East Factory Governor

Chapter 280
When Chongzhen heard this, he continued to babble, "Brother Qin, don't say that, it seems that I am forcing you. As the emperor, I have a lot of words, and I agreed to ask you for 500 million taels, so 500 million Two, it doesn't matter if you don't want to, I'm going to throw the pot away..."

It's just these few sentences over and over again.

Qin Shuhuai couldn't take it anymore, so he could only say, "Brother Huang, I beg you to give me a chance to help you with some silver taels. Please, I will feel uncomfortable if I don't give you some money!"

Only then did Chongzhen chuckle, and said, "Brother Qin is indeed my good brother. Well, since you have such a good intention, I can't refuse it, can I? Well, I'll do what I can, and just charge you another 500 million taels. This is the bottom line, don't give too much, or I will be really embarrassed."

Qin Shuhuai thought, do you still know that you are embarrassed?The dignified emperor is like a rascal who extorts money from his courtiers, and it's also because of your words.

Forget it, this money was originally intended to be given to you, if you don't give it to you, how can you fight the Donglin Party?
So he said, "Brother Huang, don't worry, I know that Brother Huang is also a decent person, and I'm too embarrassed to ask for more. It's just 1000 million taels, it's a deal."

"It's a deal!" Chongzhen said cheerfully.

After the matter of money was settled, Chongzhen's thoughts returned to the present moment, and he asked again, "Brother Qin, is the Tianjin Dao case closed now?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "Let him confess who the superior is first, and then escort him to the capital for a joint trial by the third department."

Chongzhen was puzzled, "Since you don't plan to pursue the six ministries and the important cabinet ministers, why do you want him to confess?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled sinisterly, "The emperor knew about the bosses behind Tianjin Dao, but he didn't dare to investigate, and after a short while, he added officials to them. Those Donglin Party members still don't celebrate? Isn't that better? "

Chongzhen also smiled sinisterly, "If you want to seize, give first, restrain first and then promote, brother Qin is easy to calculate."

It was already dawn, and Chongzhen and Qin Shuhuai, who had stayed up all night, were already hungry, so after explaining to Meng Wei and the others, the two went out for breakfast.

After eating breakfast at a roadside stall, Chongzhen looked at the passers-by on the street, and said rather disappointedly, "Brother Qin, I'm going back."

Qin Shuhuai knew that it was not easy for Chongzhen to come out for so many days, so he said, "It's really time to go back, there are still many things waiting for you to deal with at home."

"Brother Qin, fighting with people is really fun, very enjoyable."

"Uh... that's because you beat someone else, it's hard to say if someone beats you."

"That's right. And that girl Liu Yan, you must go and see for me later, and tell me what she looks like and what kind of style she is."

"...Okay, I'll take a look when I have time."

"Brother Qin, it's already the tenth day of December, and the Chinese New Year will be in a few days. You and your siblings are newly married, so you should go home for the first year."

"I'm going to Jiangnan, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back in time."

"Can't we go after the new year?"

"I'm going to Sanbian after the Chinese New Year. Brother Huang, it's not that we're in a hurry now, it's that time is in a hurry..."

Chongzhen's eyes turned red slightly, "Brother Qin, I... owe you too much, but I can't repay you."

Qin Shuhuai smiled faintly, "Making the family live better is the best reward."

Chongzhen nodded, looked at everything in front of him reluctantly, and suddenly said, "Brother Qin, how about I go with you on the three-sided trip? The two of us, brothers, will definitely turn him upside down."

"Brother Huang, I know you like going outside, but there can't be no one at home all the time. During the few days you've been out, things at home have piled up like a mountain. I'm afraid it's enough for you to stay up all night for several days. It's even worse if you go to Sanbian It's far away, and I can't go home for a few months."

"I'm not afraid of staying up all night! Besides, a month is not long. We will catch up with the progress then, maybe 20 days will be enough."

"Brother Huang... Family matters are the most important thing!"

The excitement overflowing unconsciously on Chongzhen's face suddenly froze, and he fell into silence for an instant.

"Brother Huang, we can't help ourselves..."

"I see... Brother Qin must be more careful when he is going out, and don't make me worry about it. If you need anything convenient along the way, just tell me."

"it is good."

Leaving from the breakfast stall, the visitor returns to Daotai Mansion.At this time, Chen Qisheng had been tortured by Li Jingting and passed out unconsciously.Li Jingting took two pieces of paper to Chongzhen, one was Chen Qisheng's confession of corruption and bribery, and the other was a list of officials who confessed to his bribery. The list listed the names of officials and the approximate amount in detail, and it was densely written on a piece of paper. .From the paper, except for the people from the Ministry of Industry, five of the six ministries, from the Minister to the Minister, all accepted bribes from him, and half of the cabinet was "respected and managed" by him. In addition, Dongchang and Jinyiwei Some people have it too, but they haven't involved Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing yet.

Chongzhen put the list in his sleeve, returned the other confession to Li Jingting, and said in a low tone, "Escort him to the capital, and then let the three divisions interrogate...don't mention the list, the higher-ups It’s good for people to know for themselves.”

Afterwards, Li Jingting immediately took people to search the home of Chen Liren, the chief of the Salt Transportation Capital, and confiscated a total of more than 90 taels of silver notes, jewelry, and gold, far exceeding expectations.Qin Shuhuai was not idle either, and took Meng Wei and others to the salt merchant Cheng Huaishan's home. After some threats and intimidation, he also extorted 50 taels.

It was evening when these things were done.This time, they obtained more than 260 million taels of silver in total through ransacking and extortion, and the things were packed into five large boxes.Qin Shuhuai only took a beautiful jadeite bracelet by hand and prepared to give it to Chen Qing'er, and let Chongzhen take away everything else.

Chongzhen laughed from ear to ear, accepting each one.These silver coins are too important to him!
After the matter was over, Chongzhen set off for Beijing.Before returning to Beijing, he specially wrote a secret decree to Qin Shuhuai, the content said that he would be the governor of the south of the Yangtze River on behalf of the heavens, seeing the secret decree is like seeing the emperor, and the local government should give him great assistance in case he needs it.

The two said goodbye, and Chongzhen reluctantly told Qin Shuhuai for a long time, lest something unexpected happen to him.In the end, he even wanted to give Qin Shuhuai the four guards around him, saying that it would be enough for him to have so many Jinyi guards to escort him back to Beijing, but Qin Shuhuai declined.

Li Jingting was in charge of escorting Chen Qisheng and escorting Chongzhen back to Beijing by the way.

After Chongzhen returned, Qin Shuhuai took Lao Dao, Hua Shen and Meng Wei to rest for a while, had dinner, and then prepared to go to the pier to take a boat to the south of the Yangtze River.

Before arriving at the pier, he was stopped by a pretty maid on the way.Qin Shuhuai took a closer look and found that it was one of the two maids who served Miss Liuyan in Zuihualou that day.

"Mr. Qin, is this going on a long trip?" the maid asked with a smile.

"That's right, Miss, is there something for me?" Qin Shuhuai asked.

"The young master has a top-notch literary talent, and our daughter admires him very much. I specially sent me to invite the young master back to Zuihualou for a talk. I wonder if the young master is willing to appreciate it?"

Qin Shuhuai naturally didn't believe that his own poem could make Miss Liu Yan so fascinated by him, but he was even more curious in his heart: a girl from a brothel, who never knew him before, why did she insist on meeting her?What is the background of this girl Liu Yan?
Meng Wei said to Qin Shuhuai, "Sect Leader, beware of cheating. I heard that Houjin has transferred a group of experts from outside the pass, and wants to join forces with Beibei to get rid of you."

Hua Chen also said softly, "I've also heard about it. It is said that the great shaman of the Kingdom of Jin is the leader. This great shaman knows sorcery and is very powerful."

Qin Shuhuai smiled faintly, "I have an appointment with a beautiful woman, why not go? My sister, please."

(End of this chapter)