Ministry of Works, this is the government office responsible for all kinds of large-scale projects across the country.

With the significant improvement in the Ming Dynasty's finances and Guo Pu pays great attention to water conservancy projects that benefit people's livelihood, a large part of the silver in Taicang of the Ministry of Revenue has flowed to the Ministry of Works' office in recent years.

Chen Shaoru, the current Minister of Works, is a young old man with a gentle face. He is scolding his officials and said, "How many pairs of eyes are staring at our Works Department outside? How can the headquarters use such a top-quality Huanghuali desk? Return this desk back quickly!"

"Sir Zhengtang, this desk has been made. Can you still dismantle it without having to?" The head of the Ministry of Works originally wanted to change a good table for Chen Shaoru but did not want to be blamed, so he immediately said with a sad face.

Chen Jingbang came outside the door and happened to encounter this scene, but he knew that the old habit of the Minister of Works was thrifty.

In theory, the Ministry of Works is in charge of the most and best wood in the world. This time, using the best huanghuali wood to make a desk for the minister of the Ministry of Works is no longer a big deal.

Chen Shaoru adhered to his principles and waved his hand and said, "You should ask someone to move the table back, no matter whether the table is given to the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, or to the Minister Xia, anyway, the official of this desk is not needed!"

"Main Hall... obey the order!" The head of the Ministry of Works felt Chen Shaoru's firm attitude, and finally bowed helplessly.

The anger on Chen Shaoru's face had not dissipated. He only felt relieved when he saw Chen Jingbang coming in and said, "Comrade Chen Xiu, why are you here?"

"Shangshu Chen, the master asked me to invite you to come, saying that there was something to discuss!" Chen Jingbang bowed to Chen Shaoru, and then explained his purpose seriously.

When Chen Shaoru learned that it was Lin Qingran who summoned him, he immediately put down his work and stood up and said, "Okay, I will go with you now!"

Seeing that the Minister of Works was so anxious, Chen Jingbang couldn't help but turn around and leave with him.

The two of them took a sedan chair from the Ministry of Works to the Forbidden City Meridian Gate Square, then hurried into the city gate, and then came to Wenyuan Pavilion with a familiar journey.

Since Longqing does not handle government affairs, the cabinet now resolutely looks like a prime minister's mansion. The cabinet not only handles national affairs fully, but also has absolute human rights, and has truly dominated the six ministries.

Like the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Censorate, these most important yamen are Lin Qingran's team, and Chen Shaoru, who is in charge of the Ministry of Works, obeys Lin Qingran's orders.

After Chen Jingbang's report, Chen Shaoru walked in and faced Lin Weiran who was writing a memorial. He immediately knelt respectfully and said, "Sir, please see Lord II!"

No matter which era, it is inseparable from "intra-collecting".

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Shaoru, as a dignified second-rank official, did not need to kneel down to Lin Weiran, who was only a first-rank official.

But when other officials start kneeling and licking, if you don’t act quickly, then wait to go home to farm, and your position will be replaced by a minister of the Ministry of Works who is willing to kneel down.

Of course, the fundamental reason for this situation is that Lin Weiran is now too powerful, and has even reached the point where the six ministers of the left and right have stayed and left.

"Chen Shangzi, there is no need to be too polite, please get up!" Lin Qingran responded indifferently to this kneeling ceremony from the initial rejection to the calmness now.

Chen Shaoru first gave a thank-you gift in a regular manner before he stood up from the ground.

He was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing. He was promoted to the head of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Revenue. Later, he was sent to the local government as the prefect of Nanchang. He was transferred to the deputy envoy of the Huguang Censorate. He served as the right governor of Guangxi and the left governor of Yunnan.

When he reached the end of his local position, he also successfully returned to the ranks of Beijing officials. Fortunately, with the help of Lin Qingran, he joined the Sixth Ministry shortly after returning to Beijing, and now he serves as the Minister of Works of the Second-rank Department.

However, whether it is Lin Shiran's support or Lin Shiran's current status, he needs to maintain an absolute respect for Lin Shiran.

At this time, he noticed that Lin Qiran was still drafting the memorial, so he shut up and stood up tactfully, waiting quietly for Lin Qiran to finish the memorial.

Although he felt jealous of this fellow villager who held the power, he felt sincerely admired and even had a sense of pride from Guangdong.

It took only thirteen years to come out of a poor mountain village and eventually become the actual helmsman of this dynasty, and it took only one effort to change this poor and weak dynasty.

Looking at the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, no official's achievements are compared with that, and it will not even be possible in the future.

Straws of sandalwood like veil rose from the brass-cast sandalwood furnace, causing the entire room to be filled with a faint fragrance.

Lin Qingran saw a thousand-house soldiers besieging the government office to ask for wage arrears, and couldn't help but frown slightly. Instead, he did not just help the civil servants, but ordered the Gansu inspector and the Gansu general to check the cause of the matter together.

Although he is the leader of the civil servant group, he is actually the leader of the military general group. Now he does not intend to help, but wants to uphold justice for both parties.

After writing the last sentence, he put down his pen and said, "Shangshu Chen, you have requested funds on the grounds of building canals and wells to build them, and then get a full bag. Is this a matter?"

ah?

Chen Jingbang was about to bring tea to Chen Shaoru, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but stare straight.

Because I often stay with my teachers, I know that the biggest disaster in the country this year is Gansu, which has been drought for more than a year, so the court also allocated hundreds of thousands of taels to help Gansu solve the drinking water problem.

In view of the emergence of cement well circles, the Ming Dynasty also entered the deep well era. Although deep wells are conducive to solving the drinking water problem in arid areas, they invisibly increase the cost of building deep wells.

But the current cabinet is dedicated to serving the people. Although he knows that this is a huge expense, Guo Pu still grits his teeth and squeezes out hundreds of thousands of taels from the finances to solve the drinking water problem in Gansu.

But who could have thought that the so-called drought in Gansu was a lie, and the expenses for these well repair projects eventually fell into the pockets of officials such as Chen Shaoru, the Minister of Works.

"Sir, who is slandering the lower officials so much? Please make the decision for the lower officials!" Chen Shaoru's eyes burst into tears, and he immediately shouted injustice.

Huh?

Seeing Chen Shaoru's reaction so much, Chen Jingbang slowly calmed down, but looked at his teacher Lin Weiran with confusion.

Although I don’t know where my teacher learned about this, it’s just that Gansu and the capital are thousands of miles away, it’s impossible for the teacher to see it with his own eyes.

Whether it is Gansu Governor Zhou Youqing who lied to report the drought or Chen Shaoru put the money for repairing wells in Gansu directly into his pocket, these things require evidence.

The most direct evidence is undoubtedly to send officials to Gansu area to see if it is really as drought as Gansu Governor Zhou Youqing said, and whether the Ministry of Works has not really implemented deep wells on the ground to solve drinking water difficulties.

Lin Qingran looked at Chen Shaoru without looking like he was lying, so he picked up the teacup and said lightly: "Does the matter really wronged you? You will know once you investigate this matter!"

"Sir, can you ask if there is any evidence or a one-sided statement from others?" Chen Shaoru looked at Lin Shiran's eyes calmly and asked with great sincerity.

Lin Weiran frowned slightly, but shook his head gently and said, "So far, there is no evidence, it is indeed mentioned by others!"

"Sir, since there is no evidence in this matter, why do you just believe in the one-sided words of others and believe that it was the relationship between the lower officials and Zhou Youqing, rather than the other party deliberately framed me, which caused us to have internal disputes?" Chen Shaoru complained secretly, but said with great sincerity.

Chen Jingbang originally thought that his teacher had already obtained the evidence, and it turned out that this matter was heard from other people's mouths, and he also looked at his teacher with complicated eyes.

Lin Weiran took a sip of tea, but said firmly: "I will weigh this possibility, but at present you and Zhou Youqing must be investigated!"

"Gemaster Lin, this time I am unfair to both of us! Even if you no longer trust me, Gansu Governor Zhou Youqing is your friend of the same year. Do you not even believe him?" Chen Shaoru didn't know who Lin Qingran gave him a ecstasy soup, and couldn't help but scream.

Lin Qingran held the teacup in his hand and looked at Chen Shaoru with a smile: "This matter is not a matter of trust and distrust, but the cabinet has just decided to investigate you and Zhou Youqing, you just need to cooperate well!"

Although he is now taking over the power, it ultimately involves the second-rank minister of the Ministry of Works and the governor of Gansu, but some necessary processes still have to be taken.

However, we cannot just listen to someone's testimony and punish Chen Shaoru and Zhou Youqing, but we need to hand over the matter to the relevant departments for investigation, so as to determine whether they are really guilty.

Of course, with the power he holds now, even if Chen Shaoru and Zhou Youqing did not commit any crime, it would be very easy to let them get out.

"Sir, the lower official has always obeyed you. Do you really have to investigate the lower official without asking any questions? As soon as this matter comes out, how can the lower official stay in the court in the future?" Chen Shaoru's eyes choked with tears, but he played the emotional card and said.

Chen Jingbang thought that since Chen Shaoru became the Minister of Works, he had indeed cooperated with the teacher's work with all his strength, but he couldn't help but turn his head and look at his teacher.

"Zhou Youqing is my friend of the same year, and you are my fellow countryman, but do you know who the person who reported you?" Lin Qingran hesitated for a moment and asked seriously.

Chen Shaoru and Chen Jingbang were both hung up, and Chen Shaoru immediately said in confusion: "Who is it?"

"My sister Lin Pingchang!" Lin Qingran picked up the teacup in his hand and announced the answer with a solemn expression.

As soon as this statement came out, everything was silent.

Although everyone in the court knew that Chen Shaoru had the mark of Lin Party on him, and Zhou Youqing was Lin Qingran's friend of the same year, he was not qualified to be compared with Lin Pingchang.

Not to mention that Lin’s character is well known to everyone, just because of the love between the brothers and sisters who depend on each other since childhood is a mountain that can crush his fellow countrymen and the same year.

Chen Jingbang originally suspected that someone was deliberately provoking discord behind his back, but when he heard that the person who reported it was his Nian Gu, he immediately looked at Chen Shaoru next to him with contempt.

Although there is still no evidence, he knew that the hypocritical Minister of Works was a corrupt official. As for the Gansu governor Zhou Youqing, he had already let down his teacher's trust.

The two men colluded, but by forging the drought in Gansu, they defrauded the imperial court of hundreds of thousands of taels of construction funds, which was almost cut into pieces.

this……

Chen Shaoru had a fantasy just now, but when he heard the report, he turned out to be the famous Guanzi Bo, who was so famous that he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, but he knew that this place was really doomed.

"Shangshu Chen, I will definitely investigate the truth about this matter. But I have to feel wronged that you are staying in prison during this period!" Lin Weiran saw Chen Shaoru's reaction in his eyes and said expressionlessly.

Compared with these so-called fellow villagers and the same year, he naturally believed in his own wild girl more.

Although that wild girl often causes trouble, she undoubtedly has a clever and delicate heart that always does the work of eliminating evil and promoting good. Compared with these hypocritical officials, her sister is the real righteous man.

Since my sister has exposed this matter, she must have discovered the clues of the matter, but it is impossible for her to in vainly accuse the governor of Gansu Zhou Youqing and the Minister of Works Chen Shaoru.

That's right, even though Chen Shaoru's performance was very realistic just now, it was just a clown singing opera in his eyes.

Chen Jingbang heard Lin Shiran's arrangement again, but no longer thought Lin Shiran was harsh, but had already given these two corrupt officials a kind of tolerant treatment.

Chen Shaoru suddenly knelt on the ground, but begged: "Sir, this time, the official is confused. For the sake of the loyalty of the villain, please forgive me this time. I will definitely be a cow and horse for you in the future!"

well……

When Chen Jingbang saw that Chen Shaoru had already pleaded guilty, he found that he was still too young. Fortunately, he always thought that the Minister of Works was a Qing official.

"I, Lin Qingran, don't need to be loyal to my subordinates, but are good officials who care about the people, and like-minded people who can create a prosperous era with me! You are the ones who only seek personal gain, and I and the elders of the Pavilion will not allow you to stay in the court to harm the Ming Dynasty. No one can save you this time!" Lin Qingran looked at Chen Shaoru with such a strong desire to survive, but responded coldly.

Nowadays, not only among the six important yamen such as the capital city, but also among the local areas, but many of the officials in the border areas are actually his people.

Although he knew that after a group grew to a certain level, some people would inevitably be swallowed by greed, he just didn't expect that such things would come so quickly.

If it weren't for the wild girl's fraud in Gansu's drought, he wouldn't have expected that Zhou Youqing had fallen to such a point and actually fed his personal pockets by lying about the drought.

But it is no wonder that low-yield provinces like Gansu can only rely on these tricks of lying about the disaster.

Forbidden City, square in front of the Meridian Gate.

Chen Shaoru walked out of the Forbidden City in a daze, and decades of ups and downs in the officialdom flashed through his mind like a glimpse of light. But he didn't expect that in the end he was in his later years, he made a big mistake because of greed.

"Shangshu Chen, please follow us!" Wu Kang, the chief of the Jinyiwei, was already waiting here and said lightly to Chen Shaoru who was walking out.

When Chen Shaoru saw that Lin Junran was trying to imprison him to the Beizhen Fushi, he felt terrified, but he couldn't help but sigh at Lin Junran's current Tongtian power.

Even if Lin Qingran does not have his Minister of Works as his younger brother, it will not affect Lin Qingran at all. Now Lin Qingran's power map may only lack the power in the palace.
Chapter completed!