After Lan Weiwen stabbed Yang Nengge to death, she knew she had to take refuge with Li Zhen.
The crime of killing Yang Neng was enough to punish him with death. So Lan Weiwen changed her mind and made up her mind to be loyal to Li Zhen. As for seeking political power in his position, Lan Weiwen quickly changed his role and acted everywhere.
Thinking of Li Zhen, he said respectfully: "Sir, I have something to report for my humble position."
Li Zhen waved his hands and said, "Say!"
Lan Weiwen said with great respect: "When Yang Nenge was in charge of Shanghai Daotai, he colluded with foreigners, sold opium, and earned countless money. According to estimates from his humble position, Yang Nenge accumulated no less than one million taels per person. If
In addition to the deeds to the jewelry owned by Yang Nengge's concubines, the total amount of money is estimated to be no less than 1.5 million taels of silver."
"Hi! His!"
Li Zhen took a few breaths, his heart heavy.
It is simply shocking that a small Shanghai Daotai has such a rich and huge family fortune. Li Zhen could still remain calm, but Yang Banhou was frightened by the number Lan Weiwen said. Yang Banhou recovered.
Afterwards, overwhelming anger arose in my heart. A Taoist platform had plundered so much money, and how many people had been harmed!
Yang Banhou glanced at Yang Nenge, who was already a cold corpse. He clenched his fists and cracked his knuckles. Turning his eyes, Yang Banhou looked at Lan Weiwen, who was standing with a slight bow, with a fierce expression on his face.
The light is like staring at prey.
Yang Banhou's eyes were red and he was on the verge of breaking out.
"ah!!"
Lan Weiwen was so frightened that she screamed, fearing that Yang Banhou would suddenly kill someone.
Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "Ban Hou, Yang Nengge's matter is not the only one, there are many such things. Besides, a small Taoist platform is like this, let alone governors, admirals and other senior officials. Now the Qing Dynasty is short of money.
, the national treasury is tight, but the officials below are extremely fat. Let’s clean up these national worms slowly, don’t rush.”
Yang Banhou put away his murderous intention and stopped targeting Lan Weiwen.
"So scary, so scary!"
Lan Weiwen kept muttering in her heart, and saw Li Zhen's probing eyes, knowing that her affairs could not be concealed. At that moment, Lan Weiwen said: "Sir, I am working under Yang Nengge in a humble position. The official position is lower and the dividends are less.
My family has also saved 300,000 taels of savings. This time I arrived in Shanghai, I will dedicate all the money I earned to you."
Li Zhen was satisfied when he saw Lan Weiwen's obedient report. He waved his hand and said, "Since you are loyal to me, please don't touch the family's money. I won't charge you any money."
"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"
Lan Weiwen breathed a sigh of relief and felt extremely relaxed.
Li Zhen continued: "Don't be too busy thanking me. Since you said that Yang Nengge's family is rich, with at least 1.5 million taels of silver, then you will take your soldiers to the Yang Mansion and extract Yang Nengge's injustice from the people."
All the wealth has been confiscated. As for the servants of the Yang Mansion, etc., they should be sent away with some accommodation allowance."
After a pause, Li Zhen said again: "I hope the specific amount of silver will not be spread."
"Yes, I understand!"
Lan Weiwen bowed in agreement and said, "Sir, would you like to send someone to go with me?"
Li Zhen said: "Just choose the soldiers in the camp. I believe you."
Lan Weiwen didn't expect Li Zhen to trust him so much, and she was moved for no reason in her heart. She was even more determined to gain Li Zhen's trust. Lan Weiwen bowed respectfully to Li Zhen before exiting the tent.
Li Zhen ordered: "Marquis Ban, let the soldiers drag Yang Nengge's body down and bury it."
"yes!"
Yang Banhou ordered the soldiers to drag Yang Nengge down and have people clean up the blood stains.
Immediately, Yang Banhou said in a deep voice: "General, more than one million taels of silver are involved. Wouldn't it be a bit rash for you to just let Lan Weiwen collect it alone? If Lan Weiwen embezzles part of the money, or Lan Weiwen
Wei Wen took up the money and ran away. Wasn't it a big loss? We captured the British and French soldiers and negotiated hard to get 800,000 taels of silver. Now we can get 1.5 million taels of silver at once. Lan Wei
If Wen is greedy for ink, both people and money will really be lost."
Li Zhen shook his head and said: "If Lan Weiwen collects the money and runs away, it will be murder and robbery, and the crime will be increased. Lan Weiwen is a smart person and will not run away. Besides, he will complete the task if he does not doubt the people he uses and does not use them.
of."
Seeing Li Zhen's firm attitude, Yang Banhou stopped trying to persuade him.
…
Time passed and the sky gradually became dark.
In the camp, a cold wind blew, but the lights in the Chinese army tent were still flickering. Li Zhen, Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou and Huang Hu were all among them, waiting for Lan Weiwen. But there was no sign of Lan Weiwen, and Huang Shihai
He and Yang Banhou were a little anxious. Huang Hu even frowned and said worriedly: "General, why don't you humble your position and take someone on a trip to see where Lan Weiwen is."
Li Zhen shook his head and said, "No, I believe in Lan Weiwen."
After a while, Lan Weiwen's voice came from outside the camp: "Sir, I'm back from my humble position."
The tent door curtain was rolled up, and Lan Weiwen entered the tent.
At the same time, another soldier walked in behind Lan Weiwen carrying boxes.
The soldiers put the boxes on the ground and retreated. Lan Weiwen pointed at the boxes and said in a deep voice: "Sir, there are a total of twelve boxes here, totaling 1.8 million taels of silver."
"One million and eight hundred thousand!"
Li Zhen took a deep breath, and his heart couldn't help but beat faster. He asked in a deep voice: "Magistrate Lan, you said 1.5 million before, but now it's 1.8 million. You must have used it."
Dear, you have made a great contribution and cannot but be rewarded. After the silver taels are registered in the treasury, one hundred thousand taels of silver will be paid out from the treasury. This is the reward you deserve."
"Thank you, sir!"
Lan Weiwen didn't expect that there would be a reward for ransacking her home, and she felt very happy.
Huang Shihai and Yang Banhou both swallowed their saliva, this money came too easily.
One trip costs one hundred thousand taels of silver.
However, the two of them also knew that this was Li Zhen's way of subduing Lan Weiwen, so they didn't take it to heart. But for Yang Banhou and Huang Shihai, they had seen the world, but they had never seen such a big spender.
In one sentence, one hundred thousand taels of silver flew away.
However, the two of them had never seen anything so profitable. They captured hundreds of foreigners and earned 800,000 taels of silver. They sent people to search the house and found 1.8 million taels of silver, which was even more impressive.
With a smile on his face, Li Zhen said slowly: "Wei Wen, work with me. As long as you don't be greedy, don't bend the law, and complete the task in an orderly manner, you will never suffer. Officials, titles, money, and women will not be compromised.
You are missing."
"thump!"
Lan Weiwen knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the ground, and said: "I despise my position and swear to be loyal to you to the death."
Li Zhen said calmly: "Get up, there is no need to kneel. I don't need to kneel here, and I don't like anyone to kneel. If you are loyal to me, you are my subordinate, but you are definitely not my slave. You must understand this."
Turning his eyes, Li Zhen looked at Huang Shihai and others and said: "The same goes for you, don't use the etiquette of kneeling."
"yes!"
Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou and others agreed in unison, and Lan Weiwen stood up with tears in her eyes, looking very excited. He even had the idea of a scholar dying for a confidant, feeling that he had met a wise master.
Ps: Updates will be released on Monday and Saturday, the first update. Monday is the time to rush to the list again, it is very intense, and it is easy to get busted, so please collect it and throw flowers, we will fight all the way up, thank you everyone.
