East Factory Governor

Chapter 702 Not That Simple (Two Chapters In One)

Those who lined up to give gifts couldn't help laughing when they heard that Qin Shuhuai asked such a stupid question.

Another human said, "Boy, since you feel that the Duke of the State doesn't accept gifts, what are you doing with such a big cart? Go back quickly."

Qin Shuhuai felt more and more angry.

What the hell, I left 1 taels of silver bills for the family before going out, plus the imperial salary, how can it be enough for the family to eat?When did Chen Qing'er develop the habit of taking people's things?
Oh, right.

When I first met her, didn't she just touch the silver ticket on her body?

Is this the so-called irreversible nature?
It just doesn't make sense!
Angrily, he told the coachman to go on and ignore these people.

But within a few steps, they were "surrounded".

"Hey, you don't want to eat oil and salt, kid?"

"What is your master's background? Are there any rules?"

"Boy, I see clearly. The one in the front row belongs to Mr. Chen, Minister of Rites, and Mr. Li, Minister of Industry, behind. They are all queuing up honestly. Why, your master is more powerful than them?"

The coachman stared angrily, and said, "The servant of the Ministry of Rites is amazing? Guess how old we are?"

Qin Shuhuai was ashamed to admit that he was An Guogong right now, so he told the driver to stay where he was, and wanted to go in by himself.

But he didn't take a few steps, only to see a person running from the front, shouting joyfully, "Oh, the Duke is back! The Duke is back!"

The person who came was the fourth son of the housekeeper Qiao.

This loud roar immediately made those people outside the door dumbfounded.

He, he is the Duke of the country?
Hey my mother, what did we just say?
It seems to call him "boy"?

No, there is no such thing!
Nothing just happened!
The burly man who had been arguing the loudest before reacted the fastest. Without saying a word, he knelt down and shouted, "The little one pays his respects to the Duke! The little one greets the Duke! The little one wishes the Duke a happy new year!"

While talking, he kowtowed, his back was sweating profusely.

Just now I said something rude to the Duke of the country, if the master knew about it, I would have to peel off my skin!
Seeing this, the others also hurriedly knelt down on the ground.

They all thought to themselves, it's over, there's trouble!
Qin Shuhuai's face was ashen, without saying anything, he entered the Duke's mansion angrily.

All the servants in the mansion greeted him joyfully, but seeing that the Duke's face was so dark and frightening, none of them dared to say anything.

Qin Shuhuai went straight into the back hall, came to his room, and pushed the door open with a huff.

Chen Qing'er just heard that Qin Shuhuai was back, and she was in a hurry to get dressed, usually she didn't like to put on rouge and powder, only when Qin Shuhuai came back would she take care of it.

Seeing Qin Shuhuai coming in so quickly, he hurriedly covered his face with his sleeve, and said angrily, "Husband go out first, Qing'er will be dressed soon!"

Qin Shuhuai pulled Chen Qing'er's hand, and asked in a concentrated voice, "Let me ask you, have many people sent gifts to the mansion recently?"

Chen Qing'er was a little frightened.

In the past, when Qin Shuhuai came back, he would always say something funny to her or do something embarrassing, but today he seemed to be a different person.

But she still nodded and said, "Yes, it has been there since the first day of junior high school, and people still give it to me today."

"So you took all the bills?"

"Yes, but..."

Qin Shuhuai was furious, slammed the table fiercely, and shouted, "Chen Qing'er! Have you forgotten who killed your father? It was the Donglin Party! The Donglin Party, which forms cliques for private interests, accepts bribes, and imposes tyranny! You, too Do you want me to learn from the Donglin Party?"

Chen Qing'er burst into tears, shaking her head desperately and said, "No, no, my husband..."

"No? I saw it with my own eyes, and you tell me no?" Qin Shuhuai became more and more angry, "There is still a long line outside! Let me tell you, even the Donglin Party would not do this! This is stupid behavior Did you know? To blatantly make friends with Beijing officials and accept generous gifts, there is no other idiot in the world who would do this!"

"Do you know that there is a saying that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles? Hehe, yes, Chen Qing'er, you are amazing! In a few days, people all over the world will know that I, Qin, has a lot of human rights, uses power for personal gain, and has a lot of followers Competing to curry favor with each other! The Donglin Party said that I hijacked the Holy Majesty and brought disaster to the government. No one believed it. Fortunately, you helped them prove this point!"

"You are simply, simply unreasonable!"

Qin Shuhuai was really furious.

What made him angry was not that Chen Qing'er received a generous gift privately, but that he was angry at her stupidity.

Speaking of which, he himself is not an upright and honest bird, so how much did Wen Tiren blackmail him?How much did he blackmail during the Jiangnan trip?His black hands are more ruthless than anyone else.

But his black hand is black handed, at least he won't be so stupid as to blatantly collect money and leave a message for others.

Although the world is tentatively set now, there are still countless important things to do in front of him.

Pingyerqiang, Junggar, Mongolia, Hou Jin, and the vigorous implementation of the New Deal, which of these things does not need to rely on the reputation he has finally saved?

Prestige is difficult to establish, but once it fails, it will definitely fall like a mountain!Although the Donglin Party has basically stepped down now, as long as the scholars in the world are still there, they have the ability to bite back at any time!

Even if these people have no clue, they can make up stories to smear you. If they really got a clue, wouldn't they slander you like crazy?
Moreover, even if he ignores the remnants of Donglin, just Chongzhen, will he be suspicious again when he hears that he has made friends with a large number of Beijing officials?When the time comes to push the New Deal, if Chongzhen doesn't give him enough support, how can he push it?
That's why he flew into a rage!
Seeing that Qin Shuhuai didn't ask why, Chen Qing'er scolded her head and face, full of grievances welling up in her heart.

He said with pear blossoms on his face, "Since my husband thinks Qing'er is stupid, then Qing'er must be stupid. If he thinks Qing'er is greedy, then Qing'er must be greedy."

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help being angry but couldn't bear it when he saw her pitiful look.

He let out a long sigh and lowered his tone slightly.

He said again, "Why, are you still reasonable? In short, this kind of thing is not allowed to happen again in the future. Return all the things you received!"

"Retire as soon as possible!" Chen Qing'er said angrily.

But at this moment, someone outside shouted in a long voice, "Brother Qin is at home?"

Qin Shuhuai knew it was Chongzhen as soon as he heard it.

I thought, what is the speed of this kid?Even if he was discovered and reported by Ouchi's secret agents as soon as he entered the city, he wouldn't arrive so soon, would he?
But I had to open the door quickly.

It really was Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was wearing casual clothes, looking at Qin Shuhuai with a smile.

Qin Shuhuai wanted to make a big gift, but was stopped by Chongzhen.

The guy laughed and said, "Brother Qin, I'm here to accompany you. Cough cough, don't scold Mrs. Sister-in-law."

Qin Shuhuai was a little confused.

This bastard is eavesdropping outside again?Nima, what kind of hobby is this?
Smiling for a while, he said, "Hehe, I made Brother Huang laugh. This, this matter is actually like this..."

He wanted to explain to Chongzhen that it was not his intention to have so many Beijing officials come to give him gifts, so as to avoid unnecessary suspicion from Chongzhen.

But Chongzhen laughed and said, "Brother Qin, let me talk about this matter."

"Ok?"

"I asked my sister-in-law to collect these things."

"What?"

"Sister-in-law accepts the gift according to the order. If you scold him, you scold me."

"what?"

"hey-hey."

Seeing Chongzhen's complacent look, Qin Shuhuai wished to punch him.

Hey, your uncle, as the emperor, how can you be such a cheating courtier?

Chongzhen said again, "Brother Qin, don't you invite me to sit somewhere, it's really cold outside."

Qin Shuhuai thought in his heart, you bastard!
However, the scolding was scolding, and he was led to the study.

After closing the door, Qin Shuhuai said, "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Chongzhen smiled wryly, "Brother Qin doesn't know something. It has been more than a year since the Yansui disaster, and the people have been begging all the way without food. Many of them have reached the capital. Guess how many there are now?"

Qin Shuhuai said unhappily, "I don't know."

"More than 5000 people!" Chongzhen sighed, and said, "I asked the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to place them in the south of Lugou Bridge. But these 10 people need to eat, wear and sleep. A rough estimate is at least [-] taels of silver. You also know that the money you gave me last time has already been spent. But I can't ignore the victims of the disaster, so I thought about how to raise some money. "

Qin Shuhuai's eyes popped out.

"So you came up with this idea?"

Chongzhen chuckled, "You know that! This year is the year of Jingchao, and I have already announced that this year's Jingchao will be presided over by you. I am always at ease when you handle things. And it is also convenient for the two of us, the monarch and his ministers. Do you think it is good or bad to join hands to rectify the administration of officials?"

Qin Shuhuai wanted to explode in anger.

Said, "Your Majesty, I don't think it's useless to change the subject like this. You haven't said why you want me to be a corrupt official?"

Chongzhen immediately said solemnly, "Nonsense, who dares to say that Brother Qin is a corrupt official? I will destroy his nine clans! As for these gifts, they will all be converted into cash later to help the victims. I estimate that after this Spring Festival, I will collect 10 yuan. Ten thousand taels of silver is no problem."

Qin Shuhuai had MMP on his face, but MMP in his heart.

Nima, you just let me raise money by extorting money, and now you let me openly accept bribes to raise money?

You are awesome!Thanks to you being the emperor, if you were an official, your hands would be darker than Lao Tzu!

He still said uncomfortably, "Brother Huang, you have ruined my reputation, how can I help you? If you want to do this, you have to find it, um, find Mr. Sun Ge! His old man Virtuous and respected, it’s okay to be a little bit unsafe in the evening.”

Chongzhen smiled meanly, "Hey, Sun Ge's old night festival has long been lost. I asked him to take the lead in giving you a gift. If he doesn't give it, it will be the custom of giving gifts to Qin Shuhuai, the host of the current Jingchao and the Duke of the State. How could it spread?"

Qin Shuhuai was completely confused.

"My lord, are you joking?"

Chongzhen said seriously, "Is it like joking?"

"No, what is this for? If you want money, tell me. At worst, I'll go to the gate of the Cao Gang's chief rudder and pretend to fall to blackmail them!"

He thought Chongzhen was crazy.

And Sun Chengzong is also crazy!

The two of them knew that corruption was prevalent in Ming Dynasty, and the government would be rectified next, but they still took the lead in doing this kind of thing?Isn't it just 10 taels of silver? As for making such a big commotion, even Sun Chengzong was included in the evening festival?

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Okay, okay, brother Qin, don't be angry, let me tell you the truth. After these gifts are delivered, they will be distributed to the victims in the name of 'Beijing officials provide disaster relief with private salaries'. That is to say, these As much as they send, they will donate in their names when the time comes, and all the officials who gave the gifts have turned into role models for helping the victims. And this matter was initiated by you, Brother Qin, and I will issue an order to reward you in the future You, and the official who paid the most money, wouldn't this be another good talk?"

Speaking of this, Chongzhen added another sentence, "Hehe, in this way we can also raise money, and brother Qin's reputation will not be damaged. Don't you think it's the best of both worlds?"

Qin Shuhuai was overwhelmed by Chongzhen's "powerful" logic.

When did this kid become so naughty?

But having said that, this trick is really stupid and people can't fault it.

But why do you always feel that something is wrong?

Jingcha...gifts...disaster relief...

There was a sudden buzz in his head.

Understood!
Chongzhen's move, the drunkard's intention is not to drink!
On the surface, it seemed that he was raising the 10 taels of relief money, but in fact, he was playing tricks again.

First let the wind go, let yourself preside over the Beijing inspection, and then use Sun Chengzong as a bait to attract Beijing officials to come and give you gifts.After that, they converted these into money and food and used them for disaster relief. The euphemistic name is that the Beijing officials used their salaries to help the court provide disaster relief. Sounds good, right?

But then there is Jingcha!
It is estimated that none of the officials who gave gifts would want to stay in their posts!Don't look at yourself as the chief officer of Jingcha, but the final decision is not in Chongzhen's hands?
Chongzhen will let them all go home!

As soon as the news spread, there was only one result!
That is, it is widely rumored in the official circles that the Duke of the State is upright, he does not want gifts for him, and all of them are donated to the victims of the disaster, and all those who give him gifts are dismissed and investigated by him!

Very good, from now on no one will dare to curry favor with him, the Duke of the country.

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help looking at Chongzhen angrily and helplessly.

Chongzhen still looked at Qin Shuhuai with a smile.

This trick was thought up by Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong didn't believe that Qin Shuhuai would take the initiative to rebel, and neither did Chongzhen.

But Sun Chengzong was afraid that Qin Shuhuai would be adorned by the yellow robe one day, that is to say, he would be instigated by the people below, and even forced to rebel!
Chongzhen is also afraid!
In fact, even Qin Shuhuai himself was already worried about this.

Those from the Jianghe gang, Liu Guoneng, Li Dingguo and others who surrendered, many members of the martial arts coalition, and even some generals of the Ming army, in retrospect, how many people said, "Willing to die for the Lord?"

They didn't say "serve the court to die", isn't the implication obvious enough?

How many people are waiting for him to rule the world, so that he can be the hero of the founding of the country and honor his ancestors?
If this group of people remonstrates collectively and puts the dragon robe on him, how will Qin Shuhuai suppress him?

kill?Would you kill a brother who was born to die with you, and who wants to respect you as the emperor?If you kill one, the army's morale will be broken!

do not kill?They force you endlessly, what can you do to them?
(End of this chapter)