I am the censor, at the beginning I denounced the empress

Chapter 247
"Why isn't it easy?"

Tang Can turned his head, glanced at Zhao Yongkang, and asked in a flat tone.

Zhao Yongkang simply walked up to him, stood beside Fang Xiaoru, and said in a deep voice: "The local officials can disregard the life and death of the people, but we can't."

"Why not?" Tang Can asked casually: "Facts have proved that giving in is never the solution to the problem."

"Xie Anshi and Gao Yuanyi were like this before."

"Now, you should too."

Zhao Yongkang didn't say much, but there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

At this time.

Fang Xiaoru shook his head, thought of one thing, and sighed: "It's really not as simple as you think."

"Do you know what happened after Zhao Yongkang came back from Huainan?"

Tang Can was naturally not clear about the Huainan matter.

Zhao Yongkang sneered at this time, and said bitterly: "I just returned to Shendu."

"The new governor of Huainan Province has demolished the longevity temple that I built for you."

Tang Can raised his eyebrows, and didn't care: "It's just a temple, it's just a big deal."

"Not a big deal?"

Zhao Yongkang said in a deep voice: "After the Temple of Eternal Life fell, the first thing the new governor will do is to dig up all the sweet potatoes and potatoes!"

"The sweet potatoes and potatoes that are about to mature are all rotten because of geography!"

"Huainan Road has been a land of fish and rice since ancient times!"

"Besides rice, nothing else should be planted, that's their reason!"

"You say you are not tough, you say you will not back down."

"What if you don't return?"

"The people directly starve to death?"

"Where there is oppression, there is resistance." Tang Can was only surprised for a moment, and then said softly: "If you don't retreat, in time, do you think the empress can watch something happen in Huainan Road?"

"Furthermore, the flood in Huainan has been solved, and rice planting is also a good thing."

Zhao Yongkang's face was ugly, as if he didn't hear Tang Can's words, he gritted his teeth and said with hatred: "Fathers and folks in Huainan Road, let them starve to death just after a few days of good life?"

"You, Tang Can, don't care about the life and death of the people of Great Liang, and even feel happy seeing them in dire straits, but, can this official also not care about it!"

These words are a bit stinging.

But it's not that Zhao Yongkang did it deliberately, but it's the emotion, and that's what he said in his heart.

Tang Can's face was calm, and his tone was flat: "He has a good hand, but he played poorly."

Zhao Yongkang wanted to say more, but was pulled by Fang Xiaoru, so he could only grunt reluctantly, without saying a word.

but……

At this time, Tang Can spoke softly, and told about Zhao Yi's affairs and the conversation with the Empress with a nonchalant expression.

Zhao Yongkang and Fang Xiaoru's expressions remained unchanged.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Yongkang said, "What do you want to say?"

Tang Can was silent for a long time.

Now that I have said it, let me say a few more words.

"Zhao Yi and you, Zhao Yongkang, have nothing to do with each other anymore."

"He's mine now."

"What do you want?" Zhao Yongkang looked into Tang Can's eyes with an indifferent look on his face: "It seems that Tang Yushi is not the one to worry about the old man's family affairs."

Tang Can smiled slightly as if he hadn't heard this sentence: "You are still alive, so be content."

Fang Xiaoru: ...

Zhao Yongkang: ...

After a long silence, Fang Xiaoru spoke again: "Zhao Yongkang also has difficulties in this matter."

"I'm not interested." Tang Can interrupted Fang Xiaoru without hesitation.

They didn't pierce their masks, it's because of the past.

If the old man wants to talk nonsense, then he doesn't mind talking about many things directly.

Fang Xiaoru paused and said softly: "I know, you want iron tools."

"how?"

"Although Wenge's life is very uncomfortable, but if you think about it, you can still send some ironware to the northwest."

Tang Can said calmly, "What price."

"No money." Fang Xiaoru said very calmly: "The Northwest Frontier Army needs more than [-] catties of iron every year. I can send someone to give it."

"Why should I trust you?"

"Because I can't let them do business with the Liu family." Fang Xiaoru sighed: "Besides, I really need your help."

only……

Tang Can didn't like him, just shook his head slightly, and said softly: "Imperial examination, how to do it, has its own rules and regulations. Even if it's for iron, I can't delay the imperial examination."

If you agree to Fang Xiaoru's affairs, it is tantamount to picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon.

after all.

The reward of the system task for the imperial examination is the mine vein map.

With the mine vein map, why do you need to worry about ironware?

"I said that when I started, I never thought of disrupting the imperial examination, let alone cheating in the imperial examination." Fang Xiaoru said in a deep voice.

"Go on."

"You should know about Jiangnan Guild Hall's affairs."

"Naturally. Don't tell me that those people are all people whom Fang Xiaoru favors."

Fang Xiaoru looked into his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Not entirely. But...among the students of the Jiangnan Guild Hall, there are indeed a few students from poor families who have real talents."

"Of course, it's nothing. Who made them appear in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Bad luck, no one can do anything about it."

Tang Can was noncommittal.

Fang Xiaoru went on to say: "But without them, this time the imperial examinations, the children of officials and eunuchs accounted for [-]%."

"The remaining [-]% ​​are from poor families, and the rest are from various county and state schools."

Tang Can sighed and said, "You want to talk about the noble family again?"

"Yes." Fang Xiaoru's expression was solemn: "In the imperial court, it has never been a secret to form cliques for personal gain. This is true for the children of officials and eunuchs, state schools, and county schools."

"If things go on like this, all the candidates for key positions in the imperial court will be theirs."

Tang Can looked at him, and after a while, said softly, "You, too."

"You can say that." Fang Xiaoru did not deny it, but admitted it directly.

"However, we are not like them."

"They are for self-interest, we are for the world."

Does this sound so familiar?

Why do you feel like you have done that and want to build a memorial arch?

It's like... going to Ruanroufang with a critical eye to see the world?
……

The next day.

Tang Can is still in Chengfufang.

He didn't go anywhere.

In addition to looking at the information Fang Xiaoru gave him, he once met the woman Tuoba had arranged for him, asked her about Great Liang, and verified what Fang Xiaoru and Zhao Yongkang had said to him.

Unfortunately.

What the woman told him coincided with what Fang Xiaoru and Zhao Yongkang said.

Today in Great Liang, factional disputes are even stronger than before.

Also.

The same is true for the list of imperial examinations.

The list given to him by Fang Xiaoru clearly recorded the net worth of each Jinshi and Xiucai candidates.

Worst of all, there are some county magistrates at home.

Better ones, the nephews of various officials in the imperial court.

but……

No matter what he thinks.

In the evening, he still walked out of Chengfufang, and under the protection of Qin Shou and dozens of imperial guards, he rushed to the Gongyuan...

(End of this chapter)