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Volume 4 Leviathan Chapter 67 Bribery

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    "In-laws?" Wang Qinian frowned. He had a son and a daughter. The son was an official in Shanxi, and the daughter was married to an official family in Hanking. The in-laws the old wife mentioned must be her daughter's Weng family.  Although Wang Qinian was fond of power and was not very broad-minded, he was very upright as an official and did not have much contact with his in-laws on weekdays.  Suddenly, someone from his in-laws came, and he already understood six or seven points.  "No!" Wang Qinian sat back in the chair and snorted coldly: "Just tell me that I have gone to bed to rest!" "Master, let's meet up. It's my in-laws who are here. If I don't see you, I'm afraid Cui'er is at his house.  It's hard to be a human being!" Wang Qinian saw the pleading look on his wife's face and thought of his well-behaved daughter. He sighed and said, "You know how the country's affairs are corrupted by others!" "Master!  We have been husband and wife for decades, let¡¯s meet him!¡± The king¡¯s wife begged: ¡°Whether you agree to the request from your father-in-law or not is a matter for the court, but it would be too unkind if you didn¡¯t even meet him!¡±  ?¡± ¡°Okay!¡± After hearing what his wife said, Wang Qinian could only nod. No matter how honest he was, his daughter was the daughter-in-law of another family, and the relationship with her in-laws was too tense, so it was not okay for his daughter to be caught in the middle.  Be a good person.  He stood up, shook off his robe, and walked outside.  "My beard, I haven't seen you for a few days. Are you okay?" Wang Qinian entered the door and bowed his hand to his in-laws.  "Dear brother-in-law, you are here!" Seeing Wang Qinian coming in from outside, Pang Dexiong, who was twisting his long beard, stood up quickly. Because of his burly body and good beard, his relatives and friends called him Beard.  Wang Qinian is also called the bearded man because he is three years younger than him.  Pang Dexiong was also quite proud of this and cherished his beard very much. However, while waiting for Wang Qinian just now, Pang Dexiong had already cut off more than ten beards.  "Please sit down quickly!" Wang Qinian stretched out his hand to help Pang Dexiong sit down and asked with a smile: "If there is anything important, I want you to come in person. If there is anything, just send a junior over to let me know!" "Hey!  "My dear, I came to you to take refuge!" Pang Dexiong sighed and said, "Do you know that my house is full of people now, and they all come to ask for help. If I didn't come to you, where would I be?"  You can still be clean!" At this point, Pang Dexiong shook his head repeatedly.  "Please?" Wang Qinian's heart was bright, but he pretended not to know.  "My dear, let me ask you, did Lu Yushi from the Metropolitan Procuratorate make a suggestion two days ago, asking the court to ban the import of Burmese rice?" "Yes, but what does this have to do with the request?" "We will not beat around the bush.  Come on! My dear, this Lu Yushi is your prot¨¦g¨¦. This news shocked the court as soon as it came up. If it has nothing to do with you, I don¡¯t believe it!¡± Wang Qinian frowned slightly, and he was a little concerned about the other party¡¯s direct question.  Displeased, but still forced a smile and said: "Yes, this fold is indeed related to me, how about it?" "Hey, Lu Yushi, it doesn't matter if he gets the fold, I've just stirred up a hornet's nest over there, everyone came to my house  , you want me to come to you and ask you not to ban the import of grain." At this point, Pang Dexiong's face was full of bitterness: "Some people ask softly, and some use coercion to export. Hey, this is really true.  You're going to kill people!" "It's a joke, it's ridiculous!" Wang Qinian's face turned cold: "How can these guys interfere with the imperial government's plans? Bearded man, you know me. Everything else doesn't matter. I handle the imperial court's affairs.  There is absolutely no favoritism. " "My dear, don't rush to say anything!" Pang Dexiong reached out and grabbed the other party's sleeve, begging: "Do you know who is coming?" "  Who are they? They are just those profit-seeking people in Jiangnan!" Wang Qinian sneered: "They are not afraid that the ban on grain imports will raise the price of rice and increase wages, which will prevent them from making more money.  Insulting the peasants will destroy the foundation of the court. The peasants will be unable to make a living in the fields and will rise up. When the country is gone, what's the use of having more money?" Pang Dexiong sighed: "Hey, I don't know your big principles!  But do you know who is behind these people? If you impose this ban, there are not just one or two people who will be offended. Do you know that someone has already said that they are willing to pay this amount if this ban can be stopped?"  Having said this, Pang Dexiong stretched out two fingers.  "Two hundred thousand taels?" Wang Qinian sneered: "That's very generous!" "What two hundred thousand taels? It's two million taels!" Pang Dexiong sneered: "Those people had already spoken before I came, as long as  My dear, if you seal this ban, I will come out with you with two million taels of silver." Upon hearing this, a layer of purple appeared on Wang Qinian's face, he was familiar with him!Everyone knew this was a sign that he was extremely angry.  "Arrogant, having a few duwu is like bribing the court ministers!" Wang Qinian stood up suddenly: "bearded man, go back and tell those guys that I don't want a penny from you. This prohibition only requires me, Wang Qinian, to be in this position.  , I will definitely send it!" "Prince, think twice, these people are not simple behind the scenes!" "No need to say anything more!" Wang Qinian bowed his hand to the other party, then turned around and walked inside.  Pang Dexiong sat there alone with a wry smile on his face.  Wang Qinian returned to the study, sat down and wanted to continue reading, but despite his decades of cultivation, he still felt an unknown fire rushing straight to his forehead while sitting at the desk. He had never felt like this in the decades since he entered politics.  Angry too.  A group of businessmen chasing tithe dare to openly bribe themselves with those things. Do they think that everything in the world can be bought with money?  At the same time, he was also secretly frightened by the tone of those who offered bribes. As a skilled bureaucrat, Wang Qinian knew very well what two million taels was. In Dashun at the end of the 19th century, this amount of money was enough to equip three battalions (battalions).  It was an army larger than the largest army establishment at the time, or more than a top-level armored battleship.  And these people can bribe themselves without hesitation, which shows how powerful and wealthy they are.  Even though Wang Qinian was already a highly respected minister, he was still secretly frightened. After all, the other party was not the same person!  "Huh! Once a civil uprising is triggered, how can two million taels be spent!" Wang Qinian said to himself, as if to cheer himself up, he stood up, walked to the wall, and looked at the wall  A banner hanging on the wall read in a low voice: "If you are willing to live or die for the benefit of the country, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings!" "So, Mr. Wang refused?" "Exactly, I tried my best to persuade him, but he still refused.  Agreed, I just say that the price of food is related to the foundation of the imperial court and is definitely not a matter of money!" Pang Dexiong explained with his head lowered, as if he was quite afraid of the person in front of him.  "Humph, you rotten scholar! What is not a matter of money? How can there be anything in the world that is not money? The price of food is low and farmers are losing money. They can just eat foreign rice. Burma, the United States, and England. As long as you have money, you are not afraid of losing money.  People buy rice for you? But if the factories collapse and hundreds of thousands of workers in Shanghai, Jinling, Youzhou, and Hanking are left without work, something will really happen!" "What Liu Gong said is true!" Pang Dexiong nodded quickly.  Yes, the man in front of me can be said to have controlled the entire banking industry in South China. Although he does not hold any official position, his power is no less than that of many third- and fourth-grade officials. "Beard!" The handsome man in his early thirties next to him  The man said: "Thank you for taking this trip today. In fact, we also know that Wang Xianggong is also for the court. The two sides just have differences because of different views. I believe they will come together one day!" "Mr. Chen  That's true!" Pang Dexiong nodded repeatedly. Although this handsome man is younger, his background is very important. The power behind him can even stand in front of his own family.  "It's getting late, so we'll take our leave. We'll bother you another day!" The young man reached out and tugged on his companion's sleeve, stood up and said with a smile.  "Don't dare, please go slowly!" Pang Dexiong stood up quickly and sent the two people out of the gate. He saw the two people getting on the carriage before returning to the door.  On the carriage, Liu Zhiping habitually knocked on the door frame with his knuckles and whispered: "It seems that this time I came here in vain. Wang Qinian really can't explain it." "In my opinion, tonight is a great harvest!"  Chen Zaixing smiled.  "A great harvest? How can you say that after resurrecting?" "At least after tonight we can determine that the main link of the problem lies with Wang Qinian, and we will not waste our efforts on irrelevant people!" "So what? The price has been paid.  It¡¯s two million and he has refused. What else can we do?¡± ¡°Mr. Liu, although there are not many problems that money cannot solve in this world, Wang Qinian happens to be one of them. He reads the books of saints like him.  Money can't deal with people who read it in their heads." At this point, Chen Zaixing laughed and said, "You can't be subdued by force, you can't be moved by poverty, and you can't be corrupted by wealth. Wang Xianggong is worthy of these three sentences."  "I think it's just a granite head!" Liu Zhiping sneered: "Xi Yi's strong ship and cannon are coming, can it be blocked by his awe-inspiring aura?" "Haha!" Chen Zaixing smiled,  But he did not say anything to Liu Zhiping. As the boss of the largest bank in Shanghai and Dashun, Liu Zhiping has made huge profits through cooperation with Chen Zaixing in Myanmar over the years, and the relationship between the two parties has become increasingly closer.  After decades of development, the southern bourgeoisie, represented by Houde Bank, has accumulated a considerable portion of surplus capital. As the market for light industrial products such as textiles and flour has become saturated, steel, shipbuilding, and machinery have??Heavy industry is difficult to enter due to high technical and other aspects, and they are eager to find new markets and industry inputs.  Chen Zaixing's act of opening Myanmar just met their needs. The act of importing cheap rice from Myanmar not only reduced the labor costs of Jiangnan factories, but more importantly, opened up Myanmar as a product sales market and source of raw materials. Even if  If the imperial court hinders them, they will never tolerate it.  "Fu Sheng, what are your ideas?" Liu Zhiping was over his head and asked in a low voice when he saw Chen Zaixing looking like he had the pearls of wisdom in hand.  First of all, I would like to thank my book friends "Song Feng Ni Shui" and "Trainee Police Officer" for the reward. This is almost the first time in Chuangshi. 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