Mingshi

Chapter 900 Rumors
"That money..." Zhang Shijie looked at Xu Jie worriedly.

Xu Jie's gaze became sharp: "Who asked you to smuggle?"

"This... After discussing with the Second Young Master, the only way to truly master maritime trade is to set aside Daming Maritime Trade. Therefore, we are going to set up a maritime trade company ourselves, but the capital is not enough. So... so... we smuggle."

"You bastard!" Xu Jie scolded.Then he said in a concentrated voice: "Are you really greedy for more than 400 million taels?"

"That's right!" Zhang Shijie nodded and said, "Isn't this for the purpose of mastering Haimao as soon as possible? If you accumulate enough capital earlier, you can put Daming Haimao aside earlier."

"But...you are greedy too much."

Zhang Shijie immediately felt aggrieved and said: "This is all decided by the second son. The silver you get is [-] cents, the second son gets [-]%, and the lowly position gets [-]."

Xu Jie couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, Zhang Shijie said weakly, "How about...we return the money to His Majesty?"

"Confused!" Xu Jie waited for Zhang Shijie and said, "Isn't this telling His Majesty that the 400 million taels of silver were indeed stolen by us?"

"Then... what should I do?"

"That's it!" Xu Jie thought for a moment and said, "You immediately arrange people to spread the word that Luo Xin has embezzled a large amount of money in the Shibo Department, and now he is using the money to open four businesses in the capital. These four businesses... ..."

Day two.

Before noon, the entire capital was talking about Luo Xin's business in the four areas of the capital, east, west, north, south, and Luo Xin's corruption and bribery in the southeast, and many people went to the four facades of Luo Xin to watch , Pointing out one after another.

noon.

Just as Luo Xin returned home, Lu Yuan hurried over and said, "My lord, something happened."

Luo Xin paused his steps and said, "What's the matter? Don't panic."

"Rumors are spreading everywhere, saying that your lord has embezzled and accepted bribes in the southeast and made a lot of money. Now you have sold four facades in the capital at once. They say that you are a big corrupt official."

"Is it a corrupt official?" Luo Xin thought for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he walked towards the mansion: "The corrupt official is just a corrupt official, it's nothing special."

"Your Excellency?"

Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "What should we do?"

"Oh..." Lu Yuan looked at Luo Xin's leaving back and scratched his head. He really didn't understand why Luo Xin was so calm?

As soon as Luo Xin walked into the study, his whole face became gloomy.

"Bang!" He slammed his palm on the table, and squeezed out two words between his teeth: "Xu Jie!"

Taking a deep breath, Luo Xin began to spread out the paper on the table, then picked up the pen and began to write on the paper.After about two quarters of an hour, his heart gradually calmed down.After the mood was completely calm, Luo Xin put the brush aside, and then sat down.Lu Daqing, who had been standing by the door the whole time, went out in a hurry, came in with a pot of tea, put it gently on the table in front of Luo Xin, poured a cup for Luo Xin, and poured out the pen and ink on the table. The paper inkstone was put away, and then he retreated to the side and stood there.

Luo Xin picked up the teacup, took a sip, and began to think about the impact of this matter on himself.

Why is there such a rumor?

This must be related to Zhang Shijie. Will Zhang Shijie say something to Emperor Jiajing?
And at this moment, Wan Daquan's voice came from outside the door: "My lord, someone wants to see you."

Luo Xin cast a look at Lu Daqing, Lu Daqing opened the door, and saw the familiar little eunuch standing outside the door again, Luo Xin's heart was moved, the little eunuch walked in, and said in a low voice :
"My lord, Eunuch Huang asked you to wait for him at the old place."

"When?"

"afternoon."

"accurate time."

The little eunuch shook his head and said, "Eunuch Huang only said that it's afternoon, and we need to wait for His Majesty to fall asleep before we have the chance to leave the palace."

Luo Xin nodded and said to Lu Daqing, "Take this little eunuch to get 500 taels of silver."

"Thank you sir."

The little eunuch showed joy on his face, saluted Luo Xin and thanked him, and then left happily following Lu Daqing.

Jia House.

Luo Xin had been sitting by the window on the second floor for more than an hour, but Huang Jin still didn't come.Although Luo Xin's face was extremely calm, there was a hint of anxiety in his heart.From time to time, look out through the window to master.

Suddenly, Luo Xin's eyes lit up, and he saw Huang Jin walking down the street towards Jia's building in plain clothes, Luo Xin withdrew his eyes and looked towards the door.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and Huang Jin appeared at the door.He walked in quickly and closed the door behind his back.At this time, Luo Xin had already stood up, cupped his hands towards Huang Jin and said:
"Eunuch Huang!"

Huang Jin came to the table, first poured himself a cup of tea, then drank it in one gulp, then sat down opposite Luo Xin and said:
"No, something happened."

At this time, Luo Xin showed extreme calmness, with a calm smile on his face, picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Huang Jin, and then filled his own teacup.Putting down the teapot, he said calmly:
"What's the matter? Speak slowly, don't panic."

Seeing Luo Xin's calm expression, Huang Jin didn't know why, and his flustered heart gradually calmed down.Picking up the teacup, he took a sip and said:

"No, you didn't hear anything this morning?"

"I heard it!" Luo Xin said with a faint smile: "Isn't it just that there are rumors everywhere that I, Luo Xin, have been corrupt and accepting bribes in the southeast, and now I have used the money from corruption to set up four big businesses in the capital?"

"Then you still sit so firmly?"

Luo Xin raised the teacup as a signal, Huang Jin picked up the teacup, but put it down again and said, "I don't feel like drinking."

Luo Xin's heart trembled, Huang Jin could not even think about it, so he put down his teacup and said with a smile:
"Okay, don't drink, and listen carefully."

"Oh..." Huang Jin sighed first, then looked at Luo Dao seriously: "This time the matter is really not small..."

Immediately afterwards, Huang Jin explained Zhang Shijie's conversation with Emperor Jiajing in Yuxi Palace in detail, and then looked at Luo Xin eagerly.Luo Xin frowned slightly, then stretched out and said:

"So, Zhang Shijie wants to muddy the water, it's better to drag me into the water, and now it seems that they may have the hope of success."

"That's right!" Huang Jin slapped his thigh and said, "Although His Majesty has placed Zhang Shijie under house arrest in his home, what was the situation before that?
That was the one who sent Jin Yiwei to arrest Zhang Shijie and bring him into the capital.

What does this mean?
This shows that His Majesty has begun to doubt you. If you are greedy for some money, His Majesty will not say anything. After all, you have made more money for Your Majesty.But as the saying goes, if you are not in the position, you will not seek the government, and now you have left the Shibo Division, but you still secretly control the Shibo Division and earn a lot of money. What do you want to do?
How does this make His Majesty not afraid of you?

How not to suspect you? "

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