Shenfu.

"I finally understand why Mr. Zhang wanted to block the mouths of those censors. They would not do anything except spread rumors and attack political enemies. I shouldn't have been rude to them at the beginning."

He just returned to De's home and was scolded with anger.

When he was outside, no matter what others said, he always had a gentleman style and treated him calmly, but he hated him to the core. This is human nature. He suggested that Wanli open up his own way of speaking, but it was a kind intention, but it caused such a bad result. How could he not hate him? But he usually returned home, cursed and expressed his resentment.

"Are your father-in-law angry about the matter of Prefect Cheng?" His son-in-law Cao Ke walked out of the side and asked with concern.

Shen Shixing nodded and said, "If you want to collude with Guo Dan, I will leave them. Your Majesty will not listen to them, but they speak nonsense without any evidence, and they intend to rebel when they return. Their intentions are to be punished."

Cao Ke frowned and said, "Brother-in-law, this matter can be big or small, I'm afraid they will use it to attack my father-in-law. My son-in-law thought it was urgent and should immediately send someone to Daming Mansion to ask Cheng Guishi about the situation."

Shen Shixing said: "I have sent someone, but I definitely have no intention of rebellion when I return, and I must not stand by and watch."

Cao Ke pondered for a moment and said, "Don't get angry with your father-in-law. The son-in-law thinks that this matter involves businessmen and scholars. If it is not handled properly, it may cause public anger."

Shen Shixing looked at Cao Ke and sighed: "Actually, I didn't want to participate in this matter, and even wanted to help the Ministry of Revenue to ask Guo Dan to pay more taxes. They targeted me first. Why did they sue Cheng Guishi? Isn't it because Cheng Guishi is my student? They are insinuated. Once Cheng Guishi settles this charge, I will definitely be implicated."

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Censorate.

"When Cheng Guishi was just a prefect of a state, but it was absolutely impossible for him to rebel alone."

The censor Wang Shishen said in a stern voice.

The censor Zou Deyong beside him nodded and said, "Brother Wang's words are reasonable. If he has no one in the court, it is impossible. As we all know, Cheng Guishi and Shen Shixing had the name of master and apprentice, and Shen Shixing had never spoken out about Guo Dan. It is obvious that the one who really colluded with Guo Dan was not Cheng Guishi, but Shen Shixing. Cheng Guishi was just acting on order."

As soon as these words were spoken, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Li Zhi suddenly said, "I thought this was a matter of later. We should take Cheng Guishi first and question him."

The implication is nothing more than that we should defeat each one, first take it down when we return, and then involve Shen Shixing.

This is also a routine used in the officialdom. To concentrate firepower, one person’s sinful people will be confirmed first, and then radiate to the surrounding areas, bringing more political enemies in.

This incident made these censors very excited. They had been fighting against the cabinet for two or three years, and this reconciliation was impossible.

Cheng Guishi colluded with Guo Dan to oppose the entire bureaucratic group. It was unpopular in the court. Cheng Guishi was also a member of Shen Shixing. At this point, they took advantage of the right time, place, and people. This opportunity is really a once-in-a-lifetime, how could they let it go?

As for Guo Dan?

They immediately turned from the biggest villain to the little fish and shrimp. As long as they took these people down, they would be willing to let Guo Dan go. After all, the cabinet is their biggest enemy. Guo Dan is just a businessman after all. Although he is annoying, he does not have the ability to hurt them. It will not be too late to slowly slap Guo Dan in the future.

Yinuoyaxing.

"Son-in-law, the money shop's transactions have declined in the past two days, and there was no customer this morning."

Xiao An came to the general manager's office and reported to Guo Danhui.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "I understand, you can go out first."

This was what he expected. If such a big thing happened, Yaxing's business would definitely be affected. As long as this matter is over, what should be gone will still go. Anyway, the money house is now enough to pay taxes, so he is not so anxious.

After Xiao An left the office, Guo Dan sat on the side by the tea table and read the book, making Aunt Xu laugh, "This plan of the layman is really wonderful! This rumor made them kill each other, but they didn't care about me anymore."

The wind was still in a panic two days ago, but now he is happy to be idle.

Aunt Xu put down the book and said, "I just let things return to normal. If you hadn't interrupted them at the beginning, they would have had to fight more intensely now."

"It turns out that I have done good deeds of self-sacrificing myself." Guo Dan laughed at himself and asked again: "Who will laugh at this battle last according to the layman's opinion?"

Aunt Xu shook her head and said, "If there are only losers in this way, there will be no winners."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Guo Dan with a meaningful meaning and added: "I just pointed to the court alone."

Guo Dan smiled bitterly and said, "I am also a loser. Haven't you heard Xiao An just now? If they don't cause trouble for me, my business may have already reached a higher level. Alas... I'm really losing."

Wanli did not benefit from it either. The court fought back and forth, which depleted national strength. As the king of a country, Wanli must be a victim.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

A knock on the door sounded.

"General Manager, someone is coming from the palace."

"knew!"

Guo Dan looked at Aunt Xu again and said, "Your Majesty came to me, I'm afraid he was asking about this. I wonder how I should respond?"

Aunt Xu said: "Of course, it's true. Don't you know that you want to behead yourself if you deceive the emperor?"

“…!”

Guo Dan was speechless and thought to himself, Damn! You said that it was a bit too late to deceive the king? Who in this world doesn’t deceive the king?

When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Wanli asked, "Guo Dan, I heard that you had close contacts with the Daming Magistrate Cheng Gui?"

Guo Dan immediately said: "Your Majesty clearly understands that I have seen him once when Cheng Guishi. My grandfather also knew about this. I was helpless at that time, because Kaifeng Prefecture and Zhangde Prefecture had closed the roads. If Daming Prefecture also blocked the roads, Weihui Prefecture would be trapped to death by them. I also asked my grandfather to go to Kaifeng Prefecture and Zhangde Prefecture to deal with Zhangde Prefecture, but they were not successful.

They disobeyed the situation and ignored the local landlords' closure of roads. In this way, they had no choice but to go to Cheng Guishi to discuss it."

Wanli asked again: "What did you all talk about?"

Guo Dan told the truth and said, "Your Majesty, your humble position is just asking Lord Cheng to give up his humble position. Don't block the road in the name of the government. There is nothing else except that."

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Does anyone else know about this?"

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "Only the noble father-in-law knows that Bei Zhi has not signed any documents with Cheng Guishi. Bei Zhi only analyzes the pros and cons with Lord Cheng. As long as he does not target my Weihui Mansion, it will be beneficial to Weihui Mansion and Daming Mansion."

Wanli pondered for a little, and said, "Remember, no matter who asks about this, you can't say that you have met Cheng Guishi."

Guo Tan said: "Abide by the orders of humble duties."

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If such a struggle between the court and the middle school is pulled, it will definitely not stop. Officials keep reporting, and Shilin also began to create public opinion. They had no holiday with Shen Shixing, and they were not on the side of the censors. They just believed that it was because Cheng Guishi colluded with Guo Dan that the plan to encircle Guo Dan failed.

They hope to take Cheng Guishi down, change someone else to go up, and continue to surround Weihui Mansion.

In this situation, as long as Daming Mansion is blocked, Weihui Mansion will be over.

Therefore, this matter fermented very quickly.

There are constant memorials that impeach the time of return.

So Wanli finally summoned the chief minister Shen Shixing.

He directly showed Wang Shixing the memorial to Shen Shixing. After Shen Shixing finished reading it, he asked, "How do you think about it?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it happened that the Daming Prime Minister Cheng Gui also came up with a memorial. I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look."

Shen Shixing immediately handed over a memorial.

"Yeah?"

Wanli immediately said: "Submit it quickly."

Li Gui hurriedly took the memorial and handed it to Wanli.

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty, Cheng Guishi has indeed negotiated with those landlords recently, but the purpose is to make those landlords pay taxes, and to the national finances. Although the methods are inappropriate, he is also forced to do so. It is the landlords who evade taxes first. Now those landlords and wealthy businessmen have taken the initiative to pay taxes, and the financial crisis of Daming Mansion has been able to breathe.

This is a good thing for the country, but it is slandering, which is really heartbreaking.

If the court blames an official who can collect taxes, it will definitely make officials from other states and prefectures afraid, and there will only be more people who evade taxes. In fact, officials and gentry have always cooperated with each other. I think this is understandable. However, Wang Shixing and others have a suspicious motive, why do they hinder the taxes from the landlords when they return to the Cheng Revenge?"

"So that's it." Wanli put down the memorial and said, "Please rest assured that your family is that I will find out this matter and will never tolerate the traitor."

"Your Majesty's wiseness."

After Shen Shixing left, Wanli pointed his hand aside and said to Li Gui: "You immediately draft an order to demote the Wang Shiyan to the capital for the crime of slandering officials and spreading rumors and causing trouble."

Li Gui was stunned for a moment and whispered: "Your Majesty, if you do this, things will only become more and more troublesome, and it will be even more difficult to calm down."

Wanli smiled and said, "It's not that I have given them a chance, but these people have never understood my hard work. If the court is too peaceful, they will not even let a single businessman go. When will they live in peace?"

Li Gui immediately understood and quickly drafted the order.

If this order continues, it really makes a hornet's nest. All officials immediately submit a memorial to the king's character, asking Wanli to withdraw his fate. You cannot be inseparable from black and white. It is obviously Cheng Guishi's fault. We are loyal. If you don't care about the rebellious ministers, you punish the loyal ministers. This is just like this.

Not only was Wang Shixing not angry, but he was very happy. He became famous now, and the whole Shilin stood up for him!

This is an important reason why civil officials in the Ming Dynasty like to confront the emperor. Those who confront the emperor are all loyal ministers and heroes. On the contrary, they are all slander ministers.

Yang Mingshen went to find Shen Shixing and asked, "Is it true that the presiding minister Shen and Guo Dan secretly colluded?"

Shen Shixing knew who Yang Mingshen was, so he didn't dare to go to the Shrine. He spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Not to mention that Mr. Yang knew me, Shen, for many years. Even if we have never been masked, would you think that I was the chief minister of the dynasty and went to collude with a businessman? I am not short of that little money."

Yang Mingshen asked: "How should we explain the matter of the Censor Wang?"

Shen Shixing said: "Why didn't Mr. Yang ask them? Without any evidence, they sued Cheng Guishi for rebellion. Their intention was already very obvious. They were targeting me, Shen, so how could I sit and wait for death? They were all asking for it."

Yang Mingshen was speechless. After a while, he sighed and said, "How could this be the case?"

He was defending etiquette and class, and he was also targeting Guo Dan. Therefore, he supported Wang Shixing and others in advance, but he did not want to act against Shen Shi. Now, after hearing what Shen Shixing said, he also knows the importance of this matter.
Chapter completed!