Chapter 301: The Powerful Mother-in-law Qin Liangyu
When Xu Yingyuan touched Siyuan Bureau, Zhao Jinjiao was about to go to bed. He was on duty yesterday and could have a day off today, so he was ready to sleep in for a baby and get up in the afternoon and then find someone to gamble.
But as soon as he heard that his second brother had come, Zhao Jinjiao turned up from the bed without saying a word, and rushed out without washing his face. When Xu Yingyuan said that Brother Jinzhong was looking for a restaurant outside the palace and asked him for business, he immediately pulled Xu Yingyuan out of the palace gate.
Uncle Er didn't have much money and was embarrassed to tell Xu Yingyuan. So he searched on the street for a long time before he found a noodle shop. He thought that the money he had was enough to invite the two brothers to have a bowl of snow-capped noodles, and then he burned a pot of wine together, so he dared to stand outside and wait. Otherwise, if the money was not enough, he was a person he was used to on the scene, so who would have the nerve to treat him?
It took about half an hour for Xu Yingyuan and Zhao Jinjiao to find the noodle shop that the second uncle was looking for. The two brothers thought that the second uncle was looking for a tavern, so they had been looking for the ones they often went to, but they couldn't find anyone. Fortunately, Zhao Jinjiao saw the second uncle outside the noodle shop, otherwise he wouldn't know when he found it.
"Brother, it's cold outside, go in and say."
There are some things that needless to be said. Zhao Jinjiao knew that Brother Jinzhong must be short of money, so after entering, he threw a piece of silver to the shopkeeper of the noodle shop and asked him to cut another plate of beef. He also said that he would be the owner today, so that the two brothers would eat whatever they wanted, so that they would not save money for him.
The shopkeeper got the money and the smile on his face suddenly became bright. He greeted him enthusiastically, asking the whole family to quickly bring the beef and cut a large plate for his father-in-law.
The second uncle felt a little embarrassed when he was next to him.
"Brother, I'm very lucky recently."
Xu Yingyuan laughed. With his understanding of this sworn brother, he could throw out the money so easily, probably because he won the gambling table.
"Don't you say that you are frustrated in love and are you proud in the casino?" Zhao Jinjiao also laughed and pulled the shameless second uncle to sit down.
"What, that girl hasn't passed away?"
Xu Yingyuan sat down and asked curiously. As far as he knew, his sworn brother had been fighting with a palace maid recently and wanted to make a fuss. But after hearing what Zhao Jinjiao said, this matter seemed to have not been done?
"Stop talking, I asked someone to intercept Hu." Zhao Jinjiao was a little depressed.
Xu Yingyuan yelled, slapped the table with a "bar" and cursed: "Who dares to steal our brother's woman from which yamen? Let's deal with him when you turn around!"
The second uncle was also excited. The woman who stole his brother was to stole his woman, and he would come forward for his brother no matter what.
"Come on, that guy's two brothers can't afford to offend him, don't let him get into trouble." Zhao Jinjiao waved his hand quickly. He didn't dare to take his two brothers to cause trouble.
"Hmm?" Xu Yingyuan was stunned, "Who has any ministry?"
"Well." Zhao Jinjiao said "sigh", "If you don't mention this, just talk about the serious business."
"The important thing is, the important thing is." Xu Yingyuan chuckled awkwardly. The master who has a ministry is not something that they are old men who can afford to provoke.
The second uncle was also busy saying that the main business was important and looked at Zhao Jinjiao with a gaze.
"What's the situation with Lao Qiu? It's been so long, but there's no reply?" Xu Yingyuan knew that the second uncle was anxious about this, so he asked first.
"Lao Qiu is either someone else, he is the original master of Master Sun Xian." He was afraid that the second uncle would not know who Lao Qiu was, so Xu Yingyuan said it specifically.
The second uncle nodded quickly and said, "I know, I took the path of Grandpa Sun when I entered the palace. Lao Qiu, the one who introduced me to the Sun family."
"That's not an outsider." Xu Yingyuan nodded and said mysteriously: "I heard that Eunuch Sun is so hot now. It is said that the emperor is planning to let Eunuch Sun take over the position of his ancestor."
"It's not necessarily?" Zhao Jinjiao was stunned, "Why did I hear that Eunuch Jin wants to take over the position of his ancestor?"
"How is this possible? My news is revealed. Eunuch Jin, there is no chance." Xu Yingyuan said with certainty.
"Eunuch Jin just gave me a mourning for Eunuch Chen, but it was the name given by the emperor. If there is no chance, Eunuch Sun is still the same." Zhao Jinjiao was also sure of his source of information.
"You believe it even if you spread it blindly?"
"Anyway, the other end of Eunuch Jin is even hotter."
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He actually fought for whom the two brothers were used as the seal, but it made the second uncle anxious. Who will do the seal of the Sili Supervisor? What does it have to do with you!
"Don't worry about who will take over the position of our ancestors. Sichuan affairs, that mine!..." Uncle Er almost couldn't take it in one breath, and he was so choking.
"Uh... brother, don't be anxious, listen to me first." Zhao Jin and Xu Yingyuan reacted and did not dare to interrupt. When Zhao Jin was about to say something, the guy brought the beef up. He was hungry, so he picked up a bite with chopsticks and swallowed it. After eating, he told the second uncle and Xu Yingyuan about bad news.
"Laoqiu has already gone to Sichuan."
"What?" Uncle Er was shocked, his straight body shrank back, and his head was disappointed.
"Didn't you tell me about this?" Xu Yingyuan was also anxious. He also pointed to Sichuan and turned over. But the man had left, but Zhao Jinjiao didn't say anything. You said you're angry.
"Don't worry, brothers, two brothers, can you listen to me and finish what I said?" Zhao Jinjiao didn't expect that the two brothers were so anxious to go to Sichuan and did not dare to delay any more. He hurriedly said: "That mine is a silver mine. In a place called Shiquanzhai, Yun'an County, Sichuan Province, Eunuch Qiu was appointed as the director of the mine tax."
"We know this, the problem is that everyone has left, what should we do?" Xu Yingyuan complained, "At the beginning, you said you could take us and Eunuch Qiu to make a fortune. Brother Jinzhong and I took this matter seriously. You are so good that you will be broken!"
"I said, Second Brother, can you listen to me?...I just said that Lao Qiu has already gone to Sichuan, but I didn't say we can't go?" Zhao Jinjiao was also full of grievances. The impatient second brother liked to interrupt him.
Upon hearing this, the second uncle and Xu Yingyuan suddenly had hope again and were full of energy.
"You say, say, say, hurry up." Uncle Er almost walked up to the Zhao Jinshui, regardless of the noodles the friend had just brought with him was emitting hot heat.
Xu Yingyuan whispered: "Lao Qiu is in trouble. It's very troublesome now, so he sent a message back to Beijing, hoping that Eunuch Sun would send him additional staff."
"What do you mean? Why did the mining work well and the situation go wrong?" Uncle Er was confused.
Xu Yingyuan was confused and urged: "You can explain it clearly, why did it go wrong?"
Zhao Jinjiao immediately told the two sworn brothers about some of the situations he knew.
It turned out that the Shifu Village where Qiu Chengyun went was the territory of the barbarians. The court served as the Xuanfu envoy in the local area. The Xuanfu envoy was the leader of the barbarians, named Ma Qiancheng. However, although Ma Qiancheng was the leader of the barbarians, he was a descendant of Ma Yuan, the general Fubo of the Han Dynasty. He was a Han Chinese, but he had inherited the local chieftains.
As the envoy of the Propaganda and Fufu, Ma Qiancheng was mainly responsible for local military and political affairs. After Qiu Chengyun took his men to Shifu, he was eager to start a mine, so he asked the local county magistrate to post a notice, restricting the people living in the mine vein to demolish all within one month, and only give little compensation.
This condition is obviously very harsh, regardless of the lives of the people. So the local people found Ma Qiancheng, the envoy of Xuanfu, and asked him to plead for his mercy. On the one hand, they allowed the people to delay the relocation, and on the other hand, they fought for greater compensation from the mine supervisor.
Ma Qiancheng was still a good official. Seeing that the people were really sad, he took five thousand taels of silver to Qiu Chengyun and asked him to mine if he wanted to do it and not harass the people.
Seeing that the money was jealous, Qiu Chengyun agreed to this condition, but asked for another 10,000 taels of bribe. He told Ma Qiancheng that the 10,000 taels were sent to Beijing to hand over to the emperor. As long as the emperor gets the money, it will be easy to do things here. Eunuch Qiu is also a poor man, so he is really willing to make things difficult for the people. As long as the emperor pays the money first, it will not be difficult to delay the following matters for a while.
Ma Qiancheng thought it was right, so he collected another 10,000 taels of silver and handed it to Qiu Chengyun. Unexpectedly, who revealed the news, so he pointed the finger at Qiu Chengyun, saying that he was greedy.
Qiu Chengyun was naturally unhappy when he was not accused of being criticized, so he took Ma Qiancheng out of anger. He sent all 15,000 taels of silver to the capital and submitted a secret message to the emperor, saying that Shifu Tusima Qiancheng bribed him 15,000 taels of silver with the purpose of obstructing the mining. Now he presented the silver to the emperor and obeyed the marquis to deal with it.
When Wanli saw the report, he was angry and happy. He said to the eunuch of the Sili Li: "Who is as loyal as Qiu Chengyun?" So he issued an edict, arresting Ma Qiancheng into Yun'an prison and waiting for investigation.
Ma Qiancheng's wife is a hero of women, a powerful character. After learning that her husband was arrested, she immediately ran around to rescue her. However, the emperor was famous for not ignoring the government. Once the person was locked up, he would not be sentenced or released. Madam Ma went to the capital to clear the government. The government offices in the Ministry of Justice were empty and no one was in charge of the government. She was so angry that she smashed the drums outside the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, but even this was useless. She had to return to Yun'an quickly and continue to find a solution.
Qiu Chengyun harmed Ma Qiancheng and life was not easy. The locals resisted him very much and were reluctant to work at his mine. The staff they brought were not enough to maintain the mining. They had to send a letter back to Beijing, hoping that his old benefactor Sun Xian would send him some more people, otherwise the silver mine would not be able to be mined at all.
"So, as long as Eunuch Sun agrees, can we brother-third go to Sichuan immediately?" Zhao Jinjiao was proud.
Xu Yingyuan was overjoyed: "Then hurry up and find Eunuch Sun to get out of here?"
"I'll talk about Eunuch Sun's place." Uncle Second interrupted.
Xu Yingyuan also thought: "Yes, my brother was the palace that Eunuch Sun brought in. If you think about it, my brother was the person under his name. It would be better for you to talk about this."
"It's good, but I'm worried that Ma Qiancheng's wife is a powerful character. Will we call this woman harmed me after we go?" Uncle Er was worried about him. He had to be cautious in the barbarians. The men and women there were all evil. He didn't get any money, but he lost his life.
Xu Yingyuan asked the second uncle to say this, and he was a little scared, so he turned his head and asked Zhao Jinjiao, "What's that woman's name?"
Chapter completed!