Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 768
Although the rank of the seventh-rank fan service in Dongchang is low, the official salary is only 40 taels of silver per year.However, the power of Dongchang, the officialdom has something to say, and the county officials are not as good as the current ones.Therefore, no matter the six ministries or local officials, they all scrambled to curry favor with people like Ma Sanyou.

Ma Sanyou had worked in Dongchang for more than ten years, and he only collected bad money, which was enough to save eight or nine hundred acres of fertile land.His family wealth is not out of the ordinary.

He Liu has been a Jinyiwei for 56 years. After 56 years of experience, he has developed a pair of piercing eyes that can see through treacherous and evil people.Just now Jinyiwei Lilishi reported that Ma Sanyou wanted to run away when he heard the name of the sixth master of Jinyiwei, obviously guilty of guilt.In addition, the year Ma Sanyou resigned, He Shizhong happened to be assassinated, which made He Liu even more suspicious.

Li Hanjiao at the side suddenly remembered something.He said: "I haven't been in Shunde Mansion for a long time. But I heard that the owner of the largest gold shop in Shunde City is named Ma. Could it be you Ma Sanyou?"

Ma Sanyou was stunned, and it took a long time before he said, "Oh, it's me."

He Liuda was surprised: "The biggest gold shop in Shunde Prefecture? As far as I know, opening a gold shop is a business that can make a profit without losing money. But although it makes a profit without losing money, the cost is huge and the profit is small. It requires a lot of investment Ma Sanyou, how much did you invest in opening this gold shop?"

Ma Sanyou said with flickering eyes: "Ah, about a few hundred taels."

Li Hanjiao said angrily: "A few hundred taels, who are you coaxing? My wife went to your gold shop two days ago to make a long-life lock for our unborn son. She told me that your gold There are a lot of gold goods in the shop. A few hundred taels? Opening a gold shop? Opening a copper ware shop is almost the same!"

He Liu said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, Ma Fanyu's family has [-] mu of good money and runs a huge gold shop. It seems that you have made a lot of money in Dongchang. Let me ask you, you used to specialize in Dongchang What's the job?"

Ma Sanyou replied: "Ah, Hu Wei, who is in charge of the internal transport warehouse."

He Liu frowned: "I thought you were a case-handling officer! The case-handling officer has the filial piety of the family members of the guilty officials and the etiquette of the local officials. It makes sense to save a lot of money. But you are looking at the Kufan ​​officer. ! As far as I know, Kufan ​​slaves are the least lucrative in the East Factory! How did you get the money you used to buy the fertile land and open the gold shop?"

Ma Sanyou made up a random lie: "On the way back to my hometown, I ran into a business master. I worshiped him as my teacher and learned the secrets of doing business. Relying on the hundreds of taels of silver in my hand, I made a lot of money with a small amount of money. There are fertile fields and gold shops."

He Liu sneered: "Forget it, if you don't get punished, you probably won't be telling the truth. Hanjiao, let your yamen servants punish him. Just in time, I will also watch the yamen servants of Shunde Mansion go to prison What are the methods. If they are not vicious or vicious enough, I will teach them for you."

Ma Sanyou broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.He said tremblingly: "Hey, He Liuye. I haven't committed any crimes, you, why do you punish me?"

He Liu burst out laughing with a "puchi" and said, "I said Ma Sanyou, thanks to the fact that you have been working in Dongchang for more than ten years. Have you ever heard that Butcher He of Jinyiwei needs a reason to torture others? Don't tell you A small gangster was sent to prison. When Zhang Jing was the governor of the East Factory, I slaughtered his foreign house, and he didn't dare to do anything to me."

Li Hanjiao shouted: "Where is the servant of the strong class?"

Ten strong class yamen servants poured into the lobby.

Li Hanjiao pointed to Ma Sanyou, and ordered: "Hit him thirty sticks first, and see if he tells the truth."

The yamen servants obeyed, pressed Ma Sanyou to the ground and beat him hard.

Ma Sanyou knew that if he didn't talk about that matter, he would be beaten to death and disabled.If that matter is said, he will lose his head!Therefore, he gritted his teeth.Ren Yamen servants waved big sticks, but he just didn't say anything.

After thirty sticks, Ma Sanyou was already bruised.

He Liu sneered: "I can't tell, you are still a tough guy. It doesn't matter if you don't say it."

He Liu shifted his gaze to Ma Sanyou's brother-in-law, Cao Guanzhi.

Cao Guanzhi watched his brother-in-law being beaten all over his body, and swallowed subconsciously.

He Liu sneered: "Oh, Cao Guanzhi. You are his brother-in-law, so you should know a lot about him, right? Tell me, where did he get the money to buy the fertile land and open the gold shop? Don't tell me, I will reward you too." You are thirty sticks!"

When Cao Guanzhi heard the words, he kowtowed like garlic: "My lord, please forgive me! My brother said! When my brother-in-law left office, he brought back a copy of "Thousand Characters in Cursive Script" written by Song Huizong Zhao Ji. I found a buyer for him and sold it. 9000 taels of silver!"

He Liu was stunned!

Although Zhao Ji, the king of subjugation, could not govern the country, he was a master of calligraphy.His self-created "thin gold style" calligraphy is famous among Shilin.Among his thin gold calligraphy, "Cursive Script Thousand Characters" is the most precious.

He Liu saw "Thousand Characters in Cursive Script" with his own eyes more than 30 years ago!It was copied from Yan Song's mansion when he went to Fenyi County, Jiangxi Province to search Yan Song's property!It has already been sent to the inner carrier warehouse!How could it appear in Shunde Mansion?

Could it be that Ma Sanyou took advantage of the opportunity of being the guard of the internal transport warehouse to guard and steal?
He Liudao: "Ma Sanyou, your brother-in-law has confessed, what else do you have to say? Don't say that you picked up the "Thousand Characters in Cursive Script" when you returned to your hometown after leaving office! As far as I know, that thing It should be placed in the inner storage!"

Ma Sanyou was betrayed by his brother-in-law Cao Guanzhi, knowing that the fire could not be covered by paper.He had no choice but to beg for mercy: "Master Liu, I will tell you a big secret. Please spare my life!"

He Liudao: "Okay! Tell me your big secret."

Ma Sanyou replied: "The internal transport depot is guarded by a eunuch who is the foreman of the East Factory, three seventh-rank fan servants, and a hundred ninth-rank fan servants. You should know this. Everyone says that in the East Factory, the The Kufan ​​servants are the most useless. Because it seems that the Kufan ​​servants have no right to handle imperial cases. This is actually a big mistake."

He Liu asked: "Oh? Big mistake? Why?"

Ma Sanyou replied: "Because, there is a word-of-mouth way of making money in Kufan ​​slaves! That is, exchange fake calligraphy and paintings for genuine calligraphy and paintings in the warehouse. To be disrespectful, Lord Jiajing is good at money, and Lord Longqing is good." Women, the current emperor also likes silver. The three emperors are very concerned about the storage of silver in the treasury. They are not interested in the calligraphy and paintings of famous artists. Those calligraphy and paintings of famous celebrities are all moldy and hairy in the inner storage warehouse. !"

He Liu was surprised and said: "So, the people from Dongchang took the counterfeit products and replaced them with the real ones, and sold them in the market for silver?"

Ma Sanyou nodded: "This way of making money has existed since the Jiajing year. From the Jiajing year to the Wanli year, in the past 70 to [-] years, all the eunuchs who were the head of the treasury and the seventh-rank fan did it. Sometimes, even There will be such a joke. The people in the East Factory pay a high price to ask someone to make a fake, and the ones that are exchanged in the inner warehouse are also fake. That is to say, the genuine ones have long been sold by unknown generations. Change away!"

He Liu's countenance changed when he heard the words: "What a trick to replace the prince with a civet cat! You bastard! We Jinyiwei worked so hard to copy the calligraphy and paintings of famous masters, and handed them over to the internal storage, and let you moths divide them up privately!"

Ma Sanyou said: "Master Liu! I didn't want to take that pair of "Thousand Characters in Cursive Script" at first! But if I don't take it, the eunuch in charge above me will think I have two hearts! I can't help it!"

(End of this chapter)