Chapter 66 Trends
Chapter 66 Trends
Seeing Pei Yuan's happy expression, Han Qianhu couldn't help but remind him, "This thing is to help you win people's hearts, not for you to sell for silver."
Pei Yuan was stunned.
Han Qianhu has already said, "Many temples in Nanjing City are of great importance, and we don't want to offend them too much."
Han Qianhu was afraid that Pei Yuan didn't know his place, so he said with a sullen look on his face, "Last time there was a Fuyun Temple, something I've never heard of. Someone was killed in the temple for lending money. I asked someone to investigate and found that it was actually related to the Maitreya Sect, so I asked Sikong Sui to arrest the person."
"Who knew that right after we arrested the person, the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue started to hold up our money. The Qianhu Office had opened up all the links in the government offices, but the money and grain could not be delivered on time. Later, someone even brought up the Fuyun Temple as an excuse, haha."
Pei Yuan was a little bit unbelievable, "Could it be that someone in the Ministry of Revenue dares to collude with Maitreya?"
Han Qianhu shook his head. "It shouldn't be that serious. They are just using each other."
Han Qianhu said with a half-smile, "Actually, I don't need to guess who it is. There are not many officials transferred from other places above the level of Nanjing Ministry of Revenue. If we remove those Jinshi who don't have much experience in handling general affairs, there are only three or two people."
"Nowadays, if you want to be an official in another place, you can't do it without money or a backer. The backers include those who help you climb up the ladder and those who do dirty work for you. The officials of my Ming Dynasty all learn the way of saints. They don't believe in Maitreya or White Lotus, but in power and money. If I insist on holding on to this matter and make him a Maitreya believer, I'm afraid that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad, and our Qianhu Division will have a hard time."
Pei Yuan thought about it for a moment and understood what Captain Han meant.
Isn’t this a protective umbrella?
It’s just that this umbrella of protection is mutual protection. For example, the Suzhou prefect Zhai De’an was bullied and had his fingers cut off because he had no foundation.
If Zhai De'an had some underworld forces that supported him, he wouldn't have been bullied so badly.
Even though the Thousand Households Office for Suppressing Evil has the power to exterminate evil cults and controls the life and death of various temples and Taoist temples, if it acts recklessly without following the rules, it will probably be excluded by the entire official system.
According to the theory of power channels, if the entire Jiangnan officialdom closed its power channels to the Zhenxie Thousand Households Office, then Chen Toutie would have had difficulty in doing anything, let alone going directly to Yingtian Prefecture to check the files.
And overall, this doesn't seem to be a bad thing.
At least those who serve as officials in other places have power to rely on and will not easily succumb to local tyrants.
In addition to the black and white part of this world, there is also a huge gray area.
Pei Yuan exhaled and said, "I understand."
Captain Han called Duan Min and asked him to work with Pei Yuan temporarily to build up momentum for his mission of transporting tax silver.
Pei Yuan said goodbye and left, took Duan Min out, and met up with Cheng Leixiang who was waiting outside.
Seeing that it was getting late, Pei Yuan said to Duan Min, "I met a good friend on the Qinhuai River. Do you want to go there and talk?"
Duan Min said politely, "The captain asked me to follow you, sir. I will do whatever you say."
Pei Yuan took the two of them and went to the Sun family's flower boat again.
Originally according to the previous agreement, Pei Yuan and Cheng Leixiang were supposed to get silver for staying on the flower boat, but now Pei Yuan wanted to win over Sun Keding and didn't want to be so petty.
Butler Sun was also very attentive, treating Pei Yuan to delicious food and wine every day, and sometimes hinting to Pei Yuan that he could find a girl to warm his bed.
Pei Yuan, the girl that Butler Sun mentioned, also saw it.
He should be about six taels strong, and is completely unable to beat Qin Lingbo and Bai Yujing.
Thinking of Qin Lingbo and Bai Yujing, Pei Yuan took out the certificates of ordination in his arms and took a look at them.
There is a Taoist priest inside.
First, become a Taoist priest to get rid of the identity of a prostitute, and then you can marry into a good family cleanly. But...
In this way, Pei Yuan would not be able to take the opportunity to make any unreasonable demands.
Pei Yuan hesitated for a while and then remembered something.
When the tax collector was attacked, wasn't the Nanzhi rebel group that led the attack the Plum Blossom Society that Mei Qinniang belonged to?
Is it possible that I will become enemies with Mei Qinniang again this time?
I just don't know whether Mei Qinniang will come to oppose me as Qin Lingbo or Bai Yujing.
Pei Yuan was lost in thought all the way. When he got to the flower boat, he said to Manager Sun, "Go find your master. We have something important to discuss with him this time."
After a pause, he said calmly, "If he doesn't come, or if he has something important to do, then he doesn't have to appear in front of me in the future."
Sun Keding was a smart man, and Pei Yuan didn't like to guess with a smart man.
If he is not needed in this matter, then what use does Pei Yuan have for him?
Seeing Pei Yuan's firm words, Manager Sun wondered whether the captain in front of him was just putting on a show.
He no longer dared to say the words that Sun Keding had asked him to help shirk responsibility.
He quickly asked people to set up a banquet and found a singing girl to accompany him, then he hurriedly got off the boat to look for his host.
It was the first time Pei Yuan and Duan Min drank together, so it was inevitable that they were a little awkward and polite.
Liuliangzhizi next to him wanted to help liven up the atmosphere, but unfortunately Duan Min was quite shrewd and smiled more than she spoke.
Although Pei Yuan was a centurion, ranking above Duan Min, it was a pity that Pei Yuan was on secondment, and was not much more powerful than a trusted general like Duan Min.
Duan Min didn't give him face, and Pei Yuan didn't want to discuss important matters with Cheng Leixiang, so he simply touched the Liuliangzhi next to him.
The girl leaned against Pei Yuan shyly, glancing at the other two men as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Pei Yuan suddenly felt something was wrong in his hand. The six taels of money quickly depreciated in his eyes, first becoming three taels and then two taels.
Pei Yuan felt bored, so he simply opened the "debt settlement system" to take stock of his creditors.
I first looked at Chen Toutie, and found that guy was indeed staying obediently in the previous hostel.
For the next plan, Pei Yuan needed someone he could rely on, so he didn't care about Sun Keding's reaction. He had to ask Cheng Leixiang to call him back tomorrow.
Then Pei Yuan looked at Gu Dayong again. Gu Dayong's position represented the movements of the court. To Pei Yuan, every move of Gu Dayong was crucial.
Gu Dayong's location appeared near Dongping Prefecture.
Pei Yuan thought silently for a moment and quickly looked for Liu Qi's location.
He wanted to find out whether Gu Dayong's appearance in Dongping Prefecture was to take care of Jining and protect the Grand Canal, or whether he was simply chasing after the rebels in Bazhou.
When Pei Yuan found Liu Qi's location, he couldn't help but gasp.
Liu Qi's location turned out to be in the south of Jining Prefecture. Pei Yuan hurriedly checked Liu Qi's previous location and clearly discovered that Liu Qi was heading south.
Looking at the direction, it was Huai'an.
(End of this chapter)