Ever since Liu Chengfeng was promoted from a small chief to the Minister of Rites, his mansion was crowded with people every day, and people who came to deliver gifts could not be driven away.
Although Liu Chengfeng was proud of the spring breeze, he also knew that the wind would destroy the beautiful trees in the forest. If someone found out about this, he, the Minister of Rites, might lose his head.
Therefore, all those who came to give gifts were blocked by Liu Chengfeng. For several days, no one could enter Liu Chengfeng's mansion.
"Sir! So many people have come to give you gifts, why don't you accept them? They are just nothing."
The servants of Liu Mansion were all anxious.
In fact, Liu Chengfeng was even more anxious. Those people outside were all dignitaries in the city, and each of them brought gifts worth no less than a thousand taels of silver.
"In this case, you go out now, open a back door, let those people give you the gifts, and say that you received the gifts."
Liu Chengfeng said in a deep voice.
"Well! Sir, how can I accept this gift? I am just a servant of our house, and they are not here to do anything for me."
The servant of Liu Mansion said.
"Why are you so stupid?
When you get there, just say that you want the money, and if they give it to you, just take it and put it back in the treasury!"
"I will help them solve whatever they have to do."
Liu Chengfeng said.
"Sir! I understand, I will do it now!"
The servants of the Liu Mansion understood what Liu Chengfeng meant and hurriedly went down to do the work.
The long queue that had been waiting in front of Liu Mansion for three days disappeared after half a day. At the same time, Lin Fan also learned the news.
"Your Highness, that Liu Chengfeng finally accepted the gift."
Spy reports.
Because Lin Fan handed over all the Jinyi Guards to Zhu Cijiong, under normal circumstances, he would not use the Jinyi Guards. However, as a prince, he also had his own spies.
"Received?
This Liu Chengfeng endured it for three days, but finally made a mistake. With this handle, he will not be able to be stubborn in the future."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
He originally wanted to train Liu Chengfeng to be a man of his own. Of course, Liu Chengfeng had to be a lone minister, and to be a lone minister, he had to have no handles.
Now it seems that Liu Chengfeng has failed to live up to his expectations.
"Your Highness, if you take it, it doesn't count as taking it, because it was taken by the servants of Liu Mansion."
The spy said.
"Haha! This Liu Chengfeng really has some brains. Let the servants in the mansion deal with this matter. If anything happens, just push the servants out."
Lin Fan said with a smile.
"Your Highness, those people who gave Liu Chengfeng gifts must have something to gain. Although they were being cunning, if they don't capture this person, they may encourage corruption among officials."
The spy said solemnly.
"Haha! You look at things too one-dimensionally. Have you ever thought that if you blindly require officials to be honest and honest, it will be counterproductive?"
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
"This Liu Chengfeng is currently a capable person. His effect on the people and the court is greater than the mistakes he has made. Therefore, let him be."
Lin Fan said again.
The spy said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, your Majesty, I'd like to see you."
"That's all. You go to Liu Chengfeng and give him a decree. Tell him that Nanjing City has a lot of tax money, and ask him to go to Nanjing City to bring it back. Let him understand the details for himself."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
After hearing what Lin Fan said, the spy hurriedly accepted the order and retreated. At this time, Liu Chengfeng looked at the mountains of gifts piled up in his treasury, leaning back and forth with joy.
"Sir, I just counted these gifts. The total number of these gifts is at least thirty thousand taels of silver."
The servants in the mansion laughed very meanly.
Liu Chengfeng glanced at the man and said proudly: "From now on, you will be the housekeeper of the house. Remember, these gifts are yours and have nothing to do with me."
When the man heard that he had been promoted to housekeeper, he immediately smiled even more shamelessly: "My lord is wise, these gifts were received by the villain. The villain borrowed the adults' place to accumulate these gifts."
"Well, what do those people want?"
Liu Chengfeng asked.
"Sir, most of those people seek official fortune, some of them seek to be taken care of by you during the imperial examination, and some of them just want to have a good relationship with you."
The butler said with a smile.
"Well, there is no need to report this kind of thing to me in the future. Nowadays, the court needs talents the most. His Highness the Crown Prince is keeping a close eye on it, and no one can use the back door."
"However, you can reply to those people. I will try my best to handle this matter. If it fails, they will come and return the gift to them."
Liu Chengfeng said in a deep voice.
By doing this, he could not offend anyone at all. If those people were successful, they would think it was Liu Chengfeng's help. If they were not successful, would they dare to come and ask for their gifts back?
"Yes, sir!"
The steward responded.
Liu Chengfeng asked the man to go out first. He wanted to open some gifts with his own hands and take a look. As soon as the housekeeper went out, there was another person in front of him.
Liu Chengfeng was startled, jumped back two or three meters away, and said angrily: "Who are you?"
"I am here at the behest of His Highness the Crown Prince."
The man said.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince?
Could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince has some secret mission for me to do?
Please speak up."
Liu Chengfeng said in a deep voice.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that there is a large amount of tax money in Nanjing City and he wants you to go and get it."
The man said.
"Nanjing City has a lot of tax money! In this way, the officials there are seriously corrupt and were found out by His Highness the Crown Prince. And His Highness the Crown Prince asked me to go, which means that he wants to give the people there a chance to live.
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"Brother, please go back and tell His Highness the Crown Prince. I will definitely handle this matter properly."
Liu Chengfeng cupped his hands and said.
The man said: "Sir, the tax money over there in Nanjing City is not ordinary. You must bring it all back."
After that, the man left. Liu Chengfeng paced back and forth in the house. Suddenly, he realized something and looked at the gifts all over the room with a look of horror.
His Highness the Crown Prince knew about receiving gifts by himself. However, His Highness the Crown Prince had no intention of punishing him. He just wanted to go to Nanjing City to handle matters.
If you put it this way, the tax money over there in Nanjing City is absolutely huge, more than ten to twenty million taels. What is the concept of pulling it all back by yourself?
The officials over there are not vegetarians. Will they be so honest and give themselves so much money?
No, we must go to His Majesty!
Liu Chengfeng is not a fool. If he goes there in such a dry manner, he will probably be eaten by the officials there. But if he asks His Majesty for the official position of imperial envoy and brings one or two thousand guards with him, then things will be very complicated.