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This is driving domestic demand!

But for Chen Jiao and the others who were traveling, this was not a good scene. They didn't go far, and encountered the unique scenery of the capital, and there was a traffic jam! I don't know where two grumpy old drivers met at the intersection. Together, the two of them were arguing, and a dozen traffic policemen who had just been appointed followed suit while sweating to evacuate the traffic.

It’s useless to rely on privileges now, the front, back, left, and right are all carriages, unless you can fly out, the experienced old driver is already holding a pipe in his mouth, his legs are raised, and there are children who take the opportunity to shuttle around with a newspaper basket. , screaming hard.

"Beyond the number, the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court will set up a traffic department in the near future. All horse-drawn carriages in the Ming Dynasty need to register with the traffic department. Unlicensed drivers will be detained and fined at that time! Experts suggest that the capital will implement an odd-even number restriction system! Read the newspaper Read the newspaper!"

"Have one!"

"Thank you, kind lady!"

Chiyohime's tender little hand greeted her, and a newspaper full of ink smell came into her hand, but she didn't buy the newspaper for reading at all, she almost couldn't recite the contents of the newspaper.

I really can't stand the oppressive atmosphere in the car, and I don't know what's wrong with this one. As soon as she got in the car, Chen Jiao had a gloomy little face, resting her cheeks on her hands and looking out the window, without saying a word, she wanted to ask her what's wrong, But he didn't dare to provoke her, so Chiyo had no choice but to cover his face with a newspaper, otherwise, the atmosphere in the car was too depressing.

Fortunately, after being stuck in traffic for less than half an hour, amidst the hoarse roar of the traffic police, it can be regarded as smooth again, and it is not far from the destination. It is not too far to pass through this big front door. The mighty and majestic plaque of the Chen Mansion is revealed in front of your eyes.

She actually followed Sister Chen Jiao back to her mother's house! Seeing the two servants of the Chen family at the door immediately greeted them with sweet smiles as if they had smeared honey on their face, Chiyo was relieved, patted her small chest and said with a smile.

"It's an advertisement for the modern carriages of the Chen Family Jingshi Workshop! Sister, don't worry, little sister, I have a wonderful pen, and I will guarantee to sell it tomorrow!"

"They'll have to spend their lives to enjoy it!"

Along the way, Chen Jiao finally uttered a sentence, but the hostility in the words seemed not to return to her mother's house, but to the enemy's house, Chiyoji was confused.

Then nothing happened to her.

Inexplicably, she was invited to drink aloe vera tea in the wing room. The girl sadly began to think about the advertisement for the Chen family. The small side hall shouted and bowed all of a sudden.

"Meet the Princess Regent!"

Although she has not proclaimed emperor yet, Mao Jue has the same real power as the emperor. Chen Jiao herself is a queen who came back to visit her relatives. After the meeting with the group of people who went to the pond to save their lives, Chen Jiao's eldest cousin, Chen Dasheng, came up with an eager look and greeted them obsequiously.

"Princess, your family doesn't even say hello in advance, the mansion doesn't even have any preparations!"

"Where's grandpa?"

Ignoring him, Chen Jiao asked in a gloomy and low voice, with black eyebrows and cold trees.

"Oh! The old man is writing calligraphy in the back! The old man has a stubborn temper, so he didn't come."

"Oh! In that case, let grandpa write two more pictures! Anyway, time is running out, Steward Chen, I have 3000 taels of silver in the carriage, go and bring back all the coffins I ordered at Dongjiekou!"

Still with that graceful and indifferent appearance, what Chen Jiao said was full of irony and sarcasm. The smiles of the dozens of Chen family brothers and sisters who heard it froze on their faces, especially this Chen Dasheng, whose smile was as stiff as that of Chen Dasheng. Like crying, his face twitched.

Rights are really unreasonable, even Gao Chenjiao's uncles dare not say anything more about her arrogance and unreasonableness, here, only Chen Jiao's father, Chen Dacheng, really can't stand it, and asked angrily and gloomily.

"Jiao, as a concubine, you should be gracious and courteous. How can you be so unreasonable and rude to your elders? How decent is it? Doesn't it make people feel frivolous by the regent's side, and embarrass the Chen family's face?"

"Heh, Father also knows how to save face! Then you still do such a thing!"

Holding back her anger, Chen Jiao threw the black leather notebook to the ground with a crash.

Inexplicably, his cousin Chen Dasheng couldn't help but pick up the black leather book because he couldn't help but pick it up, but his face immediately turned pale when he took a look at it. The book fell to the ground.

"Woe, woe, woe, woe!"

"There is no city mansion at all. What's going on? Really!"

Complaining, he snatched the black leather notebook, but Chen Dacheng's face quickly turned pale, his hands were trembling, and he turned to look at Chen Jiao, and asked tremblingly.

"This, how is this possible! Is there some misunderstanding?"

"The master handed it to the concubine himself. If there is any misunderstanding, father, explain it to the master yourself!"

"Chen Steward, hurry up! Including the concubine, there are 67 coffins in total, just right!"

She was completely out of breath, leaning against the pillar, Chen Jiao hummed unkindly like never before.

It's no wonder she was annoyed. When she said that, the Chen family really didn't contribute much to Dongjiang's great cause, but for her sake, Mao Jue treated the Chen family kindly. Chen Zanzhong had a place in the cabinet, and the Chen family The six brothers all occupy important positions in the East India Company, and Mao Jue also gave the Chen family the car-making workshop spun off from Dongjiang as a dowry. In this regard, a monthly income of more than 20 to [-] taels is not a problem.

But at the critical moment, the Chen family slapped Mao Jue in the face. The Zhengcheng County incident, which was so turbulent, was held accountable. It turned out that the Chen family used their connections to provide a layer of protection for the six Zhengcheng families. Everyone was promoted by Chen Zanzhong!

The black leather book was passed around, looking at the angry Princess Regent, a large group of people couldn't help but turn their eyes to the back yard again.

"Chiyo, come here for an interview!"

Putting down the aloe vera tea, Chiyohime rushed over excitedly, and said with a happy smile, "Sister, I've thought up the slogan for the advertisement! Just say it"

"I'm guilty of being an old man!"

The voice stopped abruptly, and under Qiandaiji's astonished gaze, it seemed that Chen Zanzhong, who was ten years old, staggered in with a cane.

Chapter 6 Ninety. Prison Life in the Enlightened Dynasty

Newsboys carrying newspaper baskets shouted loudly against the rising sun.

"Extraordinary! Extraordinary! Today's head of state, the cabinet scholar is definitely the behind-the-scenes protection umbrella of Xinzheng's dog official!"

"Chen Zanzhong, a scholar of Jinshendian, took the blame and resigned, and announced his own crime! Apologize to the world!"

"Destroy relatives in a righteous way! The regent ordered Chen Zanzhong to be sent to Heilongjiang according to the law!"

Originally, the hearts of the entire empire were hanging on Zhengcheng County, and this place became the key to the confrontation between the old and the new forces. I never expected that at this critical moment, Mao Jue's own camp would lose the chain first, and the situation became simply twists and turns. .

Newsboy calls have already become a major sight in the capital, not to mention that the news today is so explosive, the newspapers are almost sold out in the morning, no matter how many big characters they know, stall owners in greasy robes, workers in canvas clothes The little bosses with bags between them all scrambled forward, stuffing copper coins desperately.

Not to mention that everything that happened is closely related, now anyone who doesn't talk about the important affairs of the court will be embarrassed to go out, and the difference between Beijing men and outsiders is that they know the fastest imperial news and don't want to make people look like country bumpkins , who dare not buy it?

It's really like grabbing, but in the crowd of small citizens with cigarettes in their mouths, a scholar cut his head into a sharp point and plunged into the crowd. He grabbed a crumpled paper without paying the money. Looking at the decadent appearance of Chen Zanzhong sketched by the reporter with charcoal pencils, the moment he half-bowed and admitted his mistake, the scholar was so happy that he looked up to the sky and laughed excitedly.

"Hahaha, dog thief, you also have today, you shot yourself in the foot with a rock, hahahaha!"

But the scholar failed to smile thoroughly, but the next few words froze his smile on his face.

At the end of this piece of news, in an inconspicuous position, it was clearly written in black and white. Chen Zanzhong confessed that it was the bribe of Zheng Ji, a concubine of the Imperial Academy in the same year that he was awarded, and that was why he made an exception and promoted and admitted these people from Zhengcheng County. People, at present Yushitai has arrested Zheng Ji and sent him to prison, waiting for Dali Temple to file a lawsuit against him!

Political matters are never the gains and losses of one city and one place!

Mao Jue letting Chen Jiao handle the Chen family's affairs was equivalent to letting the Chen family off in this matter.One must know that in the past dynasties, which powerful officials would tolerate their relatives falling to the side of political opponents?

Chen Jiao also had to respond to Mao Jue's tolerance, so poor Chen Zanzhong had to completely slap his old face on the ground while his children and grandchildren were crying and exterminating his family. How and how he bribed himself, and how he conspired to help several people to the top were all explained in the newspaper.

Who is Zheng Xie?The first lecture of Chunfang, the teacher of the enlightened emperor, is also one of the leaders of the conservative school in the capital! It seems that Mao Jue’s father-in-law has lost face, and the Dongjiang political group has suffered a big loss, but in fact, this fire from Zhengcheng County The fire, after all, was directed to Emperor Kaiming himself!

However, the newspaper was bragging, saying that Zheng Xi was arrested and imprisoned. In fact, when the newspaper was published, he was still shaking his head in Chunfang and talking about the Dao of Saints.

The sound of heavy footsteps suddenly broke the silence of the palace, just like all the villains, surrounded by a large number of "doglegs" holding flintlock guns, holding the regent's warrant, Song Xiance shook his big funny head and walked away Come in.