The yamen of the household department, the lobby of the Zhejiang Qing Officials Division, the crackling abacus sounded non-stop, Wang Yinglin, who led the scribe to calculate, looked at his colleague Sima Bandit, this colleague is also the director of the Zhejiang Qing Officials Division, a division has multiple directors, Wang Yinglin thought for a while, and said: "Brother Sima, do you still want to join the Shanhai Alliance now?" ”

Sima Bandit Jian was dedicated to two purposes, and while chanting the beads and calculating the formula, he said: "What is Brother Wang's opinion?" ”

"I don't dare to think about it, it's just a shallow view." Wang Yinglin said modestly: "The leader of the Jia League and I, the deputy league, have been improving the affairs of the alliance in the past few years, planning for meritorious deeds and livelihoods, and just this year, all the personnel donated money to elect a fair Kuang Liuhe for safekeeping, one is to help each other, and the other is to gather poetry and literature. Now that the Lord of the Jia League is famous all over the world, the Shanhai League is a good place to go. ”

"Will the plan be released?"

"There is a letter of nomination in front of me, the people of the Prince Zhongshun Mansion today want to come to the division to receive the treasury silver, the court stipulates that this silver is not allowed to be received, because Prince Zhongshun dealt with the affairs of the transfer department a few years ago, the people of the department in order to please him, stick to the old ways, until now, Brother Sima can have a way?"

"Trivial, you deal with the summer tax accounts first, and I'll go to see Ku Pingyin." Sima Bandit didn't want to think about it, and went straight out.

Wang Yinglin was stunned, and said in his heart: "Is this person really stupid or fake stupid?" Okay, let him come forward to be the first bird, if something happens, don't do my business, if you win, it's okay, let him enter the Shanhai League. ”

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Kuping silver has moved out! Sima Bandit went to the door of the warehouse, and instructed the miscellaneous servants to carry the silver box out to the porch at the door, and he had already written several banners, and the people of the Prince's Mansion were said to come here every month to receive a few hundred taels of silver.

After pasting the banner, Sima Bandit Jian sat on the top of the silver box, the wings of the black gauze hat were blown back and forth by the wind, and after a while, Cheng Buzhi brought someone in, walked to the porch, and smiled and arched his hand: "Your company has finally changed, Sima is in charge, Cheng is a frequent customer, and he is here to receive the prince's Kuping silver today." ”

"Oh? But I don't know it. Sima Bandit Jian was surprised, because Cheng didn't know the grade higher than him, he stood up, bowed his hand, and sat down again: "Does Cheng Chang's Mansion have a card ticket for the Secretary Department?" The yamen has to issue a signature, let alone the household department of a country? ”

"Well...... Cheng doesn't know the branches, the prince came to receive the silver, in fact, it is only semi-public, and the emperor has not issued an edict, and the six respective departments of the department all follow the unspoken rules and dare not issue invoice records, this is just an additional charge from the prince in addition to the money, Cheng Buzhi suddenly increased his tone: "Sima is in charge, this is the custom." ”

"Okay." Sima Bandit Jian sat and stomped his feet: "Sima is not in charge of his own silver, but the money of the Zhejiang Qing Officials Division is in and out of the money, and he has a lot of responsibility." Cheng Changfu, you need to help as it is. ”

Sima Bandit Jian stood up suddenly, his voice was fierce, pointing to the silver boxes, they were confronting and arguing here, and they had already alarmed the thirteen divisions of the household department, and they came to watch, and the viewers and Cheng did not know each other, only to see a few words on each silver box, "This is the Prince of Zhongshun Kuping Yin".

Cheng Buzhi's complexion changed greatly!

If it is carried back as it is, the household belongs to the treasury and is the state finance, and the emperor wants to use the money of the household department and enjoy it, and the ministers will obstruct it in every way, and the reason why Prince Zhongshun is like this is that he borrowed power at the beginning, second, there were people who had him at that time, and third, the number is not large, and the department has turned a blind eye, but now, openly saying that Ku Pingyin is "loyal to the prince", if he dares to accept it calmly, then wash his neck and wait for death.

"Talent, Brother Sima is a talent." Wang Yinglin nodded and said, the household department was already in an uproar, Cheng Buzhi couldn't stay any longer, and turned to Chongwenmen Banknote Pass with a disgraced face, preparing to go there to get silver.

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"Zheng Erpin Shilang, the first to be awarded a good doctor, promoted to a senior doctor. Because of the nine-year examination, I was awarded the title of Doctor De, Zhengzhi Shangqing, and the saint read that I worked hard and made high achievements, Zhong'er had a talent and fame, and Yinzi entered Shangbaosi Shaoqing. At my age, I don't want to be an official anymore, I have the Luyin of Guanglu Temple when I retire, and my son has returned, and I have nothing to ask for, the greatest glory in my life as a teacher should be to have you as a champion apprentice. ”

Jia Cong looked at the gray-haired teacher, this result was actually not bad, but Wei Wuzhi, Jia Siwen, and Luo Min were too much of an eyesore, and they popped up from time to time to disgust him, and when they cleaned up Cheng Buzhi, they would slowly rectify them.

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"Cheng Changfu, the big thing is not good, yesterday someone was in the outer city, the city pasted a notice, saying that the banknote customs did not come according to the agreement, the tax was twice as much, the anonymous notice, with an ulterior purpose, demagoguery, today the Chamber of Commerce will unite to strike the market, the city is in turmoil, this matter is big, the city is known......" banknote ambassador spit bitterness.

Cheng Buzhi stood on the tower of the city of Qianguan, looked down, only to see a group of businessmen protesting under the city, the officers and soldiers of the bank, the soldiers and horses of the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses, and the soldiers and soldiers of the Fangbao were stopping people outside the entrance of the city gate, Cheng Buzhi was furious: "Why don't you ask someone to kill these people?" ”

"Lord Changfu, you can't be angry at this time, after all, we are in ...... loss"

Another cronie came to report: "The imperial history of the household department, the household department, and the metropolitan procuratorate has been excerpted and the governor......'s mansion is impeached."

Jia Cong expected that as long as this fuse was ignited, the people behind those merchants would come forward.

"Bastard!" Cheng Buzhi slapped the city wall fiercely, and suddenly raised his hand and blew: "Ouch! It hurts me! ”

He originally wanted to lead the troops out to suppress it, but when he saw the trend of crowding in the city, he was a little hairy, and he wanted to ask the people in the city tower to fire muskets and kill the people who made trouble at the head, and his cronies persuaded him: "Lord Changfu, this matter Dong Fu Yin is also involved, and it is destined to make a big fuss. ”

"What about the general political history Gao Wenqi? Tell him to press it for me! Cheng Buzhi was confused.

"My lord! The saint doesn't trust Gao Tongzheng, and now he has asked Liu Bingbi, who is the celebrant supervisor, to come to the experience department and the clerical room of the Department of General Administration and History, and he can't hold it down! ”

Cheng Buzhi was finally scared, and drove back to the inner city prince's mansion, Sanwangfu Street was on the east side of the Hanlin Courtyard, more than ten miles away, he knelt down to the prince for help, because the emperor favored Prince Zhongshun, so he and the prince had little estrangement, Prince Zhongshun said with pity: "Cheng Changfu, alas...... I can't complain that this king doesn't take care of you, and who makes you ruin the reputation of this king......"

Cheng doesn't know if he has grievances and has nowhere to sue, but as long as the prince is not a major crime of rebellion, other sins are not a matter at all, and the imperial history cannot impeach the prince indiscriminately, so he can only take the Changfu to open the knife, and the Changfu is destined to be the top cylinder for the prince, and he can only accept his fate: "I don't know how to deal with the despicable position of the saint?" ”

"The household department and the provincial officials said that you privately used the imperial treasury to level the silver, arbitrarily increased the banknotes and customs taxes, so as to breed a rebellion among the merchants and the people, and they said fiercely, saying that people like you hope that your father will push you to the vegetable market and kill you with 3,000 knives in Ling Chi......" Prince Zhongshun looked at the wooden beam above his head gloomily, and thought depressedly, these ministers don't like me very much, but as long as my father likes me, they are a fart.

"Lord Wang, help, Lord Wang...... Just as the lowly duty is a dog, the lowly duty has no merit, but there is also hard work, the lowly duty knows that the prince loves to listen to small songs, and he loves Jiang Yuhan the most...... For this reason, I once helped the prince to find it, does the prince remember? When Cheng Buzhi hugged his feet and begged, Prince Zhongshun couldn't bear to say: "Everything you do, this king sees it in his eyes, because of this, I wrote to argue, my father and emperor in order to calm down the anger of many officials and the people, draw up a crime, and cut you down for the people, you will go back to Baoding today......

Cheng Buzhi collapsed on the ground in despair.