"You, Lian Xing, were originally a lower-ranking servant of Xianghuangqi. When Lord Daoguang was inspecting the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he accidentally discovered that you are a pretty slave who can write well and can calculate accounts clearly, so he promoted you!"
"After three dynasties, you, Lian Xing, have grown from a poor boy living in a shabby courtyard in Nancheng to a wealthy family... In front of all the adults, do you, Lian Xing, dare to repay your family fortune?"
"Behind the Bell Tower, you have a two-entry courtyard in Niangniangmiao Hutong, and a three-entry house on Xixie Street to the north of Prince Zheng's Mansion..."
"Hufang Bridge, Liulichang, Goldfish Pond... you each have a mansion, but you have five mansions in the capital alone!"
"What about outside the city? Mentougou, Nanyuan, Tongzhou, Shunyi... Your properties, large and small, may range from 100 to 80. Even half of the villages in Shunyi belong to you!"
"Your family has more than a thousand hectares of fertile land? You can't escape six thousand hectares..."
"Lian Xing, do you think His Majesty is someone who can be bullied? Haha, you are in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you are the chief steward of Lord Long Live. You are also responsible for the pocket money of Lord Long Live in the royal inner treasury!"
"Do you think I can be bullied because I am young? Can you explain to me what happened to Citibank's 400,000 pound certificate of deposit?"
"Central Bank of China, what's going on with the promissory note of 650,000 silver dollars? Do you still need me to include all the silver you deposited in the Qing Dynasty business?"
"Lian Xing! You have already disappointed Lord Long Live. Not counting the value of your jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, you already have a fortune of tens of millions in savings and real estate title deeds!"
"Lian Xing! How do you explain this money? How do you explain it? You evil-hearted dog slave, aren't you afraid that God will thunder and take you away?"
It really makes sense for Zai Chun to choose Da Sixi as the director of the courtesy room. He has learned all the eunuch's mean and mean skills. This scolding and eccentricity drove Lian Xing to death. ah!
Corruption was not a big crime in the Qing Dynasty, but Lian Xing would not be able to survive if he was accused of deceiving his master!
At this time, there was no need for any handkerchief to induce tears. Lian Xing was really frightened and went crazy. He howled and crawled forward like a dog. "Your Majesty! Master, please forgive me... I am a bit greedy, but I really don't have it." The slightest bit of intention to deceive the Lord..."
"My slave confesses... My servant confesses... In April last year, Yizhen gave me a pocket watch, and Prince Gong Yixin invited me to drink in a village outside the city..."
"They just want to bribe the slaves! But slaves, I swear to God, I didn't reveal any information to them! Not even a little bit..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu." Long live my lord, this slave is just a greedy dog, an old dog. Please save my life! Please spare my life..."
It was really a gamble. What Lian Xing did was not what Xie Ting thought at all. He had a well-established plan and was well versed in the rules of the court. That was all nonsense!
Lian Xing was within the familiar rules, struggling to survive the gamble. In order to survive, he was ready to reveal all his secrets, but in the end, he bit Yi Xin and Yixuan blood!
I had asked the emperor for permission before Da Si Xi, so of course he would not cause any trouble. He sneered and said, "Lian Xing! Master Shengming Zhuzhao, who else can you deceive with your sinister thoughts?"
"Who bribed you? Have you ever revealed any secrets? Of course, someone will interrogate these things later... But you said you don't dare to deceive the Lord?"
"Haha... Do you really think that His Majesty is an emperor who doesn't know the sufferings of the people?"
"Your Majesty is just holding back and watching you torture yourselves to death! Let me ask you, Lian Xing, you came from the market, it is impossible that you don't know the business on the street..."
"Why does this long-lived man eat an egg for ten taels of silver? Tell me what's going on?"
The people present were so frightened that they didn't even dare to raise their eyebrows. The egg worth ten taels of silver was actually a joke in the official circles of the Qing Dynasty! There are various versions of this legend from the Qianlong Dynasty to the present!
Eggs that cost thirty taels of silver each on the street would be doubled a hundred times when entered into the palace's accounts. Sometimes they were one or two taels of silver each, and the most expensive ones were as much as ten taels of silver!
This has something to do with whether the emperor is strong or not. If he encounters a ruthless character like Yongzheng, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will only dare to raise the price of eggs to one tael of silver. If it comes to the reign of Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi, the price of these eggs will go up!
Before Tongzhi came to power, the Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded an egg as ten taels!
Lian Xing's head was covered in cold sweat, and his whole body felt as if he had been fished out of the water. "Slave...slave...the eggs I give to Your Majesty are all carefully selected...they are not ordinary products on the market..."
"Lian Xing!" Da Sixi yelled in a high-pitched voice, "You still say you don't deceive the Lord? Your Majesty has traveled around the world, and you have also eaten the eggs of Europa!"
"Your Majesty has personally experienced the life in the city. Who else do you want to deceive over the price? Come on, bring another dog slave here!"
The newly prepared Imperial Forest Army came from the gate on the west side of the Imperial Stairs and dragged up a bloody man by the arm like a dead dog!
When he was thrown in front of Lian Xing, everyone took a look, and some people knew that it was Xiao Yuchun'er, the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was a direct descendant of Lian Xing!
Da Sixi walked over and kicked Xiao Yuchun'er, whose back was covered in blood with the toe of his shoe, "In front of Long Live Lord and all the ministers, tell me all your dirty things!"
Xiao Yuchun struggled and kowtowed and cried, "Xianfeng... In the fourth year of Xianfeng... His Majesty decreed to check the accounts..."
"At that time...someone pointed out that the prices were wrong...this...this old Lianxing dog sent people overnight...to drive away all the egg vendors in the market..."
Xiao Yuchun was so hurt that she couldn't speak clearly. "Then... he sent someone to put on a show... pretending to be an egg seller, just to put on a show for the father-in-law and officials who were secretly visiting the palace..."
"An egg on the market costs six taels of silver. If you buy a good one from the palace, the price of eight taels of silver isn't too much, right?"
"Actually, he used money to bribe those who made secret visits... He was just putting on a show for His Majesty! Your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day, and there are so many important military and national affairs waiting to be dealt with..."
"These little things about eggs have been forgotten for a long time, and no one wants to mention them... He has just passed the test!"
"In the first year of Tongzhi, Lian Xing directly raised the price of eggs to ten taels of silver each. What he bullied was that Long Live Master was young..."
"Yu Chun'er! You bastard, you framed me!" Lian Xing rushed forward like crazy, but was kicked back by Da Sixi.
Zai Chun looked at Lian Xing's fearful and twisted face coldly and thought to himself, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has become lawless! Almost all purchases are fake, and there are ghosts in them all!"
"But I'm just going to cause trouble for you over something as big as an egg! I just want to show the officials that you can be convicted for something as big as an egg, let alone anything else!"
