"Where did Gong Qingshan come out?"

The other person frowned and said, "There is only the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue have some power. The other yamen are all Qingshui's elderly care yamen. When we arrived here, except for those officials who came to gilt, the others could basically see their heads at a glance."

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Especially for the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, who has no power at all, if it weren't for this incident, he wouldn't even have the right to pass his name into their ears.

"A little person who has been demoted here doesn't have to take it seriously."

The person in charge waved his hand and said, "The most important thing now is what should Qian Longxi do?"

"Since Gong Qingshan said that Yuan Chonghuan stole military rations, then it was naturally what Yuan Chonghuan did, so what did it have to do with us!"

One of the fat men smiled, saying that he was full of inattention.

"Qian Longxi is a cabinet master. If he insists on pursuing this matter, it is probably difficult to explain."

Another frowned, but it was a good thing that others had sent it. Qian Longxi was the celebrity in front of the cabinet and the little emperor.

"He is the chief master of the capital, and this is Jiangnan."

The fat man said calmly: "If we work well with us, then everyone will be happy. If we don't give us face, let the censors in the capital impeach him."

Jiangnan has a strong literary style, and once every three years, there are many scholars who passed the imperial examination. Needless to say, they are basically all admitted to the Hanlin Academy. The Jinshi of the second grade is not bad. As long as you go more, you can always get some

As an official, the Jinshi of the third-class officials can only wait for the arrangements of the Ministry of Personnel.

However, the Ming Dynasty has limited official positions, and there are too many monks and too little porridge. If the Ministry of Personnel arranges, I don’t know when I get it, and basically everyone else chooses the official positions that I don’t want. For example, small county magistrates in remote areas like Yunnan and Shaanxi will last for a lifetime.

There is basically no day to make a comeback.

So if you want a good position, you have to sprinkle a lot of money and feed the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, so that they will arrange a good position for you. For this reason, most Jinshi from poor backgrounds will choose four places for a good position.

Borrow debts and feed the officials of the Ministry of Personnel.

Nowadays, many officials in the capital still owe their money. It is not difficult to ask them to help impeach one or two people. If they are willing to pay the price, let alone a cabinet master, it is not difficult to change the cabinet prime minister.

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"Let the boy from the Zhang family go to receive Qian Longxi. Didn't that boy from the Zhang family set up a Yingshe?"

At this time, the leader said, "First gifts and then soldiers, let the boy from the Zhang family give Qian Longxi a good reputation, and then give someone a big gift. If Qian Longxi is tactful, he will share the profits of the military rations.

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"Do you really want to share him?"

Hearing this, the fat man frowned. The profit of the military rations was not a small amount. The army suppressed the rebels for 210,000 yuan, and the food required every year was nearly two million stones. Don’t look at them who only stole twenty in the past six months.

Tens of thousands of stones, but with the exchange of the old one, they have gained no less than 300,000 taels of silver in the past six months.

This is only half a year. According to their estimates, if this battle lasts for three or five years, it will definitely not be a result. If they delay it again, it will not be surprising if they fight for ten or eight years. Give Qian Longxi a chance.

The portion is only 200,000 to 300,000 taels. After all, as the cabinet master, Qian Longxi could not only take 30,000 to 50,000 taels.

"It's just a small amount of money."

The leader waved his hand calmly and said, "And if Qian Longxi, the old master, supports us, we can earn more."

They want to earn more than the money from military rations. According to their speculation, Su Hao has enough 200,000 soldiers and horses. It is difficult to raise these 200,000 soldiers and horses in Shandong alone. It is time for Yuan Chonghuan to go back

If Su Hao regained some territory, it would be even more difficult for Su Hao. At that time, they could sell the stolen military rations to Su Hao at a high price.

Su Hao occupied a land in Shandong, and the wealth he plundered was definitely not a small amount. And as long as Su Hao was really forced to do so, the other party would never mind plundering three feet of the ground. He plundered the wealth of the entire Shandong to buy their things. Shandong was the Ming Dynasty.

What a huge fortune that will be accumulated over thousands of years.

"knew."

The fat man nodded and said, "I'll go find him that boy from Zhang."

"But what should I do with Gong Qingshan?"

Another asked, "If it weren't for this person, why would this matter go to the capital? And it must be found out how Gong Qingshan found out about this matter, not to mention what someone was doing behind the scenes.

Conspiracy.”

The stealing and selling military rations is a serious crime. They can be said to have used all the measures of prevention. Even the stolen military rations are sold through their grain stores outside and have never been passed by outsiders.

Now, a down-and-out civil servant in Gong Qingshan can clearly find out the matter of stealing and selling military rations without their knowledge. It is definitely not simple, and maybe their enemy is secretly making trouble.

"Let someone check it secretly first."

The person in charge shook his head and said, "Now Gong Qingshan is being paid attention to by the capital. The risk of touching him is too great. After this incident is over, we will find an opportunity to settle the score with him."

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On the other hand, Qian Longxi arrived in Nanjing after nearly a month of long journey.

However, as soon as we arrived in Nanjing, batches of gentry from Jiangnan came to visit us, and a large number of Jiangnan scholars came to ask for advice, which made Qian Longxi almost no time to check the military rations.

"Dongweng, these people don't have good intentions."

Looking at the mountain of gift boxes in the room, Qian Longxi's aide Meng Yihong frowned. Qian Longxi was here to investigate the matter, but those people came to visit one after another, and the gifts they gave were all very valuable. The gifts in this room,

It is worth at least 10,000 taels of silver.

Qian Longxi smiled and said, "I know."

Seeing Qian Longxi knowing it, Meng Yihong stopped saying anything, but whispered: "When I went to find Gong Qingshan today, I found someone staring outside his house, and even when I was in and out, I was staring at me.

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When Qian Longxi heard Meng Yihong's words, he was not surprised, but just said calmly: "What did Gong Qingshan say? Did you tell me the source of the clue?"

He didn't believe that the news that Gong Qingshan sent to Beijing was secretly investigated by Gong Qingshan, because there were too many people involved, and those who dared to steal military rations were not fools. If Gong Qingshan really investigated secretly alone, he would have investigated alone.

, It is estimated that the grass on the grave is three feet tall now.

"He didn't say it."

Meng Yihong shook his head: "I just kept insisting that he discovered that someone was stealing military rations."

"If you don't say it, don't say it."

Hearing this, Qian Longxi sneered: "Anyway, if he is in the spotlight, no one will be so stupid that he is attacking him now. If someone is so stupid, we will be more relaxed."

After a moment of silence, Qian Longxi continued, "I asked you to secretly deliver the things to Yuan Chonghuan. How are you doing?"

"It has been done by those who can trust."

Meng Yihong nodded: "It should be almost in Yuan Chonghuan's hands now."

Speaking of this, Meng Yihong hesitated and said, "Dongweng, we cannot guarantee that Yuan Chonghuan is not suspicious now. Now I will hand over the clues collected by Gong Qingshan. If he really participates in it, wouldn't it be..."

He did not agree with Qian Longxi's decision. If Yuan Chonghuan really participated in it, then doing so would undoubtedly allow Yuan Chonghuan to erase all clues more easily.

"Don't worry, I wish he was involved."

Qian Longxi chuckled and said, "Let's rest early, the Minister of Rites invites me to the Qinhuai River tonight."

When Meng Yihong heard Qian Longxi's words, he was also confused and could not guess what medicine was sold in Qian Longxi's gourd for a moment.

"I hope Dongweng will solve his doubts."

After thinking for a long time, Meng Yihong still couldn't figure it out and could only ask.

Qian Longxi smiled and said, "You think about it the other way around, what would he do if Yuan Chonghuan was really involved in it?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Yihong said without thinking: "That is naturally erasing the clues."

"But the military rations are gone. What's the use of him even if he erases the clues? He is the commander of the rebellion this time. He can't help but feel guilty about the stolen military rations."

Qian Longxi said calmly: "Besides, in the conversations these days, those people have been intentionally or unintentionally turning some inconspicuous suspicions on Yuan Chonghuan, obviously preparing to let Yuan Chonghuan take the blame."

"If Yuan Chonghuan really participates, they will definitely have internal conflicts. At that time, we can reap the benefits of the fisherman without doing anything."

Meng Yihong asked again: "But what if Yuan Chonghuan didn't participate?"

"The one that should be anxious is Yuan Chonghuan."

Qian Longxi chuckled and said, "The guardians of military rations are people sent by Yuan Chonghuan. He must be involved in the stolen and sold military rations. Yuan Chonghuan either checked the case for me or collected all the stolen military rations, otherwise he would

Let's take the blame."

"Anyway, those people have prepared the evidence for me. If Yuan Chonghuan doesn't find out or get all the military rations, I will escort him to Beijing. If he gets all the money, I will escort Gong Qingshan to Beijing and falsely accus the court officials of the court.

, it is not an exaggeration to sentence him to a single death."

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For him, whether it is Yuan Chonghuan or Gong Qingshan, he has no good feelings for these two people. At that time, Yuan Chonghuan was recommended by their cabinet, and Zhu Youjian recalled Yuan Chonghuan again. As a result, Yuan Chonghuan did not give them any face.

If you don’t take the initiative to frame Yuan Chonghuan, but if you want him to prove your innocence for Yuan Chonghuan, you will think too much.

Most of the cases about the eunuch party were presided over by him. Gong Qingshan would be demoted to Nanjing, and he also had his part. Naturally, he didn't want Gong Qingshan to return to the capital.

After hearing Qian Longxi's words, Meng Yihong was speechless. He thought Qian Longxi was really planning to investigate this case, but he didn't expect Qian Longxi to have this idea.

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Outside Dongchang Prefecture City.

Ming army camp.
To be continued...