First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Ximeng was unhappy along the way, he swear to God, he was really just greedy for the good tea.Now let Li Shanchang lock it up, if it is confiscated, it will be a big loss.

The best Shifeng Longjing, when it first sprouted, was picked in the middle of the night to catch the dew. It is the best of the best, but he didn't even drink a sip. Is there any reason?

Zhang Ximeng felt sorry for the tea, but Li Shanchang thought he was angry about the case...Old Li opened his mouth several times, but he didn't say anything.

Can't really say anything.

Taking a bag of tea from him casually, and hiding the pawn ticket, involved such a big matter.

If it is said that Li Shanchang is clean and honest, I am afraid that even he himself does not believe it.

Zhang Ximeng was able to tell Lao Zhu about this behind his back, it was definitely a mountain of kindness.

Put yourself in his shoes, if he, Li Shanchang, caught Zhang Ximeng, would he tell Zhang Ximeng?I'm afraid not necessarily!

It can be seen from this that Zhang Ximeng's character is really outstanding.

"Zhang Xiang, the grace of regeneration is like the benevolence of heaven, and Li Shanchang will always engrave it in his heart. I, I have nothing to say, why don't my son worship you as a righteous father!"

Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyes and said leisurely, "How old is your son?"

"twenty one!"

Zhang Ximeng said with a chuckle: "It's really a good time, almost three years older than me!"

Li Shanchang's old face turned red instantly, which was quite embarrassing.

"Zhang Xiang, I, I just want to express how close we should be!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly, "Brother Li, I understand your kindness. But we both have our own duties, so it's better not to get too close... In fact, it's not just the two of us, but also other civil servants and generals. If you can take care of yourself, don't be ok. It is the greatest advantage to form cliques casually. Now that the lord has just ascended the throne, the new official has three fires. With the character of the lord, it is not sure who will be burned! I am also afraid that the lord will take the head of the left minister to sacrifice the flag just after he ascended the throne. ah!"

These few words are equivalent to pouring a basin of cold water on Li Shanchang's head, with ice cubes mixed in it.

Lao Li was even more panicked. That's right, Zhu Yuanzhang fired Tao An while talking and laughing.

In the eyes of outsiders, it is already considered a thunderbolt method.

But Li Shanchang knows that this is far from enough, or it can only be regarded as a side dish, and Zhu Yuanzhang must have a bigger killer move.Assuming that something happened to him, it is not impossible to take his own sacrifice flag.

After all, no one can save himself if he catches the real evidence.

The more Li Shanchang thought about it, the more angry he became, who is it?

Who wants to hurt himself?

Li Shanchang was mad with anger, just like Han Xiuniang's case last time, this time his old Li was plotted more ruthlessly and the danger was greater, he almost reached the edge of the cliff, only one step away from being smashed to pieces.

Just wait and see, as long as you find out the matter clearly, even if the superior doesn't kill people, I, Li Shanchang, promise to let you live or die!

While Li Shanchang was gnashing his teeth, they finally arrived at the side of the West Lake. Li Shanchang got out of the carriage first. He was dressed like a rich man, while Zhang Ximeng was a bit shabby. Familiar people, otherwise it is really impossible to connect this boy in Tsing Yi with the famous "Zhang Zi".

One after the other, they arrived at the gate of a small courtyard.

From the outside, this yard is nothing, just an ordinary green brick house with an old servant waiting at the door. When Li Shanchang arrived, he showed the house deed, and the old servant saw it and hurriedly knelt down.

"Little one welcomes master back home!"

With that said, he opened the door and greeted Li Shanchang to enter.

Dare to send the manor, but also accompanied by servants, really professional!

Zhang Ximeng followed behind and stepped in.

As soon as he walked inside, there was a feeling of light in his eyes... What a place!

In this small courtyard, there is a bay of accumulated water, which was cleverly borrowed by the gardeners and dredged into a pool. The water vapor rises and permeates everywhere, wrapping around the lake, just like the fairy mirror in the legendary fairyland.

Looking at the shore of the lake, it is dotted with flower beds, bamboo groves, fruit trees, and peach groves.As for the buildings, they are sparse and scattered, and there are halls, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, etc., all of which are sparse and plain, and they are natural.

The most amazing thing is that this small courtyard is integrated with the surrounding scenery, and it is in harmony with the West Lake when viewed from a distance. This is the legendary borrowed scenery.

Moved the whole scenery of West Lake into the yard, and looking around, I feel relaxed and happy, the ingenious workmanship is beyond words.

Zhang Ximeng has also seen good things, but facing this small courtyard, he only has one thought, "want".

That's right, Zhang Ximeng had already left the matter of tea out of the blue.

He is even looking forward to reading poems and books in this yard, writing essays, and splashing ink, so happy.

But when Zhang Ximeng was thinking about it, suddenly a gust of fragrant wind blew, and eight young women came out and rushed towards Li Shanchang.

"Welcome Master back home!"

With the delicate, sweet voice, Zhang Ximeng subconsciously took two steps back, and all the beautiful fantasies came to an abrupt end.

Fail!

Absolute failure!

The appearance of a beautiful woman is definitely the mistake of the gift giver. This guy's level is just like this.

That is to say, if a thing is beautiful to a certain extent, it does not need decoration.

Just like a lot of jade and jade, the more complicated the carving, it often means that this thing is flawed and needs to be covered up with craftsmanship.

Really good things can be outlined with just a few strokes.

Such a nice small courtyard, with eight beauties all at once, is like you are admiring the Qingming River Scene, and you are immersed in it, and suddenly find that the woman on it has turned into Marilyn Monroe, and the whole atmosphere is completely destroyed.

Zhang Ximeng asked himself, if he arranged for him to open the study room in this yard, there were a few rare books inside, Su Dongpo’s brush washer on the table, and paintings by famous Tang and Song masters on the wall. Rare treasure... If someone really builds such a yard, give it to yourself.

Will I help myself?

Zhang Ximeng didn't dare to say it either!

The question is why no one challenges their weaknesses?

Hurry up and shoot!

Don't keep attacking Li Shanchang, this guy is really old, he really can't do it.

Zhang Ximeng is full of inner drama here, but he is just a servant, and the beautiful woman doesn't even bother to look at him, and his heart is tied to Li Shanchang.

But how could Lao Li care about them? He snorted coldly, his face sinking like water, and all the beauties stepped aside in fright. Li Shanchang took a deep breath, "Come out! Who is it that framed this old man?"

After scolding, a middle-aged man dressed in silk ran out of the room quickly, he ran over quickly, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Villain Wang Huan, meet Prime Minister Li!"

"Wang Huan? Are you from the Wang family?"

The man was startled, kowtowed quickly and said: "If you go back to Mr. Li, he is indeed from the Wang family."

Li Shanchang said coldly: "Do you still have the guts to admit it? How did the old man hear that there is a man named Wang Jue who has joined Zhang Shicheng. If he opposes our Duke Wu, isn't he afraid of harming his family?"

Wang Huan's face changed slightly, it turned out that Li Shanchang already knew about it.

Thinking of this, he hastily kowtowed and pushed his butt higher.

"Back to Li Xianggong, Wang Jue has been expelled from the family, and the property of their house has also been confiscated by the clan... The courtyard in front of me is one of Wang Jue's former residences. It was originally a courtyard left by the Song Dynasty. The small one is a Ordinary people don't understand the beauty of gardens, so they can only live up to this garden if they donate it to Li Xianggong."

Li Shanchang was startled, and looked around, it really was a good place.

"This old man is not an elegant person, so it's useless to send me off! On the contrary, Prime Minister Zhang, he is a sage in the world, knowledgeable about everyone, he should like this kind of place."

Wang Huan grinned, you think he doesn't want to send it to Zhang Ximeng!

But Zhang Xianggong's reputation as a clean and honest man is well known to everyone. If we want to give it away, we must have someone willing to accept it.There is no other way, I can only settle for the next best thing, and it will be cheaper for you, Mr. Li.

I knew for a long time that you don't have good taste, so I temporarily bought eight beauties from Suzhou and other places.If this is Zhang Xianggong, we will definitely hang Yan Liben's paintings, Zhang Xu's wild grass, Li Houzhu's Chengxintang, Su Dongpo's brush and ink in the study...that is what entertains literati.

As for you, Old Li, it's just beauty!

Of course, Wang Huan didn't dare to say this, so he could only kowtow again and again, "Master Li, the villain knows that only Xianggong Li can save our Wang family, and the villain is willing to dedicate all his worth to Li Xianggong. Li Xianggong protects our royal family!"

After finishing speaking, the man knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Those beauties, as well as the old servants, were dumbfounded and horrified when they saw this scene.

They, the master Wang, are so powerful that they can call the wind and rain, who can compare with them?

In the end, in front of Li Xianggong, he was even worse than these servants and servants. It really is that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky!

Li Shanchang sneered, "If you want to contribute, even if the old man wants to, I'm afraid you can't do it! I can tell you clearly that the heart of the upper class is unshakable. Your royal family's property will be taken away soon. Especially It's that Wang Jue, who not only attached himself to Zhang Shicheng, but also said bad things about Zhang Shicheng, and encouraged Zhang Shicheng to fight against us, can we really hide these things from us?"

"The reason why you didn't touch your Wang family is that we still have more important things to do, and it's about the same now, and someone will come to investigate you in the near future!"

Li Shanchang turned around after speaking, "The old man is gone, wash your necks and wait!"

Li Shanchang was about to leave when Wang Huan suddenly got up from the ground, walked around in front of Li Shanchang, knelt down instantly, and blocked the way.

Li Shan was furious, "What? You don't plan to let the old man go? Your Wang family is afraid that the nine clans will be wiped out!"

Wang Huan quickly kowtowed, "Li Xianggong, even if the villain gets mad, he doesn't dare to stop Li Xiang. The villain just has a plan and wants to talk to Li Xianggong."

Li Shanchang was startled, glanced at Zhang Ximeng imperceptibly, and found that he was nodding with a smile, so Lao Li could only say, "Say it!"

Only then did Wang Huan raise his head, and said to Li Shanchang: "Li Xianggong, our Wang family has a lot of property. I heard that we are discussing the matter of salary. If Li Xianggong can keep his job, we can turn our Wang family's property into Li Xianggong's. The job field...we will take care of Mr. Li at that time, and we will hand over all the harvest to Mr. Li every year, and we will get hundreds of thousands of silver!"

Chapter 314 The lord knows?

"What nonsense!"

Li Shanchang yelled loudly, his heart was about to jump out, he didn't dare to blame Zhang Ximeng at all, and he was only grateful.I have heard about this Wang family's wealth and wealth for a long time. They belong to the top wealthy family in Hangzhou. They also have many connections with Yuan Ting, and they have a huge overseas trade business.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been eyeing the Wang family for a long time, but because there are more things to sort out, it is too late to deal with them, so he can only make a fuss.

But the Wang family is not an ordinary person. They may have sensed the crisis long ago, so they tried to bribe the senior officials of the Zhu family army in an attempt to keep the family business.

So he went through the door and delivered the tea to Li Shanchang.

This matter is definitely not as simple as it seems. How many people in the yamen work for the Wang family, including Li Shanchang, are those people reliable?

Who put the tea in it?

Li Xianggong has become a sieve around him, is that okay?

That is, Zhang Ximeng happened to be broken. Without his involvement, Li Shanchang asked himself, he might not be able to withstand the temptation.

But once he is bought by the Wang family and gets involved with them, what will happen to him?

Li Shanchang didn't dare to say it, at this moment he felt like he was alive after a catastrophe, Zhang Ximeng saved him... Looking at Wang Huan again, this beast desperately took him into the ditch, only wishing he didn't die.

Just wait, the old man will deal with you severely when he turns around!

Wang Huan obviously didn't expect the complexity of the matter. In his opinion, to deal with an old bureaucrat like Li Shanchang, he can only rely on his beauty to smash him hard!

If he doesn't take the bait, it just means you haven't invested enough, maybe he doesn't believe what you say.

"Li Xiang, the villain's wealth and life are tied to this matter, so I dare not lie to Li Xiang. Don't look at the fact that the king of Wu is not allowed to keep his job, but the villain still has a way! Guarantee that Li Xiang can easily get a few hundred thousand taels , if there is less than one tael of silver, Li Xiang can just kill the villain Jiuzu!" Wang Huan said eagerly.

But in Li Shanchang's ears, it's no less than a reminder, don't talk nonsense, the old man will destroy your nine clans now!

Li Shanchang shook off Wang Huan, and was about to leave, at this time those women also came over, begging softly, crying, pear blossoms brought rain.

It upset the half-aged Li Shanchang, where he had no intention of thinking about it, so he could only look desperately at Zhang Ximeng.

You see, I didn't take the initiative, I didn't do anything, let's go!

But despite Lao Li's winks, Zhang Ximeng was nailed to the ground and remained motionless.

He was also very curious. First of all, Lao Zhu denied the job field a few days ago. With the Wang family's hands and eyes, they shouldn't know about it.

As for the latest salary plan, since it was announced just now, the Wang family didn't know about it, so it was reasonable.

They can swear to raise the issue of career field, that is to say, there are still huge loopholes that have not been filled.

Compared with killing someone, Zhang Ximeng cared more about how to fill in the gaps and solve the loopholes, especially this kind of matter related to finance and taxation, which Zhang Ximeng cared most about. He gave Li Shanchang a wink.

Lao Li is not a fool, and he has guessed Zhang Ximeng's thoughts.

It's a pity that he doesn't have Zhang Ximeng's mood. Although Lao Li is in charge of finance and taxation and belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang's big housekeeper, he cares more about such things, but now is the time to die, Mr. Zhang, can you stop your curiosity?

Let's take down the Wang family, and then interrogate slowly, what else can't be asked?

However, this matter is not Li Shanchang's decision, he can only bite the bullet and say: "This old man is honest and self-reliant, never corrupts the law by taking money, like you, who disobeys the king's law, will be punished by heaven sooner or later!"

Wang Huan was terrified. It is true that Li Shanchang is no better than the officials he met before, but since Li Shanchang is still willing to listen to him, it means there is hope.

Is there anyone in this world who cannot be bought by money?

"Li Xiang, this matter is not Li Xianggong's business alone. It is really a loophole in the rules set by the King of Wu. Even if Li Xianggong is not greedy or taking possession, other people will do it. Since everyone is like this, why should Li Xiang be different? "

"You fart!" Li Shanchang cursed angrily, "What do you think of all the officials under the King of Wu? Even if the old man is not talented, there is Mr. Zhang, and everyone else, are they all corrupt people? "

Not bad, at this time, Li Shanchang still remembered to flatter Zhang Ximeng.