Detective in the Red Chamber

It has to be said that although the attendant of the Imperial Academy is proud of his talents, he is not a fool!

If he changed the martial artist next to him, he might be left in a mess.

pity……

The person he met was Sun Shaozong!

I saw Sun Shaozong spreading his hands, and said with a smile, "I don't understand the teachings of saints, and your servant Sun talks about blasphemy against saints. If you calculate it like this, isn't it half a catty?"

"absurd!"

When Sun Yun heard this, he immediately sneered and said, "Have I ever blasphemed a saint's article? Sun Shaozong, if you don't say that you are ugly today, don't blame this official for accusing you of slander!"

Everyone was also baffled, thinking that Sun Tong was probably out of his mind. How could he, a martial artist who had never read the Four Books and Five Classics, see Sun Hanlin's blasphemy articles?

"Ha ha."

Sun Shaozong chuckled, and said loudly, "First of all, my lord has scratches on his chest, and there are more than one."

"Secondly, the adult's head was once stained with ink. Although it has been carefully washed, there are still some residues on the scalp."

"Thirdly, the adult has an injury on his knee, so he stretched out his hands and kneaded it many times after entering the door, but this injury does not affect his actions, and it is obviously not very serious."

"Fourth, there are many traces of mosquito bites on the adult's body, obviously..."

"What a mess this is!"

Before finishing the fourth article, Sun Yun said angrily, "How can these inexplicable things prove that I have blasphemed the saint's article?"

"Sun Shi said be safe and don't be impatient, and listen to me carefully."

Sun Shaozong said confidently, "The mark on the chest should be caused by being scratched by a woman when she was naked; the knee injury and mosquito bites are probably caused by kneeling outside the door for more than half an hour."

"Based on this, it can be inferred that Sun Shi said that he must have a battle with Mrs. Zun yesterday—and he lost the truth!"

"Absurd, this is absolutely absurd! Besides, what does my family matter have to do with you?!" Sun Yun was obviously a little annoyed and became angry. With a loud shout, he got up from the table and glared at Sun Shaozong.

but……

He seemed to be just over 1.6 meters tall, and after standing up, he was still at eye level with Sun Shaozong.

"It has nothing to do with me."

Sun Shaozong shrugged his shoulders, "But Sun Shi said that he was torn naked with his wife, and ink was splashed on his head-I thought about it, and I am afraid that only after you returned to the mansion, you would have sex with the maidservant in the study, and the result would be These traces were left behind after offending Jiu Kuang's wife."

After a pause, he spread his hands again and said, "Of course, if Mrs. Sun was chased by his wife and ran naked all the way from the backyard to the study, then I guess I made a mistake."

"you you you……"

Sun Yun didn't know whether he was angry or shocked, and pointed at Sun Shaozong, but his whole body was shaking like chaff.

only……

In the panic of this guy, there was some joy in his eyes.

"Uh."

Sun Shaozong thought about it for a while, and then suddenly said, "I'm sorry, it seems that I did infer a little wrong just now. The one who talked to Sun Shi about the trouble was not the maid, but the servant-you are doing such a heart-warming thing in the study, how dare you say it?" No blasphemy articles?"

"you you you……"

Sun Yun repeated the word "you" a few more times, and he looked like he was seeing a ghost, but he obviously didn't ask himself.

"what……"

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

I don't know which scholar below couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing, which then caused a roar of laughter.

Chapter 146 Wen Chengwu casts the foundation and changes it into a superintendent

What, my second child has been forbidden to breastfeed for the past few days, and has been tossing for three nights in a row. It's the second child, so it won't affect the outbreak on the shelves.

Facts have proved that Sun Shaozong's two "high-profile" appearances are still very effective.

After the Luming Banquet, more than ten disciples came to visit him one after another, establishing the status of 'Master and Apprentice' with him.

This number of people does not seem to be very good, compared to the chief examiner accepting 130 and eight disciples at once, it can be said to be a world of difference.

However, considering that Jia Yucun, who is the Prime Minister of Sipin Mansion, only recruited disciples who were barely on par with him, this achievement is enough to raise eyebrows.

Of course, those who came to Sun Shaozong were basically helpless children from poor families, as well as alternative literati who were interested in criminal investigations. Those children of officials and eunuchs still look down on his thin legs for the time being.

However, on September [-]th, Sun Shaozong was working in the criminal justice department as usual, and saw Zhou Da hurried in from the outside holding a copy of the residence newspaper, and before he could gain a foothold, he hurriedly said, "My lord, take a look at this new issue." The residence newspaper!"

As he spoke, he laid out the mansion newspaper on the table, and opened one of the pages to show Sun Shaozong.

Sun Shaozong scanned it roughly, but it turned out that it was the minutes of an internal meeting held by the emperor's cabinet and the governor of Hebei.

The first half mainly discusses the resettlement measures for the disaster victims in Hebei after their relocation; the second half suddenly changes the subject and discusses the feasibility of upgrading Hebei to Zhili Province.

This is probably done to appease the dissatisfaction of Hebei official circles.

As early as when Sun Shaozong went to Nan'an to be imprisoned, he heard officials complain that there were corrupt officials in the capital, but the people in Hebei suffered the most.

There are even more folk complaints, and various short pieces of folk songs emerge in endlessly, angry, ridiculed, self-deprecating...

Fortunately, the imperial court's relief was timely, otherwise there might be a civil uprising.

Now that the disaster victims are going to be moved back for resettlement, it is natural to give some sweetness—even if it is only a nominal sweetness, so as to calm the resentment in the hearts of officials and people in Hebei.

"grown ups."

Zhou Da nervously said, "Is it reliable for you to say that the reform of Hebei to Zhili?"

"It should have been settled."

Sun Shaozong shook the mansion newspaper in his hand, and said, "Otherwise, how could the content of the cabinet's deliberations be published in the mansion newspaper?"

"How can this be good?!"

When Zhou Da heard this, he beat his chest and said, "If Hebei is really changed to Zhili, our Shuntian Mansion will also be placed under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Zhili. At that time, if there are vacancies for officials below the fifth rank, they will all be selected by the Governor's Mansion." Approval!"

"My lord, when you were in Hebei, you forced the governor of Zhou to watch the execution, but you offended him greatly. If he crooked his mouth..."

It turned out that he was worried about this.

Sun Shaozong smiled and said, "Don't worry, not to mention that this matter has not yet been completed, even if it is really settled, the governor of Zhili will not interfere casually, and we will follow the promotion and transfer of Tianfu officials."

After all, Shuntian Mansion is no better than other places, the emperor has a mixed bag of good and bad people, and the power may not be comparable to that of ordinary mansions, but there are more than ten times more troublesome places.

As long as the new governor is not a fool, he will not take the initiative to intervene in the internal affairs of the Shuntian Mansion. At most, he will ask the Shuntian Mansion to cooperate in the name of Shangfeng when it comes to major policies.

Zhou Da's political savvy is obviously insufficient. Hearing what Sun Shaozong said, he is still a little skeptical.

Sun Shaozong didn't bother to explain to him, so he waved his hand casually and let him bow and retreat.

After Zhou Da left, Sun Shaozong carefully looked through the mansion newspaper again, and found that apart from the major event of reforming Hebei to Zhili, some reforms seemed to be brewing in the army.

It's not a big deal, but the main reason is that the emperor wanted to take advantage of his ten years on the throne to completely separate honorary and real positions—to put it simply, he changed their names.

For example, Duwei and Qiduwei, in addition to their real positions in the army, the children of honored nobles often have similar false titles, such as what cavalry captain, cloud cavalry captain, captaincy and so on.

If you don't ask carefully, you can't tell whether it is a real job or a lord.

Therefore, Emperor Guangde planned to change the real-time riding captains and captains to the thousand and hundred households used in the previous dynasty.

In the future, the commander will only be used in real positions, and the title will be replaced by the captain of the light car.

As for the higher ranks of generals, they will gradually be stripped from the real job system and replaced by the names of admirals and control.

tsk~

This seems to be useless, but it actually weakens the power of the middle and low-level nobles-at least it is not so easy to scare people with their honors.

Of course, for those top aristocratic families, the impact is not too great. After all, those families are either supported by big bosses in the court, or supported by nobles in the palace. It can also run amok.

but……

Is this Emperor Guangde's intention to gradually weaken the influence of the nobles, or is it purely because he just wants to get rid of the disadvantages of honorary and real positions?

Sun Shaozong stared at the mansion newspaper for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion that no matter what, it was none of his business!

Although the Sun family is also considered to be from a noble class, but now that the two brothers have real jobs, no matter how the court reforms, it will not affect them for the time being.

uh~

Maybe it will have an impact on the next generation, but who can say what will happen decades later?

But for the situation hundreds of years later, Sun Shaozong had a better idea.

Leaving aside the issue of restructuring, Sun Shaozong found some official lace from the mansion newspaper, and prepared to use it as a topic for chatting at tomorrow's gathering.

Seeing that it was getting late outside, especially today, the female teacher Cheng Rixing helped hire came to teach Xiangling the first day, and Sun Shaozong also wanted to go back and see something new.

So he asked Lin Delu, who was on duty, to explain, and left Shuntian Mansion.

Speechless all the way.

When he got back to his mansion, before he could even enter the door, he heard the servants report anxiously that two military lords of the Dragon Guards had come to the house, and they had been waiting for half an hour.

Dragon guards?

Could it be because of Channing's case again?

Sun Shaozong entered the front hall suspiciously, and immediately knew that he was thinking too much.

Because the people who waited for a long time in the living room were none other than Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian—and because they were involved in the 'fake Jin Yichuan' incident, they did not participate in the investigation of Qian Ning's case at all.

Sure enough, after the guest and host were seated, Lu Jianxing did not mention the matter of Qian Ning, but only said that Qin Kejian had been dismissed from office and exiled to the Yunnan-Guizhou mountainous area because he was suspected of covering up his boss.

"Qin Kejian was exiled? Has the evidence of his collusion with Qian Ning been found?"

Sun Shaozong felt a little surprised. It is said that Qian Ning has no evidence to prove his death. With Qin Kejian's cleverness, no one should be caught.

"grown ups."

Shen Lian smiled bitterly and said, "Beizhen Fusi is different from other places. As long as Shangfeng is willing, the word 'unnecessary' is enough to convict him."

These words are full of bitterness, but it seems to be empathetic.

So Sun Shaozong asked about the current situation of the two of them in the Dragon Guard.

Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian looked at each other, and said with some embarrassment, "To tell you the truth, because of the matter of the third child, we two brothers have also suffered a bit, and now we have handed over the errands in hand, as for how to arrange it in the future , but there has been no news."

Feelings They came to ask for help this time.

However, the talents and conduct of the two brothers are not bad, and they don't have too many entanglements with them. If they give favors, they can be a help in the future.

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong said, "Tomorrow, I have an appointment with General Shenwu's house for a drink. Your brothers are also idle, why don't you come over with me to have fun?"

This is intentionally matchmaking and letting them jump to the patrol battalion.

Lu Jianxing was obviously a bit hesitant. After all, his ancestors were all hanging around in the Dragon Guards, and the Fourth Battalion and One Guard were also respected by the Dragon Guards. It would be a bit...

Shen Lian immediately tugged at him, stood up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, my lord!"

Hearing the word 'uplifting', Lu Jianxing came to his senses.

Although Long Jianwei is good, he is helpless and has no hope of promotion.

Although the status of the patrol battalion is not good enough, but with the small yamen of General Shenwu's family, and Sun Shaozu, a fourth-rank general, to take care of him, if he makes some contributions in the future, he is afraid that he will not be promoted to an official?

So he hurriedly expressed his determination, "If the two of my brothers have a bright future, we will never forget your lord's cultivation!"

Chapter 147

Baihualou and Jinxiangyuan.

Although Sun Shaozong didn't like to see girls from brothels, all the dandies liked this tune. Even Liu Xianglian, whom he just met, was a leader in the court of romance.

And he also had to admit that Miss Yun'er in the Jinxiang Courtyard was indeed a good at enlivening the atmosphere, with her present, no matter how embarrassing the atmosphere was, it could be restored.

Therefore, the banquet on the evening of September [-] was again held in Jinxiangyuan.

This afternoon, Sun Shaozong gathered Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian early in the morning, and called Liu Xianglian on the way, and the group of four riders chatted and laughed, and rushed to Baihualou.

Although Liu Xianglian was born delicate, she also likes to wield knives and guns, so she chatted happily with Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian along the way.

Speechless all the way.

When I got to the gate of Jinxiang Courtyard, I saw Feng Ziying and Xue Pan from a distance, waiting on the steps for a long time.