Aristocratic Concubine

Chapter 369 Interrogation (1)
Shangguan Yeli heard that he even got involved with the prince, and snorted coldly with a gloomy face. Lord Qian is also a governor, so he hurriedly changed the subject and said with a smile: "Xiaguan originally planned to share a piece of the pie with the son. , It’s just that the official went out these two days, and I didn’t have time to visit the mansion. Now that the son of the world dares to go up, the official is not the one who eats alone, how about giving you [-]% of the profit?”

The two achievements are 2 taels of silver. As soon as Shangguan Yeli came, he got 2 taels for free. From the first time he became an official, as soon as he took office, he got such a generous reward. If it were someone else, he would not be happy to die. Mr. Qian thinks that he has already paid a lot of money. People die for money, and birds are the king of food. Well, there are really not many people who don't love money, and he also heard that Jingninghou's mansion is not living very well in the mansion. If he has these 2 taels of silver, he will lose the right to speak in the family. Mostly, he believed, no one could resist the temptation of money.

Therefore, when Shangguan Yeli lowered his head to meditate, Mr. Qian narrowed his slender eyes slightly. He knew that Shangguan Yeli was hesitating. Those who are passionate about serving the country want to make contributions to the emperor and the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the officialdom in the north has always been dark, and if they are less flexible, those who are pedantic and rigid will easily be excluded by their colleagues, just like the cousin of Shangguan Yeli, He is still a son of a noble family from the Hou Mansion. He is very angry, wants money, is timid, and is afraid of taking responsibility. He always talks about court laws and other things every day. Few made friends with him.

In short, the newly appointed officials, no matter how upright and honest they were before, will not be able to resist the temptation to join forces in a year or so after a year or so.

Once the three-year term expires, he slaps his ass and leaves, earning enough money to return to the capital to become a capital official and enjoy the blessings.

After Shangguan Yeli pondered for a while, without saying a word, he turned Mr. Qian around with a half-smile, and stared at Mr. Qian with complex eyes, looking him up and down, and Mr. Qian's heart kept sinking. Shen said with a dry smile, "My lord, how have you thought about it?"

"What about the 5000 taels of silver allocated by the court this year for the renovation of the Governor's Mansion? Did Mr. Qian take it into his pocket?" Shangguan Yeli answered the wrong question, and suddenly mentioned the renovation money of the mansion.

Mr. Qian was taken aback when he heard this, he didn't catch up with Shangguan Yeli's thoughts for a while, and he came back to his senses after a while, with a hint of excitement in his eyes, secretly thinking that the son of Jingning Hou is also a lover of money, even This small 5000 taels of repair silver is not willing to let it go. If you love money, you are afraid that if you don’t love money, you have been caught by him today and have to cut your flesh. Otherwise, how can there be such a cheap thing? Once you come, you get money out of thin air.

"A mere 5000 taels of silver, easy to say, easy to say, the son of the world has agreed, you return this letter to the lower official, and hand it over to the lower official safely, how about the lower official giving you 5000 taels of silver?"

"Give it to me?" Shangguan Yeli's voice was swirling in his nose, muffled, as if he thought it was funny, but at the same time he seemed to be gnashing his teeth.

"Lord Qian seems to have forgotten that the 5000 taels were originally used by the court to repair the Dudu's Mansion. Once your term of office is over, these will have to be handed over to me."

Lord Qian frowned when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth twitched, and he muttered in a low voice: "My lord, 5000 taels is already the bottom line for the lower officials, and the lower officials also paid the cost, no matter how much, the lower officials only need to pay for the deal .”

"Who asked you to increase the price? I just asked you to hand it over." Shangguan Yeli's face darkened, and he shouted in a cold voice.

"But the money was still in the public account of the Governor's Mansion, and the official did not embezzle it. The official knew that the adults would definitely ask for the money. No matter how much the official loves money, he will not be greedy for the 5000. Two, isn't that causing trouble for yourself? The son of the world will not hand over easily." Mr. Qian thought that Shangguan Yeli suspected the Queen Mother of 5000 taels before, and used this method to defraud him of money. I understand Shangguan Yeli After saying what he meant, he turned away from Shangguan Ye with a little irritability.

Seeing his expression, Shangguan Yeli didn't think he was lying, so he couldn't help looking at Wanqing. Wanqing told him these things, and he himself didn't understand the truth.

"Master Qian means that the money is still in the public account? But I checked the account yesterday, and the money was taken away two days before the son of the world took over, and there is still money on it. Your seal, Mr. Qian, you don’t want to rely on it.” Wanqing now looks like a soldier, so when she spoke, her voice was deliberately lowered, and Mr. Qian didn’t realize that she was a woman.

"The lower officials have reached this point, and they are willing to give up 2 taels, so why bother to covet this mere 5000 taels?" Master Qian's voice was filled with anger. What's the fuss about the 5000 taels of silver? He's so anxious now, the longer he stays in the barracks, the more afraid something will happen, and he won't be able to escape at that time.

That being said, the 5000 taels of silver was not taken away by the lord. It seems that there is a big problem with that master.

Shangguan Yeli didn't bother with this matter any more, but asked Lord Qian with great interest: "Your Excellency only said to give me 2 taels of silver, but he refused to tell me how the money was earned. They said, It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. My lord is about to resign. As for me, my son, I still have to stay in this place where nothing shits. Is there any way to get rich? My lord Qian is not as good as Teach it to me, in the future, I can also make some crooked money."

Lord Qian smiled slightly when he heard this, "It's not that the lower officials didn't tell the son, each industry has its own rules, and the way the lower officials get rich is also figured out by themselves, the previous lord didn't give the lower officials any advice. The son of the world is very smart, and he must make more money than the lower officials in the future, and he will make a bigger fortune, hahaha."

Shangguan Yeli didn't expect his mouth to be so tight that he didn't dare to tell the content of the transaction with the third prince, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "My lord, you are too mean, since you don't regard this son as a friend, then the book The prince also had no choice but to send this letter to Prince Kang. I don’t know if King Kang knew that the Lord was in the northern border, and he didn’t want to rule the border and defend the enemy, but colluded with the enemy’s prince. What crime will he give you? I heard Lord Qian’s The original wife is in the capital. She gave birth to two sons and one daughter for Mr. Qian. Collaborating with the enemy is a serious crime. I'm afraid he will be sentenced to be executed. Poor your eldest son. What about Gongsheng..."

(End of this chapter)