Borrow the day to change the day

There was no one else in the governor's hall, only the squires were there.

After waiting for a long time and still not seeing the imperial envoy and Zhong Cheng come out, they got anxious again, gathered around their core figure, Sun Buguang, and anxiously guessed what the imperial envoy was trying to do?

Ma Qinglin asked Sun Buguang with a bitter face, "Do you think this imperial envoy has become ruthless again? If we offend him, will he punish us to death?"

Thinking of what this imperial envoy did in Zhangjiakou, Ma Qinglin shuddered.

"It's not like that, if you want us to die, you won't go to war like this, and you won't let us go to the governor's hall. When I look at this envoy, he is also acting in accordance with the law. Now I understand, He wants to settle the accounts we owe to the imperial court." Sun Buguang analyzed with a sullen face.

Ma Qinglin recalled what he heard when he was the last one to walk out of the governor's hall in the morning. At this time, Sun Buguang reminded him that he suddenly realized that what the imperial envoy said was aimed at them, and it was because he thought he would not do his own business.

Although Sun Buguang said so, he was still a little scared.Now the initiative is in the hands of the young imperial envoy. If he insists on going his own way and insists on a thorough investigation, then they will be in bad luck.All of this ultimately depends on the young imperial envoy's will.

They just waited in fear for Zhong Jinwei's appearance. To them, this time felt very long.

Finally, when they heard the footsteps coming from the Hou Ya, they couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and stood in line together, facing the main hall.

I saw the Dongchang fan servant who was holding a lot of account books in the back office turned out, and piled all the books on a side table, followed by the book office behind the Dongchang fan servant, standing there with his hands tied, waiting for orders.

After the Dongchang Fanyu stood on both sides, they saw Hong Chengchou and Zhong Jinwei turn out and walked to their seats unhurriedly.

After Zhong Jinwei sat down, as if chatting with a friend, he said to the squire in the hall: "Ah, why are you here again? Haven't you already paid back the loan?"

These gentry were speechless, the imperial envoy was looking out for them, he clearly knew why they came, and pretended he didn't know, that was too fake.

All the squires bowed together and did not dare to answer.

"Just tell me if you have anything, I'm very busy and I'm checking the debt. Although the emperor is magnanimous, some people don't hold it accountable. But I recently paid off the debt and my money is tight. I have to collect the debt." Zhong Jinwei still said Said harmlessly.

He said that this is well-founded. There are many cases in the local government that reported poor harvests to the court and failed to collect taxes. It was impossible for the Emperor Chongzhen to leave the Forbidden City, so the local government and the civil officials of the capital united to fool them. Taxes, mainly from bureaucratic landowners, eventually fell flat.

But it's different now. The court has been rectified once because of the anti-corruption storm triggered by the assassination of Zhong Jinwei.In the local area, Zhong Jinwei went on a tour on behalf of the sky again, and personally returned a large amount of silver to these "vampires".He wants to recover the tax owed, who can stop him.

After Sun Buguang heard Zhong Jinwei finish speaking, he wanted to speak but found it difficult to speak.First, I went to the imperial envoy to collect the debt in a high-sounding manner in the morning, and asked for the interest and principal back.Then immediately in the afternoon, he said to the creditor who was in a hurry to use the money, don't pursue the historical debt, and we will return the interest in the morning to you?

If you say this, it seems that you will only be ridiculed. I said it in the morning, and now I don’t want others to collect debts. This is unreasonable.

Sun Buguang's chubby face turned red all of a sudden, and finally he didn't expect that the top would not breathe, but the bottom would vent, and there was a loud "pow".

This meeting happened to be the time when he and Zhong Jinwei were having an answer, and no one in the hall spoke. When they were waiting for him to answer, a fart sounded like this.

The companion next to him pinched his nose subconsciously to avoid it, but immediately remembered that this was the Governor's Hall.I had no choice but to stand there holding my breath, hoping that the gas would dissipate quickly.

"Bold, dare to be rude in front of the imperial envoy." Seeing this, Gu Baichuan shouted loudly.

Sun Buguang was blushing with embarrassment, and was frightened by Gu Baichuan's drink, so he quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Zhong Jinwei saw the whole situation in his eyes, almost laughed out loud, finally held back, but pinched his nose and said: "It stinks, forget it, I don't blame you, after all, put the anger in your belly, It's human nature. You go first, I have to settle the account first, and I need money urgently."

Sun Buguang was far away from Zhong Jinwei, his fart could reach Zhong Jinwei, he knew Zhong Jinwei was still angry.

Sun Buguang knew that it was not an option to procrastinate like this, so he kowtowed and said, "Imperial envoy, Zhongcheng, the student knows his mistake. The student is willing to return the military salary this morning, and the previous principal will be considered as donated to the imperial court."

When the other gentry heard this, they all opened their mouths to agree, regardless of whether there was any gas made by Sun Buguang in the air.

"What do you mean, do you think I'm blackmailing you? Forcing you to pay back your military pay, and you're just taking your money?" Zhong Jinwei suddenly asked with a dark face.

Seeing the imperial envoy's sudden anger, the other gentry couldn't care less, and knelt behind Sun Buguang one after another, explaining together that they didn't mean it.

Ma Qinglin suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said loudly: "The students mean that these silver taels are owed by various places in the past, and now they are returned to the imperial court."

Zhong Jinwei saw that someone had finally enlightened, and figured out what he meant.He leaned forward and confirmed, "Really?"

After Ma Qinglin's yell, Sun Buguang came to his senses and nodded his head quickly.

Zhong Jinwei saw that the squires below nodded together, but turned his head to the book office on the side and said, "Check carefully how much silver taels they owe, and see if they have paid more."

Sun Buguang was being played by Zhong Jinwei like this, and his forehead was already sweating at this time, thinking that the imperial envoy still didn't want to let them go.Because it is impossible to settle it now, and the investigation outside is still in progress, but here let the book office do the calculation, obviously still angry, he quickly kowtowed to apologize again.

At this moment, Hong Chengchou stood up, turned around and bowed to Zhong Jinwei, and said, "Master Hou, these squires have already paid part of their arrears. With so many account books, it will take a lot of time to verify them clearly. Can you see if this works?" , This account will be calculated slowly by the subordinate officials and them, and then ask them after the calculation is clear. They should not refuse to pay."

Having said this, Hong Chengchou turned around and said to the people in the hall, "Do you think so?"

Sun Buguang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that Hong Zhongcheng was interceding for them, and was trying to slow down the army.So, he nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, yes."

The other squires were naturally headed by him, and they nodded repeatedly.

Zhong Jinwei pretended to ponder for a while, but in fact these were the plots he had discussed with Hong Chengchou on the way here.After all, Hong Chengchou wanted to stay here, and disaster relief also needed the energy and connections of these squires.Therefore, Zhong Jinwei was the villain, and Hong Chengchou was the good guy.

"Since Heng Jiu said so, I think it's okay. But you must do your best to collect debts. The bandits and disaster relief are inseparable from silver taels. I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I will leave it to you here." Zhong Jinwei is serious After telling Hong Chengchou about the matter, he stood up and turned around to enter the back office.

The servants of the East Factory immediately followed Zhong Jinwei into the back office, but Zhong Jinwei's words, who had already passed the screen, still floated into the lobby: "A group of pigs."

The voice was a bit loud, but everyone in the hall could hear it clearly, and they couldn't help looking at each other in astonishment. They didn't expect the dignified imperial envoy to utter such foul words.

Hong Chengchou pretended to smile awkwardly, and then said to them: "Don't look outside, Lord Hou is a man of temperament, and I blame you for being so disappointing."

When he said this, he saw that the group of people were a little confused, so he explained: "You said, what is the military salary issued by the court for? It is for suppressing bandits. You even want to reach out for the military salary. If the military salary is gone , the army can’t suppress the bandits, so those bandits are not the ones who will harm you in the end!”

The squires at the bottom were speechless. Few of them could take a long-term view when there were huge benefits in front of them.

Hong Chengchou shook his head slightly, as if lamenting that they were really pigs, and then said to them: "Come on, let's discuss the next thing together."