Wu Shigong's move to expel Wang Mi from Runing Fucheng was a stone's throw that stirred up a thousand waves. Wang Mi did not follow Wu Shigong's instructions to climb out of Runing Fucheng.
After he climbed a certain distance, the prefect Guan got the news and sent a master to question Wu Shigong. Of course, it is more appropriate to use the word questioning for this question. After all, Wang Mi was introduced to Wang Mi by the prefect Guan. If the two sides did not reach an agreement, Wu Shigong
It was fine to drive Wang Mi out of the Yamen, but to humiliate Wang Mi in such a violent way was to slap the prefect in the face.
However, although Wu Shigong was indifferent to Magistrate Guan's questioning, in the end he still gave Magistrate Guan a face, recalled his bodyguards, and left Wang Mi to fend for himself.
Lu Jianchen finally shipped the first batch of salt goods from Shandong to Wu Shigong through connections. Although the quantity of salt goods was not large, it could at least maintain the supply of salt goods in the mountainous area in the northern part of Runing Prefecture for several months.
To be honest, Wu Shigong and the Lu family did not make much money from this salt business, because transporting salt from Shandong to Henan was a completely new trade route, and there were quite a lot of tax deductions along the way.
, the price of salt obtained by Wu Shigong was also quite high. But at least there was a supply of salt in the northern mountainous area of Runing Prefecture, and Wu Shigong also temporarily stabilized the market.
But there is still good news. Through connections, Lu Jianchen also contacted a salt merchant from Changlu Salt Field. After they learned that Changlu Salt could be sold in Henan, they were very interested. Therefore, they agreed to sell it in the future.
If Wu Shigong needs a large amount of salt, they can supply it and help transport it to Henan.
You must know that unlike Yangzhou salt merchants, who are mostly wealthy merchants such as Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants, the salt merchants who control the Changlu Salt Field are basically official families. They also have many connections in the officialdom and at least transport some
There is always no problem with salt products. And because of the background of these official families, they do not sell much to Yangzhou salt merchants.
Of course, Wang Mi did not dare to stay in Runing Fucheng. With the help of his servants, after a hurried diagnosis and treatment, he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to Qi's house in Yangzhou.
In this letter, Wang Mi of course exaggerated Wu Shigong's words and actions, and portrayed himself as being very submissive. The words between the lines are full of Wu Shigong's contempt and hostility towards the Qi family.
After the head of the Qi family received this letter, he immediately became furious. In the heart of the head of the Qi family, Wang Mi was asked to give gifts to Wu Shigong again this time to make up for the relationship between the two families. In fact, it was already a serious problem for the Qi family.
He was very humble and gave Wu Shigong a lot of face.
But Wu Shigong not only failed to respond to the goodwill of the Qi family, but also seriously injured the people sent by the Qi family. In fact, for the Qi family, the sales volume of salt products in the northern mountainous area of Runing Prefecture controlled by Wu Shigong was the highest in the entire Qi family.
It only accounts for a small part of the total sales of salt products. Even if the Qi family loses this area, it is not a big deal.
However, the vision of the head of the Qi family is not just that. In his opinion, if there is the first person who dares to challenge the Qi family and wants to break the rules of the salt industry that have been formed over the years, then if he does not get rid of the first person, what will happen later?
The rules of the salt industry may change drastically, and more and more local sellers will dare to challenge big salt merchants such as Qijia. At that time, the situation may get out of hand.
Therefore, the Qi family immediately used their connections in the officialdom to punish Wu Shigong. As for those disobedient local salt sellers, big salt merchants like the Qi family had already formed a routine.
Wu Shigong will be given a set of combo boxing in the officialdom. Of course, given that Wu Shigong has the background of two princes, the Qi family will not do everything right. However, in the view of the head of the Qi family, as long as he has this set of combo boxing
If he takes action, Wu Shigong will definitely flee back to the capital in despair.
However, the Qi family sent people to various yamen in Henan for activities, but found that they could not win over Wu Shigong in the officialdom for the time being. Because Wu Shigong had made contributions in the two battles of King Qin and the suppression of the Holy Spirit Society rebels, the governor and supervisor of Henan were both
They have a good impression of Wu Shigong, because relying on Wu Shigong's two contributions, the two of them also gained a lot of points in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
Now, for a little money, he has to cut off a possible helper on his way to promotion. This is a stupid thing that no official would do. Besides, Wu Shigong had just been rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen among the Qin kings. If he didn't
It is absolutely unjustifiable to remove or transfer Wu Shigong's official position for any reason. After all, Wu Shigong still has the aura of invincibility blessed by Emperor Chongzhen.
The Henan Salt Transport Envoy is even less fancy. The Henan Salt Transport Envoy is not as majestic as the Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy. He only manages the sale of official salt and the collection of private salt in Henan Province.
Let the Henan salt transport envoy send a few of his salt men to the bandits' lair in the mountainous area in the northern part of Runing Prefecture to seize the private salt sold by Wu Shigong. This is obviously an act of committing suicide. Don't be caught by Wu Shigong on the way.
The soldiers disguised as bandits came to kill people and silence them. Therefore, the Henan Salt Transport envoy shook his head like a rattle when he heard the Qi family's request.
As for Wu Shigong's direct boss, Li Bingbeidao, although his relationship with Wu Shigong was very difficult to deal with, it should be said that even without the gift from the Qi family, Li Bingbeidao still wanted to give Wu Shigong some shoes.
But in front of Li Bingbeidao, Wu Shigong's errand was completely completed, and there was no way to catch Li Bingbeidao. At most, Li Bingbeidao would have to block Wu Shigong's salary for next year. But this matter will not be done until next year.
, distant water cannot quench near thirst.
But if Wu Shigong makes no mistakes in the officialdom, can the Qi family do nothing to help Wu Shigong? This also makes the Qi family look too simple, so the Qi family immediately found Henan Jinyiwei Qianhu and asked him to help pick out Wu Shigong's eggs.
Get some bones out.
Zeng Qianhu, a member of the Henan Jinyi Guard family, was smiling broadly as he enjoyed the gifts sent by the Qi family. These gifts were worth more than 800 taels, and the Qi family only asked Zeng Qianhu to deal with a small guard from Runing Mansion.
Moreover, the Qi family had basically collected all the information about the guard, and had just given it to Zeng Qianhu as a gift. Among these information, Zeng Qianhu was most interested in the fact that the guard was still selling private salt.
Woolen cloth.
With such a meat ticket, how could Zeng Qianhu not be interested in it? As long as the guard's family is destroyed, Zeng Qianhu can definitely make a huge profit, not to mention the thousand taels of silver that the Qi family promised to thank him afterwards.
After admiring the gifts for a while, Zeng Qianhu asked his men to put the gifts away and called in his cronies Li Pengfei and Li Baihu. You have to take care of your own people when doing this kind of thing.
But after Zeng Qianhu explained the matter clearly to Li Pengfei, he saw that Li Pengfei's eyes were a little uncertain. Zeng Qianhu was also an old man in Jinyiwei, so he knew that there must be something wrong with what he knew. So after he dispersed the others, he asked Li Pengfei
Said: "Pengfei, is there something wrong?"
Li Pengfei pondered for a moment, then asked Zeng Qianhu: "Sir, do you know the background of Wu Shoubei?"
"I really don't know. Why? Do you know?"
"This Wu Shoubei is an old friend of the villain in the capital. His father is Gongshunhou, and his father-in-law is Yangwuhou. More importantly, he has a very good relationship with the officials in charge of the ceremony. As you know, sir,
The villain has the official position of Hundred Households. It was Eunuch Qin who was the Supervisor of Ceremonies who greeted Commander Luo. The villain has never confessed to the adults before, so this is what Wu Shoubei asked Eunuch Qin to do."
"Oh? Then since he has such a great background, why not stay in the capital to enjoy the blessings and come to a remote and remote place like Henan?"
"I'm just on the wrong team. It's the same situation as when the villain was sent to Henan. However, Wu Shoubei is just avoiding the limelight temporarily. He will probably return to the capital after staying in Henan for a while. There is no way, after all, his background
It’s too deep.”
"This is not easy to handle. I have accepted all the gifts, so I don't necessarily want to return them. However, the respect of those two princes' houses is worth three cents even to Commander Luo."
Zeng Qianhu said with some regret and looked like his flesh was in pain.
Li Pengfei knew that his Qianhu household was greedy for money, so he continued: "There is no need for the adults to return the gifts. This matter will be left to the villain. The villain will go to Runing Mansion and pretend to collect some.
Please select some irrelevant evidence and hand it over, so that the salt merchant who gave the gift can be given an explanation. The villain's old friend will also accept your kindness."
"Well! Your method is good. I'll give you a hard time and go to Runing Mansion for a run."
Li Pengfei brought several royal guards to Runing Mansion, and was entertained by Wu Shigong for three days. They were full of food, and their wallets were bulging when they left. They also brought a generous gift from Wu Shigong to Zeng Qianhu.
Then, thousands of Jinyiwei households in Henan submitted a secret report to the Jinyiwei Yamen in Beijing, reporting the crime of Wu Shigong, the guard of Runing Mansion, who killed people without permission during the suppression of bandits. They also highlighted a bigger crime, Wu Shigong, the guard of Runing Mansion.
For the sake of a famous prostitute from Guide Prefecture, he left Runing Prefecture without permission and went to Yangzhou to snatch the famous prostitute back home.
When this secret report reached the capital, the Jinyiwei command office and the officials who learned the report all thought that Henan Jinyiwei had eaten too much and was too busy to write such a secret report that recorded the trivial incident of sesame seeds and mung beans.
The purpose of this bandit suppression is to kill more people. If you don’t see it, isn’t it because the Shaanxi bandits were treated too politely by the imperial court, so that the current situation is getting a bit out of control?
As for the cruel and lustful military attache, this is completely in line with the role of a military attache! If any military attaché does not do this, it is a bit abnormal and may have ulterior motives. As in this secret report, the cruel and lustful one in Henan, but
There is also a military attache with military merit. Such a military attache with well-developed limbs and simple mind can only be used by the imperial court with confidence!
However, the court still has to deal with the behavior of the Runing Mansion guard who left his post without permission. Then - let's fine him another year's salary.