Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 165 Talking About Friendship Hurts Money

The commander of Jinyiwei is on duty.

He Liu and Lao Hu stood in front of Lu Bing, intending to intercede with Yang Lian.

Lu Bing coughed violently.As a commander, he has too many things to take care of. Over the years, he has become sick from overwork, his health is not very good, and he often falls ill. People in their 50s are as old as people in their 70s and [-]s.

Lu Bing wiped the sweat off his brow with a handkerchief: "What's the matter with you two?"

He Liudao: "About Daxing County Magistrate Yang Lian's private opening of the official storehouse..."

Lu Bing waved his hand: "Yang Lian will not be under the supervision of Jinyi Guard from today. The emperor has handed over the disaster situation in Beizhili to Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xiao Ge. You should hand over Yang Lian's case to the Prison Division of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

In recent years, the Yan Party, the Eunuch Party, and the Yuwang Party have been fighting fiercely in the court.Each of the three parties has a group of people like Jin Yiwei who specialize in secret errands.

The eunuch party has Dongchang in its hands.The Yuwang party holds Zhan Shifu Youchunfang in its hands, known as Xiaojinyiwei.In the hands of the strict party, the prison department of the Ministry of punishment is in charge, known as Xiaodongchang.

The Prison Division is nominally affiliated to the Ministry of Punishment, but in fact, even Li Chunfang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, cannot mobilize every soldier in the Prison Division.This "Xiaodong Factory" in the Ministry of Punishment is only obeyed by the orders of Yan Song and his son.

If Yang Lian was handed over to the Prison Division of the Ministry of Punishment, his life would be in the hands of Yan Song and his son.

He Liu and Lao Hu went out to be the command envoys on duty.

Old Hu said: "Yang Lian's case is in the hands of Mr. Ge and Mr. Ge. Now it will be very difficult."

He Liu smiled: "It's difficult to do, and it's easy to do. Everyone in the government and the public knows that Xiaoge's veteran is more important than his own life."

Old Hu said: "That thing is silver! But Yang Lian is such an upright official, how can he have any silver? Even if he has, he won't give it away with his temper."

He Liu smiled and said, "Yang Lian doesn't have money, but I have it! You forgot, all of Jin Wanguan's property belongs to me. My sixth son is now a real local rich man. If Yang Lian doesn't give money, let's go for him." Just send it."

He Liu went home.His wife, Bai Xiaoyan, was hugging Xiangxiang to tease a big fat cat in the courtyard.

"Mom! Why is this meow so fat? Let's kill it and eat meat!"

"My little ancestor, why do you want to eat everything you see? You, you are almost eating the wooden dregs of the tables and chairs at home."

He Liu walked up to Bai Xiaoyan and asked, "How much cash do you have?"

Bai Xiaoyan replied: "At the beginning of spring, dental shops, tea shops, and silk shops in the south of the Yangtze River are all posting silver to buy goods. I don't have much cash in hand, but I still have more than 100 million taels."

He Liu joked, "Oh, my wife is really rich."

Bai Xiaoyan gave He Liu a white look: "It's not my money, it's your money. I'm just managing the accounts for you."

He Liu touched Xiangxiang's little head, and said to his wife, "Prepare 25 taels of silver for me. Among them, 5 taels will be typed into the entire Detai bank's exchange bill."

Bai Xiaoyan was startled, and asked, "Why do you want so much money?"

It's not that Bai Xiaoyan is stingy.She has always spent a lot of money when it comes to making friends with noble ladies and imperial orders in the capital.

Bai Xiaoyan was afraid that her husband would fall in love with a red card girl from a place in the capital, asking for money to raise her cousin.She had heard too much of this.Her newly-acquainted god-sister, Mrs. Huang from Zuo Jundu Dudu's family, said that Huang Dudu raised Xu Cuiyan, a famous Huixianglou head girl in the capital, and spent more than [-] silver a year.

He Liu said with a smile: "The 25 silver and 5 taels are given to Mr. Xiaoge. I ask him to help me save someone. For the remaining 20 silver, you can go to the four major grain banks in Beijing to buy a batch of grain for relief. Those disaster victims in Beizhili."

Bai Xiaoyan nodded: "That's right. You scared me to death. I thought you were going to use money to raise a red girl from a brothel. By the way, you asked Mr. Xiaoge to save someone. Did you mention it at dinner yesterday? The county magistrate Yang Lianyang?"

He Liudao: "Yes, when his case is transferred to the prison department of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it is equivalent to being in the hands of Yan Song and Yan Shifan. Whether Yang Lian is an unpardonable felon who opened an official position privately or a good official who is sympathetic to the victims, it is only Yan Shifan It's a matter of touching the upper lip and the lower lip."

Bai Xiaoyan said: "If you're afraid, you're afraid. You paid Yang Lian money, and he won't think of you. 5 taels of silver, is it worth it?"

He Liu replied decisively to his wife: "It's worth it! A good official like him won't be exchanged for ten thousand dollars! What is 5 taels of silver?"

Bai Xiaoyan asked again: "It's too expensive to buy grain from the four major grain stores in the capital. We have our own rice store in Jiangnan. How about bringing some grain from Jiangnan to the capital?"

He Liu shook his head: "No way. It will take at least half a month to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital. Those victims can't last for half a month."

Bai Xiaoyan wondered: "Didn't the Emperor ask Mr. Yan Ge and them to help the disaster?"

He Liu smiled wryly: "Disaster relief? Just look at it. If one of the ten grains allocated by the household department falls into the mouths of the victims, it will be considered a noble hand by the adults!"

In the afternoon, Bai Xiaoyan went to Detai Bank to draw a silver note of 5 taels and handed it to He Liu.

At night, He Liu and Lao Hu came to Yan's Mansion.

"Third master, sixth son, why are you two here? Could it be that you are greedy for my partridge rice and cucumber gravy?" Yan Shifan laughed.

He Liu put a copy of "The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine" on Yan Shifan's desk: "I heard that Mr. Xiaoge is studying medicine recently. Coincidentally, one of my subordinates recently got a copy of the Song version of "The Canon of Internal Medicine of the Yellow Emperor", and I came here to give it to Mr. Xiaoge. "

Yan Shifan flipped through the "Huangdi Neijing" casually, and there was a silver note in the book, which read "Detai Bank's cash will be exchanged for 5 taels upon seeing the note."

Yan Shifan picked up the bank note in the book, stuffed it quickly into his sleeve, and said with a smile, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Although Yan Shifan intends to win over He Liu and Lao Hu, one size counts for another.In his view, if you come to ask me to do something, you have to give me money, which is a matter of course.

One day, when I, Yan Shifan, ask you to do business, I will also give you money.

From the point of view of Yan Song and his son, it takes money to do anything for anyone.Friendship is friendship, money is money.Talking about friendship is too expensive.Therefore, I will definitely be disrespectful to this 5 taels of silver bill.

He Liudao: "That's the thing. I have a distant relative named Yang Lian. He used to be a county magistrate in Daxing. A while ago there was a spring famine in Zhili. He had no choice but to open an official storehouse to help the victims. He was accused of guilt. Now the case has been transferred to the Prison Division of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I also ask Mr. Xiaoge to be flexible. After all, he did not open his official position to fill his own pockets, but for the livelihood of the people of the county."

"Yang Lian? Why is this name so familiar?" Yan Song said.

Lao Hu hurriedly answered: "Xiao Ge always forgot? More than ten years ago, he participated in the impeachment of Qiu Luan!"

Qiu Luan was originally Yan Song's godson, but after he made a fortune, he turned against Yan Song and opposed Yan Song and his son everywhere.Later, Yan Song and Lu Bing teamed up to use Yang Lian's memorial to pull Qiu Luan off his horse.

Yan Shifan thought: The enemy of an enemy is a friend.Since Yang Lian had participated in Qiu Luan, he was considered one of his own. The 5 taels of silver are placed there, and the face of the third and sixth is there.I might as well go along with the flow and sell my favor.

Yan Shifan said: "The third master and the sixth son opened their mouths, and I have to sell your face. Besides, Yang Lian opened the official warehouse to help the hungry people, not to corrupt the law. I will write a note to the prison department tomorrow and ask Yang Lian to be an official." Reinstated."

(End of this chapter)