Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 87 Jin Wanguan Arrived in Jiangnan

Hu Zongxian told He Liu another secret: "Lao Liu, Jin Wanguan, the third master of Jinyiwei, has used the Sifang Teahouse to resell Yanyin for six or seven years! I can say this, Jin Wanguan's property in Jiangnan is absolutely unique. No less than that Ding Wang! You are a member of Jinyiwei, even if you risk offending Eunuch Lu, Mr. Strictly, and King Yu to arrest the six private salt dealers, can you catch Jin Wanguan who resells salt? Wan Guan is the third protector of your Jinyiwei! He committed such a big case, how can your Jinyiwei have any face? How can your Commander Lu behave in front of the emperor? Have you thought about all this?"

He Liu sighed: "Then what does Hu Butang think I should do?"

Hu Zongxian said: "Let's do this. I will call six people from the 'Salt Gang' to Yangzhou for a meeting. Then I will call Li Dana who went to the Sifang Tea House. Everyone loosens their hands and pays an extra [-]% of the salt tax to the court this year. In this way For one thing, you can do business when you go back. The situation in the south of the Yangtze River will not be disturbed by a private salt case."

He Liuqing couldn't help laughing: "The imperial court's [-]% salt tax, actually asked six private salt dealers to loosen their hands, changing from [-]% to [-]%? If Lord Hong Wu, who established the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", knew about it, he would be very angry. jumped out of Xiaoling's coffin."

Hu Zongxian said: "Lao Liu, do you know Hai Ruihai's pen holder?"

He Liu nodded: "I know, everyone in the world knows Hai Rui's integrity as an official and his integrity."

Hu Zongxian said again: "Everyone in the world knows that Hai Rui is an upright official. Do you know why I have been refusing to use him again? Just let him be a small county magistrate?"

He Liu is not a dull person, he replied: "Because Hai Rui is too stupid and straight. He doesn't know how to control the situation, and likes to get into the horns. The trial must be black and white. When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and there will be no people." There are no disciples until the police, such an upright official, on the contrary, can't do anything."

Hu Zongxian nodded: "Lao Liu, you still understand the truth. Do you want to be like Hai Rui? Don't mention "Da Ming Law" to me. I know "Da Ming Law" better than you! Everything depends on "Da Ming Law". If you don’t want to do it, everything will be impossible. The biggest thing I want to do right now is nothing more than the military and national affairs of fighting the Japanese. In order to successfully handle this military and national affairs, I am willing to bear the notoriety of being a corrupt official!"

He Liudao: "Hu Butang. How about it, you go back. Let me think about it."

Hu Zongxian left.He Liu told Lao Hu about Hu Zongxian's involvement in smuggling salt.

After hearing this, Lao Hu gave a wry smile: "Old Sixth, Old Sixth, you said that you hide in Jinyiwei every day, but troubles come to you one after another. You escaped a catastrophe. This time, I want to see how you can escape."

It was night, and He Liugang was about to sleep.But I heard "咚咚咚" someone knocked on the door.

He Liu got up and opened the door, and in front of the door was his third brother——Jin Wanguan!

"Third brother, why did you come from the capital?" He Liu asked in surprise.

Jin Wanguan laughed and said: "Your sixth son is about to burn my Jiangnan backyard, can I not come? It happened that Commander Lu asked me to come to Jiangnan to sell Dingwang's property a while ago. I said that there are several Dingwang The real estate has not been handed over clearly, please come to Jiangnan for the second time."

He Liu smiled: "Third brother, your Jiangnan backyard is going to be burned by me? What are you talking about?"

Jin Wanguan rubbed his hands: "You have to let me into the room to talk."

He Liu hurriedly said, "Third Brother, please."

Jin Wanguan said with a smile: "Lao Liu, don't speak in secret in front of the wise. What kind of case you investigated in Jiangnan, and how many things you investigated, you and I know very well. The two of us usually Although they are called brothers, in fact, there is no brotherly friendship, they are just colleagues. It’s just that they are all thirteen Taibao, you only have a third brother, and I only have a sixth brother. Since they are not real brothers, it is even more important to understand Settle the bill. Let me just say: Sixth, how much money do you want before letting go of my Sifang Teahouse?"

He Liu smiled and said, "Third brother, how much money can you give?"

Jin Wanguan said: "An annual bonus of 20 taels of silver! Plus [-] mu of mulberry fields in Zhejiang!"

He Liu asked: "If I take advantage of Third Brother, what should I do next?"

Jin Wanguan said: "First, release Lu Da, the governor of Jinyiwei Township in Nanjing. They are all brothers of Jinyiwei's own family, why are they at war? Second, don't investigate the illegal salt case anymore. Go back to the capital and tell Commander Lu You have limited ability, and the private salt case is very complicated and confusing, and you can't find it out. Ask Commander Lu to punish you. Promise these two, 20 taels of bonus every year, and the [-] acres of mulberry fields will be yours!"

He Liudao: "If you do this, Commander Lu will inevitably punish me as well."

Jin Wanguan said: "You are the Sixth Taibao of Jinyiwei. Even if our Commander Lu punishes you, at most it will cut your Wei registration to serve the people. From now on, you will have a bonus of 20 taels of silver every year, and there will be two thousand acres of mulberry fields Hand, you can become a rich man in Jiangnan! By the way, my goddaughter Bai Xiaoyan was originally meant to be given to you. You can marry her and take Xiangxiang to live a family of three in Jiangnan."

When it came to the word "Xiangxiang", Jin Wanguan deliberately emphasized his tone.The meaning couldn't be more obvious: "Your daughter is still in Beijing! If you don't listen to me, don't blame me for plotting against your daughter!"

Cold sweat broke out on He Liu's head.He never expected that Jin Wanguan would threaten him with his daughter.

Daughter Xiangxiang is the lifeblood of He Liu, so He Liu had no choice but to argue with Jin Wanguan: "Third brother, as the saying goes, being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. Who doesn't like money? Your goddaughter Bai Xiaoyan is all over the country, even a hero is sad." Meirenguan, let alone my sixth son is just an ordinary person! Well, I listen to you, third brother. I will release Lu Da tomorrow, give up the investigation of the smuggling salt case and return to Beijing to renew the decree! My annual bonus of 20 taels, I still have [-] Musangyuan, third brother, don't lie to me."

Jin Wanguan took out a bank note and a contract from his pocket: "This is a bank note of 20 taels from Detai Bank. You kid made a bunch of fake bank notes and defrauded Sifang Bank of more than 50 dans of salt." Citation. I don’t care about this matter with you. Heh, my banknote is genuine. You are an expert, so you can check it out. This contract is the property deed of my [-]-acre mulberry garden.”

After Jin Wanguan finished speaking, he handed the bank note and the contract to He Liu.

He Liuzhuang pretended to examine the bank note carefully: "The bank note is real. Yes, third brother, I will trust you just once. To be honest, the salt tax in the Lianghuai River and the Huaihe River is not in shortfall. I have money." Is it related to money? Why should I worry about it. If I really find out this case, let alone offend you, elder brother Yan Ge and Eunuch Lu, why don’t they eat me alive?”

(End of this chapter)