late Qing Dynasty arrest

After drinking the wedding wine, Li Guolou bid farewell and left, and Xiao Dezhang sent him to the entrance of Lianziku Hutong.Li Lianying took good care of his subordinates. Xiao Dezhang was very satisfied with his transfer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the West Palace. He became a close eunuch of the Empress Dowager Cixi. His living conditions were much better than in the past, and he already had a little eunuch who served him.The two expressed their respect and waved goodbye. Some things need not be said, just kept silent.

Wei Xiaoliu said cautiously: "Father, just after we opened our business, we robbed the site and squeezed into other people's site. This is not in line with the rules in the business field. People will punish you to death. Besides, people's hearts are separated by belly, those eunuchs There are also people who collude with Wanjia Bank. There are also people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who lend usury outside. If we open a bank here, they will be very unhappy."

Li Guolou nodded and said: "I know, Wanshoulu will know what I said just now, anyway, it's just a joke at a banquet. Can the bank gain a foothold here if you come in? It's too early to say. If it doesn't come out, I will There is not much loss, but those big eunuchs who want to make money will be unhappy. This is also a power struggle in the palace, I can only say one golden idea, whether it will work or not? It depends on who has the most power."

Wei Xiaoliu shook his head and said, "I don't think so. No one is willing to break the 100-year-old rules. Little Li dare not ask about political affairs. There are so many eunuch chiefs with different ideas. No one can rule the world."

Li Guolou said with a smile: "Little six, are you stupid? We don't have a unified rivers and lakes. With our one more bank, we don't show the mountains and don't show the water. Who dares to jump out of the mountains and oppose it? Wait until we rely on our strength to become bigger." , They want to oppose us, and they don’t have the strength anymore. A golden idea depends on accumulation, how can it kill people directly? It will take at least four or five years for us to become bigger and stronger, and you can wait until you have a son.”

Wei Xiaoliu scratched his head, giggled a few times, as if he wanted a son, he couldn't be in a hurry, his wife hasn't married yet.

"Father, dead eunuchs are too ruthless to make money. One seat even asks you for 4000 taels of silver. Regardless of success or failure, you will be asked for 8000 taels of silver in the future. This is too ruthless." Wei Xiaoliu was still unwilling, "Ten thousand 2000 taels of silver" was a terrifying figure, Li Lianying talked nonsense, and dared to ask for it without caring.

Li Guolou sighed: "little six, you don't know, the eunuchs have been spoiled for a long time, and even their masters don't know how rich they are. So I want to cheat them out of money and let these wastes do work for the construction of the Qing Dynasty. contribute."

Wei Xiaoliu burped his wine and said with a smile: "Father, since I met you until now, you have always been unreasonable. You are the only one in the world who can see that the dead eunuch has a gold mine in his hand."

Li Guolou raised his voice and said: "Hey, don't even think about it. If there is no money to make, who would shed tears from the palace? Xiao Dezhang executed the castration for himself. He passed out for three days and only got up five days ago. Now he Isn't spring here?"

Wei Xiaoliu uttered the truth after drinking, grunting: "You still have more spring."

"Hey hey hey hey!" Li Guolou looked up at the blue sky, the day of reunion is just around the corner, his success is inseparable from women, he suddenly thought of the scene of having sex with all the grandmas, and couldn't help smiling.

In the afternoon, the sky was clear and cloudless, and people were happy and refreshed. Li Guolou went straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Taking advantage of his free time, he went to see old friends and wanted to know the latest progress of the theft of the Ministry of Finance.This is an era when news is blocked, just like the people in the Taoyuan, the people inside don't understand the changes in the world.

Li Guolou also has an ulterior purpose, that is, once the theft of the Treasury Bank of the Ministry of Finance is exposed, the implication will be even wider.The emperor and the two empress dowagers would think that the treasury soldiers in the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must have stolen the treasury silver in the same way, filling up the deficit through the filling in the fire consumption. for more than 100 years.This change of the silver system circulating in the Qing Empire has a purpose. The emperor and empress dowager above are likely to agree to implement the silver dollar system and completely change the situation of the silver outflow of the Qing Empire.

Li Guolou newly submitted two old articles of Li Hongzhang, one is to betray the sovereignty of the country, and he cannot escape being criticized by the people of the country, and he will always be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.Another article about the reform of the silver dollar system may be passed in the court, and as an advocate, he is likely to be assigned an important task by the court.

At the same time, an earth-shaking event is taking place in the household department, and an operation to capture criminals who have stolen treasury silver is imminent.

The gate of the treasury was slowly closed, and thirty bald, shirtless treasury pawns came out in a file, somersaulting as usual, so that the guards next to them could see clearly that they did not take the silver ingots out.The six officials outside the door each took a seal to seal the door of the treasury, and everything was done step by step without leaking.There are more than [-] soldiers staring at them, some of them are a nest of snakes and rats, and they are in collusion with the thirty soldiers, such as the six officials who put the seal.And those soldiers with muskets didn't know anything, they didn't know that someone was stealing money from the treasury in front of them.

Suddenly a voice came from outside the gate of the courtyard. Yuanwailang Ma Zhijun led a group of people into the courtyard and shouted: "Everyone stop here, and the criminal department will investigate the case. Master Yu and Master Bao are here;;;;;"

However, a hundred policemen from the criminal department with guns and live ammunition, led by Bao Tong, surrounded the people in the compound.

Yuanwailang Ma Zhijun didn't dare to wipe the cold sweat off his brow, he knew in his heart that the treasury bank case had been solved, and even Minister of the Ministry of Account Yu Shuzhen and Shangshubao of the Ministry of Punishment came together, which caught him by surprise.Looking at the gang of police officers, the police officers who had dealt with him several times were there, the bald man was particularly eye-catching, but he did not see Li Guolou's figure.

Ma Zhijun figured it out a long time ago, the crime of accepting bribes and the crime of stealing treasury silver are very different.He doesn't care about the life and death of his subordinates, as long as he keeps his mouth shut, no one can be beaten into a trick.

Yu Shuzhen said: "Master Bao, please!"

Bao stroked his beards together, stepped into the compound, paced with splayed steps, looked at the group of treasury soldiers with terrified faces, and said, "The sky net is extensive and not leaking. Since I'm here, I'm here to arrest the treasury's money-stealer." criminals, whoever of you has violated the law of the country, you haven’t really brought them in.”

Seeing the police officers with live ammunition around them, the muzzles of the guns were aimed at them, the official Zhao Youguo who stuck the seal turned pale, and hurriedly confessed: "Master Bao, Master Yu, and Master Ma, we here follow the rules and do not show favoritism. fraud."

The other five officials next to him also echoed, loudly saying that they were wronged.Bao Yitong was silent, listening to the accounts of several officials of the household department, knowing well, how can these officials be good people?This is beneficial from top to bottom, but he and Yu Shuzhen, the minister of the household department, have discussed it long ago. It is enough to catch the current criminal who stole the treasury silver. People save face and don't let the court lose face.

Bao Datong interrupted the speeches of several officials with a wave of his hand, and said with something in his words: "My official, of course I know the right and wrong when I come here. Those who are clean will clear themselves, so there is no need to say too much. Whoever wants to deceive the chief can't do it. Don’t kneel down and confess your crime.” After speaking, Bao sat on a grand master’s chair together, took a cup of tea, set aside the official shelf, drank the tea, stood still, and looked at the thirty trembling treasury soldiers with a sneer on his face.

I thought to myself: How long can the silver ingot be hidden in the chest?If you don't take it out, your life is at stake.Now see who can spend whom?

The six officials spied on each other, and knew that it was almost impossible to hide it. They all lowered their heads, their faces were extremely ugly, cold sweat dripped from their heads, and no one dared to speak out.This silver is poisonous to the human body. The heavy metal can't last long in the stomach of a person. If it is held back, it will fall to the ground and die.

At this time, the thirty Manchu soldiers knew that the case had been overlooked, and that the unique skill that had been hidden for hundreds of years since the Ming Dynasty was about to be revealed to the world.All of a sudden, like an old hen laying eggs, a courier gave birth to a silver ingot, and with a clang, three silver ingots fell in succession and landed on the bluestone floor.

But I saw a group of treasury soldiers thumping and kneeling on the ground, shouting: "My lord, spare me!" "My lord, please forgive me!" "I will explain everything!"

While kowtowing and pleading guilty, silver ingots were born.Thirty treasury soldiers, those with great skills gave birth to three silver ingots, those with poor skills also gave birth to two silver ingots, and thirty old hens laid eggs, which is absolutely weird and ridiculous.

The scene was moved, there were wild laughter, and there were also kowtows and confessions.Of course, the six officials could not be exonerated. Their knees softened and they all bowed their heads and confessed their crimes. They were stripped of their official robes and hats on the spot.

Bao Tong shouted loudly and shouted: "Come on! Give it all to me and take them back to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"Zha!" Ai Hai and other police officers shouted loudly, they had solved the biggest case in the Qing Dynasty, and this honor will shine on their careers throughout their lives.

Ma Zhijun feigned admiration, knelt on the ground, and said, "Master Yu, this subordinate deserves to die. I didn't know that I had raised a bunch of villains who guarded and stolen themselves. Please punish Master Yu."

"Hey!" Yu Shuzhen sighed, and glanced at a large number of household officials behind her. The law does not blame the public, and no one is innocent. The filial money they usually take, has this "silver egg" income, and now they are all pretending to be stupid. Said, "I never thought of stealing the treasury silver, there is such a trick!" Putting aside the relationship with the state treasury's loss of silver, he described himself as a person who was deceived.

"Master Bao will investigate the case. Who is guilty and who is not guilty? There will be a time when the truth comes out, and you have to tell the truth about what you have to say. The so-called confession is lenient and resistance is strict. Our Qing laws are fair and selfless. You Do it yourself. Don’t ruin others, I will look at your own performance. This time, when something like this happened to our household department, those treasury soldiers really lost their conscience and shamed their ancestors. I am ashamed to see them. Shame on them! The lesson is profound, and the consequences are disastrous. Mr. Ma immediately rectifies this official and plugs the loopholes;;;;;;”

Yu Shuzhen talked eloquently, using the treasury compound as a stage for his speech, and hundreds of audience listened to his speech.When Bao and a group of policemen escorted the criminal away, Yu Shuzhen was still talking, and the speech lasted at least two hours.In the past, those full-fledged members of the household department did not listen to him, and even stumbling him.From this moment, Yu Shuzhen knew that those Manchus would only kneel in front of him and be scolded, and whoever he thought died would fall from power.The Manchu officials of the household department are honest now, and all the thorns will be removed. With the "Ghost Six" as the backstage and the fellow "Baoyi" as the allies, he cannot be brought down.

The common people on the street watched the excitement, more than 30 criminals were escorted out from the household department, and a battle of hundreds of people was like that. The street had already exploded.

"Bao Qingtian has come out!" "Master Bao is for the people!" "Down with corrupt officials!" "Bao Qingtian is the star of Wenqu!"

Crowds swarmed over and knelt down on both sides of the street. The Qing Dynasty needed Bao Qingtian, and it was inseparable from the Lord Qingtian who was in charge of the people.

After clasping fists to say hello, Bao Yi finally sat in the carriage. The car was driving forward. It’s the Wenqu star descending to earth! Hey, how difficult it is to be a blue sky! I can no longer be corrupt, I can no longer accept bribes, I really want to be an upright official, and I can earn enough money just thinking about it. I should learn from Zuo Zongtang, and let my opponents be ignorant Only by closing one eye and being alone can one be promoted to the next level."

Thinking of the 20 taels of silver he invited to invest in the bank, the money will be rolled over, and the silver will roll in, so there is no need to embezzle anymore.Bao Yi made a great leap in his ideological realm. He was upgraded to a Buddha, and he was not disturbed by the mundane world. He closed his eyes and meditated on his thoughts and morals.