"Shizi, you are so polite, how dare you be a concubine?" Mulima's wife ran to Wu Yuanming panting, and tried to squeeze out a trace of affectionate smile on her face with clear tears, as if she said with half complaint: "The concubine has seen the prince, and the prince is really, come on, what are you doing with so much silver for the concubine?" How can you afford to be a concubine? ”

"Madame doesn't have to be polite, Master Ao Xiangye is my uncle, Lord Mulima is my uncle, if Madam doesn't dislike it, can Ying Xiong be called Madame's uncle?" Wu Yuanming is really a natural bad bone, and the eighth of the crosses for corrupting outstanding national cadres, 'climbing relatives', comes as soon as he opens his mouth, and this cross trick is unleashed, even the root red seedlings are difficult to resist the communist cadres, not to mention the wives of Qing officials who are still in the period of ignorance. So as soon as Wu Yuanming said this, Mu Lima's wife's face immediately burst into laughter, "Shizi, the concubine who dares to be your uncle is too tormenting to kill the concubine." The eldest nephew, please come in and drink tea at home. ”

"Uncle and aunt are slow, the little nephew may ask my uncle first, has my uncle ever been at home?" Wu Yuanming asked politely, Mulima's wife had also been warned by Mulima not to lead Wu Yingxiong to see him, so Mulima's wife hesitated for a moment before she said hesitantly: "He's ...... Not at home, eldest nephew, what does it matter to you looking for your uncle? Can I tell my aunt first? ”

"Absolutely." Wu Yuanming smiled and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter much, last night my father's convoy to pay tribute to the emperor entered Beijing, and by the way, he brought five pairs of ivory and ten South China Sea red corals to Uncle Mulima, as well as eight thousand taels of silver for the New Year's money to Uncle Mulima's son, and asked my little nephew to give it to Master Mulima to thank Master Mulima for taking care of my Wu family." Since my uncle was gone, my nephew brought these things back. ”

"Five pairs of tusks? Ten South Sea red corals? Eight thousand taels of silver? Mulima's wife's eyes flashed with silver, but she thought that since these things were given to Mulima by name, they couldn't fly away, so she still held back and refused to let go. Wu Yuanming guessed her plan, deliberately patted his forehead and said: "Alas, the little nephew is really stupid, since the uncle is not at home, the little nephew can send the gift to the Ao Xiangye's mansion, and ask the uncle to transfer it to the uncle, so that the little nephew is not against the father's order." ”

"The eldest nephew is slow, so you don't have to bother your uncle." Mulima's wife was anxious when she heard this, Aobai is a heron leg scraping meat, mosquitoes belly oil master, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Mulima birthday, two-thirds of the congratulatory gift silver received fell into Aobai's pocket - it's not all to blame Aobai's greed, Mulima didn't worship this big brother, and the idiot gave him so much gift money! These things that Wu Yuanming gave to Mu Lima were in Aobai's hands, and Mu Lima could still get half of them and burn high incense. So Mulima's wife hurriedly shouted: "Eldest nephew, your uncle is in this house, I will go and call him out." ”

"In that case, then I will bother my uncle and aunt to report it, and the little nephew will wait here." Wu Yuanming said politely. Mulima's wife turned her head and shouted to Wu Yuanming while running home: "Eldest nephew, don't go, uncle will pull your uncle out immediately——! "Mulima's wife is so anxious, it's not that she hasn't seen the bit of silver, coral, and ivory that Wu Yuanming sent, but after the incident of Jufeng Yinhao, Mulima's family doesn't even have the silver for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and she urgently needs silver to save the emergency.

In a moment, Mu Lima, who was full of nail marks on his face, was picked up by his wife and slipped out of the lobby by his ears, and slipped in front of Wu Yuanming, Mu Lima said with a wry smile: "Forgive me, the old man has been unwell these days, so the son of the world has visited him several times, but the old man has not met with the son, forgive me, forgive me." ”

"Uncle's words, it was the little nephew who took the liberty to disturb and should be accused." Wu Yuanming snickered in his heart, his face was still very polite. Mulima smiled bitterly again, and his wife couldn't wait to say: "Eldest nephew, please come in, go to the living room with your uncle to have tea, and your uncle and aunt will go and arrange a banquet for you, and your uncle and nephew will have a few cups in a while." Wu Yuanming smiled and replied, "So it's bothering." Wu Yuanming turned to Wu Lu again and shouted: "Wu Lu, quickly bring the gift of my filial piety to my uncle, as well as the silver on the car, and unload all the money." ”

Although Mu Lima was reluctant to meet with Wu Yuanming, he was a very greedy lord after all, and he was short of money in his hands, and when he saw the five pairs of tusks and ten red corals brought by Wu Yuanming, his cloudy old eyes were still doubled, and his attitude towards Wu Yuanming was also much more affectionate. After a few polite words, Mulima finally asked: "The prince has looked for the old man several times, but I don't know what advice you have?" ”

"Uncle, don't hide it, the little nephew is asking for help from my uncle." Wu Yuanming hugged his fists and said very frankly: "The emperor has issued an order to let the little nephew see the holy car on behalf of his father on the fifteenth Lantern Festival of the first month, one is to offer congratulatory gifts, and the other is to discuss the matter of repaying the military salary of Yungui. This first one is easy to do, it is nothing more than kneeling and bowing, but this second one is more troublesome, uncle, you also know that the little nephew is just an idle minister in the court, isolated in the court, and naturally lacks confidence to speak. Therefore, the little nephew asked his uncle for help, and wanted to ask his uncle to help his nephew say a few words in the court at that time, explain the difficulties of the Yungui garrison to the court, and help his nephew ask for more military salaries. After the deed is completed, the little nephew will be grateful. ”

"The eldest brother is really like a god, and this kid is really looking for me for a military salary." Mu Lima first said a sentence in his heart, and then spread his hands and said: "Shizi, you are looking for the wrong person, although the old man is named as a three-grade Jingxi general, but since he entered Beijing, the old man has been living at home, and has not grasped the real power, and when he arrives at the court, the old man is more soft-spoken than your son." ”

Mulima told the truth, Aobai transferred Mulima to Beijing because he wanted his brother to replace Wu Liuyi as the governor of Jiumen, but unfortunately the position of the governor of Jiumen was only counted if the emperor nodded himself, and Kangxi dared to hand over Jiumen to Aobai's own brother? Later, Ao Bai wanted Mulima to take over the command of Fengtai and Miyun garrisons, but he was also strongly opposed by Kangxi and Xiaozhuang, resulting in Mulima living at home after entering Beijing and failing to gain any real power. However, Mulima received so much silver from Wu Yuanming, and he was embarrassed to shirk it completely, and gave Wu Yuanming an idea: "Shizi, why don't you go to Jishi?" He is a secretary of the ministry, and he is more effective than the old man in talking in the court. ”

"Of course Jishi-sama is looking for it." Wu Yuanming smiled and said: "However, the hundred words that Lord Jishi said in the court are not as good as a sentence of Uncle Ao, and Uncle Ao and Uncle You are brothers, as long as Uncle Ao persuades Uncle Ao to help the little nephew, the little nephew will no longer have any worries in the court." Of course, the filial piety of the little nephew to the uncle and uncle is naturally indispensable. ”

"The toad yawns, what a big breath! Just 10,000 taels of silver want to buy me to go to the eldest brother to be scolded? Mulima snorted in her heart with disdain. Mulima has always been afraid of his eldest brother, Aobai has decided not to help Wu Yuanming ask for military salaries, and Mulima does not dare to persuade Aobai to change his mind - by the way, he will find a stinking scolding from Aobai. So Mulima snorted and said, "Shizi, if you want to ask my eldest brother for help, then you can go to him in person, why let the old man tell him on your behalf?" ”

"Don't hide it from my uncle, my little nephew has already looked for my uncle, but it's a pity that it's closed." Wu Yuanming hung his head and said dejectedly: "The little nephew has no choice but to come and ask my uncle to introduce me, uncle, please be sure to help the little nephew." ”

"No." Mu Lima was more depressed than Wu Yuanming, and sighed: "Shizi, let's be honest with you, the old man has been repeatedly reprimanded by the eldest brother because of his biased behavior, so unless the eldest brother wants to see the old man, the old man will never dare to take the initiative to go to the eldest brother's door to find and scold." Let's take the matter of the Jufeng Silver as an example, the old man has suffered a heavy loss, and he dare not say the most among the hundred officials in the capital, but he is definitely the worst! But the old man would rather go hungry for the Lantern Festival than go to the eldest brother to borrow money to live. ”

"Eldest nephew, your uncle didn't lie to you." At this time, Mu Lima's wife, who went to arrange the banquet, returned to the lobby, and when she heard Mu Lima and Wu Yuanming's answer, she told Wu Yuanming the truth, Mu Lima's wife pointed to Mu Lima's face and said: "Big nephew, I am not afraid of you laughing when you say that the family is ugly, and the injury on your uncle's face was caught by me, because the unlucky Jufeng Silver Treasury was robbed by Huazi, and the silver tickets in our family were all turned into rubbing paper." The rest of the cash is not even a thousand taels, but dozens of people in the family have to eat and dress, and the Zhuangzi outside the gate also needs silver turnover, there is no way, your uncle forced your uncle to borrow money from your uncle, but your uncle is afraid of being scolded by your uncle, and would rather be caught by me and his face is full of injuries, than dare to go to your uncle to speak. Speaking of this, Mulima's wife wiped her tears and said: "I have already arranged the banquet in the East Flower Hall, you uncle and nephew go and drink a few cups, coarse tea and light rice, the eldest nephew must not dislike it." ”

"One eat, two invite, three gifts, and it's easy to talk on the wine table." Wu Yuanming muttered in his heart, stood up and said, "The little nephew is really a little hungry, so I will disturb my uncle." ”

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As Mulima's wife said, the banquet she arranged only had the usual chicken, duck and fish and a mutton hot pot, which was indeed shabby compared to the banquets in the homes of other officials and magnates - but it was still a hundred times stronger than the banquets in Wang Xu's house and Wu Yuanming's house, who didn't care about eating and drinking. Wine is also a common two-pot head in the capital, which made Mu Lima complain to his wife who insisted on coming to accompany him, "Didn't the prince send 10,000 taels of silver just now?" Why don't you arrange something decent? ”

"Our family still owes more than 4,000 taels of silver in the silk shop, ready-to-wear shop and antique shop, as well as the Lantern Festival to the princes and the emperor's congratulatory gifts, why not spend silver? How many times can 10,000 taels of silver withstand the flowers? Mu Lima's wife's eyes bulged, Mu Lima sat down obediently, and smiled bitterly to Wu Yuanming: "Let the prince smile, during the Chinese New Year, the old man added some clothes to the family, and bought some gifts to honor the prince in Beijing...... Alas, there is a lot of trouble coming! ”

Mulima has fallen to this point, and Wu Yuanming is the initiator. Seeing Mu Lima's miserable appearance, Wu Yuanming's almost non-existent conscience hurt a little, "Uncle rest assured, my nephew will let my nephew send 10,000 taels of silver to my uncle in a while, and it should be my nephew's filial piety to my uncle, and my uncle will find a way to pass this Lantern Festival first." ”

"What's so embarrassing?" Mu Lima wanted to be polite a few more words, but his wife couldn't wait to say: "Then thank you so much to the eldest nephew, the eldest nephew is really a charcoal in the snow, in the future, the eldest nephew has something to ask your uncle for help, just ask, our family will definitely repay the great kindness of the eldest nephew." ”

"Just 10,000 taels of silver, why bother?" Wu Yuanming said politely, raised his glass and said, "Uncle, little nephew toasts you." ”

Mulima is grateful to Wu Yuanming for sending charcoal in the snow, and Wu Yuanming toasts the natural wine to the dry cup. As the saying goes, wine is more sorrowful, a few glasses of wine in the stomach, the heart-filled Mulima began to talk more, and the chatter was naturally all about the losses caused to him by the collapse of the Jufeng Yinhao, speaking of emotion, Mulima was in tears, and his wife also wiped her tears on the side, crying: "Eldest nephew, your uncle's life is hard, and he has finally saved some silver for most of his life, and he wanted to rely on those silver to spend his old age in peace, but suddenly suffered so suddenly, the old couple didn't even have a coffin, and your sister's dowry was ......" Speaking of which, Mulima's wife was moved and asked, "Eldest nephew, have you ever married a wife?" ”

"Are you old and confused? The prince has already married a wife, and he is married to Princess Jianning Heshuo, Golden Branches and Jade Leaves! "Husband and wife are connected, what does the wife mean, of course Mulima knows, and Mulima immediately broke his wife's dream of finding a golden beetle son-in-law. Although Wu Yuanming's virtue is not averse to political marriage, the status of Mulima's daughter is obviously of no use value, and Mulima's daughter Wu Yuanming has also seen it on Mulima's birthday - she looks comparable to Princess Jianning, Wu Yuanming is naturally not interested. Instead, Mulima's wife muttered in a low voice: "It's okay to be a concubine." ”

"Since my uncle is so poor, then the little nephew has a chance to make a fortune and give it to my uncle, I wonder if my uncle is interested?" Wu Yuanming saw that the time had come, so he said straight to the point. Mulima is not a stupid person, he immediately heard Wu Yuanming's voice, and knew that Wu Yuanming must have asked him to take out a large sum of money to honor him on the condition of pulling his eldest brother into the gang, so Mulima did not agree immediately. And Mulima's wife didn't think as much as Mulima, and asked eagerly: "Big nephew, what opportunity are you talking about?" How much money can you make? ”

"How much money you can make depends on your nephew, it depends on your uncle himself." Wu Yuanming stared into Mu Lima's eyes and said slowly: "As long as the uncle helps the little nephew in the matter of asking for military salary, after the matter is completed, the little nephew will take out one percent of the total military salary, half of it will be given to Uncle Ao, and half will be filial to the uncle!" ”

"Eldest nephew, what do you mean to give me half of Yungui's salary?" Mulima only felt her heart beat faster and her breathing almost stopped. Wu Yuanming nodded and said, "Yes, the amount of this half-percent military salary is not less than the silver lost by my uncle, right?" ”

"Yungui's military salary used to be three million per year, and the imperial court will definitely return to this number this year! plus the military salary for the first two years, another two million taels of silver! There is also the disarmament requirement for demobilization salaries, which is again a large ....... Mulima calculated quickly in his mind, and the more he calculated, the more difficult it became to breathe. The total amount of silver lost by Mulima in Jufeng Silver is 300,000 taels, but according to Mulima's estimates, in order to disarm Wu Sangui this time, the imperial court will have to take out at least 8 million taels of military salary to appease Wu Sangui, that is to say, Mulima can get at least 400,000 taels of silver kickback! Mulima's wife didn't know how much her husband could get, but looking at her husband's face, she estimated that the money must be a lot.

"Uncle, just rest assured, the imperial court has just issued an edict to seal the silver treasury of Jufeng Qianzhuang in other provinces, and what you have in your hand is silver to pay military salaries." Wu Yuanming said gloomily: "The silver originally belonged to my uncle, doesn't my uncle want to come back with interest?" Could it be that my uncle couldn't bear to watch the silver he had earned from being born and dying on the battlefield being used by the current emperor to repair the Qianqing Palace and the Chengde Summer Resort? ”

"Okay, at most, I will be scolded by the eldest brother a few times, how can I fight!" was fanned by Wu Yuanming, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was too lould, Mu Lima slapped his palm on the table, shaking the cups, plates, and pots flying wildly. Mulima gritted his teeth and said: "Big nephew, you still have to talk about moving someone in this matter, and also give him a little benefit, only if he and I join hands to make a statement to my eldest brother, can I hope to move my eldest brother to help you!" ”

"Who?" Wu Yuanming asked quickly.

"Bambulshan." Mulima replied: "In front of my eldest brother, he is more popular than me, and only if he is also on your side, there is hope for this matter!" ”

"This is easy to do, but if the little nephew wants to get in touch with Bambleshan, he still has to ask his uncle to help." Wu Yuanming also knew the importance of Bambulshan in the Aobai gang, and knew that he couldn't say that he couldn't move Aobai without wooing this pubic hair family, "Invite my uncle to hold a banquet at home tonight, and invite Bambulshan and other people under my uncle's command to the banquet." Wu Yuanming looked at Mu Lima's wife's ugly face, and added: "Uncle, rest assured, all the money for the banquet and the opera troupe will be borne by the little nephew!" ”