The imperial concubine is charming and charming, and only seeks power and wealth

Chapter 360 The whole family

Yunzhou.

Spring comes earlier in the south of the Yangtze River than in the capital. The people in the city have already changed out of their heavy coats and put on light spring clothes.

In a secluded mansion in the noble district in the south of the city, the crabapple blossoms are in full bloom.

The sweet fragrance of flowers is carried in by the spring breeze and blows in from the window, refreshing the heart.

In the study, several staff members were talking in groups of three or four.

Wang Shaofu sat at the top, with his eyes slightly lowered, listening silently.

It had been some time since the father and daughter left Beijing. Excluding the time spent on the road, it had been almost three months since they arrived in Yunzhou.

Although Wang Shaofu was tasked with building the academy and promoting women's education, he did not actually take the initiative.

Since arriving in Yunzhou, except for attending two banquets at the invitation of Yingzhou Mu Liu Yueping, Wang Shaofu has been staying at home and refusing visitors, leaving all matters to Xie Wan.

Whenever his daughter asked for help when she encountered a problem, he would explain everything he knew and teach her patiently.

With his father in charge behind the scenes, and the regional leader being his father's best friend, Xie Wan's start can be considered the easiest among the officials sent out from the inner court.

She just does her best and knows that everyone will take care of her.

Xie Wan is a person with a generous and sociable personality. Since she was old enough to understand, she has been changing her environment with her father.

Wherever Wang Shaofu went, she had to find new playmates and integrate into the local circle.

This was not difficult for her.

No longer having to follow the Wang family's rule of staying indoors, Xie Wan felt like a fish in water. Since arriving in Yunzhou, she has been leaving early and returning late every day.

She was not pretentious about her status. As long as someone sent her an invitation, no matter if they were officials or wealthy businessmen, as long as they were well-known in Yunzhou City, she would make friends with them with a smile.

There are those who post messages to her and are willing to take the initiative to show their goodwill, but there are also those who are wary and resistant.

No matter which one it is, by attending a few banquets, eating, drinking, and chatting, you can get a general idea of ​​the public attitudes of various families in the city towards the promotion of women's education.

When we first arrived, the most urgent thing was to build the college, and the most important things for building the college were land and money.

Liu Yueping did not have too much trouble with the land enclosure issue, but Yunzhou was already rich, and it was not easy to enclose a large piece of vacant land in the city in a short time.

However, Yunzhou is so small, and as the circle expands, people will naturally be more informed.

Xie Wan got the land she liked without much effort.

As for silver and money, the court allocated funds in a unified manner.

Whether it is the wealthy south or the bitter and cold northwest, the amount of silver is the same.

But if you want to build something more grand, it is not enough.

Fortunately, there are many wealthy businessmen in Yunzhou, and everyone has plenty of money.

It is not difficult to get money from them to build the academy, but considering that we still need to recruit students in the future, it is not good to offend them.

If you can't use force, you have to give people some benefits and power in exchange for financial benefits.

In this way, we can better determine who are the real "insiders".

Xie Wan was not an official, but Wang Shaofu gave her full authority to build the academy.

This task seemed like a hot potato to many people, but it was the emperor's decree.

She was an imperial envoy who was ordered to do something.

This one identity is enough.

After all, the improvement of women's status is a threat to men, but there are always those who have a long-term vision and understand the pulse of His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress.

We firmly believe that this is an unstoppable trend.

The future of the family for the next hundred years may depend on this one thought.

At that time, there were very few women in the world who were well-educated and knew etiquette, so it was much easier for women to make a name for themselves than for men.

Instead of strongly resisting opposition, it is better to follow the trend and be the first to reap the benefits.

Let the court see their position.

Later, when the sons of the family entered officialdom, they first occupied the position of loyal ministers to the emperor.

Those who can become the head of a family are all smart people. Even if they have planned to follow the trend, they will not take sides rashly.

They have to see the court's determination to promote women's education before they can make a decision.

In the past few months, Xie Wan has been very busy dealing with these people.

This was the first time his daughter was working for the court, and Wang Shaofu, as her father, said that he would let her do whatever she wanted, but it was impossible for him to really leave everything alone.

He is fully aware of all the progress and details.

He even specially dispatched several staff members to help him because he was physically tired and lacked energy, for fear that he might have failed to consider anything carefully.

Yunzhou Women's College was completed a few days ago. It is just a framework at the moment. It will take some time before it can recruit students and start teaching.

Even though Wang Shaofu was concerned about the capital and was eager to return home, he could not find any fault with this progress.

Thinking of the capital, Wang Shaofu felt a pang of gloom in his heart.

For several months, the cruel woman did not send him a single word.

The purse, handkerchief and letters sent by the messenger were all for his daughter.

Without him intervening, would her relationship with Ishihara Qing develop rapidly and their affection grow stronger?

A series of images flashed through his mind, making Wang Shaofu's eyes darken slightly. He grasped the plain sachet around his waist and tried to calm his mind.

Several retainers paused their conversation and looked at him, saying, "The evidence of the Yao family's indulgence of their clansmen and their rampage in the village is irrefutable. However, His Majesty is merciful and lenient. I'm afraid these crimes will not cause the Yao family any serious damage."

A family that has been passed down for hundreds of years has its ancestors' influence on the family.

Your Majesty must also give some face.

Running rampant in the village, committing evil, this crime can be serious or minor, and they want to use this crime to cause great damage to the Yao family...

difficult.

Wang Shaofu knew this, of course. He said calmly, "If the charges aren't serious enough, then find a way to add some to their charges."

It sounds difficult to quickly bring down a family, but it is actually not that complicated either.

A thousand-mile long dike can be destroyed by an ant hole. If the family is big, no matter how careful you are, you can always find a breakthrough.

Besides, the Yao family itself is not clean.

"Jinzhou Governor Qian Mu once studied under Yao Shiren and later married his eldest daughter, becoming the Yao family's most successful son-in-law."

"Qian Mu was very busy and utilitarian, and he was very good at managing things. He had a very successful career in recent years, rising from a low-ranking official to the head of a province. The entire Jinzhou bureaucracy had become a faction."

"He received a lot of help from his father-in-law, Yao Shiren, and also donated a lot of money to the Yao family."

"Two years ago, when Jinzhou was hit by a flood, the imperial court allocated 100,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. How much of that went into the Yao family's pockets is unknown, and that's the unknown number I'm after."

Forming cliques for personal gain, embezzling and perverting the law, and even buying and selling official positions, all these crimes were brought to the Yao family's charge.

As long as Qian Mu's corruption is a fact and his offering of silver to the Yao family is a fact, it doesn't matter what role Yao Shiren played behind the scenes or whether he condoned it or not.

What is important is to obtain evidence that Qian Mu presented the embezzled silver to the Yao family.

"Listen," Wang Shaofu said slowly, "I will not only make the Yao family suffer heavy losses, but also make sure they have no place to stay in the capital, and make sure that no one from the Yao family will be in the Dahan officialdom for a hundred years."

Since he is going to take action, he will certainly not do it in a small way.

If the charges are not enough, then fill them up.

The Yao family has always been famous for its clean and honest conduct in official circles.

They themselves do not exploit the people's wealth, but instead provide convenience to officials who do.

No matter how thoroughly you clean, it cannot withstand the investigation.

In his previous life, when he was completely desperate, he still had the patience to collect evidence, so it wouldn't hurt to do it again now.

Unfortunately, in the prosperous times, the imperial power was not quick to wield the sword and shed blood, and these charges could not completely destroy the Yao family.

Otherwise, Wang Shaofu would have wanted to frame the Yao family for treason and exterminate their entire clan.

Just exiling the entire family was not enough to relieve the hatred in his heart.