Chapter 28: Dragging People into the Water

Sending away the Eastern Depot people, Li Mu immediately ordered his subordinates to release the news.

This kind of big business cannot be completed by one person; it also needs to borrow the connections of colleagues.

As for the inside story that was pried out, he just needs to know it himself; there is no need to say it out.

Who knows if this is the Eunuch faction's planning or the layout of the one in the imperial palace.

The Great Dayu imperial court is poor; the normal fiscal revenue alone is not enough to maintain the empire's operation. The resistance to pushing for reforms is too great, so they can only find some partial wealth to save the emergency first.

Compared with imposing taxes on the people, dealing with a few corrupt officials who don't have long eyes has a much smaller destructive power.

"Li brother, do you mean that as long as you spend money to handle it, the mentor can come out?"

Chen Jichuan asked uncertainly.

Not yet entered officialdom through the imperial examination, his understanding of officialdom is very limited, and his brain is relatively simple.

"Of course it's impossible!

Master Xiang is a thorn in the side of the Eunuch faction; it was not easy to take him down, so how could they release him so easily.

However, that group of Eunuch faction is the most greedy; as long as the money is in place, it is not difficult to save his life.

Hey, it's mainly because Master Xiang takes too much care of the fellow villagers.

There are tens of thousands of mu of fertile land under his name, far exceeding the tax-free quota stipulated by the imperial court, and it was defined as stolen money by the Eunuch faction.

If a case is overturned, the people who affiliated land will be implicated, and the crime of hiding land is not smaller than corruption."

Li Mu reminded tactfully.

Being classmates, he didn't want to see Chen Jichuan rush into a dead end and continue to fight to the death on the case.

Officials in the Great Dayu Dynasty, few can stand investigation.

Xiang Shihai is naturally no exception; after entering the imperial prison, he soon revealed a lot of criminal facts.

Not directly saying he is a big corrupt official is taking care of the classmate's face.

"Li brother, you know.

Master Xiang's family was arrested, and the family property was also sealed by the Eastern Depot.

If it were in the old home in Guanzhong, I could find someone to raise it.

But here is the capital; the travel expenses carried are not much, and it is impossible to raise this sum of money at all!"

Chen Jichuan said with a difficult expression.

In the end, he is a young man with thin skin, and he didn't have the face to borrow money directly.

"Brother Chen, you have not entered officialdom, so you don't know the rules of officialdom.

Master Xiang was imprisoned not only because of himself, but for the anti-Eunuch faction cause of the Pure Stream.

He took all the charges set by the Eunuch faction alone and did not reveal anyone else; this spirit is the most admirable.

Everyone is powerless to rescue, but these people should always contribute to the aftermath.

How about this, tonight I will arrange for you to impersonate a servant and secretly go to the imperial prison to meet Master Xiang.

At that time, he will naturally explain who can help pay this money!"

In fact, Li Mu didn't want to clarify the topic, but his classmate was a white paper in officialdom.

Xiang Shihai did fall, but precisely because he fell, his words became more weighty.

Perhaps there is no way to help people rise to power, but it is absolutely possible to drag people into the water.

There is no need to frame them; just revealing the information he knows is enough to make a big group of people follow him and fall.

Many times, officials protecting officials is not because everyone values class honor so much, but more because everyone has handles on each other.

Reaching out to pull someone else is also pulling oneself.

"Thank you, Li brother, for your guidance!"

Chen Jichuan said with a grateful expression.

It's really not easy.

Running around for so many days before, I didn't find any clues, and I almost got myself involved.

Coming to Li Mu's side, I finally found a solution.

Although I couldn't fish the mentor out, being able to save a life from the imperial prison can be considered lucky.

Especially when the Eastern Depot people came that day, Li Mu even confronted those people to protect him.

How ugly the faces of those agents were when they left, he saw it with his own eyes.

He didn't know how he handled the aftermath, but in Chen Jichuan's view, he definitely paid a price.

Then he found people to operate everywhere, running around for rescuing the mentor Xiang Shihai, truly a good classmate.

"Alright, Brother Chen, why are you being polite with me.

My identity is not convenient to appear in the imperial prison; after seeing Master Xiang, say hello for me.

By the way, tell him that the Eunuch faction will close the case within three days.

If there are powerful human connections, hurry up and use them; maybe you can be acquitted!"

Acquittal is impossible.

If there were truly powerful human connections to suppress the Eunuch faction, Xiang Shihai wouldn't have to suffer in the imperial prison.

The truth is often the most hurtful; beautiful words are what everyone likes to hear.

One Xiang Shihai is not worth him spending so much thought, the key is that if the business wants to be done, it must first make a good start.

Civil officials who have been entertained by the Depot and Guard are like drowning people at this time; they must struggle to grab even a straw floating in front of them.

Living is hope.

Many famous ministers in history have the experience of being demoted and exiled.

Their situation is just a bit more miserable, directly becoming a white board.

Theoretically, as long as they can live until the Eunuch faction falls and the Pure Stream party members regain power, there is a possibility of being pardoned.

If the relationship with the person in power is good, biting to death that it was the Eunuch faction framing them, directly overturning the case is not without hope.

What Li Mu is doing now is to bring hope to these desperate people.

It is mainly because the pressure to make money is too great.

The Eastern Depot's ransom cannot be less; there are many people inside who participate in sharing the money, and it is easy to cause changes if it is less.

The Marquis of Wuyang, this boss, can bear the burden, but he can also ask for money, opening his mouth for 500,000 taels of silver.

The Thousand-Household Office also needs to reserve a portion of funds as the yamen's budget for the second half of the year, and the officials below who participate in the execution also need to share a portion.

If you don't drag more people into the water, the performance really can't be completed.

Relying purely on relatives and old friends, no matter how good the friendship is, it has a price.

Those who are willing to take out dozens of taels are old friends, those who can spend hundreds of taels to handle it are relatives and friends, and those who are willing to spend thousands of taels to operate are close friends.

Those who are willing to take out tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even more money to fish people are not old fathers, then they must be forced.

A few officials alone cannot take out so much money; if it is shared with the entire Pure Stream party, then it is not a big problem.

Colleagues and teammates should share weal and woe; how can they let others charge at the front.

At midnight, Chen Jichuan, who came out of the imperial prison, was in a trance.

It was truly too cruel.

The imperial prison is like the eighteenth layer of hell.

Tongue-pulling, scissors, iron trees, copper pillars... these torture tools in hell legends are all available.

Officials who were dignified and domineering turned into meat on the chopping board after entering the imperial prison.

Seeing Xiang Shihai again, he didn't recognize the person.

"Young Master Chen, Thousand-Household Li ordered that no matter where you want to go tonight, the brothers will send you to the place.

But now it is the curfew time; except for our Five Cities Military Commission people, the Embroidered Uniform Guard will also come out to patrol.

The carriage movement is too big and easy to attract trouble; trouble you to walk a few more steps with us."

Hearing the soldiers' words, Chen Jichuan complained secretly.

Just suffered a shock inside, his current state is really not very good.

"Trouble leading the way in front, I will go to..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 29 =====