Uncle Xu is a man who doesn't like to cause trouble, but he can't help but have trouble finding him.
In his life, the only thing missing was that his marriage with Yun Niang when he was young did not take place, and his childhood sweetheart did not become his wife in the end. Because her family was convicted, she was imprisoned in the Music Bureau. Although she was redeemed by him, she could never be with him again, so he simply let her open the Yunxiufang outside, so that she had a place to settle down.
Who knew that they would all disappear later.
So what? It's gone. So many years have passed. He has already married and had children. His children are about to get married too. All the past affection doesn't matter anymore.
But his daughter could not be humiliated.
People all value their sons more, but he dotes on his daughter extremely. He originally wanted to give her all the good things, but who would have thought that after discussing it with his father for so long and having reached an agreement with Princess Linjiang, the plan still didn't come to fruition.
Because of this incident, Miss Xu has not even left the house and has lost a lot of weight.
To be honest, the Xu family had done nothing to offend Chu Jingwu, and their desire for an alliance through marriage was by no means an overreaching idea; it was simply an act of surrender.
But just to go against Princess Linjiang and to please Shen Chen, Chu Jingwu actually insulted a girl in public like this. It was really too much!
Dong Chengqi saw his gloomy face, thought for a moment and said: "The Wei family should have noticed something by now, but even if they continue to investigate, at most they can find out that Wei Yangqing went to the brothel more often, which is convenient for us to act. What do you think, should we take action now?"
He was still not used to being so submissive to Master Xu, so he tried to keep his head down.
Uncle Xu asked him, "What did the Jiangxi people say?"
The dikes in Jiujiang are repaired every year, but floods still occur every year. Pingxiang and Jiujiang always have floods, and the people are very worried every summer.
The original fief of King Linjiang was in Jiujiang. The Jiangxi officials came to the capital at this time in order to solve the river embankment issue when King Linjiang came to power.
Not much silver was allocated in previous years, and this time they wanted to clear the river channel and then build the river embankment. The cost of silver was huge, so they were very attentive and went to the Ministry of Works a lot, hoping that the Ministry of Works would approve more applications.
The reason they went to Wei Yangqing was naturally because when Wei Yangqing was the commander-in-chief, he had stayed in Jiujiang for a while and had some friendship with them, so they came to curry favor with them, hoping that Wei Yangqing could give them more silver.
When Zhang Weixun told Dong Chengqi about this matter, Dong Chengqi smelled something and quickly told the Xu family's uncle, who was worried about not being able to take action against the Wei family.
When the old man of the Xu family asked this question, Dong Chengqi told him the idea he had already thought of: "This is what I think. Aren't those people in Jiangxi in a hurry for money? Jiujiang's annual dike breach is not a long-term solution. It has been talked about for many years to repair the river dike, but the money has never been reported. This time it is because the King of Linjiang has come to Beijing. They think that the King of Linjiang is thinking about his fiefdom, so they can help a little..."
Uncle Xu drank his tea and nodded slightly, indicating that he should continue.
Dong Chengqi looked at the teacup on the table and lowered his voice, "But how can the King of Linjiang have the time now? He used to be a vassal king, but now he is the heir apparent. Even if he is willing, there are many obstacles below. It is natural for those old people from Jiangxi to come and visit, but if he wants to meet someone, well, well, well..."
Princess Linjiang is indeed not favored, but a princess is a princess, and it is not difficult for her to do something about it. How could those people see the King of Linjiang
The King of Linjiang knew their purpose, and he simply informed the Ministry of Works and let them handle it.
But there is more than just a little knowledge contained in these three words "let's see what happens"
What should we do? No matter where we do it, there is knowledge everywhere.
The officials in Jiangxi couldn't afford to waste time, so of course they had to flatter the officials of the Ministry of Works, hoping to find connections. This led them to Wei Yangqing.
In fact, Wei Yangqing made the right choice here. Wei Yangqing is reliable and different from those greedy people. No matter how much he wants to take, he doesn't have it, let alone he is from Jiujiang.
This time, those people kept asking Wei Yangqing to go out, and Wei Yangqing told them that the Ministry of Industry was calculating the accounts and would take care of it, so they didn't need to worry.
But the Ministry of Works includes not only Wei Yangqing, the Vice Minister of Works, but also Zhang Weixun.
Zhang Weixun talked to them behind their backs, and those people knew what to do to get the money.
Uncle Xu raised his eyebrows.
This is the benefit of having some friendship with Princess Linjiang. If it were someone else, they would not have such convenience. With this, the officials in Jiangxi and the Prince of Linjiang could not get the same information. The officials in Jiangxi were extremely anxious, while the Prince of Linjiang felt that the matter had been resolved. This created a gap for operation.
He glanced at Dong Chengqi and nodded at him: "If that's the case, then what do you want to do to those people?"
"Wei Yangqing is not the only one in the Ministry of Industry..." Dong Chengqi said this again, and laughed, his eyes dark: "The people in Jiangxi wanted to give money to Wei Yangqing, but Wei Yangqing refused to accept it. But Wei Yangqing's refusal to accept it does not mean that others cannot accept it."
The old man of the Xu family smiled and said, "I'll go back and talk to the old man. What you mean is to let those people give the money, and finally..."
Dong Chengqi knew that he understood, nodded and stroked his beard: "Anyway, let's get someone from the Ministry of Works to come forward. Zhang Weixun is very powerful. He has been in the Ministry of Works for so many years, how could he not have a confidant? Let someone act as Wei Yangqing's confidant, and say that Wei Yangqing is not convenient to collect the banknotes, and he will collect them on Wei Yangqing's behalf. This person must be from the Ministry of Works, and must be a Yuanwailang-level position. He must have accompanied Wei Yangqing to attend several banquets hosted by those people... Once the candidate is found, it will be twice the result with half the effort. The candidate is determined, and those people bring up the silver..."
The old man of the Xu family understood: "That's it, let him take the money and leave. The chaos in Shandong has not been completely settled yet. Once the person resigns and leaves, there will be so many people in this vast sea of people, how can it be easy to find him?"
By that time, even if Wei Yangqing had a mouth all over his body, he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.
Give those officials some hints, let them report more silver, and let them know that Wei Yangqing will approve it. Then ask Zhang Weixun to find out the problem. Those officials will be sure that Wei Yangqing agreed to it, and they will definitely hold Wei Yangqing to account. Then it will be really exciting, and Wei Yangqing will not be able to get rid of this crime. (To be continued)