Shen Yunshang could not understand.
A mere assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue could actually make Zhang Qian, a second-rank official of the imperial court, so fearful.
One had to know that the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of household registration and finance. As the Minister of Revenue, Zhang Qian's power was shocking.
Among the six ministers, he was second only to the Minister of Personnel.
Shen Yunshang had asked him to help her many times. Even if it was a very tricky matter, Zhang Qian had easily resolved it.
But this time, she just wanted to spend money to buy a secret recipe from him.
It actually made Zhang Qian feel helpless.
"Looks like we have to pay close attention to this Assistant Minister Li.”
Shen Yunshang thought to herself.
Although Zhang Qian could not help, he had also reminded Shen Yunshang to stay away from Li Jinnian.
But in reality, Shen Yunshang did not intend to do so.
She planned to look for Li Jin Nian herself.
Previously, she had planned to buy the recipe from Li Jin Nian with a hundred taels of gold. In her opinion, this price was already not low.
As far as she knew, Li Jin Nian's annual salary was only 100 taels of silver, which was 10 taels of gold.
100 gold taels was equivalent to ten years of his salary.
Now that she knew that Li Jinnian had a powerful background, Shen Yunshang planned to increase the price.
As long as Li Jin Nian was willing to sell it, she was willing to buy the recipe from him even if it cost 500 gold taels.
Because not only did she value the secret recipe, but she also took a fancy to Li Jin Nian.
Shen Yunshang felt that there was definitely value in befriending someone who could make the Minister of Revenue, Zhang Qian, so wary.
Li Jinnian still did not know that he had been targeted by the capital's socialite, Shen Yunshang.
He spent the entire afternoon in the army and only returned home when the sun was about to set.
As soon as he entered the house, the butler came up and whispered in his ear,"Old Master wants you to go to the study when you come back.”
"Alright."
Li Jin Nian nodded at him.
"By the way, Old Master is very angry today and broke a lot of things. Young Master, be careful.”
the butler reminded.
"Yes."
Li Jin Nian answered.
He could roughly guess the reason.
It must have been him who had reprimanded the incompetent ruler in the imperial court, and this matter had reached his father's ears.
His father was also an official in the court in his early years. Later on, because he accidentally offended someone, he was demoted to a local county magistrate. He had always been depressed and frustrated.
Li Jin Nian knew that even though his father had a personality that abhorred evil, he was still loyal to Da Feng.
He had scolded the empress in the imperial court, even including vulgarities.
His father probably thought that this was a treasonous act.
After mentally preparing himself, Li Jin Nian went to the study.
Pushing open the door, he saw his father Li Ling standing in front of the window, looking up at the sky as if he was deep in thought.
"Father."
After entering the door, Li Jin Nian bowed.
"I'm back."
Li Ling turned around and his sharp gaze fell on him.
This surprised Li Jin Nian.
He thought that he would be scolded.
However, it looked a little different from what he had imagined.
"Two hours ago, the chief assistant sent a letter.”
Li Ling said to him.
"Take a look."
"Yes."
Li Jin Nian nodded.
He saw an open letter on the table.
After reading it as quickly as possible, he couldn't help but respect Wang Pingchang a little more.
What was a great backbone!
This letter revealed a lot of information. For example, Li Jin Nian had only just found out that his father and the chief assistant knew each other.
When his father participated in the imperial examination, the chief assistant was the chief examiner.
The chief assistant appreciated his father.
This included the fact that when his father was demoted back then, the chief assistant also played a part in it. Otherwise, the outcome would not be as simple as being demoted.
It was very likely that he would lose his life.
Li Jin Nian had also heard a little about what happened back then.
To put it simply, his father had tried a case of kidnapping a civilian girl and brought the criminal to justice and sentenced him to castration.
This was because the prisoner's identity was not ordinary. His father was the Minister of Personnel Affairs and had great power.
The Minister of Official Personnel Affairs greeted his father many times, but his father refused to budge, so this feud was formed.
Later on, his father was slandered for corruption and bribery. Even the evidence was forged and he almost lost his life.
"Nian 'er, I'm actually very gratified by your actions in the imperial court today.”
Li Ling said.
"The men of my Li family have never been cowards. Now that the court is full of crafty officials, Da Feng will be destroyed in the hands of these people sooner or later.”
"Also, the current Emperor is really muddleheaded and incompetent.”
"If I were alone, I would also want to scold these bastards in the imperial court like you.”
"Father, I understand."
Li Jin Nian raised his head and met Li Ling's gaze.
Back then, those people had wanted to execute his father and then exiled all the members of the Li family to the extremely cold land of the Northern Frontier.
At that time, he would not even know if he was dead or alive.
At this moment, the netizens in China could also see this scene.
Initially, everyone had some prejudice against Li Ling, but now, they admired him.
"Lord Li is also a rare good official!”
"That's right. He's not afraid of power. He brought the son of the Minister of Personnel to justice and sentenced him to castration.”
"Damn it, who is that Minister of Personnel? He's really disgusting.”
"Don't panic. Now that we have God Li, as long as this guy is still alive, he definitely won't be able to escape.”
"Let's wait for God Li to avenge my father. This Minister of Personnel Affairs must have done a lot of bad things.”
The netizens couldn't wait to see Li Jin Nian take revenge.
……
"Whatever you want to do, just do it. Father will move the entire family to the south and save you from worries.”
Li Ling placed a hand on Li Jin Nian's shoulder and said firmly.
He had smashed a lot of things in the house, but in fact, he did not think that Li Jin Nian was rebellious.
Instead, he was angry at the empress for being incompetent and those ministers who were ruining Dafeng's future.
Although the chief assistant had told him not to worry and to guarantee with his own character that he would definitely protect the Li family's safety, he did not dare to say anything.
However, Li Ling was still a little worried.
Although the chief assistant had power over the court, this was not something he could decide alone.
Moreover, Li Jin Nian had not offended just one or two people this time. He had offended all the corrupt officials in Dafeng.
This included the empress.
Therefore, Li Ling had already thought it through.
After moving his family to the south, he would come back and fight alongside Li Jin Nian.
the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind fills the tower.
No matter what would happen in the future, he would face it with Li Jin Nian.
Even if his bones were shattered, he was not afraid at all!
From his father, Li Jin Nian could feel a tragic aura.
"I guess Father has already prepared for the worst.”
That was what he thought.
After moving the family to a safe place, his father would definitely return and face all the storms with him.
Li Jin Nian firmly believed this.
But this was not what he wanted.
Da Feng had to be saved, and the Li family could not die either!
"Don't worry, Father."
Li Jin Nian's eyes were firm and determined. He said firmly, word by word,
"I promise you two things."
"First, as long as I'm here, Great Feng will not die.”
"Second, whoever dares to touch a single hair of my Li family, I will kill his entire family!”
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