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Although Jiang Liwei was polite in front of Shen Xi, he was ashamed and arrogant as an official. After a long time of not seeing him, he called himself "brother", which obviously intended to get closer to Chen Xi.

Since Jiang Li didn't want to regard himself as a court official, Chen Xi would not call him "Grandmaster". This title was a respectful title in this era, and was mostly used to refer to parents or elders in the family. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was not very common for those who called high-ranking officials. When officials in court generally used their surnames and official titles.

Jiang Liwei asked Chenxi to come inside, but it was a small courtyard.

Jiang Liwei seemed to know Yun Liu, but she was a little unfamiliar with Zhu Shan brought by Chen Xi. She looked at Zhu Shan a few times and asked, "Who is this?"

Chen Xi replied: "A servant, if it is inconvenient, she can let her wait outside."

Jiang Liwei nodded and greeted her. A servant with a broom came over and took Zhu Shan to the main house of Siheyuan to wait. Even Yun Liu stayed there.

Jiang Li was walking in front, Chen Xi was the second place, and finally Yu Niang. The three of them entered the west wing together and realized that there was a door in the room that could lead to the next yard.

The courtyard next door is obviously much larger, just like the hidden contact points of the underground party in later generations. It is obviously a wall, but after opening the agency, there is a road. After passing through two or three yards in a row, it is a small flower hall that looks nothing special.

"Young Master Chen will report to the Taixue. It should be the first month of next year, right?" Jiang Liwei asked before she could sit down.

"That's right." Chen Xidao, "If Mr. Jiang has orders, just say it bluntly."

Jiang Liwei smiled and said, "Young Master Chen, don't get me wrong. It's not an order, I just want to ask you to help me. It's just that time is a bit hasty, so it's best to complete it before Mr. Shen enters the Imperial College."

Chen Xi thought to himself: "Although it is the end of the year. However, there are still twenty days before the entrance examination and admission of the Imperial College. What exactly does it take for me to "help" for more than half a month? Could it be that I have to leave the capital and help search for the remaining party of An Rusheng?" He immediately said: "I don't know much, so please let Mr. Jiang tell me."

"Oh? It turns out that Yu Niang didn't tell Mr. Chen in detail? That's it. Even I was afraid that Mr. Chen would worry about affecting his studies, so I refused to help him." Jiang Liwei said, "This matter is not a big deal. It is a trivial matter of the court..."

There is nothing trivial in the court, and Jiang Liwei is insincere about this!

"An Rusheng became an evil place and hijacked merchant ships and official ships. His crimes were unforgivable. The reason why it took him half a year to rectify the law was to investigate his followers behind the scenes and those who were sheltered by the court. Unfortunately... this person has been sentenced for two years, and the investigation is still very progressing."

Speaking of this, Jiang Liwei sighed.

Chen Xidao: "I don't understand the major affairs of the court, but I have some simple views."

Jiang Liwei said: "It's okay to say it."

"Since An Rusheng has been buried in the law and proves that he has colluded with the bandits and bandits and committed evil crimes, then the person who recommends his promotion is likely to be his accomplices. However, Mr. Jiang said that he cannot investigate until now, so it must be that someone commits suicide for fear of the crime, or... the person who recommends An Rusheng is not aware of it, and is just accepting bribes and cannot trace the culprit behind the scenes from these people."

Jiang Liwei smiled and said, "It seems that nothing can be hidden from Mr. Chen. It is true that there are many people involved in this case, but after investigation, most people have nothing to do with An Rusheng's collusion with bandits and robbers and murder. In fact, An Rusheng was very famous when he was in charge of the local area. During his tenure, the economy of prefectures and counties developed rapidly, and many of them recommended him. After An Rusheng was arrested, many people were implicated and imprisoned, and many people committed suicide. But they didn't know whether they committed suicide for fear of crime or were shameless or angry."

"This case involves a lot and has a bad reputation in the court, so the case is handed over to the Ministry of Justice for the purpose of the case to be tried at the discretion of the Ministry of Justice and has not been made public..."

When the Ministry of Justice tries cases, it will basically be tried publicly. Now even the ministers in the court have to conceal it. There is only one explanation, that is, the case is given to the Ministry of Justice in name, but in fact, the Jinyiwei or the Dongchang are tried and closed. This is equivalent to raising the criminal case to the height of national security and mentioning the national security department from the Supreme Court.

Chen Xi nodded: "So that's it."

Jiang Liwei continued: "Mr. Chen must be surprised by the intention of saying these words. These secrets should not be leaked to the outside world, but they are of great importance. Mr. Chen made great contributions when he wiped out An Rusheng, and there was also the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce behind it... Well, I had exchanged interests with An Rusheng. After discussing with Yu Niang, I thought Mr. Chen was the best candidate to help us."

Chen Xi was worried about finally coming.

When An Rusheng was wiped out, Chen Xi mentioned to Hui Niang that the court investigated An Rusheng's remaining party and had no intention of controlling the local government's transfer of interests to An Rusheng, but once the court recalled it, it was very likely that the accounts would be settled in the autumn.

An Rusheng colluded with bandits to commit money and kill him. It was a case, but local bribes him to help him expand his power. This is another case, but the case is different. Since An Rusheng was in law, the bribery case should be covered in dust. But now Jiang Li is only bringing up the old story again, which obviously makes Chen Xi understand something.

Chen Xi was still very cautious and bowed and bowed: "I have no choice but to do so."

Jiang Liwei nodded with a smile. He was still very satisfied with Chen Xi's "reasonableness". He said immediately: "Since Mr. Chen promised to help, I will tell you clearly. I found out that someone involved with An Rusheng was not very good at official positions. But since the beginning of this year, we have found that this person had records of many cash and grain in the Ministry of Revenue, which is of great importance..."

When Chen Xi heard this, he suddenly realized something.

Originally, the An Rusheng case had come to an end, but in the past two years, the court has been in short supply of military and food in the northwest of the court. Liu Daxia's Minister of Revenue and Assistant Censor of the Ministry of Revenue went to Xuanfu to manage military pay, and would definitely investigate some old cases of military pay allocation. Some unknown reasons have involved An Rusheng again.

An Rusheng is a local official and has never had any owed taxes and grains in the court before. The key to this case is to "go out" rather than "go". In other words, the Ministry of Revenue's money and grain were embezzled by An Rusheng, and the court had to investigate the place of going. But the problem is that An Rusheng can still understand that he is evil in the local area. After all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but in the court, if he does not have strong connections, how could he "steal food" from the Ministry of Revenue?

This fully shows that An Rusheng is just a piece of chess piece of a certain force. In the name of An Rusheng, this force took food from the court. The method used was nothing more than reporting major disasters to the court without disasters or minor disasters, or tampering with the government in allocating local money and grain.

Chen Xidao: "Please forgive me and say it bluntly. Chen may not be able to help these things."

Jiang Liwei had a cold smile on her face: "Not necessarily! Mr. Chen has forgotten that you are the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce behind you. According to the verification by the Ministry of Commerce, An Rusheng once served as the prefect of Tingzhou and obtained a batch of food to provide relief to the flood from the court. These foods were transported through the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Chen, do you think this matter can be helpful?"

Chen Xi felt sweating on his forehead.

Now it is no longer the court that wants to pursue the interests of the Chamber of Commerce to An Rusheng in the past. Jiang Li said that he wanted to regard the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce as An Rusheng's "accomplice".

An Rusheng greed for food from the court, but the result was that the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce helped transport it. Isn’t the implication that the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce and An Rusheng are in the same group?

But that's not the case.

Before the incident, the evil deeds of An Rusheng were not known to the chamber of commerce.

When Gaomingcheng was in office as the prefect of Tingzhou, the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce had been coordinating the assistance of government officials at both levels at the prefecture and county levels to provide relief to the victims. Huiniang, as the chief of the chamber of commerce, did everything herself. After An Rusheng took office, the court had transported disaster relief money and grain. An Rusheng wanted to borrow the chamber of commerce ships and manpower. Can the chamber of commerce refuse?

It would be too unfair if the Chamber of Commerce was classified as an accomplice with An Rusheng.

However, the name Guan is two mouths, Jiang Li only uses his power to suppress people, and he can say whatever he wants. Chen Xi immediately said righteously: "The Ting River is flooded, and the flood is over the city. The Chamber of Commerce helps the court to provide disaster relief and transport food. What's wrong with that?"

Jiang Liwei thought for a moment before laughing: "Young Master Chen misunderstood. In fact, I would like to ask you to help, mainly to investigate An Rusheng's party, not to hold the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce responsible."

Although Chen Xi didn't know how many ranks Jiang Liwei was now after being recruited, he expected that he was the fifth rank of the official position as the left chief of Dali Temple in Nanjing, and his current official position was only high or low.

You, a senior official of the fourth or fifth rank, would you be a court official and a junior who is just a juren, and has no official position or a rank, speak politely?

Chen Xidao: "I don't understand what Lord Jiang means very much. But if I really have something to help, Lord Jiang just say it bluntly..."

Because Jiang Liwei's tone was aggressive just now, Chen Xi had to show his position. You are Shangguan, and I am just an apprentice. Don't always talk about useless things.

Jiang Liwei nodded: "It's true that we suspect that someone in the court is involved in this case, but there is no evidence to investigate, so we set up a plan to lead the snake out of the cave, but there is no one to do it... so we want to ask Mr. Chen for help."

Chen Xi was silent.

He understood the meaning, An Rusheng was in vain, but his accomplices were not wiped out yet, or the culprit behind this matter was too prominent in the court and could not be convicted without evidence, so "trap" was designed.

But Yu Niang had said before that he would not force him to do so. The person who proposed this plan should be Jiang Liwei. Yu Niang was just a participant and the matter was not reported to Liu Daxia.

It is probably Jiang Liwei who thinks that this move "leading snakes out of the hole" will have some risks. After the matter is completed, you can make great contributions. However, if you fail, as long as the people from the court do not come forward, the responsibility will not be attributed to him.

Chen Xi thought to himself: "It is clearly Jiang Li who treats me as a gun. He is different from Yu Niang. Yu Niang also knows to ask for soft words, but he directly threatens and tempts him. Those words just now clearly mean to force me to submit."

Chenxidao: "Although there is a Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce behind the scenes, Tingzhou is far away from the capital, so I'm afraid I can't help it."

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