Chapter 90: Anti-Corruption Operation (2)
In the ordinary teahouse in Beiping, a teenager and a middle-aged man kept talking, the two talked very happily, there seemed to be no age gap, the two talked and laughed, and made a judgment on the politics of Beiping, the small nature is Ma Sanbao, who is the supervisor of the imperial history, Ma Sanbao exchanged with the middle-aged man in front of him helplessly, don't look at him smiled, it was completely forced to laugh, the person in front of him was no one else, it was the examination of the Gonglang of the Beiping City Examination Office that he needed to investigate, from the official position of the seventh grade, don't look at the official position is not big, According to the list, this is a huge corruption, the official position is not big but it involves a corruption case of tens of thousands of taels of silver, tens of thousands of taels of silver taels are not something that can be obtained casually, after all, ordinary people may only need two or three taels of silver dollars a month for living expenses, and tens of thousands of yuan or even many people may not be able to earn in this life.
Ma Sanbao accompanied the smiling face, just to find out the other party's city, he came here and even used the excuse of breaking with the fourth highness Zhu Di to be able to get together with this person, I heard that Ma Sanbao and the fourth highness broke up, the happiest thing is this Lord Kao Gonglang, Ma Sanbao and His Royal Highness are general, they are all mobile silver vaults, any of these two people are the fattest gold and silver jewelry outside, Lord Kao Gonglang does not want to let go of Ma Sanbao's thighs.
As a test boy, he made a lot of money under the command of the Beiping prefect, and now he has a crush on Ma Sanbao's silver dollar, for a while, Ma Sanbao can only shake his head helplessly, the position of the test prince is not big, but the greed is not small.
"Lord Kao Gonglang, the Fourth Highness is insatiable and has been squeezing my value, so I couldn't bear it anymore and left the Fourth Highness Zhu Di." Ma Sanbao told his bitter history with tears in his eyes, of course, he made it all up by him, and in order to gain the trust of Kao Gonglang, he had to make up a story.
Hearing Ma Sanbao's words, this Kao Gonglang followed him with righteous indignation, telling the injustice of His Royal Highness Si, and even mentioned the old Beiping prefect who was personally imprisoned by Ma Sanbao, Ma Sanbao would not believe the words of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the blood and sweat history he shared was also fabricated, after all, Ma Sanbao had investigated the details of this person before he came, this person was a good gambler, and he would gamble until he lost his money every time.
"Lord Kao Gonglang, I have an investment idea, would you like to realize it with me?" Suddenly, Ma Sanbao mentioned an idea that interested corrupt officials very much, that is, to open a casino and charge intermediate fees, for a while, Kao Gonglang's eyes seemed to see countless silver taels, and the silver taels of white flowers seemed to beckon to him, tempting him, and he was really a little excited.
Of course, Kao Gonglang will not be able to contract this project alone, he thought for a moment, and said, "I have several friends, all of whom are my colleagues, maybe they will invest in this project with me, we are worried that we can't spend the silver two, if these silver two are sold, we must rely on the casino to launder the industry, I will go back to discuss with them, rest assured, we will not treat you badly with your share, you can definitely take the lion's share." ”
Hearing that there were colleagues, Ma Sanbao suddenly became excited, he was worried that he couldn't get close to other corrupt officials, but he didn't expect this Lord Kao Gonglang to send corrupt officials to the door, all of them are colleagues, which means that Ma Sanbao can unscrupulously capture the corrupt officials he wants, don't think about whether these people are clean officials, after all, who will do the casino in the Qing officials, Ma Sanbao also understands that most of the clean officials will not have anything to do with corrupt officials, right now, it is a good opportunity for Zhu Di to cut off the traitors, as long as all the signs of corruption in the officialdom of Beiping are eliminated, It will be much more convenient for Zhu Di to be in charge of Beiping.
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"It's really yours, put a long line to catch a big fish! Now I feel that many corrupt officials will be caught. In Zhu Di's mansion, Ma Sanbao talked about everything that happened in the teahouse, Zhu Di was overjoyed when he heard it, and immediately poured a cup of hot tea for Ma Sanbao, he loved Ma Sanbao very much, if it weren't for Ma Sanbao, it was estimated that he would not be convenient to clear the officialdom of Beiping, Ma Sanbao was a great help.
"By the way, Brother Xian, this casino is quite interesting, I think..."Before Zhu Di's words fell, Ma Sanbao hurriedly interrupted.
"Don't mess with this thing, this thing is to fool those corrupt officials, the casino thing, it's easy to ruin other people's families, let's not care, they want to invest, we see those people, get the silver taels, we can bring them to justice, I don't believe that the casino needs 100,000 taels of silver these people can take it!" Ma Sanbao said that the group of people who were told to him before were not very big, although there were more than a dozen people, but the highest was only a five-grade official position, and it was difficult for these people to make up 100,000 taels of silver, after all, their income was not enough for them to harvest 100,000 taels of silver.
"Admire, admire!" Zhu Di gave a thumbs up, especially admiring Ma Sanbao, no way, this person's ability is in front of him, can he not admire it? Whether it is military business or catching corrupt officials, Ma Sanbao's ability is above Zhu Di, if Ma Sanbao is from the royal family, he will definitely be the one who is most qualified to compete with his eldest brother Zhu Biao for the throne, fortunately, he is not a royal family, Zhu Di is relieved, after all, outsiders cannot interfere in the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty.
Beiping, in the examination office, gathered more than a dozen officials, most of these officials are colleagues of the examination of the Gonglang, up to the official position of the fifth grade, down to the same nine sesame officials as Ma Sanbao, holding a silver ticket in his hand, waiting for the arrival of Ma Sanbao, Ma Sanbao's casino plan has aroused the appreciation of these corrupt officials, the corrupt officials have been preparing for a long time, just to rely on the casino to make profits, the official who is the fifth grade is ready to buy a store, just waiting for Ma Sanbao's plan to be realized, the store will be transformed into a casino.
100,000 taels of silver, even if a dozen or so people get together, they can't help but feel a little distressed, but when they think that the casino can bring them a lot of benefits under Ma Sanbao's introduction, they can't help but feel a little moved.
"Everyone is here, and the silver taels have been brought with you?" Ma Sanbao also prepared a silver ticket in his hand, he also prepared a silver ticket of 100,000 taels of silver, his property and Zhu Di are bound, now, he came to the examination office alone, which made the atmosphere a little tense, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials are eyeing the silver ticket in Ma Sanbao's hand, and want to swallow Ma Sanbao's silver ticket.
"Hehe, Master Ma, can our casino really guarantee a million profits? We brothers don't want to lose money! Master Kao Gonglang, who was boastful of Ma Sanbao, took the lead in walking in front of Ma Sanbao, with a flattering look, for money, this person's eyes seemed to be able to shine, and when it came to money, this group of corrupt officials came to the end.
"I'd rather believe in it than believe in it, whether you can make money or not, it's not up to me to have the final say, investment is risky." Ma Sanbao said coldly, the more indifferent he is, the more these corrupt officials want to include this batch of money in their pockets, Ma Sanbao sneered, and regarded the corrupt officials as his own merits, and now there are more than ten corrupt officials, even in his era, it is not easy to catch more than ten corrupt officials at one time, especially the officials of the fifth grade, don't look at the official position of the fifth grade, but it is already able to have a lot of power.
Being unkind to officials is Ma Sanbao's view on these corrupt officials, he doesn't like corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he just wants to bring this group of people to justice in exchange for enough military merits, he has already designed it, not far away, the people who ambush him, as long as he gives an order, he can arrest all the corrupt officials and corrupt officials.
Casino, just assuming, Ma Sanbao could not open a casino, this industry was not without in his time, but often caused people to die, Ma Sanbao would not do this kind of unconscionable transaction, he did not want to cause the people of Daming to be displaced because of himself.
Ma Sanbao strongly opposes the casino in his heart, but the corrupt officials are different, they recognize the concept of making money in the casino, and use the casino as their money printing machine, as long as the casino opens, they believe that there will be a lot of silver into their pockets, as for the harm of the casino, they don't care so much, after all, they were all corrupt officials who received money to do things, but they didn't care about the quality of the casino.
"Regardless of whether he is at risk or not, I vouch for my position, and I voted for this project!" This person is the governor of Zhengwupin, don't look at the official position, this person is a big fish, as long as this person is caught, Ma Sanbao's military exploits are not small.
"Let's go, let's go look for shops, according to Young Master Ma, the shops in the casino need a large range, it seems that the shop we prepared earlier may not be enough!" Du Zhenfu opened his mouth and said, this Du Zhenfu surnamed Li is about the same age as Kao Gonglang, but because of his merits and political position, this person's official position is a little higher than that of Kao Gonglang.
At first, they learned that Ma Sanbao said that the casino could suck the blood of the people so they gladly accepted it, if it was not for the profit from the people, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials would not care so much.
As soon as he got out of the examination office, Ma Sanbao made a gesture, signaling that all his subordinates could not act rashly for the time being, and it was not yet time to start.
Beiping, there is an inconspicuous street, originally a commercial street, due to the poor management of the former prefect of Beiping, all the shops in this commercial street have closed down, and now, the abandoned commercial street has become the yearning of corrupt officials for casinos.
"Young Master Ma, in my opinion, wouldn't it be wonderful that we will transform this place into a casino in your mouth, and introduce the wine of the Drunken Immortal Building from Nanjing City, the people can enjoy the pleasure of gambling and winning, and the rich businessmen can also spend money for the wine, why not?" Li Duzhen squinted his eyes, rubbed his palms, and told Ma Sanbao about his business plan.