If Shen Chenzhou suddenly came to talk about Li Qian's brother-in-law, Liang Chongyi would definitely doubt Shen Chenzhou's motives given his paranoia.
But now that the big money plan was abandoned due to opposition from Li Qian, Shen Chenzhou must be very dissatisfied with Li Qian and exposed Li Qian out of revenge. Naturally, Liang Chongyi would not doubt Shen Chenzhou's motives.
Liang Chongyi remembered that Luo Xiaonian was indeed Li Qian's brother-in-law, and Li Qian also found a job for him. Although he trusted Li Qian very much, what if it was true? Especially this matter was told by Huang Yuan to Shen Chenzhou, but The reliability is higher.
Liang Chongyi thought that Li Qian had persuaded him more than once to have a good relationship with the imperial court, to obey the imperial court's arrangements, and to hand over the power of appointing and removing officials in Jingxiang to the imperial court.
At that time, I felt that Li Qian was very politically savvy, but if Li Qian was bribed by the imperial court, then his advice would seriously harm his own interests.
The more Liang Chongyi thought about it, the more wrong he became. He immediately called for Zhou Qing, the leader of his own soldiers, and gave him some instructions.
Zhou Qing promised again and again, "I'll take care of my humble job now, and there will be news to report to the lord in the evening!"
Zhou Qing did not go to investigate Luo Xiaonian, but first went to confirm whether what Shen Chenzhou said was true?
The method is also very simple, find the friend who drank with Luo Xiaonian that day.
Zhou Qing found two people in a row and drank with Luo Xiaonian at Qingfeng Restaurant, and it was soon confirmed.
At dusk, Zhou Qing came back and reported to Liang Chongyi, "My lord, I have found two of Luo Xiaonian's bad friends, both of whom are scoundrels in Xiangyang. Their confessions match, confirming that Luo Xiaonian did brag about him. My brother-in-law has been granted the title of Uncle of Nanyang County by the imperial court. He will be promoted to the rank of fifth-rank official and will be the lord of Xiangzhou in the future. He will make a fortune.
There were seven people present at the time, including Luo Xiaonian's friends and a restaurant manager, but I don't know if Luo Xiaonian was bragging or not because of his humble position."
Liang Chongyi clenched his fists. How could a rogue in the county know that it was true that the doctor who came from the fifth rank to Chao San was true. Damn Li Qian, he trusted him so much, but he failed himself.
"Lord, please go and investigate Luo Xiaonian first! Ask him for a confession."
"Any idea how to catch him?"
"I know, he is a gambler. I will definitely catch him in the casino."
Liang Chongyi nodded, "Be careful not to alarm Li Qian."
"I understand, I will report to the lord tomorrow morning."
Luo Xiaonian is not very old, only about 20 years old. His sister is Li Qian's concubine. She is deeply loved by Li Qian and loves her house. Li Qian also finds Luo Xiaonian several jobs. He either dislikes it because it is too bitter and too bitter. He is tired, or he dislikes the low salary and cannot work for long. He is idle all day long, addicted to gambling, and also likes to drink and brag.
It was just getting dark, and Luo Xiaonian was wandering around a gambling house with a few coins in his hand. He was lucky today. He won three coins playing backgammon with others, which made him feel really proud, and he wanted to take advantage of his luck to gamble again. A handful.
At this time, someone patted him on the shoulder. When he turned around, Luo Xiaonian's face suddenly turned bitter. It was the shopkeeper Liu of the casino.
He begged in a low voice: "Third Master, please give me a few more days!"
"I'm not asking you for money, I'm asking you to do something for me."
Hearing that they were not asking for money, Luo Xiaonian breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately patted his chest and said, "If you have anything to do, Third Master, just ask. I will carry it for you up to the mountain of knives and into the sea of fire!"
"follow me!"
Shopkeeper Liu took him to the backyard and walked into a room. Shopkeeper Liu pointed to a few people in the room and said, "They have something to do with you. If you invite them away, you will be doing me a favor."
After saying that, shopkeeper Liu closed the door and left.
Luo Xiaonian was sincere and asked anxiously: "How many elder brothers have something to do with me?"
The leading man said coldly: "This is not the place to talk, let's go talk elsewhere!
After speaking, he waved his hand, and several big men blocked his throat with cloth, tied his hands and feet, and covered his head with a cloth bag. Luo Xiaonian was so frightened that he whimpered and couldn't make a sound, and was forcibly dragged away by a group of big men.
At dawn the next day, Zhou Qing got into Liang Chongyi's carriage on the way.
"The interrogation is out?" Liang Chongyi asked coldly.
"Reporting to my lord, the interrogation came out. It should be correct. Li Qian was bribed by the imperial court at the beginning of the year. He was given a title and an official position. The final official position will not be confirmed until Jingxiang is completely captured by the imperial court. It is said that the imperial court promised Xiangzhou.
Governor."
A murderous intent flashed in Liang Chongyi's eyes.
Not long after, Li Qian hurried to the lobby and saw Liang Chongyi wearing armor, with soldiers standing on both sides. He was stunned for a moment and asked: "Where are Jiedushi going?"
Liang Chongyi said coldly: "Does Governor Li also care about where I go?"
Li Qian felt something bad in his heart and quickly said, "I'm a humble official but you don't understand what Jiedushi is talking about?"
"Hmph! Uncle Nanyang County, Doctor Chaosan, how long are you going to pretend to be confused?"
Li Qian was like a thunderbolt, and he knelt on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "Beizhi never betrayed the envoy. The appointment of officials by the court does not affect Beizi's loyalty. Beizhi never did anything to betray the envoy!"
Liang Chongyi took a deep breath and said slowly: "Your concealment is the greatest betrayal to me. I want everyone to know what will happen if you betray me, Mr. Liang. Drag me down and kill him!"
Li Qian screamed and begged desperately, but to no avail. Liang Chongyi's heart was as hard as iron. The person he once trusted the most was now the person he hated the most. If he didn't kill him, it would be difficult to relieve the hatred in his heart.
After a while, Li Qian's head was brought up, and Liang Chongyi ordered the remaining three staff to be brought. He pointed at Li Qian's head and said to them: "Be loyal to me, and I will give you glory and wealth, but if you betray me, this will happen."
This is what will happen to you!"
All three of them were silent. Liang Chongyi glanced at Shen Chenzhou again and said: "From now on, Mr. Shen will be in charge of finance, Mr. Tang will be in charge of daily government affairs, and Mr. Wu will be in charge of supervising criminal law. Each of you can recruit five people as your subordinates, and important military and political affairs will be taken care of."
You can report to me directly.”
Liang Chongyi has decided to cancel the chief staff. Li Qian's lesson is too profound. He can't trust just one person. All three can make suggestions. Whoever's strategy is the best will be adopted by him.
Of course, Shen Chenzhou is a bit weaker in terms of seniority, not as senior as Tang Huaizhi and Wu Qiong, but Shen Chenzhou's exposure to Li Qian alone puts him on par with the two, not to mention that Liang Chongyi values Shen Chenzhou's strategies more.
Shen Chenzhou was then left behind, and Shen Chenzhou first handed over a "Strategic Materials Prohibition Cross-domain Plan" to Liang Chongyi.
Liang Chongyi looked at it, then pondered again and asked: "How confident do you feel about the big money plan?"
Liang Chongyi began to realize that Li Qian's opposition to making big money was not that big money would fail, but that it would harm the interests of the court, and he began to be tempted again.
Shen Chenzhou bowed and said: "I'm 70% sure of my humble position. In fact, our loss is not big. If we can't re-melt it to make a small amount of money, we will lose a little labor cost at most."
Liang Chongyi nodded, "Let's get started! First make 200,000 yuan, and we'll buy medicinal materials and leather goods."