Chapter 87: Governance by doing nothing
When Mrs. Sheng heard the words, she didn’t ask in detail. She pondered for a while and said, “What are you planning to do at home?”
“Brother Song, too. He has been studying business with me for several years and has done well. I am ready to hand over my business to him," Sheng Wei said.
"This is the only thing we can do now, but Brother Song must hurry up on his marriage." Old Mrs. Sheng said.
"I think so too. When I get back to Youyang, I will go to Wen's house to discuss it." Sheng Wei said.
Sheng Wei's first child is also a daughter, and his second child is a son.
Although he is a few years older than Sheng Hualan, my brother got married later than the girl. Now that the marriage has been decided, it has not yet happened.
"Yes." Mrs. Sheng nodded slightly and warned: "If you do something for the prince, it will be a good thing for you, but if something goes wrong, it will be a disaster. You Remember, you must distinguish between public and private matters.”
“Thank you, Auntie, for reminding me,” Sheng Wei said.
"You have a calm temper, so I'm not worried. You didn't say it in public before. His Royal Highness should have told you that I will keep an eye on the second room and won't cause you any trouble." Old Mrs. Sheng said.
Although Mrs. Sheng doesn't know how to do business, she feels that as the Crown Prince, whether she does it openly or covertly, she can definitely make money.
Sheng Wei did not say it directly. Apparently the prince had told him not to let it leak out.
When Sheng Wei makes money, Sheng Hong and Madam Wang will think that it is all Sheng Wei’s money, and they might have other ideas.
This situation is also very common. Some people in a clan are officials and others are in business.
The officials can protect the business people from being oppressed by others, and the business people can provide financial support to the officials, so that they can be good officials without any distractions and will not take risks for the sake of money.
If the money was really earned by Sheng Wei, he should also increase his help to Sheng Hong.
But Sheng Wei helped the prince earn this money, and he couldn't explain it clearly. It would be inevitable that there would be resentment because of this.
"Thank you, Second Aunt."
Sheng Wei felt that what Zhao Xing said was a bit childish, and he didn't think about it at all. Now that he heard what Mrs. Sheng said, his heart warmed.
Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected.
If he really made money, without Mrs. Sheng's help, it would be really troublesome for Sheng Hong to ask him for money.
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Early the next morning, Sheng Wei, accompanied by Sheng Hong and his son, left Bianjing by boat with some gifts and specialties prepared by Sheng Hong’s people. .
Youyang is not far from Jinling. It will take more than half a month to go back from Bianjing because it is against the current.
When Sheng Wei arrived in Youyang to arrange housework, the officials photographed the person who went to Rongzhou to pick up Li Daoquan, and secretly escorted Li Daoquan to Bianjing.
After the officials learned the news, they summoned Mr. Yu and ordered him to investigate the matter personally.
After receiving the order, Xianggong Yu went to see Li Daoquan. After chatting for more than an hour, he entered the palace with a solemn look and met with the officials.
"Mr. Yu, what did Li Daoquan say?" the official asked.
"Your Majesty, Li Daoquan said that when there was a severe drought in Shezhou, before the early relief grain shipments allocated by the imperial court arrived in Shezhou, Zhou Weimin, the then official of Shezhou Prefecture, came to him, hinted him to postpone the disaster relief, and promised him a large amount of money. Li Daoquan angrily reprimanded Zhou Weimin and refused to agree. Later, many officials came to him privately and tried to persuade him, but he did not agree. As a result, the granary where the disaster grains were temporarily stored ran out of water the night the disaster grains arrived in Shezhou. "Yu Xianggong said.
"Didn't he say he had evidence? What evidence?" the official asked. He couldn't just believe Li Daoquan's words, the most important thing was the evidence.
"Li Daoquan said that he had investigated before the people sent by the imperial court arrived in Shezhou. At that time, all the government officials guarding the granary were killed. One government official escaped because of a stomachache and stole He heard the conversation of the person who set the fire, saying that the fire was set by someone ordered by Zhou Weimin, the official in charge of the affairs of Shezhou. At that time, Li Daoquan felt that the matter was very involved and kept it secret. Knowing that such a big thing happened, the imperial court would definitely send people to investigate and be prepared to wait. After the imperial envoy arrived, he reported it directly to the imperial envoy.
However, when the imperial envoy arrived, he immediately ordered someone to take him down without any investigation. He said that it was because of his negligence that the food was burned. He was bribed, and he didn't tell the government official. He planned to tell him after he got to Bianjing." Yu Xianggong said.
After hearing the words, the official pondered for a while and asked: "Don't others know that there is a government servant who survived? What is the purpose of those people burning food?"
"Li Daoquan said that the guard The government officials were arranged by him, and others did not know how many people there were. The purpose of those people burning grain was to sell the grain at a high price, and to keep the land in the hands of the people. Shezhou has been experiencing good weather for many years, and many people have had fields. , Grain families are growing rapidly, and ordinary people can only sell their fields in exchange for grain," said Mr. Yu.
"Bang!"
The officials jumped on the case and said angrily: "For your own selfish interests, you disregard the life and death of the people of a state. You deserve to die!"
Although it has not been confirmed yet, Li Daoquan What he said is reasonable and well-founded. As long as he finds the yamen official and goes to Shezhou to investigate, he can quickly find out.
Li Daoquan didn’t dare lie about this.
So even if there is no evidence now, the officials are already seventy-eight percent convinced.
You must know that although the disaster in Shezhou was very serious at that time, the weather in Shezhou has been good for many years, and the people are relatively wealthy, and they have a certain ability to withstand disasters.
If the disaster food had not been burned and timely relief was provided, it would not have caused much panic.
However, the burning of disaster food triggered a rebellion. Although it was eventually put down, more than 100,000 people died.
This made the officials, who had always been tolerant, unable to help but feel murderous!
"Your Majesty, please calm down. What happened now has not yet been found out." Mr. Yu consoled him.
The official took a deep breath and said: "Leave this matter to Mr. Yu. Find out the matter as soon as possible. If the matter is true, I will find out all the officials involved and the local powerful people who colluded with the officials. "
"Yes!" Mr. Yu responded.
After Xianggong Yu left, the officials looked at Eunuch Liu and said, "Send someone to check Feng Deguang for me. Remember not to alert the snake!"
The officials have always respected rule by inaction and have never He had people secretly supervise his ministers.
However, Feng Deguang was the imperial envoy he sent to Shezhou. If everything is true, it not only means that he does not know the person, but also means that he was deceived.
I heard from Zhao Xing before, including after reading the confession that the Imperial City Division had obtained from Li Wanling, that no officials felt there was anything wrong with Feng Deguang.
After all, Li Wanling was only young at that time, and many things were unclear.
The officials only felt that Feng Deguang had been deceived.
Even though Feng Deguang took the lead in impeaching the prince last time, he didn't think too much about it, thinking that Feng Deguang was a loyal minister who dared to speak out.
Zhao Xing had someone take care of Feng Deguang’s son. The officials couldn’t bear to blame Zhao Xing and made the matter a trivial matter. Afterwards they felt very sorry and even sent an imperial doctor to treat him and rewarded him with some money. Precious medicinal materials.
Only now did he realize that he might have been deceived, and Guan Jia felt a burning pain on his face.
(End of this chapter)