When the chief eunuch Kuang Gonggong of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau heard this, his eyes glanced left and right, only those people with greasy and white complexions, all of them did not squint, and the people in the market in the distance said that they had fire in their eyes, but they couldn't squeeze it.

He was Jiajing 39 years into the palace, at that time worship under the Zhang Whale door as a godson, so many years, he climbed step by step to the current position, and finally put it on the position of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, that is really rich in oil and water, a few years down, the small belly will bulge out, and it will become more and more white and tender. The eunuch is an incomplete man, but this does not mean that the eunuch does not want a woman, Kuang Gong Gongxue that Nanjing garrison eunuch Mu Jiu's style, in Suzhou also raised two Mrs. Ru, both of whom were born in the name, he practiced hard to lick the tip of his nose with his tongue, and finally produced some results. However, these riches, once their heads are cut off, they will be wiped out, and the two Mrs. Ru don't know which dog will be cheaper, but pity my two Peugeot ladies, who kiss both sensitively like fish caught from the water...... As soon as he thought of this, he was unwilling, his body writhed desperately, he suddenly lost his balance, fell to the ground with a pop, and his throat and nose also made a ho-ho-ho sound, like a leech twisting and struggling in salt water.

"Metropolitan Governor, the eunuch of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau seems to have something to say." Ryan Stein, a former knight of the Order of Malta, leaned into the ear of the officer. The obedient officer nodded, hummed, and waved his hand to bring the person to him.

was loosened, Kuang Yongmei shouted loudly, "Governor, our family is wronged!" shouted, tears and snot all came down suddenly, in terms of acting skills, the Oscar winner in later generations was only worthy of carrying shoes for him.

Holding the score, the obedient officer gently [huh? With a sound, Gonggong Kuang suddenly backhanded himself a big mouth, with so much force, five finger prints immediately appeared on his white fat and round cheeks, "Dadu Dudu, the slave and maid are wronged!" ”

Hum! You're interested.

With his eyes, Ryan Stein Bonaparte next to him understood, and immediately led a group of Franc mercenaries to beat their chests with their hands, and they all took a step forward, and the sound of the steel torrent suddenly covered up all kinds of cries, although the people in the market didn't know what was going on, but how to look, how did they feel that it was similar to the officials and lords stomping on water and fire sticks and shouting [might], and subconsciously stopped talking, and the street suddenly fell silent.

The obedient official sat down on the pony and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Kuang, if you don't let you speak, it will be unfair to you, can you admit the identification of the people now?" What to say! ”

Kuang Yongmei hurriedly took two steps forward, and was just about to step forward, when Ryan Stein Bonaparte stretched out his arm, and suddenly made a turn, and was glared at by the former Maltese knight, and immediately shuddered, and quickly knelt on the ground with a puff, and walked a few steps to the obedient official sitting on the pony, and shouted loudly with a handful of snot and tears: "The slave is wronged!" The slave and maid admitted that what the people said was true, but the slave and maid did not seek money and kill people! The slave maid is just dedicated to doing things for the Lord of Long Live, and for the two Queen Mothers, the Empress Dowager of Rensheng and the Empress Dowager of Cisheng......"

As soon as the obedient official raised his foot, he kicked Kuang Yongmei over with a heartfelt kick, "Bastard, that's how you do things for the emperor and the queen mother?" ”

After rolling on the paved road paved with granite strips, Kuang Gonggong crawled to Uncle Guo with his hands and feet, and hugged Uncle Guo's leg as soon as he stretched out his hand, "Uncle Guo and Grandpa spare his life, the slave and maid really didn't do anything corrupt and bent the law......

The surrounding people in Suzhou were angry and scolded one after another, "Dog eunuch, deducting the wages of weavers, this is not called corruption and perversion of the law...... Forcing people to die, you have to fight for your life with your life......"

After the angry people scolded for a while, the obedient official stretched out his hand to stop the people, looked down at Kuang Yongmei and said: "Look, do you hear it, the public opinion dictates it, do you think you should die!" ”

Kuang Gonggong gritted his teeth and shouted: "The slave is right, damn it's the Zhejiang Buzheng Division, as well as the silk merchants in Suzhou." ”

The obedient official was stunned for a moment, and then scolded, "Bastard, is there a relationship between Nan Zhili and Zhejiang Buzheng Division?" It is a capital offense. ”

Hearing this, Father-in-law Kuang suddenly understood, the little uncle in front of him was an officialdom novice, Huan Hai Xinding, no wonder he dared to take us under the knife, he was really wronged! Met such a master.

His heart was dripping blood, and he hurriedly shouted, "Uncle Guo, Su Song is under the control of the Zhejiang Political Secretary, and the slave and maid are not ......."

There is no official office in the north and south, no institutions, no chief executive, not an administrative region, and all the officials of the department and province are attached to the name of other political departments, such as the Susong area, which is hung under the name of the Zhejiang political department, that is to say, administratively speaking, Su Song is under the management of Zhejiang, but Su Song has Su Song governor, this is a very ridiculous account, and it is not clear for a while, in short, the southern Zhili places are managed by the four political departments of Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangxi, and Huguang.

After listening to Kuang Yongmei's words, the obedient official groaned, and scolded in his heart, what a bullshit administrative division! Su Song is under the management of Zhejiang, this mud horse ...... He snorted and said, "Go on, don't point to the fool." "Where does Gonggong Kuang still care about the Zhejiang Political Secretary Li Shaonan at this time, he is also Zhang Whale Zhang's father-in-law's person, as the so-called, the dead Taoist friends do not die in the poor Dao, and the bamboo tube is poured into the beans at the moment, and the inside story of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau is poured out.

"Dadu Governor, the slave and the maid are wronged, and the slave and the maid are more wronged than Dou E! Suzhou weaving is the head institution in the palace, but the silk that can be woven is not to go to sea from Ningbo City to earn the silver of the Francophone people, Zhejiang Cloth Secretary Li Shaonan Li every year hundreds of thousands of horses of silk to go to sea, to political achievements, this is not spread in the hands of our people, he a province to seal the territory, in a word, we have to run broken legs, although we are all crippled slaves are people in front of the Long Live Lord, but Long Live Lord to do silver! Last year, there was a severe drought in several northern provinces, and the Lord did not eat or drink, so he saved 200,000 yuan of silver from the treasury to the household department, and pointed out that the rich businessmen in the world could set an example, and the result was ......"

The obedient official raised his foot and gave Kuang Yongmei a heart-warming kick, "Tell the point." "I added a sentence in my heart,, are you here to wash the emperor's floor? Bring sand to the beach.

Kuang Gonggong slapped himself twice, "Yes, yes, the slave said the point, last year, Lord Li Shaonan of Zhejiang said that he wanted 800,000 horses of silk, such a heavy task, we can only fight hard to do it, although there are 100,000 weavers in Suzhou, but we only have 8,000 weavers in the Weaving Bureau, no matter what, it is inexhaustible, so it can only be sent to the local silk family......"

Zhu Guozhen, the first assistant of the cabinet of the late Ming Dynasty, once said that Suzhou [mostly make a living from silk weaving, the northeast half of the city, about where the machine households live], and at that time, the Ming people's notes were also scattered [I Wu citizens, regardless of the field, the big households made a living, and the small households took advantage of the weaving to live], it can be imagined that at this time, Suzhou's capital developed to what extent.

"The price set by the slaves and maids was originally fair, but the local silk farmers in Suzhou refused, saying that the raw silk was expensive, and our weaving bureau was full of men who didn't know that the hungry men were hungry, and they were only willing to set three-fifths of the price for our weaving bureau, if the slaves and maids refused, they would not accept the sale......" Kuang Yongmei Kuang's father-in-law said the inside joint with a handful of snot and tears.

These words are all those people in the market no matter what, some people are incredulous, and they shouted and scolded at the moment, "Dog eunuch, climb and slander good people, this is impossible, our Dongcheng Hongmiao Nanhongshan people are by no means that kind of people, Hongshan people build bridges and roads, that is a living Bodhisattva in the world...... That is, although the elders of our Beicheng Li Yi Changli are known as Li Bancheng, they all earn money with their conscience, and they are also indispensable in the kitchen, they are really living immortals, you eggless gelding, bite people indiscriminately......"

Kuang Yongmei listened to the scolding of the people, and couldn't help laughing, laughing to the end, haha, tears and snot came out, and the laughter turned into crying, "Uncle Guo, you always have to be the master of the slaves!" You see, all the slaves and maids who have a bad reputation are treated, and those who really have a bad conscience and earn money are still praised with their mouths, and they are really law-abiding, and they are depressed, and they sing happily every night, they ride horses and mules at the expense of others and themselves, they are upright and fair, they starve, they are blind when they build bridges and roads, and they kill people and set fires...... Uncle and grandfather, the slaves and maids are wronged! With that, he fell to the ground and began to cry.

The obedient official was silent, and some people looked at the appearance of the chief eunuch of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and it didn't seem like a fake, so they couldn't help but be suspicious, and whispered in private, "Is it possible, Hongshan people are not true and good people?" Elder Li is not a real elder? ”

Lying on the ground and crying for a while, Father-in-law Kuang wiped a handful of tears, straightened his waist and said loudly: "Uncle Guo, the slaves and maids have accounts, a horse of silk is sold to the West, equivalent to about eighteen taels of silver, last year's Zhejiang Buzheng Department of 800,000 horses, that is, 14.4 million taels of silver, of which, only less than 100,000 horses of silk are from our Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and the rest are all contracted by Suzhou wealthy businessmen. ”

There was an uproar all around, 14.4 million taels of silver? This...... So much silver?

At this time, someone shouted in the crowd, "Fart, you gelding, eighteen taels of silver and a piece of silk, is it possible that there is no loss on the sea road?" Sea ships don't want money? The imperial court does not want taxes? When the obedient official heard this, he looked carefully, but he couldn't find the person who spoke, his eyes rolled, and he sneered twice at the moment.

"Taxes? What taxes? How much tax? Kuang Yongmei shouted: "The year before last, the imperial court levied an additional 60,000 taels of silk tax on Suzhou, more than a dozen wealthy businessmen instigated behind their backs, and a group of Diao people surrounded the Yamen of the Governor of Susong, and finally even the stone lion at the door of the Governor's Yamen was knocked down, and the 60,000 taels of silk tax could not be paid. In the name of good people and elders, those who knock out the bones and suck the marrow have turned you fools around, and you still think they are good people? Phew! ”

He spat viciously on the ground, and then swore to the sky: "The emperor is above, and I, the eunuch Kuang Yongmei, the superintendent of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, swear, what I said is true. You elders and good people, do you dare to swear? If any of their silver is not clean, they will let their whole family die, and the men will be slaves for generations, and the women will be prostitutes...... "In the end, it was hoarse and resentful, and for a time, everyone was silenced, and only the heavy wheezing of Kuang Gong after his hoarseness and a trace of whimper in the wind were on the street.

After a while, the obedient official coughed and said, "Old Kuang! Don't make such a vicious oath, everyone likes this silver, and it won't be the reason that people's silver is a little unclean and they will be slaved and prostitutes for generations. Some people heard this, their lips moved, but when the words came to their mouths, think about the words of the father-in-law Kuang, and then think about the so-called more than 10 million taels of silver, compared to their own hard work all day and night, for a while, but they didn't want to say anything.

After coughing dryly twice, the obedient official said: "However, Suzhou is a fellow countryman!" Could it be that Shen Shixing Shen Ge Lao and Wang Xijue Wang Ge Lao are both blind? Are so many scholars in the Susongtai area all fools? Pontus couldn't figure this out. ”

"Uncle Guo, you don't know." Kuang Yongmei screamed for a long time, her voice was a little broken, and she was a little hoarse when she spoke at this time, but she also knew that this was her only chance, and her face was torn anyway, so she simply stabbed him upside down, at most, she hugged the thighs of Uncle Guo and Concubine De in the future, "Last year, the imperial court proposed to repair the city wall in the Susong area, and the big families opposed it one by one, and finally it went to Shen Ge Lao's house, Shen Ge Lao's eldest son Shen Yongmao listened to everyone's opinions, and wrote a letter to Shen Ge Lao, Later, Shen Ge Lao opposed the repair of the city in the court meeting, saying that the labor of the people and the loss of money, the labor of the people, and the mobilization of the people, in the end, it was not over. Although the slave and maid are not the master of ceremonies, I don't know how Shen Ge Lao played this matter, and the slave and maid are not from Dongchang, and I don't know what Shen Yongmao wrote in Shen Ge Lao's family letter, but An Bixuan also has the position of Dongchang, he may know. ”

The obedient official asked someone to bring the eunuch An Bixuan of the Southern Bureau to him, and the eunuch An had a white face, trembling, and trembling all over, "Slave...... Slave, slave...... Don't dare to say. ”

Sen Senran smiled, and the obedient official lowered his head to look at the other party, "What?" Afraid that Shen Ge Lao will give you small shoes to wear? ”

An Bixuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, put his hands on the ground, and kowtowed to Uncle Guo again and again, "Uncle Guo, spare the slave!" If the slave and maid say it, the governor will definitely ask for the slave's head! ”

Lowering his eyes and looking at his nails, the obedient official flicked it, and said slowly: "Zhang Whale is doing things for the emperor, and the governor of Bendu is also doing things for the emperor, why does he Zhang Whale want your head?" If he takes your head, it will be murder and extermination, and there is a suspicion of embezzlement of 10 million silver, Pontus gave him two guts, see if he dares, rest assured, Pontus will ensure that you are fine, if you don't say it, you won't even be able to pass this level today. ”

An Bixuan was sweating profusely, and his cheeks were raised several times, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Even the heart of the speaker must know that it will reach the big family." This unprovoked battle, in order to exhaust its anointing, the big households are poor, and the small people stand up, and it is impossible to do it! ”

This is obviously the content of the letter, when the obedient official heard it, he immediately became happy, the rich and the big family took out the silver, and the poor and poor people will suddenly wither, so this city wall cannot be repaired, this mud horse, what is the theory?

(To be continued)