Relying on his understanding of Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin took the initiative to thoroughly investigate the fields around the capital, and the chief assistant Xie Qian was forced to accept it.

As soon as he got out of the court, Xie Qian was surrounded by a group of civil officials. These people wanted Xie Qian to go to the emperor to confess his love. Several of the land around the capital mailed under the names of officials was seized and allocated by Qian Ning, and they were direct victims.

"...Does I want Liu Jin to succeed? If you have any objections, just ask Your Majesty. What's the point of finding me? This matter can only be done for the time being. With Your Majesty's order, the cabinet is powerless, and at most, hello to the Ministry of Revenue."

That being said, but Xie Qian knew that greeting the Ministry of Revenue was in vain. Liu Jin did not leave the Ministry of Revenue for tax investigations at all. He did things in the name of the factory guards and Shuntian Mansion. The person in charge was Qian Ning, who was very favored by the emperor. Xie Qian felt that Liu Jin might succeed this time.

But Xie Qian thought about it again that even if Liu Jin succeeded, he would only increase a few royal villages, and the income was owned by the royal family, which might also reduce the expenses of the court. Moreover, this incident would not have much impact on ordinary people, and the matter was within a controllable range.

On the way back, Xie Qian's face was gloomy and he kept thinking about this question: "Even if Liu Jin does not have complete control of the Six Ministry, he can bypass the Six Ministry. Now many ministers have begun to rely on them secretly, and he has factory guards in his hands to act. If he cannot limit this person's power, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Xie Qian was extremely worried. As soon as he returned to the door, before the person got off the carriage, a servant came to report: "Master, the Shouning Marquis Mansion sent someone to send you a letter, saying that you must ask you to read it."

"Shouning Marquis Mansion?"

Although Xie Qian had not seen the content of the letter, he had probably guessed what was going on. Now that Liu Jin is in power and has no dependent on his relatives, Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling cannot reduce their value and join Liu Jin's camp. Now the two sides have become a confrontation.

Xie Qian and Liu Jin have a tense relationship, but there is no major conflict with the Zhang brothers, so now Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling are preparing to show goodwill to Xie Qian and strive to cooperate in dealing with Liu Jin.

After getting off the carriage, Xie Qian held the letter in his hand, entered the mansion gate, thought about it and took it out, took it apart, walked behind and looked.

It was confirmed that Zhang Heling was interested in taking over the letter, but Xie Qian was a little disdainful. With his background and status in the court, he looked down on Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling who were promoted by nepotism at all.

"The former emperor Bintian, Your Majesty ascended the throne, and his relatives have declined. It's just that Your Majesty has not attacked the two uncles. Now they still want to use my power to fight against Liu Jin, and they are simply unaware of the greatness of the world."

Xie Qian felt a headache when he thought of Liu Jin's abuse of power, but he could not cooperate with his relatives no matter what. He was very concerned about his reputation.

After looking at Zhang Heling's letter again, Xie Qian shook his head: "Even if the situation in the capital has deteriorated, it is at least within the controllable range, and has not yet reached the point of flattering relatives of the foreign country. But I don't know what the situation in the three sides are now... Shen Xi's child is stubborn and self-righteous. If he cannot handle the problem of shortage of money and food smoothly, he may be Liu Jin will attack him in front of His Highness. People stay outside for a long time, and even if His Majesty trusts him, problems will arise over time."

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Shouning Hou Mansion, study room.

The two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling sat opposite each other and discussed how to deal with Liu Jin.

Zhang Yanling seemed very annoyed: "The eunuch named Liu is really ungrateful. He knew how to say hello when he met. Now even when he passed by face to face, he doesn't even say hello, just pretending that he didn't see it. Even if I took the initiative to say hello to him, I looked like I ignored him."

"Brother, I can't allow this person to continue to be ruthless. This time, he checked the tax acres and found that we were under our name. I lost more than 500 acres of high-end paddy fields in Shunyi alone. I personally sent someone to say hello, but he ignored it. It was really annoying..."

Zhang Heling frowned: "If the meat is in the jackal's mouth, you still want it to spit it out? You are too naive! Since Liu Jin took office, he seems to be doing something wrong, but everything has been approved by His Majesty. If you want to get the land back, either let His Majesty decide for you or threaten Qian Ning. If you are in a head-on conflict with Liu Jin, you may not be able to get it!"

When the two brothers talked about Liu Jin, they were extremely indignant, but Zhang Heling was older and had more brains in speaking and doing things, while Zhang Yanling just acted recklessly based on his identity.

Zhang Yanling said angrily: "I thought the East Factory and the Jinyiwei were in our hands, so that Liu Jin would not be able to act rampant. Unexpectedly, he proposed to His Majesty to establish the West Factory and the Insider Factory, and Qian Ning in the Jinyiwei would help him do things. This time, the tax inspection has touched the interests of our brothers. Should he let him continue to be arrogant?"

Zhang Heling said seriously: "So now we must join forces with other forces to suppress Liu Jin. I have written to Mr. Xie before to let him know the attitude of our brothers. In addition, we have Zhang Yuan cooperated in the palace. Recently, Zhang Yuan is trusted by His Majesty and his voice is gradually increasing. Liu Jin is busy with the court affairs and can no longer stay in front of His Majesty at all times..."

"Your Majesty is full of blood and beautiful. According to Zhang Yuan's wishes, Your Majesty is the best woman. If you find a few women to enter the palace and let Zhang Yuan get his favor further, then we can try to ask the Empress Dowager to advise His Majesty, let Zhang Yuan enter the ritual supervisor, and seize the authority in Liu Jin's hands!"

Zhang Yanling frowned: "Brother means... our eldest nephew is young and hasn't even grown all her hair, so she is so beautiful... a woman? This is so... it's really strange. What did he think? Where do we look for a woman?"

When Zhang Yanling said this, Zhang Heling looked at him with a deep meaning in his eyes, as if saying, "You ask me where to find a woman, don't you know?"

"Brother, what you mean is... let me give the woman in the mansion to His Majesty?" Zhang Yanling shouted in dissatisfaction.

Zhang Heling smiled coldly: "There are not forty women in your house, but there are still more than thirty... You have been making enough trouble in the past few years. Those old and weak women should not stay in your house anymore. Since you are even stingy with your status, what if you send them to the palace?"

"Besides, did Jiang Liwei, who went to the northwest, just sent you a few beauties before the New Year? You should send them to His Majesty... I received the news that when Liu Jin returned to Beijing last year, Jiang Liwei tried to kill Liu Jin, and the matter was known to Liu Jin. This time, Jiang Liwei went to the northwest. It seemed that we were instructing him to contact Shen Zhihou, but in fact, it was Liu Jin appointed him in the name of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank

When Zhang Yanling heard his brother mention the beauty sent by Jiang Liwei, he asked him to give it to Zhu Houzhao, and became even more dissatisfied: "Brother, I can promise you anything else, but this is not possible. I haven't had enough fun with the few beauties sent by Jiang Liwei. If I just sent it to the palace like this, I will feel unwilling to accept my younger brother."

"Let me do this. After I go back, I find a way to choose a few women who are tired of playing. I will send them to the palace in the past two days, just as I think it is according to my nephew's preference..."

Seeing Zhang Heling nodding, Zhang Yanling felt so uncomfortable.

"You are a slut, even if you play with women, you will play with the rest of others. You are so naughty! But you are really different from your father's temper. You are still so chaotic when you see the wedding is about to come. I'm afraid that your queen will not be favored by you in the future. Now I will give you the remaining women. If any of them are pregnant, it will be even more interesting. Wouldn't I be a rare Lu Buwei?"

Zhang Yanling was thinking a lot, but he didn't dare to send pregnant women to the palace, and would not give Zhu Houzhao the most favored woman around him.

If you want to give it, you will also give it to those women who were once favored by him but gradually lost his attention.

Among these women, he had been obsessed with for more than half a year. This was also the main reason why he promised to help Jiang Liwei. This time he was also planning to send him to the palace.

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The Jingjing formed a three-party confrontation with Liu Jin, the brothers of the Zhang family, and the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xie Qian.

In the northwest, the situation in Chenxi is much better. Neither Jiang Liwei nor Wang Shouren could pose a substantial threat to him.

Especially Jiang Liwei, Jiang Liwei knew what Chen Xi's current status in the court before he went to the northwest. It was almost impossible to bring Chen Xi down in the name of a lack of money and grain on the three sides. Jiang Liwei brought Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling's instructions to win over Chen Xi to deal with Liu Jin together.

This made Jiang Liwei very dissatisfied.

Jiang Liwei didn't know that he had been hated by Liu Jin. Before leaving Beijing, he tried to give Liu Jin a gift, but Liu Jin accepted it without saying a word. Then he sent someone to explain his trip to the northwest. Jiang Liwei felt that he no longer needed to defect to his relatives.

Another important reason is that the woman Jiang Liwei placed next to Zhang Yanling and helped him speak has gradually lost Zhang Yanling's favor.

Although Jiang Liwei later gave some women to Zhang Yanling, and these women were also favored, they did not have any bone-cut hatred for Chen Xi, and could not expect these women to help him convey the news about the Jianchang Hou Mansion, and to blow the wind in Zhang Yanling's ears to help him deal with Chen Xi.

Jiang Li was the only intention to defeat Chen Xi, so he came to the northwest this time, preparing to conspire for Chen Xi to imprison according to Liu Jin's idea.

As for the Zhang brothers' explanation to him, they have been left behind.

"Good birds choose trees to live on. Now the uncle Zhang brothers are actually not as good as before. They still feel good about themselves. They are simply overestimating their abilities to try to deal with Liu Jin."

"However, in this way, isn't Liu Jin's position in the court as he turned his hands and turned his hands and rain? Liu Jin occupied a high position in a very short time and must have shortage of people at hand. At this time, I will sell myself and make a little contribution, and I will not be able to become a governor of the side."

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In Yulin Weicheng, after the 15th day of the first lunar month, the yamen in the city gradually resumed operations. At this time, Wang Shouren still ignored the clues about how to take out officials who embezzled and occupied the money and grain allocated by the court.

On the 19th day of the first lunar month, Chen Xi returned from Zhenqiang Fort and the two finally met.

The meeting was not in the Governor's Office, nor in the inn where Wang Shouren was staying, but in an unknown tavern.

Both of them were very low-key. Chen Xi only brought a few attendants, while Wang Shouren went to the meeting alone.

On the second floor of the wine shop, Chen Xi directly booked it. The two of them didn’t talk much nonsense when they met. After the wine and food were served, Wang Shouren had no intention of eating and drinking, and directly told his purpose:

"Zhihou, I haven't seen you for some time. This time, the imperial court sent me to the northwest to investigate the deficit of money and food on the three sides in recent years."

"oh!?"

Chen Xi smiled and asked, "Have you sent someone to you the Sanbian Money and Grain Account Book before you go?"

Wang Shouren sighed: "The account book has made people tamper with it. Many places are not right at first glance, but after checking the numbers specifically, there is no way to find clues... You can't be unclear, right?"

Chen Xidao: "These account books were entrusted by Duke Baoguo after he stepped down as the governor of the three borders. It is hard to say whether there are fake accounts. You also know that you are busy with military affairs and are worried about Tatars' crimes every day. In addition, the account rooms that are not experienced at hand, so I am afraid that this governor will not be able to find out the accounts for several years if he personally checks the accounts..."

Wang Shouren heard Chen Xi’s perfunctory words and asked dissatisfiedly: “Zhihou, you have been in the northwest for several months, and you haven’t noticed any problem at all?”

Chen Xi shrugged: "If you want to talk about the problem, there must be some, otherwise the Great Wall would not have been built for two years. There must be borers among the people who supervised the project, but who it is still needed to be thoroughly investigated."

"I held a banquet at the Governor's Office a few years ago, and it was clearly stated that if anyone is willing to surrender and hand over the money he had previously greedy ink, he could apply for leniency from the court. But now more than twenty days have passed, and no one has come out to confess his guilt. This matter... I am also very embarrassed!"

Wang Shouren smiled bitterly: "It seems that the errands I'm doing are difficult to complete."

Chen Xi asked, "I wonder how long is the time limit for Brother Bo'an to investigate the case? What kind of results should be found before I can go back to report the job?"

Wang Shouren said: "The court has not set a specific deadline, but it is best to return to Beijing before the end of the month. Most of the warehouses on the three sides are empty. If there is nothing wrong with this, no one will believe it. If the corrupt and abused power are allowed to escape the law, I really can't overcome the hurdle in my heart!"

Chen Xi nodded: "I will try my best to help, but Brother Bo'an, please forgive me. This northwest... I am also a newcomer, and most places have not visited the field. Local civil and military officials have disobeyed me, the trilateral general system. The reason for the political roots of the northwest is that the overall corruption in the officialdom is that although I am also investigating it, it is unlikely to have any results within one or two months."

Chen Xi emphasized the difficulties to Wang Shouren. Even if Wang Shouren was dissatisfied with something, he had no choice.

Wang Shouren came to Chenxi's territory to handle the work, and whether to cooperate depends on Chenxi's mood. Although the two have different purposes, they are all in order to complete the errands smoothly. For Shen Xi, it is necessary to maintain three-sided stability. Even if corrupt officials are to be eliminated, they have to go through step by step. Wang Shouren wanted to find out more corrupt officials in a limited time.

Wang Shouren finally met Chen Xi, but found that he had not received any help. He was in a hurry and murmured: "What should I do? If I return empty-handed, I don't know how to explain it to the court!"

Chen Xi was not in a hurry: "Brother Bo'an wants to check who is just following him and let him be happy. I will try my best to help you. If Brother Bo'an can't find a breakthrough, maybe it is a good choice to see Duke Bao."

When Wang Shouren heard Chen Xi ask him to see Zhu Hui, he frowned.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found it very reasonable. Chen Xi explained the situation that corruption did not happen in my term. If you ask, you should also ask the previous three-sided general system. For example, Zhu Hui, he could not escape the blame no matter what. You can arrest one by one.

Wang Shouren nodded: "In order to complete the errand, I can only do this. I will go to visit Duke Bao later."

In fact, Wang Shouren and Shen Xi both knew that the root cause of the deficit in the three sides of the money and grain was Zhu Hui, but knew that Zhu Hui's position in the court would be difficult to bring down this person. Instead of fighting with Zhu Hui head-on, it would be better to let Zhu Hui take the initiative to accuse a few people and end the financial review.

Chen Xi thought that for his own safety, Zhu Hui must understand the principle of "abandoning the car to protect the coach".

If Zhu Hui sold the officials and generals from the three sides, it had nothing to do with Chen Xi, and his subordinates would not be in a state of disagreement and would not be unable to gain a foothold in the northwest due to betrayal of the relatives.

Chen Xi suggested: "When Brother Bo'an goes to see Duke Baoguo, it is best to make a big fuss, so that those officials who embezzle and accept bribes are afraid. If Duke Baoguo takes the initiative to report some officials, he will help Brother Bo'an thoroughly investigate it at all costs. This is also my promise to you..."

Wang Shouren is not an ordinary civil servant. He is an extraordinary person and is very talented in becoming an official.

In fact, after Wang Shouren arrived in the northwest, he found that it was unrealistic to rely solely on his own strength to investigate the deficit of money and grain. After all, he was not familiar with the place, and it was not appropriate to ask Chen Xi for help, because Chen Xi, as a three-sided general system, could not do anything to harm his subordinates, and he always felt that this was an insolvent problem.

But now Chen Xi reminded him that he realized a problem, that is, the breakthrough of the entire incident was Zhu Hui, and no one wanted to be this bad guy, so let Zhu Hui be the one.

Zhu Hui had to take care of it because the money and food were deficit. If Zhu Hui did not report others, he would have to bear the responsibility himself.

Zhu Hui himself is about to leave the Northwest officialdom, and it would be fine if he reported a few people as scapegoats, and it would not affect his status in the court.

This bad guy must be Zhu Hui, while Chen Xi can help sing a sing of bad faces.

Who will Zhu Hui report, I will help you check.

Otherwise I will pretend to be confused and don’t think I will cooperate with you.
Chapter completed!