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Chapter 28 The First Assistant's Private Wealth

Zhou Shixiong didn't believe that there were honest officials in this world. He led five personal soldiers to search in the Han Mansion, but found nothing. Finally, he came to Han's study, and Zhou Shixiong ordered Yu Jiaao and others to say, "You are guarding outside, I'm responsible for this place."

The study room is the most suitable place for the identity of the chief minister in Han Yu’s home. The four treasures of the study, such as paper, pen, ink and inkstone, are all high-end goods, and the calligraphy and paintings of celebrities hanging on the walls are also national treasures. Zhou Shixiong turned around the room and locked his eyes on the bookshelf. This kind of scene is not often found in TV dramas. Something on the bookshelf is a switch. If you turn on the switch, the bookshelf will become a secret door, and there is a treasure-hiding room.

Of course, Zhou Shixiong knew that this was just a wick, but a large number of boxes on the top of the bookshelf attracted his attention. Thinking about the past life, in order to hide some books with the p-shaped characters and the discs with the a-shaped characters, they were all put in shoe boxes and placed on the top of the wardrobe. Since he would do this, Lord Han might have the same preference. Zhou Shixiong used the imagination of a peeper and moved all the boxes on the bookshelf to check them one by one.

It’s true that Zhou Shixiong found a box in these boxes, a copper box the size of a palm was hidden in one of the boxes. He forced the lock on the copper box to be removed, and Zhou Shixiong opened the lid with anticipation, and there was a stack of book contracts inside. "There are 30,000 mu of paddy fields in Jiezhou, 10,000 mu of Puzhou, and 130,000 mu of paddy fields in Anyi. Good guy, there are 170,000 mu of land alone, a super big landlord."

In addition to Tianqi, there are also book contracts from more than a dozen shops in Pingyang Mansion. It seems that Lord Han has a wealthy family. Since Zhou Shixiong has found the treasure, of course he hopes to have new discoveries. He searched all the boxes, boxes, vases and pen holders that can hold things in the study. After working hard for most of the day, he couldn't find anything. Zhou Shixiong was a little disappointed. Could it be that Lord Han has only this little property and no wealth?

Looking around, all the books could be read, and only those books were not checked page by page. As the eyes moved, Zhou Shixiong made new discoveries. The scrolls of famous calligraphy and paintings on the wall seemed to be able to hide things, as if there were such scenes in that novel. Zhou Shixiong was not interested in thanking the great man for his creativity and took the calligraphy and paintings to check the scroll. Sure enough, a silk scroll was found in the scroll of the painting in the middle hall. When he opened it, he saw a stack of salt citations. Each volume was 10,000, which was 200,000 citations.

Zhou Shixiong was not very clear about how much salt yin is worth. He only knew that salt yin could be sold, similar to the function of modern quotations. "Everyone came in." Zhou Shixiong opened the door and asked his personal soldiers to enter the study, then spread the salt yin and asked, "Who knows how much these things are worth?"

"Wow, it's so much money!" Huang Qiankun excitedly picked up a piece of salt and shouted excitedly. Zhou Shixiong raised his hand and came to his forehead, "Whatever you shout, tell me what you know."

"Sir, ten thousand citations are equal to sixty thousand taels of silver, and two hundred thousand citations are worth one and two hundred thousand taels of silver!" Huang Qiankun was not excited and saw that he was so big. He had never seen so much money. Even the warehouse in his warehouse was only tens of thousands taels of silver at most, which was incomparable to this pile of paper. The salt citation was so valuable, Zhou Shixiong couldn't help but feel excited. Damn, the floating wealth was more than one million, which was even more greedy than Wei Zhongxian!

Now a multiple-choice question appears in front of Zhou Shixiong. Should I take all or part of it? What a worry! "Sir, these are the salt quotations issued by Shanxi Salt Supervision. If the young one remembers correctly, there are 200,000 quotations in one out of one, this is the salt quotations in the whole province of Shanxi." Huang Qiankun was shocked by the new discovery after reading the salt quotations. If these salt quotations are destroyed, there will be no salt sold in Shanxi for a year. This scene is so spectacular!

Zhou Shixiong lowered his voice and asked, "Do you want these salt quotations to be used by designated people? Can others sell them for money?" Zhou Shixiong's words made the four personal soldiers' eyes shine. If the adults secretly gave these salt quotations, they would definitely reward him with some of them and make a fortune!

Only Huang Qiankun shook his head repeatedly, "Sir, salt citations can only be used by salt merchants registered in the Salt Supervision Bureau. If adults have familiar Shanxi salt merchants, these salt citations can be sold for about 600,000 taels of silver."

"Tell me in detail." Zhou Shixiong didn't know what he was doing, of course he had to ask clearly, otherwise wouldn't he be stupid if he couldn't get money if he bought the salt ingot!

"Sir, the empty place here is written with the name of the salt merchant. The salt citations issued by Shanxi Salt Supervision can only be used by Shanxi Salt Merchant. Others sell them to Shanxi Salt Merchants at a discount. Generally speaking, one citation is about three taels of silver." After Huang Qiankun explained, Zhou Shixiong roughly understood the purpose and value of salt citations, similar to modern futures securities, with a service period of one year and an expiration date will be invalidated. And it also limits the scope of use and user. If Zhou Shixiong takes these salt citations, he still has to find Shanxi Salt Merchants to make money. It is really troublesome to say.

When he thought of trouble, Zhou Shixiong's passionate heart became cold. He put Yan Tianqi together and stood up and said, "Person Huang, go and inform Lord Luo to come to the Han Mansion as soon as possible. Yu Jiaao, you will lead them to watch out for the Han Mansion people, as long as you don't cause trouble."

Luo Yangxing found a large number of gold, silver and jewelry at Wang Qia's home. He was happy to investigate. Huang Qiankun came to report the news and found several deeds of land and houses in the Han Mansion, and 200,000 salt quotations. "My family asked Lord Luo to go to the Han Mansion quickly and discuss with Lord Luo if there is something important."

Luo Yangxing was shocked by the news brought by Huang Qiankun. He did not expect that the famous chief assistant, Lord Han, was so rich, and he was richer than the richest people he knew. Luo Yangxing ordered Wu Mengming to search Wang Qia's mansion carefully and rushed to the Han mansion to meet Zhou Shixiong.

"Sir Luo, I heard that Long Live is waiting for the news. I think Lord Luo will send these to the palace first. It doesn't matter if Lord Wang checks slowly." Zhou Shixiong's suggestion Luo Yangxing raised his hands to agree. The wealth he found in Wang Qia's mansion was far less than these thin pieces of paper, and there is no need to compare which is more important than the Chief Auxiliary or the Minister of War. It is a great achievement to be able to successfully win Han Du.

"Thanks to Lord Zhou's wise observation, otherwise the corrupt official would have let go. It would be better for Lord Zhou to join the palace with him and report his merits to the face." Luo Yangxing was not a test of Zhou Shixiong. He dared not embezzle such a great merit. Without Zhou Shixiong's insistence on re-examination of the Han Mansion, such a large borer would be dug out.

"No need to say more about Lord Luo, this is Lord Luo's job. The subordinates will lend a few people to the emperor. If Lord Luo thinks that the subordinates of the subordinates are capable of doing things, just give a few more rewards, it has nothing to do with the subordinates." Zhou Shixiong did not want to jump into this big vortex, and he refused Luo Yangxing's kindness very firmly, and reminded him that he had just borrowed a few people to help.

"The official understands that if you have received the affection of Lord Zhou this time, you will be rewarded in the future." Luo Yangxing bowed deeply to Zhou Shixiong, and then went straight to Wuying Palace with the evidence.

As soon as Luo Yangxing left, it was nearly two hours before the sun had passed the middle line. The ministers of the Wuying Palace were all listless and hungry. In the side hall, Emperor Chongzhen was staring at the food on the table, and he was not in the mood to have lunch. Emperor Chongzhen was blaming himself. Zhou Shixiong had a good idea for him, but there was a deviation during the execution. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to dig a pit and bury people, but he was blocked by Han Yu before he was dug. Wang Qia was just a fool who was seeking death.

Emperor Chongzhen believed that Han Yu was not a corrupt person, and arresting him was just a demonstration of his persistence. After all, his student Yuan Chonghuan was still leading troops on the front line to fight, and he could not punish Han Yu no matter what he said. However, Wang Qia had just been promoted to Minister of War, and it was not very meaningful to punish this senior newcomer. No wonder the old foxes outside didn't say anything, they had already planned.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for more than an hour before he figured it out. The old fried dough sticks outside had already figured it out. Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen was furious again, "Everyone is waiting for me to fight against the master, no wonder they will work together to protect Liu Hongxun!" He began to fall into the fantasy of being persecuted syndrome again.

Wang Chengen is the one who is most worried today. Long live to turn against the civil officials. In theory, the eunuchs are the ones who benefited. But this is just theoretical. Now there are Jiannu outside and there are natural disasters inside. Wang Chengen has no intention of getting power at all. He just wants to live a peaceful life and be a rich, powerful and face-saving eunuch.

Last night, Wansui had a close chat with Zhou Shixiong, only Fang Zhenghua was present. If this happened normally, Wang Chengen would be very unhappy, but this time he was very happy after listening to Fang Zhenghua's secret report. Fortunately, he was not present, otherwise he should advise Wansui not to listen to Lord Zhou, or support Lord Zhou to make Wansui turn against the civil minister? Until now, Wang Chengen has not thought of the answer.

"Long live your life, the commander of the Jinyiwei Commander Luo Yangxing asked for a visit." The Han general outside the hall signed up loudly and woke everyone in the hall. Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a while before he whispered a word, "Xuan!" Then he walked out of the main hall and sat down on the dragon chaise. Wang Chengen shouted loudly, "Xuan~~~~"

Luo Yangxing walked into the hall with his head held high and his chest, holding a big box in both hands to make Emperor Chongzhen excited. It seems that Wang Qia couldn't run away. One of them was hit and there was also an opportunity to negotiate conditions with civil officials.

"Long live your letter, I will investigate Lord Han's mansion and find 170,000 mu of salt and citations. This is evidence. All the people in the Han Mansion are detained and can be interrogated at any time." Luo Yangxing's words were like a bomb that exploded in Wuying Hall. The ministers and eunuchs in the hall and Emperor Chongzhen were all drowning by the bomb.

"Luo Yangxing, are you talking about Han Du and Lord Han?" Sun Chengzong couldn't help asking Luo Yangxing, wanting to confirm that he had just had an auditory hallucination. His questions represented the voice of everyone in the hall, including Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen.

"Mr. Sun, these evidences were indeed found in the study of Lord Han, Han. The name of Lord Han's family was found on the field certificate. The salt citation was found in a scroll of calligraphy and painting. They were all salt citations issued by the Shanxi Salt Supervision." The salt citation did not have a name written on it. In addition to the certification certifying that these things came from the study of Han, Luo Yangxing could only specifically indicate the source of the salt citation.

This is also evidence. Each salt is indicative of the seal from Shanxi Salt Supervision. As long as you catch the salt supervision and ask, you can tell who the salt supervision has been induced to. Therefore, Luo Yangxing is not worried about being cheated by Zhou Shixiong at all.
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