February 5th, the morning after the "Xiang family fraud case" was exposed.
Xiang Xiaoqiang flipped through a lot of newspapers in front of him and was very happy. All the newspapers in front of him reported on the "Xiang family scandal", and several newspapers unanimously used "Your Majesty Believe in Me, the People Believe in Me" as the front page headline. This
These were the last words Xiang Xiaoqiang said when he was interviewed by reporters at the gate of the headquarters yesterday. Different from the silence and cold attitude of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xiang Xiaoqiang wisely communicated with the media in a timely manner yesterday, and his attitude was friendly and modest.
Yesterday afternoon and this morning, half of the newspapers were either objective and neutral, or sympathetic to Xiang Xiaoqiang.
Xiang Xiaoqiang originally expected that the "New Century News" would be the first to throw a stone, causing a thousand waves. The afternoon evening paper and the next day's morning paper would all attack and curse. But now the situation of public opinion is obviously worse than imagined.
Good.
Perhaps it was because of his previous deeds such as going deep into the Northern Qing Dynasty to rescue people, defending Nanjing, etc., that his image among the public has always been relatively good, and in addition, the Metropolitan Procuratorate really found nothing this time.
Of course, most of the articles and newspapers that attack Xiang Xiaoqiang still account for it. However, there are also many well-known political commentators who bluntly analyzed that Xiang Xiaoqiang is likely to be framed this time. The most likely one is the Zheng family. Because the first
First, the Yuhuacong Company belongs to the Zheng family. Second, Xiang Xiaoqiang is now extremely favored by His Majesty, especially after accepting the edict to "control all the armies of the Ming Dynasty." This will offend many people. The most intolerable of them all is, first of all,
Recommend the Zheng family.
The reputation of the Zheng family has plummeted. Whether it is with Zhu Yourong or the outside world. The last time the Yangtze River defense line was breached, Zheng Gongyin and Mrs. Li colluded with the commander of the imperial guard to put the queen under house arrest in an attempt to coerce the queen into giving up Nanjing. This matter has already been spread
Out. Although the blame was ultimately placed on the Commander of the Guards, people and newspapers still speculated that the Commander of the Guards could not be so bold and that there must be someone behind the scenes, most likely Zheng Gongyin.
Now that the "Xiang Family Fraud Case" involves Zheng Gongyin, Xiang Xiaoqiang will feel much more at ease. In yesterday's evening newspaper, there were several "writers" who suggested that the Zheng family may have framed Xiang Xiaoqiang. In today's morning newspaper, there were more
The article is on Xiang Xiaoqiang’s side.
Xiang Xiaoqiang flipped through the newspaper, enjoying himself.
"Xiang Xiaoqiang."
There was a newspaper in front of him. Xiang Xiaoqiang looked up and saw Shi Shigege standing in front of her. She smiled with pride on her face and tapped the newspaper with her chin:
"Let's see."
It's true... Shi Shigege always gives herself a good face when others are present, shouting "Master, Master", but when only two people are present, she always shows off her princess airs.
Xiang Xiaoqiang picked up the newspaper and took a look:
""Qinhuai Newspaper"? I have it here, what's wrong?"
Fourteen giggled and said:
“Did you see the article signed by ‘Meng Fan’?”
Xiang Xiaoqiang gave her a puzzled look, then lowered his head to search for a while. He seemed to have an impression of the author and quickly found this article.
"Haha," Xiang Xiaoqiang said with a smile, "Yes, that's it. "Qinhuai Daily" is an evening newspaper, and last night it was this article that was the first to suggest that the Zheng family might be the backstage to frame me, and then this morning, there was
A dozen newspapers said the same thing. Haha."
Fourteen Gege smiled and said:
"I wrote this article."
Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned, raised his head, looked at Shi Shigege in disbelief, and looked at her as if he didn't know her:
"You wrote it?"
Fourteen Gege nodded, pulled up the leather chair and sat down, looking very happy, and said with a smile:
"Yeah, I bought it after I went back last night and read it, and I had a lot of fun all night... Haha, it was my first submission in Daming, and I didn't expect it to be used. I tried to submit it several times in Japan before, maybe at that time
I'm young, so my writing is too childish, no one will use it... Haha, I didn't expect that today, a Ming Dynasty newspaper would use my article."
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the fourteen grids and was filled with emotion. Even the majestic Princess Liaoyang, the once sinister and sinister spy chief, was as happy as a child when she saw her article turned into type for the first time.
However, Meng Fan... this pen name is too Qiong Yao... Such a romantic pen name, full of girlish feelings, can it be written in the fourteenth grid? Besides, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't match the content of the cunning and sharp article!
"Ah!" Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly thought and sweated, "You won't leave your address, right? They won't use it after they find out that you are Princess Liaoyang, right?"
"How could it be!" Shi Shigege sighed deeply, "I didn't write the address at all. I asked Xiao Wu to go out and put it in the mailbox. Alas, it's a pity, I won't receive the manuscript fee. It is said that the manuscript fee for such a big newspaper is every
The line is worth at least five cents. This article of mine has a total of twenty-five lines, and the manuscript fee should be one cent and two cents! What a pity, what a pity..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at this princess with an annual income of 700,000 yuan, but here she sadly regretted that 1 yuan and 25 cents. She really couldn't laugh or cry.
He calmed down and said with a smile:
"Then I really want to thank you... If it weren't for your article, I wouldn't have so many newspapers on my side this morning. Alas, it's a pity. If I had known that it was so easy to take the blame, I should have gone to the Metropolitan Procuratorate later.
I sent an anonymous letter. The longer I bear the blame, the more stable my position will be with His Majesty. The longer this matter is stirred up and heated up, the more people will support me when the 'truth' is revealed."
Shi Shigege was deep in thought. She stopped acting like a "romantic girl" and regained her calm, scheming look. She said slowly:
"No, you are wrong. Now is the time to stop as soon as possible. After I wrote this article, it has caused everyone to doubt the Zheng family. Now is a good opportunity to stop."
"Why?"
"Look at the wording in these newspapers this morning. Few of them say 'Changping Hou', but they all talk about 'Zheng Family' and 'Zheng Family'. They have brought the entire Zheng Family of the Ming Dynasty with them. If we don't accept it anymore,
Hand, from King Yanping on down, you have stood on the opposite side of the entire Zheng family. Can you bear this?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang shook his head blankly:
"Can't stand it."
"So," Shi Shigege continued thoughtfully, "we sent the anonymous letter to the Metropolitan Procuratorate yesterday, it was just the right time. Just when everyone first started to doubt the Zheng family, the truth was revealed: ah, it turned out to be jade
The deputy manager of Hua Cong Company did it alone! Then, you are clean, and the Zheng family is also clean."
"Oh..." Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded and suddenly murmured, "If that's the case, why did you write that article to make everyone doubt the Zheng family?"
Fourteen giggled and said:
"I just wrote it for fun, and I never thought it would be reported. But this also has an additional benefit, that is, you are truly exonerated, and although the Zheng family is exonerated on the surface, people will always have vague suspicions.
This is the scapegoat the Zheng family is looking for out of fear of implicating themselves."
Xiang Xiaoqiang thought about the relationship carefully and nodded slowly. This matter must be controlled within the scope of "self-defense" and cannot offend the Zheng family. Otherwise, he will really be unable to bear it.
Now, he defeated Zheng Gongyin in Zhu Yourong's place. The wonderful thing is that Zheng Gongyin doesn't know it yet. To the outside world, he successfully defended himself and had a slight upper hand. Even in the eyes of the Zheng family, he was just taking advantage of the situation and did not go too far.
, did not draw the fire to the Zheng family itself.
Very good, perfect.
He looked at the clock on the wall. It was ten o'clock in the morning. If he guessed correctly, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was already investigating Yuhuacong's unlucky manager.
…
Changping Road, Daming Royal Bank.
There are two largest banks in the Ming Dynasty. One is the Imperial Bank, which is the central bank of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the Royal Bank. The Royal Bank is the royal family’s own bank, much smaller than the Imperial Bank. There have been two major shareholders in the past dynasties, and the major shareholder is
The emperor, the minority shareholder is King Yanping. Most of the other small shareholders are clan members and relatives of the emperor. Although the Royal Bank is smaller than the Imperial Bank, its grade is much higher, and its service targets are mostly wealthy families, and it does not accept small businesses.
number of customers. Therefore, it also has good security and privacy, and is known as "the only Da Ming bank that can compete with Swiss banks."
Therefore, when Zhang Fushan, deputy general manager of Yuhuacong, heard that Zheng Yucong asked him to deposit his things in the Royal Bank, he agreed without any doubt.
But now, Old Man Qian and two people from the Secretariat Department of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are negotiating with the Royal Bank. Old Man Qian received an anonymous letter yesterday afternoon. The letter writer claimed to be an insider of Yuhuacong and said that he knew about this "disclosed matter" to the Royal Bank.
The truth of the "Brand Fraud Case": In order to obtain the purchase order, the general manager of Yuhuacong instructed his deputy manager Zhang Fushan to buy the two gifts and bribe Xiang Xiaoqiang. However, Zhang Fushan did not give the gifts to Xiang Xiaoqiang at all.
Swallowed it all to myself.
In order to muddy the waters, he said that he was not satisfied with receiving gifts from Xiaoqiang and asked for two bulletproof vehicles. Therefore, he felt that asking Xiaoqiang for bribes was excessive, so he went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue him. In this way, no one would know about Zhang Fushan himself.
If you leave the gift, everyone will think that it has been delivered to Xiang Xiaoqiang. It doesn't matter if Xiang Xiaoqiang doesn't admit it. No one will admit it after taking the bribe. After the incident is over, these two priceless gifts will be Zhang's.
Toyama’s own.
But Zhang Fushan probably felt that it was not safe to store the things at home, so he went to the Royal Bank to rent a safe yesterday afternoon and put it in the bank safe. Now he can find out when he goes to the Royal Bank to check.
After receiving this letter, Old Man Qian felt like he had found a treasure. He thought about it again and again, and felt that although the letter came strangely, the "inside story" was indeed reasonable. He went through various search procedures that afternoon, and the next morning
I came to the safe rental department of Royal Bank and asked to inspect the safe of a customer named Zhang Fushan.
Of course Royal Bank is not willing. This involves the reputation of the bank. Especially Royal Bank, a bank known for its private, safe and high-quality services. But even if it is a private bank, there are several institutions that can be investigated. First
They are counterintelligence agencies, such as Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and People's Guards. The second one is the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
But the backstage of the Royal Bank is astonishing, and the big boss is Zhu Yourong. Especially after the coup, Zhu Yourong took over the imperial power. The Royal Bank felt that its back was too hard. The manager refused to follow the advice of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and refused to search. The two parties negotiated.
After two hours, Old Man Qian finally became furious and laid out all the procedures, documents, and search warrants issued by the imperial censor. Finally, he warned the manager that he would be arrested if he did not cooperate. The manager then became nervous and weighed it.
I felt that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was probably not joking, and I might be caught if I continued to obstruct, so I reluctantly took out the client list.
Old Man Qian's men found the name "Zhang Fushan" easily. Although the bank had a spare key, the password was in the hands of the customer. In the end, the bank manager, under the order of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, had someone break open the insurance
cabinet.
The rectangular safe was pulled out and opened, and there were two things inside. A box of candies and a bundle of Pu'er tea.
Old Man Qian was trembling with excitement. He carefully took out the candy box, opened it and saw that it was not candy, but indeed made of gemstones.
Half an hour later, Zhang Fushan, deputy general manager of Yuhuacong, was detained at home by the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.