"The Political Security Bureau arrested Sister Ye..."
Han Yue looked at Zheng Shangjie and nodded, knowing that her leader already knew about this, so she stopped elaborating on this "old news".
Those who were arrested were not the newly retained officials of Guangzhou Prefecture, but the old people of Guangzhou Station.
Zheng Shangjie has been notified that the Political Security Bureau raided her residence and found two hundred taels of silver, some gold jewelry, and thousands of yuan in currency notes. Someone reported that she secretly accepted bribes from several big businessmen in Guangzhou and revealed the itinerary and internal activities of the elders.
Zheng Shangjie shook his head, feeling helpless.
Sister Ye used to serve Zheng Shangjie, Pei Lixiu and others in the Ziming Building. According to the past, she was also the personal servant of the madam. Because the job is close to the elders, she is specially transferred from Lingao as a maid under the general office. He is also a surname from Guangzhou Prefecture.
Sister Duan is in her early thirties. Although she is not beautiful, she has an appearance that "the master would like to see". She is nimble and diligent in her work. She is also very capable in regulating water and fire, especially the supper in the evening, breakfast in the morning, and afternoon snacks for the female elders. All the snacks are prepared by her. I have worked at Guangzhou Station for more than three years and am very popular with the female veterans.
Unexpectedly, Guangzhou became a "traitor" less than a month after the liberation.
I didn't act like a traitor during the hard times in the past, but I fell into trouble when a bright future was right in front of me! Zheng Shangjie couldn't help but sigh secretly when she thought of this.
Perhaps in their eyes, the restoration of Guangzhou means that it is time for them to "enjoy happiness". Zheng Shangjie thought.
"Did the Political Security Bureau say which wealthy businessmen it was involved with?"
"Cai Shi sent me a document..." Seeing that Zheng Shangjie didn't answer, Han Yue just nodded slightly and hurried to the study to get the memo from the internal mail bag.
"Chief——"
Zheng Shangjie took it and looked at it. It was a case memorandum. Including the bribes collected, the small book secretly recording the itinerary and a few words of the elders, and my own confession...
When she saw the long list of Guangdong wealthy businessmen involved, she sneered softly. "These are blind!"
Judging from the confessions, they were very interested in what the Senate wanted to do, and they were trying hard to figure out why Guo Yi suddenly resigned. They are even more amazingly interested in the personal lives and hobbies of the senators.
These wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty completely did not understand the composition of the Lingao regime - the concept of an aristocratic republic was too far away from them. No matter in time or space.
I think when she first came to Guangzhou, she was regarded as Guo Dongzhu's wife - after all, P Ji claimed to be Guo Yi's concubine. As soon as she arrived, she took over most, or even all, of the Cross Group's business in Guangzhou except for the Delong group. Therefore, all the businessmen with connections regarded her as the head wife of the Guo family. Even Gao Ju once flattered her in person that she "presides over the middle class, supports her husband, manages the family well, and manages money well." At first, she didn't understand the meaning of these suppressed words, but Guo Yi was so frightened that his face changed. It took a lot of effort to make these businessmen realize that he and Zheng Shangjie were pure "relatives" - without blood relationship, the natives simply could not understand why Guo Dong trusted the wife of an unrelated outsider to manage his family. Zheng Shangjie's property - Zheng Shangjie has another husband. She came to Guangzhou to be the shopkeeper in charge of all Australian trade affairs... But this is not over yet. With the burning of Wuyangyi, the Australians' influence in Guangzhou is growing. , a new version of her identity has emerged: I don’t know how these Ming Dynasty people verified it. She, Zheng Shangjie, has become one of the four armies of the Australian and Song Dynasty Forbidden Forces in the mouths of the merchants. She came to take charge of the affairs of the Australian and Song Forbidden Army camps in Guangzhou... She also said that her husband was actually the envoy of the Western Pavilion of Australia in the Song Dynasty, and was the same as the Imperial City Secretary... Now Zheng Shangjie should be confused. Already...
Now that Guangzhou has been "liberated", similar official position mapping interpretations have happened again: Mayor Liu is the "Yin of Guangzhou" in their mouth. And she, Zheng Shangjie, "promotes Yiwu in Fuzhong City, Guangzhou." After hearing this information, Liu Xiang joked with her and said that you, Zheng Shangjie, are really at a loss. You only have an errand, and there is no official or subordinate position. As expected, it is still a patriarchal society that values boys over girls...
It's a pity that Sister Ye got into it after all this trouble. Looking at this confession, Zheng Shangjie could imagine the purpose of the torture she suffered: the Political Security Bureau would not easily believe the words "full confession". There will be no future.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel regretful. My head hurts.
There aren't many soft drinks in Guangzhou, and they all have a lot of staying power. At this moment, Zheng Shangjie was a little drunk, and his mind started to fly. Han Yue raised her eyes and saw that her head and master's eyes were wandering and deep in thought, but he kept rubbing his forehead with his hand. Knowing that he was drunk, he didn't reply to the previous question. He just walked gently behind him and helped Zheng Shangjie press his sunscreen. After a while, Zheng Shangjie ordered again: "It's better. Keep talking."
"Yes! Chief!" Han Yue responded, moving her hand to Zheng Shangjie's shoulder, and began to massage carefully.
"Later, Wang Sangou, the chief of the general affairs section of the municipal office, came. He said he wanted to report to you about the physical adjustment of the logistics and general affairs of Guangzhou Station. I replied that you were out on business, and he left a document for the slave to forward to you. "The servant put it in the delivery basket on the chief's desk." She looked at Zheng Shangjie and said, "Would you like to get it for you?"
"No need." Zheng Shangjie knew this. Liu Xiang had personally talked to her and Pei Xiuli a few days ago. Now that Guangzhou has been liberated, the establishment of Guangzhou Station will naturally be abolished. Naturally, the original pomp and circumstance used for cover and work had to be cancelled.
According to the plan, the Guangzhou Station was officially cancelled, and the three original Ziji stores operated independently as state-owned enterprises and were directly responsible to the State-owned Assets Office under the Planning Institute. Other branches are also assigned to various departments according to their nature.
The rest is the huge headquarters of Guangzhou Station. There are a large number of service personnel and facilities in the agency, which are provided as necessary to carry out the work.
Since the agency is to be abolished, personnel must also be diverted. This is a big impact on the veterans of the Guangzhou Station who are already used to enjoying it, and it is even more serious on the naturalized people who serve them - especially the naturalized people who were recruited locally and have not received too much "baptism of modernization". a bolt from the blue.
"You want to be a slave, but you can't." Zheng Shangjie thought to himself, this is true for many people.
"Then a lot of people came to give gifts." Han Yuehui reported, "The first people to come in the evening were the people beside the shopkeeper. One after another, there were ten or twenty people coming, just at the front and back, like It’s an appointment.”
"Where's the gift list?"
"I followed your instructions and registered all the gifts." Han Yue quickly handed over a handbag.
Zheng Shangjie opened it and took a look at it. She was not surprised that he held it up to give gifts. These days, he would send someone to give gifts almost every three to five days. They were all "water gifts" such as fresh fruits and specialties. It was obviously a tentative reminiscence of old feelings. The latter ones are different - most of them are dental dealers in the city. Not only did they come neatly, but the gifts were also quite valuable.
"...I went back to you for the banquet. Now that I'm not here, the boys who handed me the name cards are asking me for advice."
Zheng Shangjie listened but remained silent, thinking in her heart: Maybe, no, I must have sealed a red envelope for you. Let's see what you say.
"You left in a hurry this afternoon. You didn't tell me about this, so I didn't dare to say anything! I still refused the gift he brought, and just followed your previous instructions and told him that we, the officials under the Senate, should do their own thing. He is responsible for his duties and handles matters arbitrarily. Whatever department should handle should be handled by that department, and whatever should be done should be done."
"That's all you said?" Zheng Shangjie asked after Han Yue obviously stopped talking.
"Slave... I, I said a few words and scolded them a few times, saying that even if they were lying, spying on the palace officials and spying on the behavior of the prime ministers and ministers was a serious crime. They committed such stupid things, no matter how hard they were punished, You deserve it!" Han Yue was filled with indignation as she spoke, but she kept sensing Zheng Shangjie's reaction in her eyes and hands. "Slave servant... I scolded them, and then I persuaded them that those who should testify should do so. Don't take any chances. Our Senate knows everything! Then... then I sent them away..." After saying that, Han Yue became nervous, and her hands unconsciously moved slightly.
The little girl's reactions could not escape Zheng Shangjie's reaction, but she sighed in her heart: If this girl is still immersed in this environment, she will never think about moving up under the Lingao system in her life, so she should send her to Fang. Let’s go to school on the grass.
"Don't dare to speak randomly, I've already said so much!" Zheng Shangjie made a stern tone, stretched out her hand rubbing her forehead and waved to signal Han Yue to go away. "You don't need to take care of these welcome and delivery matters from now on. From tomorrow on, I will let the newly assigned correspondent Ishigang from Lingao take care of it. Is the supper ready?"
"Prepare! It's ready!" Han Yue responded in a panic: "I don't know if the soup on the chicken at midnight is ready. I'll go check it out again."
Looking at Han Yue's back, Zheng Shangjie felt weak again, "Did you scare the child? No! You can't spoil her, it will harm her!"
Thinking back to the scene just now, she felt that she didn't even recognize herself anymore: Is this still the modern woman who worked hard in the business world of the lighthouse country? It’s only been a few years, but he’s already acting like a master! Will that dead guy Qian Shuixie be too scared to recognize me when he sees me like this? This damn ghost, I haven’t seen him a few times a year in the past few years. He comes here once to spend the night and then runs away. What kind of place is this?
Zheng Shangjie turned over and lay on the bed irritably. The alcohol seemed to be getting to my head again.
I don't know how long it took before Zheng Shangjie's snoring started to float gently. (To be continued.)
