This is indeed a profitable business.

Don’t underestimate those small officials. Ding Fei, who stole saltpeter and sulfur, was just the ambassador of Hyogo Department, Yu Bing copied the official documents, or even the housekeeper of Sun's Doctor Sun's Department of the Ministry of War. However, the batch of saltpeter and sulfur stole by Ding Fei almost exploded the palace, and the official document copied by Yu Bing involved the details of the military preparations of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Small officials and the people around them are the targets of these people.

It is difficult to live in the capital city, but it is difficult to live in the capital. Officials from aristocratic families or wealthy families do not have to worry about it. However, for those officials from poor families, there are many officials who have been in Beijing for three or four years, and they don’t even have their own houses.

What's more, in addition to the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as their filial piety to their superiors during festivals, their interactions with their colleagues, and their relatives who came to join us.

For example, in a certain village, the whole village gathered the strength of the village to provide a Jinshi. This Jinshi was very successful and selected Shujishi. Three years later, Shujishi stayed in the six ministries, starting from the seventh rank. The annual salary plus the money for the maintenance of the clean bank was only 2300 taels in total.

Among the six ministries, he was just a low-level official, and there was no New Year's Day ceremony. For the sake of his future, he had to keep taking care of himself. Before he could take a breath, relatives from the same village came to him to give money, goods, and future. He did all kinds of things, and only if he did not do it, he was ungrateful.

Later, I really couldn't get the money. Someone told him that the interest rate of putting the seal money in Youran Curie was extremely low. Moreover, the one who put the seal money was still a scholar. Besides, it could not be considered as putting the seal money. At most, it was mutual help among scholars.

The first time I borrowed the silver money to solve the urgent problem, the second time I borrowed the silver money to solve the urgent problem, the third time, I always have to pay back the previous money, right? What should I do if I don’t have money to pay back? It doesn’t matter, don’t worry, I drink a few drinks together, and after a few cups, I dizzy and signed the document. After waking up, I realized that I owed more than the little money in front of me, but a huge debt that he had not paid off for ten years!

This is falling into a pit.

Once he gets stuck, he can't decide.

What is the loyalty of a minister, the conscience of an official, and the original intention of a scholar, are all gone.

The emperor threw the account book on the Long Case and said to Chai Yan: "I heard that among the people you caught, are Qi Ying's entourage?"

Chai Yan said loudly: "It's true, it's just that this person was not Qi Ying's follower from the beginning, but the person whom Princess Rongcheng handed him over to him before Qi Ying came to the capital. However, judging from his name, he is definitely not Princess Rongcheng's own person, and I think he is obedient."

Chai Shu was named Rongcheng. If she was really hers, she wouldn't have called Acheng.

"This Ah Cheng's mouth was very tight, and he was tortured and still refused to confess. Before his sons entered the palace, they didn't want him to die just like this, so they stopped interrogating him.

Although Acheng did not confess, Shopkeeper Qu confessed," Chai Yan said.

The emperor was as heavy as water, and there were only two people who could order Chai Shu to do things, one was King Fu and the other was King Huaian County.

The Prince of Huaian has never had his own opinion, so the answer came out immediately.

Acheng was sent by King Fu. After placing Chai Shu, Qi Ying brought him to Beijing.

Qi Wei felt guilty about Qi Ying. Once Qi Ying surrendered, Qi Wei would either take Qi Ying into the Duke's Mansion or would also ask about his well-being and be very close to Qi Ying.

When the emperor thought of this, his heart was cold.

"Say, what did that shopkeeper Qu admit?" the emperor asked.

Chai Yan said: "Shopkeeper Qu is not the surname Qu. His surname is Liang. He managed the business for King Fu twenty years ago. Fifteen years ago, he was sent to the capital and transformed into Shopkeeper Qu. Over the years, he has married and had daughters in the capital. Now he is a grandfather. Even when he moved the capital, he has never left the capital. After Shiting came to the capital, he was introduced by Liu Miao. Shopkeeper Qu became the big shopkeeper of Youranju and was also the housekeeper of Shiting.

The matter of Yinziqian is similar to Shiting’s words.

But in addition to helping Shi Ting manage the business, Shopkeeper Qu has another job, which is to monitor Shi Ting.

Every three days, Shopkeeper Qu would go to a breakfast stall on the street next to Youranju to have breakfast. Liu Miao would go, and he would tell Liu Miao about the situation on the Shiting side.

In addition, his son responded to the interrogation and that Manager Qu had never met Chai Hui. He said that in the tenth year of his arrival in the capital, he began to be responsible for sending the news from the palace to Qingyuan. As for where Qingyuan's people would send, there is no need to ask, he was sent to the Fu Palace in Pingcheng."

Hearing this, the emperor interrupted Chai Yan and asked, "He said that he had begun to convey the news from the palace in the tenth year of his arrival in the capital. Will he continue now?"

Chai Yan smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Qu said that since you ascended the throne, the news in the palace has not been passed to him. As for whom he succeeded, he doesn't know. His son thinks he is not lying, and he really doesn't know."

The emperor asked, "Why are you sure he really doesn't know, rather than lying?"

The second prince, who had never spoken again, looked at Chai Yan with despair.

His little brother no longer has compassion.

Chai Yan smiled and was a little proud: "My son sent someone to arrest his son whom he raised outside. The child was only two years old. When Manager Qu saw his son, he immediately asked and answered questions."

"Did you find out that he has a son whom he has raised outside?" the emperor asked.

"My son just thinks that even if a person with his identity has to marry a wife in order to hide his identity, he will not raise his biological children to the knees. So his son asked Feiyuwei to inquire. Sure enough, he found out that Shopkeeper Qu's daughter was adopted from the shantang. He usually went to Baolian Lane, where a mother and son lived in Baolian Lane. Feiyuwei caught the woman. The woman admitted that she was the outer room where Shopkeeper Qu raised here, and this child was Qu's biological flesh and blood." Chai Yan said.

The emperor snorted coldly: "The adoption of the orphan in the good hall has freely taken on the reputation of the good man, but in fact it is to hide his identity. Such a person is not to be cherished."

The second prince's mouth twitched. He remembered the scene when Chai Yan walked to Manager Qu with the young child. Manager Qu cried so hard that he could scream. He could do anything, just to save his son's life.

At that time, Xiaoqi was actually smiling. Xiaoqi was so cruel.

Chai Yan said to the emperor: "My son also feels that such a person is not to be cherished. When the case is tried, his son will hand over the child to Shantang for raising him."
Chapter completed!