Chapter 683 Surprised Explanation
Gu Wenxuan was surprised. He had roughly guessed what his wife was trying to say when she suddenly winked and said she would talk about it later when she got back to her room.
I don't know why the hereditary title of Liang Guogong is the cause of trouble. Why is it that the superiors cannot tolerate the existence of Liang Guogong's mansion, which is half of the credit for the founding of Liang?
Why do you think Duke Liang's palace is so troubled and miserable? If you meet a narrow-minded emperor again, it would be strange if you don't destroy Duke Liang's palace with the knife handed to him.
Unexpectedly, his wife also deduced that the main reason why her husband would rather be a knife for today's emperor was that he would have to return to Yangzhou Mansion with a secret order after the New Year.
When the wind blows, the "old friend" may be killed.
This is also the best time to fish in troubled waters.
"It's not that the Yangzhou Zhou family is not small. In terms of power, your Zhou family is still the Dingzhou Zhou family. It's just that it was separated almost two hundred years ago. The world has long forgotten that it was still a family.
When Dingzhou Zhou was weak, most of the human resources were handed over by your master to Yangzhou Zhou's direct descendants. The only condition was to protect your uncle.
Only then has the power of the Yangzhou Zhou Dynasty increased significantly in the past 20 to 30 years, especially since your uncle passed the Yangzhou Fuxing Examination to learn about Yuanqi. It can be said that he is about to ascend to heaven.
In addition, although your aunt's family has very few people above the fifth rank, it has many scholars and is considered a wealthy family in the local area, which invisibly adds another boost.
This has also led to a mixed bag of good and bad people in Yangzhou Zhou, and some of them are now so ambitious that they get involved in the fight for the prince's money bag. The gentleman will clean up the family next. ”
sweat!
The rhythm of seeking death.
"Do you still remember that Uncle Qi went to Zhoujia Village in June and July, and we met each other? At that time, I guessed that something big was going to happen in Zhending Mansion?"
Zhou Banxia nodded hurriedly, but did not dare to interrupt. I don't know what the specific incident was, but he was later imprisoned for embezzlement of military supplies during the Double Ninth Festival in September.
For this reason, Mrs. Qian's husband, Qian Tongzhi, was almost implicated. When she learned of the matter in November, she heard Xuanzi mention that it did not look like a case arrested by the Imperial Guard.
The founding father of Daliang did not have a royal guard or a factory, but he still used a very sound organizational structure of the imperial guards to convince people.
It is said that the Department of Arch Guards still has a department similar to the Sticky Rod Department, which penetrates into every corner of society, reaching every corner, from the palace to the center of the court, down to teahouses, restaurants, and Qinlou Goulan. As long as this department feels there is a problem, it can Submit the collected information.
As for who to submit it to, it must be the head of the Imperial Guard Department. The Ministry of Punishment, which specializes in criminal law, is no match. The Imperial Guard Department became the emperor's private judicial institution.
And since this case was handled by the Criminal Department, it certainly didn't look like a case caught by the Guards Department. At least it didn't look like the Guards Department's style of "would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go."
The power of the Guards Department is not generally great. Not only does it have direct control over the guards, but the key is that it has the privilege of patrolling and arresting above the law.
"In fact, privately, it was because there was a big problem with the Land and Sea Transport Tax Inspection Department before, which involved the second son of Duke Chengen. Duke Chengen is the prince's maternal wife, and the second son is the prince's cousin.
As for the Inspector-General of our province, he is Lord Taishan, the second son of Duke Chengen. I don’t need to explain what the Inspector-General does.
According to what my husband said, this person has not found any problems, but he has served as the prefect of Yingtian Mansion before, and he has an in-law who is still the governor of water transportation.
It just so happened that the Governor of Water Transport had a granddaughter who was the Crown Prince Liangdi, a granddaughter who was the third imperial concubine, and a granddaughter-in-law who was the granddaughter of the Inspector General. ”
The relationship is messy!
What was the Governor of Water Transport thinking today? Why was he placed in this position? Could it be that he wanted to use the Third Prince as a whetstone?
"What's interesting is that this matter was originally thought to be between the crown prince and the third prince, but after an investigation by the Imperial Guard, several adult princes were implicated." Zhou Banxia had a toothache.
Sure enough, it was still beyond her ability to understand. It was still easy to make money. Things between these big shots were too complicated!
"What does it mean to influence the whole body? My husband was taken into consideration by the emperor. At first, I wanted him to be appointed as the Governor of Water Transport.
Are you kidding me? It was hard to escape, but the sacred order cannot be violated. I don’t know what Mr. Shangmizhe said, and he became the imperial envoy.
Of course, he was either an imperial minister in the open, or he went to Jiangnan under a secret order as you think. The specific investigation did not mention it in detail. ”
Since there was nothing to hide at this point, Gu Wenxuan simply said, "Sir, he only told me that there could be no risks in his trip.
He said that he was secretly sending important ministers to the Ming Dynasty today, but if we want to go to Jiangnan, we will need Uncle Qi to take care of us for a short period of one and a half years.
Mr. Gao is not worried about whether Mr. Gao was corrupt during his previous tenure in Jiangnan. However, Mr. Gao Er may not be very innocent and may involve Mr. Gao.
This possibility of not being very innocent is not mainly due to bribery, but whether the second-year high school student has secretly taken refuge with any prince. If so, no one can protect him.
It is impossible to remind Mrs. Gao about this, otherwise your uncle will be implicated. This is not a big deal that cannot be taken emotionally, do you understand? ”
"Am I out of my mind?" Zhou Banxia couldn't help but roll his eyes, "It doesn't matter if I want to return the favor. Isn't my uncle just hiding it from me because he was afraid that I would tip off the news?"
"No, the main reason is that you are pregnant and I don't want you to worry about it. Another gentleman was worried that someone would take advantage of us while he was away from Zhoujia Village, and he would not be able to deliver the news in time, so he reminded me.
Not just in Gaofei, but in other mansions, my husband also gave me a lot of advice on how to deal with troubles. I won’t go into details. Anyway, it’s not a bad thing.
I always thought that your husband did not go to Jiangnan so soon, and wanted to wait until after the New Year to confess to you. But in today's letter, your husband hinted that he was about to leave.
Judging from the method of cracking the secret message that I was taught before, sir, he will set off before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but just in case someone cracks it——"
"Leaving on the night of the first day of the first lunar month?"
"Clever!"
How simple.
It was impossible not to show up when I wanted to worship my ancestors on New Year's Eve. I also had to go to the ancestral hall on the first day of the first lunar month. It was hard to pretend to be sick and not show up, so I ran away on the first night of the first lunar month.
"I'm not sincerely hiding this from you, my wife. This matter is too big. I don't know if your husband is trying to scare me when he said there might be nails around us.
My husband won't let me accompany him to the south of the Yangtze River. He also wants me to wait here until he's not at home and keep in touch with your elder brother. If I have anything to do, I can see Master Cheng. ”
Zhou Banxia nodded to show his understanding, "I don't blame you. The fact that my uncle can tell you so much is enough to show his love and care for us, and he can't let me worry blindly.
No wonder I sent Dr. Lin and Po Wen here early, and I said that my uncle has been acting strangely lately. He is not impatient, how can he not let people come back after the New Year. ”