Fu Shanhe

Chapter 30 Fully Launched
Nancheng Qianhu Suo.

Looking at the boxes being carried in one by one, Li Mu suddenly felt that his offer was too hasty.

The financial resources of the civil servants were much stronger than he had expected.

He was also a fifth-rank official, so it was very difficult for him, a captain of the Five Cities Army, to save such a huge sum of money.

After all, there are relationships with superiors to be managed, profits to be shared with colleagues, and so many soldiers to be supported under the yamen.

Unless you catch the opportunity to make money like the one now, in normal years, after deducting all expenses, you can only have a surplus of three to five thousand taels.

If you want to get more, you have to take risks.

Among the five city military corps, only the two thousand households in the East City and West City live a relatively wealthy life, with income about three to five times that of this place.

The worst-off area is the Beicheng Qianhu Suo, whose jurisdiction is a large slum, and the least amount of money can be squeezed out of it.

If one could make a surplus of one or two thousand taels every year as the head of a thousand households in the north city, it would be considered a good management.

In fact, this is already good.

If there is income every year and you work for more than ten or twenty years, it will also be a considerable fortune.

If you enter some unpopular government office and there is no way to make money, you will have to live on the salary!

The monthly salary for a fifth-rank official is 16 shi, which is paid in rice and cash.

In the early years of the founding of the country, the treasure notes had not yet depreciated, so this salary was still good.

With the current inflation, pork is barely affordable. If there are many people in the family, you need to plan carefully if you want to eat more beef or mutton.

The gap between the rich and the poor among officials has always been huge.

The extra money you give will definitely not be refunded.

The more beautiful misunderstandings there are, the better.

Judging from the willingness with which he paid, Lord Wang, who paid, must be well versed in the rules of officialdom.

Li Mu decided to use the fuzzy method for future quotations, perhaps there would be more unexpected surprises.

The opportunity to make a fortune only comes once in a while.

Since the civil servants are rich, it would be a waste not to extort them. The eunuchs will be blamed anyway.

"Brother Chen, please go to the back house and take a rest.

When I'm done with my work here, I'll arrange for someone to go to the Imperial Prison with you and bring Master Xiang out!"

Li Mu said with a smile.

you get what you pay for.

When it comes to credibility, the extra money naturally cannot be wasted.

After much thought, all he could do now was to get Xiang Shihai out of the imperial prison early and reunite him with his family.

For the sake of money, I think the East Factory will give him this face.

"Thank you for your help, Brother Li!"

Chen Jichuan said in surprise.

This is the best news he has received since he came to Beijing.

Even though my body was already exhausted after a night of running around, I didn’t feel tired now.

Everything is worth it!
He rescued his mentor from the imperial prison, and this experience was enough to make him famous among the scholars.

With the label of respecting teachers, you will be looked up to by your teachers when you pass the imperial examination in the future.

……

The news that Xiang Shihai had walked out of the imperial prison quickly spread throughout the capital under the deliberate spread of the Five Cities Military Department.

Anyone with a little political sense knows what role the Wucheng Bingmasi played in this.

It was rare for the censor to remain silent.

It can be seen that those who can avoid party struggles are all smart people.

In order to speed up the process, under Li Mu's operation, the families of the arrested officials were granted the right to visit them in the imperial prison.

Immediately afterwards, under the escort of soldiers from the Wucheng Bingmasi, the family members who had completed the visit secretly visited several officials in office.

Amidst countless curses, horse-drawn carriages continued to drive into the South City Thousand Households Office.

The wealth ranged from tens of thousands of taels to two or three hundred thousand taels. There was no poor person.

It is obvious that the criminal officials are looking for rich people to take advantage of them.

Even if he did not have enough cash, he would offset it with gold, jewelry, land, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

Similar scenes were played out in several other prisons. The person in charge of the prison would handle the work, and the scene was very harmonious.

……

Pang Mansion in the west of the city.

"Yue Shufeng, you are really capable. You even put the blame on me!"

Pang Hengsheng cursed angrily.

Originally he sympathized with Yue Shufeng's situation, but now he was filled with only anger.

As the second in command of the cabinet, Pang Hengsheng is a real giant in the court.

Since he came to power, he has been sought after and flattered by everyone. No one dares to blackmail him.

"Please calm down, my Lord. This is probably a conspiracy of the eunuch party.

Once you enter the imperial prison, your life and death are no longer in your control.

Lord Yue, I'm afraid you can only let others control you at this moment.

There's no need to get angry.

However, the eunuch party’s actions are somewhat strange.

Making such a big fuss just to make a quick buck is too petty! "

After hearing Mr. Yan's reminder, Pang Hengsheng quickly calmed down.

The challenge to one's dignity is a minor matter; the eunuch party's conspiracy is fatal.

This time, Yue Shufeng was defeated. The next time the two parties confront each other, the target may become the cabinet ministers like them.

“Those eunuchs are the most greedy, and it’s not surprising that they would do some bizarre things to get money.

It's just that they're making such a big fuss now, as if they're sure we'll pay them.

Something is wrong!
This is a test from the eunuch party to us!

It seems I have to wake up from my sickbed. If I continue to make such a fuss, something bad will definitely happen."

Pang Hengsheng said vigilantly.

Being in the vortex of a storm, any unusual behavior will inevitably be associated with party strife.

After all, as the Second Minister of the Cabinet, he had never been short of money.

Every day, people who wanted to send him money could line up from the capital to Lingnan, but he was very careful about his reputation and did not accept all the money.

"My Lord, what you said makes sense.

We really cannot allow the eunuch party to continue to run rampant, otherwise the situation will get out of control.

But in the living room, Master Yue's son is still waiting for a reply. How do you think we should answer him?"

Mr. Yan took the opportunity to continue the conversation.

He knew the character of his own Mr. Dong.

He likes power and attaches great importance to his reputation during his lifetime and after his death.

When doing things, it is inevitable to look ahead and behind.

These problems are both shortcomings and advantages.

Although he often missed the best time to make decisions, Pang Hengsheng avoided countless dangers and remained standing in the officialdom.

"Forget it, let's notify the Zhejiang Merchants Association and ask them to pay the money.

By the way, let's give that group of people a warning. After all, Lord Yue is one of us and has made great contributions to the country and the people.

Even if someone is in trouble, everyone should take care of them.

If they encounter similar things in the future, let them be more conscious and don’t ask me to remind them of everything!"

Pang Hengsheng said unhappily.

With his status, there are many people willing to help pay.

If it weren't for the face of fellow townsmen, Zhejiang Commercial Bank would not have wanted to pay this money and would have had to queue up outside.

The order of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans is a matter of principle and the priority must not be confused.

Only appropriate beatings can make the people below obey.

"Don't worry, Lord. I will take care of this matter!"

(End of this chapter)