my wife is queen

Chapter 94

"One tael of silver and sixteen coins."

Li Mian sat under the flower stand of the peony table in the vestibule, called a few maidservants to bring the mahogany chessboard, he had nothing to do, and took Sun Chuanting, who came to visit, by the hand to talk about Go.

Sun Chuanting came here only for one thing, and there was a small news in the capital. After Lu Guangzu came back from the three gates yesterday, he was arrested by Dongchang and sent to prison that night.

I haven't come back until now, and I don't know if I can come back alive.

This matter is not big or small in the capital, so it won't cause much trouble.

In normal times, it would not attract Sun Chuanting's attention, it's just that the East Factory is arresting people indiscriminately again.

However, Sun Chuanting thought that there was still one person involved, Ma Yun, who was in charge of sending a memorial to Li Mian, and the matter was not simple.

Logically speaking, it should be Li Mian who was caught in the imperial prison.

The result was beyond Sun Chuanting's expectation, and Sun Gong and Yuan Gong did not expect that Li Mian stayed in the mansion safe and sound, but Lu Guangzu was arrested and sent to prison.

Just because Ma Yun sent a memorial.

Sun Chuanting was puzzled, and hurried to Shichahai at dawn the next day, and visited Li Mian to inquire about the inside story.

Li Mian just said one tael of silver and sixteen qian, stopped talking and did not continue.

Saying these words suddenly, at the same time abruptly, makes people confused.

Sun Chuanting was in no mood to talk, so he retracted the sleeves of his Huluo shirt, held the white glazed chess piece, and still refused to make a move: "Jin Guan is a bit tantalizing, so hurry up and say it, otherwise, don't talk about it in today's round." I want to continue. Sun Mou also whetted your appetite, and even if you become addicted to chess, you can only watch."

Li Mian didn't have any addiction to chess, it was just a sudden interest, so he took Sun Chuanting to discuss a few games together.

It's okay to go down, it doesn't matter if you don't go down.

Li Mian withdrew his palm holding the black-glazed chess piece, put the chess piece in the chess box, and continued: "Emperor Jiazhen can be said to be one of the most powerful emperors in the past. The principle of no fish, tacitly allowed the officials to fill their own pockets, first fed the officials, and then used them to seek silver profits. No matter how officials seek personal gain, there must be a limit. According to Emperor Jiazhen's estimate, one or two Sixteen coins of silver, the official took six coins and left him ten coins, which is barely acceptable.”

"No wonder Wan'an was so frightened that he knelt on the ground on the spot when he heard a question." Ma Yun didn't know when he came to the flower stand of the Peony Terrace, holding a pine flower glaze teapot in his hand, as if to deliver tea, or as if Come and eavesdrop.

Hearing what Li Mian said slowly, Ma Yun was stunned, and subconsciously blurted out the situation at that time.

He soon showed an embarrassing expression again, and when he said this, he exposed the suspicion of eavesdropping.

Ma Yun quickly explained: "The maidservant learned that Mr. Sun's young man came to visit, and was worried about neglecting the distinguished guest, so she sent a pot of Xiaoxianchun. This is a gift from a Jinling official, and it is the new tea of ​​this year."

After Ma Yun finished speaking, he quickly took out a pine flower glaze tureen from the lacquer tray held by the maid, and first poured Li Mian a new tea, Xiao Xianchun.

Immediately afterwards, he took out another pine flower glaze tureen, filled it with the new tea Xiao Xianchun, and placed it next to Sun Chuanting.

He just came over to deliver tea, and the tea was delivered, but the person refused to leave.

Li Mian took a look at him, but didn't say anything to drive him away, it was acquiesced that he stood by and listened.

Sun Chuanting did not intend to drive Ma Yun away, and immediately asked about the situation at that time: "Wan An was there at that time?"

Ma Yun heaved a sigh of relief, with this question, he could stay by his side in an open and honest manner and never leave.

He nodded and said: "Not only Wan'an, but Shen Guangzuo, the magistrate of the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture, was also called, but he didn't kneel on the ground, and stood erect in the hall of the three gates. Later, Long Yan did not happen. The enraged situation is just that the slaves are also in charge of the tax supervisor and eunuch of the Caochangyuan, and the servants are still wondering why a small Caochangyuan suddenly set up a tax supervisor's office."

Sun Chuanting also couldn't figure out the establishment of a tax supervisory office in Caochangyuan. It is understandable that Chongwenmen established a tax supervisory office, which is the end of the canal.

Caochangyuan is different, it's just a street in the capital, Dingkou is far worse than Chongwenmen.

The only thing worthy of praise is that Caochangyuan has a large number of prostitutes and gambling houses.

Li Mian answered the doubts in the hearts of the two: "Emperor Jiazhen thought he took away ten coins, but the real situation was just the opposite. Officials such as Wan'an and Lu Guangzu took ten coins and left only six coins for Emperor Jiazhen. .”

Sun Chuanting and Ma Yun were stunned at the same time, and soon their eyes widened again, and they said the same sentence at the same time.

"How dare they."

Li Mian just smiled and didn't speak, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

This matter is not a matter of daring or not, but has already been done, otherwise it would not have aroused Emperor Jiazhen's wrath, and Lu Guangzu was arrested and imprisoned that day.

"So it is, so it is..."

Sun Chuanting muttered a few words to himself, figured out all the joints, and understood why Li Mian suddenly intervened in Caochangyuan's affairs.

Facing the many yamen in the capital, he still didn't flinch in any way, and he was sure that he could fight against the many yamen in the capital.

It turned out that Li Mian had already seen clearly the interests of Caochangyuan, and he never thought that he was standing on the opposite side of the yamen in the capital, but let these yamen stand on the opposite side of Emperor Jiazhen.

A mere son-in-law from a humble family used some inconspicuous means to solve those many yamen that could easily crush him to death.

Just thinking about it, Sun Chuanting couldn't help feeling a surge of emotion, and slapped the ebony chessboard violently, and the ceramic chess pieces on it fell to the ground.

He was not in the mood to care about the chess pieces scattered all over the floor. He stood up from the porcelain pier with the pastel flowers and birds, and kept pacing back and forth: "Good method! Good method!"

Sun Chuanting didn't need to continue to explain, but he still figured out Li Mian's method: "Jin Guan should have given out ten coins and clarified the situation of the city tax in that memorial. As long as Caochangyuan is in your hands, you can pay the palace I brought more money from here, so Eunuch Ma became the tax supervisor and eunuch of Caochangyuan."

Ma Yun looked down on the tax supervisor's office in Caochangyuan, and added: "It is a concurrent collar."

Sun Chuanting was suddenly interrupted. He would have slapped that person long ago, but now he nodded frequently: "Yes, it is a concurrent collar. I didn't directly change Eunuch Ma's Chongwenmen tax supervisor and eunuch into Caochangyuan tax supervisor and eunuch." , it can be seen that His Majesty is satisfied with the handling of this matter."

Li Mian nodded, then shook his head again: "What Bai Gu said is good, but there are also some mistakes. It's not ten coins, it's sixteen coins."

　I can't stand it anymore, brothers, I will make up for the chapter I owe tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)