Daming primary school students

Chapter 617
The Imperial Academy is a place where seniority is ranked, and most of the people who get close to Qin Dewei are the same year of Jiajing's 14 years, and the newcomers of Jiajing's 17 years.

Greeting casually, there were seven or eight people who really planned to celebrate Qin Dewei, and made an appointment to go to the more familiar Jiaofang Sixiyuan Hutong for a drink.

But today is a bit late, and I was in a hurry and didn't prepare, so I made another appointment for a party tomorrow afternoon.

When Qin Dewei returned home, it was nearly dusk, and the news had already spread back, and the whole house was filled with joy, and it was only a matter of putting up lights and festoons.

Qin Dewei had just entered the house, and the whole family's wives, concubines and servants all came to congratulate him.Although Qin Dewei didn't think it was a happy event, but he couldn't keep everyone else happy, so he could only force himself to smile.

Go back to the house and have dinner with Xu Miaoxuan and Wang Lianqing.

Xu Miaoxuan reminded: "I went to the West Mansion just now and saw Master Zeng coming back from outside. I was in a bad mood. I don't know what happened outside."

Qin Dewei was very surprised, what kind of troubles would Zeng's stepfather, a middle-aged unemployed man, have?Could it be that he was stimulated by his 20 years old "big bachelor"?

He put down his chopsticks, stood up and said, "I'll go over there to have a look, and comfort Master Zeng."

Xu Miaoxuan pulled Husband, and said suspiciously: "It's not that I can't trust Husband, are you sure you are here to comfort?"

Wang Lianqing giggled and said, "When did my husband learn to comfort others?"

Qin Dewei stared a few times, but passed on, he had to make sure that stepfather Zeng didn't catch fire in the backyard.

At this moment, Zeng Mi was sighing in the study in the West Mansion, Qin Dewei directly asked after entering, "What troubles does the master have today? If you also want to be this pair of bachelors, then I can't help you."

Zeng Mi suppressed her desire to vent her anger, but still answered truthfully: "I went to visit Zhang Zan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War this afternoon, and the conversation didn't go well."

Although Zeng's stepfather didn't say the purpose of visiting the Minister of War, Qin Dewei understood immediately that it must be for "running an official".

After all, what Grandfather Zeng really wanted was to make contributions in the border town. Recently, there was a vacancy for the Governor of Eastern Liaodong. This position is very suitable for Grandfather Zeng to practice his skills.

After all, the most critical and urgent matters at present are Xuanda, Yansui and other places, and generally must be important ministers.Liaodong Town is relatively stable and relaxed, and it is the most likely position for Zeng's stepfather.

However, the governors of border towns are all jointly recommended and nominated by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. There is not a big problem with the Ministry of Officials.

Upon hearing this, Qin Dewei asked again: "Did Zhang Zan intentionally manipulate father?"

In history, Zhang Zan was known for his corruption, so Qin Dewei really didn't like Zhang Zan, and he didn't add honorifics in his words, and called him by his first name.

Zeng Mi said with a bit of anger: "Zhang Shangshu asked me for 10,000 taels! I don't know if this is reasonable."

Qin Dewei clapped the case and said: "Such a lion opened his mouth so loudly, it is obviously a rejection!"

The early period of Jiajing was not as good as the later period, especially the late Wanli period. Silver is still very valuable. 10,000 taels is a huge sum of money no matter from which point of view.

Qin Dewei had expected Zhang Zan to ask for bribes, but he did not expect Zhang Zan to ask for so much money.

After much deliberation, this can only mean rejection!

Otherwise, with the current market situation, it is impossible for someone to ask Zhang Zan to buy an official with 10,000 taels!Besides, if Zhang Zan was given 10,000 taels, how much should he give to the officials?
And even if they wanted to spend this money, the Jingshi's family couldn't afford so much money!

After thinking about it for a while, Qin Dewei said broadly, "Okay, Master Zeng doesn't have to worry about this. I'll talk to Zhang Zan tomorrow."

Stepfather Zeng sighed, and only reminded: "A person like Zhang Zan who openly extorts bribes can still hold the position of Grand Sima, I'm afraid the inside story is not simple", and then went back to sleep.

On the next day, when Qin Dewei had nothing to do, he went straight to the Ministry of War and posted a post.

After Zhang Zan, Minister of the Ministry of War, received the post in the public room, although he didn't want to see Qin Dewei at all, he still asked Qin Dewei to be brought in.

There is no way, this is Qin Dewei's status in the world, and it is wrong to refuse to see him.

"Today's visit to Da Sima is for urgent deliveries." Qin Dewei said after taking his seat.

This made Zhang Shangshu stunned, he thought that Qin Dewei would talk about Zeng Mian first, but he didn't expect it to be another completely irrelevant matter.

Qin Dewei continued: "Can merchants subsidize some silver taels for express delivery between the two capitals, and then use the express delivery shop to deliver letters manually?
Or hire another manpower and rely on the express delivery channel between the two capitals to deliver it by yourself? "

To Zhang Shangshu's ears, this is really whimsical. I don't understand what is the point of doing this?
Not to mention, whether it is politically allowed or not, if it is just to deliver a few personal letters, it would be too exaggerated to invest in it, and the cost will not be recovered at all.

Zhang Shangshu didn't want to answer Qin Dewei directly, and he couldn't agree to a plain promise, but he didn't want to directly reject Qin Dewei directly.

However, Zhang Shangshu also had his own method, and replied: "Let the merchant give 5000 taels to the Ministry of War first, and then try to promote it."

When you don't know what to do, just offer a sky-high price, which will naturally make people quit.

He didn't believe that there would be merchants who would foolishly take out 5000 taels to advance this matter, but advancing does not necessarily mean that it will be possible.

This is the same as yesterday's offer of 10,000 taels to Zeng Mi, even if he declined.

Qin Dewei turned to ask again: "So about my father, 10,000 taels must be required?"

For someone like Qin Dewei who has the ability to reach heaven, Zhang Shangshu was very tight-lipped, and only said: "Then you can ask Mr. Zeng."

Qin Dewei nodded and got up to leave.

This made Zhang Shangshu a little surprised. With Qin Dewei's personality, he usually "struggles with reason", but today he didn't have a single superfluous sentence.

When he left the Ministry of War, it was still early, and Qin Dewei went to the Sanfa Division in Xicheng again.

Then Qin Dewei swaggered into the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, and the officers and scribes guarding the gate didn't even bother to raise their eyelids.

Immediately, he found the prison chief and said hello, and they went straight to the prison together.

Zhang Yanling, who has been imprisoned for nearly six years, has long been moved to a separate cell, which is not where Qin Dewei lived for a few days.

Generally, the cells in sky prisons are semi-underground structures, very dark and damp, but Zhang Yanling's cells are all on the ground.

The prison chief stood guard at the door, and Qin Dewei walked in alone.But he saw another official from the Ministry of Punishment standing in front of the iron fence, talking to Zhang Yanling.

I vaguely heard that person shouting: "Zhang Yanlinger dare not follow! I asked you to borrow 1000 taels, but also to let you spend money to buy peace! I advise you to think clearly, money is something outside of your body, you don't bring it with you when you die! "

Qin Dewei secretly sighed, this means that a down-and-out phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken.

When Xiaozong and his wife indulged the Zhang family brothers, did they ever think that they would end up today?Any cat or dog would dare to extort money.

Hearing the sound of the cell door, the man also turned his head and exclaimed, "Qin Dewei!"

But Qin Dewei didn't know this person very well, he just felt a little familiar, he should have seen him before.And judging from the way he called himself, he was no longer a friend but an enemy.

Normal people call themselves "Qin Xueshi", and some close people call themselves "Qin Banqiao".

Only those who are deeply hostile will call their own names directly!So Qin Dewei said a word unceremoniously: "Get lost!"

The official said angrily: "This is the Ministry of Punishment! You are a foreigner."

Qin Dewei still repeated one word: "Get lost!"

The official compared the power of the two parties in the Ministry of Punishment. He was still angry, but walked out with two legs very rationally.

Qin Dewei Shi Shiran walked to the iron fence, stood where the official was just now, and asked Zhang Yanling who was in the cell on the other side: "Who is this person?"

Zhang Yanling replied with a sneer: "Minister of Criminal Affairs Zhao Wenhua!"

It turned out to be Yan Song's adoptive son. Qin Dewei spurned him and said: "You are really shameless! How dare you rely on power to openly blackmail the prisoner!"

Zhang Yanling continued to sneer and said nothing, don't criticize others for now, I don't know what you Qin Xueshi are doing here today?
Qin Dewei had no choice but to ask again: "How are you doing recently?"

Zhang Yanling secretly sarcastically said: "It's no different from the past few years. It would be even better if there were no idlers to disturb."

Qin Dewei seemed to have just remembered, and said another thing: "I opened a bank in the capital, and I heard that Zhang's family is as rich as an enemy. Please help Zhang Houye, and deposit tens of thousands of taels of silver in it."

Zhang Yanling: "."

Since he was imprisoned in the prison, many people have come to fight Qiufeng. After all, everyone knows that their Zhang family used to be the richest man in the capital.

However, the amount of extortion by those people ranged from tens of taels to hundreds of taels.

Zhao Wenhua, who was reprimanded by Qin Dewei just now, asked for 1000 taels is already a lot, so he refused to give in.

But Zhang Yanling never expected that there are strong players and strong players, and Qin Dewei actually received tens of thousands of taels of silver when he opened his mouth.

Does this Qin surname know what tens of thousands of taels are?Even if it's blackmail, you have to be more professional, right?

So Zhang Yanling said angrily: "Just donate all the remaining property of the Zhang family to you!"

Qin Dewei said suspiciously: "Did you misunderstand something? I didn't ask you for money, but just asked you to deposit the money in my bank!

But the bank will issue you a bank note, and your Zhang family can use it as a silver envoy with the bank note! "

Zhang Yanling didn't believe Qin Dewei's words at all, "Everything you say is obedient! Tens of thousands of taels of silver have entered your bank, and it's up to you to use them!

No matter how you change your tricks, in the final analysis, you still embezzle my Zhang family's money! "

Qin Dewei couldn't make sense of reason, and threatened, "Do you still want to get better?"

Zhang Yanling has too much experience of being blackmailed, and said in a very bachelor way: "If you want to exchange tens of thousands of taels, it's nothing!"

Qin Dewei shouted: "I remember that your elder brother Zhang Heling has been dispatched to Nanjing, which is my hometown. It is very convenient to do anything, so you don't care about your elder brother's safety at all?"

Zhang Yanling laughed loudly, "My brother is very old, he died of a sudden illness in Nanjing for a long time! What else do you want?"

Qin Dewei: "."

There are too many big facts about the country to pay attention to, and it is inevitable that many small stories about unknown people will be missed.

After calming down, Qin Dewei said meaningfully: "I don't know if you have heard that His Majesty is going to tour the south soon, and I don't know how much it will cost."

Zhang Yanling, who is very sensitive to money, immediately heard the string song and understood the elegant meaning. If the emperor lacked money, would he copy Zhang's family?If the emperor didn't think of it, would others remind the emperor?
Qin Dewei continued: "So asking your Zhang family to put tens of thousands of taels of silver in the bank is also to spread the risk.

Besides, now, how many places can the Zhang family's tens of thousands of taels be safely placed? "

Zhang Yanling fell into silence, as a prisoner, he really had too much involuntary control.

After receiving the report, Wang Tingxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, walked into the cell, just in time to hear Qin Dewei shout: "Zhang Yanling, how dare you refuse!
Letting you spend tens of thousands of taels is also an opportunity to spend money to buy peace!I urge you to think clearly, money is something extraneous, if you don’t bring it with you when you die, even if you take out 100,000 taels, so what! "

"Enough is enough for you!" Wang Tingxiang couldn't bear to listen, and shouted out of control.

Qin Dewei felt that he had said all he had to say, so he walked out of the prison.

Wang Tingxiang came out and said to Qin Dewei: "You people, don't go too far! How decent is it to go to the prison to blackmail criminals?
Especially tens of thousands of taels, dare to say, do you really not take the Ministry of punishment seriously? ! "

Qin Dewei said without raising his eyelids: "The Great Sima Zhang Zan asked me for 5000 taels, what can I do?
Who can give me 5000 taels?After much deliberation, I can only find the Zhang family to solve it! "

The Minister of the Ministry of War asked you for such a huge amount of money?Wang Tingxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Governor of the Beijing Camp, thought for a while and said, "Ah, that's all right."

Mr. Wang's last official thought in this life is probably to change from the Ministry of Punishment to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

After coming out of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it was almost noon. Yesterday, I made an appointment with my Hanlin friends, and went to drink and celebrate together this afternoon.

The traffic speed is not so fast these days, so Qin Dewei hastened to join his friends again.

On the way to Xiyuan Hutong, Jiajing 17 years number one scholar Mao Zan asked curiously:
"I heard that Senior Qin was also a famous person in the Academy when he was in Nanjing, even I have heard about Senior Qin's deeds in Qiantang.

But why in the year since I arrived in the capital, have I never seen Senior Qin walk away?Why did Senior Qin suddenly stop going? "

Qin Dewei replied deeply: "You will know in a while."

A group of people came to the entrance of the alley, and before they had walked a few steps, someone called out: "Scholar Qin is here!"

All of a sudden, people poured out from every door, including Wang Ba and the old bustard, who came forward to greet him enthusiastically, and tried their best to attract customers, almost tearing Qin Dewei apart.

Mao Zan was completely dumbfounded watching this scene.

The movement of Senior Qin coming to Flower Street and Liu Lane was too loud. Could it be that the whole capital would know that Senior Qin had gone to Fengyuechang again the next day?

It's no wonder that Senior Qin doesn't come here very often, who can bear this kind of treatment?
Some thin-skinned people such as Xing Yifeng are also hesitant, they just socialize and drink flowers and wine, they don't want to be known all over the city at all!

After walking hard for a while in the alley, Qin Dewei also had a headache. He threw away a few old bustards, turned around and said, "Let's go to the nearby Taibai Building to book a place!"

Then he told his entourage Ma Er: "You stay here for now, and choose a dozen beauties to go to Taibai Tower to serve wine!"

So everyone walked out from the alley again, just at this time, a strange beauty walked towards them.

I saw her with a lotus crown on her head, dressed in a gossip robe, with a jade face and star eyes, and a lofty temperament. Although she was walking in this flower street and willow alley, she seemed to be aloof.

Everyone was dazzled. Could it be that this is a new trick that has become popular recently?
Qin Dewei was taken aback, if this person is Tao Xiangu or who, how could she appear here?

The alley was not wide, Tao Xiangu also saw Qin Dewei, frowned, snorted coldly, and sent two words lightly along the early spring wind: "Scumbag!"

(End of this chapter)