Six hundred and ninety-four uninvited guests (below)
Chen Yiguan's face was calm and reached out to hold a piece of meat and put it into Luo Sigong's bowl.
"I heard that Commander Luo is good at eating venison. This is the venison that Lao Fu specifically asked the restaurant to carefully cook. It is extremely tender. Please try it."
Chen Yiguan smiled, treating his younger generation like a kind and kind old man, but this attitude made Luo Sigong feel creepy.
When ordinary officials saw the Jinyiwei coming to the door, they were scared half of their souls. Of course, they were all middle- and low-level officials. The power held by senior officials was different. When the Jinyiwei's power was far inferior to that of the original, in normal times, the power of the Jinyiwei commander was nothing in front of senior bureaucrats.
Not to mention that Shen Yiguan now has the emperor's orders, and he can dispatch the Jinyiwei to do things at his discretion. At present, Luo Sigong needs to obey Chen Yiguan's orders to some extent.
"I don't know what is important to Mr. Chen here, so please Mr. Chen tell me clearly, otherwise such a sumptuous meal would not be able to enjoy it."
Luo Sigong moved his chair backwards and said that he did not dare to enjoy the sumptuous meals.
"Haha, shouldn't you young people be in a hurry and have few concerns? The Jinyiwei should be even more so. This is also a concern and that is something that only people like me can do, you are different."
Chen Yiguan smiled: "Eat when you should, drink when you should. This meal is a private arrangement for me. Enter your mouth and my soul, and there will be no third person to know about it. There will definitely be no one. Haha, come on, this is specially prepared for Commander Luo. If Commander Luo doesn't eat it, it will be wasted."
Luo Sigong forced himself to suppress the anxiety in his heart.
"Please make clear that Mr. Chen, otherwise, you will not be able to eat."
Chen Yiguan sighed, put down his chopsticks, and shook his head.
"Whether, if you don't tell this, Commander Luo will probably not be relieved. In fact, I really have a problem with me coming here and I have to ask Commander Luo for advice."
Luo Sigong felt a stern in his heart and said, "I don't know what Master Chen said to ask for advice?"
"It's just some of my husband's personal doubts."
Chen Yiguan smiled and said, "I don't know very well how much property the officials who were confiscated have? Is it enough to reward the troops at the border? The 100,000 troops under Xiao Zhennan's command, the reward costs and daily expenses required for the reward costs and daily expenses are not small."
Luo Sigong had already guessed some of the intentions of Chen Yiguan coming here.
"To be honest, Mr. Chen has searched 21 officials in the house these days, fifteen people at a time and six people at a time. The total income from silver, gold, antiques and jade, gold, silver and jewelry, as well as the land and commercial property in the home, is conservatively estimated, about 10 million."
Luo Sigong honestly reported the real data.
Chen Yiguan's body shook slightly, his eyes flashed and dark, and he was silent for a while.
"Ten million? Isn't that right?"
Chen Yiguan suddenly said this.
"wrong?"
Luo Sigong frowned and said, "This is a special person who has calculated that there will be no mistakes. This number is conservatively estimated, and it may be more or not. After all, the means of hiding silver for today is really incredible."
Chen Yiguan laughed when he heard this, and then shook his head constantly.
"No, no, this number is absolutely wrong."
Luo Sigong didn't quite understand Chen Yiguan's meaning.
"What does Mr. Chen mean?"
"What I mean is that the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was so generous that they could actually allow one or two corrupt officials to get so much money? There must be some misunderstanding here, otherwise, wouldn't everyone be able to eat such a meal?"
Chen Yiguan pointed to a table of dishes with a smile.
Luo Sigong suddenly realized, and he suddenly understood the fundamental purpose of Chen Yiguan coming here.
In an instant, Luo Sigong's thoughts were twists and turns, but even so, it was not enough for him to make his own decision in a short time. By the time he finally made up his mind, it had been a while.
Luo Sigong looked at Chen Yiguan deeply, looking at his kind-hearted smile.
I thought about other things that made him feel uncomfortable.
He made the decision.
"Haha, what Mr. Chen taught me is that this number is indeed a bit exaggerated. Xia Guan just thought about it, maybe he made a mistake, not ten million, but eight million."
Chen Yiguan smiled again, and then shook his head again.
"No, no, or wrong. Even if the officials of the Ming Dynasty were completely destined to lose so much money, right? Besides, there was not so much money to be greedy for ink, right?"
Not enough?
Luo Sigong thought about it carefully and asked tentatively: "That five million?"
Chen Yiguan shook his head again.
"No, no, or right, it's still wrong. You can buy hundreds of kilograms of rice and grain for just one tael of silver and five million silver. How much rice and grain is it? There was not so much rice and grain in the Ming Dynasty, Commander Luo, which is obviously wrong."
Luo Sigong pursed his lips.
"Yes, it's true. If you overworked in these days, you must have calculated it wrongly. It's obvious that you only have three million."
Chen Yiguan still shook his head with the same smile.
"The annual income of the treasury in the Ming Dynasty was only three million yuan, and Commander Luo was joking again, right? If these more than 20 people could lose the income of the treasury in the year, then what if His Majesty mistakenly thought that every twenty officials could lose the income of the treasury in the year, what should he do?"
Luo Sigong took a deep breath, thinking about the emperor, thinking about Xiao Ruxun, thinking about Zhang Jing, thinking about his own situation.
"Then Master Chen thought, how much silver did these more than 20 people lose?"
Chen Yiguan stretched out a finger.
"Your Majesty cannot have any wrong ideas, mistakenly thinking that none of the officials in the court are loyal to Your Majesty. We, those who are loyal to the king and the country, need to help Your Majesty eliminate alarmist news. What do you think?"
Luo Sigong looked at the finger and nodded slowly.
"What Master Chen said is reasonable. Those who are ministers should share your worries with Your Majesty and not make Your Majesty too hard. This is the duty of a loyal minister of the king and the country."
After saying that, Luo Sigong took out the detailed report in his hand and handed it to Chen Yiguan.
"The subordinates of the officials are not good at learning skills. They have only found one million taels, but they are counted as ten million taels. This is really a joke! The officials are not good at managing their subordinates, so please punish Master Chen."
Chen Yiguan took the report, took it out and looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and then took out another envelope from his arms and handed it to Luo Sigong.
"Commander Luo is very wise and loyal to the king and the country. He is actually a rare loyal minister in the country. What's wrong with it? Besides, the Jinyiwei is your personal army. Who else can punish him besides your Majesty? I will never dare to do this."
Chapter completed!