In the Ming Dynasty, it was rare for a scholar like Guo Wenli to directly talk about money. For scholars, it seemed that it was a shame to talk about money. Of course, Tie Mo didn't think so. On the contrary, he admired Guo Wenli a little.
"How much does Mr. Guo want? Tie will definitely try his best to satisfy him. I believe that Mr. Guo knows what Tie's true intention is. Therefore, how much money you want is not a problem at all!" Tie Mo didn't want to waste too much time. Since Guo Wenli can
Knowing some information from the Ministry of Rites, we must know what Mr. Tie wants to do, otherwise, Guo Wenli would not be worthy of hiring him with a high salary.
Tie Mo couldn't help showing disdain, but instead looked appreciative. Guo Wenli was quite surprised. Normally, whenever he opened his mouth to discuss the price, people around him would avoid him and show disdain. To talk with a smile on his face like Tie Mo,
This was the first time I saw him. He was surprised and asked involuntarily: "Guo started talking about money. Isn't the supervisor angry?"
"Angry? Why are you angry?" Tie Mo felt very strange. He really couldn't think of any reason to be angry. Guo Wenli, on the other hand, smiled awkwardly and said: "A scholar should be indifferent to fame and wealth, but the supervisor doesn't understand?"
"I understand, but being indifferent to fame and fortune is not understood this way, right? Who in the world does not live for profit? Money, beauty, power, etc., are not all for profit? This is not a shameful thing, everyone pursues profit.
They are different. Some people work for power, and some work for wealth. They say what they want. This is magnanimity. In Tie's opinion, Mr. Guo's behavior is open-minded and aboveboard, and he is a magnanimous gentleman. Unlike some
A man who is obviously full of filth but looks like a saint on the surface is not the behavior of a gentleman."
Tie Mo's words can be regarded as a hint, referring to Cheng Jiming's group of people. They stand proudly in the court, as important ministers of the court, speak the words of saints, and serve the country and the people. In fact,
They are all scheming and motivated by self-interest. These people are far worse than Guo Wenli. At least Tie Mo is willing to negotiate prices with Guo Wenli, and is not willing to discuss state affairs with Cheng Jiming and others.
Guo Wenli could see that Tie Mo was not telling lies. But just because his words were sincere, he became a little excited. For more than ten years, he had been independent and was regarded as an outlier by the official circles. He was not able to stay in the Imperial Academy after high school.
In the Imperial College, I was sent to the Imperial College. I did not know how many looks I received in the Imperial College when I was offering wine in front of my name. I had a few conversations with Tie Mo today, and I felt like I had met a close friend. For this reason, Guo Wenli petitioned to say more.
A few sentences.
"The Superintendent must have a lot of things to worry about when he takes on this job, right?" Guo Wenli can be regarded as a veteran in the officialdom. How could he not know about the affairs of the Huitong Hall? "If you privately assign people to preside over the affairs of the Huitong Hall, you will offend.
There are quite a few people, and ah, the amount of money required to host the congratulatory ceremony is not small. The supervisor must be worried about how to save some money, right?"
"That's natural. No one's money comes from strong winds. Mr. Guo said this, but what do you want to say?" Tie Mo heard the string and knew the meaning. When Guo Wenli talked about this, he knew that Guo Wenli was in a good mood and wanted to
Got some advice.
"Haha, Guo has something he wants to say, but I can't guarantee whether it will be of use to the governor. Every year in the Ming Dynasty, the tax treasury and internal funds are divided into two, while the treasury's tax money gradually increases every year.
There has been a sharp decrease, but there are still a lot of taxes levied in various places. The Superintendent has never thought that our Ming Dynasty is really so poor?"
Guo Wenli looked at Tie Mo with complicated eyes. Tie Mo thought for a moment and shook his head slightly, "No matter how poor we are, we won't be unable to collect eight million taels of silver every year. Tie Mo was shopping in Nanzhili
I know that there is something fishy about this. Eighty percent of the tax money has already gone somewhere before it leaves the local area, and less than half of it actually reaches the national treasury. The other half, on the other hand, enriches some people's private pockets."
"Everyone knows these things well, sir, why do you need to ask more questions?" Tie Mo's face turned ugly when he mentioned the tax and money matters. Those officials in the court were crying about poverty every day, and they didn't know what they were doing behind their backs.
I know exactly how fat I am, but I don’t know what to do.
Guo Wenli nodded lightly, "The Superintendent only knows one thing, but not the other. Part of the tax money is to enrich some people's pockets, but this is tax money, not a small amount, and the money will not be divided up like usual.
Before going to the treasury, before entering the internal funds, you have to have somewhere to go first, Supervisor, do you think this is the truth?"
After Guo Wenli finished speaking, he blinked with a complicated expression. Tie Mo felt his head buzzing, and suddenly felt enlightened. At this time, Tie Mo finally knew what Guo Wenli really meant. He remembered it almost instantly.
Regarding matters in Zhejiang, Zhejiang No. 3 Division has its own treasury, which is all placed in a fixed place. It is supervised by a fixed accounting team. Each of the three bureau offices has manpower to supervise each other. After a specific date, the gold and silver treasures in the treasury will be divided.
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If this is the case in Zhejiang, then the court involving a larger amount of money may be even more strict than in Zhejiang. Such a large amount of money, often millions of taels of silver, cannot be distributed to individuals in a short period of time. There must be a separate account.
The process of recording and dividing accounts requires a storage place. This is the private treasury of the six departments of the imperial court. As long as I can rob this large treasury, I will make a lot of money. Will I still have to worry about the money for the congratulatory ceremony?
Some things did not need to be elaborated by Guo Wenli. Tie Mo already had an idea in his mind. He stood up and said, "Mr. Guo, Tie will be waiting for you at the Huitong Pavilion. I have to worry about Mr. Guo's worries about the Huitong Pavilion."
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"This matter is easy to say. As long as the supervisor can pay the price, Guo will do his best!" Guo Wenli still looked like he was desperate for money, but in Tie Mo's eyes, he was not so annoying.
After leaving the Imperial College, Tie Mo found Zhou Dingshan, and also mobilized the spies who arranged the Duofu in the capital. In short, he wanted to find clues in the shortest possible time and dig out the location of the vaults of the Sixth Cabinet Department.
To do this kind of thing, you must do it quietly, and you don't dare to disturb Sun Chengzong. At night, Tie Mo, Zhou Dingshan and others had a mysterious conversation that lasted for a long time. Outside the room, Sun Miaowen waited for a long time but did not see Tie Mo and others leaving. She couldn't help but
I was a little anxious, so I walked to the door and listened. After hearing this, I felt a little bad.
"Superintendent, I have made everyone busy. According to my experience, even if these people pay the accounts, they cannot do it themselves. They are all people who cherish their feathers. They should use the method of checking accounts.
In the end, the money did not fall into the hands of some seemingly unrelated people, and most of them should have been sent back to their hometowns. As long as we investigate slowly, we will definitely find some clues from those people's hometowns."
Zhou Dingshan vowed that he had some experience when he was in Zhejiang, and he would not be blind when he was dealing with the current affairs. Tie Mo frowned and scratched his head unhappily, "You have to hurry up.
That's right, time waits for no one. After the New Year, there will be a congratulatory ceremony. After the ceremony, you dug out the small treasury, and the day lilies are already cold."
After Sun Chengzong moved to Tie Mo's house, Sun Miaowen was too lazy to go back to live in the Sun family's house. Since the Sun family's house was not taken care of for a long time, it was really inconvenient. No, I want to talk to Tie Mo tonight and let him help deal with it.
Regarding the marriage trouble, who would have thought that they would hear such nonsense. The dignified governor of the three provinces left his business behind and came to the capital thinking about how to dig into the six departments' small treasury.
Tie Mo didn't know that his conversation had fallen into Sun Miaowen's ears. When he thought about it, the guards would not let others approach his house, but how could the guards stop Sun Miaowen?
In the following time, Tie Mo was busy fussing with Guo Wenli about the Huitong Hall, and Zhou Dingshan was also busy looking for clues. Anyway, as soon as Tie Mo went to the Huitong Hall, the officials of the six departments were in trouble. Tie Mo entered the Huitong Hall for the first time.
One thing is to change all the stewards of the six rooms. The most hateful thing is that even the guards guarding the door of the same building have been replaced by their own personal guards.
There are many envoys from foreign countries who are eager to come to the Ming Dynasty to congratulate the grand ceremony held every few years. Don’t look at the poor relationship between Japan and the Ming Dynasty in recent decades. As long as there are Japanese pirates, none of the famous generals will fall behind.
, but during the ceremony, they were the most active.
The Ming Dynasty was plagued by Japanese pirates, and Tie Mo naturally did not have a good impression of these Japanese envoys. When the Japanese envoys entered the Huitong Pavilion, he directly issued an order, "In order to ensure the safety of envoys from various countries, in order to protect the great gift of Chaohe from being compromised,
Damn, before the ceremony, envoys are not allowed to enter or leave the Huitong Pavilion at will. If they go out, they are not allowed to take away the congratulatory gifts. The congratulatory gifts are stored centrally in the Huitong Pavilion."
As soon as this order was issued, not only the Japanese envoys exploded, but also the officials of the six ministries were scolded. Tie Mo's order made it clear that it would cut off everyone's benefits. If the envoys were not allowed to give everyone gifts, how could everyone take advantage? Run away.
There were quite a few officials who came to the Huitong Hall to cause trouble, but Tie Mo took it seriously. As the protocol officer, I have the final say in everything.
Until now, Cheng Jiming felt a little regretful. Why did he think of asking Tie Mo to be the concierge in the first place? He originally thought of tricking Tie Mo first, but before the congratulatory ceremony even started, Tie Mo was disgusted.
It didn't work anymore. Cheng Jiming also thought about asking someone to advise him not to let Tie Mo be the concierge. Unfortunately, Tie Mo was addicted to it and acted like he had to be the concierge.
While Tie Mo was struggling with the court officials, progress was also made on Zhou Dingshan's side. With the investigation of Qian Qianyi's hometown, some clues finally emerged. Qian Qianyi's family purchased fields in his hometown, and the money they used,
You never have to worry. According to Zhou Dingshan’s investigation, almost every June, the Dazheng Escort Bureau in Fengtai County will escort a batch of supplies to Qian Qianyi’s hometown. Similarly, almost at the same time, the Dazheng Escort Bureau will also send a batch of supplies to Wang Qianyi’s hometown.
Qia, the hometown of Cheng Jiming and others.
The Dazheng Escort Bureau transported supplies, while Hongyun Trading Company was responsible for providing supplies. Therefore, Zhou Dingshan quickly targeted Li Cenwei of the Dazheng Escort Bureau and Bao Zhonglai of Hongyun Trading Company.
The Dazheng Escort Bureau is also a well-known escort agency in Fengtai County, but this Hongyun Trading Company is a bit interesting. It would be better not to check it. After checking, it was found that Hongyun Trading Company does not have any specific business, but this trading firm seems to be able to do any business.
Mix it up. Some things can be found out if you want to find out. After Zhou Dingshan's investigation, he found a very interesting thing. Before Bao Zhonglai founded Hongyun Trading Company, he actually worked as a nurse in Qian Qianyi's house.
In fact, by this time, Zhou Dingshan was 80% sure that Bao Zhonglai was taking care of some monetary matters for the Sixth Department of the Cabinet. But he did not dare to disturb Bao Zhonglai, but the people around Bao Zhonglai could still disturb him.
Wu Changdi is the steward around Bao Zhonglai. She seems to have nothing to do on weekdays, but she often follows Bao Zhonglai. If Bao Zhonglai has any secrets, Wu Changdi must know it.
On this day, after Wu Changdi left the Chamber of Commerce, she went to the butcher shop to cut a few kilograms of mutton, planning to have a good New Year. But as soon as she walked into the alley, a bag was covered over her head, and her eyes were dark. When she opened her eyes, she had already entered the house.
An airtight hut.
Wu Changdi was trembling before he could see the situation in the room clearly, because he smelled a strong smell of blood. After calming down, he could see the situation around him clearly. There were several corpses lying in the room, and there was one
Blood was still flowing under the body, and it was obvious that he had just been killed. Opposite him sat a young man with a Luya appearance, holding a bloody dagger in his hand.
"You... who are you? Do you know who Wu is? Wu is..."
"Okay, stop saying these scary things. Look at these dear friends on the ground. Do you think we are afraid? Wu Changdi, if you want to survive, be smarter. Let me ask you, Bao Zhonglai's Hongyun Trading Firm,
Have you been collecting accounts for the Six Cabinet Ministries over the years?"
"This..." Wu Changdi was shocked, and her expression completely betrayed him.
"Hehe, it seems that you are also an insider. Sure enough, you have found the right person. Tell me, where is the place where the bill was taken? As long as you are willing to tell, you can not only survive, but also make a lot of money. If not
He said, I can only send you on the road with these dear friends."
"I...no" mid-sentence, Wu Changdi's heart sank, and he swallowed back the words because he saw that the young man had raised the dagger in his hand, with an impatient look on his face. Thinking about these few words
Wu Changdi didn't dare to talk nonsense as a dear man who was lying dead on the ground and could not die anymore.
"You are smarter than the previous ones. At least you are not in a hurry to talk nonsense. That's right. Think about it before you speak. After all, you only have one life, so you can't talk nonsense."
"You...you..." Wu Changdi had never encountered this situation before. His whole body shivered uncontrollably. After a long time, he said shiveringly: "I can tell you the specific location of the checkout.
, I will outline the general location, but I want a large sum of money. We will pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. After getting the money, Wu will take his family away from the capital."
"Yes, but Wu Changdi, aren't you afraid that if we return then, you will lose both your life and money?"
Wu Changdi looked at the dead bodies on the ground and said with a sad smile: "I can only gamble, is there any other good way?"
Wu Changdi cried out in her heart, what else could she do if she encountered such a group of murderous people?