Chapter 269: Shen Zhui, the Archway
"Mother, how is it?" Prince Yu walked around in the palace and asked anxiously when he saw the queen returning.

"I saw Your Majesty today and he was indeed in good spirits. I also asked about your health and he seemed to be getting healthier." The Queen was also puzzled. It had been more than a month since His Majesty had rested. This shouldn't be the case.

“Is that so?” Prince Yu was obviously a little uncomfortable. He had thought that there was something wrong with Emperor Liang resting for such a long time, but the Queen would not lie to him. He was a little disappointed.

"Mother, father has not asked about the affairs of the court, right?" Prince Yu said.

"I have been in the palace for a long time, how would I know what is going on in the court? But I am not so clear about Concubine Yue's situation." The Queen's meaning was very clear, I don't care.

"You don't have to worry too much, mother. The crown prince doesn't want father to show up too early." Prince Yu said it more clearly.

In fact, as time went by, although Prince Yu and the Prince's party lost a group of forces because of Shen Zheng, without the control of Emperor Liang, they felt that the connection with their subordinates was a little closer, and most importantly, they could be a little more unbridled in winning over the hearts of the people.

The two men still only viewed each other as rivals, and they also felt that if they really became big, they might be able to achieve what King Qi had been able to do.

Prince Qi was powerful at first, but he was too loyal and had the support of all the officials in the court. If he had really usurped the throne, no one knew what would have happened. This is why Emperor Liang wanted to deal with him.

The two of them even didn't want anyone else to tell Emperor Liang about Shen Zheng's mischief, for fear that he would go directly to court.

It can only be said that the shorter the rest time of Emperor Liang, the greater the pressure will be. Nowadays, the Crown Prince and Prince Yu are doing whatever they want, and the officials of the court are also taking their positions.

As for the Prince of Huai, even though he was the regent, he held considerable power, but no one cared too much about the power that could be taken back at will.

Emperor Liang was also well aware of this. He already knew that he was wrong and had planned to rest for a while, but he no longer had the concentration to deal with other things and could only take care of his own safety first. The Prince of Huai, a loser who could only rely on himself, was increasingly recognized by him. If the Crown Prince and Need could see him at any time, he was really afraid that he would not live long.

In the court, Prince Yu and the Crown Prince were fighting with each other, but they were also afraid that Shen Zheng would bite whoever he saw. Forming cliques for personal gain was one thing, but they also wanted people to act in a way that did not leave any traces.

Shen Qingzhou captured so many people from three departments at once, one reason was to deter people. Now he is taking the opportunity to cooperate with the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice to command the world.

The first is the base camp in Tanzhou. Dongyang Prefecture is packed with people because of his management. Even if he is not there, his prestige is always high as the base camp of the Shen family business.

The same is true for other prefectures. Today, Tanzhou has become one of the most powerful commercial continents in the world. Although it is close to the border, the business atmosphere is very good. In addition, the various prefectures were allocated by Shen Qingzhou when he was the prefect, so everyone is relatively tacit.

The governor of Tanzhou did not change Shen Qingzhou's plan. He could feel the benefits. As for other people, even the new governor, he could not touch them. The Shen family business might be very low-key in other places.

When Shen Qingzhou was suppressing Tanzhou, they were more low-key. But as soon as Shen Qingzhou left, the business forces headed by Shenjia Village fully exerted their capabilities. Shen Qingzhou was like a sheep in their eyes and they were at his mercy.

Let's change the person, that is, the current governor of Tanzhou. After he took office, many benefits would not be distributed in Tanzhou City because the heads of major businesses followed Shen Qingzhou away. Ordinary people in Tanzhou City also felt the obvious changes and were naturally dissatisfied.

The governor of Tanzhou wanted to continue, but he was suppressed by all the major businesses at once. He didn't use force. If you dare to mess with me, I will withdraw some of my industries first. Do you dare to use force?
Shen Qingzhou is the founder of the business. Everyone is willing to cooperate with him in everything he does. It is my honor that Lord Shen asks me to be a dog. But if you dare to speak to me louder without Lord Shen, I will let you know what power combination is.

The prefect was rejected and had no choice but to live a stable life and achieve some achievements. However, just over half a year later, someone came to the court.

"Angel, why are you transferring so many people at once?" When the transfer order came from the Ministry of Personnel, many people were surprised and happy. They were surprised because they were leaving the place they were used to, and they were happy because they were promoted and were going to the capital.

"What other reason could there be? These people were all assigned by Lord Shen."

"Lord Shen." Even the governor didn't have very accurate information. This was not the modern times where everyone could know everything with just one phone call.

"Lord Shen Zheng, now in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Rites, and Ministry of Justice, when he first took office, he cleared out a group of bad apples.

There are vacancies in the capital, and some people with outstanding abilities are promoted. You have made obvious progress in recent years, so you were naturally selected. "The angel smiled.

There was nothing wrong with what Shen Qingzhou did. Under his leadership, Tanzhou could live well by relying on its old capital, and it was normal for him to promote some of his former subordinates.

"In charge of three departments." Although I know that Shen Zheng is capable, it shouldn't be so fast.

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In the past month, Shen Qingzhou has become famous in the capital. First, he took down hundreds of officials at one go, and then established many schools in the capital. Construction is also going on everywhere in Jinling City.

Everyone knew that Shen Qingzhou, with his own ability, directly handled the workload of three departments. Originally, only the officials knew about this.

But when Shen Qingzhou did not stop his resignation, a rumor spread that if this group of people were dismissed, several departments would have to shut down. Everyone in the capital knew about it. It was his appetite that made Shen Qingzhou cautious. The whole capital knew about this matter. If anything went wrong in the three departments afterwards, you would be held responsible.

But who could have thought that Shen Qingzhou would really take over, and the people also discovered a busier Shen Qingzhou, who became a famous good official in the capital. He did so many things, and although the construction was inevitably affected, basically everyone could benefit from it, so it was not a big deal.

There has been heavy snow in the capital these days, and the court meetings have been temporarily suspended for a day. There are not so many important matters. The court is actually for reporting and doing business as usual.

It was also on this day that many dignitaries who came to appreciate the snow saw Shen Qingzhou walking towards the palace step by step in the heavy snow.

Everyone can choose not to attend court, but he cannot. He has too many things he wants to do, including reform and construction, and he is accelerating them. He wants to let the world learn from Nanjing's experience as soon as possible. He needs to discuss this with Prince Huai, which is actually to get his stamp of approval.

"It can be said that the snow and wind are sending one person away." Mei Changsu looked at the whole world, as if only Shen Qingzhou was walking alone. In the snow and wind, a touch of scarlet on his clothes gave people a special sense of loneliness.

Many people know that this man bears the heaviest burden in the entire court. If he only manages the affairs of the three ministries, it would be fine, but he keeps working without missing anything. The workload, the workload of hundreds of people, and his own work as the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, is scary to think about.

"Prince Huai, this matter requires the cooperation of the Ministry of Revenue. I think we need to discuss the rules with Lord Shen Zhui." Prince Huai was not pretending to be stupid, he really didn't understand, but he trusted Shen Qingzhou very much, just like Emperor Liang. Shen Qingzhou had offended everyone, and no one was his. He had no ability and could only rely on Shen Qingzhou.

After the snowstorm, the weather became colder. The advantages of residential buildings were fully demonstrated this time. Many businesses, without Shen Qingzhou's words, had already consciously contributed their own strength, donating cold-resistant items to the elderly, spending little money to do great things. Shen Qingzhou had a lot of things to do, and turned down Mei Changsu's invitation. After his new house was renovated, he invited some people to attend his banquet, and he also had his own plans.

In fact, Mei Changsu could guess that he would refuse, and he felt a little regretful, but also a little fortunate.

The pity was that he really wanted to invite this good official, but Shen Qingzhou was too busy, the kind of busy that everyone knew about. It was from this time when Shen Qingzhou took charge of the three departments that Mei Changsu discovered his terrifying abilities.

Fortunately, he did not come, because Nihuang was also going to come. Deep in his heart, he had an indescribable feeling. Although Nihuang still called him Brother Lin Shu, he was a bystander and a very smart man. He had discovered that deep in Nihuang's heart, there was a figure that she herself had not noticed.

Shen Qingzhou is too outstanding, and Mei Changsu has extraordinary talent, but he knows that he can't be as decisive as Shen Qingzhou, and there are various ways to strengthen the people, many of which he hasn't figured out yet.

He actually had an idea and wanted to hand Nihuang over to Shen Qingzhou. He knew that he would not live long, but after all, he and Nihuang were childhood sweethearts, so it was inevitable that there would be some small conflicts.

Prince Yu also brought Qin Banruo to this banquet. Qin Banruo even checked to see if there was any secret passage. It can only be said that her every move was predicted by Mei Changsu.

"If we talk about who still has the character of brother Prince Qi, it's only him." Nihuang and Meng Zhi are the ones who know Mei Changsu's identity.

After Prince Yu and the others left, they talked about how the current court was not concerned with politics, and the military was not concerned with fighting, but were all playing power games. Meng Zhi missed Prince Qi. Taking Prince Qi as an example, Nihuang also thought about Prince Qi's behavior in the past, and she also somewhat recognized Prince Jing. Prince Jing was indeed very special among the princes.

I originally wanted to say that Prince Qi was very powerful, but for some reason I thought of Shen Qingzhou. Shen Qingzhou was not a prince, but I thought that what he did was something that Prince Qi could not do.

She had never seen such an official, who had no selfish desires at all. What kind of person was he? Mei Changsu seemed to be thinking about something, but Meng Zhi didn't hear it.

Household Department.

Shen Zhui is investigating the case of the private brothel. On the one hand, he is indeed public-spirited and wants to do something. On the other hand, he also wants to take away some of Lou Zhijing's original power. At this moment, his heart is already leaning towards Prince Jing.

In fact, he was not able to devote his full attention to the private brothel case, mainly because Shen Qingzhou often contacted him. He admired this man very much, so he wondered where he got so much energy from.

The Ministry of Revenue can mobilize the national treasury under reasonable circumstances, and is in charge of the world's wealth. Many things that Shen Qingzhou does require money. He can't govern a country and ask the Shen family business to pay. It's unreasonable and he can't afford it.

Of course, the Ministry of Revenue will not give you as much as you ask for, but Shen Zhui is a real worker after all. He may not be as selfless as Shen Qingzhou, but he is also a good official and has done a lot of things. At the very least, those schools now have some funding from the Ministry of Revenue and the approval of the Ministry of Rites, so they are already reasonable and legal.

Although Shen Zhui is from a noble family, he is still willing to speak up for ordinary people. In the original novel, because of the disaster, he asked Prince Jing to take over the disaster relief, but he was afraid that the Prince and Prince Yu would kill the people, so he used the old method and pocketed the money himself.

Because of this, his investigation into the private brothel was a little slower than before, but it eventually came to this step. He did not report the matter of the private brothel to the Ministry of Justice and investigated the case on his own.

In fact, this matter should be reported to Jingzhao Prefecture, but Shen Zhui had no such idea at all. In his opinion, this was also a party struggle and the key to completely controlling the Ministry of Revenue.

Xie Yu had already tried to kill him and deceived Zhuo Dingfeng and his son, saying that Shen Zhui was Prince Yu's man and asked them to take action. Zhuo Dingfeng also summoned some people from the martial arts world, but they were all injured by Zhen Ping sent by Mei Changsu.

He set a trap for himself, and Shen Zhui did come. It was supposed to be a foolproof move, but first Zhen Ping, who was arranged by Mei Changsu, showed up, and he was no match for Zhuo Dingfeng, but was disrupted by Xiao Jingrui.

Xiao Jingrui already knew who had made the move, so he naturally tried to stop them. He was no match for Zhuo Dingfeng and his son, but he didn't use too much force either, and he actually held out until Lie Zhanying and his men arrived.

"What happened here?" Lie Zhan Yinggang led his troops to rescue, and several officers also arrived.

"Captain Zhang, this is it. Look, someone is dead here." said a middle-aged man.

"You are quite clever. Okay, I will make a voucher for you. Next, you just wait to collect the reward."

"Captain Zhang, then do what is right and brave."

"What are you thinking? That's a lot of money, and you didn't do anything brave. But Lord Shen advocates doing something brave after saving yourself. Let's go."

"Who is your leader? Who told you to ride horses in a busy city?" Captain Zhang arrived with several officers. Looking at the dozen or so soldiers in front of him, he asked directly. Lie Zhanying was eager to save people, so naturally he didn't care about riding horses.

In fact, it is not a big problem for the powerful to do so. However, during this period, the effect of Shen Qingzhou's discipline has been obvious. Except for those with legitimate reasons, all the rest will be fined. Even if nothing goes wrong, the amount of the fine is painful.

"I am." Lie Zhanying looked at the captain and clasped his fists.

"Wait, don't mention the background, it's useless. I don't want to embarrass myself, nor do I want to embarrass you." Captain Zhang said.

"I'm Shen Zhui from the Ministry of Revenue. I've come here on an important matter. This time I rely on the help of several heroes. I'm willing to bear all the losses." Shen Zhui said. He had to speak out. He knew that the captain of the police was not making things difficult on purpose. This was just the procedure.

"Okay, tell me what happened. With so many people dead, we must report it to Lord Shen. We just split into two groups, and I think my brother will be here soon."

"Brother Zhang, Lord Shen said that he already knows about this matter and ordered you to close the net. If someone is killed, all underground banks here will be cleared out. Everyone else can leave on their own."

Shen Zhui had never expected this, and felt that Shen Zheng came prepared.

"Come with me. Last time, Shen Chong was showing off that he killed three birds with one stone. My Zhang family has also received guidance from the adults." Amid the strange looks of these people, he led a dozen yamen runners and went over.

The underground money houses suffered an unexpected disaster. They were originally rats in the gutter, but there were more or less powerful forces behind them. Taking advantage of the assassination of the Minister of Revenue, Shen Qingzhou eliminated them and also took this opportunity to spread them throughout Jinling, and even planned to wipe out all the underground money houses in the world.

Shen Zhui was just being a saint, but if he wanted to do something, he had to have a reasonable reason. Even Shen Qingzhou knew that he could do it since he was in Jinling City, but with this behavior, it would be more convenient for him to take action next time.

(End of this chapter)