Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 58

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said solemnly: "Your proposed loan in the Wenhua Palace is too much noise. I said it should not be made public at the moment. However, there are a group of refugees in the capital who are starving and freezing. A lot of people died, and I saw quite a few of them when I came all the way. These are my people, and I have to save them. Therefore, you can make a public announcement tomorrow morning, asking the court to save the refugees from danger!"

He was in the Forbidden City, if Weifu hadn't come out to find Xue Guoguan this time, he would never have known that there were four or five thousand refugees in the capital who were on the verge of death.

No one mentioned this matter to him.Basically because the lives of these refugees are insignificant in the eyes of the officials of the capital.Even Xue Guoguan, his attention was more focused on the Manchu Tartars, political opponents, and the mountain of memorial papers.

In today's chaotic world, human life is worthless, and everyone has become numb.

After Xue Guoguan listened to Emperor Chongzhen's words, he remembered that Emperor Chongzhen said that his memorial plan still lacked a heart for the poor people in some details, and that he had neglected the matter of contacting the refugees in the capital!Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling very ashamed.

For Xue Guoguan, when he was inspecting Northern Xinjiang as the censor, he would be furious when he saw the generals deducting military pay, and the soldiers were worse than dogs. He would be furious when he saw the people in Northern Xinjiang were dying of hunger and the government did nothing.However, these refugees under the eyes of the capital were not within the scope of his duties, but he had accidentally ignored them.

"Your Majesty is merciful, I am ashamed, and I will announce this publicly tomorrow." Xue Guoguan hastily assured loudly.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and pointed him again: "The court has no money for the treatment of four or five thousand refugees, and does not have the ability to resettle them all. Otherwise, I can solve it directly by myself. Therefore, you can suggest that the capital All the princes and nobles, civil and military officials in the middle of the country will take some refugees home to help them, so that they can feed these refugees!"

If the imperial court had money, there would not be such a corrupt situation.Of course, taking a step back, no matter how rich the imperial court is, it can't resist the blood-sucking of moths big and small.So in general, the corruption in the late Ming Dynasty was not just a matter of money.

And Xue Guoguan couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard what Emperor Chongzhen said.Because the method proposed by the emperor is actually the same as the loan proposal he offered before, and it is all for the rich officials and gentry.

Thinking of this, he immediately bowed to accept the order and said: "My minister obeys the order!"

Xue Guoguan actually didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen had another purpose for doing this, but he wouldn't tell Xue Guoguan.This purpose is still kept secret.

After talking for a while, after explaining some things to Xue Guoguan, Emperor Chongzhen recovered the wiretapping seeds from him, and then returned to the palace under Xue Guoguan's respectful escort.

Seeing Jin Yiwei walking away in a file, but his master was full of worries when he just returned home, and even his wife seemed to be rejuvenated, which made the housekeeper very puzzled, thinking in his heart, this Jin Yiwei came to the house, Is there any good thing?

He asked out of curiosity, but Xue Guoguan and his wife didn't say anything, because the fewer people who knew about the emperor's coming incognito, the better.The couple hid in the study again, one happily polishing ink and the other seriously writing a memorial.

At the same time, in another part of the capital, the signboard facing the street swayed in the howling sound of the cold wind, and under the light of the fixed lanterns beside it, one could see the four characters "Fanji Bank" written on the signboard.And in the backyard of the bank, there was also a room with lights on.A figure hurried to this room, knocked on the door a few times, and then sneaked in after speaking in a low voice.

In the room, a middle-aged man was drinking tea, and there was a beautiful maid serving beside him. Seeing him go in, he waved the beautiful maid to leave.

"Second Master, the villain found out that Dongchang has indeed received an errand, and wants to investigate the affairs of the Qing Dynasty!" The man said with a worried expression, "In addition, Jinyiwei also has definite news that he has also received this errand. "

When the middle-aged man heard this, he couldn't sit still. He stood up and walked two steps before asking the visitor, "Have you seen Eunuch Cao?"

"No, I've been in the palace all the time. I haven't seen it." The visitor replied immediately, "I haven't even seen the steward who is in charge of collecting money from Eunuch Cao on weekdays. It seems that he is no longer in the outer house."

Speaking of this, after hesitating for a while, he added: "The villain still found the news of the horse stall, and stuffed him with a small ingot to reveal the news, and he refused to say anything more. "

The head of the Dongchang who does the actual work, commonly known as the stall head.Give him a small ingot, which is five taels of silver, which is quite a lot according to the usual price.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately asked: "What about Master Luo, the Jinyiwei?"

"I haven't seen it either." The man also replied with a puzzled look, "The concierge of Luo's mansion said that his master didn't go back. The villain didn't believe it, and gave him two taels of silver, but he still didn't change his words."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man frowned and said, "It's understandable for Eunuch Cao not to leave the palace, but Master Luo hasn't returned to the palace for two days, it shouldn't be! Could it be that he is hiding?"

"Master, could it be that they are short of money?" The visitor guessed, "Nowadays there is a war, and everything is expensive. Is it because the money used to be too little?"

The middle-aged man didn't speak after hearing this, and walked back and forth thinking about it.The only sound left in the house was his slight footsteps, and the whistling cold wind outside.

After a while, the middle-aged man obviously made up his mind and said, "Since they are not willing to cooperate and have a good New Year with peace of mind, then no one should even think about having a good New Year!"

Speaking of this, he said to the visitor: "You go to Liu Yushi overnight and ask him to join a few colleagues to impeach the Dongchang Fanzi, and try the situation first."

"Okay, Second Master," the person who came came agreed, and seeing that there was no order, he turned around and wanted to leave.

At this moment, the middle-aged man stopped him again and said: "Fan Fu, don't be afraid of spending money, so that the censors can be more active, and be sure to divert the attention of the factory guards. In addition, Eunuch Cao and Mr. Luo I have to send someone to watch, as long as you see it, you must contact me, and if necessary, I will meet you in person."

Fan Fu obviously knew what the second master was worried about, so he nodded to show that he knew, and left in a hurry without receiving orders.

The middle-aged man who was alone in the room kept frowning, and muttered to himself, "Who the hell noticed this situation? Who's eyeing us? Lu Xiangsheng? Impossible, he's about to die by now, right? Who is it? Yang Sichang? Impossible!"

After thinking about it for a while, anyway, I thought about several people, all of whom were related to Xuanfu Datong, but I didn't think about today's person.

Finally, he made a decision to write a letter to his elder brother to explain the situation.In addition, the expenses of the event also need to be explained.After all, those officials are all bottomless pits, greedy!
But the same is true, money can make ghosts grind, isn't it!
　Thanks to Suifeng Xiaoqiao and Fengyun Marquis for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)