Wang Tingxiang watched the primary school student leave. It must be said that this was a very peculiar young man who left a deep impression on him every time he met him.
Last time, he brazenly challenged the literary gang headed by Gu Lin, the leader of the local literary circle. Not to mention that he and Wen Zhengming flirted with each other equally, but this time, for example, it was not an ordinary routine at all.
If it were a normal person asking for help, he would first explain the critical nature of the situation, even exaggerate it a bit, and then ask himself to take action quickly to settle the matter.
But this elementary school student actually just made a few remarks about the situation, and then mocked his boss overtly and covertly.
In the end, the style suddenly changed, and he only asked for a meager quota of calligraphers from his dignified Nanjing Ministry of War Minister and Counselor Machinery.
And Xianxin told him a story about Xifan who was 20,000 miles away. Thinking of this, Wang Tingxiang had an inexplicable sentence in his mind: "Are you just having fun at home?"
The next day, Qin Dewei went to the military department hall early in the morning and stayed on guard. Seeing that this guy was actually received by the Grand Sima yesterday, the clerk on duty was much more polite and gave him a cup of tea.
It was again in the afternoon before a servant showed up with the Nanjing Huitong Hall's calligrapher's certificate and fire-seal wooden plaque. After checking, he handed it over to Qin Dewei.
At this moment, Qin Dewei changed his identity and became a temporary worker in a public institution affiliated with the Nanjing Ministry of War Yamen. His main job was to write a summary of the Western Fantasy.
The deadline is two months to submit the manuscript and return the certificate and fire seal wooden plaque. During this period, one or two meters of silver and one stone will be paid every month.
Wang Tingxiang is very rigorous in his work. Even if it is a small matter such as using a calligrapher, it must be done in compliance with the rules and regulations, so as not to waste a grain of rice from the court.
After Qin Dewei regained his status as a government official, he felt like he had been reborn and dared to wander the streets again. While there was still time today, he went straight to the county government office.
He was stopped as expected and only after reporting the situation did he see the magistrate.
When he came out of the county government office, it was almost dusk. Qin Dewei went home and stayed behind closed doors again!
Two days later, at night, there was an unknown garden and pavilion on Liuye Street.
Manager Cheng of the Xin'an Guild Hall and Hu Shilang of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue were sitting opposite each other, carefully and cautiously conducting the final verification of the situation. The opponent was a local official with background, so he had to be extra careful.
Shi Wenming stood outside the pavilion and reported what he knew: "Feng County Zun has not visited anyone in the past two days, nor has he written letters to other officials. There are no abnormalities."
Hu Shilang nodded and said to Mr. Cheng: "It means that this person is really unaware and can take action. Otherwise, if you are so strict and serious, you will not be able to get more than three points of profit on your money, how will you make money!"
In fact, strictly speaking, Qin Dewei and Feng Zhixian have no intention of sweeping away the entire industry. This kind of thing is like other underground industries and can never be swept away.
Qin Dewei's idea is to strictly control the ideas, catch a few and judge a batch, and create enough impact in a short period of time.
But the young people are so energetic that they scare the old people. Although there may be misunderstandings and misjudgments, it is useless to say this.
Later, Shi Wenming reported again: "After Qin Dewei fell out with Feng Zhixian that day, as far as I know, he had no contact with Feng Zhixian. I heard that he was concentrating on studying the Spring and Autumn Classics at home and preparing for the Taoist examination next year."
Hu Shilang said sinisterly: "Young people can't stand anger, and they will take it upon themselves to get angry at the slightest irritation. Even if they are occasionally proud, they are carried away without knowing it! This time, let him show his true colors and understand the principles of world affairs!"
Manager Cheng didn't say anything, but looked at his old friend in surprise, feeling that he hated Qin Dewei even more than Magistrate Feng.
Finally, Minister Hu gave instructions to Shi Wenming: "The counterattack begins! You act first!"
But he said that the Qianye Office was willing to add money to subscribe for the two thousand county government shares of Yuanfeng. This was a good thing in the eyes of Feng Zhixian and had three advantages.
Firstly, the treasury silver can be withdrawn early, so that you can have peace of mind and avoid having to worry about being responsible for shortfalls. Secondly, it can make the official bank profitable and increase the county treasury income, which is also one of my major political achievements.
Thirdly, it can replenish the capital of Yuanfenghao and at the same time allow Yuanfenghao to establish relationships with peers in the financial industry. It is both public and private, so why not do it?
To negotiate with Qianye Office on the details, we need to send one of our own people there. After all, the Yuanfeng account involves our own privacy, so it is not convenient for outsiders to act for us, and Magistrate Feng himself is not suitable to come forward in person.
At this time, Shi Wenming, a fellow villager who had been running over to check his existence when he had nothing to do these days, volunteered and was willing to run errands to negotiate, so Magistrate Feng entrusted Shi Wenming to go.
The final result was very good. Shi Wenming was also a capable person, prompting some colleagues in the Qianye Office to join forces and spend 4,000 taels to purchase the 2,000 county government shares of Yuan Feng Hao, which was 1,000 taels more than originally planned.
At the beginning, the county government only transferred 2,000 treasury silver into Yuanfenghao's shares. Unexpectedly, it was sold for 4,000 taels. The clerks in charge of the county treasury couldn't help praising the great master for his wisdom and martial prowess.
Under the leadership of Shi Wenming, Qian Yegong directly transferred the silver to the county treasury. This matter was so important that County Magistrate Feng did not dare to ignore it. He personally watched the four thousand taels of silver being put into the treasury and publicly commended Shi Wenming, the greatest contributor.
There was nothing unusual up to this point, but things changed dramatically after that, which was dizzying.
Twelve proprietors of money offices in the city suddenly jointly filed a lawsuit against Feng En, the magistrate of Jiangning County, to the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate! The charge was that they extorted huge amounts of money from merchants, up to four thousand taels!
Someone in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate seemed to have been prepared. He immediately issued a driving notice and sent a special censor to rush to Jiangning County. After all, it involves the Nanjing ground officials, and the matter is important and cannot be ignored.
The special censor first went straight to the Jiangning County treasury to take inventory, and then discovered a more serious problem! Of the 4,000 taels that were supposed to be put into the treasury, only 2,000 taels were in the treasury, and the remaining 2,000 taels were suspected to have been embezzled by the county magistrate!
So he sent the imperial censor to seal the county treasury, the seal, the pavilion, the treasury, and the household houses. He also ordered the county magistrate Feng En not to go out of the yamen, but to stay inside to wait for inspection.
As mentioned earlier, under the Ming Dynasty system, the county magistrate was also an official appointed by the court and was directly appointed and dismissed by the court. Other officials had no personnel rights over the county magistrate.
However, in extraordinary times, the authorized censor can enter the county government office to inspect the county magistrate to clean up the accumulated abuses.
Of course, the final result will still have to be reported to the imperial court for disposal. The special censor is not the imperial censor. He only has the power to supervise the officials, not to dispose of them.
What Feng En, the magistrate of Jiangning County, encountered this time was that a special imperial censor came to investigate, and it happened so suddenly that he was caught off guard and completely unprepared.
The suspected crimes had to be verified one by one. The censor Zhang was sent to the Jiangning County Yamen. After looking through the relevant written files, he passed the message.
The next day, the county magistrate Feng En was questioned (not interrogated) in the county government hall. At the same time, the owners of the twelve money businesses, Shi Wenming and other related figures were summoned to the court for confrontation.