Chapter 1303 Murong Yuliang’s little plan!

Murong Yuliang has known Cui Shao for a long time. Although he looked down on Cui Shao, a country bumpkin from Liaoyang, in his heart, but after so many years of being colleagues, he finally had to acknowledge Cui Shao's abilities and admit that Cui Shao was the pillar of the Daqian Dynasty, and was only slightly inferior to his brother Murong Lun in terms of abilities and means!
However, as ZZ's opponent, Murong Yuliang is well aware of the ruthlessness beneath Cui Shao's low-key and cautious mask!
In Murong Yuliang's opinion, Cui Shao is a smiling tiger in the court of Daqian. He appears gentle and harmless on the surface, but stabs people in the back. It can be said that he kills people without leaving any blood and eats people without leaving any bones!
After Murong Yuliang suffered a setback in Huainan, he did not think much about it. He just thought that he had suffered a setback at the hands of Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui, two Huainan bumpkins.

However, it was not until Murong Yuliang became the governor of Jianghuai and took charge of the provincial government and the provincial prosecution department in both Jianghuai areas that he received a report. Before Sun Xiuquan plotted against him, a close confidant of a big shot in Yijing had secretly come to Huainan, had secret talks with Sun Xiuquan several times, and finally left Huainan quietly.

Although the authenticity of the news could no longer be determined due to Sun Xiuquan's suicide and the execution of all members of the Sun family, Murong Yuliang, adhering to the idea of ​​"it's better to be safe than sorry", still believed in the news without a doubt!
Even if the news is proven to be true, it cannot prove that the Yijing big shot who sent out the confidant is Cui Shao's. However, in Murong Yuliang's eyes, this confidant was sent by Cui Shao. And it is precisely because of Cui Shao's support that the two bastards Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui are determined to go against him like a turtle biting a weight!

Murong Yuliang also once ordered the Huainan Censorate to conduct an in-depth investigation into the news, hoping to find more evidence and report it to Ye Mingsheng to accuse Cui Shao...

However, because many key witnesses had been executed, the chain of evidence could no longer be put together, so Murong Yuliang had to give up his plan to impeach Cui Shao. After all, the evidence he had was not enough to prove that Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui were instructed by Cui Shao. If he impeached blindly, it would be easy for Cui Shao to counterattack, which would be counterproductive.

After all, the Dali Temple Minister Zhu Xiaowen is Cui Shao's student, and the Minister of Justice Li Jian is also a member of the Liaoyang Gang. Without conclusive evidence, he cannot defeat the Liaoyang Gang at all!
Although he gave up the plan to impeach Cui Shao, Murong Yuliang also became more vigilant. He felt that Cui Shao would take action against him sooner or later!
In Murong Yuliang's opinion, although he had never served in the central government, he was the only one who had the ability to threaten Cui Shao's position as the Prime Minister. As for the Minister of Personnel Gu Sansi, the Minister of Justice Li Jian and others, they were still too young. If it weren't for Ye Mingsheng supporting them behind the scenes, the two of them would have been subdued by Cui Shao long ago!
Moreover, his daughter Murong Qingwu was fighting openly and secretly with An Miaoyi, who was supported by Cui Shao, in the palace. Therefore, as long as he could defeat her, Jingren's future succession to the throne would be smooth.

Besides that, the two had irreconcilable differences in many ideas and even political concepts, so Murong Yuliang was quite sure that Cui Shao wanted to see him being defeated...
And Murong Yuliang also regarded Cui Shao as his biggest political rival. When the news of Cui Shao's family changes came some time ago, Murong Yuliang, who was already in a good mood because of his promotion to Governor of Jianghuai, was even more upset. He believed that this was the retribution for Cui Shao's excessive use of tricks, and even God could not stand it!
Now the news came out from the court again that Ye Mingsheng was considering putting Wanfu and Tongxin under the direct control of the court. Murong Yuliang immediately realized that it must be that bastard Cui Shao who was behind this!
After all, the imperial court is just a general term, and food must be eaten from separate pots. According to the division of labor, the Wanfu and Tongxin banks will most likely be managed by the Ministry of Revenue, which is responsible for people's livelihood and government affairs. Who is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?

Taking into account the importance of Wanfu and Tongxin Bank, in Murong Yuliang's eyes, all this became Cui Shao's plan. Seeing that the Huainan incident did not completely defeat him, he came up with another one when one plan failed. He planned to reach out to Wanfu and Tongxin Bank in order to carry out conspiracy and trickery to hold him back!
Murong Yuliang was also very angry about Cui Shao's conspiracy. He felt that your son had just passed away, and instead of handling his funeral affairs honestly, you were still trying to plot against me. Are you really unwilling to kill me?

No wonder God couldn’t bear it anymore and let your son Cui Zibo die young, and let you, Cui Shao, bury your son before you!

Murong Yuliang had an urge to write a letter to Cui Shao. He wanted to tell Cui Shao that evil deeds will eventually lead to his own destruction. If you don’t want the old to send the young to their deaths to happen again, you should do more good deeds and accumulate virtue for the future generations of your Cui family. If you, Cui Shao, continue to be stubborn and stubborn, I’m afraid that in the end the Cui family will be destroyed...

Although he had a strong desire to write a letter to Cui Shao, Murong Yuliang calmed down and naturally gave up this plan. After all, Cui Shao was the Minister of Revenue, and he was the Governor of Jianghuai, both of them were first-rank officials of the Daqian Dynasty, so they had to keep some dignity for each other.

Although he gave up the idea of ​​writing to Cui Shao and persuading him to do good deeds, Murong Yuliang knew very well that Cui Shao had a great influence on Ye Mingsheng's decision. So if he continued to allow the voices of bringing Wanfu and Tongxin banks under the control of the court to ferment, Cui Shao's conspiracy might really succeed in the end!
So Murong Yuliang knew that he had to do something at this critical juncture. He knew that Ye Mingsheng attached great importance to Wanfu and Tongxin Banks, so the countermeasure he thought of was to report to Ye Mingsheng on the current situation of Wanfu and Tongxin Banks.

Murong Yuliang believed that as long as Ye Mingsheng knew the good news, he would continue to keep the management rights of Wanfu and Tongxin banks in Jiangnan.

Of course, Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from Yijing. Even if you use the fastest horse and travel without stopping for a moment, it will take more than half a month to arrive. Therefore, this memorial to Ye Mingsheng cannot simply report on the affairs of the Wanfu and Tongxin banks.

That is why Murong Yuliang asked Zhang Baoping to implement the minimum wage standard as soon as possible and ensure all matters concerning workers' rights.

Although Murong Yuliang, who came from an aristocratic family, was not too interested in the well-being of ordinary people...

But when Ye Mingsheng was in Lin'an, he once revealed to Murong Yuliang that he knew there were huge differences in wealth, culture, and living standards among different parts of Daqian, so it would be difficult to implement the working method in all parts of Daqian at one time!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng planned to take it step by step. He intended to set up Lin'an as a pilot city for the work law, and take the lead in implementing the work law in Lin'an to ensure the rights and interests of workers. Lin'an is the city with the best economic development in Daqian. Therefore, if the work law is implemented well in Lin'an, it can be gradually implemented in various parts of Daqian.

It was from Ye Mingsheng's idea that Murong Yuliang realized how much Ye Mingsheng valued the work method. So although Murong Yuliang himself was not very interested in the work method, he still decided to please Ye Mingsheng in order to win Ye Mingsheng's support.

This is why Murong Yuliang asked Zhang Baoping to implement the minimum standards as soon as possible. Only in this way can he report the good news to Ye Mingsheng in return.

After all, Murong Yuliang knew very well that although Ye Mingsheng had delegated power on the surface, in fact, the internal security of the Coordination Office had been keeping an eye on him in secret. Therefore, if he lied about government affairs and reported things that did not happen to Ye Mingsheng, once he was caught in the act by Ye Mingsheng, it would seriously affect Ye Mingsheng's trust in him!

In addition to using this memorial to gain Ye Mingsheng's support, Murong Yuliang also planned to try to get his nephew Murong Hui to move to a position as a provincial governor.

Compared to the governor, it is more difficult for the censor to make achievements, and without achievements, it is difficult to advance in the current Daqian court. Because of various things in the past, Murong Yuliang was extremely disappointed with his two sons, Murong Zhe and Murong Shengwu. He no longer had any hope for these two sons and just wanted to support them for the rest of their lives.

So now Murong Yuliang has regarded Murong Hui as the future pillar of the Murong family, so if he can make Murong Hui's future brighter, he is very willing to try!
Now Murong Yuliang is in charge of the richest province in Jiang Daqian. If Murong Hui can be transferred to a certain place as a governor, he can provide some help to Murong Hui so that Murong Hui can achieve better and faster results.·····················

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Yijing, Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month
At night, the streets and alleys of Yijing are decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, and the sound of firecrackers is endless, creating a prosperous and lively scene. However, at this moment, in a private room of an unknown restaurant in Yijing.

Zhang Zhiwen, the second-rank governor of Youyan, was sitting opposite to the second-rank Censor of Youyan. Both of them were in casual clothes and looked like two ordinary middle-aged drinking buddies in the private room.

At first, Zhang Zhiwen and Zhuang Shanhe pretended to celebrate the Lantern Festival with two glasses of wine, but after just two glasses, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but get straight to the point and asked:

"Brother Zhuang, how is the investigation of Zheng Ping's case going?"

Feeling Zhang Zhiwen's somewhat anxious gaze, Zhuang Shanhe also understood that Zheng Ping's case had already made Zhang Zhiwen extremely anxious, and he probably did not have a good year in the past!
Although Zhuang Shanhe knew what Zhang Zhiwen was thinking, he pretended not to know and asked:

"Brother Zhang, you know that the emperor personally appointed the Ministry of Justice to investigate Zheng Ping's case. We, the Censorate, are only assisting in the investigation, so I don't know more about Zheng Ping's affairs than you do!"

Seeing Zhuang Shanhe pretending to be stupid in front of him, Zhang Zhiwen suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice:

"I heard that you, Brother Zhuang, have a good relationship with Mr. Chen from Jixiang Trading Company?"

Hearing Zhang Zhiwen mention Jixiang Company, Zhuang Shanhe narrowed his eyes. He didn't know what Zhang Zhiwen meant, but on the surface he said calmly:
"Brother Zhang, Mr. Chen and I have only had meals together and met a few times. It's totally an exaggeration to say that we have a good relationship. It's not true at all!"

Zhang Zhiwen was not surprised by Zhuang Shanhe's answer. He picked up a piece of brightly colored braised pork from the plate and put it into his mouth. Under Zhuang Shanhe's gaze, Zhang Zhiwen chewed the braised pork thoroughly, then wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said lightly:
"A former clerk of Jixiang Company recently reported to the Governor's Office that Jixiang Company had tax problems and was suspected of selling illegal salt..."

After these words came out, although Zhuang Shanhe's expression remained calm, his eyes could not help but flash a strange color, and at this time Zhang Zhiwen continued:

"Some colleagues of the Chief Secretary wanted to directly detain and investigate, but I heard that Mr. Chen of Jixiang Trading Company has a good relationship with you, Brother Zhuang, so I thought there might be some misunderstanding in this matter, so I suppressed this matter temporarily!"

After hearing what Zhang Zhiwen said, Zhuang Shanhe understood that he came prepared this time, so he hesitated for a moment and then spoke:
"Based on the current investigation, the impeachment of Zheng Ping by the Censorate is basically true. The evidence obtained from the investigation is very detailed and there is sufficient evidence!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Zhiwen's expression suddenly darkened. As the matter fermented over the past few days, Zhang Zhiwen, who was unwilling to believe it at the beginning, gradually realized that he might have really misjudged the person and was deceived by Zheng Ping, mistaking a big T official who did all kinds of evil for a rare talent!

Thinking about this, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but feel heartbroken and regretful. If he was the only one who was deceived, it would be fine, but in order to increase Zheng Ping's success rate of getting promoted, he shamelessly asked the Minister of Revenue Gu Sansi to recommend him together. And now with Zheng Ping's bankruptcy, Zhang Zhiwen not only cheated himself, but also Gu Sansi.

Seeing Zhang Zhiwen's distressed expression, Zhuang Shanhe seemed to be doing this for Zhang Zhiwen's own good, and said meaningfully:
"Brother Zhang, you have to make plans now!"

Listening to Zhuang Shanhe's words, Zhang Zhiwen smiled bitterly in his heart. In recent days, he had also heard some rumors about the investigation of Zheng Ping's case, so he realized that the case of the Censorate was very likely true!

Zhang Zhiwen knew that once the investigation of the case was completed, whatever he did would become very passive, so he wanted to be more proactive. He first went to find Gu Sansi. On the one hand, he wanted to apologize to Gu Sansi, and on the other hand, he also wanted to discuss a solution to the problem with Gu Sansi.

But Gu Sansi, the Minister of Revenue, won't see him at all now...
(End of this chapter)