Wen Shi looked at Qiao Yuyan and found that the surprise on her face was no less than his own, so he knew that she didn't know either.
This made her even more confused. After all, she was a widow and had lived in seclusion for so many years. She could not help Wen Tingyuan no matter what.
However, Wen Tingyuan did not say it directly. Instead, he smiled and said that he would wait until some time later to celebrate the new year first.
Looking at it this way, it turned out to be something outside.
However, he said so, and since it was indeed the end of the year, it was difficult to talk about unhappy things, so the three of them suppressed the matter for the time being.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the old lady still did not show up to worship the ancestors. Mrs. Wen was also ill, so Wen Qiongfei and Wen Tingyuan led everyone to worship the ancestors together.
No one had anything to say. Wen Zhao wanted to talk to Wen Tingyuan several times, but was stopped by other things. In the end, he could only leave with hatred.
The second day of the Lunar New Year was the day to return to her parents' home. Qiao Yuyan had already ordered people to pack the gifts to be taken to Qiao's family. As soon as she entered the door, she was pulled by Qiao Yurong and asked for lucky money.
Qiao Yuyan couldn't help but laugh, "You see that everyone is about to leave the cabinet, but you still have the nerve to ask me for lucky money!"
Qiao Yurong didn't care, "I don't care. Grandma said that as long as they are not married, they are still children. The eldest sister is a rich man, so she won't be so stingy!"
Qiao Yuyan was just teasing her on purpose. Sure enough, he took out four identical big red envelopes. An Geer took them and stuffed them into his mouth immediately. Everyone was so frightened that they quickly snatched them from his hands and made him cry again.
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The cousin's joyful voice on the other end made no secret of it, "Eldest sister is still generous!"
Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "Isn't your future brother-in-law not generous enough?"
When the second brother heard this, he said with a matter-of-fact expression, "He's trying to please the red envelope, not just for the New Year."
When Qiao Yurong heard this, she hit her brother on the head and said, "How dare you say that in front of him."
When the half-grown boy heard this, he immediately stuck out his tongue and ran away. Even though he could get money from his brother-in-law, he was actually the commander of the Jin Yiwei. After all, he was still a little scared.
The atmosphere of the Qiao family is as good as that of the Wen family. An Geer can now walk unsteadily and can speak some very short words. He is the focus of everyone's attention wherever he goes.
After being treated with Pinellia ternata, the old lady and Mrs. Xu both looked much better than before.
In addition, Qiao Weisheng has now entered the cabinet, and there is an endless stream of people visiting from outside. Only when Qiao Yuyan is at her parents' house does she feel like she is celebrating the New Year.
Wen Tingyuan was really liked by Qiao Weisheng, probably because his son was too young, so he took his son-in-law with him wherever he went.
After the second grade of junior high school, Qiao Yuyan rarely saw Wen Tingyuan at home for two days, and was taken out to meet guests by her father.
As a result, there were some rumors in the house, which simply said that Wen Tingyuan lived in the Wen family, but he seemed to be the son-in-law of the Qiao family.
These harsh words were not outdated, but no one in Tao Ranxuan took them seriously.
In a flash, the Lantern Festival is here, and the upper and lower government offices have begun to open their offices. What makes the officials in the capital breath a sigh of relief is that after all, these refugees outside the city did not cause any trouble during the New Year period.
As for the temporary residences and porridge shacks built by the wealthy households outside the city, they just pretended not to see them, and the government did not help or interfere. Everyone just lived through this most frightening time in peace.
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Wen Qiongyu finally closed the case in Nanzhili and hurried back, bringing back conclusive evidence of the entire corrupt bureaucracy in Nanzhili.
Therefore, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Holy One went to court early in the morning and became furious, almost immediately throwing detailed records of each case in front of the officials.
In the entire South Zhili, from the governor to the county magistrate, everyone is clearly documented. Except for a few people here and there, no one is not greedy.
From salt, iron, and silk, to fortification funds, to land rent, they were exploited at every level, leaving the wealthy Nanzhili people starving to death.
According to the evidence brought back by Wen Qiongyu, the governor of Southern Zhili embezzled more than 100,000 taels of silver in one year. In the past four to five years, he embezzled a total of 700,000 to 800,000 taels of silver.
You must know that Daqi's annual tax revenue is only three to four million taels.
The current government and the public are in shock. What is even more shocking is how such complete chains of evidence were dug out. I never knew that Wen Qiongyu had such a talent!
At this time, everyone remembered that there were several cases about Southern Zhili that were reported to Beijing a year ago. First, someone pretended to be an officer and soldier of the imperial court to suppress the rebels. In the end, they took the opportunity to gather scattered robbers to strengthen their own strength.
reactionary elements.
Then there was the tragedy of the Xuzhou magistrate being wiped out by the rebels, and then the Tibetan army in the dense forest...
One after another, they seem to be all kinds of chaos in a land of turmoil. In fact, among the lights and shadows of swords, only one truth is hidden.
That is, the current Holy Emperor has already thought about how to deal with the affairs of Southern Zhili.
Sure enough, taking this opportunity, the Holy Emperor simply began to replace a large number of local officials, including many states and counties where the government decrees were now blocked.
And it is impossible for these people in the capital to be safe. Anyone who has contact with the officials in Nanzhili will be severely investigated.
For the Wen family, the second room of the Wen family was completely ruined.
First of all, Wen Qiongrang was found to have solid evidence of corruption. For the sake of Mr. Wen's sincerity for the country, he was only sentenced to three thousand miles of exile.
Wen Zhao and Wen Shouyi were only dismissed from office and banned from employment forever. The rest of their relatives were not affected.
There happened to be something about Wen Liang here, and I don't know what kind of treachery he had committed, as he actually got involved in Nanzhili's request for more troops to suppress bandits.
Now it has been proven that there was something very fishy about that matter. The Ministry of War did not reply to this memorial at the beginning. Logically speaking, it would not hinder Wen Liang in any way.
At this moment, I don't know why this matter was involved, and Wen Liang was upset.
Originally, the Holy One was likely to be severely punished in his anger.
At any rate, the father-in-law who was waiting at the side said a few good words, which made the emperor think of Wen Qiongyu's contribution. In the end, he was given a lighter sentence and was relieved of his post as director of the Ministry of War. He was instead appointed as the county magistrate of Weihai County, Dengzhou Prefecture. He took office a month later.
From a fifth-rank official to an eighth-rank county magistrate, this continuous decline was a big blow to Wen Liang.
When Mrs. Wen heard the news, she fainted and went to find Wen Qiongyu crying.
But Wen Qiongyu had nothing to do about this matter, but Mrs. Wen insisted that it was him who did it, and she checked out her son.
Wen Qiongyu also had troubles that he couldn't tell, while Qiao Yuyan looked at Wen Tingyuan suspiciously.