Chapter 604 Borrowing a knife to hurt people
After several tests, Wan Huaixing found that the boy in front of him was not slick and could not get any useful news at all. The favor was right away, and Wan Huaixing was too lazy to grind his teeth with Jiang Anyi again, and lowered his face and said, "It's getting late, Lord Chang is still waiting for the news. Go and wake Lord Li. I have something to say to Lord Li."
This face became so fast. Jiang Anyi was amused and turned around and entered the official hall. A room was separated from the inner room, which was Li Yubo's residence. Finally, he stopped snoring. Jiang Anyi explained his purpose, and Li Yubo stood up to welcome the guests and met Wan Huaixing.
Jiang Anyi and others were driven out of the door, leaving Wan Huaixing to talk to Li Yubo in a secret conversation. Although Wan Huaixing's voice was not high, Jiang Anyi stood not far outside the door, and listened intently. After a few words, Wan Huaixing explained his purpose, took out a stack of silver notes from his arms and placed them on the table, and pushed his two fingers towards Li Yubo.
Li Yubo glanced at him and said, "Brother Wan, what does this mean?"
"This is the food surplus you accumulated in the yamen since June last year. You have been unwilling to receive it. Lord Chang asked me to bring it to you. Brother Li, everyone in the yamen has a share, including clerks, and it is also allocated. If you don't receive it alone, wouldn't it be difficult for everyone to do it?" Wan Huaixing advised earnestly.
Li Yubo reached out, but took the teacup on the table, held it in his hand and used the tea cover to tick the tea smell in the cup, and said lightly: "Brother Wan, Li dare not ask for this money, so you should take it back and thank Lord Chang for me."
Wan Huaixing was a little anxious, and his voice almost roared: "Brother Li, why should you be so stubborn? You must know how to be a person and be together with Guangchen. How can you gain a foothold in the yamen in this way?"
"Li is just a craftsman and cannot be an official. He doesn't know what it means to be with the light. But Li knows that the river bank breaks the dam and hundreds of thousands of people are affected. There are as many as a thousand people drowned this time. The money is too bloody. If Li takes it, he may not be able to sleep at night." Li Yubo looked at the teacup in his hand and said.
Jiang Anyi nodded secretly. There were corrupt officials and upright people in the officialdom. After coming to Linhua County, the county magistrate Yuan Decheng and Dianzuo Li Yubo made him feel that my way is not alone.
"Brother Li, you have been in the Du Water Supervision for many years. The disadvantages of river engineering are not caused by you and me. You can trace it back thousands of years..."
Wan Huaixing talked endlessly about the time of two incense sticks, presenting facts, reasoning, and friendship. Jiang Anyi thought that if this master Wan became a monk, he would definitely be able to speak loudly and speak the lotus flower nodded. Unfortunately, Li Yubo was even harder than the stubborn stone, and he didn't say a word, allowing Wan Huaixing to fiddle with the words.
The speaker was irritable and the listener was unmoved. Wan Huaixing picked up the tea and drank it all. Finally, he tried hard and lowered his voice: "This time, Yuan Huajiang broke the dike, and the court sent an imperial envoy to investigate. On this critical season, I transfer the yamen to work together to deal with the difficulties. Brother Li, as an important member of the yamen, should work together to meet the feelings of his colleagues. The yamen and others must be grateful to Brother Li for their kindness."
Li Yubo was silent for a long time and said, "The imperial envoy asked, Li should report it accordingly."
Wan Huaixing's angry voice came from the room, "Li Yubo, you are really stubborn and harming others and yourself. You are planning to sell your friends for honor. I see how you gain a foothold in the yamen in the future. Say goodbye!"
"Sir Wan, don't forget to bring the things on the table." Li Yubo said coldly.
Wan Huaixing slammed the door and came out. The clerks also heard a rough look outside the door and surrounded them to see Wan Huaixing. Jiang Anyi walked into the house and saw Li Yubo frowning and holding the teacup in a daze. It seemed that Lord Li was not relaxed. Hearing Jiang Anyi's footsteps, Li Yubo put the teacup back on the table, stood up and said, "You can't stay here anymore, go back to the embankment with me."
Li Yubo took Jiang Anyi to the stable to pull out the horse, anxious
Chi left.
Wan Huaixing returned to the lobby of the Transportation Order in frustration. Everyone saw him with a bitter look on his face and knew that the situation was not good. After briefly speaking, Wan Huaixing gritted his teeth and said, "Li Yubo was determined to go against us. It seems that he was going to report us to the imperial envoy. If everyone sold him, he would be able to get promoted."
Everyone in the hall changed their expressions. Chang Yuchao waved his hand to let the clerks retreat. The gate was closed, and the lobby became gloomy. The heavy breathing echoed in the lobby in the empty space, as if a storm was brewing.
"Defend day and night, it's hard to guard against thieves in the family, we are in danger." Duan Shuang sighed, breaking the silence.
Chang Yuchao held his beard and a fierce light flashed in his deep eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "If Li Yubo really tells the truth, it will be light for everyone present to lose their posts and dismissals. Maybe he will be punished and even lose his head."
The words floated into the cold wind in the lobby, and many people felt the chill behind their necks and couldn't help but shrink. The young master Yu Yi was playing with the folding fan in his hand leisurely, and he laughed in his heart. It was not a matter of being a soldier to behead him. He did not lack money. The money he received from the yamen every month was accumulated in one place. If the imperial envoy asked for it, he would hand it over. Anyway, his mission made Chang Yuchao let him get on the side, so he would naturally be fine if he didn't get involved.
Chang Yuchao's eyes fell on Xiong Yian and smiled and said, "Young Master Xiong is a royal relative and has a lot of knowledge. I wonder what kind of insights you have?"
Turn on the folding fan with a "brush", Xiong Yian gently sang it twice, and the long hair on his temples was blown by the wind. It was really a elegant and elegant tree in the wind. If there was a swallow and Mei'er was there, her eyes would shine and she would scream in a delicate voice.
"Xiong is just an eighth-rank Dushui joins the army, with a low position and low power. Everything follows the instructions of the Lord Transfer Author." Xiong Yian closed the folding fan, clasped his fists and bowed to Chang Yuchao.
The little fox wanted to shirk responsibility, but Chang Yuchao sneered. At this time, everyone was a grasshopper on the same rope, and they didn't even want to fly alone. Moreover, Xiong Yian's grasshopper was still golden and he could not let him fly away.
Thinking of this, Chang Yu Chao smiled gently and said, "The Yuanhua River broke its dam, and the transfer yamen was responsible for the transfer. Xiong Senjun was young and strong, and should take on more important tasks. The imperial envoy is coming soon. Xiong Senjun might as well go to the river bank to inspect the river bank in the next few days, so that he can understand what omissions exist, so that he can know it."
Xiong Yian cursed in his heart. This is clearly putting himself in front of the wind and rain. Do you still need to check the shortcomings of the river work? They were all made by a few people here, embezzling silver, using inferior products as good ones, favoring relatives and friends, and compromising prices to benefit private people. They are so tired that they can't disturb the people. They ask themselves to inspect, and whether they report problems or not? The imperial envoy asked, Chang Yuchao spread his hands and pushed all the responsibilities to him, thinking that it was so beautiful.
He is not a soft man who can be controlled by others. Xiong Yian immediately stood up and said, "Xiong has been suffering from cold weather these days and is not energetic. He really cannot take on this important task. I hope that the fortune will make the adults be virtuous. Xiong is dizzy and exhausted. He will say goodbye first and go to see the doctor."
Seeing Xiong Yian leaving, everyone in the hall looked at each other. This man was confident and more angry than others. Chang Yuchao was choked for a long time and couldn't speak. Several of his beards were broken. It seemed that his intention to use Xiong Yian's plan was about to fail. Now it seems that this jade master would not be able to do anything.
The plan failed, and the trouble still needs to be solved. Chang Yuchao gasped for a moment, smoothed out his mood, and said slowly: "Everyone has seen it. When the disaster is coming, everyone flew away. Mr. Xiong is unwilling to help and cannot force it. However, it is not that easy for him to stay out of the matter. But we are tied together, and we must live and die together, and we must not be indifferent."
"Don't worry, sir, we will definitely work together to overcome the difficulties." Zou Sujie stood up and
He said with emotion, and the others also stood up to express their opinions.
"Okay, Youdao is that brothers work together to cut off gold. Chang believes that we will work together to overcome difficulties." Chang Yuchao also stood up and bowed to everyone.
Duan Shuang reminded: "Sir, since Li Yubo refused to advance and retreat with me, he could not let him spread unfavorable words outside. He should be put under house arrest. He only said that he had worked day and night and fell ill in the yamen to recuperate, and asked Wei Zhubo to preside over the river embankment."
Chang Yuchao was awakened and nodded, "No, come here, come and invite Li Dianzuo."
After a moment, the clerk who went to ask for someone to return the reward, Li Dianzuo had already left with his entourage. Qiu Guangming said anxiously: "You can't let Li Yubo go, Lord Chang, please send someone to chase him back."
Chang Yuchao said dejectedly: "It is difficult to grasp the tiger entering the deep mountains. Sending people to chase him at this moment is becoming more and more eye-catching. Zou Sujie, you have a good relationship with Boss Ye, and he has a lot of it..."
The words were getting lower and lower, and a few heads in the lobby were getting closer and closer. The low voice was like a ghost chirping, or a few silly laughs came out, making people creepy.
Xiong Yi'an left the lobby and did not return to the official hall, but went home directly. He bought a house on the left side of the Transportation Organ. In addition to the four servants brought to his home, he also bought four young and beautiful maids in the market. Xiong Yong was about to go out and met Xiong Yu'an who was stepping into the door. Xiong Yong didn't care about apologizing and whispered: "Young Master, the master has sent someone to deliver a letter."
In the study, Xiong Yian saw the letter sent by his father, and the letter revealed a top-secret news that Jiang Anyi, the former governor of Huazhou, was most likely to come to the secret investigation with the order.
Xiong Zhiren attached great importance to Jiang Anyi. On April 11, he sent someone to Jiang Mansion to invite him to have a banquet. As a result, his family who sent the invitation came back to report that Jiang Anyi was not in the capital if he had something to do when he went out. Xiong Zhiren was stunned. Jiang Anyi, as the governor of Huazhou, went to Beijing to pay homage every three years. How could he leave Beijing before the emperor asked him to return? In particular, the prince said that the emperor decided to keep him in Beijing, so it was even more impossible for Jiang Anyi to leave Beijing.
After thinking carefully, Xiong Zhiren sent his family to find out when Jiang Anyi left Beijing, whom he brought, what he brought, and how many days he planned to go out, etc. After his family returned, Jiang Anyi only brought a follower and hurried south with his clothes. Without explaining how many days he came back, Xiong Zhiren had preliminary guesses.
When the prince came back to the Eastern Palace, when the prince and son-in-law talked, Xiong Zhiren had already confirmed that Jiang Anyi had gone to Yuanhuajiang to investigate the situation of the breaking of the dam. There was no need to ask the emperor to send the Censor Lu Congming as the imperial envoy on the surface, but secretly let Jiang Anyi as the secret envoy, one light and one dark. It seemed that Yuanhuajiang's river work was in trouble.
When he returned to his own family, Xiong Zhiren was worried. He knew about the shortcomings of the Transportation Office from his son Xiong Yian's family letter. He knew that his son had also distributed a lot of money. He became more cautious and told him not to use the money first, and to enjoy it slowly before anything happened in the future. Who is Jiang Anyi? The emperor's trusted minister, he would never be able to favor personal gains. He secretly investigated, and the officials of the Transportation Office were afraid that they would not escape the disaster.
Xiong Zhiren did not care about the life and death of others, but he had to ignore his son's safety. He wrote a detailed letter in the study and called his family member Xiong Ping to immediately go out of the city to deliver the letter. After borrowing the name of the Eastern Palace, Xiong Ping changed his horse to the south through the post station, and came to Linhua County only one day later than Jiang Anyi.
After reading the letter, Xiong Yian secretly got lucky, but fortunately he was not trapped in the quagmire of the transfer yamen. Since he knew that Jiang Anyi was coming secretly, could he think of some way to contact this secretly imperial envoy, sell some news and get some credit.
Chapter completed!