When Wang Chengen appeared at the door of Jiang Mansion with a young eunuch and a green robe, if he had not opened his mouth, no one would have thought that this unspectacular young man was the most favored prince in the palace today.
It was said that Jiang Wan was going to Nanhaizi and was not in the mansion. Everyone in the Jiang mansion heard that it was someone from the palace. There was a period of chaos. In the end, Li Fuyao sent someone to invite Jiang Wan back and personally brought Xiaojiu to come forward and bring Wang Chengen to justice.
Welcomed in.
“Manager Li, it seems like there hasn’t been much change in the past two years!”
Wang Chengen had a smile on his face, as if he was teasing Li Fuyao. Although the status of the two was now very different, with the old friendship of the Tenth Prince's Palace, there was no need to exchange polite greetings with each other.
The two of them were like old friends, chatting in the lobby.
"I am a naive little girl, so of course I can't compete with you, Eunuch Wang!" Li Fuyao smiled lightly and said, "The last time I saw Eunuch Wang was at the palace, almost two years have passed.
Thinking of the days in the palace, it’s like a dream!”
Wang Chengen seemed to be rarely relaxed, and he sighed with Li Fuyao: "Yes, too many things have happened in the past two years!"
"Eunuch Wang, are you here to convey an edict?" Li Fuyao chatted for a few words and regarded it as reminiscing about old times. However, Wang Chengen's purpose of coming must always be made clear. At least, Jiang Wan's return could not be caught off guard.
"Can't we visit each other?" Wang Chengen glanced at him and said slowly: "We used to do business together, and Jiang Wan is one of the few friends in our family. This friend returned to Beijing and he didn't come to see me.
I can always come and see him!"
Li Fuyao laughed. Regardless of whether it was a real visit or a fake visit, if there was no intention, it was Wang Chengen's personal visit, so there was no need for the trepidation in the house.
The two of them laughed and talked. Wang Chengen did not talk about the affairs in the palace, and Li Fuyao did not ask about them. Li Fuyao had a lot to say about the matters in Shaanxi. The topics between the two revolved around this aspect.
Said with gusto.
About half an hour later, Jiang Wan still hadn't come back, and Wang Chengen didn't say he was leaving either. Li Fuyao became a little anxious.
With Wang Chengen's status now, he would not come here just to chat with her. Now she is very sure that Wang Chengen must have something to talk to Jiang Wan, otherwise, he would be willing to sit down and have a cup of tea.
It was for the sake of the old people in the palace that I gave her enough face.
Someone ran in from outside and did not dare to enter. He coughed lightly at the door, and Li Fuyao apologized and went out.
Wang Chengen was drinking tea and eating snacks with a smile on his face, as if he hadn't heard a single word coming from the door.
"Eunuch Wang, Jiang Wan has gone to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen and won't be back for a while. Why don't you sit down for a while and I'll order a table of food and wine in the kitchen. Fuyao will eat with you while waiting for Jiang Wan to come back.
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"This kid is not restless at all!" Wang Chengen sighed: "What did he do to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen?"
"He went to review the case!" Li Fuyao looked a little weird: "There was some business between the Jiang family and Fo Langji, but now Fo Langji doesn't admit it, so we sued Fo Langji!"
"It's Fo Langji again!" Wang Chengen's face also became strange, "Why is he always mixed with Fo Langji? I can't figure out why. Forget it, let's go to the Shuntianfu Yamen.
Let's take a trip, it's hard to get out of the palace, you can't just go back without seeing anyone!"
Li Fuyao did not dare to neglect, so he called several guards from the mansion, took Xiaojiu and accompanied Wang Chengen out, and walked together towards the Shuntian Mansion Yamen.
It didn't take much effort, and soon everyone arrived at the door of Shuntian Mansion Yamen. However, at this time, the door of Shuntian Mansion Yamen was filled with people. Hundreds of idle people crowded at the door of the Yamen and stood on tiptoes to look inside the Yamen. There was nothing they could see.
He even climbed up to the walls on both sides, and among the crowd, vendors from nearby streets were also joining in the fun. It was as chaotic as a temple fair.
"Just sit here!" Wang Chengen pointed to a restaurant opposite the Yamen: "Invite him over when it's almost time. He is a decent person now, so why does he always do these things that make people laugh?"
After saying that, he led his entourage to the restaurant, found a place by the window, and watched what was going on below.
This time, Jiang Wan came very quickly, and the crowd separated a path. Wang Chengen saw Li Fuyao pointing towards him, and Jiang Wan led the people towards this direction.
"You, you, you are also a person who does great things. If you do something like this here, you are shabby!"
Wang Chengen pointed at Jiang Wan dumbfounded: "My Lord Jiang, why are you always so entangled with these Folangji people? If you really want to take advantage of them, just find any excuse and let your people deal with them.
Well, you have done a good job in quelling the chaos. As long as you don't go too far, does your Majesty have any way to blame you?"
"Eunuch Wang has misunderstood!" Jiang Wan chuckled and sat down in front of Wang Chengen without any hesitation: "This has something to do with our business too!"
"Our business is your business!" Wang Chengen scolded with a smile: "Just give our bastard Sihai Trading Company 30% of its shares in the capital. Our family has not seen a single tael of silver until now.
I’m not greedy for your advantage, but you can’t just blame our family for everything!”
"Did the Folangji people make money from our Ming Dynasty by selling us Folangji cannons?" Jiang Wan shook his head and asked.
"Of course I made a profit, and I made a lot of money!" Wang Chengen said without hesitation, "Every time His Majesty talks about this Folangji cannon, he feels extremely distressed. After feeling distressed, he starts to scold the Ministry of Industry.
That bunch of trash!"
"No, the Folangji people have sold us three batches of Folangji cannons. Each batch cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Father-in-law, you know very well how much our annual income will be in the Ming Dynasty.
, according to their efforts, I dare to give them all the hard-earned tax money of the people of Ming Dynasty!"
"So, you want them to spit out some?" Wang Chengen seemed to understand what Jiang Wan meant: "However, this is a consensual deal. If you regret it, our Ming Dynasty cannot afford to lose this person!"
"Of course I won't go back on my word!" Jiang Wan said sternly: "As a Celestial Kingdom, I naturally have the magnanimity to communicate with barbarians. However, there is also some contact between this Fo Langji and me. This is owed to me.
Repaying debts is a matter of course, these Folangji people can't be involved in the court!"
"You're thinking too much!" Wang Chengen waved his hand: "You know the Folangji people better than I do. Are they the kind of people who can still take out the money after putting it in their pockets? I think you are just idle. This
Don’t worry too much about small things!”
"They have to take it out!" Jiang Wan's voice suddenly lowered: "If we don't take it out, people will die, many people will die!"
"What do you mean?" Wang Chengen's face became serious: "Jiang Wan, please calm down. It doesn't matter if you kill three or two, but if you kill them all, the court will not look good. If you ask them to buy cannons again, they will probably not agree."
Yes, His Majesty will definitely be unhappy if he finds out about this!"
"You know where His Majesty wants me to go after I get married!" Jiang Wan smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty wants you to go to Dongjiang Town!" Wang Chengen glanced at him: "When Your Majesty told you this matter, I was right next to you. Didn't you ask knowingly?"
"The Dongjiang River is surrounded by the sea!" Jiang Wan said slowly.
"So what?" Wang Chengen still didn't understand what Jiang Wan was going to say.
"The gunboats of the Folangji people are quite sharp!" Jiang Wan looked at him and said word by word: "I want the gunboats of the Folangji people to be used by me!"
"You..." Wang Chengen was shocked. What was going on in Jiang Wan's mind? You are embarrassing the other person, and you want the other person to use you. Is this Fo Langji a fool?
"Don't ask me how to do it specifically. Anyway, if this thing is done, it will be of great benefit to me. Even if it doesn't work, there will be no harm in it!" Jiang Wan said: "By the way, if there is anyone here these days
If you whisper about this matter in front of His Majesty, tell His Majesty what I said, lest Your Majesty think that I can’t settle down!”
"I shouldn't have come today, I really owe you!" Wang Chengen sighed: "A mere 30% of the shares can be used so smoothly by me. You, Mr. Jiang Wanjiang, are definitely the only one in the Ming Dynasty.
share!"
"Hey, this is the friendship between Eunuch Wang and me, Jiang Wan. This friendship is unique to the Ming Dynasty. Who else has this friendship with Eunuch Wang except me!"
Jiang Wan said boldly. At this moment, he seemed to remember that the person opposite would not come to him for no reason.
"By the way, Eunuch Wang has something to do with me today? Just send someone to inform me, why bother to come in person!"
"It's okay, nothing happened!" Wang Chengen stood up and said, "I just acted like a bitch and said a few more words in front of His Majesty, and then I was sent to see you. You were so alive and well and nothing happened. I should also go back.
The palace has been ordered to leave!"
"Don't give it away, I can't bear it!" Seeing Jiang Wanqi's reaction, Wang Chengen waved his hand: "Remember, don't kill all these Folangji people in Beijing!"
Seeing Wang Chengen walk downstairs, Jiang Wan smiled and shook his head. He didn't believe that the other party came to see him. However, what he just said seemed to be much more important than what the other party wanted to say. This Wang Chengen was
Hurry back to the palace and report to the emperor!
"how's it going!"
He shouted towards the downstairs: "Are the people inside still bickering?"
A kind of idle people all laughed and said: "Yes, yes, we are still arguing, and we have arrested so many people at once. Shuntian Mansion has become more stubborn this time. It has not been so lively for a long time!"
Jiang Wan shook his head, but had no intention of going down. He just sat here by the window, drinking tea and looking at the crowd downstairs with some boredom.
He is here to protect Jiang Yanran.
The magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture was said to have taken office this year, and he seemed to be a man who was not afraid of trouble. As the victim, Jiang Yanran handed the petition in. He actually accepted it and set a date to open the court.
The Jiang family is easy to talk to, and Jiang Yanran is always available, but Fo Lang Jiren is really awesome.
They were sued and summoned to the court, but they still dared not come and instead sent an interpreter to deal with it. The prefect named Feng Changxin was so angry that he rewarded the interpreter of Fo Langji twenty dollars on the spot.
Daban, then directly sent an official to arrest all the Buddhists in Honglu Temple.
People from the Ministry of Rites made inquiries and sent several officials to follow him. They were afraid that the Shuntian Prefecture would be involved in a conspiracy.
After Jiang Wan found out about this, he naturally took action personally and brought people back directly. Regardless of whether Fo Langji suffered a loss or not, his Jiang family members could never suffer a loss.
Jiang Yanran didn't know where she found a litigator, who was very articulate. As for the interpreter at Fo Langji's side, it was supposed to be the interpreter, but at this moment, the spanked buttocks were lying on the ground, and they could only talk incessantly.
The unknown Francois came to deal with this lawsuit.
The people watching the excitement outside the yamen saw this scene. The excitement of "The Ming Dynasty's Litigants were chatting with each other" was enough for them to chat for half a year.
The magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture was in the court, a little drowsy. This case was extremely simple. It was nothing more than a sale agreed upon by both parties, but the result was not executed. No matter what the verdict was, it was the magistrate's decision.
However, if the plaintiff is the sister of the emperor's personal guard commander and the defendant is the tribute envoy of Honglu Temple, then it will not be easy to judge. Not to mention that several officials from the Ministry of Rites are still looking at him eagerly. He has no doubts at all.
, once he is unfair, the papers to impeach him will appear in front of the emperor tomorrow.
"Have you finished talking? Now that you've finished talking, it's my turn to talk!"
With the heavy sound of the gavel, all the drowsy people suddenly woke up: "The accuser is talking nonsense, and he has to produce evidence within three days to prove that what he said is true, otherwise he will be punished with a false accusation!"
"Ah!" The smug little girl below exclaimed in surprise.
Feng Changxin felt a little proud: "The accused, the Fo Langji envoy, could not be summoned several times. He despised the court and roared in court. He should have been punished. Since you are a tribute envoy, we will not be held accountable for the time being. During the three days of the defendant's presentation of evidence, all
The defendant should come as soon as he is summoned, and if he dares to flout my Ming law again, he will be severely punished!"
He looked at the officials from the Ministry of Rites beside him: "Comrades from the Ministry of Rites, if the Honglu Temple cannot guarantee that the defendant will be there when he is summoned, we can also take custody of him on his behalf. What do you think?"
Several officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs ignored Feng Changxin and filed out with the Fo Langji people.
The idle people outside shouted loudly: "It's gone, it's gone, it's not a good show. Let's watch it again three days later. Is it the Mr. Fo Lang who is cheating on his debts and not paying back the debt, or is it the eldest daughter of the Jiang family who has taken advantage of her wealth?"
We want to blackmail friendly foreign countries, and we will come back in three days to find out!"
Jiang Yanran also walked out with her head down, seeming a little disappointed. The result seemed a little different from what she had imagined. How could these Folangji people be so rogue?
And Jiang Wan, wasn't he so majestic and magical when he was in Shaanxi, and he was also a confidant of the emperor. Isn't it said that officials protect each other? Could it be that his official is too young to be worthy of the uniform of Shuntian Mansion, so,