Blood from Daming

Chapter 259
Yan Sanniang waved to her subordinates after hearing what the eldest girl said, and the guards who drove Qian Kai away with sticks stopped. The eldest daughter of the Qian family immediately ran to her father Qian Kai, and the father and daughter muttered a few words Afterwards, the eldest daughter of the Qian family ran to her younger siblings, and quickly dragged her younger siblings towards her father, Qian Kai. When everyone thought that the father and daughter would leave the Yamen, the eldest daughter of the Qian family handed over the younger siblings to her father Qian Kai. Then he ran back to his mother Xue Aolao.

Then the eldest daughter of the Qian family said to Yan Sanniang: "Cousin, my sister is willing to stay and serve my mother."

It was not easy for Yan Sanniang to look at this twelve or thirteen-year-old cousin, but it was reasonable for her to take care of her own mother, so Yan Sanniang nodded and asked her female soldiers to send her aunt Xue Aolao to the back office for medical treatment, as the person in the lobby It was almost time to leave, and the prefect Xu came to Yan Sanniang.

Prefect Xu asked in a low voice: "Sisters and sisters, this aunt of the Xue family has come to make a fuss, do you have any new instructions on how to deal with the Qian family and the Xue family?"

Yan Sanniang looked into the distance and said silently, "Brother, the Qian family has determined that my Xue family did it, so the Xue family can't let the tiger go back to the mountain."

Xu Zhifu asked: "Siblings and sisters, how to deal with this Qian Kai, and Qian Kai shouted that it was made by Xue's family, so how can the Qian family's money be transferred to Xue's family?"

Yan Sanniang said with a smile: "Brother Xue's family still looks down on the Qian family's rags, so let the court think more about it, but try to leave as much property as possible for my aunt. Just let it go."

Xu Zhifu nodded and said yes, the doctor who will see Yan Sanniang's aunt Xue Aolao came to the lobby of the mansion, walked up to Yan Sanniang and Xu Zhifu and said to them: "My lords, the lady in the Houya is not seriously ill. , but her body is too weak. Recently, she has been stimulated by the outside world, and the deficiency fire has risen, the imbalance of yin and yang, and she has been overworked before she fainted. If you have a better diet, you can recover within ten days at the most, but if you want to fully recover, the lady’s nutrition must keep up, and you must also pay attention not to go on a diet or picky eaters.”

Yan Sanniang nodded and said: "Mr. thank you so much. During this period of time, you should pay more attention to the body nutrition of the lady in the Houya. Someone will pay the consultation fee for the husband."

The doctor hurriedly said: "You don't need it, the magistrate has already paid for it."

Yan Sanniang said: "That is a kind of reward for the master's excellent medical skills."

Yan Sanniang's personal soldiers presented Lang Zhong with a piece of gold cake weighing five taels, but Lang Zhong repeatedly said: "My lord, your consultation fee is too high, the student deserves it."

Yan Sanniang said: "Mr. is well deserved for his excellent medical skills. What's more, I have to bother you. In the future, Mr. Yan will go directly to Yan's mansion next to the government office to see the lady."

The doctor took the gold cake and said: "My lord ordered, the students dare not obey."

Then Yan Sanniang took her aunt and cousin back to her own Yan Mansion to rest. Wang Defa and the newly hired Master Zheng hurried back to Yan Mansion. They reported to Yan Sanniang that Uncle Min, Chief Secretary, The people from Hangzhou Prefecture guarded the property confiscated from the homes of the magistrates. The nine rebels and their family members have already been sent to the Hangzhou Prefecture Prison. All the mansions, houses, shops, manors, fields, etc. involved in the case were seized.

Master Zheng said excitedly: "Master Yan, in addition to the confiscated real estate, a total of more than 3000 taels of gold, 68 taels of silver, and a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry were confiscated from the nine mansions surnamed Wu. The most valuable thing is the large number of shops and warehouses in Hangzhou City. We found five large and small warehouses in Shuntian Mansion, Chief Secretary, and Hangzhou Mansion. It is roughly estimated that there are no less than 7000 million taels of silver in North-South, Western and other goods, and there is a wharf. Dozens of boats are probably worth more than 80 taels of silver."

After hearing this, Yan Sanniang said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Zheng. You are satisfied with this kind of work."

Master Zheng fully agreed: "Master Yan, the students are very satisfied, and what you have learned in your life can finally be put to use."

Yan Sanniang: "Then Mr. Zheng will work hard, I will not treat people who do things for me badly."

Master Zheng thanked him again and again, and Yan Sanniang talked to Master Zheng again. Master Zheng knew that he had not yet entered Yan Sanniang's inner circle, so he got up, bid farewell to Yan Sanniang and left.

Wang Defa waited for Mr. Zheng to leave before he said: "Master, Mr. Zheng fainted from excitement at Mr. Wu's residence in the afternoon, which made us in Shuntian Mansion very embarrassing."

Yan Sanniang asked in surprise, "What's going on here?"

Wang Defa said: "At the beginning, Mr. Zheng was able to do things according to the rules. It was after the chief secretary's staff Hong proposed that each person privately distribute 1 taels of silver, and Mr. Zheng fainted in the Wu Mansion."

Yan Sanniang couldn't help giggling: "Wang Baihu, there are people in the world who don't love money. Master Zheng will inevitably make some fools when he first arrives. Just remind him in the future."

Wang Defa said: "Master, this Mr. Zheng is really too rich. Will he ruin our business?"

Yan Sanniang said: "There is no way to use Mr. Zheng. We came from the capital and have a blind eye to the Jiangnan area. We urgently need some people who can be our eyes. I just heard about Mr. Zheng, so I dragged him in." In order to do things, if it really doesn’t work, just replace it in the future.”

Wang Defa: "Master, Mr. Zheng has nothing wrong with his work. I just think he is too greedy for money."

Yan Sanniang said: "It's okay to be greedy for money, but I'm afraid that he won't be greedy for money. It's no good for people to be selfish. Who would work for others? That's what the general said."

When Wang Defa heard that it was Xue Yun who said it, he nodded in approval, and then said to Yan Sanniang: "Master, the subordinates of Shuntian Mansion, Min Bo, and Master Zheng shared 1 taels of silver each, and the Hangzhou Mansion took four of them." , Six people from the chief secretary participated in the distribution of the money, and another 10 taels of silver were sent to the subordinates who confiscated the house, and the 1 taels of silver from the subordinates have already been handed over to the master's maid."

Yan Sanniang said: "You take this money back, it's what you deserve."

Wang Defa said: "Master, it's useless for one of the subordinates to take the money. The master should save it for more useful use."

Yan Sanniang felt a little overwhelmed when she heard this, so she said, "I have to send, I know your loyalty, so let's put the money here for now, but I will give you the 1 taels of silver when you need it."

Wang Defa said: "Hong's staff member of the chief secretary said that the chief minister, Mr. Pan, meant to make more plans for the shops of the Wu family, such as restaurants, brothels, silk and satin shops, yards and land. In addition, the wharf and several warehouses of the Wu family can also be done. Hands and feet, as for what Mr. Pan wants, let the other officials of the court handle it themselves."

Yan Sanniang smiled and said, "That's fine, the more officials who benefit from the Wu family, the safer we will be."

Yan Sanniang told Wang Defa to say hello to Hong's staff and order the boats at the pier. After Wang Defa reported the matter, he left the inner room where Yan Sanniang met with his subordinates. Yan Sanniang asked the female soldiers about the situation of her aunt Xue Aolao. Xue Aorao had woken up and drank some rice porridge, Yan Sanniang felt relieved a lot, but the female soldier said that Xue Aorao met Yan Sanniang, Yan Sanniang said she knew and went back to her room to rest.

The news that Mr. Wu and his family were ransacked by Shuntian Mansion, Zhejiang Procuratorate, quickly spread throughout the Hangzhou Mansion. This big case that shocked the south of the Yangtze River is spreading in all directions at the speed of the plague. For the big families in Hangzhou Mansion, many people are destined to be unable to sleep tonight. However, copying Master Wu's home from Zhejiang Province is the basis for shaking the surnames of Jiangnan aristocratic families, but everyone in Hangzhou knows that Master Wu made friends with white-clothed scholars.

If it is a general corruption case, relatives and friends related to the Hangzhou government will all join the battle, either using money to kill the officials handling the case, or colluding with scholars and citizens to threaten the court with a strike, because the seven southern provinces are taxed by the Ming Dynasty The fundamental reason is that the seven prefectures of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Jiaxing in Jiangnan account for nearly half of the world's taxes. As long as there is trouble in Jiangnan, the imperial court will use officials who cause trouble as scapegoats for tax purposes, but this This time, the procuratorate implicated Mr. Wu in the two serious crimes of Jianlu and Bailian Sect, and he was arrested in full view of the public.

What is most anxious now is the seven families who ate with the second young master of the Wu family and the white-clothed scholar. Not only the children were arrested and sent to the Hangzhou prison, but the parents and elders of the five families also went to jail with the procurator Wu. They were caught together in the prison of the Hangzhou Mansion. This is implicated in a reverse case. One who is not in the same family may be unlucky. Everyone has been discussing countermeasures this night, and the families that are very related have begun to connect with each other.

As soon as the next day dawned, the major families of Hangzhou Prefecture began to act. Since they were locked in the Yamen of Hangzhou Prefecture, some prominent officials and wealthy businessmen went to see Xu Zhifu. When the governor's yamen saw Mr. Pan, the chief envoy, even Yan's mansion, where the officials of Shuntian mansion lived in Hangzhou mansion, had visitors.

(End of this chapter)