Chapter 383: The Theater in the C-character Volume

Getting on the carriage, we ran to the garden.

The garden had already started construction two months before Feng Ziying left. It has been almost a year now. No wonder Liu Xianglian and the others are anxious.

Throwing these more than 100,000 taels of silver into it would create a big hole in the mud. It's been almost a year, but we still haven't seen any progress. We have to continue to spend money. It would be uncomfortable for everyone. .

From Xianyifang to Nanxunfang, you either have to go around Mingyufang, Jiqingfang, Zhaohui Jinggongfang and Baodafang in the north, or you have to go south and take Fucaifang, Dafang At that time, the distance to Yongfang was almost the same.

On weekdays, it is more common to go to the south. After all, most of the yamen of the Sixth Department, the Third Law Department and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are here, so today Feng Ziying asked the carriage to go to the north to make a circle. It has been a long time since I walked around the capital city. The place is a bit unfamiliar.

The carriage passed Mingyufang, then walked along Chongguosi Street, then detoured around Xinghuasi Alley, and finally around Huangqiang North Street, all the way to the Wanping County Government Office Gate, and then continued westward until it reached Tianshi'an Pasture and then turned around. Heading south, after walking for a while and then turning west, you saw the elegant yet majestic house.

Feng Ziying was a little surprised, "Where is that?"

"That is the Shijing Garden. The garden of the Shi family was restored. It was originally the garden of the former Ming Dynasty Duke Zhu Neng. After the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhu family of Cheng Guo declined, but they still refused to sell the garden. , and the house given by Duke Xiu is right next to this garden. A few years ago, the Shi family took possession of this garden. It is said that they will be prepared to renovate it, but..."

Liu Xianglian was familiar with the scenery in Beijing. She traveled around the city all day long, not only to go on stage, but also to think about starting up her own theater as soon as possible. In order to spend less money and do more, So one pair of legs also ran all over the city.

 Feng Ziying knew what Liu Xianglian's words meant.

It is now difficult to repair the Shi family.

What Shi Guangjue did, especially the two hundred thousand taels of silver he was greedy for, was enough to send the entire Shi family into hell.

Corruption is not a problem. These days, being an official is just for money. Which official doesn't want to make money?

But when making money, you must follow both rules and standards. Shi Guangjue dared to make two hundred thousand taels of silver when he took office as the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Town. This silver contains the blood of soldiers and the weapons enshrined by merchants and exported to the grassland. The filial piety given to you by materials should be punished by any crime.

That's all. As long as you don't cause a big mess and are found out by the censors, after you have served your country so well, no matter how hard you are, the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor will give you a little favor. It's nothing more than cutting your job to serve the people. , just deprive him of his title.

But now you have caused such a huge rebellion in Ningxia, well, you have even involved the town of Gansu. In order to solve the rebellion in Gansu Town, Ningxia, the court will probably spend millions of taels of silver in total. This does not include the countless civilian casualties.

 How do you think the Shi family can get away with it under such circumstances?

The censors themselves hate these warriors the most, and even if they have nothing to do, they will try their best to find faults. Now, how can the Metropolitan Procuratorate let go of the meat that is put on the chopping board?

Although I don’t know the progress of Shi Guangjue’s case, before leaving Ganzhou, Yang He had already asked his censors to start investigating in Ningxia Town. It is estimated that this time when the censor named Zhang comes back, he will There was a violent storm.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate has already started investigating the whereabouts of the 80,000 taels of silver that Shi Guangjue sent back from Ningxia Town a few days ago. It is said that a servant of the Supreme Emperor has been involved, so there is not much movement yet.

But Feng Ziying knew that this matter would not be settled so easily. Even if the emperor wanted to suppress the matter, the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate would not give up easily.

These censors are all hard-headed. As long as they decide something, they must do something about it. They are very interested in the royal family, military honors, and Longjing Lieutenant.

If you can be demoted and go out, your reputation among the scholars will definitely increase a lot, and you will have another opportunity to be promoted when you come back in the future.

 Feng Ziying even heard that Master Qiao had a headache about it.

 You might say that these people are stupid. On the surface, they are all impartial and selfless, but sometimes they do not care about the overall situation.

But for the censors, the overall situation is not their concern. They only need to perform their duties. Therefore, it is necessary to have a few skillful censors from the capital, deputy censors, and censors from the capital to control the imperial censorship. Otherwise, with the current official atmosphere, more than a hundred censors would not be able to turn Dazhou upside down.

Feng Ziying glanced at Liu Xianglian in surprise, Liu Xianglian felt it immediately, smiled and said: "The day before yesterday, the chief minister of King Zhongshun invited me to Mingyue Tower to cooperate with Jiang Qiguan, and he accidentally mentioned this matter, By the way, Mr. Bao from the Jia family is also here..."

Feng Ziying shook her head. It seemed that Prince Zhongshun's palace was not a safe place. These secrets actually came from Prince Zhongshun's palace. Either King Zhongshun deliberately released it, or King Zhongshun was arrogant and did not taboo these things at all.

However, I have to say that Liu Xianglian is doing well in Beijing now. I just learned about this news from Lian Guoshi, and Liu Xianglian actually found out faster than she did.

"Is there anything else?" Feng Ziying also knew that this battle in Ningxia might also have some impact on the martial arts community. The repair of the Shi family and the governance of the Ma family were probably inseparable.

"Of course there is General Ma Xiama. He was escorted back to the capital by Captain Long and immediately sent to prison." Liu Xianglian said with a smile: "It is said that more than 100,000 taels of silver notes were divided into several money shops. Yin Zhuang and Long Jinwei checked them one by one, and it is estimated that many people will be involved. Ma Shang, the head of the Ma family, went to the palace to plead guilty. It is said that he knelt outside the palace for half a day. The emperor comforted him and only said that he would find out. He dealt with it impartially, and later went to the Supreme Emperor to ask for an audience, but the Supreme Emperor was nowhere to be seen..."

Feng Ziying shook her head. He was not sure what happened to the Ma family, but the Shi family might not be able to escape the bad luck. Even if they could start a business and raise debts, how could they get enough money to investigate and deal with the Wuxun family so quickly?

It's just that this method is not a long-term solution and is not suitable for common use. Even the emperor's tacit approval of Qiao Shi and Yang He's actions in Zhejiang last year also aroused many reactions.

After all, the people involved were all gentry officials. If there were only one or two officials, it would be reasonable. However, if dozens of officials were involved, and they were all punished for corruption and dereliction of duty, this would inevitably arouse the vigilance and backlash of the gentry officials.

While I was thinking about it, I had already arrived at the edge of the garden. When I got off the car, I saw the gate of Hai Kuo Tian Tian, ​​​​which was already quite impressive.

However, he saw Xue Pan with his hands on his hips, dancing with a folding fan, looking inside with sweating profusely, as if he was pointing out the country.

Liu Xianglian also shook her head and said solemnly: "I taught this guy a lesson and he has changed a lot. He can be used for guarding the home and the courtyard."

“Did he teach you a lesson?” Feng Ziying was surprised and stopped, “How did he provoke you?”

Liu Xianglian curled her lips contemptuously, "This guy spends his days chasing bees and butterflies, playing tricks on the troupe. People can't talk to him because he is the boss. One day, he **** me off and he was easy to beat. This guy is a good-natured person. After being beaten and going home to sleep for a few days, he became more awake and no longer behaved like a monster in this team. So I asked him to do some things, and I guess he can do it. He was also beaten at home.”

Liu Xianglian has found a lot of roles in the past six months and built up a team that should be quite big.

He himself is quite famous and has great skills on stage, so naturally there are people who are willing to follow him. In addition, now that Panxia is such a big theater and he has invested huge sums of money to run it, he is also noticed by interested people.

 After going back and forth, he gained some fame, and some small troupes were willing to cooperate. When the theater opened in the future, they could also come to perform some performances.

"Hey, Dalang, you're finally here!" Xue Pan was overjoyed when he finally saw Feng Ziying, and ran over in one go. The joy and excitement were beyond words and came from the heart, which surprised Feng Ziying. There was also some touching.

"Brother Wenlong, long time no see?" Feng Ziying met the other party and said, "It seems that Brother Wenlong has been staying here for this period of time. Do you feel that your life is more fulfilling?"

"Hey, it's not all Liu Erlang who tormented my brother like this. I said I'm not that kind of material. He asked me to stand here like a Bodhisattva. He said that he could always make these craftsmen restrain themselves and don't let them. They ruined the old things we have here." Xue Pan was also helpless, "My sister also urged me all day long, and said that most of the money came from our family, so it was wronged, and our family also suffered, and I I think so. If you have nothing to do, come and take a look..."

"It would be a good thing if Brother Wenlong can learn from this and cultivate his character." Feng Ziying also smiled, "This theater costs so much. If it can't make profits in the future, then your Xue family will suffer a lot, and my reputation, Feng Ziying's, will also be bad." Brother Liu’s reputation has also been ruined. That’s really three losses..."

The group of people walked around inside, talking and looking.

Feng Ziying also found that it was indeed extraordinary. The hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were well spent. The original stage was at least doubled in size, and all the surrounding auditoriums were demolished and rebuilt.

The two-story arc-shaped pedestal has been built, all with large wooden beams and red lacquer and blue tiles, forming a circle of pedestals.

 Behind there are ancient cypresses and a lotus pond, and there is actually a water pavilion in it.

The cool breeze comes slowly, passing along this arc-shaped verandah, which is simply a first-class place to enjoy the cool air. The second floor is the so-called Yagye private room. There is a circle of verandas at the back end, and distinguished guests can enter from the rear verandah stairs. Enter each private room.

Feng Ziying did a rough calculation and found that there are between 10 and 20 large and small private rooms on the second floor. There are so-called scattered seats downstairs and in the venue, used to accommodate ordinary guests.

“When is it expected to be completed and opened?” Feng Ziying put her hands on her back and nodded slightly. It really took a lot of thought. From planning and design to completion of construction, it was not easy to do it in one year.

“Sir, we expect to be able to open in October.” A voice came from the side. After Feng Ziying was startled, she saw Jia Yun slightly arching her hands, her brows full of shrewdness and gratitude.

 (End of this chapter)