Guozhang Mansion, Zheng Chengxian, who had been honestly at home for almost ten days, listened to the words of Tian Ergeng, the commander of Beizhen who came to visit, and was anxious on the spot: "No!" Why did he spend money to ask my family, my Zheng family can't open a good hall! ”

Guozhang is not in a hurry, this Tian Ergeng ran to the door to do something for Wei Liangchen, and asked him to take 120,000 taels of silver out, isn't this a big daytime life!

120,000 taels of silver!

Beat the girl to sell to... Counting after marrying the emperor, the bride price and rewards are taken out and earned by relying on the identity of the concubine, and the Zheng family's property is only about 300,000 taels.

As soon as this horn opens its mouth, it will cost 120,000 taels, doesn't it make him Zheng Guozhang a wronged boss!

Tian Ergeng didn't dare to say anything, but listened from the side.

"Besides, the person was not called by my Zheng family, didn't the emperor ask the criminal department to investigate, wouldn't it be good to find out... What kind of money is spent..."

The more Zheng Chengxian thought about it, the more angry he became, "Wei Liangchen's kid is not a good thing, last year my son finally got an errand as an imperial army commander, he was good at pushing left and right, thinking of a way not to let my son go to office, and now I have no money and start my family's idea, I don't think that kid is at ease, maybe he wants to coax us to make money!" ...”

The more the old man said, the more unspeakable he became, although Tian Ergeng didn't dare to talk back, but he couldn't just stand and listen to Zheng Chengxian scolding the street.

He smiled bitterly and looked at Zheng Guotai, the uncle of the little country.

Zheng Guotai glanced at his father angrily: "Come on, you just don't say a few words, Wei Liangchen is the person made by his sister, how can you think so unbearable." ”

After speaking, he nodded to Tian Ergeng with some apologies, "Don't laugh at Lord Tian, my father is this virtue." ”

"That's what you kid says about your father!"

The country's anger is also staring, and he doesn't know what evil he has created in his previous life, so he was stunned to give birth to such an unfilial thing.

"Father-in-law Wei told me in a letter that my uncle will definitely understand this matter and will definitely support it, so if the uncle can't figure it out here, he has to be persuaded by his uncle." Tian Er plough road.

"I don't need him to say this, I understand it, it's amazing,"

Zheng Guotai sighed, "My sister's current situation is not good, the Donglin Party people say that my sister wants to kill the prince, and Your Majesty is also suspicious, and if you want to save it, you must occupy the propaganda position." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned his face sideways and glanced at his father, "If something happens to my sister, you will have a silver mountain and someone else's." ”

"Humph!"

Zheng Chengxian was depressed, but he also knew that what his son said was right, the girl really made others harm, he Zheng Chengxian didn't want to be a national ruler, I am afraid that he can't even make a living by killing pigs.

"Can it be less? 120,000 taels is too much, and I will be asked to make up for a while. "The king who figured it out felt that the number was not necessarily dead, and it couldn't be that Wei Liangchen's kid said that he would really give it all if he wanted 120,000 taels.

Tian Ergeng's face was embarrassed: "Guozhang, if you want your mother to be fine, this silver really can't be saved." ”

"120,000 is 120,000, I'll figure out a way to deal with the silver, and Lord Tian will come again tomorrow."

Zheng Guotai stopped the father who was about to open his mouth, and looked at Tian Ergeng very seriously, "Lord Tian is sure that if the money is spent, the matter will be settled?" ”

"Little uncle, Father-in-law Wei said that there is no money in this world that cannot be settled, if it is not settled, then add money." Tian Ergeng relayed this sentence that he also thought was reasonable.

"That's right."

Zheng Guotai nodded, this is not the case, he, as a younger brother, can't watch his sister have an accident.

..........

The next day, Tian Ergeng went to Zheng's mansion again, and this time he got the money tickets that Zheng Guotai redeemed overnight in the major money houses in Beijing, and some of them were still usurious by his uncle.

This is also a helpless thing, no matter who has money in this capital, it is impossible to take out 120,000 taels of silver at once.

After Tian Ergeng took the money ticket, he began to do things.

Liu Tingyuan, the imperial historian of the Imperial City, was the first to receive a huge amount of money from unknown sources, and when the old servant of the family handed him two money tickets with a face value of three thousand silver each, Liu Yushi's pupils were almost dilated.

Subsequently, Liu Guangfu, the imperial historian, Hu Shixiang, Yue Junsheng, Lao Yongjia, Wu Erxun, and other relevant personnel involved in the attack received huge sums of money from unknown sources.

After accepting the silver ticket from the Criminal Division, Lao Yongjia said to his wife at that time: "Don't say that you will buy me with these tens of thousands of gold and silver, that is, even your children and grandchildren have bought it." ”

Among these officials, there are those who have no party or faction, those who have no party or faction, those who have the Zhejiang party, the Qi party, and the Chu party, and even more who have the Donglin party. And no matter which party they belong to, these officials all accepted the money votes without exception.

In addition to these people who were directly involved in the trial of the assault case, some of the inmates of Kedao and Guozijian also received money from unknown sources. The eunuchs in charge of the Inner Economic and Foreign Economic Factories who were in charge of printing in the Inner Court Ink Factory also received money.

The 120,000 taels of silver that the Zheng family made up were like flowing water, and they were so quietly scattered.

......

The direction of the wind in the court soon changed, and many officials of the province went to the emperor, believing that it was very likely that someone deliberately provoked trouble to sow discord between the concubine and the East Palace.

There are also rumors among the people, saying that the status of the East Palace has been determined early, and Zheng Guifei has no reason to send a fool to assassinate the prince with a wooden stick, so this is likely to be a bitter trick made by the East Palace, in order to frame Zheng Guifei. The reason is that the concubine Niangniang recently gave birth to a young son for the emperor.

Some people even said that this matter was instigated by the queen mother, and the reason sounded even more absurd, saying that the queen mother was jealous of the concubine's childbirth, so she instructed someone to frame the concubine.

There are various theories, and the previously widely circulated noble concubine instructions are spread inside and outside the court, so that no one outside knows the truth.

Wanli was also a little confused, and the emperor, who had calmed down for so many days, also began to wonder if he was wrong to blame the concubine.

The most uncomfortable thing was the crown prince Zhu Changluo, who was furious after hearing about the so-called "bitter meat plan", and asked Wang An to find out who was spreading this rumor. But the capital is so big, and the East Palace did not mobilize the power of the factory guards, so how to ask Wang An to investigate.

It's just a mess of rumors, this case has its own criminal department to investigate thoroughly, but to make matters worse, someone actually went to the East Palace to collect debts from His Royal Highness the Prince!

"Your Highness, it is only natural to repay debts, that is, Your Highness is the prince, and this money must also be repaid. If His Royal Highness doesn't return it, the slaves and maids will have no choice but to ask the emperor to give justice. ”

"His Royal Highness, as the crown prince, should set an example for the people of the world, if His Royal Highness does not repay his debts, won't the world be chaotic?"

In the face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chen Mo was not vain, because he had a loan contract signed between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Wei Liangchen's father-in-law, and Her Royal Highness Princess Shouning.

In black and white, His Royal Highness the Prince, are you embarrassed not to admit it, embarrassed not to pay it back?

The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the money owed should be repaid.