Chapter 123
Li Yingqi, who had been worried all the time, peeked not far away, and when he saw his sister going up to touch her, her face turned green.
"How can my little girl not have a bit of girlish reserve, no, I have to go and pull them away!" Li Yingqi said and was about to rush forward.
He was grabbed by Li Yingbi: "Hey, big brother, what are you doing up there now? They're all engaged, so you don't care!
" What a move, my little sister, she... hey!" Li Yingqi turned his head away, feeling as if he couldn't see it.
Li Yingbi hehe said: "Where is the public, isn't this at our house? Let's go to practice martial arts, don't worry, my little girl has a sense of propriety." Li Yingqi was pushed out, turning her head from time to time, seeing that Li Yingru was still
there Zhou Yi touched his body, and his complexion turned darker; "I used to have a sense of proportion, look at what it looks like now!" "
Oh, walk around, can't you just stop looking?
" The two of them..." Li Yingqi still felt uneasy, and when he shook off Li Yingbi's hand and was about to walk back, he saw Li Yingru let go.
Li Yingqi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Come on, let's go." Li Yingqi was dragged away by Li Yingbi.
Li Yingru stayed silent for a while before realizing something was inappropriate. She blushed and let go of her hand, but just as she let go, Zhou Yi caught her. Zhou Yi looked at her with a smile, "I found it." With a neat box.
"You...you let go of me first." Li Yingru retracted her hands.
"Why, now I know I'm shy, but you were still touching me just now!"
Li Yingru's blushing face was even redder now, and she was not stupid, "You lied to me, right? Nothing was lost at all."
Zhou Yi seemed to have stars in his eyes, and nodded, "I wanted to tease you, but who would have thought that my future wife would be so bold, and would just touch her husband before we got married." "
Ah ! You..." Li Yingru pushed Zhou Yi's hand away with a strong hand.
"Ah!" Li Yingru, who is a martial arts practitioner, couldn't control his strength in such a flick, Zhou Yi, a scholar, couldn't resist it, and was caught off guard, and was pulled into his muscles.
Zhou Yi grinned in pain.
Li Yingru saw that she was dying of panic, "ah, Zhou Yi, what's the matter with you, you'll be fine, let me see if the bone is broken." Li Yingru pressed Zhou Yi's arm, and then heaved a sigh of relief: "It's okay. Fortunately, the bones are fine."
Zhou Yi was about to cry, and he would not have teased Li Yingru if he had known, he gently shook his arm, only a little pain: "Yingru, you are so strong, When we get married in the future, I won't be domestically abused."
"No, no, I just couldn't control it for a while, it's okay, it's okay." He said and patted Zhou Yi's arm cautiously.
"It seems that I will have to practice martial arts with my uncle in the future." Zhou Yi whispered.
"Brother Uncle..." Li Yingru murmured, her face flushed red again and she lowered herself.
Zhou Yi glanced at Li Yingru with a smile, opened the box, and put two gold rings together.
"Yingru..."
"Hmm..." Li Yingru raised her head in embarrassment.
Zhou Yi picked up a female ring, raised Li Yingru's left hand, and put it on her ring finger under Li Yingru's suspicious eyes: "This finger is called ring finger, but wearing this ring means that you are famous. From now on, you will be mine!"
Li Yingru said, covering her mouth with her right hand.
Zhou Yi took out another men's ring and handed it to Li Yingru, "Put it on for me, it also means that I belong to you from now on..."
"Oh..." Li Yingru took the ring with red eyes, and put it on Zhou Yi's left ring finger like Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi spread his hands out in the sunlight, and the ring shone slightly.
He put his left hand against Li Yingru's left hand, and the two rings were connected together, "Yingru, this pair of rings belongs only to the two of us. From now on, we will share weal and woe and depend on each other. Would you like it?
" Mouth nodded again and again: "I am willing, I am willing, I am willing..."
Zhou Yi rubbed Li Yingru's head with a broken smile: "Silly girl, don't need to say so many times." "
Holding... holding hands!" Li Yingqi went to practice martial arts At the scene, after thinking left and right, I still feel uneasy, I always feel that the smiling kid is like a fox, my sister is so fascinated by him, don't suffer, so she left Li Yingqi and turned back. As soon as I stepped into the garden, I saw this scene. Immediately, he was furious: "This bastard, he dared to take advantage of my sister before he and his sister were married..." After speaking, he strode towards the two of them.
"What are you doing, don't let me go!" With a loud shout, Zhou Yi and Li Yingru subconsciously let go of their hands in fright.
Li Yingru was dissatisfied with Li Yingqi who suddenly appeared with red eyes: "Brother, what are you doing? You scared Zhou Yi!
" I was fascinated by this kid, and now I am helping outsiders.
Zhou Yi rubbed his nose, and compared if the scene just now was his sister and other men... Well, it seems that I can understand Li Yingqi's anger a little bit.
He said flatteringly, "Brother uncle is here. I've been here for quite some time today, so I should say goodbye." After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Yingru again, and then left.
Li Yingru's eyes followed him all the time.
Li Yingqi stood in front of Li Yingru with a dark face.
Li Yingru pushed Li Yingqi away, and didn't give up until Zhou Yi was out of sight.
"Little sister, even though you are engaged to Zhou Yi, you should be more reserved, you are in such a broad daylight, just...just like Zhou Yi, it's really out of character." Li Yingqi chose his words carefully. Said.
Li Yingru was not annoyed when she heard it, she just nodded with a smile, then raised her left hand and put it in the sun, "Brother, does it look good?" "
What are you looking at?" Li Yingqi looked along the sunlight and squinted his eyes.
"This." Li Yingru deliberately moved the ring finger of her left hand.
"What is this? It's weird, and if it's jewelry, it should be decorated with some gemstones. It's so bald..." Before
Li Yingqi finished speaking, Li Yingru put away her smiling face and said to Li Yingqi: "No wonder others say you are Elm bump!" After speaking, he raised his left hand with his eyes bent, and left humming a little tune.
"Hey, little sister..."
When Zhou Yi left the Li residence, Qingzhu hurried forward.
"Master, people from my hometown have arrived."
Zhou Yi nodded. Before going to Yuanping Mansion, he wrote a letter to Zhou Zhu, asking him to pick some smart and literate children from his family and send them to the capital.
The Dai Viet Times is an important part of his foundation, and he definitely had to put his own people in it.
And in the future, we will need to employ people in all aspects.
In this era, the clan is the root of a person, one is prosperous and all is prosperous, and one is all lost. Using people from your own clan is more at ease than outsiders. Of course, the premise is to train them well.
When Zhou Yi arrived home, Zhou Laoer and Wang Yan were greeting these children.
These children were a little cautious. When they saw Zhou Yi coming, they hurriedly stood up. Before they came, the family members and the elders told them that Zhou Yi was the reliance of the entire Zhou clan. Listen to Zhou Yi's words. If he dared to spoil Zhou Yi's affairs in the capital, he would not only have his legs broken, but also be expelled from the family when he returned.
Zhou Yi looked at these ten teenagers, all of them were between twelve and fifteen years old, with immature faces and embarrassment in their gestures.
Zhou Yi raised his face and said seriously: "Before coming, brother Zhu must have made it clear to you that you came to Beijing this time to help me, but you have to follow the rules when doing things in front of me. I said you can't do it." You must not do anything.”
These teenagers have been growing up listening to Zhou Yi’s various dreamy deeds. Although this person is not much older than them, he is now the backer of the entire Zhou family clan, and his words are older than the clan’s. It all works. In their hearts, Zhou Yi was no different from a god.
Now that Zhou Yi is so stern, these youngsters dare not show their anger.
"Let me tell you what is forbidden to do around me. First, do not bully others. If I find out, I will investigate and deal with it immediately. If I violate the laws of the country, I will never do favoritism. Second: Without my permission, it is strictly forbidden to do anything with other people." Officials or their subordinates come and go..."
Zhou Yi finished the ten prohibitions in one breath.
Looking at the nervous teenagers in front of him, Zhou Yi suddenly smiled again: "Of course, if you can do the above ten things I said, the rest is up to you. We are clan brothers and relatives. Here is the same as going home. Although you are helping me with my work now, if you do well, I will not lose your future. If someone can get results in the imperial examination, I can also teach them carefully." These
teenagers They were relieved, and some people looked at Zhou Yi with admiration.
Zhou Laoer knew that Zhou Yi had really set rules for these boys before, he didn't understand these things, so he didn't open his mouth, seeing this now, he smiled and said: "Yes, it's like coming to your own home when you come here." After a while, the banquet started
, Zhou Yi gave a candy with a stick, and his relationship with these boys became much closer.
On the second day, Zhou Yi arranged these teenagers properly and sent them to the Da Viet Times in person. After he left the office, he personally taught them how to quickly get started with the business of the Da Viet Times.
After a few days of teaching, these teenagers understood a big difference.
Zhou Yi was very satisfied with the clansman sent by Zhou Zhu this time, some of them were very savvy and understood everything. Although some are young, they are very steady-minded, and some have good leadership skills. According to their respective characteristics, Zhou Yi arranged them in an appropriate position in the Dai Viet Times.
Tong Baobao and the others are just playing a new game. Although they are still well-known now, they seldom come here. Zhou Yi is almost in charge of the Da Viet Times these days.
Zhou Yi couldn't wait, before he was worried about the Mansion of the Head of the State and the Palace of the Eldest Princess, who saw the importance of the Da Viet Times, and used Tong Baobao to insert people into the Da Viet Times.
If those companies united, he would have lured Tong Baobao and the others into it himself, so even if he took the position of editor-in-chief, the emperor made it clear that he would be in charge of the Dai Viet Times, but he couldn't refuse if they wanted to intervene.
Now it seems that he was worrying unfoundedly.
These princes and nobles have no actual rights, and the Dai Viet Dynasty treats them very preferentially except for power. There is no need to fight for titles, titles are hereditary, born in sorrow and died in peace, this group of people don't care much about other things except farming.
Zhou Yi heaved a sigh of relief, it's okay, it's okay, he was really afraid that others would pick the fruit before he grew up.
Now Tong Baobao protects them like this, which is exactly what Zhou Yi wished for. With the name of these dandies, he can block anything. Although it's a bit despicable, there's nothing you can do about it.
In this way, after more than ten days, these teenagers have completely been able to stand alone. Except that Zhou Yi needs to control the sensitivity of the news, they can already do a good job in other aspects.
In this way, Zhou Yi can also find time to do other things.
The Da Viet Times had just been settled, and when I went to the Imperial Academy the next day, I heard that someone had knocked on the Dengwen drum outside the Meridian Gate.
Dengwen Drum is a method of direct appeal in the Dayue Dynasty. There are Dengwen Drums in counties, prefectures, government offices and even the government offices in the capital.
However, because the local Dengwen drums are high in the sky and the emperor is far away, the capital does not know how those local officials operate them, so they gradually become a formality.
However, there was also a Dengwen Drum in the Dayue Dynasty. If there were people who had been wronged by the sky, they would come to the capital even if they traveled across mountains and rivers. This is the Dengwen Drum set up outside the Meridian Gate.
Once this Dengwen drum is sounded, the six subjects must be reported to the emperor. After reading it, the emperor decides whether to accept it or not. If accepted, it is generally handed over to the Inspectorate. , then the Dali Temple and the Procuratorate need to jointly hear the case, and the final result must be shown to the emperor.
But this Dengwen drum is not something everyone can beat. If you want to beat this Dengwen drum, you don't have to be hit by dozens of boards in the local area, but you really go up the mountain of swords and into the sea of fire.
Roll the blade, put the oil in the pan... If you don't die, it can only mean that God can't see your grievances.
But this time the person who knocked on Deng Wengu sued not some ordinary person, but Yuchi Gongfu.
After the meritorious service of the existing hereditary successors of the Dayue Dynasty, they were the four princes and three lords.
The four princes are Qi Guogong's mansion, that is, Qi Qu's family. In Zhang Guogong's mansion, Zhang Tingxing is the current son of Zhang Guogong. There are also Lin Guogong's mansion and Yuchi Gong's mansion.
The three Marquis are Marquis Zheng, Marquis Yu and Marquis Wu.
The current Duke Yuchi is called Yuchi Jing.
The person who beat the Dengwen drum was a person from a small county called Qingping to the west of the capital.
The grievances told shocked everyone.
According to the person who appealed. Duke Yuchi's mansion did everything in their power to occupy the land of the people.
Originally, if the money given by Duke Yuchi's mansion was still worthwhile, these commoners would not have resisted. Since ancient times, people have fought against officials, and there is no good end.
But the key point is that the money given by Duke Yuchi's mansion is only one tael per mu. In general, good land can't be bought even if it is ten taels per mu. Such a price is nothing to buy, it's a clear grab.
The fields are the roots of the peasants, and the lives of the whole family depend on these thin fields. Didn't Yuchi's government force them to die by doing this!
These people in Qingping County are of course unwilling.
But how powerful the Yuchi Duke's Mansion is, they have already managed the local yamen. The fields of these good people were transferred directly without their knowledge, and changed to the name of Duke Yuchi's mansion.
The original owners of these fields did not know until they were driven away by officials.
The good land turned into someone else's without their knowledge, and they didn't even see a copper coin to sell the land. Of course, these people didn't want to.
Without land, they had no choice but to wait to die, so all the farmers in Qingping County whose fields had been occupied united and asked for an explanation from the servants sent by Duke Yuchi's mansion.
While pushing and shoving, the servants of Duke Yuchi's mansion actually beat him to death.
This time things got even worse, these civilians united and went to the yamen to file a complaint, but the yamen had already been taken care of by the Yuchi government, so how could they help these powerless mud legs.
These people have no way to appeal, so they are going to come to the capital to sue the imperial court.
But the news was known by the servants of Qingping County Government and Yuchi Duke's Mansion. They wanted to kill people to silence them for fear of the incident being leaked.
While these people were on their way to Beijing, they were directly driven together and set on fire.
More than a hundred people went to the capital to sue the imperial court, but no less than twenty escaped.
These twenty people learned how to behave, and left in batches. Whoever can get to the Dengwen Drum will fight for justice for the more than 1,000 families whose fields were forcibly occupied and the 80 people who died.
When these twenty people arrived in the capital, Duke Yuchi's mansion also knew that as long as they showed their heads, these people would disappear for no apparent reason, and it was clear that the only person who was not found was really taken to the boarding house by him. Before hearing the drum.
The circumstances of the case were sensational. After seeing the blood-stained complaint, Emperor Chongzheng took a rare real rage and immediately ordered the Yuchi Mansion to be brought under control.
He also assigned the Overwatch Council, Dali Temple, and the Tongzheng Envoy to conduct a joint trial, and must investigate the case to the bottom.
When Zhou Yi heard about the case, he sat in the Imperial Academy for a whole morning. What kind of world is this! Why are these people so mad?
He opened his hands and looked at his white palms. Could it be that when he came here, he could only be trapped in the vortex of fighting for power and profit all his life? He swore before that he would have enough power to be able to control his own destiny, but now it seems that when he is a head, he has reached a height, and there always seems to be a more powerful enemy waiting for him in front of him!
And what he is working hard for is only for survival? At this moment, the refugees he saw, the disaster victims in Yuanping Mansion, and today's horrific case all flashed through his mind.
Zhou Yi clenched his palms tightly.
The facts of this case could not be more clear, Dali Temple even searched out the nineteen people who were imprisoned in the residence of a servant of Yuchihou's mansion who came to the capital to file an imperial petition.
However, Mr. Yuchi insisted that he didn't know about it. He just bought the land and gave it at the market price. It was only because the servants made the decisions without authorization and wanted to be greedy for money and money, which led to the subsequent disaster.
And the servants of Duke Yuchi's mansion also recognized it, admitting that they thought of such a method because they were motivated by money.
Duke Yuchi was one of the four hereditary princes, and his family also had a gold medal from death granted by the founding emperor of Dai Viet.
Dali Temple and the Overwatch Council couldn't make a decision, so they brought the case to the imperial court again.
Emperor Chongzheng lost his temper and ordered an early court discussion the next day.
The next day, Zhou Yi got up early and waited outside the Meridian Gate for the morning court. Many people greeted him. It was finally time for Yang Zhiwen and Xing Jing to be dismissed.
Now stand in front.
The bell rang, and all the officials lined up to enter the Golden Luan Hall. This time Zhou Yi was not standing at the end, but in the middle of the line.
Emperor Chongzheng seemed to be in a bad mood, with a gloomy face, and directly asked someone to bring Duke Yuchi up.
Mr. Yuchi was about forty years old, with a white face and a slight beard. It may be that he has been worrying about it for the past few days, his eyes are full of bloodshot eyes, and his face is also tired.
As soon as he arrived at the main hall, he threw himself on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am wronged by my minister. It is really not my minister who ordered me to do it. They are all servants who don't know what to do. Your Majesty, my minister's ancestors followed Taizu Conquer the country for thousands of miles, be loyal and courageous, no matter how confused the humble minister is, he will not do such a life-threatening thing, Your Majesty, you have to be aware..." But at this time, the censor jumped out
: "Mr. Yuchi is really good at evading, occupying people's fields, killing people's lives, and the piles are really shocking. Now he wants to push the matter to the servants. It is too simple. The emperor, I suggest that Wei must be investigated. Chi Gong is the end, otherwise those families who have occupied their fertile land, and the eighty good citizens who were killed, where can they appeal for their justice?" Another
minister stood up and said.
"Your Majesty, I have a different opinion. Mr. Yuchi is not short of that little money. Why did he take advantage of those common people? I think Mr. Yuchi did not lie. It must be his subordinates who made decisions without authorization. After such a calamity, Duke Yuchi is loyal, if he is implicated because of a servant, it will be a bit chilling to the ancestors."
"The minister seconded the proposal..."
"The minister seconded the proposal..."
What the censor said to the official Everyone has their own support.
Zhou Yi took a look.
Those who supported the censor were mostly the Qingliu of the imperial court, such as the Imperial Academy, the censor, and the Overwatch Council, while those who supported the lighter punishment of Duke Yuchi were mostly princes and nobles.
There are still some who have not made a statement, such as Xing Jing, Yang Zhiwen and so on.
That's right, the big bosses are always the last to play, so they can't be easily misled.
Emperor Chongzheng sneered: "Your servant? Think I'm a fool! The servants of your Duke Yuchi's family are really courageous. If you didn't have the power of Duke Yuchi, your servants could unite with the local government to oppress these people? "
"The minister is dead..." Emperor Chongzheng's words directly frightened half of Duke Yuchi's life.
"Your Majesty, I suggest that Mr. Yuchi should be punished severely, so as to make an example to others." Seeing what Emperor Chongzheng said, some of the courtiers immediately agreed.
Still Qingliu officials.
"Your Majesty, all the evidence now proves that the subordinates of Yuchi's mansion made their own claims. Mr. Yuchi just took the money and asked his subordinates to buy the land. He didn't know anything about it after that. Your Majesty, please look into it! " Qi Guogong came out and said.
"Please, Your Majesty, check clearly..." This is Lin Guogong.
"Please Your Majesty to observe..." Yu Hou.
"Your Majesty, please check clearly..."
After a while, except for Yuchi Gong who was lying on the ground, all the other four princes and three princes came out and said.
The voice of Lord Fu, "Second
by the ministers" and the voice of Yang Zhiwen, "Second by the ministers".
"..." Gradually, most of the court officials stood up to support Duke Yuchi.
And there were no more than a dozen people who suggested severely punishing Mr. Yuchi.
The other half stood there, not knowing how to express their opinion.
"Zhou Yi, I saw that you didn't speak, let me tell you what you think."
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