scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 106 Crazy

(PS: Thank you 'Brother Chrysanthemum' for your generous reward, and I have the cheek to ask all rich friends to follow suit.)
Because of the difference in speed, Kong Sizhen's prison car had just been taken to Hunan, and Wang Xu's investigation report had already been delivered to Xiao Mazi in the capital. Seeing Jie Shu's ugly report in Qujing, Xiao Mazi will inevitably be furious, scolding Kong Sizhen for being a lawless bitch, for taking personal grievances for her own sake, and for framing Zhongliang!He even scolded Li Suzu for being so bold that he dared to fabricate evidence to slander his colleagues for treason and usurpation. The nature of the crime and the serious consequences were simply the worst in the founding of the Qing Dynasty!Even if he was cut by a thousand knives or ten thousand knives, it would not be able to dispel the hatred in Xiao Mazi's heart!

Li Suzu must be dealt with seriously, even for the sake of his ancestors, he can be spared the crimes of poisoning the people, disregarding human life, and taking bribes, and even the crime of slandering his boss Lin Tianqing for accepting bribes, but he Xiao Mazi will never forgive him for using the one-eyed stone man to frame his colleagues, and no Qing official will agree that Xiao Mazi spared Li Shizu—this precedent has been set, and everyone in the officialdom will If you follow suit, the world will be in chaos, right?So there is no way, Li Suzu must die, even if he is crazy, he can die and apologize, and all the families will be executed!
It is easy to make up your mind to kill Li Shizu who came from an outdated family, but it is difficult to make up your mind to kill Kong Sizhen. Everyone knows the importance of Kong Sizhen in Xiaomazi's San Francisco strategy, and what is even more rare is Kong Sizhen's loyalty to the Qing court. Over the years, if Kong Sizhen hadn’t held back Guangxi, with Sun Yanling and Dai Liangchen’s abilities, Guangxi would have been swallowed up by Wu Sangui like Guizhou. ?How could Xiaozhuang be willing to kill her just like that?

Fortunately, Kong Sizhen's behavior has not yet reached the point where Wang Xu asked Wang to order the flag to cut her off first, so Xiao Mazi and Xiao Zhuang immediately sent their confidant guards to fly south to pass the decree, and asked Wang Xu to escort her publicly. In order to be escorted secretly, Kong Sizhen was exempted from the prison car, and handed over to the guards who passed the decree to secretly escort him to the capital, where he was personally interrogated by Xiao Mazi and Xiaozhuang.At the same time, Xiao Mazi ordered that the Kong Sizhen case was related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Thirteenth Yamen as an excuse, and demanded that Wang Xu not release the memorial and proof of guilt related to the Kong Sizhen case, but must send it directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs directly submitted it to Xiao Mazi.

Seeing this imperial decree on the dock of the Yangtze River, Kong Sizhen's beautiful face, which had been gloomy for a long time, suddenly burst into laughter, knowing that she would not die, and had another chance to seek revenge from her old enemy Fatty Lu.However, Wang Xu gloomily cast down his thin face, which he liked to put on a straight face, knowing that it would be the same as many times, the case was solved but the perpetrator could not be punished, and the damned person escaped.But there is no way, under the enslavement education brainwashed by Mite Qing, even Wang Xu and Xiao Mazi did not dare to disobey Xiao Mazi's will, so they could only hand over Kong Sizhen to the imperial guards sent by Xiao Mazi according to the order, and watched her helplessly. After leaving a few harsh words, he left proudly.

Everyone knows what kind of temper and hobbies Kong Sizhen has. In order to thank the imperial guards sent by Xiao Mazi for their rescue, it is inevitable to give a lot of flesh in return along the way. Kong Sizhen, who enjoyed the blessings of all people, was not in a hurry to hurry, and when he arrived in the capital all the way, it was already the end of September in the seventh year of Kang Mazi.

After entering the capital, of course, Xiao Mazi pleaded guilty. As a precautionary measure, Kong Sizhen asked Li Xu and Cao Yin, who were close to her, to send the news of her return to the capital to Xiaozhuang—the purpose was nothing more than to let Xiao Zhuang Xiao Zhuang knew that his goddaughter was back, so he had to show up when it was time to show up, lest Xiao Mazi get angry and cut himself off with a knife.After finishing all this, Kong Sizhen ran to the Xihua Gate and handed over a sign to ask for an interview, and after the waist card was handed over to the palace, there was a reply soon, and Xiao Mazi summoned him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Hearing the place of the summoning, Kong Sizhen breathed a sigh of relief again, knowing that Xiao Mazi still planned to cover up for herself—otherwise, he should be summoned in the Qianqing Palace or the Three Great Halls where the government is formally discussed for public conviction.Feeling relieved, Kong Sizhen quickly followed Cao Yin into the palace, all the way to the outside of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xiao Mazi sent an order to let Kong Sizhen enter the palace, Kong Sizhen didn't dare to neglect, and quickly entered the palace again. They didn't dare to take a peek, so they just knelt and kowtowed in the middle, and shouted respectfully: "My slave, the second-class guard Kong Sizhen, kowtow to my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"This Lu Yifeng really makes me admire him more and more." Xiao Mazi didn't pay attention to Kong Sizhen at all, but said to someone, "I'm regretting it now, if I knew he would be there He should not have been sent to Qujing if he had done such a major event, he should have been sent to other provinces. Well now, the major event he is doing in Qujing will benefit Wu Sangui by the way."

"That's right, I didn't expect Master Lu to have such a talent." Mingzhu's voice sounded, and she sighed: "If I had known that he had such a talent, I would have asked the emperor to send Master Lu to send me to you if I said anything." Go to Shengjing and let him benefit Shengjing. Under his governance, the small and poor Qujing County created more than 30 taels of silver in less than a year. More than 200 million taels, if he goes to Shengjing to show his strength, our land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty will not become as rich as Jiangnan?"

"What's Fatty Lu doing again? He made more than 30 taels of silver a year in Qujing County? Did he rob or steal?" Kong Sizhen was taken aback. When he secretly looked up to see the scene in the hall, he saw only Xiao Mazi and him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The three absolute confidantes, Suo'etu and Xiong Cilu, and a few guys all had amazed expressions on their faces, shaking their heads constantly during the conversation, looking unbelievable.

"Your Majesty, did Lord Lu do this on purpose in Qujing?" Xiong Cilu, who had recently been promoted to be a student at the Hongwen Academy because of the impeachment of Oboi with tens of thousands of words, frowned and said, "Among the San Francisco, the Wu Fan The strength is the strongest, the army is strong and the horse is strong, the only weakness is that Yunnan and Guizhou are barren, and the money and food cannot be self-sufficient. Ninety percent of the money and food expenditure depends on the Central Plains. At present, the only way for the emperor to check and balance Wu Fan is to control his soldiers, horses, money and food. Now he With such achievements in Qujing, Wu Fan will follow suit next year, so what will the emperor and the imperial court do to control Wu Fan in the future?"

"Good man, this is a good man." Hearing the dissatisfaction with Fatty Lu in Xiong Cilu's words, Kong Sizhen couldn't help but smile a little, wishing to pounce on Xiong Cilu and kiss him.

"Lord Xiong misunderstood. Fatty Lu made it very clear in his report to the emperor. He never thought that Baqi Fushou Gao would grow so well in Qujing." Suo Etu, who has been promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of Officials Standing up, he said, "What he didn't expect was that Baqi Fushou Ointment, which was supposed to be a very medicinal herb, would be so popular, and there would be so many merchants of medicinal herbs vying to buy it at a high price. His original plan was just to give Qu Jing The poor people are looking for a way out to open up a source of income for the imperial court, and the other is to lower the price of the Eight Banners drug cream, which is seriously inflated, so that everyone in the Eight Banners can enjoy this overseas treasure."

"And Mr. Lu also said it in the report." Based on the principle of never going against Fatty Lu, the disaster star, Mingzhu supported Suo'etu: "He transported half of the Eight Banners drug to Guangzhou for sale. I want to try to open up a new source of income for the imperial court, to see if the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment can become another major export product of my dynasty like tea and silk, and whether the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment can be sold to Western merchants, whether it can be sold He has no idea about finding a reasonable price, it's just a trial."

"Then he must be crazy about it now. The Eight Banners Fushou Ointment collected from Qianwenyin was sold in Guangzhou for a sky-high price of 10,000 Qianwenyin and one tael. He earned [-]+ taels of silver alone! "Xiong Cilu snorted coldly: "Then Wu Fan will also go crazy with joy. With this way of making money, he will no longer have to worry about the emperor getting his neck stuck in money and food."

"Lord Xiong, according to your opinion, Master Lu shouldn't benefit the people at all?" Mingzhu smiled and asked: "Could it be wrong to say that Master Lu shared the worries of the king, opened up a source of wealth for the court, and benefited the people?" Is it? If this is considered a crime, then who among us Qing officials would dare to benefit the people and serve the country loyally?"

"That's right, what Ming Zhongtang said is reasonable." Suo'etu echoed, "Is it true that Master Lu, like Li Suizu, made Qujing's people miserable and starved to death, is the loyalty to the emperor and the credit to the court? "

"Ming Zhongtang and Suo Shilang both misunderstood." Xiong Cilu blushed, and quickly argued: "I'm not saying that it's wrong for Mr. Lu to benefit the people and be loyal to the emperor and patriotism. I just think he shouldn't do this in Qujing. It's better now It's for nothing, Wu Fan is cheap."

"Okay, okay, before this, who would have thought that Baqi Fushou Gao could grow so well in Qujing? Sell such a high price? Get such a big success? If I had known this before, I wouldn't have sent Lu Aiqing there Qu Jing is gone." Xiao Mazi waved his hand, and said, "Of course, Xiong Aiqing's worry is justified, if Wu Fan is freed from the last shackles of money and food, there will indeed be a situation that is too big to lose and difficult to control."

"But Xiong Aiqing, don't worry too much." Speaking of this, Xiao Mazi smiled and said: "Just this morning, after I received the urgent report from Guangzhou, I immediately summoned the Manchu Shangshu Marsai and Huang Ji (Kang Mazi was appointed in August of the seventh year, and the former Han Shangshu Wang Hongzuo was dismissed for crimes), asked them about this situation, and was also worried that Wu Fan would use this to get rid of my money and food shackles, so he asked them both for advice."

"Dare to ask the emperor, what do the two ministers who specialize in financial management say?" Xiong Cilu asked impatiently.

"Their answers made me feel more at ease." Xiao Mazi said with a smile: "They told me that since ancient times, things are rare and expensive, just like grain. When the harvest is plentiful, the people can't eat it all, and the price of grain remains the same. What's more, it's just a medicinal herb called Eight Banners Fushou Gao, which is used to strengthen the body? The reason why this year's Baqi Fushou Gao can be bought at a sky-high price is because no one has ever planted it before, and there are occasional rumors on the market that it comes from overseas, so the price is natural It is extremely expensive, and once this kind of medicinal material is produced in large quantities, the price will inevitably plummet, because few people can afford such a high price."

"So." Xiao Mazi said quite intoxicated: "The two ministers concluded that next year, the people in Yunnan who have tasted the sweetness will inevitably plant a large amount, and the neighboring provinces will also plant a large amount. It will plummet, or even plummet by more than ten times. Wu Fan can get some bargains this year, and next year will get some bargains. In the year after that, it will be unprofitable to plant Eight Banners. I don’t have to worry about it. He is freed from the shackles of money and food. At the same time, the pitifully small and barren land in Wu Fan's hands will be occupied by Baqi drugs, and the grain production will be greatly reduced, and the money he has won will obediently spit out to the grain-producing provinces."

"That's right, let Yunnan and Guizhou plant it, and we will plant it too." Mingzhu said impatiently: "Next year we will also plant a large amount in other provinces. There is a lot of spare land in Liaodong. We will plant a large amount there, which can be exported to the West for domestic use, and We can quickly bring down the price of Baqi Fushou Cream, and make Wu Fan cry!"

"A clever plan, if the price of the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment is lowered next year." Suo'etu echoed, "Then in the year after next, it will be Wu Sangui's turn to cry and come to the emperor to beg for food."

"Your Majesty..." Hearing this, Kong Sizhen couldn't bear it any longer, and raised her head to speak.

"Shut up, did I tell you to speak?" Xiao Mazi interrupted sternly, and said angrily: "When I wanted to keep Lu Aiqing in the capital, you were the one who urged me not to reuse Lu Aiqing. Lu Aiqing was also afraid of being kidnapped by you. Selfish revenge, so I insisted on going to Yunnan! If it weren't for you, a dog slave, maybe this year's Qujing miracle would have appeared in Zhili!"

——By the way, in order to return to Qujing, where the emperor is far away from the sky, Fatty Lu used his nemesis Kong Sizhen as a shield, saying that he was afraid of staying in the capital and attracting revenge from Kong Sizhen's followers. Now I remember it naturally.

"Damn the slave!" Kong Sizhen was sweating profusely, quickly pressed his forehead to the ground again, and said tremblingly: "My majesty, this slave just wants to remind the majesty—as Prince Pingxi, would he take such a treasure to others?"

One word awakened the dreamer, Xiao Mazi, who was still fantasizing about getting a fortune with the Eight Banners drug cream and treating Wu Sangui just now, his heart tightened, and Mingzhu and Suo'etu also changed their faces at the same time.Only Xiong Cilu finally found a bosom friend, and quickly echoed: "Your Majesty, the four-character motto is justified. Since planting the Eight Banners Fushou Gao is so profitable, how can Wu Fan be willing to share it with others? If he strictly controls the Baqi Fushou Gao seeds If other provinces are not allowed to follow suit, then even if the Eight Banners drugs are reduced by ten times, his profits will still be huge, and he will still be able to get rid of the emperor's money and food shackles."

Xiao Mazi stopped talking, and after a long time, Xiao Mazi gritted his teeth and said, "Decree immediately that Lu Yifeng quickly release a batch of seeds to Beijing, and hand them over directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a tribute."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late now." Xiong Cilu said darkly, "The capital is thousands of miles away from Qujing, so even if you pass by as fast as you can, it may be too late. If Wu Fan is determined to monopolize the huge profits from the Eight Banners drug products Now, all the seeds in Lu Yifeng's hands may have already fallen into Wu Fan's hands."

Xiao Mazi's face turned livid, and he said after a long while: "It's just a matter of chance, I hope Wu Sangui, a martial artist, can't see so far and control the outflow of seeds in advance."

"Your Majesty, this servant has the guts to say something again." Kong Sizhen took the opportunity to prescribe another bad medicine, and said hypocritically: "If Master Lu is really loyal to the Emperor, then even if Lord Pingxi strictly forbids the leakage of seeds, then Master Lu, who created the miracle of Qujing with one hand , and will definitely keep a part of the seeds secretly at all costs, and dedicate it to my emperor long live."

"The four maxims are justified." Xiong Cilu also took the opportunity to add insult to injury, lowered his head and said with a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth: "With Lord Lu's loyalty to the emperor, it is indeed possible to disregard Wu Fan's strict orders and privately hide a batch of seeds to offer to the emperor. Let the emperor try planting in other provinces."

Xiao Mazi nodded slowly, thinking that this is an opportunity to test Lu Yifeng, if he is really loyal to me, he will definitely do whatever it takes to get me a batch of seeds.Thinking of this, Xiao Mazi nodded and said, "Then let's give Lu Yifeng a decree and see how he responds."

"Of order." Everyone agreed together.Xiao Mazi pointed at Kong Sizhen again, and said: "You all kneel down, I have something to say to Kong Sizhen alone."

"Observe the order." Several of Xiao Mazi's confidants kowtowed in agreement and withdrew obediently, but Kong Sizhen's smooth forehead was dripping with sweat.Because Kong Sizhen understands that next, he will face the violent storm and the fury of thunder from his young master. All he can do is to hope that his godmother, Xiaozhuang, who likes to seduce his uncle, will arrive as soon as possible and pull him together ………………

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The huge profits from drugs can make anyone crazy, even Xiao Mazi is no exception. Of course, Xiao Mazi who holds 78 Huangzhuang and 770 two hectares of Huangtian in his hand is no exception. The value of the land here can increase wildly, and he can earn money crazy for him to repair the garden, build Chengde Mountain Resort, hunt and squander rabbits.At the same time, what Xiao Mazi didn't want to see the most was that Wu Sangui used this thing to get rid of the last restraint he had on him, causing the San Francisco to be completely overwhelmed and completely unrestrained.

Before Fatty Lu could hear back, the news came that made Xiao Mazi not disappointed and extremely angry--on the morning of September 22, Wu Sangui paid Fatty Lu for two taels of silver per catty in Qujing City. The more than 890 kilograms of seeds in his hand were forcibly purchased, and a strict order was issued at the same time, strictly prohibiting the flow of a single seed out of the province, and those who violated the prohibition will be killed!What made Xiao Mazi even more furious was that Fatty Lu was slapped in the face by Wu Sangui's son-in-law Hu Guozhu because he opposed Wu Sangui's control of seeds and insisted that people in other places can grow this economic crop to get rid of poverty and become rich!Fatty Lu shed tears on the spot after being so smoked!

After reading the top-secret report of Yunnan Eyeliner, Xiao Mazi was so angry that he tore up the secret report that was sent to him after two horses ran to death. Order Wu Sangui to hand over the seeds—the decisive battle between Xiao Mazi and Oboi is imminent, and it will not be of any benefit to Xiao Mazi to completely turn against Wu Sangui at this time!
"Your Majesty, could this be a bitter scheme staged by Wu Fan and Lu Yifeng?" Xiong Cilu seized the opportunity and said, "Lu Yifeng is really so courageous that he dares to contradict Wu Fan in public?"

"Lord Xiong may be suspicious." Kong Sizhen, who has been demoted to the third-class bodyguard, cast a charming glance at her new lover, and said coquettishly, "In addition to being able to say good things, do good deeds and have good intentions, Master Lu also has one more thing that is recognized He is bold enough to persuade Prince Pingxi and Prince Pingnan to withdraw from the feudal clan! Now confronting Prince Pingxi face to face, is it not a trivial matter for him?"

"Hmph, if that's the case, then he dares to hide some seeds and present them to the emperor!" Xiong Cilu snorted coldly.

"Perhaps Mr. Lu was not prepared enough." Suo'etu kindly explained to Fatty Lu: "Maybe Mr. Lu did not expect that Prince Pingxi would be so ruthless in advance, and he would not allow a seed to flow out of the province, which caught him by surprise. No wonder this happened He, he didn't know in advance that the Eight Banners Fushou Cream would be so important, and he also had good intentions and wanted to benefit the people, but he didn't expect Wu Sangui to be cheaper."

"Lord Suo is really a blessing to Lord Lu." Kong Sizhen said with a coquettish smile: "My family heard that a few days ago, Lord Lu sent someone to deliver a precious glazed mirror worth thousands of gold to Lord Suo. What's the matter? So? Can my lord let the servants see it too?"

"It was Lu Yifeng who thanked me for helping him uphold justice in Li Suzu's case. It's just a normal friend reciprocating." Suo'etu retorted not to be outdone: "And I also reported it to the Holy One immediately at that time. If Si Gege wants to impeach the subordinate for accepting bribes, the subordinate should ask the emperor and Wang Zongxian to uphold justice for the subordinate."

"Okay, you all stop arguing, let me be quiet for a while." Xiao Mazi waved his hand impatiently, and angrily stopped the lackeys from biting their dogs.

All the lackeys shut up obediently, and after a long time of calculation, Xiao Mazi said helplessly: "This is the case first, let Wu Sangui plant it for two years, and use this Eight Banners blessing to appease him temporarily, and wait for me to deal with Oboi's matter first." Now, it’s not too late to take out your hands to deal with him. And Kong Sizhen, the thirteen yamen under your control should also be restrained. Don’t just stare at my loyal ministers, but focus all your attention on Oboi and the party. .”

"Slave obeys the order." Kong Sizhen agreed with a thousand words, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what about Lu Yifeng? Wu Sangui was able to obtain the fortune of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, all thanks to him."

"Why do you keep staring at him?" Xiao Mazi said angrily, "Lu Aiqing introduced medicinal materials in Yunnan to refine the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment in order to benefit the common people and open up a source of income for me. The merits outweigh the deeds! Moreover, Yunnan was originally my territory, and Wu Sangui was also my subject. Lu Aiqing made Yunnan rich and helped Wu Sangui become rich. Do I still have to blame him for not doing this? What do the people of Yunnan think of me? That’s it! If you try to sow discord and frame Lu Aiqing in the future, I will never let you down!"

I can't blame Xiao Mazi for being too credulous about Fatty Lu. The main reason is that in this era, besides Fatty Lu, there is no other person who knows the huge poison and terrifying power of the Eight Banners drug, so Xiao Mazi didn't take this matter too seriously.But of course, I'm definitely a little upset about Fatty Lu's move.

"Slave obeys the order." Kong Sizhen agreed helplessly, scolding Fatty Lu in his heart for being a fat cockroach that can't be beaten to death.Just when Kong Sizhen felt helpless and resentful, Cao Yin suddenly rushed in from outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, stumbled and lost his dignity, and shouted out of breath as soon as he entered the hall: "Your Majesty, it's a big deal!" Not good, not good!"

"You dog slave! Show me some dignity, do you also want to be sent to Xihuamen as an errand?" Xiao Mazi scolded impatiently, "What's wrong? Seriously speaking, the sky won't fall!"

"Your majesty, it's not good." Cao Yin yelled palely, making Xiao Mazi jump up immediately, "The commander of the infantry, the commander of the Yamen, the admiral of the Nine Gates, Wu Liuyi, Wu Junmen..., died of a sudden illness in the Yamen. Death! The deputy capital commander, General Murima, received the urgent report and immediately ordered the yamen to be surrounded, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Please send officials and imperial physicians to investigate the cause of Wu Junmen's death!"

"Death from a sudden illness?!" Xiao Mazi, Kong Sizhen and others all stared wide-eyed, saying that they couldn't believe that Wu Liuyi, who had always been physically strong, would suddenly die of a sudden illness for no reason.At the same time, Xiao Mazi and the others had another thought in their hearts, "Mulima surrounded the yamen and strictly prohibited anyone from entering or leaving. Is it really for the convenience of investigation?!"

By the way, I would like to remind all friends who may have forgotten that when a certain scourge told a story to General Murima before, it seemed that a certain general surnamed Wu was mentioned, who was an important assistant for the young king to deal with General Guelao.

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