Chapter 337: The officials of the Ming Dynasty began to sit in silence again
Changping.

Yan Shaoting deeply understood a truth.

There are only oxen that are damaged in the plowing world, but no land that is damaged in the plowing world.

I could see that the elder sister's belly was still not moving.

Yan Shaoting began to doubt Li Shizhen.

As a result, Li Shizhen avoided Yan Shaoting's ugly face as far as possible in recent days.

Then Changping was in trouble because Concubine Li would bring Feng Bao and Zhu Yijun to visit a certain headmaster from time to time.

And because a little brat is growing up.

Changping is always in chaos.

Anyway, the dog guarding the academy now hates and dislikes a certain little brat.

"Your Majesty!"

"Fur! Fur!"

"The dog is all bald!"

Along with Feng Bao's scream, there was a long howl from the academy's guard dog.

Yan Shaoting, who was rubbing his waist and walking from the other courtyard, saw Zhu Yijun lying on the ground at the gate of the academy, entangled with the poor big black dog, so that the big black dog kept howling.

There was a large bald spot on the big black dog's head, making it a hairless dog.

The useless Feng Bao didn't dare to step forward. He just squatted on the side with his back bent, not knowing whether to go forward or not.

Yan Shaoting rolled his eyes.

He walked quickly forward, grabbed the kid with one hand, and lifted him up.

Feng Bao's heart trembled.

If Yan Shaoting had been soft-hearted, the little brat would have fallen hard today.

"what!"

"guests!"

Feng Bao was like a hen protecting her chicks, his face full of shock, he stretched out his hands to grab Zhu Yijun from below.

Yan Shaoting glared at Feng Bao, then picked up the little kid and held him in his arms.

Zhu Yijun opened his eyes wide, giggled, and stretched his hands towards Yan Shaoting's chin.

Seeing Yan Shaoting finally hug the prince with both hands, Feng Bao breathed a sigh of relief.

"guests."

Yan Shaoting held down the little brat's dishonest hands and glanced at Feng Bao: "In front of the prince, I am just a tutor."

Feng Bao's eyes moved, and he bent down and nodded: "Yes, Master Yan."

He also ignored Feng Bao.

Yan Shaoting looked down at the little brat who was staring at him with his round eyes, and reached out to pinch the little brat's smooth and tender butt that was exposed.

"Catch that big black dog again or I'll beat you up!"

He didn't care at all that Feng Bao was standing next to him and threatened the little kid who couldn't even speak clearly.

Feng Bao lowered his head, and the expression on his face was wonderful.

I'm afraid in all of Beijing, this gentleman is the only one who can treat the Crown Prince like this.

Even the princess doesn't dare to do this to her own son!
Zhu Yijun, who was held in his arms, looked at Yan Shaoting who was staring at him, but he couldn't stop laughing, and kept sticking up his waist and buttocks, like a fat white silkworm cricket pupa.

Yan Shaoting held down the naughty kid and looked at Feng Bao: "Have you seen where the Right Bailiff is?"

In front of Yan Shaoting, Feng Bao felt three points shorter for no reason and did not dare to offend him at all.

He lowered his head and said, "After getting up this morning, the Right Secretary had breakfast at the academy and then went to the Security Department."

Knowing where Xu Wei was, Yan Shaoting nodded and rushed to the Public Security Bureau carrying the kid.

Feng Bao followed behind, wanting to bring Zhu Yijun back.

But Yan Shaoting turned around and glanced at the other party, and said calmly: "I will bring the son back today, and Eunuch Feng will go to serve the princess and the headmaster."

Feng Bao was stunned for a moment.

But thinking of Yan Shaoting's identity, he could only agree.

He stood there, staring at Zhu Yijun who was held in Yan Shaoting's arms and giggling, and walked towards the Public Security Bureau.

Feng Bao sighed softly.

Godfather is right.

This prince's guest in front of us will probably become an unshakable mountain in the court in the future.

Yan Shaoting had no idea what Feng Bao was thinking, so he carried the kid out of the town and went to the Public Security Bureau office from the parade ground.

Outside on the training ground, Xiao Que'er still practiced martial arts with the men of the Public Security Department's militia every day without stopping.

Life in Changping is better now.

These men in the Public Security Bureau's militia team have gradually begun to turn to full-time work and become professional soldiers.

Although in the court system, the Public Security Bureau's militia teams only belonged to the Changping auxiliary defense force, the Changping Public Security Bureau had another set of plans for these militia teams.

after all.

The situation at the Ming Dynasty’s border is really not reassuring now.

Just from what Yan Shaoting knew, the area around the capital would not be very peaceful in the years to come.

Life in Changping is getting better and better, and I cherish it more and more.

No one wants the good days ahead to return to the past because of the slightest risk.

Everyone understands this truth.

As a result, the men of the militia gradually accepted the fact of leaving their jobs, and other people in Changping were also happy to do so.

Now no one lacks the food from the militia.

Seeing the strong militia, the people were more assured that their good life would not be taken away by outsiders.

Yan Shaoting, who entered the Public Security Bureau carrying the little kid, quickly found Xu Wei.

Today, Xu Wei is leading the people from the Public Security Bureau to continue to renovate the Changping ditches after the autumn harvest and prepare to connect them to the canal that is about to be excavated.

According to the plan of the Public Security Bureau, Changping also needs to build a dock that can accommodate no less than 30 large ships.

This is a big project.

There is still a lot of work to do in Changping next.

Seeing Yan Shaoting coming over with the child in his arms, Xu Wei took the time to give him a few simple instructions, and the rest of the work was left to Zhou Yunyi and the people from the Public Security Department.

He walked forward and came to Yan Shaoting who was holding the child.

Xu Wei glanced at Zhu Yijun who was held in Yan Shaoting's arms, then bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Guest."

Yan Shaoting nodded, turned around and walked out of the Public Security Bureau again, put the kid on the stone slabs in front of the yamen gate, and sat on the steps himself.

Xu Wei followed closely behind.

Looking at Zhu Yijun crawling on the ground, and then looking at Yan Shaoting sitting on the steps, he smiled faintly, lifted up his official robe and sat down.

Looking at Zhu Yijun crawling on the ground in front of him, he then looked at the militia team that was training non-stop on the training ground in front of him.

For a moment, Xu Wei felt a sense of sigh.

What was happening at the moment was really beyond his expectations.

As for the fact that he was able to be promoted to the position of Right Junior Secretary of the Chancellery, he has not been able to calm down until today.

Just like a dream!
He was originally just an aide to Hu Bu Tang in Zhejiang, but in the blink of an eye, he came to Beijing and got an official position, and it seemed that it was a job with great prospects.

The smoke from Old Xu's house has already floated into the sky.

Yan Shaoting looked at the child for a long time, and when he saw that the little brat was fine, he asked, "Is there any news from Hai Rui coming to Beijing?"

Xu Wei immediately smiled and said, "I was just about to finish my work here and tell the guests about the news from the south."

"Oh?"

Yan Shaoting glanced over and asked, "What's the news about Hai Rui?"

Xu Wei had a smile on his face. "When Hai Futai was appointed as the governor of Yingtian, he never went to Nanjing. Instead, he went to Suzhou Prefecture after crossing the canal in Yangzhou. Four or five hundred clerks and runners in Suzhou and Songjiang Prefectures were found to have committed crimes and are now detained in the Suzhou Prefecture Grain Supervision Office. Hai Futai's memorial was just delivered to the capital yesterday afternoon."

Yan Shaoting looked surprised: "Four or five hundred people?"

It was I who arranged for Zhang Juzheng to write a letter to Hai Rui.

But he didn't expect that Hai Rui would be able to get it done so quickly and arrest so many people in one go.

Xu Wei nodded and said, "Especially in Songjiang Prefecture. According to the news, Hai Futai is about to arrest all the clerks and runners in Huating County. For this reason, Songjiang Prefecture is already preparing to denounce Hai Futai and file a complaint with Nanjing." Hearing that almost all the clerks in Huating County of Songjiang Prefecture were arrested.

Yan Shaoting finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

Zhu Yijun, who was lying on the ground staring at a few ants, immediately looked over.

The little brat had a pair of big eyes and opened his mouth: "Abba! Abba!"

He didn't forget to give the cricket pupa a slap on the butt.

Xu Wei naturally knew what Yan Shaoting was laughing at, and whispered to the side: "Xu Jie must have gotten the news, but what Hai Futai did is what the court is doing, so he probably has no way to deal with it."

Yan Shaoting shook his head and said, "Send a visiting card to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion. I will go to pay my respects to the old master in a few days."

Xu Wei's eyebrows jumped.

Yan Shaoting sent a visiting card to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion and came to meet Xu Yande. It was definitely not just a simple matter of coming for a meal.

The Mansion of Duke Dingguo is of the same origin as the Mansion of Duke Weiguo in Nanjing City.

This is to use the Duke Dingguo's Mansion to pass messages to the south and smooth relations.

Xu Wei immediately asked, "Should we also send a letter to the Governor's Office of Zhejiang?"

Yan Shaoting shook his head and said, "There's no need to write to Zhao Zhenji. If he doesn't understand the current situation and doesn't protect Hai Rui, then he will never be able to enter the capital in his lifetime!"

Now that Zhao Zhenji has taken office as Governor-General of Zhejiang and Governor of Zhejiang, the next step in his official career is to go to Beijing and seek to join the cabinet.

This is the extent of his status.

If you want to make a difference, you have to join the cabinet.

After all, his predecessor Hu Zongxian came to Beijing from the position of Governor-General of Zhejiang and became the Minister of War, supervising the suppression of Japanese pirates in the five southeastern provinces.

There is also a consensus in the court regarding Hu Zongxian.

As long as Hu Zongxian can really quell the Japanese invasion in the southeast within five years, he will definitely get his position as a cabinet minister.

If Zhao Zhenji wanted to make progress, going to Beijing was the inevitable choice.

As long as he still wants to enter Beijing, he will definitely see clearly who is protecting Hai Rui, and then he must protect Hai Rui at all costs.

Xu Wei thought about it and felt that the situation in the southeast was probably just as Yan Shaoting said.

He then changed the subject and said, "There is also news from Shuntian Prefecture."

Because Zhang Juzheng was the current prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, Changping also sent people to keep an eye on the movements of Shuntian Prefecture.

Yan Shaoting raised his eyebrows: "Is it about Shunyi County? What is Zhang Juzheng doing now?"

Xu Wei nodded and said, "The latest news from Shunyi County is that the county government has reported to Shuntian Prefecture that the county magistrate and the river officials colluded with corruption and exploited the people under the pretext of digging a canal. The case has now reached Zhang Juzheng's desk."

Yan Shaoting smiled knowingly.

He stared at the little kid crawling on the ground in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Then we just wait for the news and we can continue with the rest."

After manipulating this matter for more than a month, it is now time to put it to rest.

Once this matter is finished, this year will be almost over.

Next year, it will be a new chapter.

Xu Wei was about to speak.

But then I heard the sound of horses galloping towards me.

Lu Yi rode his horse in a cloud of endless dust and stopped at the horse post in front of the Public Security Bureau's office.

This kid came in a rush.

Before the warhorse under him stopped completely, he had already jumped off, threw the reins in his hand to his subordinates behind him, and leaped in front of Yan Shaoting.

"Brother-in-law, good news!"

Lu Yi's face was full of smiles, his eyes rolling around as he glanced at the little kid lying on the ground.

Xu Wei hurriedly asked, "What good news did the Tongzhi bring?"

Lu Yi waved his hands, then spread out his hands and gestured.

"All the officials in the court!"

"Now everyone is sitting in front of the Meridian Gate!"

"They are all about denouncing the harm done by clerks and runners in government offices, cruel officials who exploit the people and persecute officials."

"I demand that the emperor and the cabinet investigate this matter thoroughly and severely punish these cruel officials."

……

"Your Majesty, please understand!"

"The harm caused by cruel officials has made it difficult for officials to make a living. All officials in the court are afraid of cruel officials like wolves, tigers and leopards."

"Given the time, the court and the outside world will be corrupt, the system will be unclear, and the government will be in turmoil. Our country will surely be harmed by these corrupt officials!"

"Your Majesty, please issue an order to uphold justice for us!"

In front of the Meridian Gate.

It was crowded with officials from Beijing.

Each of these officials held a copy of the Changping newspaper in their hands, waving it and shouting.

These people shouted in unison, demanding that the emperor come forward to uphold justice.

The sound was so loud that it reached the inner court.

Among the crowd in front of the Meridian Gate, Yan Shifan, the current Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was among them.

Yan Shifan was extremely excited at this moment.

The last time I came to sit in silence in front of the Meridian Gate was to ask for my salary.

At that time, he was pulled away by the rebellious son in the family. Today, this is about the affairs of his colleagues in the court, and the rebellious son will surely not say anything more.

After thinking it over.

Yan Shifan stood up and turned to look at the huge crowd of people sitting in silence in front of him.

He turned his head and looked inside the Meridian Gate.

"His Majesty!"

"Please seek justice from us, my ministers!"

"I, your servants, are officials in the court, eating the emperor's salary. Every day I worry about how to share the emperor's worries. I am afraid that the country will be in turmoil, that your majesty's name will be humiliated, and that I will let down my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty."

"I have worked hard in my position, and even if I die in office, I will have no regrets. But now the clerks are like tigers and the yamen runners are like wolves. They are as greedy as tigers and wolves, forcing officials to die and harming the people."

"I, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Yan Shifan, am in charge of the Ministry of Justice. I know the harm done by clerks and understand the difficulties faced by my colleagues in the court. If we do not control the clerks and runners at this time, I am afraid that the officials in the court will find it difficult to do their work."

"Please, Your Majesty, issue an order. Even if I have offended the clerks and local gentry, I will use my position as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice to strictly investigate the clerks and servants in government offices all over the country and restore justice to the officials of our dynasty."

"Even if I die for this, I will not hesitate. I only hope that the country can continue to run smoothly without corrupt officials disrupting the country's order!"

In front of the Meridian Gate.

Yan Shifan was wearing a red robe, expressing his deep sorrow and looking selfless.

"Well done!"

"Minister Yan is so proud!"

"Well done, Minister Yan!"

"Our reputation as officials still needs to be earned by Minister Yan!"

"..."

In front of the Meridian Gate, officials began to praise Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan's face flushed red and he kept bowing and kowtowing.

"We are all officials in the court, and we are all working for the Ming Dynasty. This matter is nothing more than a small matter."

"My colleagues, your words are too kind!"

Although he said so, Yan Shifan was very proud at this moment.

This is a good thing to stand up for all officials.

Again.

It feels so good to walk on the clear stream path!

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