Chapter 94 Sixteen Money

Author: Science and Technology Innovation Board

Chapter 94 Sixteen Money

"One tael of silver and sixteen cents."

Li Mian was sitting under the peony flower stand in the front yard. He called a few maids to bring in the mahogany chessboard. With nothing to do, he took Sun Chuanting's hand and talked about Go.

Sun Chuanting only came here for one thing. A piece of news came out in the capital. After Lu Guangzu came back from Sanzuomen yesterday, he was arrested by Dongchang and sent to prison that night.

I haven't come back yet, and I don't know if I can come back alive.

This matter was neither big nor small in the capital and would not cause much trouble.

Normally, it would not have attracted Sun Chuanting's attention. He would just think that Dongchang was arresting people randomly again.

However, Sun Chuanting thought that there was another person involved, Ma Yun, who was responsible for sending a memorial to Li Mian, and things became more complicated.

Logically speaking, the person arrested and imprisoned should be Li Mian.

The result was beyond Sun Chuanting's expectation, and Sun Gong and Yuan Gong did not expect that Li Mian remained safe and sound in the mansion, while Lu Guangzu was arrested and sent to prison.

Just because Jack Ma sent a memorial.

Sun Chuanting was puzzled, and at dawn the next day, he hurried to Shichahai, visited Li Mian and asked about the inside story.

Li Mian just said one tael of silver and sixteen coins, stopped talking, and stopped talking.

Saying this suddenly, it was abrupt and confusing at the same time.

Sun Chuanting lost all thought of the hand-talk, took back the sleeves of his Huluo shirt, and held the white-glazed chess piece, still refusing to make a move: "Jin Guan is a bit tempting, why don't you say it quickly, otherwise, today's game of hand-talk will end."

I want to continue. Sun will also whet your appetite. If you become addicted to chess again, you can only stare at it."

Li Mian didn't have any chess addiction. He just suddenly got interested and took Sun Chuanting to play a few games together.

It’s okay to go down, and it’s okay not to go down.

Li Mian withdrew the palm holding the black-glazed chess piece, put the chess piece in the chess box, and continued: "Emperor Jiazhen can be said to be one of the most powerful emperors in the past. Your Majesty knows that water is clear.

If there is no fish, then it acquiesces to the officials' enrichment.

The private pockets first fed these officials, and then used them to obtain silver profits. No matter how officials sought personal gain, they had to have a limit. According to Emperor Jiazhen's estimate, one tael of silver was sixteen yuan, and the officials took six yuan.

Leaving him ten yuan is barely acceptable."

"No wonder Wan An was so frightened that he knelt on the ground when he heard a question." Ma Yun didn't know when he came under the peony flower stand, holding a pine flower glaze teapot in his hand, as if he was here to deliver tea, or as if he was here to deliver tea.

Come and eavesdrop.

When Ma Yun heard what Li Mian said slowly, he looked stunned and subconsciously blurted out the situation at that time.

He soon showed an embarrassed expression again, and when he said this, he was exposed as an eavesdropper.

Ma Yun hurriedly explained: "When my servant learned that the young man from the Sun family was coming to visit, he was worried that he would neglect the distinguished guest, so he sent a pot of small clam spring. This is a filial gift from a Jinling official, and it is this year's new tea."

After Ma Yun said this, he quickly took out a pine flower glaze bowl from the lacquer plate held by the maid, and first poured the new tea Xiao Clam Chun into Li Mian's mouth.

Immediately afterwards, he took out another pine-flower glaze bowl, filled it with new tea Xiao Clam Chun, and placed it next to Sun Chuanting.

He just came to deliver tea. The tea was delivered, but the person refused to leave.

Li Mian glanced at him and didn't say anything to chase him away, which was regarded as acquiescence that he would stand by and listen.

Sun Chuanting had no intention of driving away Ma Yun, and immediately asked about the situation at that time: "Wan'an was there at that time?"

Ma Yun breathed a sigh of relief. With this question, he could stay with his consort openly and openly.

He nodded and said: "Not only Wan'an, but Shen Guangzuo, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, was also called, but he did not kneel on the ground and stood upright in the three-door hall. Later, nothing happened. The situation when Long Yan was so angry was that he only asked his slave to take over the duties of the tax supervisor and eunuch of Caochangyuan. The slave is still wondering why a tax supervisor's office was suddenly established in a small Caochangyuan."

The establishment of the Tax Supervisor Yamen in Caochangyuan also puzzled Sun Chuanting. It is understandable that the Tax Supervisor Yamen was established in Chongwenmen, which was the end of the Cao Canal Road.

Caochangyuan is different. It is just a street in the capital. Dingkou is much worse than Chongwenmen.

The only commendable thing is that Caochangyuan has a large number of prostitutes and gambling houses.

Li Mian answered their doubts: "Emperor Jiazhen thought he had taken away ten coins, but the actual situation was exactly the opposite. Officials such as Wan'an and Lu Guangzu took away ten coins, leaving only six coins for Emperor Jiazhen." ."

Sun Chuanting and Ma Yun were stunned at the same time, and soon their eyes widened again, and they said the same sentence at the same time.

"How dare they."

Li Mian just smiled and said nothing, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

This matter is not a question of whether you dare or not, but it has already been done, otherwise it would not have aroused the anger of Emperor Jiazhen, who arrested Lu Guangzu and sent him to prison on the same day.

"That's it, that's it..."

Sun Chuanting murmured a few words to himself, figured out all the connections, and understood why Li Mian suddenly intervened in Caochangyuan's affairs.

Facing the many yamen in the capital, he still did not shrink back at all, confident that he could fight against the many yamen in the capital.

It turned out that Li Mian had already clearly seen the interests of Caochangyuan, and he did not intend to stand on the opposite side of the yamen in the capital, but made these yamen stand on the opposite side of Emperor Jiazhen.

A mere prince-in-law from a poor family used some inconspicuous means to get rid of many yamen that could easily crush him to death.

Sun Chuanting just thought about it, and couldn't help but feel excited. He slapped the ebony chessboard hard, and the ceramic chess pieces on it fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

He was not in the mood to care about the chess pieces scattered on the floor. He stood up from the porcelain pier with pastel flowers and birds, and kept pacing back and forth: "Good means! Good means!"

Sun Chuanting didn't need to explain anymore, he still figured out Li Mian's method: "Jin Guan should have paid ten yuan, and clearly stated the city tax situation in that memorial. As long as Caochangyuan is in your hands, you can give it to the palace." He brought more money from there, so Eunuch Ma became the tax supervisor and eunuch of Caochangyuan."

Ma Yun looked down upon the tax superintendent's office in Caochangyuan, and added: "It's a concurrent job."

Sun Chuanting was suddenly interrupted. Normally, he would have given that person a slap in the face, but now he nodded frequently: "Yes, it's concurrent. He didn't directly change Eunuch Ma's Chongwenmen Tax Supervisor and Eunuch to Caochangyuan Tax Supervisor and Eunuch. , it can be seen that His Majesty is satisfied with the handling of this matter."

Li Mian nodded, then shook his head: "What Bai Gu said is good, but there is something wrong with it. It's not ten coins, it's sixteen coins."

I can’t bear it any longer, brothers. I’ll make up for the outstanding chapters tomorrow.
Chapter completed!