Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 224
Li Daiwen seemed to know that Ye Xun was coming to look for him. When Ye Xun arrived at his court room, he didn't need to notify him, so he was let in directly by the servant at the door.

Although Ye Xun has been back to Beijing for a while, he actually doesn't have much time to deal with these court officials, and he is also unwilling to work with those Donglin party members. These people will be Wei Zhongxian's favorites in the future, so stay away from them it is good.

Li Daiwen was reviewing a property report at the moment, and Ye Xun walked lightly, and he didn't interrupt him immediately after he came in, but just sat on the chair and looked at the property minister of Daming.

Li Daiwen looks good, with a Chinese character face, a straight nose and a square mouth, a steel beard under his jaw, and a righteous face.

The so-called face is born from the heart, although I dare not say that a person can be judged from a good or bad face, but the first impression is very important.

For now, Ye Xun has a good impression of this Li Shangshu.

After a long while, Li Daiwen finally put down the briefing in his hand. Only then did he feel something, and turned his head to look at Ye Xun, and immediately stood up with an "Ah!"

"Eunuch Ye, you made me wait so long! Come and serve tea!"

Ye Xun also laughed, this official is not bad, he is not polite to me, but I like it, he is a practical official.

"Seeing that Mr. Li was too preoccupied, he didn't dare to interrupt. If my guess is correct, you deliberately asked His Majesty to push me out, right?"

Li Daiwen waved away the tea-serving servants, then sat directly next to Ye Xun, sighed and said, "If you don't belong to this family, you won't understand my difficulties! New era, new atmosphere, but this new one Then? All the shortages have been made up, but the officials who came up have to be paid, right? Now the silver in the treasury is not enough for a month, and the year is approaching. If the silver is not paid by then, what will happen to His Majesty? Saving? And what I’m talking about doesn’t count as the salary of the Nine Frontiers Town.”

After sitting down, Li Daiwen began to vomit bitterness, looking at him as if his family was almost out of control.

They are all happy people, and Ye Xun didn't go around in circles, saying: "What does Lord Li want me to do?"

Hearing Ye Xun's question, Li Daiwen smiled treacherously, and said, "Who doesn't know that Eunuch Ye is the best at getting money, so first help me get one or two million taels of silver for emergency, and wait until I have money." I will pay you back"

Ye Xun was taken aback. He remembered reading it in that book. In the last year of Wanli, the annual tax revenue of Ming Dynasty was only 500 million taels of silver. Later, because of the increase of Liao pay, he changed the law and searched for it from the people. , Get the tax to more than ten million taels.

Now this guy opens his mouth for one or two million taels of silver. Do you think I am a silver producer?
Just as I was about to say something, my mind moved slightly. I'm afraid this guy has a goal, right?Otherwise, how can you be so sure that I can get so much money?
Thinking of this, he smiled and asked Li Dai: "Master Li, I will treat you with sincerity, and I hope you will treat me with sincerity. Tell me! What do you want me to do?"

Knowing that people are easy to handle, Li Daiwen's expression changed, and he said: "Jiangnan can increase the tax rate to increase tax revenue, but there is too little time, just arguing in the court, it can't be solved in ten and a half months, so we should think about it in the capital." Method"

Li Daiwen's idea is similar to Ye Xun's, so I don't know if the specific implementation method is the same.

"Many relatives and relatives of the emperor in Beijing have done illegal things. Eunuch can borrow from these people. Of course, doing so will definitely affect Eunuch's reputation. But with Eunuch's reputation, no one would dare to do anything to Eunuch!"

Ye Xun turned his head, looked at Li Daiwen as if he was looking at an alien, and said, "Master Li thinks there is something wrong with my head?"

Actually let yourself be this villain, thanks to this guy can think of it?But the meaning is the same as his own thoughts.

Those dignitaries in the capital, aren't they rich?In another time and space, when Li Zicheng hit the city, Chongzhen wanted to ask them to borrow some military pay, but no one could borrow it, and then he was blackmailed by Li Zicheng's men, but they all spit it out, so they are the ones who should be slaughtered the most.

If it was in Liaodong, Ye Xun would definitely attack these fat sheep, but it is absolutely impossible in the capital.

Li Dai asked with a smile: "Isn't that what factory guards do? Besides, Eunuch Ye did such things a lot in Liaodong. Why did he become timid when he arrived in the capital?"

"Ha ha."

Ye Xun finally couldn't help laughing out loud, this Li Daiwen was a bit interesting, and this sinister vigor was very comparable to his own.

He stopped laughing and said, "Master Li is not from the Donglin family, is he?"

Li Daiwen curled his lips and said: "If I want to be an official, I will be a real villain." The implication is obvious, that is, I disdain to be a hypocrite.

Ye Xun didn't want to comment on the Donglin Party. The idea of ​​governing the country is different. If others don't talk about it, they just talk about Yang Lian, who is strong and strong. In the end, he was killed by Wei Zhongxian. Can you say that he must be a bad person?
The Donglin Party was a great gift from Ye Xun to Wei Zhongxian, and he would never touch anyone.

Having said that, there is no need to continue. He stood up and asked Li Dai: "Let's take half a month! I will try my best to get you as much money as possible, but if I can reach the number you mentioned, I will ask It's hard to say"

Li Daiwen also stood up and said with a smile, "I can finally get a good night's sleep with Eunuch Ye."

Ye Xun smiled wryly, and said to himself that of course you can sleep well, because Lao Tzu has made all the villains.

Back in the West Factory, as soon as he sat down in the lobby, he saw Mu Zheng approaching quickly, without waiting for Ye Xun's reaction, he knelt down in front of Ye Xun, cried before saying a word, and said, "Grandpa is so kind and virtuous. Zheng has nothing to repay, please accept Mu Zheng's worship."

After speaking, he really kowtowed hard.

Ye Xun was taken aback. He hated this kind of kneeling and saluting, so when Xichang's subordinates talked to him, they only had to bow and salute.

"What are you doing? Have something to say."

Mu Zheng wiped away his tears, stood up and said, "Xiang Datou has already found my relatives, and my father-in-law has arranged a place for them. I really don't know how to thank my father-in-law."

It turned out that Ye Xun almost forgot about this matter, and Xiang Biao did it for him when he wanted to arrange a place to live.

He smiled and said, "What am I supposed to do? I'll give you a few days off, go home and spend time with your family."

Mu Zheng has now been officially incorporated into the West Factory. Although he has no formal official position, he has been trained by Ye Xun as his successor, so he has become more mature and stable.

"It's not urgent to go home. Just now, the eyeliner in the palace reported that Ke Shi came out from Zheng Guifei's and went to Li Xuanshi's. Although I don't know what they said, but the subordinates feel that this Ke Shi is not simple."

Ye Xun glanced at Mu Zheng approvingly, nodded and said, "Find a way to place our people on the prince's side, I want to know every move of this woman."

"There is another thing you need to do, that is, order people to spread rumors in the city, saying that Xichang has arrested a merchant who went to sea to do business. According to this merchant, he has business contacts with many high-ranking officials and relatives in Beijing."

Mu Zheng's attitude towards Ye Xun now is just like that of Emperor Wanli before him, absolutely loyal.

He nodded and said, "Don't worry, father-in-law, this subordinate will do it now."
(End of this chapter)