[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 225 [English]

Chapter 217 He Wei

It’s raining and snowing in Qudu today, and it’s bitingly cold.Marquis Helian knelt in the palace, his legs and feet were numb from his knees, and his sleeves were wet from crying.

“That Xue Yanqing is shameless and will do whatever it takes to frame me. Juexi Superintendent of Grain Road paid bribes, how could it involve us in Tuncheng? That is the territory of Jiang Qingshan. If we really pursue the investigation, he is also the chief envoy of Jiang Qingshan!” He Lianhou took off his official hat and put it on his knees.Join forces with Xue Yanqing to do what they do, and Kong Poran still tolerates adultery, which is bad for the court!”

“Stop fooling the Ai family with such words!” The Queen Mother was furious, “If you really behave yourself, can Xue Xiuzhuo catch up on the accounting problem? Juexi Governor Liangdao has done a lot of corruption in Tuncheng. If you didn’t guarantee this, would he be so capable?!”

The lights in the palace were brightly lit, and all the palace maids and eunuchs had retreated outside the palace door. Only Aunt Liuxiang knelt beside her to serve.Marquis Helian came to plead guilty. His clothes were thin and he was trembling under the anger of the Queen Mother.

After the death of Emperor Tianchen, the Queen Mother took up this position to repair the leaks of the family, and she was exhausted today.Through the bead curtain, she sighed at the desolation of Marquis Helian.

Helian Hou heard that the words were not good, and he hurried forward on his knees and said: “Queen Mother, please calm down. Now it is best to abandon the soldiers to save the chariot. No matter what, Pan Lin must be saved first.”

Pan Lin is Pan Xiangjie’s legitimate son and an important member of the Ministry of Household Affairs.They destroyed Wei Huaigu last year, and now only Pan Lin can still gain a foothold in the household department. If Pan Lin is lost, the money shopkeeper of the family will be gone.

The Queen Mother said: “If you can save Pan Lin, you can’t save Pan Yi.”

This Pan Yi is the husband of Princess Zhaoyue. Without Pan Yi, Zhaoyue would be a widow.Marquis Helian was sad for a moment, fell to the ground and choked, wiping his tears and said: “As a father, how could I abandon such a good son-in-law if I had not been forced to the extreme? I am also helpless. I would rather she be a widow than be implicated in this.”

The Queen Mother’s face inside the bead curtain was treacherous. She finally said, “Go back and let Zhaoyue and Pan Yi reconcile.”

The rain and snow outside the palace beat on the eaves of the palace, and the red walls were filled with white snow.The ancient bell in the watchtower was full of resentment, urging people to enter the meeting hall.Pan Lin has a high rank and does not need to kneel down to the chief judges in the hall.

“After the Year of Yongyi, Dancheng no longer received land rewards, but now the total amount measured by the Ministry of Household Affairs is very different from the number of hectares reported by Dancheng.” Xue Xiuzhuo sat upright and looked at Pan Lin. “Pan Yi served as the Dancheng Prefecture and hid the extra fields from the Ministry of Household Affairs. You are in charge of the taxation of the Ministry of Household Affairs. In these years, you have not raised any questions when inspecting the vacancies of the field tax. Let me ask you, do you know that Dancheng’s field tax is making false accounts?”

Pan Lin was imprisoned for several days, and his official robe became wrinkled.He sat across the table and looked at Xue Xiuzhuo without answering.

Xue Xiuzhuo confronted Pan Lin.

Pan Lin is not easy to interrogate. These high-ranking officials are all familiar with the review process. Smart people will remain silent when faced with cross-examination by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. This is because the officials who come to preside over the trial are good at testing, and it is easy to fall into trouble when dealing with them.Pan Lin is obviously a smart person, and he has always been silent towards Xue Xiuzhuo.

If the case is stuck here and there is no progress, then the other seven cities will have enough time to clean up the accounts and clean up all the mess before Xue Xiuzhuo turns to them to investigate.Xue Xiuzhuo had been dormant for many years before he had the opportunity now, and he couldn’t let Pan Lin escape just like that.

“Pan Xiangjie will not stay in his original position,” Xue Xiuzhuo crossed his fingers, “The Queen Mother praised him as the prime minister. He is expected to be transferred from the Ministry of Industry after the spring of this year. This is a hint that he will be promoted to the cabinet. If you are in a stalemate with me here, the inspection and evaluation after the spring will inevitably be implicated.”

Pan Lin leaned over, took a sip of contempt, and said, “You instigated the Grain Controller to pay bribes and took the opportunity to build a bridge with Kong Qiu, the cabinet. Now you want to take advantage of our Pan family, just because I let Yao Yuanzhuo go. How can a surly bastard pretend to be an able minister in the world?”

Xue Xiuzhuo’s expression remained unchanged, and he said: “Before Pan Xiangjie became Minister of the Ministry of Industry, your Pan family occupied people’s fields in Dancheng. During the Yongyi period, Cao Cao in Dancheng, in white clothes, went to the capital to complain, and was trampled to death by Huashisan’s horse on Shenwu Street, heThe eighty-year-old father was killed at the door of Dancheng Yamen – you are right, I did take your Pan family for Yao Wenyu, but Yao Wenyu was just an opportunity you gave me. Even without Yao Wenyu, Pan family still has to pay off the debt.”

Pan Lin’s hands and feet were cold, and he leaned back on the chair, avoiding Xue Xiuzhuo’s eyes.

“In the first year of Hamdeok, the old leader of Haige ordered to inspect Danseong’s field tax. The official he sent was named Jiang Jun, who was my colleague in the position of the Ministry of Household Affairs. At that time, the problem of Danseong’s field tax had already emerged. As a result, Jiang Jun fell off his horse and died on the way back to the capital to report on his work, and the account books he carried disappeared.” Xue Xiu Zhuoping.Jing said, “In the second year of Xiande’s reign, Hua Siqian thought we had evidence, so he ordered the family to make up for the empty taxes. You refused to take money from your private treasury. In order to make up for the money, you intensified your invasion in the eight cities. That year, seven families in Dan City committed suicide by taking medicine. Do you know why?”

Of course Pan Lin knew why.

That year, Hua Siqian was forced to panic, and Pan Xiangjie was also worried. For this reason, while expanding the invasion of people’s fields, they distributed the original land tax to the people in the city.These ordinary people lost their land and had to bear high taxes. They had no choice but to die after failing to redress their injustice.

This is not a special case in Dancheng, but a common scene in eight cities after the Hamdeok Year.

When Xue Xiuzhuo said this, there was no one else in the hall, and he continued: “Later, there was a disaster in Juexi, and **Shan… Do you know why **Shan refused to join forces with Hua Siqian at that time? Because his brother of the same clan is Jiang Jun, and there is karma in this world.”

Pan Lin’s throat tightened, and he smiled reluctantly and said, “Then you are now framing an innocent person, aren’t you afraid of retribution?”

“Innocent? Is the Governor of the Grain Road in Juexi innocent? He can be appointed as the Governor of the Grain Road through your recommendation, and then the Ministry of Household Affairs will give him a favorable review, and he will be placed in Juexi to check and balance ** Mountain. In this position, he has contacts with the Yan family in Hezhou, and resells copper and iron for the two cities of Trent and Di. The corrupt tariffs can rebuild this errand compound.” Xue Xiuzhuo stood up, his official robe looked dark in the hall, heSaid, “If the Governor of Liangdao had nothing to do with Marquis Helian, how could he rush to pay a large sum of money for bribes upon hearing the hint? You call this a trap, but this is just a ‘skill’ you used to use in the past. I am copying a cat and trying to imitate the tiger.”

Pan Lin swallowed his saliva, he became anxious and said, “You have tried so hard to support the crown prince to ascend the throne, but I’m afraid that in the end it will be all in vain.”

“My prince’s name is Li Jianting, not Li Jianheng.” Xue Xiuzhuo supported the edge of the table, looked down at Pan Lin, and suddenly asked, “Do you know about scorpions?”

Pan Lin’s eyes were blank, and he used silence to refuse to enter Xue Xiuzhuo’s trap again.

“The defeat of Zhongbo in the fourth year of Xiande gave Hua Siqian a chance to breathe. Whether it was Shen Wei avoiding the war or Biansha invading, God seemed to be helping the family escape.” Xue Xiuzhuo said, “I don’t believe this kind of thing.”

Pan Lin had no idea what Xue Xiuzhuo was talking about, but he smelled the danger.He can keep quiet about embezzling civilian land and avoid it, but he can’t ignore the matter of colluding with foreign enemies.Once this kind of thing starts, it will be a disaster!

“Are you trying to frame me again?” Pan Lin said sternly, “You flatter the prince and win power, but you exclude dissidents in the court and bend the law for personal gain! If you really serve the country, why would you force Lu Guangbai to rebel!”

“Who was responsible for the military rations in the border county?” Xue Xiuzhuo suddenly dropped the confession in his hand, “Who embezzled nearly half of the military rations in Qidong? You have repeatedly suppressed Qi Zhuyin, allowing the Libei family to dominate, and 120,000 cavalry troops marching across the northeast.If there is no Xiao Chiye, who can hold Xiao Fangxu and Xiao Jiming down?You might as well ask yourself, how has the court been able to make up for your shortcomings all these years!The Queen Mother has controlled the government and the opposition, but she still refuses to give up her family to pay for the Qidong Army!”

Xue Xiuzhuo’s chest rose and fell, and he turned his head to calm down a little.

“I’m just excluding dissidents,” Xue Xiuzhuo looked at Pan Lin again, “I’m going to uproot the remnants of you, as well as that ‘scorpion’.”

* * *

Yao Wenyu suffered from the cold for a long distance and collapsed on the first night in Duanzhou.Shen Zechuan saw Yuan Zhuo’s illness and asked the doctor to stay in the hospital at any time.

When Xiao Chiye saw Shen Zechuan going over while eating, he said, “Let’s go together. I’ll go see him too.”

The two of them put on their cloaks after dinner, with Fei Sheng following from a distance. Xiao Chiye held an umbrella and walked with Shen Zechuan to Yao Wenyu’s yard.

Seeing that the eaves were empty, Shen Zechuan asked the maid who came to greet her: “Why don’t you go in to wait on me?”

The maid bowed and said in a low voice: “Sir, you don’t need anyone to serve you at night.”

Xiao Chiye shook Shen Zechuan’s hand and signaled the maid to step back.He waved his umbrella and said, “Yuanzhuo is in high spirits.”

“I haven’t seen Qiao Tianya,” Shen Zechuan turned around and looked at the main room, “Knock on the door.”

While the two were talking, the door had already opened.Qiao Tianya was wearing regular clothes, bowed to the two of them, stepped out of the way, and said, “Yuanzhuo…sir has not gone to bed yet, and is waiting for the master and the second master in the house.”

Yao Wenyu had already gotten up, his clean face was resting on the back of the chair, and the book on his lap was scratched by the tiger slave so much that it fell to the ground.Xiao Chiye leaned over to pick it up for he, looked at it by the way, and said, “There is an album at home. You also have one in the study room of Mei House.”

“Second Master spent a lot of money, it would be a pity to keep that house.” Yao Wenyu’s voice was like jade, he had recovered from his fatigue, turned the four-wheeled wheelchair, and motioned for Xiao Chiye to sit down.

Shen Zechuan took off his cloak, looked at Yao Wenyu’s face, and said, “I shouldn’t have called you to the hall today after a long journey.”

“The snow has melted recently. Sooner or later, you will have to suffer like this.” There was no one else around, and Yao Wenyu and Xiao Chiye were old friends, so they were naturally more relaxed than usual.He poured tea for Shen Zechuan. Shen Xi could not be seen in his movements, and said, “The Lord must still be thinking about the affairs of Qudu at this moment.”

“Spring plowing is around the corner,” Shen Zechuan put his index finger against the tea cup, the agate beads beside his ears flickering in the dim light, “If the Dancheng case is investigated further, the other seven cities will also be affected. This matter is related to the granary in the Great Zhou Dynasty.”

“Abandoning pawns to protect rooks is a common method used by aristocratic families. If Xue Xiuzhuo really pushes them into a hurry and throws away Pan Lin,” Xiao Chiye rearranged the remaining chess pieces on the small case next to him, “it’s not impossible.”

“Xue Xiuzhuo killed three birds with one stone this time. He used gold to draw Liang Taoshan into the camp, put the Dancheng field tax on the agenda, and also made preparations for the future inspection of the Tuncheng tax,” Yao Wenyu said, “This matter is indeed the matter between Gao Ming and Helian Hou. The Queen Mother is sorry. But Kong Qiu is willing to help him, and there must be more than this reason.”

Shen Zechuan saw the tiger slave running to his feet, quietly moved away a little, looked at the cat and said: “…Qi Zhuyin’s dispatch of troops to the Qing Mouse Department is urgent. The Queen Mother suppresses the Ministry of War and refuses to agree. She is afraid that she will pursue the account of the Ministry of Accounts again. If Xue Xiuzhuo is willing to give the cabinet several million taels of silver at this juncture, Kong Qiu will naturally not refuse.”

The tiger slave stretched out, put his paws on Shen Zechuan’s boots, and stretched his buttocks.It meowed a few times and rubbed against Shen Zechuan’s calf. When he was about to take off Shen Zechuan’s robe, Xiao Chiye pinched the back of his neck and lifted him up.

Xiao Chiye looked at it and said, “Yes, I almost forgot, Xue Yanqing still holds a pen of silver in his hand.”

The tiger slave turned around in the air. When he saw Xiao Chiye, his ears shrank and he put his front paws on his hands and did not dare to move anymore.Xiao Chiye threw it back, and it landed lightly, turned to the side of the four-wheeler with its tail raised, and crawled back to Yao Wenyu’s lap to pet it.

Yao Wenyu touched the tiger slave and said: “Xue Xiuzhuo has made up for the military pay of Qidong this time, and the commander-in-chief must also accept his gratitude. If the Queen Mother continues to watch the fire from the other side, she will lose the opportunity.”

“This matter can be easily solved,” Shen Zechuan raised his eyes and looked at the two of them, “The Queen Mother only needs to give the Marshal a marriage, and Qidong’s military power can be divided.”

“To marry a marshal…” Xiao Chiye said, “You must have a title. The old men who are leading the title in Qandu are not suitable and cannot be suppressed.”

“Since Marquis Helian has been involved in Tuncheng, we might as well kick him out.” Shen Zechuan took the chess piece from Xiao Chiye’s palm and placed it on the board. “Isn’t the young Marquis Fei Shi not in charge yet? Let heMarry the commander-in-chief and become a “vase” in Qidong, and the Queen Mother will be in charge of the divided military power.Fei Shi and Pan Lin are still close friends. With this relationship, Pan Lin will have a chance to make a comeback as long as he is not dead.”

Mrs. Hua has been marrying her daughter for nearly a hundred years, and today, it is finally the Queen Mother’s turn to “marry” a man.As Xiao Chiye said, abandoning soldiers to protect chariots is a common method used by the Queen Mother, but she wants to throw away not only Pan Yi, but also Hou Helian.Xue Xiuzhuo has already taken advantage of Tuncheng, and Liang Miaoshan holds the Tuncheng account in his hand.Since it is Tuncheng’s account, let Tuncheng bear it.

The Queen Mother had been manipulated by others for the first half of her life, and being passive was not necessarily a desperate situation for her. Rather, she was used to being passive.There is only one Supreme Being in the world. If Prince Li Jianting can do it, then why can’t she Hua Hewei do it?

“So far, the Li family has lost Emperor Guangcheng, Emperor Xiande, Emperor Tianchen, and Prince Yongyi of the East Palace to the Queen Mother.” Xiao Chiye looked at Bai Zi in the palm of his hand. “If he loses again this time, the Great Zhou Dynasty will really change hands.”

In the rain and snow, Li Jianting stood in his cloak.She was facing the Queen Mother from afar through the snow curtain.

The Queen Mother looked at the young prince and saw the shadow of Emperor Guangcheng in Li Jianting’s eyebrows. That was the husband who had held her back for half her life, and the shackles that once trapped her in the harem.Now that she stands at the peak of the ninth level, she is no longer afraid of these eyes.

The Queen Mother showed a kind smile to Li Jianting and thought silently.

The incestuous bastard.