Chapter 932 A distinguished guest arrives
Sun Shaozong stretched lazily, walked out from behind the ebony desk, gestured to Zhao Nan to file the reviewed documents, and went to the outer room.
When he got outside, he saw Qin Kejian sipping tea and looking at the verdict of the two Jurchens from yesterday.
"After studying this for so long, have you figured out anything?"
Ever since the afternoon, when the two copied trial records were sent to the Zuosi government office, Qin Kejian had been studying them over and over again, and he didn't know how many times he had read them.
Now when Sun Shaozong asked him about it, he did not even get up from his chair. He just put the tea back on the table and said disdainfully, "It's just some official documents. What's so good about it?"
After a pause, he flicked his finger at the verdict and sneered, "What Qin wants to study is the content behind these two verdicts."
Cut~
Although this guy has excellent professional qualities, his arrogant attitude is really unpleasant - besides, in terms of professional qualities, he is not his opponent, right?
Sun Shaozong couldn't stand the complacent look on his face. He sneered inwardly and said casually, "What's there to speculate about? It's nothing more than that the Minister of Justice seems to be retiring and doesn't want to compete with me anymore."
Sun Shaozong was initially surprised that Wei Yi would make a judgment so quickly. But after careful consideration, he guessed that Wei Yi had asked him to come over early yesterday morning not to shirk responsibility, but to ease the relationship with him, or even to show goodwill in person.
Once the proposal of "Popularizing Law in Rural Areas" is approved by the imperial court and implemented in the country, the voice of Sun Shaozong, the initiator, will inevitably be greatly enhanced as the overall power of the Dali Temple increases.
Wei Yi, who had already found it difficult to suppress Sun Shaozong, would be no match for him by then.
As the saying goes, there are no eternal friends [enemies], only eternal interests.
Rather than being excluded and marginalized at that time, it is better to ease the relationship between the two sides while the situation is still within the controllable range - after all, with Sun Shaozong's qualifications, it is impossible .
I estimate that in these three to five days, Wei Yi will definitely show further goodwill.
Let’s get back to the story.
After hearing Sun Shaozong's words revealing what he was thinking, Qin Kejian's smug expression froze for a moment, but he immediately stiffened his neck and said, "That's not all! Lord Wei's move clearly has a deeper meaning."
This dead duck is so stubborn!
After the imperial examination next spring, I will find a legal advisor who is familiar with official affairs and send this fellow out to investigate cases. I won’t see him for ten days or half a month!
Having made up his mind, Sun Shaozong was too lazy to continue asking him what the deeper meaning was - after all, he still had to rely on this guy for help, and it would not be good to make him angry and embarrassed.
"Tomorrow I will go to the home of Sun Jijiu of the Imperial College to celebrate his birthday. If you have any urgent business, please go to Sun Jijiu to find me."
After leaving some instructions, Sun Shaozong walked out of the office leisurely.
The waiter outside saw this and hurriedly bowed and asked, "Sir, do you want to prepare a car?"
Sun Shaozong nodded slightly, and the gangsters lifted up their robes and ran straight to the stable.
Sun Shaozong followed slowly behind, and when he was almost reaching the East Corner Gate, he saw a man coming towards him with sweat all over his forehead.
Seeing Sun Shaozong from a distance, the man quickly quickened his pace and stepped forward, bowing deeply: "I am Hong Jiu, your humble servant, and I am honored to meet you, Your Excellency!"
Sun Shaozong was thinking about Wang Xifeng and didn't come to his senses for a while. He just nodded at him and walked past him without stopping.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, so he turned around and asked, "By the way, how's the wind outside?"
After the verdict, Wei Yiming handed over the task of controlling public opinion to a judge in the Office of Internal Affairs, but the person who actually carried out the operation was Hong Jiu, who used to be a beggar's village chief.
This was also one of the reasons why Sun Shaozong inferred that Wei Yi wanted to compromise with him.
When Hong Jiu heard Sun Shaozong's question, he hurriedly came forward with his shoulder tilted and flattering, and gave a concise and to-the-point report on the results of the review control over the past two days.
Almost as Sun Shaozong had expected, Wei Yi's plan was to focus on propaganda: the Jurchens who were caught causing trouble in the Dali Temple had been punished severely and quickly.
As for the detail that the Jurchen deputy envoy was released on the spot after paying the fine, it was not mentioned at all.
However, the focus of this propaganda, in addition to the Dali Temple's severe punishment of the Jurchens in accordance with the law, was also the fact that Sun Shaozong defeated more than a dozen Jurchen warriors.
Judging from the feedback, the latter is obviously more popular among the people.
In short, just listening to these official rhetoric, one might think that the Dali Temple's attitude towards the Jurchens is as hard as it can be, which is in sharp contrast to the "spineless" attitude of Prime Minister He.
…
But he said he was back home.
The first thing Sun Shaozong asked was, "Has the second wife of Rongguo Mansion passed away?"
He breathed a sigh of relief only after getting a positive answer.
To be honest, Wang Xifeng is a difficult person - whether in bed or outside the bed.
The night before yesterday, Sun Shaozong had managed to get away with it with great difficulty, but she still refused to give up. She dragged her injured body and summoned Sun Shaozong to Yingchun Courtyard again.
This time, Sun Shaozong was given no room to evade and two demands were made directly:
One is to hope to partner with Jia Yingchun in lending money.
The second is to hope to use Sun Shaozong's influence in the Dali Temple and Shuntian Prefecture to make certain judgments more favorable to the relatives of Rongguo Mansion.
This woman...
You’re welcome!
Although Sun Shaozong couldn't be so ruthless as to pull out her dick, he was determined not to agree to such a thing.
As a result, after just making a few excuses, Wang Xifeng changed the subject and said that if Sun Shaozong could find a more suitable business, it would not be impossible for her to give up lending and handling lawsuits.
But if they refuse to agree, then we can just go our separate ways and ruin our reputations and sever our marriage ties together.
What else can Sun Shaozong say?
He could only agree to her request and think of some other way to make money - either a long-term steady income or a huge profit. Only then did Wang Xifeng calm down.
Then the aunt and the sister-in-law began to please each other.
But Sun Shaozong had never done much business in his two lives, so how could he come up with any good ideas at once?
On the way back, he thought about it over and over again but had no idea what to do. Just when he was wondering how to deal with it, he found that the stable was empty and the Rongguo Mansion's carriage .
Upon asking, it turned out that Wang Xifeng had indeed gone back.
This woman is indeed smart. She knows not to push a man too hard.
Or maybe…
Is it because you have been overeating for three consecutive days and you can't hold on any longer?
"Second Master."
Sun Shaozong was just thinking about how to hide his disability after Wang Xifeng returned, when Zhao Zhongji suddenly said, "An old gentleman came to our house not long ago and said he wanted to see you, but he refused to reveal his identity. Because he looked extraordinary, I didn't dare to refuse him."
"The old man is waiting in the living room right now. Look..."
An old gentleman with extraordinary bearing?
Sun Shaozong was puzzled, and when he rushed to the door of the living room and looked inside, he could not help but be shocked.
"Xu...Mr. Xu?! Why are you here?!"
It turned out that the old man sitting in the living room of the Sun Mansion, leisurely sipping tea, was the former cabinet minister Xu Furen.
At present, the news that he had encountered setbacks in entering the cabinet was widely spread. Many old friends and students wanted to inquire about it in person, but were turned away by him. Why did they come to his house on their own initiative today?
Could it be that...
Do you think you have the ability to get him into the cabinet?
What a joke!
