Great Qing Xiangguo

Chapter 72

Although Samuha's words were flattery, Chen Tingjing heard the implication, pushed back lightly, and said with a smile: "We are all working for the imperial court, wherever Lord Samuha asks anyone to be an official, he will do what he wants official!"

Samuha had to apologize when he heard this.Everyone is here, and each finds a seat to sit down.At this moment, Mingzhu came out with a smile on her face, and everyone hurriedly stood up, saying good-bye to Xiangguo Ming.Mingzhu sat down first, and then greeted: "Sit down, sit down, everyone sit down."

Everyone sat down and looked at Mingzhu, waiting for him to speak.Mingzhu said: "Your majesty has ordered me to review the deficit of Baoquan Bureau's warehouse with all the guilds. I hope everyone can be open and honest, and express your opinions. Master Chen is shrewd in his work, and everyone can see it. The money method that the courtiers can't do well, Master Chen took over. Immediate improvement."

Samuha answered: "Ming Xiangguo, in this way, all of us here are idiots, and only Mr. Chen is upright?"

Mingzhu smiled and said, "I'm just talking about the facts. Mr. Chen has his own set of skills in governing the money law, and we have all seen it."

The more Mingzhu talks to Chen Tingjing, the more jealous others will be towards Chen Tingjing.Samuha said again: "I heard that Mr. Chen invited the emperor to make up for the copper materials that Baoquan Bureau was short of. We have served as doctor supervisors to make up for it."

There was an uproar in the hall, and they all shook their heads at Chen Tingjing.Ker Kun said: "Dare to ask Mr. Chen, those of us who have served as the doctor's supervisor have a long or short term of office. I don't know if we should share the deficit equally, or according to the length of the term?"

Chen Tingjing said: "If anyone can take out the warehouse handover account book and confirm that there is no deficit, they can not pay a copper or two."

Samuha said: "Master Kerkun has a warehouse to hand over the account books, which means that none of our doctor and supervisors have lost copper, and they all lost money in Xu Da's hands."

Chen Tingjing said: "Master Samuha, you have to believe in one truth, it is impossible for white to become black."

Ker Kun said: "Master Chen, I, Ker Kun, made false accounts? The emperor judged that I didn't have such courage. Master Chen really flattered me."

Samuha said: "We believed in Mr. Chen, all the doctors and supervisors were corrupt officials; we trusted Mr. Chen, only Xu Da was a corrupt official."

Mingzhu said: "You can't say that, we believe in the facts!"

Many people here have worked as errands in Baoquan Bureau, so it is inconvenient to speak directly if they have something to say.The scene froze for a moment, Gao Shiqi said: "Counting from Master Shunzhi, Baoquan Bureau has experienced so many doctors and supervisors for more than 40 years. If we have to chase them all to the end, I understand that this is not the emperor's intention."

Xu Qianxue said: "The emperor is generous and benevolent, but Baoquan Bureau's loss is the imperial court's money, and this hole should not be ignored. Mr. Chen's idea is to make up for the shortfall. As for how to make up for it, we can still think of ways." .”

Mingzhu asked: "What advice does Master Xu have?"

Xu Qianxue said: "I made a rough calculation, and the copper material that Baoquan Bureau is short of is about 1000 taels of silver."

Before Xu Qianxue could finish speaking, Ker Kun interrupted him and said, "I have also settled the score. If we want to pay compensation for our past doctor supervisors, each of us will pay more than 500 taels of silver."

Samuha immediately yelled, "I have been an official for decades, and I can't afford to pay so much money."

Mingzhu said: "The truth is not whether you can afford to pay, but whether you should pay. If you should pay, you have to pay if you can't afford it, and you have to pay with your head."

Ker Kun said: "I believe that all the supervisors in the doctor's office were clean and law-abiding, and they couldn't pay for it. What should I do if I can't afford it? Kill them all?"

Gao Shiqi said: "Officials in the country do not have high salaries. Chen Tingtong was sent abroad to be the magistrate, so he had to borrow money?"

Chen Tingjing heard Gao Shiqi's words, and said, "Master Mingzhu, let's discuss the deficit case of Baoquan Bureau first. If it comes to Tingtong, I have to avoid it."

Mingzhu nodded and said: "Master Chen is right, let's discuss one by one. Let's discuss the copper shortage case first."

Xiang Zhong stood on a chair and shouted: "Brothers, Chen Tingjing wants to reduce our wages. We earn money with our own blood and sweat. Why should he reduce our wages?"

The servants became angry and shouted: "We can't reduce our wages! We want to eat! We want to live!"

Ma Ming shouted: "Masters, listen to me, listen to me!"

The scene was very chaotic, no one listened to Ma Ming.Xiang Zhong shouted again: "Brothers, who built these furnace seats?"

The craftsmen shouted: "We built it!"

Xiang Zhong said: "We built it ourselves, we can do whatever we want, can't we?"

The servants shouted: "We listen to the Lord!"

Ma Ming shouted: "Masters, it is Xiang Zhong who exploited you!"

Xiang Zhong laughed loudly and said, "I exploited them? Ask, who said I exploited them?"

A servant said: "We are all hired by Xiangye to do things. Without Xiangye, we would not have eaten! We don't listen to you, we believe in Xiangye!"

Liu Yuan carried a sledgehammer and said, "Today, we smashed our own things!"

After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he picked up the hammer and threw it at the stove.The craftsmen rushed to find their outfits, hammers, shovels, iron bars, whatever they found, and threw them at the coin furnace.

Ma Ming was so anxious that he couldn't do anything, and kept shouting: "Masters, you have been fooled! Don't be fooled!"

Liu Yuan yelled fiercely at Ma Ming: "You still have to shout, we will smash your head together!"

Hearing Liu Yuan's shout, the craftsmen swarmed towards Ma Ming and the others.Ma Ming drew out his knife, turned his eyes to everyone, and said, "Masters, don't come here!"

Liu Yuan sneered and said, "So what if you come here? Do you still dare to kill us?"

Ma Ming shouted: "Whoever takes the lead in rebellion will be dealt with by the laws of the country!"

Now Xiang Zhong was lying in there smoking a hookah again, and left to fight and kill outside.Baoquan Xiaoli greeted Ma Ming in a low voice: "Master Ma, there are too many of them, we can't fight hard!"

Ma Ming and Baoquan officials had no choice but to retreat and stand far outside the money factory.The money factory has already been smashed to pieces.Liu Yuan led the people to the door and shouted: "You kind, come in! Smash your dog's head!"

Ma Ming was anxious and hated, and said: "How can I explain this to the master! I am really incompetent!"

The little official said: "Master Ma, you don't have to blame yourself. It's okay for anyone to come in this kind of situation."

Ma Ming said: "Send someone to deliver the letter quickly!"

The little official said, "Where can I find someone else? I'll go and forget it."

Baoquan's petty official galloped into the city, and after searching for half a day, he found out that Chen Tingjing had gone to the official office.The little official rushed to the yamen of the official department again, and whispered a few times with the yamen servant at the head of the door.The servant of the Ministry of Officials was shocked, and rushed into the second hall, ignoring the rules, and hurriedly shouted: "Ming Xiangguo, a person from the Baoquan Bureau has come outside, and he has something important to report."

Mingzhu asked: "What's the big deal? Tell him to come in and talk about it in front of all the adults."

The Baoquan official was ushered in, and said: "Ming Xiangguo, my lords, something is wrong! The craftsmen in the money factory heard that their wages would be cut, so they rebelled and smashed the money factory upside down."

Samuha immediately glanced at Chen Tingjing, and said to Mingzhu: "Ming Xiangguo, as expected, the servants turned against each other, right? This is Chen Tingjing's good deed!"

Chen Tingjing was very surprised and asked: "How do the craftsmen know about the wage reduction?"

Samuha said: "There is no impenetrable wall!"

Chen Tingjing said: "I want to know which wall is getting through!"

Ker Kun said eccentrically: "Your Majesty Chen asked the emperor to cut wages. You should know who got the wind."

Chen Tingjing knew that it was not too late, and it was useless to quarrel here, so he said: "Ming Xiangguo, my lords, the emperor said that the matter of money law, I can do it first."

Mingzhu nodded and said: "The emperor did indeed have this oral order."

Chen Tingjing cupped his hands and said, "Then I will play first and then play today."

Mingzhu asked: "Master Chen, what do you want to do?"

Chen Tingjing said: "I want to go to Qianchang immediately, please come with me."

Mingzhu said: "That's it, okay. University of Science and Technology, you can go to Baoquan Bureau with Master Chen."

Ker Kun didn't want to go, but he couldn't refuse.Chen Tingjing said: "My lords, please discuss first, I will not accompany you."

Chen Tingjing and Ker Kun rode their horses and galloped towards the money factory.Liu Jing had already locked up Su Ruzhai and others, and now he and the government servants followed Chen Tingjing to the Qianchang.

When Chen Tingjing arrived at the Qianchang, Xiang Zhong was shouting to the craftsmen there: "Brothers, we are all in the same boat. Everyone has a share in the Qianchang. No one is allowed to be a coward! As long as the brothers If we work together, Chen Tingjing can't do anything to us! Are we going to kill us all? The emperor doesn't even have the guts! Are we going to be arrested? There really isn't such a big cell!"

Xiang Zhongzheng said, seeing Chen Tingjing leading the people in, he gritted his teeth viciously and shouted: "Brothers, fuck you!"

The hammers and sticks in the hands of the craftsmen were tightly held, and all of them stared and stretched their necks like fighting cocks.

Chen Tingjing looked at the eye servants, turned his head and said coldly: "Tie up Ker Kun!"

As soon as Chen Tingjing said this, everyone was taken aback.Ker Kun was stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "Chen Tingjing, I am the second-rank official of the imperial court, you are so daring!"

Chen Tingjing shouted again sharply: "Why are you still standing? Tied up!"

Liu Jing and Ma Ming immediately stepped forward, pushed Ker Kun down, and tied him up.Chen Tingjing knew in his heart that no matter whether Kerkun himself had run out of money during his three years in office, he was a Qian Falang who had just left office, and he could not escape the guilt.When the craftsmen saw that such a big official was tied up, they were really panicked and didn't know what to do.Xiang Zhong was also stunned and stood silent.

Chen Tingjing said: "Masters, you have been fooled! Corrupt officials like Kerkun colluded with Lutou Xiangzhong and exploited you for many years!"

Xiang Zhong shouted: "Brothers, Chen Tingjing is talking nonsense! Without me, Xiang Zhong, you have nowhere to eat!"

After all, seeing that Chen Tingjing had tied Ker Kun up, the servants didn't dare to mess around.Xiang Zhong, however, was not afraid of death, so he swung his stick suddenly and struck at Chen Tingjing.The stick in Xiang Zhong's hand had just been raised in the air, and he fell to the ground somehow.It turned out that Zhen'er flew over and picked Xiang Zhong's arm with a sword.Several yamen servants rushed forward and tied Xiang Zhong.

At this time, Uncle Wu got out from the crowd.In the past few days, Ma Ming searched all over Beijing, but he couldn't find Uncle Wu, but Zhener did.Uncle Wu shouted to the servants: "Masters, Xiang Zhong has been drinking our blood. We were all kept in the dark! Master Chen sent someone to find me for questioning, and I didn't know that the Baoquan Bureau sent us the blood. I asked Xiang Zhong to eat most of my wages! Xiang Zhong was afraid that I would tell the story of the money factory, so he asked Liu Yuan to kill me! Luckily, I hid quickly, otherwise I would not have this old bone!"

Xiang Zhong lay on the ground, still yelling: "Old man Wu, you are courting death!"

A servant asked: "Master Chen, why do you want to reduce our hard-earned money?"

Chen Tingjing asked him back: "Who told you to reduce wages?"

The servant said, "Master Xiang!"

Chen Tingjing said: "It is you Xiang Ye who reduced your wages! He secretly colluded with corrupt officials like Kerkun to deduct your wages!"

Uncle Wu said: "Masters, listen to me. Mr. Chen not only does not reduce everyone's money, but also increases it! What Mr. Chen wants to reduce is only the money that was exploited by Xiang Zhong. The wages of coppersmiths will be increased from sixty cash to 120 Wen, and the money maker’s wages have increased from 180 Wen to [-] Wen, anyway, everyone has added!"

The craftsman who asked the question just now asked again: "How much did our grinder add?"

Chen Tingjing said: "The grinder is very important, add 260 characters."

The grinder shouted loudly: "Brothers, we are really fooled, we listen to Mr. Chen!"

Only then did the craftsmen throw away their hands and scolded Xiang Zhong for being a son of a bitch.

Chen Tingjing said sternly again: "I have to say a few more words. The masters listened to the instigation of the wicked and smashed the money factory. According to the law, you will be punished. If you are deceived, you will be forgiven. But you have to destroy the money factory. Repair as is, no wages!"

The craftsmen were quiet for a moment, then buzzed, some willing and some unwilling.

Uncle Wu said: "Masters, Master Chen is right, we have to listen to Master Chen."

The miller promised, "Okay, let's fix the money factory!"

(End of this chapter)