Chapter 495 He is Mr. Ge’s adopted son.


Chapter 495 He is Mr. Ge’s adopted son

After Zhu Zaijing's words, no matter how stupid Zhao Wenhua was, he understood which direction to push hard next.

Since Prince Yu intends to keep Wang Zhi on his side to promote stability in the southeast, then Zhao Wenhua, as a newcomer, must actively show his loyalty.

Otherwise, if Zhu Zaijing becomes impatient and Yan Song and Yan Shifan no longer want to see him, then there will be only one way for him to die.

Therefore, after paying New Year's greetings to Zhu Zaijing, Zhao Wenhua did not give himself a holiday like other officials. He went directly back to the Ministry of Justice and started working.

In the end, with Zhao Wenhua's unremitting efforts, he finally found out that Wang Bengu's relatives were illegally occupying rural land in his hometown under Wang Bengu's banner.

With this handle in hand, it would be a big or small thing to clean up Wang Bengu.

Because almost every official has sins like this. After all, isn't it because they have studied hard for more than ten or twenty years in order to honor their ancestors?

And wouldn't the most direct way to honor one's ancestors be to become a leader among the villagers? To become such a bullhead, it is natural to inevitably invade the wealth and land of fellow villagers.

Therefore, this kind of thing was almost commonplace in various places in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, for the sake of dignity, some places even invented a new term called "commitment".

As the name suggests, one has to donate one's wealth to an official's family in order to avoid taxes from the court.

Therefore, after these scholars finally completed the feat of leaping over the dragon gate through their diligence and hard work, they and their families inevitably became the fundamental obstacle to the taxation of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, a lot of land was either passively or actively accumulated into the hands of these officials and gentry, and these officials and gentry were all exempt from taxes and taxes according to the Ming law set by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, the taxes that the Ming Dynasty's treasury can receive are naturally equivalent to Wang Xiaoer's New Year - one year is not as good as the other.

Now Zhao Wenhua has found evidence that Wang Bengu's family occupied the land of fellow villagers in his hometown.

But is this a serious crime? How to judge? In fact, it is very subjective.

If Zhao Wenhua feels that this case can be regarded as a typical case, then he can handle the case with great fanfare. If Zhao Wenhua feels that this case is just a sales dispute between fellow villagers, then he can naturally not take it seriously. Didn't see it.

But now Zhao Wenhua is also eager to show his ability and loyalty. Otherwise, how can he gain trust and importance from King Yu?

You must know that there are many subordinate officials in Prince Yu's palace now. Take Zhang Jiacheng, who was just promoted to governor of Shuntian last year. Doesn't he want to make progress?

If Zhao Wenhua made a mistake and was about to be laid off, wouldn't Prince Yu push one of his own people to the position of the Ministry of Punishment?

Therefore, whether it is to keep his official position or to show his loyalty to Prince Yu.

He would handle the case of Wang Bengu's relatives occupying land in his hometown in a big way, so that everyone would know that Wang Bengu was a sanctimonious villain!

He is a hypocrite who talks about benevolence, justice and morality, but at the same time allows his family to amass wealth and dominate the country.

With such evidence and public opinion, it can be further deduced that Wang Bengu trapped Wang Zhi just to grab credit and gain fame, and that he wanted to kill Wang Zhi regardless of the overall stability of the southeast.

In this way, in the end, it doesn't matter whether Wang Bengu really wanted to kill Wang Zhi because of the so-called justice in his heart, or because he wanted to gain credit or fame.

So Zhao Wenhua took advantage of the long Chinese New Year holiday to single-handedly establish an ironclad case against Wang Bengu's family when they occupied the fields and property of fellow villagers in his hometown.

At the same time, Chen Yiqin, who is in charge of the Daming Bookstore, also wrote an in-depth investigative article about Wang Bengu's family occupying land in his hometown of Yurou Township, and submitted it to the latest issue of "Daming Fenghua" magazine as a way to start the new year. The first issue's main argumentative political articles were published.

As a result, before the New Year holiday was over, the matter of Wang Bengu's family occupying land among their fellow villagers in his hometown made headlines in the capital.

The officials and people in the capital were all talking about Wang Bengu, and one could tell from their discussions. In addition to talking about Wang Bengu's family members who were bullying others, they were also talking about whether Wang Bengu himself was among them. Get the benefits.

After all, the expenses of being an official are not a small expense, and they cannot be covered by his salary.

Therefore, in such a public opinion environment, Wang Bengu is almost equated with a corrupt official. He has completely lost his previous upright image and has become a hypocrite who says one thing and hides another.

Yan Shifan's mansion.

Yan Shifan looked at the latest issue of "Da Ming Feng Hua" magazine and saw the controversial political article about Wang Bengu's family in his hometown.

"What the hell! Who wrote this bullshit article? According to this article, 99% of the officials in the Ming Dynasty have problems!"

Yan Shifan scolded his mother angrily. His family had enclosed tens of thousands of acres of land in their hometown in Jiangxi, and these tens of thousands of acres did not include the donated land. If those lands were included, his family would at least have the same land in Jiangxi. There must be hundreds of thousands of acres of land.

But can these be the faults of their Yan family?

You must know that shameless Xu Jie also bought tens of thousands of acres of land around Yan Song's hometown Fenyi in order to establish a relationship with his father Yan Song. Is Xu Jie also the person mentioned in the article?

Obviously, the complexity of these issues cannot be explained clearly in just one or two sentences.

But now the problem is focused on Wang Bengu alone, and no one dares to lift the lid anymore.

Because the lid cannot be lifted, even if Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he could not afford the consequences of lifting the lid.

So Yan Maoqing, who was standing next to Yan Shifan at this time, quickly comforted him: "Don't be angry, Mr. Xiaoge, this matter is not that serious. This article said that it was Wang Bengu's fault that he could not discipline his family, but it cannot be mentioned elsewhere. .”

Yan Shifan snorted angrily, turned to stare at Yan Maoqing with one eye and said: "What do you do for food? That bastard Zhao Wenhua secretly did such a big thing behind your back, and you don't even believe it at all, you, the punishment department Is the minister made of paper? ”

Being scolded by Yan Shifan, Yan Maoqing felt very aggrieved. Could he, a minister, ask about the minister's affairs?

And not everyone is as lucky as Yan Shifan, who has me as the chief assistant in the cabinet. As a minister, he can suppress the minister of the headquarters and act as a chicken head.

Therefore, besides being aggrieved, Yan Maoqing's mood is also hard to describe.

Yan Maoqing still advised: "Mr. Xiaoge, now is not the time to be angry, but to find Zhao Wenhua and ask what's going on? He is Mr. Ge's adopted son!"

Yan Shifan said angrily: "My father doesn't have such a rebellious son! On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he didn't even come to my father's place to pay New Year's greetings. He turned around and went to Prince Yu's Mansion. Our Yan family doesn't have such an adopted son to marry!" ”

Yan Maoqing listened to Yan Shifan's angry words and couldn't help complaining in his heart. Is it because Zhao Wenhua didn't come? It was you who blocked the door to prevent others from coming in. Moreover, you have scolded people in the house before. Can they give you a good face?

But Yan Maoqing couldn't follow Yan Shifan and say these words clearly.

Because he also understands Yan Shifan's personality very well. As long as he thinks he is wrong or bad, even the King of Heaven will not do it for him.

So now that Zhao Wenhua has changed his family and joined King Yu's family, he is forced to do so, okay?

After all, sitting still and waiting for death is not a good word.

If possible, Yan Maoqing now wants to join King Yu.

But it is a pity that he and Yan Shifan are too deeply bound. The interests between them cannot be explained clearly in a few words, and it is also because of the binding of these interests that Yan Maoqing can only follow Yan Shifan to the destination. black.

It is impossible to turn around just like Zhao Wenhua did. After all, Zhao Wenhua said he was afraid of the sky, and he was just Yan Song's adopted son, and had nothing to do with the bad things Yan Shifan had done over the years.

And with Yan Shifan's solitary mentality, he was not happy with his father's acceptance of his adopted son.

Therefore, even though Yan Song deliberately wanted Yan Shifan and Zhao Wenhua to get close together over the years so that they could help each other like brothers, the reality is that Zhao Wenhua's hot face always sticks to Yan Shifan's cold ass.

You must know that no matter how unworthy Zhao Wenhua is, he is still a second-ranked Jinshi and a six-part minister of the Eight Classics. After all, he is better than Yan Shifan, a supervisor who relied on his father to get out of the circle, right?

But Yan Shifan likes to rely on his cleverness and his father's power to boss Zhao Wenhua around and treat others like slaves. Who the hell can stand this?

So now that Zhao Wenhua is stabbed in the back, it is purely because Yan Shifan asked for it.

But in this case, Yan Maoqing still couldn't say it.

Yan Maoqing said: "Xiao Ge Lao, please calm down. We can't come forward to find Zhao Wenhua now, but Ge Lao is fine. You go find a Ge Lao and ask him to summon Zhao Wenhua to the house for questioning. Won't these things come to an end?" ?”

When Yan Shifan heard Yan Maoqing's words, he couldn't help but gasp, and then said with some lack of confidence: "My father is old and confused now. Even if he is allowed to see Zhao Wenhua, what will happen?"

When Yan Maoqing heard Yan Shifan's words, he immediately felt that there was a turn for the better. He quickly hit the rails while the iron was hot: "You can't say that as the old saying goes in Xiaoge. Mr. Ge and Zhao Wenhua still have a father-son relationship for more than 20 years. Now this matter is so troublesome. There is a huge uproar, and Mr. Ge must not be able to hide it. How about we kick Zhao Wenhua directly in front of Mr. Ge and see how he can quibble in front of Mr. Ge? "

"When the time comes for Mr. Ge to speak out, I won't believe that Zhao Wenhua dares to risk the disapproval of the world and act against Mr. Ge!"

Yan Shifan nodded thoughtfully, "You're right. No matter what he does, he is still my father's adopted son. If he dares to disobey my father, I can kill him for being unfilial and see how he can still sit here. In the position of Minister of Punishment!”

Yan Maoqing quickly continued: "What Mr. Xiaoge said is absolutely true! If Zhao Wenhua disobeys, he can be ruined by this charge of unfilial piety!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, the more he thought about it, the more he realized it was the case.

At the critical moment, we still have to use the old man to deal with the traitor Zhao Wenhua.

Yan Shifan immediately told Yan Maoqing: "You take care of this matter. You go to Zhao Wenhua and ask him to go to my father's house to plead guilty. It's the New Year, and he doesn't come to my father's house to pay New Year's greetings. Is it ridiculous?"


Yan Maoqing said continuously: "Yes, yes, I will go find Zhao Wenhua right now."

After saying that, Yan Maoqing left Yan Shifan's mansion in a hurry. He also didn't want to be around Yan Shifan for a moment. In the past two years, Yan Maoqing has also clearly felt Yan Shifan's impatience and greed.

Not only are many things not done as meticulously as before, but they are also greedy and insist on doing business with the Japanese pirates at sea. This matter is unreliable in Yan Maoqing's opinion.

After all, the foundation of the Yan family is within the Ming Dynasty, but for Mr. Yan Ge, now Yan Shifan suddenly believed Luo Longwen's lies, thinking that he could also get his hands on the wealth on the sea. Isn't this a typical case of greed?

And now that Lu Bing is dead, the future Jin Yiwei will definitely not pay for his Yan family's account. Under such circumstances, Yan Shifan still doesn't know how to restrain himself. How can Yan Maoqing not be frightened?

After Yan Maoqing left Yan Shifan's residence, he immediately went to Zhao Wenhua's residence.

When Zhao Wenhua heard that Yan Maoqing came to the door, he was stunned, but then he understood the purpose of Yan Maoqing's visit.

So Zhao Wenhua didn't think much and just let people take him to his study.

When Yan Maoqing saw Zhao Wenhua who was reading in the study, he immediately bowed respectfully: "I pay my respects to the minister."

Zhao Wenhua looked at Yan Maoqing and said hehe: "Why is Jing Qing free to come to my place today?"

Yan Maoqing said respectfully: "Actually, Xiaguan has wanted to come and pay New Year greetings to the department for a long time. However, the boss of Xiaoge always asked Xiaguan to accompany him, so the time was wasted. I hope that the department will respect you."

Zhao Wenhua said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you have the intention. I won't be dissatisfied with Jing Qing just because of this trivial matter."

Yan Maoqing suddenly said excitedly: "The heart of the ministry is admired by the subordinates!"

Then Yan Maoqing said with emotion: "When I came here this time, I actually wanted to talk to the department about something, but it was hard to say it!"

Zhao Wenhua exclaimed in surprise, "Why is it so hard to say it? Jing Qing can just say it!"

Yan Maoqing sighed and said: "It's not worth it for me to serve as a minister! I know that the minister always has the elder in mind, but the younger elder always thinks that the minister has other intentions. Not only when he was at the Ministry of Works, but also The Ministry of Finance was in trouble, and now that the Ministry of Justice has reached the Ministry of Punishment, he is still in the same situation.”

"For example, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the members of the clan arrived in front of Mr. Ge's house, but they were still stopped by Mr. Ge's people. Now that the new year is almost over, I really can't bear that the members of the ministry haven't paid their New Year greetings to Mr. Ge. . So when I came here, I wanted to invite the minister to go to Mr. Ge’s house to give him New Year’s greetings and greetings.”

When Zhao Wenhua heard Yan Maoqing's words, of course he would not refuse, because this matter really involves "filial piety" that is extremely valued by everyone. If someone uses this to make trouble, it is indeed not an easy thing to explain clearly.

So since Yan Maoqing has come to build this step, Zhao Wenhua must go there no matter what Yan Song wants.

Zhao Wenhua said: "What Jing Qing said is that I have been feeling depressed these days. I can't go to Mr. Ge to say hello and bless me in person. It's really not good for me as an adopted son. So if everything goes well this time When I see Mr. Ge, I will definitely express my gratitude to Jing Qing!”

Yan Maoqing immediately said: "The ministry's words are serious, this is what a subordinate should do."

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Asking for a monthly ticket~

(End of chapter)

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