Chapter 1798: The person is not good, but the money is very fragrant

Yuan Sikai discovered a very distressing fact.

The ten thousand taels, which he considered a sky-high price, became a conscience price in the mouths of other imprisoned officials, cheap to death. They wished they could snap it up!

Other imprisoned officials told him clearly, "If it were my case, and Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen only asked for ten thousand taels, I would pay immediately. Twenty thousand taels wouldn't be a problem either."

Yuan Sikai was very shocked and asked a very unobservant question, "May I ask senior, how much did Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen quote for your case?"

The other party was easy to talk to, "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen quoted one hundred thousand taels. Hey, and it's not certain it will succeed!"

Yuan Sikai:...

It was his shallowness!

It was his misunderstanding of Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen was indeed kind to him.

"If the matter cannot be done, will Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen refund the money?"

"Refund money?" The imprisoned official was puzzled, "This old man has been in officialdom for decades, and so far, I have only seen three or five examples where the matter was not done and the other party chose to refund the money."

"How much to refund?" Yuan Sikai pursued.

"Refunding one or two percent is about it. After all, people have put in effort, but the relationship was not in place, or the matter was too tricky. You can't let the other party run for nothing. The relationship still needs to be maintained, and money, there will be more. If the relationship is broken, it's broken. If you maintain the relationship well, maybe you can use it next time. If people remember the matter that wasn't done last time and return it all at once this time, it's a profit."

Yuan Sikai felt ashamed again, feeling uneasy for misunderstanding Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen.

"In this way, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen can be called kind, refunding money even if the matter is not done."

"That's why everyone is willing to find Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to handle things. It's expensive, but he doesn't fake it, and even if it's not done, he won't talk nonsense; what it is, it is. Unlike some people, who can't even find the door, all relying on boasting to cheat money. Little brother, in the future when you find someone to handle things, you must polish your eyes.

In this capital, there are many people, and many ghosts. There is a group of people who specialize in earning money from you new soldiers, bullying you because you don't understand anything, boasting to the sky, but in fact, they can't even enter the government office. At most, they know a few small officials. Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen and the Minister of Justice are proper old-age friends. That relationship, when the money is in place, the matter can be in place!"

"Then why don't you ask Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen for help?"

"One hundred thousand taels, even if you sell this old man, I can't take it out. Hey..."

Yuan Sikai, through exchanges with his cellmates, finally confirmed that Chen Guanlou did not lie to him; the price was a conscience price, and the matter could be done. If it couldn't be done, he could still get a refund.

He pondered for a few days, gritted his teeth, and let the steward pay the money.

The steward felt sorry for the money, "Young Master, should we wait a little longer? Maybe the case will have a turning point soon."

"Can't wait any longer! Ten thousand taels, do you have it?"

"There is no cash in the mansion, but if we scrape together from the shops, we can scrape it together. It's just that in this way, the shops will have no cash, and the subsequent business will definitely be affected."

"Is it me who is important, or is the shop business important? I am locked in the Heavenly Prison, and you are busy making money outside, not caring whether I live or die, right?"

"Young Master, calm your anger! This small one will go and scrape together the money."

"Go quickly!"

Chen Guanlou received the Yuan family's money and was indeed a little surprised. Yuan Sikai, the iron rooster, had bloomed; he was actually willing to spend money.

He went to the Grade-A prison to visit the honorable client and confirm the other party's demands.

"Get out of prison, right? No other requirements?"

"Can there be other requirements?" Yuan Sikai was like a curious baby, wanting to ask everything and wanting to know everything.

"No! I have already received the money, you wait for news."

"How long to wait?"

Chen Guanlou pondered for a moment and relaxed the deadline, "Within a month, there will definitely be news. I will go to the Ministry of Justice to inquire about your case and see the situation. Once there is progress, I will come to tell you."

"Go quickly, go quickly! Once there is progress, you must tell me!" Yuan Sikai couldn't wait.

Chen Guanlou confirmed that Sun Daoning was in the government office, so he took a box of pastries and went to the Ministry of Justice, under the pretext of finding Old Sun for tea.

Sun Daoning didn't want to have tea with him, guarding against him like a thief.

Chen Guanlou didn't care; the pastries he gave as a gift to Old Sun were all eaten by him as snacks.

After eating, he clapped his hands, "Can you talk about the new top scholar's case?"

"Did you collect money?" Sun Daoning pointed out the truth.

"He wants to get out of prison, can this matter be done?"

Chen Guanlou took out a stack of banknotes and placed them in front of Old Sun.

Sun Daoning glanced at it, swept the banknotes directly into the drawer, and coughed lightly, "Yuan Sikai's case, it's not big, but it's not small. He wants to get out of prison, and there are many places here that need to be handled."

As soon as his voice fell, two more banknotes fell from the sky and landed in his hands.

He threw the banknotes into the drawer smoothly and continued, "This old man will have someone organize the case files in a while. Tomorrow at the morning court, I will mention it to my colleagues and see the attitude of the Censorate."

"Not troublesome?" Chen Guanlou asked.

"Not troublesome!" Sun Daoning said affirmatively.

Chen Guanlou smiled with satisfaction, "How long will it take to handle?"

"Is it very urgent?"

"A bit urgent. This top scholar Yuan Sikai, compared to the previous two top scholars, is a cut below. He likes to pretend, and his temper is also a bit impatient. He needs to be beaten and trained. I boldly predict that he will not reach the height of the previous two top scholars."

The two top scholars he spoke of referred to Xie Changling and Tan Zhang. The master and student were both talents who engaged in power schemes.

As for Yuan Sikai, whether it was his pattern or realm, he was a cut below. Yet his article was named top scholar. The gap between the person and the article is quite large!

"You don't think highly of him?" Sun Daoning was very surprised.

He still remembered that back then, when Xie Changling was trapped in prison, Chen Guanlou had told him more than once that Xie Changling was a talent, and if given a chance, he could take off. Later facts proved that he was indeed a talent, and he was great. The youngest prime minister in the history of Great Gan!

As for Tan Zhang, he was also a talent. Just because of a lack of training and the environment, his vision was not far-reaching enough. Given time, after growing up, no one could underestimate him.

Just looking at Tan Zhang as Xie Changling's student, a reader in the Hanlin Academy, being able to coax Emperor Yuanding and have some face in front of Emperor Yuanding, one knew that this child was extraordinary and had two brushes.

"I don't think highly of him." Chen Guanlou was very certain, "Perhaps he has a high level of writing articles, but in his conduct and actions, he will sooner or later stumble again."

Sun Daoning trusted Chen Guanlou's judgment very much.

Because, for so many years in the past, his judgment of people was quite accurate, and there were few times he was wrong.

Originally, he wanted to invest in this new top scholar, but Sun Daoning immediately gave up the idea, only following the process and not contacting Yuan Sikai.

"You don't think highly of him, yet you still help him?"

"He is him, money is money. Money is fragrant, I can't push the money I get into my hands out." Chen Guanlou was righteous.

Sun Daoning laughed and scolded, "Sure enough, you recognize money but not people. Since he is in a hurry, this old man will handle it for him as soon as possible. Let you collect money with peace of mind!" ===== CHAPTER 1799 =====