"Zu Ban, this traitor!"
"Great greed! Great greed!"
Master Li Wen was sitting calmly in the room, with four or five officials sitting next to him. These officials were all officials in various important positions, both big and small.
There is a chancellery, a censorship, and a local one.
The only similarity between them is that they both come from wealthy families.
Cui Boji, who had served as a minister at the Chancellery, was cursing Zu Ting so loudly that he was about to go crazy.
The so-called Ministry of Industry, which will be the Ministry of Industry in the future, is mainly responsible for matters in the field of construction, ranging from domestic large and small projects to various national factories and workshops, and has great power.
Now the first minister of the temple is the veteran Wang Xi, who was Gao Yan's confidant at the time.
And this Cui Jun is responsible for managing the smelting of the country's factories.
When he first took up this position, he was still full of ambitions, thinking that he could go further in this position and become a confidant of the emperor like Cui Gang, a fellow member of his clan.
Later, I met iron officials who came to give gifts.
Just because his position is so critical, he is responsible for the specific execution of production and production. He can go over and supervise at any time. If he is serious, it is impossible to deduct 30%.
Cui Boji initially refused the gifts from these people, but these people said that the gifts were just to admire Cui Jun's character, not to ask him for help.
Cui Boji accepted some small gifts, and then the gifts began to get bigger and bigger. Finally, Cui Boji couldn't bear it anymore. He felt that he had given so much to him, so why should he get some benefits for his friends?
, and then he became the man behind the scenes in the Chancellery to protect the iron officials from the wind and rain.
Cui Boji has become accustomed to today's life.
He had secret mansions all over the place. These mansions were all in the names of his relatives or slaves. There were many gold and silver treasures hidden here, more than he could spend all of them.
Sometimes, he feels that his wealth is comparable to that of his own clan.
But just when everything was moving in the perfect direction, his dividends were suddenly cut off, and those iron officials no longer came to see him.
Cui Boji, who used to be extremely passive and refused every time the other party offered money, suddenly became proactive again.
I don’t have to ask for it from you, but how dare you not give it to me?
When he found the iron official, threatened to report him, and asked about the situation, he learned a shocking news.
The big fish comes to the pond to abuse the little shrimps.
In the field of steel, these people hold great power and can decide the fate of large factories with tens of thousands of workers with just one word. However, in Zu Ting's eyes, they are just trash.
The difference in status was so great that they did not dare to speak loudly in front of Zu Ting, and they were not even qualified to meet him.
Not just him, several other people were also affected in different ways.
These people all know each other. Tieguan has brought these people with different powers together with their interests. They don't keep in touch on weekdays, but on some major events, they will still give advance notice.
For example, this guy from Yushitai didn't have a big official position in Yushitai. He was responsible for receiving reports... and copying reports.
However, he can block most of the impeachment documents targeting smelting, and only needs to modify a few words.
This can ensure that these things will not be easily pushed to the surface and be known to those higher up.
These people came to Master Li Wen's house at the same time.
Everyone was furious and filled with righteous indignation.
Listening to Cui Boji's insults, everyone couldn't help but nod.
Master Li Wen gently put down the wine cup in his hand, squinted his eyes, and whispered: "Cui Jun, you have taken a lot of dividends these days. Let me tell you, what you have received is enough for you."
Go and use it, there is no need to come out and do anything else now...:"
Cui Boji's face turned red and he retorted: "I know in my heart whether it is enough or not!"
"Zu Ban just cut off our financial resources. Not only us, but also many people outside. He just eats alone, and he's not afraid of choking?"
"He wants to eat alone, what can we do?"
Master Li Wen shook his head and said calmly: "He is also the Imperial Attendant and Supervisor... It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. Who are we?"
"With just one word from him, I lost my official position and could only stay in the palace to wait for the outcome."
Everyone fell silent, and Cui Boji asked, "Why did he want to depose Li Jun?"
"I originally thought it was because of Wei Gong, but now it seems that he wants to show me to the iron officials to let them know who is in charge in the country...:"
Master Li Wen also had some anger in his eyes, but he did not dare to show it.
Among all the people, he has the highest official position.
It was because his official position was high enough that he knew what Zu Ban's end meant.
If you want to kill this guy, you have to have someone like Gao or Lu Qubing come forward, otherwise don't even think about it.
Several people's faces were full of unwillingness at this moment.
"Why is Zu Ban so greedy? He eats meat but won't even give us soup?"
"Li Jun, you have to help us."
Li Wenshi smiled bitterly, "I myself have lost my official position, how can I help you?"
Cui Boji showed a gloomy look, "Li Jun, we are all members of the family, don't try to trick us. Zu Ban ordered us to be dismissed. Are you really going to stay in the house and drink with peace of mind? No action?"
"Li Jun, just tell us, is someone going to attack Zu Ban?"
Master Li Wen hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything.
"Li Jun, Zu Ban forced many iron officials to embezzle Sheji's money. What a heinous act this is. If this matter is revealed, Zu Ban will also lose his official position, right?"
Cui Boji said coldly.
Li Wenshi was shocked, "Are you crazy?"
"If Zu Ban is caught, what about us?"
"Won't Zu Ban tell us? Those iron officials won't tell us? You want to drag him to death together??"
Cui Boji still looked indifferent: "Things are not that simple."
"We are not alone. We have elders and friends. When doing things in the temple, we need evidence...\n.\n. If there are people in the temple who can protect us, Zu Ban's identification will not be a problem. As for those iron officials
, they were coerced into confessing what??”
Li Wenshi was shocked, "You must not have such an idea. As long as this matter attracts attention, it will be investigated to the end and no one can escape!"
"Then let us watch Zu Ban act recklessly? Just watch him cut off our financial resources and live alone?!"
"Li Jun, please think carefully about this matter. If you are unwilling to help, we will do it ourselves."
Master Li Wen clenched his fists, with some resentment in his eyes.
These idiots!
He took a deep breath and said, "Someone is already taking care of this matter. Don't rush into it. Zu Ban won't be proud for too long. I will find a way."
Only then did Cui Boji laugh, "It's best to hurry up."
Master Li Wen didn't speak, his face was gloomy, and everyone was unwilling to stay for a long time, so they quickly left the place quietly.
After seeing them off, Master Li Wen could no longer feel as relaxed and comfortable as before.
These idiots can really do such a thing, and it would not be good for anyone if this thing was brought out.
Looking at Wei Shou's thoughts before, and slowly charting his course, I'm afraid these thieves won't be able to wait any longer.
Master Li Wen couldn't sleep all night. The next day, he left his home at dawn and hurried to Wei Shou's house.
We must deal with Zu Ban in advance, and we must pull ourselves out of the quagmire of iron as soon as possible. As long as we pull ourselves out cleanly, we will kill the rest of the thieves if we can. No one can be left behind!
Master Li Wen had many plans in his mind, but when he saw Wei Shou, he still showed a pitiful and frightened look.
"Wei Gong, I heard that Zu Ting is sending people to thoroughly investigate all the things I have done in the past. He said that he wants to convict me and put me to death directly...:"
"That's not all. My friends in Taiwan said that Zu Ting is planning to contact the Yushitai and invoke the old law in order to implicate the crime on you...::"
What Li Wenshi said was not a lie, Zu Ban actually said something similar in the past.
Wei Shou had just gotten up and when he opened his eyes he heard such a sentence and was so angry that he couldn't even eat breakfast.
Li Wenshi then said: "Wei Gong, I also heard something, I don't know whether I should say it or not?"
Wei Shou waved his hand impatiently, "Just tell me if you have anything to say!"
"I heard from people that my grandfather often goes to the iron factory recently, and he also asks iron officials from all over the country to visit him. With Zu Ban's personality, he may have some hidden agenda... If we inquire, we may not be able to find out something.
Something is coming.”
"oh?""
Wei Shou narrowed his eyes, "Then don't stay idle at home. Go check it out. If anything happens, let me know in time. I'm still contacting my friends. Don't worry, I'll be able to deal with it soon."
Zu Ban takes action."
In the following days, the temple was extremely peaceful.
Including Pingcheng, it was the same, calm and calm.
Many copies of Jia Si's book were printed by Gao.
Gao stipulated this book as a required reading for officials, and asked the governor to conduct random inspections and assessments of officials at all levels. If they failed to pass the assessment, they would be dismissed.
Agricultural science was promoted to a very high position.
The sages in the world who study classics quickly change their direction. This is what sages are like. Classics are tools to them, and all knowledge is a tool. Being an official and getting rich is the purpose. Even if Gao Ji tomorrow says that becoming an official depends on raising pigs,
They would not hesitate to exchange the books in their hands for domestic pigs.
Gao Ye decided to promote it to officials first, and then gradually spread it down to the people step by step, just like promoting laws.
The second point is to continue to improve the level of government guidance on farming affairs in the world.
Know the farmers, help the farmers, and then prosper the farmers.
When the governors learned about the trends in the temple, they focused almost all their attention on this aspect. Each state adopted different ways to respond to the Santai edict.
Needless to say, Hengzhou, as the actual capital area, has not yet formed a special establishment like Qingdu Yin, but it has priority in many aspects.
Hengzhou quickly started a series of agricultural assistance projects, from introducing more cattle to popularizing manure pushing, and then to popularizing iron farm tools.
In the spring of this year, Han Dynasty was extremely busy, and no one had any leisure time.
An exception is Zuban.
During these days, Zu Ban always went to the iron factory, more and more often.
Someone saw him getting into the car drunk and reported the matter to the Yushitai.
Some people discovered that he had intervened in the civil service, promoted many young officials, and stuffed them into iron factories in various places.
Express doubts about promotion.
The frequency of his public appearances is decreasing, and his work is becoming more and more low-key.
Wei Shou and others also received many reports.
This continued until the seventh month of the first year of the Han Dynasty.
The weather is extremely hot.
Pingcheng seems to be roasted by flames, and the looming heat wave can be seen.
This is even more true inside the palace.
The main hall where Liu Taozi works now is called the Hanwang Hall, which is simple and crude, with the style of Six Towns.
The ministers gathered in the Han Dynasty Palace and were arranged on the left and right.
Gao Ze is standing at the top, holding a document, and is talking loudly about the situation of mulberry farming in various places during these days. This year is the first time that the government has made a major intervention in mulberry farming. Of course, this kind of intervention has always existed in history.
, has always existed from ancient times to later times, and the calendar is the best proof, but today's intervention is obviously beyond the past.
The government forcibly lowered the price of farm tools, which increased the per capita iron content of the Han Dynasty. A large number of farm tools were sent to the private sector to improve agricultural efficiency, and then came control of cattle farming, water diversion, etc. These were just the beginning.
The effect cannot be said to be too outstanding. If you want to see the effect of the policy just implemented, you will have to wait at least two or three years. Moreover, this behavior has also brought many problems to the temple. Many departments lack the ability to deal with these matters.
Experience, these require everyone to explore slowly.
Liu Taozi sat in the upper position and listened to Gao's report.
He listened very carefully.
However, the ministers below did not seem to care that much, or in other words, they had more important things to do.
Wei Shou rubbed his hands excitedly and looked at the other ministers, their eyes were particularly bright.
Zu Ban was sitting among the officials, lowering his head and yawning. The officials at Yushitai looked at him several times, especially angry.
After finishing talking about farming and mulberry farming, Liu Taozi asked others to write a memorial.
"His Majesty!!"
"Your Majesty!"
Wei Shou stepped forward.
The ministers looked at each other, and Liu Taozi looked at him. For some reason, her eyes were a little complicated.
Wei Shou said loudly: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the minister Zu Ban!"
"Zu Ban intervened in the affairs of the iron factories in the name of agricultural administration. He intimidated the iron officials, placed his cronies to take control of these factories, secretly asked these people to give him gifts, and withheld production...\n.\nThe crime was extremely heinous...
.:”
"I have witnesses and physical evidence here..."
Wei Shou was upright and presented one piece of evidence after another.
Zu Ban was shocked, opened his eyes, looked at Wei Shou in the distance, and then looked at Liu Taozi, at a loss.
Wei Shou has never been so happy in a long time.
In these days, Zu Ban was getting more and more excessive. He really bewitched the emperor and abolished the recommendation system. From now on, the rules for officials to recommend outstanding students to each other were gone, and performance appraisals were also withdrawn from the local government.
In the hands of the temple...:. Many invisible rules were exposed by Zu Ban, and he did more and more excessive things.
Wei Shou has wanted to fight with this guy for a long time.
However, I have never been able to find the opportunity.
Finally, the opportunity came.
Zu Ting blackmailed those iron officials, and then sent his cronies to intervene in the affairs of the iron factory, asking them to gradually learn management. Who can't see this purpose?
Those iron officials knew in their hearts that Zu Ban clearly wanted to kick them away in the future and use his own people to take complete control.
When they found out that Zu Ban didn't even want to give him a cent, they immediately united together, listened to Master Li Wen's words, and wanted to confront Zu Ban.
They have dealt with their dirty tail and collected enough evidence at the same time.
The next step is to kill Zu Ting.
After Wei surrendered, several ministers stood up and presented various evidences.
They proved that these people recommended by Zu Ting were his confidants, doing all kinds of evil and bent on making money for Zu Ban.
They proved that Zu Ban had polluted the clean iron factory and framed the iron factory with non-existent content:::
The evidence is overwhelming.
Wei Shou just felt refreshed at this moment. He raised his head and looked at Zu Ban, his eyes particularly bright.
Now, you should know right from wrong, right?
After everyone complained, the temple became silent.
Liu Taozi said nothing, her face gloomy.
Zu Ban slowly stood up and looked at Wei Shou and others. The fear just now disappeared and he even wanted to laugh a little.
He took out a document from his arms.
"A few months ago, Mr. Gao Ling talked about iron matters...\n. I asked for permission to go to the iron factory."
"I found out about the corruption in the iron factory, and many people in the DPRK helped them hide it as a way of relying on them."
"I don't know who they rely on...\n. I informed His Majesty of the matter, and then deliberately wooed those iron officials so that they would no longer send money to the original people they relied on."
"I just want to force them to rely on me... Because only these people know that the iron factory is controlled by me, and they are the only ones who will jump over the wall and come out to bite me."
"But I couldn't really let them take advantage of me, so I asked your Majesty for instructions. Your Majesty gave me many outstanding young people. I arranged these outstanding young people to the iron factory to let them learn how to manage, so that they can slowly take charge of it.
right."
"I have a lot of evidence here to prove that Li Wenshi, the former secretary of Zhongshutai, is the thief who helped Iron Official modify his income and expenditure...\n.\n"
"Of course, just now Wei stopped talking about the upright and honest man who was framed by me and found out about the iron factory.
Therefore, the virtuous minister who submitted a letter of impeachment...: Mr. Wei, is that what you said about him just now? Right?"
Wei Shou gritted his teeth and his lips kept trembling.
He slowly raised his finger and pointed at Zu Ban.
"You...you..."
"puff...."
Wei Shou spurted blood and fell down.
Chapter completed!