At the same time, in the palace of Liu Meicai, the master was entertaining two colleagues, with good wine and food, but there were no servants to serve them.

"I said, you two, why did you come here in person in such a cold weather?" Liu Meicai smiled and said to the other two, "Can I not give you two hundred taels of silver?" ”

"Haha, Brother Liu, is it just two hundred taels? We're not as rich as you! One of them listened and responded with a smile, "This money is your own in your pocket, right?" Ha ha! ”

The other took a sip of the wine, smacked his lips, and then shook his head and said, "Look, come here once, and you can have a good drink." The wine of your Jindi is the most authentic of yours here! Not bad, not bad! ”

These two people are Liu Meicai's colleagues, Yushi Liao Guoxuan and Yang Zhiqi, these two people, who regard money as their lives, can be said to be the people who really fall in the eyes of money. Other imperial histories may also follow some bigwigs to advance and retreat, but these two, as long as they are given enough money, they can do whatever they want, and they have nothing to say.

Liu Meicai gave each of them 100 taels of silver before, and asked them to impeach Dongchang at the court meeting, and after the court meeting, they would give another 100 taels of silver as a reward. Unexpectedly, the silver behind it had not been sent over, and the two of them actually ran over to ask for it in person.

Listening to them, Liu Meicai didn't talk nonsense, turned around and walked to the side of the cabinet, took out four big ingots from it, two ingots for each person, and put them in front of them and said: "I never break my promise when I do things, please two of you take the silver!" ”

When he went to get the money, the two men stared at him with the light of greed. At this time, as soon as he saw the two shiny ingots, he immediately reached out and took them and hid them in his arms, and he was not too panicked. Then I heard Liao Guoxuan say: "I said Brother Liu, impeaching Dongchang is such a thing, but it is a very risky thing, if Dongchang goes crazy, I don't know if we will be bitten by them!" ”

"yes, this time it was really risky!" Yang Zhiqi immediately echoed, "Until now, my heart is still a little uneasy. ”

For the imperial history, impeaching others is their job, and if they are good people all day long, then the imperial history will not be competent. Impeachment of the East Factory in empty words, under normal circumstances, the East Factory side will not get along with the imperial history. Therefore, the purpose of the two of them saying this is actually obvious, it is nothing more than to ask for more money.

Liu Meicai understood and was not stingy, and immediately took out two small ingots from his sleeve, put one in front of them and said: "It's hard work, but I think Gonggong Cao will be busy recently, so there shouldn't be anything." And the emperor Shengming, as far as it seems at the moment, Gonggong Cao will not mess around! ”

Hearing this, Liu Zhiqi said with envy on his face: "Brother Liu, you have won the jackpot, and you can really impeach Dongchang, and if you don't turn around, you will be promoted to the middle of the matter!" ”

Liao Guoxuan also congratulated him when he heard this, and sighed: "You see that we are working so hard to make money, just to be able to rise." You're good, in the eyes of the emperor, I'm afraid you can save a lot of silver! ”

In this regard, Liu Meicai said: "Impeaching Dongchang and picketing discipline is what we should do. Now that I have the evidence, I naturally want to play it to the emperor, and this is not a matter that the emperor does not see. ”

When Liu Zhiqi and Liao Guoxuan heard this, they both laughed. None of them cared about it.

In today's officialdom, who doesn't know who, their mouths are all high-sounding, but they are actually not male thieves and female prostitutes. Speaking of which, they are all hypocrites, so it is better to be a real villain!

But they are not brainless people, nor do they expose them, they praise each other, and they finish a table of wine and feast. Then the two wiped their mouths and said goodbye, and before leaving, they patted their chests and said to Liu Meicai that if there is anything in the future, just take care of them.

As soon as they left, Liu Meicai's housekeeper approached him and said, "Master, Shopkeeper Fan has been waiting in the side hall for a long time!" ”

"What?" When Liu Meicai heard this, she hurriedly went to the side hall, and said at the same time, "Why did you come to tell now?" ”

"It was the shopkeeper Fan who asked the villain not to tell him, saying that he had nothing to do anyway, so he wouldn't disturb the master's reception." The butler explained, and said after him.

Liu Meicai hurriedly arrived at the side hall, and when she saw Fan Fu drinking tea, she hurriedly clenched her fists and said, "Let Engong wait for a long time!" ”

It has always been Fan Fu who came forward to deal with Liu Meicai, for Liu Meicai, money opened the way for him along the way, and he can have today, Fan Fu is his reborn parents, and he has always been called Engong.

When Fan Fu saw it, he hurriedly put down the teacup, smiled and saluted back: "I don't dare to be a good man, anyway, I don't have anything to do, don't worry, don't worry!" ”

After a polite exchange, the two sat down, and only the two of them were left in the side hall.

Fan Fu had been waiting for a long time, and he was afraid that his master would be in a hurry, so he got straight to the point and went straight to the point: "Dongchang is now investigating the case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Jinyiwei is a little abnormal, I don't know what I'm doing?" ”

"I don't know about this, I don't seem to have seen anyone in the last few days." Liu Meicai also replied strangely, "But the official in the hall or something, it seems that someone has changed." ”

Fan Fu frowned when he heard this and asked, "Then this factory guard, is it possible to investigate the affairs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" ”

"Judging from the current situation, it seems that it is just an excuse, and many colleagues in the early court, including the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, have said a lot, and the emperor does not seem to refute it." Liu Meicai said while thinking about it, "It seems that it should be like this, and I won't mention it again." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Fan Fu and comforted: "Don't worry, don't say whether the factory guard will check, even if he does, he may not necessarily come to knock on the bamboo pole of our Jindi industry." In the future, if they dare to use this excuse to make money, I should work with other colleagues to impeach Dongchang. ”

As he spoke, he smiled and told Fan Fudao: "Today, the emperor specially summoned me to inform me that the impeachment of Wu Dayong in Dongchang is true. It can be seen that Dongchang cannot be as unscrupulous as it was during the Apocalypse, and Engong can rest assured. ”

Fan Fu listened, nodded and felt more confident in his heart, but still said: "The factory guards often have illegal things, if they are impeached from time to time, it is estimated that they will have some scruples about doing things." What do you see? ”

"Engong rest assured, this is the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he should do his best."

Fan Fu nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "I heard that the reinforcements have arrived, and the Manchu army is afraid that they are going to flee, right?" If this is the case, I think it is time to buy another batch of goods, and the New Year is about to be, which is a good time to make money. ”

"Kindness is not allowed!" When Liu Meicai heard this, she hurriedly dissuaded, "I'm afraid it's a rumor about the reinforcements, I haven't heard a little rumor above the court." ”

Fan Fu was not surprised when he heard this, nodded, got the information he wanted, and put down another five hundred taels of silver and left.

When Emperor Chongzhen got up early the next morning, he saw these conversations when he was flipping through the eavesdropping messages.