In less than an hour, the news of Tian An's rage spread throughout the mansion, and the entire house suddenly became silent.
The servants even walked with light steps, let alone gathered to spread rumors. They were eager to find something to do, fearing that they would offend their master again.
When Zhao Yiming heard about this after coming home from school, he thought Tian An was really furious. He was worried that she would get sick from being angry, so he went to see her without even going back to his own yard.
As soon as I entered the room, I heard her and two maids discussing whether the hairy crabs that had just arrived from the kitchen were better steamed or spicy.
"I thought you were really angry!" Zhao Yiming said jokingly as he walked in and put down the book.
Tian An was stunned, and only later realized that he was talking about the incident in which he had scolded someone before.
Blinking innocently, he said, "How could that be possible? I just wanted to scare them and teach them a lesson. So that they don't harm themselves and others with their words in the future."
Although she beat the two maids with a stick, she then asked Chunxi to go to the pharmacy to get some medicine to apply to them, and explained to them the seriousness of the matter.
I acted extremely angry just to make others take the seriousness of the matter seriously.
"What's going on outside? The rumors are spreading so widely, doesn't the court stop it?" Tian An looked at Zhao Yiming in confusion.
Seeing that the two masters wanted to discuss serious matters, Xiangtao tactfully pulled Lixiang out of the house.
Zhao Yiming picked up the teacup on the table, poured himself a cup of warm tea, and drank it before saying, "The people behind this are just playing tricks. We don't need to pay too much attention to them. The higher-ups have their own plans."
"The person behind this? It can't be..."
Zhao Yiming nodded. Although Tian An didn't say it explicitly, he knew who she was talking about.
The two of them stopped dwelling on the matter, and Zhao Yiming turned around and asked about the construction of the academy.
He even took out two silver bills from his lapel and handed them to her, "If it's not enough, tell me again."
Tian An took it with a smile and said, "In fact, I have almost enough money to build the academy. However, you have already given it out. If I don't accept it, I will be giving you no face.
I'll keep it for you first, and come back to me when you need it."
Seeing her money-obsessed look, Zhao Yiming said helplessly, "Just use it if I give it to you. I have plenty of money now, so you don't need to save it for me."
"Hmm?" Tian An squinted at him, "Have you made a fortune recently?"
Seeing her look of "you actually saved some private money behind my back", Zhao Yiming reached out and pinched her nose in amusement.
He lowered his voice and said, "My uncle has handed over all of my mother's dowry to me."
Originally, after a woman got married, her dowry would be taken to her husband's family and left to her children. In their case, their parents died early and their only son disappeared. If it were an ordinary woman, her dowry might have been swallowed up by other people in her husband's family.
But Zhao Yiming's mother was the eldest princess, and after marrying Zhao Yiming's father, she should have lived in the princess's mansion. However, Zhao Ningbo had to inherit the title of Duke's Mansion, and she lived with him in the Duke's Mansion to save Zhao Ningbo's face and fulfill his filial piety.
But all her dowry was left in the princess's mansion. After Princess Chaoyang passed away, the emperor ordered the entire mansion to be sealed off, and the people from Duke Zhao's mansion couldn't even touch a hair.
Tian An was very happy to hear that Zhao Yiming had obtained his mother's things. After thinking for a while, he returned the banknotes to him and said, "Those are your mother's relics. How can you just give them to me?"
Zhao Yiming took the banknote and put it back in her hand. His big hand completely covered her small fist, not allowing her to return the banknote.
"Although I will give you the things sooner or later, this banknote has nothing to do with those things.
I also have a 10% share of the Liulichang profits, so I can still afford this amount of silver."
What he didn't say was that in the past two years he had used the money he earned from Liulichang to do a lot of business, and the assets he had were no less than Tian An's. He was no longer the young man who had to go hunting in the mountains to earn money to make a living.
In this case, Tian An accepted the banknote with peace of mind.
The lackey said, "Do you like steamed crabs or spicy ones?"
Zhao Yiming turned his head to look at the sky outside and teased, "As long as it's something you like to eat, I like to eat it, but if you don't decide quickly, you won't be able to eat it tonight."
"Ah!" Tian An glanced at the sky that was almost dark and shouted outside, "Xiang Tao, quickly ask them to make spicy food."
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Ever since Tian An had his “furious outburst” in front of everyone, no one in the mansion has spread any rumors.
Tian An also really did as Zhao Yiming said, just take care of himself and not pay much attention to what is happening outside.
The days passed one by one, and Tian An occasionally heard from Wu Yufei and others that the court was arresting people who spread rumors.
It is said that many officials were involved. Some who were lucky were only suspended for investigation, while those who were unlucky were directly invited to Jingzhao Prefecture.
As a result, the Jingzhao Prefecture prison was overcrowded and had to borrow cells from the Dali Temple.
It was not until October that the turmoil caused by spreading rumors gradually subsided.
After the prince got the batch of grain from Tian An, he successfully calmed the emotions of the refugees from all over the place. He took advantage of the rumor-mongering incident and bought a large amount of grain at a low price. Not only did he completely solve the refugees' food problem, he even prepared the grain for next year.
If someone carefully compares them, it is easy to find that many of the officials who were imprisoned in Jingzhao Prefecture and were lucky enough to get out were the behind-the-scenes masters of the large grain-hoarding companies in the capital.
They thought that the court did not know who was behind the grain store, and relying on their position as officials in the court to get first-hand information, they wanted to hoard grain and raise the price to make a fortune from the national crisis, not knowing that everything was in the hands of those in power.
Those who were able to leave after entering Jingzhao Yin were not considered to have committed any serious crime. The court took it as a warning to them and let them go lightly.
As for those who have not been released, even if it is not because of spreading rumors, there will be other evidence waiting for them, such as favoritism, embezzlement, corruption and bribery, forcible abduction of women, and coercion and inducement to seize other people's property.
Whether it's imprisonment, exile, or beheading, that's all you have in this life.
At one time, a large number of officials were dismissed from their posts. Tian Mingwu was so busy all day leading people to arrest people and search their homes that he sometimes came back in the middle of the night.
A few days later, Zhao Yiming brought a list and some banknotes to Tian An. "These are some fields and houses in the hands of officials who have been dismissed recently. Their origins are all clean. If you see any that you like, take this opportunity to buy them. If the banknotes are not enough, I can get you more."
Tian An took the list and saw several good ones.
Just as he was reading intently, he heard Zhao Yiming say, "Because many officials have been dismissed recently, many positions have become vacant. The court is in urgent need of personnel, so next year's joint and palace examinations have been moved forward by a month. I might be quite busy during this period. If you need anything, please let Hong Lei come to me."
After a brief explanation with Tian An, Zhao Yiming returned to his own courtyard and began his final sprint efforts before the imperial examination.
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