The silver ingots of the Ming Dynasty are divided into two types: official casting and private casting, and since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has been restricting the circulation of silver, making it illegal for people to cast silver ingots privately. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Until the Chenghua and Hongzhi periods, because the Ming treasure banknotes existed in name only, the circulation of silver ingots began to show a trend of official legalization, but the government still did not officially relax the restrictions on the minting of silver ingots. If history has not changed, it will not be officially legal until the Ming treasure banknote is abolished in the Zhengde period.

Privately minted silver ingots, the fineness is different, the discount is serious, one or two silver ingots may only be exchanged for seven or eight hundred copper coins after the discount. The official ingots are much better, but the official ingots are regional, which is similar to local protectionism.

When Fei Xuan and the others opened the silver box, they saw the fire mark words of "Fuzhou Bao" under the silver ingot, as well as the small characters of "壬戌" and "ten taels of silver" next to it, all of which were like dead ashes.

This is the official ingot cast in Fuzhou in the year of Hongzhi Renxu, if you have to be cunning, say that this year is not the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, but to go forward sixty years, that is the matter of the orthodox year, the official ingot in the orthodox year will never have such a good color and appearance.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Wang Dushi, the official wants to ask, this silver ingot can't be stolen from the silver treasury after the official arrived at the place, right?" You won't charge this official again, the crime of stealing official money? ”

Wang Hong's face was like earth: "No...... The lower officials did not dare. ”

Shen Xi smiled coldly: "Wang Dushi, you are not small, as soon as you come, you will put a big hat on the official, and the official just passed by Fuzhou on the way to take office, so he dared to frame him...... Will this official dare to come to Fuzhou on an errand in the future? ”

Fei Xuan came out and said: "Lord Shen, although rest assured, you are now the nominal supreme governor of Fujian, Guangdong and Guizhou provinces, and no one dares to embarrass you." ”

Shen Xi suddenly straightened his face: "Fei Yushi is duplicitous, this is not ...... You're in a quandary with this official!? Come on, take down a cadre of people and others, and torture them severely, these people dare to frame their own officials, there must be someone behind them! ”

"Order!"

Immediately outside, guards came in and blocked the door of the hall, swords facing each other.

Fei Xuan said nervously: "Lord Shen, it's just a misunderstanding, why bother to make a big fuss?" Besides, even if you want to confront the people of the political envoy Si Yamen, you should let the lower officials retire before they talk! ”

As soon as Fei Xuan saw that the situation was not right, he didn't care about Wang Hong and the people in the political envoys, and the first thing he thought of was how to exonerate himself...... Now these people have offended the right deputy capital of the Zhengsanpin Metropolitan Procuratorate, who is his top boss, and it is better to take the thirty-six strategies.

"Why should Fei Yushi leave in a hurry? The official felt that Fei Yushi deliberately embarrassed the official, and he was afraid that he had received the benefits of others, so he might as well stay and let the official interrogate him carefully...... Take the people down! ”

"You dare!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Hong shouted loudly, "I am the political envoy...... Yes! ”

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped by Shen Xi's entourage, and Wang Hong angrily pointed at the person who beat him: "You dare to beat the court officials?" ”

The guard who was shouted by him showed his waist card, but it was the general flag of the brocade guard, which was seven grades. Jinyiwei, as the Qin's guard of the Son of Heaven, can impose a court staff on those six-department officials who commit crimes in the court, let alone a minor local official like Wang Hong?

"Take it!"

A group of followers came in, grabbed Wang Hong, Fei Xuan and others, and pressed their heads to the ground.

Wang Hong and Fei Xuan thought that even if they poured dirty water on Shen Xi, Shen Xi wouldn't dare to do anything to them, but now they were directly framed by Shen Xi and wanted them to suffer a little.

Jiang Liwei hurriedly entered the house to dissuade: "Shen Hanlin, is this appropriate?" ”

Shen Xi squinted his eyes and said: "This official was framed, and now that he has found out the cause of the matter, he is just doing things according to law." Jiang Zhenfu said that he was blocked, could it be that he had some collusion with these people? ”

"Where...... Where is this!? ”

Jiang Liwei's words were a little not tough enough, and then he added: "What Shen Hanlin says, let's do it, don't do more obstructions in the future!" ”

Wang Hong, Fei Xuan and others were taken to the backyard of the post house, lying on the bench and beating 20 sticks by themselves, and the screams shook the sky. Yu Niang looked a little embarrassed, and said to Shen Xi: "Lord Shen, let's offend the people of the political envoy Si Yamen miserably, this Fuzhou City is easy to enter, but it is not easy to get out." ”

Shen Xi shook his head slightly: "Fuzhou City is surrounded by mountains and seas, and it is cool in midsummer, why are you in a hurry?" Speaking of which, the fatigue of this official journey has not yet been resolved, and he has to go in and make up for another sleep, and the jade master is at home. ”

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Shen Xi didn't really fall asleep, and after waiting for an hour, he came out of the room, and the Fujian Political Envoy sent someone again, and this time the person sent was much higher, it was Feng Yu, the left political counselor of the Fujian Chengxuan Political Envoy Division.

Zuo's participation in politics is from the third grade, and his official position in the yamen of a provincial political envoy is second only to the left and right political envoys.

Perhaps it was the people of the Fujian Political Envoy Department who realized that Shen Xi was the right deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the three grades, and he was responsible for supervising, impeaching and recommending, and it was far from qualified to send a local official from the third grade.

No matter how arrogant you Shen Xi is, now that there is only one level difference between each other's official qualities, you don't dare to beat people rashly, right?

Feng Yu is in his fifties, with triangular eyes and hooked nose, with a bit of treacherous appearance.

As soon as he came, he smiled and saluted Shen Xi, and then said: "Shen Zhongcheng has traveled all the way to Fuzhou, it is very hard, the Yamen of the Domain has prepared a banquet for Shen Zhongcheng, please move around." ”

Shen Xi smiled faintly: "Feng is polite to participate in politics, this official has been tired all the way, and his appetite is not very good, I think this banquet is still free." ”

"Shen Zhongcheng, the clan secretary and the yamen are warmly invited, the delicacies and local famous teas have been prepared, I'm afraid it's not good if you don't go......"

Shen Xi's face turned cold, and he said: "Feng participates in politics, we Mingren don't say secret words, you didn't come here to let the official come over to have a banquet and drink tea, right?" This official has detained the people of your political envoy and the yamen, if you want to say that you want to release people, just speak out, why go around so many circles? ”

"What? Is there such a thing? ”

Feng Yu pretended to be surprised, "I think it's a small misunderstanding, Shen Zhongcheng, you may not know the inside story of my Fujian Domain, now after the transfer of Xia Domain, the imperial court specially ordered Du Gong to go south to take office, just got the news the day before yesterday, Du Gong unfortunately returned to the west with a crane, and the Fujian Domain Division has no leader......"

Shen Xi knew that at the beginning of the year, Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, recommended to Emperor Hongzhi and asked the old minister Du Cheng to come to Fujian to serve as the political envoy of Zuobu, which is commonly known as "Fantai", who knew that Du Cheng died of illness on the road before he arrived, and now there is no new candidate in the imperial court, so the position of political envoy of Zuobu in Fujian is temporarily vacant.

Shen Xi sighed lightly: "When Du Gong went, the official was in a very sad mood. ”

"So Shang Fantai wants to ask Shen Zhongcheng to move to the Yamen of the Domain Division to discuss the local administration ...... Fujian" Feng Yu found a reasonable excuse, didn't Du Cheng die on the way to office, and now the political envoy of the Ministry of Affairs lacks the main master, and the right political envoy invites you to go over to talk, you always have to give face, right?

Who called you the feudal official of Qin's order, in charge of the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi?

Shen Xi squinted his eyes when he heard the name of "Shang Fantai".

Shang Yingkui, the right-hand political envoy, was the culprit who attacked the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce at the beginning, Zi Qian's backer, and is still his soil emperor in Fujian, doing evil.

Shen Xi narrowed his eyes and said, "Feng participated in politics, before Wang Dushi framed Ben Qin for bribery, and brought Dao Yushi to ask for the crime, it wouldn't be arranged by you, right?" ”

Feng Yu unexpectedly Shen Xi suddenly mentioned that Wang Hong had framed Qin Cha, and said nervously: "Huh? Shen Zhongcheng, you can't spew blood! ”

"As for whether Feng Shenzheng is the mastermind behind the scenes, this official will have to inquire in person to find out. Someone came, invited Feng to the inner hall and entertained him with tea. Shen Xi waved his hand.

Feng Yu was stunned at first, and immediately reacted that Shen Xi was going to be rough with him, and hurriedly said, "Shen Zhongcheng, you ...... You have no right to ...... to this officer."

Shen Xi asked in surprise, "Feng is too worried about participating in politics." The official invited you to come in and drink tea, but if you really drink tea, you are not invited to eat sticks, why are you nervous? Could it be ...... Do you have a ghost in your heart? ”

"I ...... You ......"

Feng Yu thought that Shen Xi had been decided, but now he knew that Shen Xi was more terrible than he imagined, an official of the third grade, and he actually took one of his political participation from the third grade on the spot? !

"Please."

Shen Xi made a gesture of "please" and asked the guards to take Feng Yu to the inner hall to drink tea, and several of the entourages brought by Feng Yu outside felt that something was wrong and turned around to escape, but they were arrested by Jinyi Wei one by one.

At this time, Jiang Liwei felt that something was wrong, and came in again to remind: "Shen Hanlin, if it is a matter from the seventh grade, it will be deducted, and it will be beaten, but this is ......"

"Guilt does not distinguish between official positions." Shen Xi smiled coldly, "Jiang Zhenfu doesn't need to look at this official like this, his words are not coarse, is it because he is the political envoy Si Zuo participates in politics, can he not follow the law?" ”

Jiang Liwei stubbornly asked: "Then dare to ask Shen Hanlin, what crime did Feng commit in politics?" Just because Shen Hanlin suspected that he instructed Wang Du to make false accusations? ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "Whether there is a crime or not, and what the crime is, is decided by the official, Jiang Zhenfu just obeys the order." This official has the responsibility of rectifying the governance of local officials, how muddy the water of Fujian officialdom is, Jiang Zhenfu will not be completely unaware, right? ”

Jiang Liwei suddenly realized that Shen Xi's visit to Fuzhou City this time was not to greet the people who commanded the envoys, but to settle old accounts.

Could it be that Shen Xi's trick to lure the enemy?!

As long as Shen Xi has enough reason to say that this matter is related to local bandits, then Shen Xi has the right to take the people of the political envoy and the yamen.

"Shen Hanlin, you are really calculating, keeping us in the dark, but using us to fight against dissidents for you?" Jiang Liwei suddenly felt that he had been deceived. Shen Xi said that he wanted to rectify the rule of officials, but in fact, he wanted to take revenge for the collapse of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the brocade guards he brought were the only armed forces that Shen Xi could rely on and mobilize.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "What does Jiang Zhenfu say." However, Jiang Zhenfu is now in the same boat as this official, and now even if Jiang Zhenfu wants to quit, it is better to think about how to deal with the people of the Fujian Domain. ”

Jiang Liwei wanted to say, who said it was too late, I just let people go?

But then I thought about it again, now that Shen Xi has completely offended the people of the Yamen of the Fujian Political Envoy Division, even if they let them go, the people of the Fujian Political Envoy Department will not let them go.

In the eyes of these powerful people, killing a person is as easy as pinching an ant to death, and now in order to retaliate, even if they kill Shen Xi and other court officials, they will not hesitate to kill them.

"On a boat? Hmph, Shen Hanlin, you are forcibly pulling us into the same boat as you, it is obviously difficult for a strong man! ”

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