A big mansion, plus twenty slaves, furniture and decoration should also be ready-made. In the capital, where every inch of land is valuable, this is a great reward.

Chen Xi even felt that this was more affordable than promoting him.

The emperor must have given him a wealthy mansion. The small courtyard of merchants cannot be taken out. In the future, his mansion can finally be called "Shen Mansion".

In terms of future, official positions are more important, but from Chen Xi's current situation, this house is more attractive to him than official positions.

"When will the reward be given?" Chen Xi asked.

Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi and was extremely surprised: "You kid, don't you want to pursue something in your career?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Your Majesty rewarded me with a beautiful house and a servant. It is a great affirmation for me. How can a minister be insatiable?"

Xie Qian was so angry that he almost stamped his feet. He had racked his brains to suppress Chen Xi's dissatisfaction, but now it seems that he was simply worried. This kid made such a great contribution to the house easily. You must know that this opportunity to make achievements is hard to come by.

"As for specific matters, the Ministry of Revenue will tell you that you will arrive at Zhan Shi Mansion earlier tomorrow, and I will take you into the palace to thank you for your reward." Xie Qian said angrily, turned around and left.

Chen Xi originally wanted to go home early, but now he was not in a hurry and stayed at the Zhan Shi Mansion and other people who came to pay the rewards.

Since I was going to go to the palace to thank the reward the next day, the reward would not be delayed until today. Chen Xi waited for more than an hour and even prepared two copies of the case. Someone finally came from the Ministry of Revenue.

The visitor was the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Revenue's stolen fine warehouse. He came from a ninth rank official and made a special trip to him to hand over the contract of the house and took him to see the house.

When he arrived at the place, Chen Xi knew that the house was originally a property of the court to confiscate the officials. Chen Xi knew this person, who was the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Gaomingcheng.

When Gaoming City first entered the capital, it was a huge wealthy mansion, so it was expensive to buy this big mansion. Although he was not too arrogant in accordance with the etiquette system, he was worthy of his identity as a minister, so it was no exaggeration to call him the official residence.

The Gao family was not in full swing. The house in Gaoming City was mainly for the grandson Gao Chong and his wives and concubines. The food transported by the Tatars on the border of Gaoming City was robbed. The responsibility was not actually on him. However, taking advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Hongzhi Long Yan being furious, he had long been staring at the factory guards of the Gao Mansion and searching the Gao Mansion. Even Gao Chong was deprived of his qualifications for imprisonment and was sentenced to prison and questioned.

However, after the news of Liu Daxia turning defeat into victory and winning a great victory reached the capital, Emperor Hongzhi issued an order to pardon Gaoming City's crimes, and Gao Chong also released it, but the confiscated property, the Ministry of Revenue did not intend to return it.

"Mr. Shen doesn't know that this Minister Gao is quite square, with only one concubine taking care of his daily life. Unfortunately, he has a bad grandson who is flirting with the wives and more than a dozen wives and concubines. There are even more people who don't marry him. There are also a group of friends who are so messy when he arrested him."

"After the Gao Mansion was investigated, all the wives and concubines of the Grand His Holiness Gao's grandson were confiscated, but Mr. Gao's concubine died of illness in prison. His grandson's wife and concubines were not sick and sick. They were all returned now. I just heard that there were a few... haha, you understand."

Chen Xi knew that in the officialdom, especially in places like capital, once an official is punished, it would be like a life-and-death disaster for his family.

Who is the official who has no enemy or missed the enemy?

If you are in trouble and have no chance to make a comeback, others will take the blame. Your mother, wife, concubine, and daughter are punished. Those political enemies must have been holding back a bad intention to spend money to buy people. You can't control you when you are in trouble. If you are in trouble, I can't get some interest from your female relatives?

If the important officials of the court are imprisoned, no one dares to make trouble, because such people have a wide range of connections and are well-known. Who knows one day when he is remembered by the emperor and will be reused? They usually serve this kind of people respectfully.

If an upright minister is convicted, there will definitely be officials who admire his character to come forward to protect his family, and the situation will not be too bad.

But who is Gaoming City? He is a stolen official promoted and appointed by Zhu Youzhang. In addition, he died like a lamp. After his mansion was searched, Gao Chong and his wives and concubines became unlucky. In the end, he realized that it was a mistake, but he could no longer "return" those women intact.

But Gao Chong suffered a loss but had no choice.

"Your Majesty only pardoned Mr. Gao's crime. In fact, the Gao family is still guilty. At present, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are still keeping a close eye on each other!"

The deputy envoy of the Ministry of Revenue continued to explain to Chen Xi, "The Li family, a giant in the capital who has a good relationship with Gao Chong, has suffered a great trouble. The whole family was jailed and was just waiting to be exiled in court, but the charge was just a bribe... By the way, who is doing business these days, who is not filial to officials?"

Chen Xi was speechless about the matter of the Li family. He used to think that Li Yu, the eldest son of the Li family, was too close to Gao Chong, but there was no reminder if everyone had not had a relationship. Now, the huge family business was wiped out just because of a difference in thought.

Chen Xi originally wanted to ask why Shouning Hou did not help the Gao family, but after thinking about it carefully, the people in Gaoming City were dead, and the Gao family had no use value to the Zhang brothers. Instead, it would be better to use the Gaoming City case to investigate a group of merchants who bribed him and take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Chen Xi even determined to determine that most of the confiscated properties of the Li family fell into the pockets of the Zhang brothers.

"What a pity, what a pity." Chen Xi shook his head and sighed.

"What a pity for Lord Shen? Could it be that Lord Shen is interested in Miss Li?" The deputy envoy of the Ministry of Revenue's stolen punishment deposit suddenly laughed ambiguously.

"Oh? How do you say this?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

The minor official of the Ministry of Revenue said mysteriously: "The lower-ranking officials have known people in the Ministry of Justice. I heard that this young lady Li family is not only outstanding in appearance, but also has extraordinary knowledge and talent. Now he is already guilty. After the case is concluded, the male of the Li family will be exiled to the frontier, and the female of the female will be exiled to the Jiaofangsi. This educated and talented Miss Li will definitely be taken away if she cannot arrive at the Jiaofangsi. If the adults are interested, the junior official can help arrange it..."

Chen Xi then understood what the "arrangement" meant by the official of the Ministry of Revenue in front of him, which was to spend money to buy people. This was also a common way for officials to redeem their sins and their family members.

If there is a transaction, there will be an intermediary. Since this deputy envoy of the stolen fines warehouse is specialized in storing the government's confiscation of property, it must be inseparable from the Ministry of Justice and naturally has a wide range of connections.

Chen Xi thought of Miss Li Er's paintings, and she stayed up late to draw pictures of peach blossom beauty for her. She also felt a little embarrassed when she saw her face crying when she met with Fatty Zhou when she was with him.

But Chen Xi asked himself that he did not have the idea of ​​taking Miss Li Er for himself, because he had not yet had a close relationship with this Miss Li Er.

"How to arrange it?" Chen Xi asked.

"This... it will naturally cost a little money. Xiaguan heard that Lord Shen is doing business at home... Lord Shen, don't get me wrong about Xiaguan's meaning. Xiaguan means more friends, and there are more channels for obtaining news than others. I don't mean to explore Lord Shen's background..."

Chen Xi nodded and asked, "What's your name?"

"The official's name is Peng Yu, which means surplus every year. Everyone calls me 'Little Fish'. It's good to call him any adult."

Chen Xi nodded. Peng Yu looked in his early thirties and was sophisticated and had a little skill at first glance.

Chen Xi asked, "How much money does that person need to buy it?"

"Sir, I really asked the right person. If you buy it after the Ministry of Justice's trial, it will naturally be much more expensive, because there will be more people who know it at that time. After seeing Ms. Li's appearance, the price will naturally remain high..."

Chen Xi nodded and said, "The auction will naturally be more expensive."

"Auction? The officials don't understand the words of the adults, but the officials do have some connections with the Ministry of Justice." Peng Yu looked a little proud. "If you take down someone and ask the people from the Ministry of Justice to report that they are hanged or died of illness, they can be refuted. If this matter is not passed through the court, others will not pursue it. They just want to change their names and surnames."

Chen Xi finally understood what was going on, and thought to himself that there were indeed policies from top to top and countermeasures from bottom to bottom.

When the trial is over, the general officials and relatives who have been sent to the Jiaofangsi will basically pass the hall of the Ministry of Justice. Generally, officials want to buy people, and they must go through the official positions of the Ministry of Justice, or the Jiaofangsi and the Washing Clothes Bureau.

But if a person is directly reported to his death in the cell, even the lobby of the Ministry of Justice will be dismissed by the officials below.

"Will there be no trouble?" Chen Xi asked.

"My lord is too worried. This girl who is raised in the deep boudoir has never left the door. How many people know each other? Even if you check it above, you just need to find a female corpse to replace it. There will never be any mistakes. In the future, the adults will just book a slave and keep it in the deep courtyard. Who can see it?"

Peng Yu smiled a little treacherously, and he saw that he did a lot of such things.

Chen Xi asked, "You all do this for those who have committed sin?"

"How dare you? It's okay to be a businessman and a small family member who is punished. If he is a high-ranking official, it will be difficult to deal with it. My dear, the bigger the official position, the deeper the background. If one day he is remembered by the emperor and released from the prison and used it, who bullies his wife and daughter, will he let it go?"

"Let's go back, even if the emperor can't remember, the official was in trouble in the end, and was sentenced to be exiled or sentenced to be executed, but there must be many people who offended when they were officials. If any powerful man wanted to buy someone, but he was reported to him, the Ministry of Justice still had to investigate thoroughly, and naturally pulled up the radish and brought out the mud... Because of this incident several times before, we are very cautious now and usually dare not cause trouble for the officials' families."

Chen Xi nodded and said, "So that's it."

Peng Yu suddenly said nervously: "Sir, I will just say it casually. If the adults report to the yamen, the officials will not admit their deaths. You are always a Hanlin official... Most literati like this, so the officials told you that if they were officials from the Superintendent and the Department of the B, the officials would not care about them."

"You are always a lecturer in the East Palace. In the future, the heroes in front of the prince may be asked for your care. The officials dare not accept more money from you, but the Ministry of Justice always needs some management. Do you think this is OK? Give the officials ninety taels of silver to keep the officials and do their things properly!"

Hearing this price, Chen Xi couldn't help but sigh.

Miss Li Er took the initiative to redeem the old house and shop of the Xie family, but the one who handled it was thousands of taels of silver. Now it was her turn, and she was only ninety taels in total, and she was sold at a low price like goods.

But this is always much more expensive than buying a maid or something. Xiaoyu and the others are only ten taels per person.

Ten taels of silver are enough for a well-off family of six people to spend a year and can still make some surplus. In fact, ninety taels are already a huge sum of money for people of this era. After all, Chen Xi’s annual salary is not ninety taels.

"Okay, then I'll ask this brother to help you arrange it. I'll go home with me later and I'll give you some money..." Chen Xidao.

Peng Yu didn't expect the deal to go so smoothly, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Are you afraid of cheating if you are cheating?"

Chen Xi smiled and patted Peng Yu on the shoulder: "With my brother's connections, if you even lose this little money, who would dare to do business with you in the future? Besides, what are the benefits for you after the expiration of the period? Are you not afraid of my revenge afterwards?"

"This is true, Lord Shen is different. If you meet those old officials and talk to them, they will bargain for a long time. You might as well just do this. If you have such a deal after you get a rank, you will definitely think of you."

Chen Xi smiled but didn't say anything, but his heart was heavy.

Because he himself is also a member of the officialdom. If he is not careful in one step, the situation that occurs to others today may fall on himself.

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ps: The second update is here!

The emperor tried to write another chapter, but the hometown is very noisy, and it is probably updated in the early morning. Sorry!

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Chapter completed!