On the day after the government examination results were released, a secret letter arrived at Zhengxing Mansion from the capital.
Xie Zhiyuan called Chen Ping out on the pretext of celebrating Chen Ping's dinner party, but did not let Cheng Cheng follow.
Cheng Cheng was very dissatisfied and shouted that the brothers' relationship had faded.
In fact, Chen Ping and Xie Zhiyuan had discussed it long ago and finally decided not to let Cheng Cheng get involved for the time being. After all, the situation is unknown and the danger is unknown.
With Cheng Cheng's character, if he knew the whole story, he would not sit idly by and might even directly accuse Ling's Trading Company. He is well-known in Zhengxing Mansion as a protector.
In the private room of the restaurant, Xie Zhiyuan handed a copied memorial to Chen Ping.
"My people have just reported back that this is the content of the Supervisory Censor Yu Yang's impeachment of County Magistrate Wang."
Chen Ping hurriedly opened it and saw that [Wang Pingchuan, the magistrate of Yongshun County, was hypocritical and cunning. He took money from the people in the name of donations and defrauded tax profits in the name of building roads. The dams had not been repaired for ten years and the water flow was unstoppable.
In fact, he was greedy for ink and tried to find another way to release the flood. In the end, he killed eighteen innocent people in vain...]
Before he finished reading, his face was already livid with anger and he couldn't help but curse.
"Why did Magistrate Wang donate money to build roads in the first place? It was because the roads were muddy and inconvenient to walk on, but the county government had no money to repair them!"
"Why hasn't the dam been repaired for ten years? That's because the imperial court has not allocated funds for ten years!"
"When floods come, why do we need to find other ways? That's because we are poor and because we need to discharge floods to protect farmers' fields!"
"This memorial is full of nonsense! It's so bloody! No one who knows even half of the actual situation in Yongshun County would be able to write such ridiculous words!"
However, this impeachment memorial, with only a hundred words or so, completely wiped out all the merits of Magistrate Wang and Mr. Ye, and ruined their reputation ever since!
But if you want to overturn this old case, you must find all the evidence and dig out the culprit. Otherwise, it will be impossible to clear the name of the dead soul.
Chen Ping gritted his teeth, his eyes turned red, and his hand holding the memorial kept shaking.
"Sooner or later, the truth will be revealed." Xie Zhiyuan had never seen him look like this before, so he comforted him.
He has been in the capital since he was a child, and his father is an important minister in the court, so he is still very aware of the situation in the court.
There are wars in the north every year, droughts and floods, locust plagues in many places, insufficient tax revenue, insufficient national treasury, and many local officials lining their own pockets, all of which increase the burden on the country.
"After many years, impeachment has long been a foregone conclusion. I can understand the anger in my brother's heart. But now if we want to resolve this matter, we have to take a long-term approach." Xie Zhiyuan poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chen Ping.
Chen Ping nodded, naturally understanding that useless anger was meaningless, and asked instead: "Senior brother, do you understand this supervisory censor Yu Yang?"
"This old man was probably taken advantage of," Xie Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and recalled, "He has an angry personality and it is best to criticize evil and corruption in order to gain a good reputation. Qi Hongming submitted the so-called evidence of crime, so naturally the old man would inevitably have to make this case.
Limelight."
"This evidence of guilt is nothing but rumors. If he had sent someone to investigate before impeachment, the rumors would have been disproven." Chen Ping felt indignant.
"It stands to reason that this should be the case. Maybe there are reasons we don't know about." Xie Zhiyuan and Chen Ping looked sad and changed the subject and asked, "We might as well solve the matter at hand first. Didn't you say you had a way before?
Have you come into contact with Lingshu? I don’t know how to do it?"
"Isn't he in the wine business?" Chen Ping picked up the tea cup and said meaningfully: "Then I will do what he likes."
"Wine? You mean using wine to attract him? He is the owner of a big wine shop, what kind of wine can attract his attention?" Xie Zhiyuan couldn't figure it out for a moment.
"Strong liquor! He will definitely be interested."
"Did you get it? My good brother, let me try it first." Xie Zhiyuan's expression changed from serious to playful in the blink of an eye.
People in Dayu are fond of drinking, and Xie Zhiyuan is even more so. When he hears strong liquor, his eyes can't help but shine.
Chen Ping watched his actor-like expression change and couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, no problem. But it won't be available until the end of the month. I'll call you to taste it as soon as possible."
Xie Zhiyuan gave a thumbs up with both hands and repeatedly praised him for being a good brother.
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After the two chatted, they left the restaurant. Chen Ping rushed to Tianxiang Pavilion to check the progress of brewing, while Xie Zhiyuan returned to Zhuyuan.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard, a dark shadow suddenly appeared beside him, his neck was immediately hooped, and his body was pressed very low.
"Tell me! What on earth did you two do?" Cheng Cheng asked fiercely.
"Ahem, let go." Xie Zhiyuan directly broke off Cheng Cheng's hand. He had some skills and a lot of strength. After breaking free, he did not forget to tease: "What? Seeing me and my eldest brother alone together, our relationship is getting warmer day by day. You
Feeling uncomfortable?"
"Absurd! My relationship with my junior brother is as strong as gold, how can it be compared to yours?" Cheng Cheng yelled, holding his neck.
"Then what are you asking? Let's continue to love each other better than Jin Jian."
"You..." Cheng Cheng gave in immediately, "Tell me, what on earth were you doing?"
"Drink, look for a drink." Xie Zhiyuan looked at Cheng Cheng with a successful smirk on his face.
"Why don't you invite me to join you for drinking? And you are looking for wine, what kind of wine? I can't find any wine in Qianzhou."
"You're really right, you really can't find the wine he wants!"
"What kind of wine?" Cheng Cheng was very curious.
"I don't know either. I'll tell you after I taste it." Xie Zhiyuan lay on the bamboo platform and dug his ears.
"If you don't tell me, I'll ask my junior brother myself. Where are the others?"
"Don't be so hasty. Come and sit down. I'll ask you something." He waved to Cheng Cheng to sit down.
"If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, hurry up!" Cheng Cheng said angrily.
"Vulgar. The son of the dignified president of Jiangxia Academy is so vulgar."
"Okay, you're not vulgar, you're elegant. Just tell me what's going on!"
"It's better to be a girl from the Ming family. We have agreed that after I return to Beijing, we will attend cultural gatherings and tour the capital together." Xie Zhiyuan looked bewildered.
"Ugh, you're just showing off to me here, aren't you?" Cheng Cheng felt nauseated for a while, but actually he was still a little envious in his heart. At such an age, he still didn't know where his sweetheart was.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I just want to tell you that the Ming family girl seems to have misunderstood Chen Ping in her recent letters." Xie Zhiyuan said seriously.
"Oh, what's the misunderstanding?" Cheng Cheng became excited when he heard this.
"Ever since I said that it was Chen Ping who came up with the plan and got her reply, she and Su Yiyi seemed to have misunderstood Chen Ping. Later I also wrote some opinions about Chen Ping, but both she and Su Yiyi felt that
Chen Ping has bad thoughts and has mentioned in letters many times that he wants me to stay away from Chen Ping. What should I do?"
Xie Zhiyuan got a headache when he mentioned this matter. He couldn't directly refute his sweetheart, but he also felt that he couldn't let the misunderstanding deepen. He was a brother and a true love at the same time, so he had to find a way to resolve it quickly.
"Tch, what did I take for granted? But this Su Yiyi is not easy to deal with. If we don't resolve her misunderstanding, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resolve."
"That's right, so I wanted to discuss with you to discuss countermeasures."
"But according to me, the girl from the Ming family is too short-sighted." Cheng Cheng said with his lips curled up.
"What do you mean?!" Xie Zhiyuan stood up excitedly. He would not allow others to speak ill of the poem.
"Shouldn't she tell you to go away, right?"
Xie Zhiyuan was furious, picked up the teapot on the table, and roared loudly.