Magistrate Chen was shocked and angry.
Especially after seeing the last sentence "Jiangdu is full of tigers and wolves", his pupils dilated a bit.
In this nursery rhyme, the northern barbarians are compared to tigers and wolves at the beginning, and it ends by saying that Jiangdu is full of tigers and wolves. If Jiangdu is full of tigers and wolves, then who is he, the prefect of Jiangdu?
Northern barbarians!
In the past sixty years, who in the entire Chen Dynasty has not regarded the Northern Barbarians as beasts? Considered a tiger or wolf? The word "Beiman" has evolved into a curse word in Dachen, and now, someone is actually using this word to discredit Jiangdu Yamen!
To discredit Jiangdu Yamen is to discredit him, the prefect of Jiangdu!
Seeing Chen Yu's ugly face, Mr. Zhao on the side was thoughtful, and then took the white paper from Chen Yu's hand. After reading it from top to bottom, Mr. Zhao smiled hoarsely: "This is the paper under the government's rule. Is it something written by someone? It is said that Jiangdu produces talented men and beautiful women. How could he write such a illogical sentence? It is almost the same as a jingle."
Mr. Zhao shook his head and put the paper aside.
"Even I, who came from a general background, can't stand it."
"That's the jingle."
Magistrate Chen looked ugly.
"And it has spread almost throughout Jiangdu."
Speaking of this, Magistrate Chen's face turned extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The people in the Yamen are so damned that it took two or three days for such an important matter to be sent to me!"
When this nursery rhyme first spread, although it spread quickly, it did not attract the attention of the government. After all, a few children singing a few lines would not be taken to heart by many adults.
The more important reason is that there is no Internet or instant messaging in this era, and there are not many people in the prefecture's Yamen who actually have "establishment". Most of them are "officials" who work for the court. These people heard this After the nursery rhyme, few people would dare to go to the government to inform the master.
It was not until the third day after the incident that the officials of the prefecture's Yamen realized that something was wrong, so they sent someone to inform the prefect Chen Yu.
In the past few days, Chen Yu's main thoughts were on accompanying his guests, and he wanted to accompany this young man from the capital, so that his journey to be transferred to the capital official in the future would be smoother.
The combination of various reasons led to Chen Yu not seeing this jingle until now.
Magistrate Chen was so angry that he was shaking all over.
He is a very motivated person.
In other words, he is a very ambitious official.
Yang Xiangguo, who was presiding over the overall situation in the court, was his teacher. At the age of about thirty-five, he was able to sit in the position of Jiangdu Prefect, which can be said to have a bright future.
His goal is to enter the city and go on stage to pay homage to the Prime Minister!
And now, something like this has happened in Jiangdu. If nothing else, once the officials of the Ministry of Personnel know about this incident next year, his official reputation will be greatly affected!
This is something Chen Yu absolutely cannot accept.
After hearing what Chen Yu said, Mr. Zhao, who was originally "calm and gentle", also frowned slightly. He picked up the piece of paper again, read it carefully, and then lowered his eyebrows and said: "Chen Master, Jiangdu Prefecture must handle this matter carefully. If this thing spreads to the capital, there will be more than just Prime Minister Yang in the court..."
Prime Minister Yang Jingzong is currently one of the prime ministers in charge of the imperial court.
The emperor was young, and the prime minister assisted in the administration. As the prime minister, Yang Jingzong could almost be said to be the most powerful person in the court except the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was in her thirties this year and was not particularly familiar with government affairs. She also followed the opinions of several prime ministers on most matters. As a result, Yang Jingzong and Yang Xiangguo were so powerful that they could not be increased.
With a high position and high authority, people will naturally keep an eye on you.
There was more than just Prime Minister Yang in the court. Some of the other prime ministers were eyeing his position, while others had other thoughts. The emperor who was about to come of age in the palace was also looking for opportunities to rule personally at any time.
It’s extremely cold at high places.
If the embezzlement is only one to twenty thousand taels of silver, then even if evidence is found, others will not provoke Yang Xiangguo. But if it is Jiangdu, where the embezzlement of money arouses public resentment and some people take the opportunity to slander the imperial court, it is worthy of someone Using this excuse, I took a bite of Yang Xiangguo.
As a student of Yang Xiangguo, Chen Yu knew that he could not make mistakes, let alone let his teacher become passive in the court.
Otherwise...he will become an outcast.
Chen Fuzun took several deep breaths and forced himself to calm down. He turned his head and glanced at Mr. Zhao, slightly lowering his eyebrows and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen will handle this matter properly and will definitely control this matter within Jiangdu Mansion. It won’t affect the young master.”
"It doesn't matter if it affects me."
Mr. Zhao stood up and stretched out: "I was born as a general and worked as an errand in the Ministry of Household Affairs. The adults in my family saw that I was idle all day, so they gave me an errand. Even if the errand failed, I would just be dismissed from office. Nothing, at most I will just continue to go back and do nothing."
After saying this, Zhao Yu turned to look at Chen Yu and smiled: "Thank you, Master Chen. If you don't handle this matter well, it will probably affect your future."
Chen Fuzun stood up from his chair with a gloomy face, his voice a little hoarse: "We will take care of it."
Zhao Yu chuckled, put his hands behind his back and left: "Master Chen, you are busy, I will go find those two pipa girls to do their work."
After saying that, Mr. Zhao turned and walked away, while Chen Yu stood up and sat in a sedan from the bank of Yudai Lake to the prefect's Yamen.
It was already evening now. After returning to the magistrate's office, Magistrate Chen sat in his study and immediately called the magistrate's Yamen.
"Go and call me Feng Lu!"
This yamen officer was also an old official who had worked in the magistrate's yamen for many years. He had served countless magistrates. After hearing these words, he hunched over and said cautiously: "Master, it's already very late now. , or else go ask Mr. Feng to come tomorrow..."
"Snapped!"
Magistrate Chen slapped the table hard and said angrily: "I asked you to call me now, are you deaf?!"
The old official was so frightened that he shrank his neck, bowed to Magistrate Chen repeatedly, bowed his body and retreated, running all the way to the county government office to call for help.
After about half an hour, Magistrate Feng, who was a little fat, hurried over. After seeing Chen Yu, Fatty Feng wiped the sweat on his forehead and said breathlessly: "Master Fu Zun , are you looking for me?"
This time, Feng Lu's panting was not an act. He was woken up from his concubine's bed in the middle of the night, and then went all the way to the prefect's Yamen. He was indeed out of breath.
Chen Fuzun sat behind his desk.
At this time, he had calmed down a lot. When he saw Feng Lu standing in front of him, Chen Yu said expressionlessly: "In recent days, some people in Jiangdu have slandered the Yamen and slandered the imperial court."
"Does Magistrate Feng know?"
Feng County Zun was very confused and shook his head, with an innocent face: "Huifu Zun, I don't know this."
Comparatively speaking, Mr. Feng does not have much ambition in the officialdom, and he does not want to go to the capital to be a husband. In addition, he has not made any mistakes, so he seems to be respectful on the surface, but in fact he feels stable in his heart. match.
Chen Yu took out the piece of white paper from his sleeve, placed it in front of Feng Lu, and said coldly: "This is a nursery rhyme that has been widely sung in Jiangdu City in recent days. See for yourself."
Magistrate Feng took the piece of paper with both hands, read it carefully, shook his head and sighed: "The price of food in Jiangdu has skyrocketed in recent days. The official was about to report the increase in food price to the governor. Unexpectedly, something like this happened. Nursery Rhymes.”
Magistrate Feng sighed: "The rise in food prices has nothing to do with our government office."
"Cut the nonsense."
Magistrate Chen took a deep breath and said, "Starting from tomorrow, the singing of this song will be banned in the city. If anyone causes trouble again, we will arrest them directly!"
"Go find out who made up this jingle!"
Magistrate Chen’s voice was hoarse.
"Moreover, I will write to other places tomorrow to adjust grains. Tomorrow you go to see the grain merchants and tell them that if the price increases again, I will not spare them!"
Magistrate Feng quickly lowered his head and asked, "Master Fu, do you want to arrest those who have been singing this song these days?"
"Catch? How?"
Chen Yu looked at Feng Lu coldly.
"You want to bring this matter to the capital?"
