Missing events (III)

Wang Anshi was stunned. In fact, this Chen Quanqi was just a young scholar who entered the Jinshi class when he participated in the reform of the imperial examination. At that time, Wang Anshi was busy with government affairs in the court, but he still greeted him quite politely.

Chen Quanqi's face was still pale, but he spoke quite fluently. He explained his purpose to Wang Anshi and made trouble with the scholars. His tone was flat and he was not very dissatisfied.

In fact, it is intriguing to Dali Temple for inquiries about this salt case. After all, they mainly deal with litigation, which is equivalent to a court, and do not have the right to arrest or detain. However, the Empress Dowager issued an order to ask Dali Temple to arrest people directly, which probably has the mentality of not trusting the Six Ministry. Therefore, without the Censorate and the Ministry of Justice held by the reformists, they directly handed over to Dali Temple for handling, and limited the time to hand over the case.

The Dali Temple Minister was the grandson of Renzong, Su Zhuqing, who was also considered a relative of the foreigners. Because the Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty had a legacy of order: the relatives could not hold power. So Su Zhuqing had a lot of effort to become the Dali Temple Minister. In less than two months, the Empress Dowager threw the serious case over. Although Su Zhuqing wanted to climb up, he did not want to offend anyone in the court, so he would not step down in the future. As soon as this matter was announced, his scalp was numb. After walking around the yard for more than ten times, he didn't come up with any idea, so he had to summon some of his subordinates to convene.

As a result, everyone looked at each other and said that the arrest should be carried out by the Ministry of Justice. How can Dali Temple arrest people? But Su Zhuqing was so angry that he did not speak with a cold face and stared at them. At this time, Chen, a part-time official from the Secret Pavilion, returned to Dali Temple in Quanqi. After hearing this, he recommended himself to go to Jiangning to arrest people.

Su Zhuqing's eyes swept the audience, and the people lowered their heads a little ashamed. He told Chen Quanqi not to offend Jiang Ning and others, and to be polite to those officials. Finally, he took Chen Quanqi heavily.

Although Chen Quanqi passed the Jinshi in his twenties, he had always been a minor official. He was studious and did not seek official positions, so he went to the Secret Pavilion to prepare books and took the lead in Dali Temple.

In fact, he recommended himself to go to Jiangning because he thought it was nothing. Ge Ju was also a Jinshi. Everyone reads the books of Confucius and Mencius, and they didn't deal with ordinary men, so he didn't think so much and ran to Jiangning Mansion.

It was a great thing to go along the way, looking at mountains and rivers. But when he arrived in Jinling City, he was surrounded by scholars, and he immediately realized that this job was not easy to do. Fortunately, Wang Anshi sent someone to pick him up, otherwise it would be terrifying to be drowned by those scholars with spit.

Wang Anshi's voice was very heavy, and he had heard from decades of officialdom: "Did Lord Shen come to invite Greg Ge Tong to return to Beijing according to the order of the Empress Dowager?"

Chen Quanqi was feeling uneasy and hurriedly said after hearing this: "The student is acting according to the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager."

Wang Anshi smiled and said, "I heard that when Lord Shen first arrived in Jinling, he was surrounded by people. I wonder if this is true?"

Chen Quanqi immediately said: "The students were about to explain this matter. The students came to Jinling from Bianliang for thousands of miles. They were originally imperial envoys, but they didn't expect that they would be surrounded as soon as they entered the post station. These people were all scholars and were excited. The students wanted to say a few words, but they didn't expect that these people were even more angry. If it weren't for Mr. Linchuan, the students would really not know what to do."

Mr. Linchuan refers to Wang Anshi, who is from Linchuan, Fuzhou, so the academic community calls him Mr. Linchuan.

Wang Anshi asked, "Why did Lord Shen know why those scholars surrounded him?" Seeing Chen Quanqi shook his head, he said loudly: "Mr. Shen, since ancient times, salt officials have been greedy, but since the Renzong period of this dynasty, merchants have been tyrannical, why? It is actually a collusion between officials and merchants. This salt is a necessity for the people, and the profit of salt is naturally great. Later, rich merchants sell salt, and if they want to make profits from it, they must deal with officials, so the salt officials will naturally become greedy and incompetent.

However, the salt merchants used money to bribe officials and the officials used their power to seek personal gain, so the salt merchants must be cunning people and the officials must be cunning thieves. Ge Tong passed the imperial examination in the second year of Xining. He was kind-hearted and never competed for official positions. Until today, he has not served as an official in Beijing. If there are many good ministers in the Song Dynasty, Ge Ju can be considered one.

I have been to Geju's mansion and found that his home is very poor, his room is not repaired, he is simply dressed and eaten, and the weeds are growing in the courtyard. It is because there are no servants to clean it up. I think, how could such a good official be a person who committed huge amounts of corruption?"

Chen Quanqi said solemnly: "If this is true, the court will definitely find out the matter and give Lord Ge a clear innocence."

Wang Anshi sneered: "This may not be the case. Lord Shen is still too young and does not understand the affairs in the court. If the Lord goes back and think about it carefully, you can understand why. I only hope that Dali Temple in the middle of the capital can truly find out the matter, otherwise it will make the scholars feel disappointed and the good ministers will be sad."

He said this very hard. Although Chen Quanqi was a scholar, he had been in the court for many years and naturally understood these struggles for power and profit. He was also very confused. If this was the case, it would be really difficult to deal with. He was just a small official and had no real power. Moreover, the struggle between the two parties was not something he could participate in.

Chen Quanqi rectified his expression and said loudly: "Students will bring the words of the teacher."

Wang Anshi nodded. He knew that Chen Quanqi's slight words would not play any role. This matter still needs to be tried by Dali Temple before the case can be closed. The most important thing is to look at the old ministers in the court.

Chen Quanqi looked at Wang Anshi and asked carefully: "That... the errand offered by the student?"

Wang Anshi was stunned and then smiled and said, "No hurry, Lord Shen came here on the order of the emperor, so naturally there is no need to worry about not being able to take Lord Ge away. When you take a day off today, I will invite Lord Ge here tomorrow morning. How good is that?"

Chen Quanqi was overjoyed and said, "It's great! It's so hard for Mr.

Wang Anshi laughed, and suddenly someone ran over in a panic and said, "Sir, it's not good!"

Wang Anshi was surprised to see that it was his housekeeper, and bowed to Chen Quanqi, "I have lost my companion." Then he asked the housekeeper Wang, "What's wrong?"

Butler Wang seemed to be about to cry and said, "Young Master... is gone!"

Wang Anshi's body trembled, as if he was standing steadily. Chen Quanqi's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly stepped forward to support him. Wang Anshi waved his hand and said, "Mr. Shen is here from afar, so it's better to take a break early. I'm stubborn and rude. Lord. Shen is considerate."

After saying that, he said to Mr. Wang: "Take me to the backyard to have a look."

This backyard is made of white walls in the front yard. The front yard has a pool, water, bridges and pavilions, but the back yard only has a house and a garden built. Overall, the layout is not as good as the front yard.

The backyard was originally for Wang Anshi's second son Wang Pang and his wife. Since Wang Xian was born, the backyard has been specially used for Wang Xian.

Wang Anshi looked at Wang Xian's wet nurse He and the maid in the backyard, a servant, and said slowly: "How did he throw Wang Xian away?"

He said in tears: "Sir, I was holding the young master with my maids. Suddenly, Zhuzhi called us and said that she came to take the young master with me. So I gave her the young master to her, but who knew that after she carried the young master into the inner room, there was no sound for a long time. I didn't take it seriously at first, but after most of the hour I didn't see the young master, so I hurried to the inner room to look at it. After searching for a long time, I didn't see the young master. I was very anxious, so I went to tell Butler Wang."

Butler Wang scolded loudly: "Why did you just give the young master to a girl to take care of him? If the young master has a few shortcomings, your whole family will not have a good time!"

He suddenly cried, covered his face with his sleeves, and thrust. Wang Anshi suddenly felt upset and asked Butler Wang, "Who is Zhuzhi?"

Mr. Wang said: "Zhuzhi is a maid who was sold to our mansion a few years ago."

Wang Anshi waved his hand and said, "Please tell the government office that he will send other servants to find Wang Xian's whereabouts." He suddenly felt dizzy and seemed to faint.

When Mr. Wang saw that his master was unable to stand firmly, he was shocked and said, "Sir, you have a rest first. I will definitely find the young master."

Wang Anshi said silently and said to the women, maids, servants, and servants standing in the yard: "You all go back and do your own things first. Let's talk about this matter until the people from the government office come."

Everyone had dispersed, leaving Wang Anshi alone in the inner courtyard. The west wind blew gently, and Wang Anshi murmured: "It's heaven, my Wang Anshi's journey is being held all his life, and he is worthy of heaven and earth. How can I destroy my Wang family!"

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When the government office heard that Mr. Wang had lost his beloved grandson, he immediately sent someone to investigate. At this time, Wang Anshi had already gone to rest, and the one who received them was Mr. Wang.

The captain was named Li Wushi. His original name was Wushi. He was originally from Jinling City. When he was young, his parents gave birth to two brothers to only provide for his brother's study. He had to help at home and envy those scholars. Later, he became a clerk and became a prisoner. He worked hard to read and read books and read, but he actually understood a lot and changed his name. Because he worked hard and had some knowledge, he became a captain until now.

In this era, the status of arresting soldiers is very low. They are the same as servants and servants. They cannot participate in the imperial examinations. They are both discriminated against by high-ranking officials and nobles, and are also despised by the common people.

Li Wushi is familiar with Wang Anshi of Jinling. None of the scholars he knew didn't respect Wang Anshi very much. Although this leader in the scholar-in-law lives in Jinling, he has a humble identity and never thought that he could deal with this gentleman.

Butler Wang introduced this matter in detail and said sincerely: "I hope you can find the young master as soon as possible. My master is only one grandson. I have been in poor health recently. I want to lose my heart."

Li Wushi nodded and said, "Although Mr. Li dare not make a promise, he has to find the young master even if he doesn't eat or drink."

Since this is the private residence of Mr. Wang, Li Wushi led a few arrests and could not break in, so he had to go to the door of Banshanyuan to ask about the situation first.

Li Wushi and the door were very open, and they said for a while, "Did that maid Zhuzhi come out directly from this door?"

Menzi said: "It was indeed from here. At that time, she was carrying a basket and saying that she wanted to get food from outside. I thought something was wrong. She was not a cook, so how could it be her turn to buy vegetables? Sure enough, this girl was not a good intention and actually kidnapped the young master away."

Li Wushi said: "Then do you know where Zhuzhi's family lives? Do she have any different actions?"

The door shouted: "How do I know where this girl came from? It seems that when the Chinese New Year was about to be over last year, she was selling herself outside the Banshan Garden to bury her father. Our second wife pityed her and bought her back. Who knew that this girl was unhappy and was ungrateful, and she was so heartless that she should be sold to Qianxiangyuan!"

Li Wushi smiled. It turned out that he was the disciple of the high school, and even cursed with politeness. He said to the disciple: "Think about it carefully, have this person done any unusual actions recently?"

The door shook his head and said, "How can I know about this? She doesn't usually go out often. Oh, by the way, the day before yesterday she hurried out from the mansion, ignoring my call. She returned until it was dark and ran in quickly."

Li Wushi nodded and said, "It seems that this girl has an ulterior motive." He said a few more enthusiastic words to the door and said goodbye and returned to the yamen to review.
Chapter completed!