Chapter 2485 Women Are the Root of Trouble

As more and more people were implicated, the feedback from the capital became more and more angry.

"His Majesty said that all these people should be exiled and taken away immediately. They should go to Jinling by sea to meet His Highness."

Li Ermao looked at the list calmly, and there was an imperial censor talking loudly beside him, full of vigor and vitality.

After Liu Guan came back, the Censorate regained its mad dog nature, no, it was a loyal dog nature.

The tentacles of the Censorate gradually began to expand, and even had some conflicts with the East Factory and Jinyiwei in many fields.

Li Ermao looked at the names on the book quietly and reviewed them one by one.

This is a great era. Whether it is an individual or an institution, once it cannot keep up with this era, the only outcome is to be left behind.

In Li Ermao's view, these officials who embezzled grain were left behind.

When they arrived in Huazhou, they would be monitored for a period of time because they were prisoners, and their starting point was naturally behind others.

This is fate!

The fate of countless people rises and falls in this great era, accompanied by the tide, and marches forward.

Li Ermao put down the list and rubbed his brows when he saw a colleague stand up.

"Where is Li Jingnian? Why is he not on the list?"

An imperial censor frowned and said, "This Li Jingnian is a thousand households. The defense of the two granaries is in his hands. He also benefited from this case. Why is he not on the list?"

Li Ermao raised his head and said, "Why did I hear yesterday that Li Jingnian made a meritorious report and then returned a lot of money and grain."

All the imperial censors and petty officials raised their heads, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.

Every major case is not clean. Either this one is let off the hook or that one is protected.

But Li Jingnian is the behind-the-scenes figure in this case. Most of the corrupt military men are his subordinates. Even if he did not go along with them, he could not escape being held accountable.

How about Li Jingnian?

Who protected him?

Li Jingnian is a hapless guy, at least it seems so for now.

He receives a lot of tributes from his subordinates every year. After being transferred to the granary, the amount of tributes has become larger, but he still recruits them.

So once the case was dug deeper, he was the first to bear the brunt.

An informed censor coughed dryly and said, "Li Jingnian returned a lot of money. It is said that his family has no money to buy rice and grain. He also said a lot of people involved in the case."

Another censor said, "Because he just dug up a fifth-rank official, but unfortunately he committed suicide, otherwise our Censorate would have been proud this time."

After a sigh, someone said, "That means he has made meritorious service. He will probably be demoted. At most, he will lose his job, which is considered safe."

Such things are not uncommon. There are also leniency outside the law. Otherwise, who will cooperate in the future?

"He seems to have some contacts with Taining Hou. It was Taining Hou who scolded him, so he confessed."

"Taining Hou is a model among the nobles. It's not easy!"

So everyone sighed for a while, and then started to work.

After a while, Li Ermao put down the brush, then stretched his neck, and said, "Li Jingnian has a cousin."

Everyone looked up, and Li Ermao stood up and said, "His cousin seems to be doing business."

"The business is not small."

...

The case was very clear, and Chen Zhong felt very relaxed.

"My Lord, there are countless nobles in the capital who want to find a job, but His Majesty has chosen you to come to Shandong, which shows that His Majesty still favors you!"

The staff also felt relieved.

The Shandong Provincial Administration and Qingzhou Prefecture were a little nervous, so everyone got a lot of benefits.

This is equivalent to a subsidy for leaving the capital. Chen Zhong acquiesced, and everyone accepted it with a clear conscience.

Chen Zhong was also looking at the list, and when he saw a few names crossed out, he asked, "Who else has recruited people?"

The three staff smiled at each other, and one of them said, "My Lord, the two have some relationship with people in the capital, and the other one was wrongly accused."

Chen Zhong saw that Li Jingnian's name was among them, so he said, "Who do those two have a relationship with in the capital? Find out clearly, don't let them go unjustly."

The staff smiled, knowing that this was to find a handle, so they talked about the relationship between the two and the nobles in the capital.

Chen Zhong squinted his eyes and listened, his face relaxed.

Once the power is in hand, the order will be issued. If he doesn't take advantage of this time to catch the nobles behind these two people, he will be a fool.

In fact, it is not considered as being caught, otherwise the two nobles would naturally cut off their arms.

How about giving a benefit?

Chen Zhong said in a deep voice: "I will not write this letter."

An aide stood up and bowed: "Don't worry, my lord, we will consider it, and then send a letter to the city to express your love and care."

This kind of show of goodwill is taboo, so the communication is between the aides, and the nobles on both sides do not need to show up.

After things calm down, the two sides will start to move around, and finally the big guys behind them will get together, talk and laugh and drink a glass of wine, and then become half an ally.

Chen Zhong is very familiar with this method.

He stood up and sighed: "The granary in Shandong must be thoroughly investigated, so that after returning to Beijing, this lord will have the face to see His Majesty, you hurry up."

"Yes, my lord, don't worry."

The aides stood up and watched Chen Zhong go out, and then sat down.

"Li Jingnian told him to behave himself during his sentence and lie low for a few years afterwards, otherwise it would be hard for the Marquis to live with him."

"Yes! He pretended to be so poor that he couldn't even afford rice. Does Li Jingnian think things aren't exciting enough?"

"Warn him not to cause trouble for the Marquis!"

"Okay!"

An aide stood up and went out.

Not long after, he came back in a hurry.

"Things are not good!"

He said with a grim expression: "Li Ermao seems to have targeted Li Jingnian."

"Who?"

The two staff members who were handling the affairs looked up, and one of them asked.

The staff member who came in said: "Li Ermao."

"Not good!"

One staff member stood up and shouted to the outside: "Go and invite the Marquis!"

Chen Zhong didn't go far. When he came back, he saw that the three staff members looked like they had lost their parents, so he asked: "What's the matter?"

One staff member said tangledly: "Marquis, Li Jingnian was targeted by Li Ermao."

"Li Ermao?"

Chen Zhong thought for a while, and then remembered who Li Ermao was.

"Fang Xing!"

Chen Zhong's eyes became more sinister, and he said: "What does Li Ermao mean by this?"

The money has been returned, and many people have been betrayed. What's the problem with letting Li Jingnian get away?

An aide said, "My Lord, have you forgotten..."

"Fang Han?"

Chen Zhong clenched his fists, veins popping out on his neck, and said, "Fang Xing dare not abuse his power for personal gain, otherwise, now is the time when those people will kill him with their tongues and pens."

"Criminate with words and pens!"

An aide said, "The prince has just been established, and if Fang Xing is smart, he will not attract attention, so he sent the King of Han south. So...My Lord, let Li Jingnian be honest."

Chen Zhong stood there thinking, and said after a few minutes: "Li Ermao is Fang Xing's favorite student. Don't be afraid of ten thousand but be prepared for the worst. Get rid of it!"

His eyebrows were full of determination. "Last time Fang Han ran around for Feng Lin, and Fang Xing fought for it. It can be seen that this family is unreasonable. Go, tell Li Jingnian to fend for himself."

An aide asked: "My Lord, if he wants to drag us into it..."

Chen Zhong's eyebrows were filled with murderous intent, and he said: "Then he should die."

After taking all the situations into consideration, Chen Zhong waited for news.

There were a lot of news, such as Jin Youzi's rage, and then dealt with several officials who wanted to protect certain people.

"Fang Xing will take revenge, will take revenge!"

Chen Zhong began to get anxious.

What he regretted most now was the conflict with the Feng family.

If it weren't for that incident, he and Fang Xing would still have nothing to do with each other.

"Women are the source of trouble!"