Li Rizhi asked: "Bocheng County can be regarded as a big county, but it is the kind of rich landlords you said who can take out a hundred yuan, I'm afraid there will not be many of them, after all, it is cash." ”

Tang Baoen didn't think about it, and said directly: "It's quite a lot, there are more than 100 households, when the lower officials were deceived into prison by Wu Penghui's wicked man, there were more than 100 rich landlords who came to pay the money, and it is estimated that there will be people to pay in the future, maybe it can reach 200 households, although Bocheng County is a big county, but 200 rich landlords and rich households can be regarded as reaching the limit, if you want more, it is really not more." ”

When he said the number of 200 households, Chen Yingying said beside him: "Then even if each household pays 100 yuan, wouldn't it be a huge fortune of 20,000 yuan." ”

This time, even Chen Yingying was a little surprised, the Chen family is extremely rich, but 20,000 guan is definitely not a small number, even in the Gyeonggi area, there are definitely not many people who can have a wealth of 20,000 guan.

Li Rizhi said: "This is equivalent to collecting the wealth of a county and handing it over to the head of the horse." ”

Tang Baoen shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's more than 20,000 yuan, because some landlords and old rich people have paid more money, and especially the largest old rich people in the county, in order to fight for the top position, they want to get the most rewards from the emperor and the queen, so they are very competitive, and even two have begun to sell their fields, and the remaining few have given Wu Penghui the calligraphy, painting and antiques left by their ancestors, these gold and silver treasures or something, if they are counted as copper coins, plus the previous 20,000 yuan, I'm afraid the total number has to be as much as 30,000. ”

Speaking of which, even Tang Baoen smashed his mouth, 30,000 yuan, this is an unimaginable number, if it is converted into silver, it is 30,000 taels of silver.

Of course, if you really want to exchange, you will definitely not always exchange copper coins for one or two silver, and the actual exchange is never calculated like this, but it is probably such a number, and such a large number can basically make people crazy.

30,000 copper coins, such a large amount of money, it is almost impossible for the horses to take away, so it must be exchanged for gold, silver or other jewelry and antiques.

Li Rizhi said: "This official asks you, have you noticed that Wu Penghui has sent people to other places to exchange cash for gold, silver and jewelry or something, or something like that?" ”

Tang Baoen thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Xia Guan didn't pay attention to it, but because he talked about this matter with other colleagues when he was in prison, some other colleagues saw Wu Penghui send someone to send cash to the state, it may be to go to the state to exchange it, and the official doesn't know much about it when it's too specific." ”

As soon as he talked about the state, Tang Baoen suddenly became anxious, and he said: "Your Excellency, have you told Yanzhou about this matter in the county?" ”

Tang Baoen is very afraid of this case, if Li Rizhi informs Yanzhou of the matter, then he will not only have no hope for his career, but he may also lose his head.

Li Rizhi said: "This official has not yet told Yanzhou, because he is afraid of startling the snake, that Zhen Mengde is very likely to be in the same group as Wu Penghui, if the news spreads, then things will develop in a bad direction, and maybe there will be more trouble." ”

Tang Baoen kowtowed heavily to Li Rizhi and said: "Lord Inspector, I hope that your old man's subordinates will show mercy, as long as you give the subordinate and colleagues a little time, the subordinate and his colleagues are willing to make meritorious contributions, as long as it is what your old man ordered, go to the soup and fight the fire, and do not hesitate!" ”

Li Rizhi did not answer immediately, but was silent for a moment, it didn't matter if he was so silent, he scared Tang Baoen, who was kneeling below, half to death.

Tang Baoen's whole body trembled, because he had been living quite miserably in the prison these days, of course his health was not very good, and he had been bumpy all night, at this time, he was so frightened that he could no longer maintain his dignity, and he was so frightened that he peed his pants.

Li Rizhi saw that the heat was almost over, so he said to Tang Baoen: "This official is willing to cover up for you and allow you to make meritorious contributions, but you have this attitude, so what about other people?" What they think, but the official still doesn't know, otherwise you can go out and discuss with them, how do you want to make meritorious contributions, and then come back and talk to me when the discussion is over. ”

Although Li Rizhi felt very disgusted with this matter, he had to face either a group of ringing horses or a group of greedy officials, these people could not be regarded as good people, but things had happened, and it had developed to this stage, if you wanted to do nothing and let this case develop, then I am afraid that the most uncomfortable thing would be the imperial court, not only the emperor and empress would be very uncomfortable, but also those ministers in the court would not feel better.

Of course, there will inevitably be people gloating, but after all, it is a minority, even if Li Rizhi hates the people in this case, he must do something at this time, after all, he is an official of the imperial court, even if he doesn't want to whitewash the peace, he can only whitewash it at this time, there is no other way.

Chen Yingying asked: "Rizhi, how do you want to get this case, I feel that it is not difficult to solve this case, but if you clean it up, it is quite troublesome." ”

Li Rizhi nodded slowly, sighed, and said: "The Great Ceremony of Sealing Zen is imminent, and there is such a big scandal that makes the court lose face, and as a courtier, at this time, he can only do something that he is usually unwilling to do." ”

Chen Yingying knew that Li Rizhi was telling the truth, and there was really nothing he could do when he encountered this kind of unfortunate thing, the most hateful were Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui, the robbers who read the book were the most hated, much worse than those robbers who only knew how to use brute force.

After a while, Tang Baoen entered the lobby with other officials, and they knelt down for Li Rizhi one after another.

Tang Baoen said: "The Inspector Envoy, the lower officials have discussed, this time the lower officials have made meritorious contributions, and they are all unwilling, all of them are looking forward to the Supervision Envoy, and I hope that the Inspector will not give up and give the Lower Officials a chance to reform themselves." ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said: "Since you have discussed it, then the official will not talk nonsense anymore, and now there are three things for you to do."

You are all locals, so you must be familiar with the local terrain, you first think about it, if the Xiangma leave Bocheng County in batches, then if they meet, where will they probably meet, this is the first point for you to do.

There is also a second point, that is, you should immediately check the various projects of the county that are responsible for the Zen Sealing Ceremony, and if there are any projects that have not been completed, then you must work hard to complete them, which is the second point that you have to do.

As for the third point, that is, those rich and rich people in the county who want to face the saints, how to appease them, this is the third point, you should think now, the official should go and rest. ”

Li Rizhi flicked his sleeves and went to the back hall, Cheng Zizai and Chen Yingying and Fu Guibao hurriedly followed, everyone had worked hard all night, and now it was time to rest, and the headache matter, let Tang Baoen and them think about it.

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