Qi Baoer was startled for a moment and asked doubtfully: "Did they resolve this matter privately?"
If it hadn't been resolved privately, the people who could open shops in the capital were either related to people with power or to people with titles, so it was impossible that no one in the capital would know about it.
Qian Wentong pursed his lips, "There are two shops next door, one is the shop of Princess Han's family, and the other is the shop of Duke Dingguo. Lu Haibo can't afford to offend either of them, so he can only pay the money and then come to apologize.
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Lu Haibo made a lot of compensation this time, but not a lot of money. It only cost a thousand taels to renovate the shop. He mainly compensated more as a gift. The shop lost one room, Zhuangzi lost one, and I heard that there were others.
Two relatively large jades."
Qi Baoer was not interested in this. What she was confused about was... "What do you want to do by telling me this?"
Qian Wentong felt like he was being exposed on the spot, but fortunately he was used to being thick-skinned in front of Qi Baoer, so there was nothing strange on his face and he said: "Lu Haibo made such a huge sum at once, and those old, weak and remnant soldiers can no longer help him."
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As far as he knew, Lu Haibo had already owed a lot of money away from home. The shop and village he was paying for this time originally belonged to his family, but they had already been paid to others. The money and jade items used as compensation were borrowed from friends.
Coincidentally, Lu Haibo's friend and Qian Wentong were also old acquaintances. The amount of money Lu Haibo borrowed was huge, and the friend could not get it out for a while. However, he admired Lu Haibo's character and was willing to help him, so he went around
Ask your friends to borrow it.
No, I also borrowed it from Qian Wentong; one of the two jades was one of the compensations from Qian Wentong's wife, but the price was appraised and an IOU was written, and now it has been placed in the possession of an unknown master in the Han Palace.
In the warehouse.
Qian Wentong didn't feel sorry for the jade article, but he felt unhappy. Those who really did good deeds became more and more unsatisfactory, while those who only lived by their fame could still look down on the world without knowing the sufferings of the world.
Do you think it's unfair?
However, his living environment and upbringing since he was a child did not allow him to clearly feel this way. He only felt uncomfortable when he thought about it; and this discomfort seemed to be dissipated only by doing something for Lu Haibo.
Qian Wentong didn't know that Qi Baoer had already put this matter on her agenda, "I will discuss this matter with His Highness the Crown Prince."
After a moment of silence, she said: "Brother Qian, this matter is not just a matter of Lu Haibo and the old, weak and disabled soldiers helped by Lu Haibo. We are officers of the Ministry of War. What we should look at is all the active soldiers of the entire Qilin Kingdom, and
Those who have left the military camp are either deceased or retired soldiers."
Qian Wentong felt as if someone had hit him on the head with a stick, and he suddenly felt ashamed to look directly at Qi Baoer's confession.
He is indeed narrow-minded. He has never really thought about taking the initiative to do something for the soldiers. Instead, they will solve the problem after each army reports to the Ministry of War and is assigned by the Minister.
Now that I think about the problem of the old, weak and remnant soldiers, it is just because I saw Lu Haibo's plight that I wanted to help him, but I am not really targeting the old, weak and remnant soldiers.
Qi Baoer didn't know what Qian Wentong was thinking at this time. After noticing that there was no one around, she said softly: "You'd better not let anyone go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment in the near future. You'd better not get involved in Master Shang's matter."
….Qian Wentong’s face turned pale, “Sir...”
The Lord knows that he secretly sent someone to take care of the Shang family in prison!!
Qi Baoer looked at him with a frown, "Mr. Qian, the reason why Lord Shang's case has not been convicted yet is that the emperor is waiting for news from the border. If the evidence of the crime is true, it is inevitable that the entire Shang family will be executed, and several tribes will be exiled.
The emperor's mood when he arrived.
At this time, if you are still too close to the Shang family, are you afraid that others will not have a weapon to attack you?"
Qian Wentong's heart twitched, and he was so frightened that he almost lost his wits, "Sir, this official is just..."
Qi Bao'er raised her hand to stop what he was saying, "I know you did it because of the friendship between colleagues. Lord Shang was once your superior after all. You two did not work together for a day or two, but for several years.
If you really don't care about the suffering of Mr. Shang's family, then I will feel sad.
But Mr. Qian, we are the parents and officials of the people first, and then ourselves, so we should put our family, country and people first."
A hint of ambiguity flashed in Qian Wentong's eyes, and suddenly a sense of sadness rose in his heart.
"Yes, my lord, please remind me to keep this in mind. My lord, I still have official duties to attend to, so I am resigning."
Qi Baoer took a deep look at him, said 'hmm' and ignored him and continued walking.
It wasn't until Qi Bao'er walked away that Qian Wentong accepted the gift and stood up. Looking at Qi Bao'er with only his back in the distance, he sighed long and walked back in despair.
Along the way, even when someone came to greet him, he hurried past as if he was obviously shocked.
Before entering the work room, he left a message saying not to disturb him, then closed the door of the work room and did not come out for a long time.
Soon, the Ministry of War reported that Minister Qian had been reprimanded by Lord Shangshu.
Everyone knew that the newly appointed Qi Shangshu had a good relationship with Qian Shilang. This sudden revelation made everyone in the Ministry of War suddenly feel anxious.
Some people are uneasy. Could it be that this is one of the three things a new official does when he takes office?
Some people were horrified that Qi Shangshu even reprimanded Minister Qian, who was close to him, but what about those of them who were not even acquainted with Qi Shangshu?
Some people are gloating over the misfortune. They have long since lost sight of the fact that Minister Qian is begging for the chancellor every day.
Little did he know that after Qian Wentong closed the door of his workplace, he immediately patted his chest in fear and poured himself a whole pot of tea.
Mom, I'm lucky that Lord Shangshu is righteous, otherwise he might be dead in a few days.
He is not stupid and cannot fail to see the true intention of Lord Shangshu today.
What news can the six ministries in the palace hide from the emperor?
If Lord Shangshu simply wanted to warn him, he would never have said those words to him in the Ministry of War.
There is only one possibility. Not only the Lord Shangshu knew about his help to the Shang family, but also the emperor knew about it; or the people who wanted to do harm to him knew about it, and it would also spread to the emperor's ears.
to deal with him.
He was not sure about this at first, but after Master Shangshu stopped him from speaking and found reasons for him, he knew that Master Shangshu's words were not meant for him, but to be conveyed through other people's mouths.
passed into the ears of the emperor.
In this way, he can be removed from Master Shang's case as much as possible.
Also from this point of view...
Qian Wentong's whole body felt cold. It seemed that Mr. Shang's case was worrying.
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At this end, Qi Bao'er has wandered into the newly cleaned yard behind.
To be precise, this courtyard does not belong to the Ministry of War.
In the previous dynasty, the six departments were not located in the imperial palace. The entire area here was once part of the harem.
Because it is separated from the harem on the other side by the front palace in the middle, this side was used by successive emperors as a residence for the concubines.
There is no direct door to the front palace, and it is basically completely separated from the front palace and the rear palace.
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Meng Meng reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this