Meng Jing counted the silver tickets in his hand for a while, thirty thousand taels, a lot.

He looked up and saw Guo Dongtai still standing in the hall, and asked, "Is there anything else going on with Master Guo?"

Guo Dongtai smiled euphemistically, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and the folds on his face were piled together, and he was a little embarrassed.

He looked at the silver ticket in Meng Jing's hand, swallowed his saliva, and said tentatively: "Lord Wang, there is an unwritten rule in the palace, and this kind of thing is generally shared by those who see it. ”

After saying that, he looked at Meng Jing expectantly.

Meng Jing understood what Guo Dongtai meant, the officials of the government were not high, and their main income was to rely on the gift money they usually received.

Generally, the officials present have a share in the gifts.

Receiving gifts and doing things is also considered bribery, but officials at all levels basically turn a blind eye, as long as they don't make a big mess, they will not care about ordinary trivial things.

Meng Jing also learned about some of them, the financial deficit of the Xinwang Mansion, and most of these officials who obeyed the orders of the Xinwang Mansion had not received the money for several months, and they needed silver taels to support the family.

Meng Jing didn't intend to cut off their financial path, as long as they restrained themselves and didn't do anything particularly out of the ordinary, they would be fine.

However, Guo Dongtai actually wanted to share Meng Jing's money, which was more out of line.

Meng Jing directly stuffed the silver ticket into his arms, and then looked at Guo Dongtai with a sneer.

"Master Guo, what are you carrying in your sleeve, what are you doing all the time?"

From the intimate attitude between Guo Dongtai and Wei Yuanqing just now, Meng Jing has already seen some clues, and he must have received a lot of benefits from Wei Yuanqing.

Guo Dongtai was a little flustered by Meng Jing's cold eyes, and he hurriedly defended:

"No, it's nothing, it's just that my arm was bitten by a mosquito last night, and it was a little red and itchy, and Xia Guan scratched it. ”

"It's a harsh winter, where are the mosquitoes, does Master Guo treat this king as a three-year-old child?"

Meng Jing took advantage of the situation to amplify the volume, and his voice was loud.

Guo Dongtai was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, and his heart was apprehensive.

This prince changed his face too quickly, and he was still smiling when he counted the silver tickets just now, how can he say that he turned his face and turned his face?

"The prince was angry, and the lower officials were truthfully invited, and they were just outside the conference hall, so Wei Yuanqing forced the lower officials to give them some silver money, and asked the lower officials to speak for him a lot, but the lower officials' fierce loyalty to the prince can be seen by the sun and the moon.

Xiaguan thinks so, the prince intends to suppress the family, the lower official took Wei Yuanqing's money, and the loss is the family's silver, which can be regarded as a modest contribution to the prince's pacification of the family. ”

Meng Jingcai will not believe these nonsense, Guo Dongtai's bribery can be said by him to be for the great cause of the palace.

But Meng Jing didn't want to delve into this matter, he had dealt with Guo Dongtai in the past few days, and he still had a basic understanding of Guo Dongtai and his person, this person was well versed in the way of officialdom, and he could clear the priorities, and it was definitely not something that Wei Yuanqing could win over with some silver taels.

"Master Guo, how many silver taels did Wei Yuanqing give you?"

"One hundred taels. ”

"Just a hundred taels, let go of your sleeves and let the king see it. ”

As soon as he heard that Meng Jing was going to check it in person, Guo Dongtai broke out in a cold sweat, and the lie of underreporting the silver two was self-defeating.

"The prince came to check in person, and the next official collected a thousand taels, all here. ”

After speaking, Guo Dongtai took out two brand-new silver tickets from his sleeve and carefully placed them on the ground.

Meng Jing secretly said in his heart: The Wei family is really wealthy, and they can deal with an official at will, and it will be a thousand taels as soon as they make a move.

Thinking of the predicament of the palace at this time, it was full of tears.

The instinct to survive told Meng Jing that he couldn't let go of any money.

He looked at Guo Dongtai in the hall, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a smile that seemed to have a deep meaning.

"Master Guo's book is really brave and loyal, the palace has had some financial problems recently, you also know this, this thousand taels of the king will accept it, thank you Guo for the contribution to the palace, this king will remember it." ”

"No, it's ......"

Guo Dongtai was like a fish in his throat, his face was ugly, but he didn't dare to say it.

"Is there anything else going on with Master Guo?"

Meng Jing's face became cold, his voice was cold, and he was not angry and arrogant.

"No, it's okay, the next official will retire. ”

When Guo Dongtai heard this, he was stunned, and hurriedly retired, he didn't dare to provoke this great god again.

In the next two days, the Pingzhou family came to the Xinwang Mansion one after another to make up the tax arrears.

The Longmen list was full of signs, and Meng Jing counted them one by one, and more than 40 families in Pingzhou had paid all the taxes, and the total amount was more than 100,000 taels more than the 850,000 taels in arrears.

Time flies, and the five-day appointment has arrived.

It was early in the morning, and the sky was slightly bright.

Shopkeeper Lu couldn't wait to summon all the major families and came to the Xinwang Mansion together, he was eager to see the embarrassment when Meng Jing couldn't take out the silver, and finally he could breathe a bad sigh for the humiliation he had suffered in the Xinwang Mansion a few days ago.

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Lu was even more excited.

In the past few days, under the warm hospitality of the family, he lingered in the fireworks alley, willows, pink tents, soft couches, greedy for the joy of fish and water, and did not listen to the major events that happened in Pingzhou, and he didn't even know that the Longmen list was full of signs.

He has the support of the Pingzhou family and the Lu family, and it is expected that a yellow-mouthed child like Meng Jing will not be able to make up the money, and he thinks that he has the chance to win, and there is no rumor in the accident world at all.

And the expressions of the heads of the family are very different, most of them are forcing a smile, and they are a little embarrassed when they meet.

Seeing the sign on the Longmen list, they all knew that all the family heads had been to the Xinwang Mansion.

Only the shopkeeper Lu was in the dark and enjoying it.

Meng Jing also got up early, and he ordered someone to count the silver and put it into a few wooden boxes.

When he heard the sound, he came to the gate of the palace and saw the shopkeeper Lu talking to the heads of the family with his eyebrows fluttering.

"I heard that the shopkeeper Lu has visited my Qinglou in Pingzhou in the past few days, and when I saw it today, my body bones are really empty. ”

When the shopkeeper Lu saw Meng Jing coming, he mocked himself, and he was furious in his heart, Huangkou Xiaoer, you will look good in a while.

"The villain is very tough, so there is no need to worry. ”

Meng Jing glanced at the heads of the families and saw that Wei Yuanqing and the others were all present, but they all smiled reluctantly and deliberately avoided Meng Jing's gaze.

Thinking of the arrogance of the shopkeeper Lu at this time, Meng Jing understood that the family did not inform the shopkeeper Lu about paying taxes, and the shopkeeper Lu was not aware of it at this time.

When the shopkeeper Lu saw Meng Jing standing still, he thought that Meng Jing had not gathered all the money and was deliberately delaying time.

"The prince still settled the 850,000 taels quickly, so that the villain can return to the demon capital as soon as possible. ”

Having said that, Shopkeeper Lu wished that Meng Jing couldn't take out the silver, so he just waited to see the joke.

He had even begun to plan what conditions he should put forward after Meng Jing couldn't pay back the money.

We must let this little cub mortgage the palace to Qian Zhuang and sweep him away......

Thinking about it, I laughed out loud unconsciously.

Meng Jing snorted coldly and commanded the guards on the side:

"Go to the state treasury quickly and bring the wooden boxes with the silver in them. ”

"No. ”

The guards hurried away, and in a short time they brought in several large wooden boxes, which were unveiled, and they were all shiny silver.

Meng Jing jokingly said: "Shopkeeper Lu, 850,000 taels are all here, you can have a little bit." ”

The shopkeeper Lu was stunned for a while, his expression was shocked, and after realizing that the box was indeed silver, his mood fell to the bottom, and he looked angrily at the heads of the families behind him.

Everyone looked ashamed and deliberately avoided it.

Shopkeeper Lu is also a smart person, he understood everything in an instant, and roared at everyone:

"Rat-eyed people are unbearable!"

Then, he waved at Meng Jing and said, "There is no need to count." ”

He turned around and ordered his attendants to remove the wooden box, and left without looking back.

It didn't take long for Xue Jianxiao to come and tell Meng Jing about the military camp.

Zhonglang assisted the officials sent by the Xinwang Mansion to suppress the turmoil and dealt with a few soldiers who deliberately provoked trouble.

Meng Jing also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this hurdle has finally passed, and he can finally sleep peacefully.