This late Ming Dynasty is outrageous

Chapter 220: Chapter 10

"Old, old, old... the master is not good."

"The silver... all the silver flew away."

"All flew away..."

Master Shoufu just woke up, and hurried to the bank after hearing this.Seeing the empty warehouse, Mr. Shoufu's eyes darkened, and he fainted on the ground with a puff.

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, grasping the butler's arm with his claw-like hands, and said with red eyes, "Where's the treasury?"

"The treasury is fine."

"Transfer quickly..." He quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, I want to be sent back to my hometown. Quickly help me change my clothes, I want to enter the palace to meet the saint..."

The palace, the imperial study.

Chongzhen looked at the twenty or thirty boxes in front of him excitedly, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, I want to spread the money on the bed, and no one will touch my money."

Wang Chengen also said tremblingly: "This money is a bit too much. With this money, we can recruit people. Your Majesty, if you have people, you can do things. If you can do things, you can get contributions. If you make contributions, you can get magic power." Cheat book. With the secret book of magical skills, Daming will be saved."

"Big companion, I heard that the treasury still has 3 taels?"

"Ah...the money from the treasury is also your money."

"It's different. What's in my hands is my money, the money from the treasury. Could it be my money? Companion, go and investigate, let's make a fuss tonight."

When Wang Chengen heard that he was in a bad mood, he wondered why His Majesty even stole from himself?
At this moment, the voice of the little eunuch came from outside, Wang Chengen went out to take a look, and hurried back to report: "Your Majesty, the chief assistant is here."

Chongzhen panicked: "Didn't he come to arrest me?"

Wang Chengen didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Let's not talk about your Majesty, this servant got nervous when he heard him coming. But when this servant thought about it, this servant belongs to His Majesty, the whole world belongs to His Majesty, and the money of the chief assistant also belongs to His Majesty. Why should we panic? "

"It makes sense." Chongzhen squinted his eyes, straightened his chest and put his hands behind his back: "I shouldn't feel guilty, I should be tougher. Let's go out and have a look."

On the ground outside the imperial study room, Mr. Shoufu was walking back and forth with his hands in his hands full of sorrow.He has been an official for many years, and finally got some savings, but he didn't expect it to disappear overnight.The damned thief not only stole money, but even left an IOU, which is a shame and a slap in the face.

But Mr. Shoufu could only bear with it. The thief seemed unusual and did not leave the slightest trace.

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard footsteps.Lord Shoufu turned his head to look, and was startled when he saw Chongzhen walking quickly, and greeted him personally: "Your Majesty, I can't do it, my minister... can't do it."

, Mr. Shoufu quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

Chongzhen walked up to him, looked down at the upright old man in front of him: "Master Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Shoufu was full of respect: "I am ashamed of your majesty. I wrote a letter from my hometown. My mother was starving to death without food. I came here to ask your majesty to dispatch a team of troops to escort the food I bought back to my hometown. I don't want your majesty to greet me personally... "Speaking of this, Chen Shoufu burst into tears, choked up and said: "I am ashamed, the old mother of the minister starved to death, and there are countless people in the world whose mothers are also starving. Filial piety costs the court soldiers, Your Majesty, I beg your ministers to never come."

Chongzhen was furious when he heard this remark: "How dare you are so unfilial."

"Wuwuwu, Your Majesty, I have been an official in the capital all year round, and I have not been able to return for many years. I am busy with state affairs, so I can only leave my mother in my hometown. Loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, Your Majesty..."

Chongzhen stared, wondering if this is what I was talking about?With so much money in your family, your mother would starve to death... Huh?

Thinking of this, Chongzhen suddenly felt something was wrong.With so much money in this family, how could the old mother starve to death?Mr. Shoufu sent food back to his hometown, so couldn't he buy it in his hometown?
Wang Chengen tugged on Chongzhen's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Shoufu's work on state affairs is indeed useless and he smiled. Your Majesty, please be considerate of Mr. Shoufu's filial piety."

"Your Majesty, you don't need to say too much. For Ming Dynasty, for the court, and for His Majesty, the veteran's family is willing to die."

Lord Shoufu raised his head and said with tears on his face: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to what the prince said. The old minister is upright and upright. If your majesty sends hundreds of soldiers to help the old minister, how will outsiders think of the old minister? For the sake of the old minister Reputation, please Your Majesty must not agree."

Chongzhen's face was dark: "You bastard, I still have to help you. How can I make you unfilial if you are busy with state affairs? Wang Chengen, choose a group of reliable people, and I will listen to the orders of the chief assistant later."

"Your Majesty, no..."

After a while, Mr. Shoufu sat on the sedan chair proudly with his hands behind his back, "It's just a small plan, nothing to worry about. With hundreds of soldiers escorting me, who would dare to touch my money."

In the imperial study room, Chongzhen said with a serious face: "The things Mr. Chen sent are definitely not food. He thought I was a fool, but he didn't know that it was a sheep that went into the mouth of a tiger. Wang Chengen, I will leave this matter to you. If it is silver taels, I will send it back halfway." .”

Wang Chengen was about to agree, when he suddenly thought of something, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you go to his hometown to have a look. If there are silver taels in his hometown, I just send them along."

Chongzhen frowned: "You're right, but isn't it exposing you and me?"

Wang Chengen smiled and said: "How can we leak it? Chen Shoufu agreed to send food, and we will send it back. Besides, His Majesty lives in the palace, and the servants accompany him personally. In any case, it has nothing to do with you and me. "

"His family is in Sichuan, and the journey is far away. Even if there are some silver taels, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to transport." Chongzhen narrowed his eyes: "I will write an imperial decree, and you will keep it close to your confidantes. If you really have silver taels, try to get them out. You don't need to send it to the capital, you just need to send it to Zongbing Qin."

"But Shizhu Qin Zhongbing?"

Chongzhen sighed: "Qin Zongbing has made countless achievements, but because of the woman's body, coupled with the long distance and the emptiness of the court, I have never been rewarded. While I am still alive, I will take advantage of this opportunity to give compensation. Let me feel less guilty."

Wang Chengen nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the servants have trained more than a dozen masters. Although they are not as strong as the servants, they are still enough to use. Three of them are the adopted sons of the servants. They are still young and quite reliable."

A day later, more than a dozen boxes of gold and more than 20 boxes of jade were added to the imperial study.

This time Chongzhen was not ecstatic, but rather angry.

Wang Chengen persuaded with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, now that we have money and food, it's time to do things. Your Majesty must not ruin a major event just because you are small."

Chongzhen snorted coldly: "Of course I know, but I can't let him go like this. If you investigate carefully, he dared to send these things away, which proves that he still has them. Otherwise, what would his family eat and drink for hundreds of people? Take out all his silver, let him beg for food, and taste what it's like to be a beggar."

For the next three days, Wang Chengen went out every night to collect belongings from Chen Shoufu's house.

Three days later in the early morning, Chen Shoufu, who was sleeping in his concubine's arms, was suddenly woken up by the housekeeper: "Master, there is no more money at home."

"A thief again? Shameless thief, fortunately the old man sent the gold away."

"Master, this time he not only stole money, but also emptied our rice. Now the whole family is hungry."

Chen Shoufu: "..."

(End of this chapter)