After drinking the wine, Li Guolou said goodbye and left, Xiao Dezhang was sent to the mouth of the curtain library alley, Li Lianying took good care of his subordinates, Xiao Dezhang was transferred from the Internal Affairs Office to the West Palace very satisfied, and became the close eunuch of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the living treatment was much better than in the past, there was already a little eunuch who served him, the two of them cherished their voices, waved goodbye, some words do not need to be said, they do not need to be said. Wei Xiaoliu said cautiously: "Father-in-law, as soon as we opened, we grabbed the land and squeezed into other people's territory, which is not in line with the rules of the business field, and will be rectified to death, not to mention that the hearts of the people are separated from the belly, those eunuchs also have collusion with the Wanjia ticket number, and there are also people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who lend usury, we open the bank here, they will be very unhappy!" ”

Li Guolou nodded and said: "I know, what I just said, Wanshou Lu will know in the evening, anyway, it is also a joke at the banquet, please come in to the bank can you gain a foothold here, it is too early to say, if you can't open it, I don't have much loss, but those big eunuchs who want to make money will be unhappy, this is also a power struggle in the palace, I can only say a golden idea, whether it can be successful or not, it depends on who is powerful!" ”

Wei Xiaoliu shook his head and said: "I see it difficult, more than a hundred years of rules, who is willing to break them, Xiao Lizi doesn't dare to ask about political affairs, so many eunuch leaders, with different thoughts, no one can dominate the rivers and lakes!" ”

Li Guolou said with a smile: "Little Liuzi, are you stupid, we don't have a unified Jianghu, we have one more bank, no mountains and no dew, who dares to jump out of the mountains and oppose it, and when we rely on strength to become bigger, they want to oppose us, and they don't have this strength, a golden idea also depends on accumulation, how can it directly force people to death, and when we become bigger and stronger, at least four or five years later, you just wait for your son to talk about it!" ”

Wei Xiaoliu scratched his head, hehe laughed a few times, just like asking for a son, he couldn't come in a hurry, and his wife hadn't married yet.

"Father-in-law, the dead eunuch is too ruthless to make money, a position actually asks you for 4,000 taels of silver, regardless of success or failure, and you will be asked for 8,000 taels of silver in the future, which is also too ruthless." Wei Xiaoliu was still unwilling, the terrifying number of "12,000 taels of silver", Li Lianying opened her mouth and dared to ask for it without care.

Li Guolou sighed: "Little Liuzi, you don't know, the eunuchs have long been spoiled, and even their masters don't know how rich they are, so I want to cheat them out of their money and let these wastes contribute to the construction of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Wei Xiaoliu burped and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, from the time I have known you to the present, you have always had crooked reasoning, and you are the only one in the world who can see that there is a gold mine in the hands of the dead eunuch!" ”

Li Guolou raised his voice and said: "Hey, you don't want to think about it, if you don't make money, who will cry from the palace, Xiao Dezhang just moved the palace punishment for himself, passed out for three days, and only got up in five days, isn't he coming in spring!" ”

Wei Xiaoliu spit out the truth after drinking, and grunted: "It's still more spring for you!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey." Li Guolou looked up at the blue sky, the reunion day was just around the corner, his success was inseparable from women, and he remembered the scene of sharing the bed with his grandmothers, and couldn't help laughing.

In the afternoon, the sky was clear and cloudless, and people were in good spirits on happy occasions, Li Guolou went straight to the yamen of the criminal department, taking advantage of the fact that the current people were still free, to see old friends, and also wanted to know the progress of the theft of the treasury of the household.

Li Guolou also has an ulterior purpose, that is, once the theft of the treasury silver of the household department is poked out and widely implicated, the emperor and the two empress dowagers will think that the treasury guards in the treasury of the Internal Affairs Office must also steal the treasury silver in this way, and fill the deficit through the filling of the fire consumption, and every year there are slaves who steal their palace silver, and they have been concealed for more than 100 years, which changes the circulation of silver in the Qing Empire.

Li Guolou presented Li Hongzhang's two statements, one is to sell the country's sovereignty, he cannot escape being attacked by the countrymen, and he will be nailed to the pillar of historical shame forever, and the other is about the reform of the silver dollar system, which may be passed by the court, and he, as an advocate, is very likely to be entrusted with important tasks by the imperial court.

At the same time, an earth-shaking event is taking place in the household department, and an operation to catch the criminals who have stolen the treasury silver has been on the string.

The door of the treasury was slowly closed, thirty bald-headed, bare-chested treasury guards, fish out, as always, somersaulting, so that the guards next to them could see clearly, they did not carry silver ingots out of the house, the six officials outside the door each picked up a seal to seal the treasury door, everything was in order, not a drop of water, there were more than 20 soldiers staring at them, some of them were a nest of snakes and rats, and the thirty treasury guards were embarrassed, such as the six sealed officials, and those with muskets were Mu Zhimu Jue, They didn't know that anyone was stealing money from the treasury in front of them.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the gate of the compound, and Ma Zhijun, a member of the staff, led a group of people and horses, stepped into the compound, and shouted: "All stand for the official, the criminal department investigates the case, Lord Yu, Lord Bao, to the ······."

But seeing that 100 people were arrested by the Torture Department with loaded guns and live ammunition, Bao led them together and surrounded the people in the compound.

Ma Zhijun, a member of the staff, didn't dare to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, knowing in his heart that the Hubu Treasury case had been solved, and even Yu Shuzhen, the head of the Ministry of Households, and Shang Shubao of the Criminal Department came together, caught him off guard, and looked at the gang of arrests, sure enough, he dealt with him several times, and the bald head was very eye-catching, but he didn't see Li Guolou's figure.

Ma Zhijun has already figured out that the crime of accepting bribes and the crime of stealing treasury silver is the difference between heaven and earth, so he doesn't care whether his subordinates live or die, as long as he keeps his mouth shut, no one can bend into a move.

Yu Shuzhen said: "Lord Bao, please!" ”

Bao stroked his beard together, stepped into the compound, paced in figure-eight steps, looked at the group of frightened guards with a pair of eyes, and said: "Skynet is restored and not leaked, since this official is here, he is here to arrest the criminals who steal the treasury silver, and any of you who has violated the national law will not be recruited from the truth!" ”

Looking at the surrounding guns and live ammunition, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at them, and Zhao Youguo, the official who posted the seal, turned white, and hurriedly confessed: "Lord Bao, Lord Yu, Master Ma, we are here to do things according to the rules, and there is no favoritism!" ”

The other five officials next to him also echoed one after another, loudly saying that they were wronged, Bao was silent together, and listened quietly to several household officials, knowing that these officials would be good people, which would be beneficial from top to bottom, but he and Yu Shuzhen, the head of the household department, had already discussed, and it was enough to catch the current offender of stealing treasury silver, and the group of macaques would hang on to the tree, spare their lives, and let them live, so as to save some face for the Manchurians, and not let the court lose face.

Bao Datong waved his hand to interrupt the speeches of several officials, and there was something to say in his words: "This official, of course, you know the merits of coming here, and those who are clear will clear themselves, needless to say, whoever wants to deceive the chief will not be able to do it, and the guilty will not kneel down and confess." After speaking, Bao sat on a Taishi chair together, took a cup of tea, opened the official shelf, drank tea, stood still, and looked at the thirty anxious guards with a sneer.

Secretly thought: How long can the silver ingots be hidden in the anus, and if they are not taken out, their lives are at stake, and now it depends on who can consume whom.

The six officials spied on each other, and they already knew that they couldn't hide it, they all lowered their heads, their faces were extremely ugly, cold sweat broke out on their heads, and no one dared to speak, this silver is poisonous to the human body, and the heavy metal is in the stomach, how can it last long, and if you hold it back, you will fall to the ground and die.

At this time, thirty full-man library guards, knowing that the case was seen out of the door, from the Ming Dynasty began to hide hundreds of years of unique skills, will be revealed to the world, suddenly, like an old hen laying eggs, a library pawn gave birth to a silver ingot, when a loud sound, three silver ingots fell in a row, falling on the bluestone floor.

But when he saw a group of guards, he knelt on the ground and shouted, "My lord, spare your life." "Please be gracious." "I'll give it all!"

On the one hand, he kowtowed and confessed, and on the other hand, he gave birth to silver ingots, thirty treasury pawns, three silver ingots were born to the masters, and two silver ingots were born to the poor people, and thirty old hens laid eggs, which was absolutely weird and ridiculous.

The scene was moved, there was wild laughter, and there were also kowtows to confess their guilt, of course, the six officials could not be exempted, their knees weakened, all bowed their heads and confessed, and they were stripped of their official robes and hats on the spot.

Bao shouted loudly and shouted: "Come on, give it all to this official and escort it back to the prison of the Criminal Department!" ”

"Pierce." Ai Hai and the others screamed loudly, and the first major case of the Qing Dynasty was solved by them, and this glory will shine on their life's career.

Ma Zhijun pretended to be impressed, knelt on the ground, and said: "Lord Yu, my subordinates should be damned, I don't know that I have raised a group of guards and self-stealing villains, please punish Lord Yu!" ”

"Hey." Yu Shuzhen sighed and glanced at a large number of household officials behind him, the law does not blame the public, no one is innocent, they usually take filial piety silver, and they have this "silver egg" income, but now they are all pretending to be stupid, saying, "I never thought of stealing treasury silver, and this trick." "Leaving aside the relationship with the treasury loss case, he said that he was deceived.

"Lord Bao will find out the case, who is guilty and who is not guilty, there will be a time when the truth will come out, what do you have to say, you must explain truthfully, the so-called confession is lenient and strict in resisting strictly, our Qing Dynasty law is fair and selfless, you are good at doing it yourself, don't destroy people and defile yourself, this official looks at your own performance, this time this kind of thing happened to our household department, those treasury guards are really unconscionable, lose the face of their ancestors, the officials are embarrassed to see them, ashamed of them, the lesson is profound, the consequences are tragic, Lord Ma immediately rectified the official, Plug the loophole for the official ······"

Yu Shuzhen said non-stop, using the treasury compound as a speech stage, hundreds of audiences listened to his speech, and waited for Bao to take a group of arrest and escort criminals away, Yu Shuzhen also said that a speech was at least more than two hours, and no one listened to him in the past, and gave him a stumbling block, from this moment on, Yu Shuzhen knew that those Manchu people would only kneel in front of him to be trained, and whoever he wanted to die would fall, and the Manchu officials in the household department were honest now, and all the thorns would be removed, and there were "devil six" as the backstage, and the same door Bao together "to be an ally, he can't be defeated."

The common people on the street watched the excitement, more than 30 criminals were escorted out of the household, and hundreds of people were fighting, what was that like, the street had already exploded.

"Bao Qingtian is out." "Master Bao is the master of the people." "Down with corrupt officials." "Bao Qingtian is a Wenqu star!"

Flocked to the crowd, turned over and knelt down to worship on both sides of the street, the Qing Dynasty needs Bao Qingtian, and it is inseparable from the master of Qingtian who is the master of the people.

After greeting each other, Bao Tong finally sat in the carriage, the car drove forward, Bao Tong had a lot of thoughts, there was a joy, mixed with a melancholy, muttering to himself, "Bao Qingtian, I am Bao Qingtian, I am Wenqu Xing, hey, how difficult it is to be Qingtian, I can't be corrupt, I can't take bribes, I really want to be a clean official, think about the money and make enough, I should learn from Zuo Zongtang, turn a blind eye to his subordinates, and only by being good can I be promoted to the next level!" ”

Thinking that he invited him to the bank to invest 200,000 taels of silver, he would roll money and silver, and there was no need to be corrupt anymore, and he would take a big leap forward in the realm of thought, and he would upgrade to a Buddha, not disturbed by the mortal dust, and close his eyes to meditate on his thoughts and virtues.