Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes at Wei Zhongxian and said: "Wei Zhongxian, what are you talking about? Although this bank bears the name of my Ma family, everyone knows who it actually belongs to. I won't care.
No matter how straight-tempered you are, you won't offend people every day, but it's you who always make things difficult for me. What's your intention?" Ma Xiaoquan said, moved closer to Wei Zhongxian, and whispered, "Old eunuch, shut up about this.
If you don’t care about me, it has nothing to do with you.”
Zhu Youxiao said: "Okay, you two don't argue anymore. Ma Aiqing, is it possible that this matter was caused by foreign enemies causing trouble in our court?"
Ma Xiaoquan and Wei Zhongxian looked at each other, both of them were stunned. Why did the emperor's thinking jump so quickly that he suddenly escalated the matter to a foreign enemy?
Since the emperor said it, the ministers certainly did not dare to deny it. Wei Zhongxian nodded quickly and said: "Yes, your emperor, although the deacon has some bad things, they are all minor problems, so I also think that this matter may be the work of foreign enemies."
Ma Xiaoquan glared at Wei Zhongxian, and his mind instantly ran through 10,000 grass and mud horses. Well, since it has reached this stage, let's go with it. Anyway, the more the emperor pays attention to this matter, the better.
Ma Xiaoquan held up his hands and said "The Emperor's Holy Ming" several times, but in fact he had already belittled him three levels in his heart.
Zhu Youxiao didn't know that Ma and Wei were flattering him, so he nodded happily and clapped his hands and said: "Then send the order and let me investigate carefully. You must dig three feet into the ground. Well, this matter, Ma Aiqing, is up to you."
Just do it."
Ma Xiaoquan was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly thanked the Lord for his kindness.
Wei Zhongxian rolled his eyes and looked at Ma Xiaoquan, curled his lips, and thought to himself: If I hadn't been so busy recently, hum, I would have had a hand in this matter, hum, forget it, let's wipe out the Donglin Party first.
Ma Xiaoquan, sooner or later you will be my prisoner, Wei Zhongxian.
...
Ma Xiaoquan took the emperor's handwriting and returned to Ma's house happily.
Hua Yue came back earlier than Ma Xiaoquan. Seeing his excitement, she asked with a smile: "Is it going well?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook the emperor's manuscript in his hand proudly: "Not only did it go smoothly, it also surprised me."
Hua Yue took the manuscript, unfolded it, looked at it, and smiled: "This Emperor Tianqi is really... It's good. In this way, your power, Ma Xiaoquan, will be indirectly restored."
"Hey, this is only temporary. How about you, Yue'er, how are your talks with the bosses of their bank alliance going?"
Hua Yue nodded: "It's a little worse than you, but it's relatively smooth. These bosses are considering whether to save you."
"Save me? How?"
"During the negotiation today, some servants came and said something to their man, um, Mr. Wang. I'm afraid they already know about your stay in the palace."
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and said: "It's interesting. I did stay in the palace for a while to get the emperor's handwriting. This period of time was enough to spread the news. Well, in that case, Yue'er, you give them
Just reply, I promise to save them, but what kind of rescue and what are the conditions for rescue need to be further discussed in detail."
Hua Yue nodded: "Yes, I understand."
...
In the next few days, Ma Xiaoquan, following the emperor's decree, assembled a group of royal troops and launched a massive "investigation of foreign enemies" operation in Beijing.
Ma Xiaoquan's original intention was just to use the emperor's hand to suppress the bank bosses, but now he has become a "foreign enemy". Therefore, Ma Xiaoquan did not dare to neglect at all, and did everything personally. As long as there was anything suspicious, he would be taken care of first.
Say it again.
Over the past few days, no less than 200 people were arrested on suspicion. Among these 200 people, those who had some connections wanted to use their connections to intercede with Ma Xiaoquan, meaning that they would be released with some benefits.
How could Ma Xiaoquan do this? He didn't dare to do this. He knew very well that although he acted with the emperor's handwriting, the officials in the court and Wei Zhongxian and his party members were watching his every move for twelve hours.
As for moving, if you slack off a little, you will definitely be criticized.
In the evening, Ma Xiaoquan looked through the list of detainees and the interrogation statements, and when he saw half of them, he frowned.
"It's just nonsense, but some problems were actually found in the trial..." Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly, shook his head, and murmured, "The bank's matter has not been resolved yet, and foreign enemy spies are coming.
Well, um, it’s a bit interesting.”
Hua Yue walked up to Ma Xiaoquan with a teapot, poured two cups of tea, and asked, "What's wrong? Do you have anything?"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and said humbly: "I thought the emperor was speaking with a veil, but now something has really come out in this interrogation, Yue'er, look..."
Hua Yue took the pamphlet from Ma Xiaoquan's hand and read it along the position of Ma Xiaoquan's finger.
"Wang Jingzhi...this should be the son of Mr. Wang from the Qianzhuang Alliance, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "It's really hard to find anywhere, and it takes no effort at all. I was still thinking about how to negotiate terms with those in the bank alliance. Now, let's just come out to Wang Jingzhi. Now my
As long as the conditions are met, the lion will open his mouth, hum hum..."
Hua Yueh said: "Let me just say, you have detained people in the past few days, and several bosses from the bank alliance have come to see you in person, or else it is a trust relationship... But this Wang Jingzhi, if
You are really a spy of the foreign enemy, I'm afraid your conditions are not easy to accept."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "If it turns out that Wang Jingzhi is a spy of the foreign enemy, then Mr. Wang will definitely be involved. Well... If this is the case, then I don't have to talk too much with them.
If the conditions are met, just end the bank alliance and change the leader."
"what you up to?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "It's not what I want to do. This threatens national security, especially collaborating with the enemy, but everyone will be killed. Yue'er, please use your family's spies to find out about Mr. Wang as soon as possible.
I will also ask Zhang Mazi to help me find out about the capital flow of the bank..."
"Um"
...
While Ma Xiaoquan sent people to investigate the capital direction of major banks in the capital, these bosses also behaved differently. Some were indifferent, some were contemptuous, and some were... frightened.
In the courtyard, the bosses of several major banks gathered together to talk. Boss Ma with a mustache said: "What on earth is this Ma Xiaoquan going to do? We are already preparing to negotiate terms with him. How can we negotiate with him now that he is here to show off like this?"