MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 931 Unpredictable

  Chapter 931 People's hearts are unpredictable

It has been seven days since Li Yanqing left Chengdu Mansion, and the money and food sent to Jingzhao Mansion also left five days ago under the **** of the Eight Thousand Chamber Army. Things are over for now, at least until New Years.

At dusk, the judge Xu Qingwei hurried home. He wanted to change his clothes. In the evening, Liu Dalanger, a big salt merchant in Chengdu, wanted to invite him to dinner. Of course, he also wanted to settle the score for him. How much?

Xu Qingwei is from Wen County, Maozhou. He was a Jinshi in the eleventh year of Zhenghe, and has been an official in Shuzhou. Three years ago, he was promoted from his hometown of Maozhou to the general judge of Chengdu Prefecture. He has been with Zeng Xiulin for almost ten years. He is Zeng Xiulin's confidant and one of his most capable assistants.

As soon as Xu Qingwei returned to the mansion, he saw a carriage parked in front of the mansion, so he knew that there were guests waiting for him at home. As the New Year approached, his guests were particularly large, and basically all businessmen came to visit him. All these expenses are settled every six months, once in June, and then once in December, so two months before the settlement, the proprietors of all major businesses came here.

   I don't know who it will be today? But it seems a bit early to come here now, at least until late November to make sense.

  As soon as Xu Qinghui walked into the house, his wife, Mrs. Lin, quickly greeted her, "Master, there is a guest looking for you!"

   "I know, let them come back another day, I have work tonight."

   "My lord, it's not a businessman, it's about our family and life."

  Xu Qinghui was stunned. What are these words? It is related to his wealth and life? He asked for a while, "Where is the person?"

   "Outside the study!"

  Xu Qinghui thought for a while, then walked quickly to the outer study room. Just as he reached the door, he saw a young scribe coming out of the room. He looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it?

   "Excuse me, are you"

   "Under Cao Ye, the owner of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Economic Strategy Mansion."

  Xu Qinghui suddenly remembered, the young man who had been following behind Li Yanqing, he took a breath of air, took a step back involuntarily, wondering in his heart, "What's the matter with you?"

   "Xu Tongpan doesn't need to be nervous, I'm here to discuss a business deal, even if the deal fails, the friendship is still there!"

  Xu Qinghui calmed down a little, turned back and asked his wife to close the door, and said, "Tell the housekeeper to go to Deqing Tower, Liu Banger will wait for me there, just say that I am unwell, and drink with him another day."

  His wife left full of doubts, Xu Qinghui pointed to the study again, "Let's go in and talk."

The two walked into the study, and there was a man in the corner of the study, wearing a big bamboo hat and wearing a sword. He was probably Cao Ye's bodyguard. In front, let me betray Zeng Zhifu, I'm afraid I can't do it."

   "Why can't it be done?"

The voice came from behind, Xu Qinghui turned his head abruptly, stared at the entourage standing in the corner, his eyes slowly widened, and saw the entourage walking out of the dark corner of the wall with his hands behind his back, and slowly took off his bamboo hat, his appearance became clear all of a sudden Yes, it was Li Yanqing.

  Xu Qinghui was stunned, and then stammered after a while: "Isn't Li Jinglue in Zizhou?"

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "That's another 'Li Yanqing', the one in front of you is the real one."

"ah!"

  Xu Qinghui exclaimed. Zeng Xiulin had been sending people to watch Li Yanqing's movements. It turned out that it was a fake. The real Li Yanqing had sneaked back to Chengdu Mansion.

  Li Yanqing sat down, waved his hands and said with a smile: "Xu Tongju, please sit down!"

  Xu Qinghui's legs were weak, and he sat down feebly. After sorting out his thoughts for a while, he asked, "I don't know what business you can do with me?"

  Li Yanqing smiled and said: "Not even a cup of tea, this is not how to treat guests!"

  Xu Qinghui hurriedly got up and went out to order tea. After a while, his wife came in with a pot of tea and gave Xu Qinghui a wink. Xu Qinghui went out with her again, "What happened?"

   "The butler can't go out. There are several vicious big men at the front and back doors. No one in our family is allowed to go out."

  Xu Qinghui suddenly understood that Li Yanqing was afraid that he would send someone to inform Zeng Xiulin, he sighed in his heart, "It's fine if you can't go out, we'll talk about it after they leave."

   "Master, it's going to be okay!"

   "Don't worry! Nothing will happen, I'm the imperial court official, he won't mess around."

  Wife left worriedly, Xu Qinghui walked back to the study, sat down and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

  Li Yanqing put down the tea bowl, and said calmly: "I need all the account books against the gold tax."

  Xu Qinghui's face turned red and then turned pale. Li Yanqing really wanted to make a fuss about this matter, he quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know what account book, the account book should be in the government office of each prefecture, what does the envoy want me for?"

  Li Yanqing gave him a meaningful look, and then asked: "Is Xu Qingan, the magistrate of Emei County, Jiazhou, your younger brother?"

   "Yes, he is my brother, what happened to him?"

Li Yanqing threw a document on the table, "This is your brother's report letter to Yushitai, reporting Zeng Xiulin's clever anti-gold tax project, raiding the people, and filling his own pockets. The time is February this year. You can see for yourself." Bar!"

  Xu Qinghui shook his head, "Although he is my brother, this matter was done by him without permission and has nothing to do with me."

"Yeah?"

  Li Yanqing had a strange smile in the corner of his eyes, "But your brother told me that you asked him to write this report letter."

Li Yanqing took out another letter and shook it in front of Xu Qinghui, "This is a letter you wrote to your brother, and the content inside is to ask him to report Zeng Xiulin. If this letter falls into Zeng Xiulin's hands, what do you think he will do with it?" you?"

  Xu Qinghui's complexion turned pale. He didn't expect his brother to recruit everything. His lips trembled and he couldn't say a word.

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Don't worry, didn't Cao Ye just say that? We came here to negotiate a deal with Xu Tong."

   "What. Buying and selling?"

Li Yanqing stared at him closely, his gaze became solemn, "You helped me bring down Zeng Xiulin, I recommend you to the officials as the magistrate of Chengdu, Xu Tongpan, isn't this the real purpose of your brother to denounce Zeng Xiulin? , is this deal going to be done?"

  Xu Qinghui sighed, "I originally had this idea, but I only found out not long ago that he really has the emperor's will in his hands."

   "I know it, and the officials know it too, so the officials gave me a secret decree, asking me to take down Zeng Xiulin and Xu Tongjuan. Between the officials and the Supreme Emperor, who do you trust more?"

  Xu Qinghui was sweating profusely. Li Yanqing was forcing him to join the team. If possible, he would not choose anyone.

Li Yanqing said indifferently: "The power struggle between the officials and the Supreme Emperor has already begun. All local officials must stand in line. You are not the first, and neither is Zeng Xiulin. Jiangning Mansion, Pingjiang Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, Shaanxi Road, and Hedong Road You have already made it clear that you stand on the side of the officials, do you still want to take refuge in the already unpopular Supreme Emperor?"

  Xu Qingwei was shocked. He suddenly realized that he had no choice. If Li Yanqing handed his letter to Zeng Xiulin, even if he showed his loyalty a hundred times, Zeng Xiulin would not spare him.

   He finally gritted his teeth and said, "I know where Zeng Xiulin hid the books?"

Zeng Xiulin collected a total of 3.8 million anti-golden military expenses from Chengdu Fulu last year, but he did not list this income in his tax report to the court, but only 6 million guan taxes from Chengdu Fulu. And sent all of them to Jingzhao Mansion, and the 3.8 million anti-gold military expenditures disappeared.

Regardless of whether Zeng Xiulin pocketed the money, or used it to build bridges and roads, give out bonuses, etc., but he has been charged with taxing the people without authorization, defrauding the court, and deceiving the emperor. It is huge and serious in nature, not to mention that Xu Qinghui confirmed that at least one million yuan of this tax money was converted into silver by Zeng Xiulin and sent to the capital. Needless to say, it must be used to bribe the ministers of the DPRK and China, or to buy land in the capital Build a house.

But Zeng Xiulin has a deep network in the capital, and the Supreme Emperor backs him up. If there is no conclusive evidence, he can't be brought down at all. Those account books are the original records of tax collection, and there are also detailed tax collection records signed by the person in charge. Rosters, once you find them, the evidence is solid.

  In order to completely bring down Zeng Xiulin, Xu Qingwei brought out another major crime of Zeng Xiulin. He illegally formed private armed forces and hid a large number of armored bows and crossbows. This is suspected of rebellion.

  At night, Yan Qing led five hundred scout battalion elite men to the foot of Qingcheng Mountain in Chengdu Prefecture.

  (end of this chapter)