Chapter 1163 Fighting each other!

Half an incense stick later, Ye Mingsheng, who had finished reading the file in the study, placed it on the desk and asked Xiao Lingyu in front of him:
"You said this was sent to you by Gu Sansi?"

Xiao Lingyu bowed and replied:
"Your Excellency, this file was indeed sent to me by Minister Gu..."

After saying this, Xiao Lingyu hesitated for a moment before continuing:
"In addition to sending the file to me, Gu Sansi also sent someone to tell me that this was where Zhao Wanxian, the governor, left it!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded upon hearing this, and then asked with interest:

"Xiao Lingyu, you are the Left Censor-in-Chief, tell me what you think of this file!"

After hearing this, Xiao Lingyu was stunned at first, and felt very upset. In his opinion, this matter was that Gu Sansi and Zhao Wanxian, two of Ye Mingsheng's trusted ministers, were fighting each other, and then the fire at the city gate affected everyone, implicating him, Xiao Lingyu!
Xiao Lingyu naturally wanted to remain neutral on this matter, but Gu Sansi kicked the ball to his feet, and Xiao Lingyu was very helpless about it!

Whether it is Gu Sansi or Zhao Wanxian, neither of them can be offended by Xiao Lingyu.
Gu Sansi is an important official in the Ministry of Personnel, and is recognized within the court as the next Prime Minister. Although Zhao Wanxian's official position is not as high as Gu Sansi, he is also deeply trusted by the Marshal. He is already the Governor of Hebei and Henan at the age of less than 40, and it is almost certain that he will enter the central government in the next few years!
So if he had a choice, he would definitely stay away and not have anything to do with this matter, but unfortunately, he, Xiao Lingyu, is the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate!

So everyone else can avoid this matter, but only he, Xiao Lingyu, cannot avoid it!
Thinking of this, Xiao Lingyu couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and then said to Ye Mingsheng:
“Although Wang Chunlai’s judgments in the cases of Gu Tao, Wang Qi, and Liao Can seem fair, I think this case can still be dug deeper…”

Although he really didn't want to offend the Minister of Personnel Gu Sansi, he, Xiao Lingyu, had to tell the truth in front of Ye Mingsheng!

Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be Gu Sansi who would be in trouble!
However, Xiao Lingyu believed that since Gu Sansi had taken the initiative to hand the file to him, the Minister of Personnel might have been mentally prepared!
Therefore, Xiao Lingyu believed that even if she spoke impartially, Gu Sansi would be able to understand her and would not resent her!
Listening to Xiao Lingyu's words, Ye Mingsheng said nothing, but nodded and instructed Xiao Lingyu;

"I already know what happened, go back and do your job!"

Xiao Lingyu was delighted when he finally got rid of the hot potato. However, he still said to Ye Mingsheng respectfully:
"I humbly obey my orders!"

After deciding this matter, Ye Mingsheng asked Xiao Lingyu about the situation in the Censorate, and then let Xiao Lingyu leave.

After Xiao Lingyu left, Ye Mingsheng picked up the file and read it again. This file mainly talked about two cases. The first case was the case of Wang Qi and Gu Tao!

Wang Qi is the owner of Yichangbao Commercial Firm in Liaoyang. Yichangbao Commercial Firm has 19 branches in Liaoyang and its business is spread all over Liaoyang. The firm mainly deals in gold and silver jewelry, porcelain, grain, etc. And just a few months ago, Yichangbao Commercial Firm opened a branch in Yijing·························

It is worth mentioning that, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the files mentioned that the Yichangbao Company and the Dadongsheng Company had very close contacts!

Gu Tao was the county magistrate of Gannan County, Liaoyang. He and Wang Qi were brother-in-law and brother-in-law. Wang Qi married Gu Tao's sister Gu Rou!
The surname Gu is not a common one in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are not many people with the surname Gu, so this surname can be associated with the current Minister of Personnel of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Gu Sansi!
And the fact is that it was Gu Sansi who was the instigator who enabled Wang Qi to go from being a shop assistant to being the owner of a business with more than a dozen shops, and enabled Gu Tao to go from being a yamen runner to being a county magistrate!
It was Gu Sansi who had this ability to bring about such earth-shaking changes in two ordinary people!

The reason why Gu Sansi was willing to help these two people become successful was because of a woman - Gu Li!

This person is Gu Sansi's aunt. She helped Gu Sansi a lot when he was a teenager. Gu Sansi was very grateful to her. After he became successful with the Fengwu Army, Gu Sansi also wanted to repay her.

However, Gu Li said that she, an old woman, did not need any reward from Gu Sansi, but hoped that Gu Sansi could take care of her children, namely her son Gu Tao, daughter Gu Rou, and son-in-law Wang Qi!

Out of consideration for his aunt Gu Li, Gu Sansi had to swallow his pride and ask local officials to take care of Wang Qi and Gu Tao. Although Gu Sansi said at the time that they should be taken care of appropriately, local officials also strongly supported Wang Qi and Gu Tao in order to please Gu Sansi, the commander-in-chief’s trusted minister...

This is also why Gu Tao and Wang Qi have their current wealth and status. However, human desires are infinite. Rich people want to be richer, and powerful people want to be more powerful. This is also the case with Wang Qi and Gu Tao. They desire to have more wealth and greater power!

So the two of them were colluding with officials and businessmen, and they would do anything to get to the top and gain wealth. Relying on their backers, they did a lot of bad things. Although the Liaoyang Censorate was aware of the situation of these two people, they were also full of concerns because of Gu Sansi. It was not until Zhao Wanxian arrived in Liaoyang that they dealt with these two people and made them restrain themselves!

In fact, Ye Mingsheng had learned some information about the matter between Wang Qi and Gu Tao from the Coordination Office!
Gu Sansi did greet the local officials in Liaoyang on behalf of these two people. After Wang Qi and Gu Tao became successful, they also brought gifts to Yijing to honor Gu Sansi, wanting to get closer to Gu Sansi. In particular, Wang Qi specially selected a beautiful woman to present to Gu Sansi, hoping to get greater support from Gu Sansi!

However, Gu Sansi directly rejected the "good intentions" of the two men, and warned them to stop and abide by the law, otherwise he, Gu Sansi, would be the first to punish them!
When Ye Mingsheng first learned about this, he didn't care too much about it. After all, people are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless? The hardest debt to repay in this world is the debt of favor!

Compared to what other officials did, Gu Sansi was very rule-abiding, so Ye Mingsheng pretended not to know. However, Ye Mingsheng did not know at that time that Wang Qi and Gu Tao would be so greedy and do such outrageous things, otherwise he would have chopped these two people to pieces at that time...
(End of this chapter)