Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 134 Modern deception
While Lu Bing was looking at Wang Daoqiu with questions on his face, the maids and eunuchs brought in Emperor Jiajing's breakfast this morning.

Seeing those decent, green and pollution-free breakfasts made by the imperial chef, Wang Daoqiu ignored Lu Bing and asked Emperor Jiajing with a playful smile: "Your Majesty, I went to attend the morning court early in the morning, so now I have this problem in my belly." Empty and unbearably hungry. Your Majesty, can you reward me for stuttering?"

"Gungun, you scoundrel, I don't have any food for you here. Please tell me clearly, how can this little Jingcha earn millions of taels of silver?"

"Your Majesty, those are all rivers and lakes. They are not good enough for a king. You shouldn't listen to them. Well, Your Majesty, since you don't have anything to eat here, you can eat. I will go outside to find something to eat."

Emperor Jiajing didn't want to reward him with a meal, and Wang Daoqiu didn't ask for it. After making some polite remarks, he said goodbye to Emperor Jiajing, saying that he was going out to find something to eat.

When Emperor Jiajing saw that Wang Daoqiu did not answer his questions and wanted to leave, he hurriedly slapped the imperial case and said angrily: "Wang Liangzhen, you are so courageous, you dare to despise me! Lu Bing came over to have dinner with me. Let this kid stand aside and watch. If you don’t explain clearly about the millions of taels of silver, I will let him stand here until he dies."

"How can that be possible? How can your Majesty do this? Shizhong Wang is a treasure, we can't let him go hungry. Come on, Shizhong Wang, let's have dinner with His Majesty."

Seeing that Emperor Jiajing and Wang Daoqiu were angry, Lu Bing hurriedly came out to be the peacemaker. While talking, he pushed Wang Daoqiu to the dining table.

Privately, Emperor Jiajing liked to eat at the same table with those close to him, rather than following the customary meal sharing system.So after half pushing and half stepping down, Wang Daoqiu sat next to Emperor Jiajing.

As soon as Wang Daoqiu sat down, Emperor Jiajing did not move his chopsticks and just stared at Wang Daoqiu. The meaning was obvious.So in order to pass this test, Wang Daoqiu said shamelessly to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, this is not a good thing. It will be serious if word spreads! Let's go to the imperial garden to talk after breakfast!"

A Beijing police officer could accept millions of taels of bribes at a time. Thinking about how harmful and destructive tricks there would be behind this, Emperor Jiajing also felt that such destructive things must be guarded against.So Wang Daoqiu said that after dinner, he would go to the imperial garden to talk. Emperor Jiajing let Wang Daoqiu go and concentrated on eating.

After dinner, Emperor Jiajing, Wang Daoqiu, and Lu Bing came to the Imperial Garden. They didn't want anyone else to follow them, so they rowed a small boat and rowed in Taiye Pond.

When the boat reached the center of the lake, Lu Bing stopped the boat and said to Wang Daoqiu: "Can we talk now?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Your Majesty, Mr. Lu, I dare not hide it from you two. This is how the officials planned this matter. This time, except for more than a hundred officials of fourth grade or above in the two capitals, the cabinet will be responsible for their inspections. Others There are more than 7000 Beijing officials, and their Beijing inspections are handled by the Metropolitan Procuratorate in conjunction with the Ministry of Personnel. Your Majesty, Mr. Lu, think about it! This time, Mr. Yu, the Beijing Inspector, wants to eliminate [-] redundant personnel in the two capitals. That is After the next inspection of the capital, nearly [-]% of the officials in the capital will lose their black gauze hats. Do you think they are all like those on the hot pot now...?"

"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense that everyone knows tacitly, just tell me how you plan to squeeze millions of taels of silver from those people!"

Seeing that Wang Daoqiu was talking nonsense, Emperor Jiajing impatiently interrupted him and asked him to talk about the important points.

When Wang Daoqiu saw that Emperor Jiajing was impatient, he quickly gave up the nonsense and started to talk about the important points.So he first apologized to Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing for the nonsense he just said, and then he continued: "Under the high pressure of such large-scale layoffs, it is inevitable for officials to find connections to escape. At least mine At the gate of the mansion, since yesterday afternoon, there have been many officials' stewards trying their best to get close to my concierge. So if Mr. Lu spreads the word at this time and says that he has a way, he can help pass this time. Jingcha. Your Majesty, tell me, how many officials will go to pay tribute to Mr. Lu?"

"Nonsense! I thought you had some clever plan, but it turned out to be a lie! But Wang Qing, have you ever thought about it, Old Yu will not give him Lu Ermao's face. Even Lu Ermao dares to go to Old Yu's place to help someone I intercede with an official, and I dare to say that Old Yu will definitely kidnap Lu Ermao and come to me to complain."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Wang, that old man Yu is like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard. He will not sell Lu's face!"

Upon hearing Wang Daoqiu's method, both Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing felt it was unreliable.So as soon as Wang Daoqiu finished speaking, they questioned him.

After listening to the questions raised by Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing, Wang Daoqiu was not angry and said with an awkward smile: "Master Lu, when did you become a subordinate and ask you to work for Master Yu?"

"What, if you don't go to Mr. Yu's place to go through the door, how can you help those officials pass the Beijing inspection? You must know the heads of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Personnel who are responsible for this inspection. Except for you, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, those other people , but it’s all because of him, Yu Maojian.”

"Hahahaha, Mr. Lu, forget it. Your Majesty's time is precious, so I won't talk in circles. Let me make it clear. This time we only accept cash. As for Mr. Yu, he can cut whomever he likes. , let’s not say a word and not interfere with the outcome of this Beijing inspection.” “What? Just collecting cash and not doing anything, then when the layoff list comes down, those people who gave me money but were still laid off. They will still If you don’t hit me, Lu Mansion! Anyway, they have been dismissed from office by then, and those who are barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes have fallen into that trap, so why would they care about their dignity?"

Lu Bing immediately became anxious when he heard that Wang Daoqiu asked him to just collect money and not do anything. If he had to collect money from others but failed to help them keep their black hats, would those people spare him?This is not going to work, this is absolutely not going to work.So Lu Bing quickly told Wang Daoqiu that this would not work.

And after seeing that Lu Bing hadn't stolen yet, in order not to be pushed off the boat by Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing, who were now looking increasingly ugly.As soon as Lu Bing finished speaking, Wang Daoqiu answered, "Lord Lu, can you not only listen to half of what you have to say, can you let me finish what I have to say?"

"Okay, okay, okay, Wang Shizhong, you have your say, but your strategy of just collecting money and not doing anything really doesn't work. If you do that, once the Beijing inspection is over, I, Lu Bing, will be ruined, and even the emperor will not be able to survive." I."

"No, how could it not work? Mr. Lu, believe it or not, as long as you do what I say. I guarantee that after the inspection in Beijing, those who have been defrauded of their money by us will not only not resent you, but also praise you. A person should be particular about being a man. Forget it, let me stop talking nonsense. Let me tell you this and how we should operate it. Mr. Lu, to put it bluntly, this matter is a matter of probability. Twenty-seven thousand people will be laid off, and 7000 people will be laid off. This means that 5000 people will pass smoothly. Mr. Lu, let us now imagine that among these 2000 people, 7000 people have confidence in themselves, have other connections, or are poor and honest officials. They will not Give us money. And 7000 people will come to your house to send money after your news is released."

"Mr. Lu, 5000 people will give you money. I'm afraid that the 5000 people who will be laid off in the end are all among these 5000 people. There are still 5000 people who can pass the Beijing inspection. So let's collect these For [-] people's money, not only will they not make trouble with us afterwards, but they will also give us a thank you gift. As for the [-] people who were laid off, this is easy to handle. The lower official is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Once Yu Your Excellency decides who will be included in the list of people to be laid off. It must be the subordinate officer of the branch, and the subordinate officer himself is qualified to check the list. In this way, we can make preparations in advance."

"In the Beijing Procuratorate, once someone is included in the list of layoffs, your subordinates will inform Mr. Lu, and then Mr. Lu, you will ask your cronies to find this person and tell him his Beijing Procuratorate information. Unfortunately, he will be Mr. Yu personally tried it, and was put on the list of people who were laid off. Mr. Yu's character is well known to everyone in the officialdom, so we have no choice but to return the filial piety silver and let him return it. Go and entrust others. In this way, even if those people are laid off, Mr. Lu, do you think they will blame you?"

"After all, even though you didn't help them get the job done, you returned the money to them! And everyone in the officialdom is aware of Mr. Yu's foul and stubborn temper. Which official in the capital doesn't know about it? So you just need to If his material was unfortunately examined by Master Yu himself, he would only lament his misfortune and not blame you for not being able to help. Mr. Lu, think about it, is this true?"

Damn it, how can you be so deceptive?As soon as Wang Daoqiu's method of using probability to defraud came out, Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing were dumbfounded.However, with the cleverness of Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing, when Wang Daoqiu broke the doorway here, they immediately understood that this was definitely a clever trick to sell others, and others were happy to help you count the money.

So next, Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing realized that they had two different faces. Lu Bing was ecstatic about looking forward to the beautiful money scene, while Emperor Jiajing was sad after missing millions of taels of silver.

With Lu Bing's identity and such an important matter as Wu Shamao, the officials asked Lu Bing to help him pass the Beijing inspection. They didn't have 500 taels of silver, so they were embarrassed to give it away, right?Calculated as 300 taels of silver per person, 2 people would be 600 million taels. Excluding the 450 people who were laid off and returned their money, there would still be [-] million taels, plus the thank you gifts afterwards...Damn it!What did I say just now? I said let Wang Daoqiu and Lu Bing divide this money. This is...

Thinking that he lost several million taels of silver in one sentence, if Emperor Jiajing hadn't cared about his emperor's majesty at the moment, he would have jumped out and asked Lu Bing to divide the account according to the old rules.It was so heartbreaking, so heartbreaking, thinking that millions of taels of silver were lost in just one sentence. The more Emperor Jiajing thought about it, the more heartache he felt.

At this moment, Wang Daoqiu said to Lu Bing: "In order to scratch more ground, Mr. Lu, we can also act in front of those officials. Give me the list of officials in Beijing who have rich families, and once I Knowing that these officials with rich families have passed the Beijing inspection, I will give you the list of these people. Then you invite these people to your house for dinner, and I, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, will also attend. We don’t need to say anything at all. Those officials themselves will understand that your influence on the capital is as great as mine, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I dare say that once those people know, you, Mr. Lu, will indeed After being able to influence the Jingchao, they will definitely give you money to honor you in order to pass the Jingchao and keep Wusha. And when the Jingchao is over in three months and the list is officially announced, they will definitely think that you, Mr. Lu, are helping you. I’m doing you a favor, and then I’ll give you a thank you gift.”

"Yes, yes! That's a good idea! Lu Bing, Lu Fang grew up with you in Xingxian Palace and with me. You can't treat Lu Fang to dinner..."

Damn it, for Lu Fang to attend such a dinner, did Emperor Jiajing obviously want to share the money?
Emperor Jiajing was smart, and Lu Bing was not stupid either. So before Emperor Jiajing could finish his words, Lu Bing hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, as you just said, this money is to be divided between me and Wang Shizhong."

"Yes, yes, if you bring one more Lu Fang, what does it matter?"

"Your Majesty, this is..."

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Next, these good friends from Hubei began to talk on the boat for the right to distribute the millions of taels of silver.However, when Lu Bing said that he would give Emperor Jiajing no money, he was just teasing Emperor Jiajing, and did not want Emperor Jiajing to make money too easily, thus losing his sense of accomplishment.

So Lu Bing kept the fire going, waiting to arouse Emperor Jiajing's anger. After Emperor Jiajing started to take action, he recognized the current situation and gave in, and promised everyone to divide the accounts according to the old rules.

(End of this chapter)