Wang Chengen, who came from the palace, had not yet arrived, but a person came to Wen Tiren's mansion first. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info: This person is none other than Zhang Pengyuan of the British government.

Zhang Pengyuan came to find Wen Tiren and was also entrusted by others, and it was Zhao Tong, the person in charge of Liu Fan's stay in the capital, who entrusted Zhang Pengyuan. Zhao Tong is not only the main person in charge of Liu Fan's refined salt business in the capital, but also in charge of the military intelligence department in the capital, responsible for delivering news and handling some urgent matters for Liu Fan.

This time there was such a big thing in the capital, even the people knew about it, and of course it was impossible for Zhao Tong not to know. And the source of the matter is still in Liu Fan's body, Zhao Tong was shocked when he learned the news, and immediately convened a meeting of his subordinates to discuss countermeasures, because the incident suddenly happened and the capital was too far away from Jiaozhou The news transmission is inconvenient, so Zhao Tong and others decided that the most important thing at present is to find a way to resolve the crisis. After some discussion, Zhao Tong decided that this crisis must be resolved by Wen Tiren in order to have hope.

The reason is because Wen Tiren is a favored minister, and he has always been at odds with the Donglin party. As long as Wen Tiren is willing to help, then there is a great chance to resolve this crisis. But Zhao Tong is just a little-known person, and it is too difficult to ask to see Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, so Zhao Tong entrusted the British government to help. As Liu Fan's important partner, the British government naturally would not watch Liu Fan fall, and after learning of Zhao Tong's request, Zhang Pengyuan decided to personally visit Wen Tiren.

With the huge prestige and influence accumulated by the British princes in the past dynasties, Zhang Pengyuan saw Wen Tiren in the study very smoothly. As soon as they met, Zhang Pengyuan said straight to the point, "Lord Shoufu, you should be very clear about the intention of coming down, this time you are here to ask for something, and I hope Lord Shoufu will help you a lot!" ”

Wen Tiren smiled unchanged and said, "Zhang Gongzi, the old man has never had anything to do with your British government, so it's a bit too big for you to ask the old man for help when you open your mouth, right?" Zhang Gongzi is so sure that the old man will help you with this? ”

Zhang Pengyuan bowed down and replied, "Lord Shoufu is right, he really doesn't have this face, but this time he didn't come for himself, but was entrusted by others. The man said that as long as Shousuke-sama saw this thing, he would definitely not refuse! Zhang Pengyuan said, took out a brocade box from his arms and handed it to Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren was puzzled by the brocade box in Zhang Pengyuan's hand, opened it curiously, and was a little dumbfounded, only to see that the box was full of stacks of silver tickets, and the top one was written with a thousand taels. Wen Tiren roughly estimated the thickness, and according to his guess, there were no less than dozens of pieces in this brocade box. How much is a few dozen? Tens of thousands of taels, Wen Tiren's heartbeat accelerated a little.

Looking at Wen Tiren's shocked expression, Zhang Pengyuan smiled knowingly, and explained beside him full of temptation, "This is the silver ticket issued by the Four Seas Money Bank opened by our British government, each of which is one thousand taels, a full fifty. You can withdraw 50,000 taels of gold and silver at the Four Seas Money Village with the ticket! ”

With a "snap", Wen Tiren quickly closed the brocade box, put it on the case aside, calmed down his excitement and said, "Zhang Gongzi came with such a heavy gift, and the things he asked for will definitely not be very simple, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the old man to help you with anything!" Wen Tiren returned the brocade box to Zhang Pengyuan as he spoke, but his eyes couldn't help but stare at the brocade box and he didn't want to leave for a moment.

Looking at the greed and reluctance in Wen Tiren's eyes, Zhang Pengyuan suddenly felt that there was a door in his heart, and hurriedly pushed the brocade box in front of Wen Tiren and said, "Lord Shoufu, don't be busy refusing first, you might as well listen to what we ask for first, and then make a decision!" ”

Wen Tiren suddenly hesitated when he heard this, 50,000 taels of silver is also a lot of money for him, the head of the cabinet! The officials of the Ming Dynasty are not high, even as the head of the cabinet, they have a lot of filial piety. plus a year's hard work of "Bing Tan Jing", the income of the whole year is only 350,000 taels. This is still thanks to Liu Fan's blessing, if Liu Fan hadn't sent two million taels of silver to Chongzhen's inner treasury every year, Wen Tiren might not have been able to get so much silver all year round. These 50,000 taels of silver are equivalent to Wen Tiren's income for a year, and Wen Tiren can't be unmoved.

And Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, he doesn't know how long he can do, once he goes to work, I'm afraid he won't have so much input, and he has the right not to expire and invalidate the reason, Wen Tiren understands better than anyone else. struggled for a long time in his heart, but in the end, greed prevailed, sighed, and said gently, "What is Zhang Gongzi asking for, please say it clearly!" As long as the old man can do it, he will definitely try to help! ”

Zhang Pengyuan was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Lord Shoufu, for your success, our request is very simple, as long as Lord Shoufu comes forward to help disperse the scholars who gathered outside the noon gate to petition." Of course, if it is convenient, it would be better if Lord Shoufu could help Brother Jimin to promote the dispatch of troops to quell the rebellion! ”

Wen Tiren was surprised: "Is it just to disperse the scholars?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Pengyuan nodded and said, "It's as simple as that, this matter is just a gesture for Lord Shoufu." But for us, it's harder than climbing to the sky! So as long as Shousuke-sama is willing to help, the contents of the brocade box will be all adults'! ”

Wen Tiren was silent when he heard this, of course it was not difficult for him to send away those scholars, but he Wen Tiren was also one of the main messengers of this storm, if he agreed to Zhang Pengyuan's request, it would mean that Wen Tiren would offend many people, and the exchange of interests involving all aspects could not be summarized by a simple sentence and one thing, so Wen Tiren was a little hesitant. After a long while, Wen Tiren spoke, "Master Zhang, can Old Man Rong consider it?" ”

Although Zhang Pengyuan wanted Wen Tiren to agree immediately, he also knew that things were not so easy, otherwise Zhao Tong would not have taken out 50,000 taels of silver to let him operate this matter, you must know that this 50,000 taels is the income of the refined salt business in the capital and its surroundings for two months. With a wry smile, Zhang Pengyuan said, "Okay, the longer the matter drags on, the more difficult it will be to solve it, and please ask Lord Shoufu to make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

"Well, this old man knows..." Before Wen Tiren could finish speaking, there was a rapid knock on the door outside the study, only to hear the housekeeper outside the door say anxiously, "Master, the prince of the celebrant is here, and he is waiting in the living room, it seems that there is something important to pass on, you go and meet it!" (To be continued.) )