an official and a knight by Lord Shoufu, but at this moment he was a little sad and happy.

Zuo Yanming, the secretary of the ministry, was a jinshi in the same year as Liu Yudu, and now he has passed the sixtieth birthday, and when the other party resigned and retired, he also talked to him about this embarrassing protégé, and the other party said abruptly: " This bowl of rice in Cangzhou can only be eaten by one person, whoever goes again is a dog with a neck ring, but it is not only obedient for a long time, Chang Ming is not shrewd, and even a timid and mediocre person, but it is this kind of person who dares to fight people, but unfortunately sooner or later he has to end up with a rabbit and a dead dog. ”

At that time, he didn't know why this old friend was so mean to his protégé, but at this moment, the other party really understood what the old man surnamed Li was thinking, if he hadn't resigned and retired earlier, he was afraid that the people of Yushitai would have to go to his house to ask for some wine and food.

"Don't worry, wait until Li Yandu Yushi is still making a product in the future, by the way, prepare an excerpt for me. ”

"What's the content?"

"Impeachment of Chang Ming's ten crimes. ”

Chen Zhong looked at his immediate boss in confusion, and asked cautiously: "My lord, this kind of thing should be played by the imperial history platform, are we a little overstepping?" ”

Zuo Yanming breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Zhongfa, do you know why you were a waiter ten years ago, and now you are just a waiter." ”

"The subordinates are stupid, and please make it clear to the adults. "Chen Zhongfa's heart is full of joy, the other party's words are clearly to break through the heavenly machine above the court with him, even if a servant is already a high identity in the eyes of ordinary people, but how can he be satisfied, why do you Chang Ming do the second-grade feudal official, you Wang Jiucha can enter the master, back then I Chen Zhongfa has been exalted above you, it is nothing more than a chance.

"Do you think that the saint doesn't know what Chang Ming has done over the years, the fundamental saint is deliberately indulged with Li Shoufu, King Qi's entry into Beijing has given many old people hope, they want to see if today's saint is really a puppet at the mercy of today, and at the same time want to grab one in his hand in case of contingency, in fact, as early as His Majesty ascended the throne, there have been many people who have reformed the state system, originally to reduce the power of the Li family, but unfortunately it touched the interests of too many people, and it will not be over。 ”

"Your Excellency is saying that Your Majesty wants to bring up the matter of dividing the state again. Chen Zhongfa said in a deep voice.

"Cangzhou lost Changming, only Li Zaixiao's family was left, Baizhou has Li Zaide and Li Zaixian, the two people are impenetrable, Chenzhou and Huangzhou are two princes with different surnames to make a fortune, when the three sons of the Li family went out of Beijing and entered Beijing, beheaded a hundred heads and left the two princes in Kyoto, as for who owns those two states now, it is definitely not in the hands of His Majesty anyway. Zuo Yanming stopped at the point, although these words were reasonable, they were all disrespectful words that should be disrespectful.

"Zhongfa, King Qi and Li Zaixiao entered Beijing, how many people began to stand in line after realizing it, the old man's mind does not need to guess, people hope to live in peace when they are old, and the rest is nothing more than three parties, standing on the right side, I can't say that tomorrow you will become the new political envoy, but if you stand wrong, the end will definitely be more tragic than Chang Ming. ”

Chen Zhongfa suddenly woke up at this time, and hurriedly asked: "A few days ago, the son of Qin Shilang of the Ministry of War made trouble for His Royal Highness King Qi on the street, this matter?"

The simplest and clearest thing is to block all other roads, so that people can see your decision, and only then can you put your heart in mind, and those guys in the military department are indeed more decisive than us scholars. Zuo Yanming said approvingly, in fact, there was a sentence he didn't tell the other party, that is, the old man's mind was already obvious, the so-called three parties, in fact, were the most cruel to themselves, the old bird overturned the nest before dying, but the little birds still wanted to survive, but in fact, there were only two parties left, and then in fact, they were all one family, all surnamed Chen.

"The subordinate understood. ”

Looking at Chen Zhongfa's relieved figure, Zuo Yanming stroked the cup and said to himself: "Understand? Do you really understand? Liu Yudu, these protégés of yours are really useless, where can they compare to our generation, all of them are exquisite, Huai Taishi, Li Shoufu, these old people don't leave, and the newcomers dare to stand up and jump." ”

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"Yo, Lao Su, you're back, I've been waiting for you all morning. As soon as Su Wen stepped into the door, he was pulled by Shen Bancheng to sit down.

"Didn't go out today?" Su Wen asked casually, but he learned a lot of things about the other party from Feng Xiu, the genius of the Shen family, the talent for business is almost innate, when he was twelve years old, he already had five businesses under his hands that were over one million years old, and he once went to Nantang Business in person, and the other party happened to be fifteen years old that year.

Originally, it was like An Ansheng in another two years, and he would take over the family business at the age of age, but unfortunately this guy wanted to start from scratch and achieve a career from the family himself, this kind of guy who is idle in Qigui's words, the old man Shen can get used to him, in just half a month, he blocked his seven businesses, six horse gangs, and a fleet, so he compromised and said that he would inherit the family business after studying for three years in the academy, but the way of compromise was unilaterally decided by him, and he ran out of the house after leaving a letter.

"I'm going to make a big deal with you. Shen Bancheng said mysteriously.

Su Wen propped his head and said tiredly: "Old Shen, I've been physically and mentally exhausted in the past few days, just spare me!"

"Eh, don't be busy refusing first, and then tell you a troublesome thing, I went to the household department to check your household registration, this house is not yours, although you can temporarily live in Kyoto because of the identity of the disciple of the school, but there are two people who can't find the household registration at all, and there is no way to guide and no fame, the same does not belong to the records of several population movements in this dynasty, according to the laws of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is a felony to conceal the evasion of the population and pay taxes, that is to say, even if the people in the household department are blind to recognize money and do not recognize people, you also need to spend thousands of taels of silver for them to open the doorway, otherwise it will be a prison sentence of more than three years and five years, of course, if they are regarded as a fine work sent by the enemy, then it may not be a prison sentence, so there is no talk about this. Shen Bancheng said step by step, from childhood to adulthood, in addition to the account book is the law of the Northern Wei Dynasty, businessmen do business, peace and self-control is a small businessman, seeking wealth in danger is a Chinese businessman, and taking risks is a big businessman, and as a rich business giant, the Shen family's business principles are nothing more than how to exploit the loopholes of the country.

"Are you threatening me?" Su Wen frowned slightly, and said in a cold voice, the identities of Xiao Xianzhi and Niu Batian are special, and once they are announced to the public, I am afraid that it will be even more troublesome than at this moment.

Shen Bancheng smiled slightly: "Of course not, didn't I say that there is a big deal to discuss with you?" Otherwise, I should sit in the lobby of the household department now and count the twenty taels of silver that I got from the report, but these twenty taels are not even a single hair on Jiuniu's body compared to the big deal I want to talk about with you." ”

"Lao Shen save me. Su Wen seemed to have changed his face suddenly, and it was really just a short moment from his cold expression to crying bitterly.

"Well, according to the laws of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there are indeed cases that can be exempted from taxes, including fame, but as a businessman, all I can do is to make money, simply put, I pay more than a certain share of state taxes every year, and I can exempt a number of clansmen and military service and conscription, including all taxes, of course, this itself is the privilege given by the state to those rich merchant families, after all, those rich children can't carry it in their hands or on their shoulders, and the descendants of our Shen family can rely on these laws and regulations to get better these years, and your situation is about three thousand taels。 ”

"Pay a tax of three thousand taels, will you lose your silver when God does? Besides, Qigui would rather squat in the class room than give you a tael of silver. Su Wen said angrily, even he, a person who doesn't love money, felt weird, was it just some numbers for him, a guy who really lived up to his name.

Shen Bancheng still smiled, shook his head and said: "I don't want your money, as long as your name, I have been to Pingjing's big and small businesses these days, and found that it is difficult to make money in Pingjing, but it is easy to make a lot of money in Pingjing, as far as the income of an industry in Guanyuelou is less than 10 million a year, and the tax alone is more than 200,000, and it has to make up for the vacancies in the household department, do you think he still cares about the audit of one or two household registrations?"

"Lao Shen, I know that your family used to burn money, but now can we be realistic, you want my name, I don't think my reputation is so loud. Su Wen spread his hands and talked about money with this kind of rich boy who grew up in Jinshan Yinshan, which hurt his feelings.

"Hehe, Lao Su, I am a businessman, the most important thing is risk and opportunity, business opportunities that others can't see, you can only make a lot of money if you see it, if I register my name in your name, let alone open a restaurant, even if it is a latrine, it can ensure that it is overcrowded, the first student of Hengyuan, the minister of the humerus selected by His Majesty and Lord Shoufu at the same time, the personal disciple of the Holy Maiden of Ling Tiangong, and the owner of the Qinglan Buddha House, these reputations are not loud enough? I think even those guys who want to trouble you will come here to take a look”

Su Wen was inexplicably alert, looked at the other party cautiously, and said softly: "I can't see that you know me very well!"

"Of course, I know a lot about people who can make money, I am a businessman, I only care about money, and you are not greedy for money, so it seems that the cooperation between you and me is simple and clear, how, I will pay the money, and you will do it. Shen Bancheng was not perfunctory, and said bluntly.

"Give me some time, I need to think about it. Su Wen rubbed his eyebrows, why was the other party able to talk to him so calmly about things that didn't seem to be critical at this time, there was always a mustard in his heart, that is, no matter what the other party's purpose was, he was always the one who came out of that prime minister's mansion.

"Yes, I'm sure you'll be back to me soon. Shen Bancheng said affirmatively, feeling relieved in his heart, making money is making money, and the things that the elders have to do must be done.