Shen Cheng reached out with an indifferent face and took a piece of meat and sent it into Luo Sigong's bowl.

"I heard that Commander Luo made a good meal of venison, this is the venison that the old man specially instructed the restaurant to cook carefully, it is very tender, please try it."

Shen always smiled, like a kind and kind old man who treats his juniors, but this attitude makes Luo Sigong feel creepy.

Ordinary officials saw Jinyiwei come to the door, and even their souls were scared half, of course, these are all middle- and low-level officials, and the power held by senior officials is not the same, in the case that Jinyiwei's power is far less than at the beginning, in normal times, the prestige of Jinyiwei's commander is really nothing in front of senior bureaucrats.

Not to mention that now that Shen Cheng has the emperor's edict in his hand, he can dispatch Jinyi Wei to do things as he sees fit, and right now, Luo Sigong needs to obey Shen Yiyi's orders to a certain extent.

"I don't know what important things Shen Ge Lao is here, and I ask Shen Ge Lao to say it clearly, otherwise such a sumptuous meal, the lower officials will not dare to use it."

Luo Sigong moved his chair back, indicating that he did not dare to accept the sumptuous meal.

"Hehehe, shouldn't you young people be in a hurry and have few concerns? Jinyiwei should be even more so, this is also a concern, that is also a concern, it is something that only a person like the old man will do, you are different. ”

Shen always smiled: "Eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, this meal is the old man's private arrangement, into the mouth of you and me, out of the door of you and me, no third person will know, there will be absolutely no will, hehehe, come and come, this is specially prepared for Commander Luo, if Commander Luo does not eat, it will be wasted." ”

Luo Sigong forcibly pressed the anxiety in his heart.

"Please also ask Shen Ge Lao to make it clear, otherwise, the food will not be pleasant."

Shen Yi sighed, put down his chopsticks, and shook his head.

"No matter what, no matter what, if you don't say this, Commander Luo must not be at ease, in fact, the old man is here, and he really has a problem to ask Commander Luo for advice."

Luo Sigong's heart sank, and he said, "I don't know what Shen Ge Lao means by asking for advice? ”

"It's just some personal doubts of the old man."

Shen Yi smiled slightly: "The old man doesn't know very well what the number of family assets of those officials who have been raided?" Is it enough to reward the army? Xiao Zhennan commanded 100,000 soldiers, and the cost of the army and daily expenses required were not a small amount. ”

Luo Sigong had already guessed in his heart part of Shen's intention to come here.

"Don't hide it from Shen Ge Lao, in the past few days, 21 officials have raided their homes, fifteen people at a time, and six people at a time, and the total amount of silver, gold, antique jade, gold and silver jewelry, as well as the family's acres of houses and business income, is conservatively estimated to be about 10 million."

Luo Sigong honestly reported the real data.

Shen Zheng's body trembled imperceptibly, his eyes flickered, and he was silent for a while.

"Ten million? Isn't that right? ”

Shen Cheng said suddenly.

"Isn't that right?"

Luo Sigong frowned and said: "This is a special person to count, there will be no mistake, this number is a conservative estimate, it may be more or not necessarily, after all, the means of hiding the silver two today are really incredible." ”

Shen Yi laughed when he heard this, and then kept shaking his head.

"No, no, this number is absolutely wrong."

Luo Sigong didn't quite understand what Shen always meant.

"What does Shen Ge Lao mean?"

"What the old man means is that how could the Ming Dynasty officials' fortunes be so rich that they could let one or two corrupt officials get so much silver? There must be some misunderstanding here, otherwise, wouldn't everyone be able to eat such a meal? ”

Shen Yi smiled and pointed to a table of dishes.

Luo Sigong suddenly realized, he suddenly understood the fundamental purpose of Shen Yiyi's coming here.

In an instant, Luo Sigong's thoughts turned a thousand times, but even so, it was not enough for him to make his own decision in a short period of time, and by the time he finally made up his mind, it had already passed for a while.

Luo Sigong looked deeply at Shen Cheng and looked at his face with a kind smile.

He thought about other things that didn't make him feel very pleasant.

He made a decision.

"Hehe, the lesson of Shen Ge is that this number is indeed too exaggerated, Xia Guan thought about it just now, maybe he was mistaken, not ten million, but eight million."

Shen Yi smiled again, and then shook his head again.

"No, no, or no, even if the officials of the Ming Dynasty lose their conscience, they won't be greedy for so much silver, right? Besides, there isn't that much silver to be greedy for, yes or no? ”

Not enough?

Luo Sigong pondered it for a while, and asked tentatively, "The five million?" ”

Shen Yi shook his head again.

"No, no, or no, these two pieces of silver can buy hundreds of catties of rice grain, five million silver, how much rice grain does it have to be? The Ming Dynasty didn't have so much rice and grain, and Luo commanded the envoys, which was obviously wrong. ”

Luo Sigong pursed his lips.

"Yes, yes, these days the officials are overworked, they must have miscalculated, it is clearly only three million."

Shen always shook his head with the same smile.

"The annual treasury income of the Ming Dynasty is only three million, and Commander Luo is laughing again, isn't it? If these 20 people can covet a year's income from the treasury, then what if Your Majesty mistakenly thinks that every 20 officials can covet a year's income from the treasury? ”

Luo Sigong took a deep breath, thinking about the emperor, thinking about Xiao Ruxun, thinking about Zhang Whale, and thinking about his own situation.

"Then Shen Ge always thinks that these more than 20 people, how many silver taels have been lost by greedy ink?"

Shen Yi stretched out a finger.

"We can't let Your Majesty have the wrong idea that none of the Manchu officials are loyal to Your Majesty, and it is necessary for us and other people who are loyal to the monarchy to get rid of the alarmist news, what does Commander Luo think?"

Luo Sigong looked at the finger and nodded slowly.

"What Shen Ge Lao said is reasonable, we are courtiers, we should share the worries for Your Majesty, and not let Your Majesty work too hard, this is the duty of a minister who is loyal to the monarch and the country."

With that, Luo Sigong took out the detailed report in his hand and handed it to Shen Yiyi.

"The people under the subordinate are not good at learning and art, and they only found one million taels, but they counted it as ten million taels, which is really ridiculous and generous! The subordinate officials did not manage their subordinates effectively, and asked Shen Ge Lao to punish him. ”

Shen Cheng took the report, took it out and looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and then took out another envelope from his arms and handed it to Luo Sigong.

"Commander Luo understands the righteousness and is loyal to the monarch and the country, and he is really a rare loyal minister of the country, what is wrong? Besides, Jinyi Wei is His Majesty's personal army, except for Your Majesty, who else can be punished? The old man would never dare to do this. ”

Luo Sigong took the envelope, opened it, and pulled out a stack of papers from it, and when he looked at it, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his hands shook, almost not shaking off the stack of papers.