Chapter 428 Complete investigation

With the intervention of the Dongchang Factory, several officials were assigned to come out and took the fighters away.

Seeing them all happy, they obviously went to the prison for three days happily, and there would be no trouble in the middle.

After these people left, Li Chen looked at the head of the official and said indifferently: "Who is the governor of Weihaiwei?"

The head official replied quickly: "My magistrate, Zheng Baorong."

Li Chen passed his mind all the time, but there was no impression at all.

"Three treasures."

Li Chen called out, "Send two Jinyiwei to the official with oral orders to take Zheng Baorong to Guanhai Academy to wait for the post."

Guanhai Academy is the retreat of Mr. Jingzhi in Weihaiwei.

Li Chen's post was over, clean and neat and without any delay. Although the official was full of doubts and confusion, he did not dare to ask. He thought that anyway, the people from the East Factory would go back with him, and even if his prefect was in trouble, he would not be able to find his own head.

After thinking about this, the thoughts were immediately realized. The official sent a respectful salute and stood up, and left with the two Jinyiwei sent by the Sanbao.

"Let's go directly to Guanhai Academy."

After Li Chen finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the carriage.

Su Jinpa also hurriedly followed in.

The convoy started again, Su Jinpa smiled at Li Chen and said, "Or why don't you be the prince. I think you are the magistrate, the governor, etc., are more suitable."

Li Chen said angrily: "Don't let the position of prince be the chieftain, go to be a prefect and governor? You can only think of this business."

Su Jinpa's pink wrists supported her face and said, "The harsh taxes involved the people's livelihood in a city. It would be fine if it was just a local official who had enough money for greed, but what should you do if there was another hidden truth?"

Li Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you say this? Do you know this Zheng Baorong?"

Su Jinpa said, "Look, there are finally things you don't know? You are the prince, and you have a lot of things to do every day. It is normal for a small Weihaiwei prefect to not be able to get to you, but I really happen to know."

"This Zheng Baorong is a native native of Weihaiwei. The Zheng family he came from is the largest wealthy family in Weihaiwei and the largest landlord in Weihaiwei. It is just that the landlords in other places are farming. This Weihaiwei is located on the beach and the agriculture is not developed. Therefore, it surrounds a sea area for sea fields. Anyone who enters the sea area to fish will have to pay rent to the Zheng family."

"In this way, after decades of accumulation, the Zheng family can be said to be rich."

"And this Zheng Baorong took advantage of the defeat of Yumen Pass that year, and fought several more battles, and the treasury was the most empty, and the special case of donating officials was opened. The prefect who spent a total of 600,000 taels of silver was bought for more than ten years."

Li Chen sneered: "Sixty hundred thousand taels, such a big deal. I spent so much money to buy an official. Over the past ten years, I have gained enough money with capital and profit?"

Su Jinpa shook his head and said, "Even if you like to look at people with such old eyes, who says the officials you bought must be not good officials? Just like the officials in the world, most of them are from sages and wise men, but treacherous ministers and slandered ministers also come from these people. Therefore, the officials you bought may not be good officials, such as Zheng Baorong."
Chapter completed!