A large mansion, with twenty slaves and maids, and furniture decoration, should also be ready-made, which is a great reward in a capital where every inch of land is valuable.

Shen Xi even felt that this was more affordable than giving him a promotion.

What the emperor gave must be a wealthy mansion, and it is impossible to get hold of the small courtyard of a businessman's family, and his mansion can finally be called "Shen Mansion" in a dignified manner.

In terms of the future, the official position is more important, but from Shen Xi's current situation, this house is more attractive to him than the official position.

"When will it be rewarded?" Shen Xi asked.

Xie Qian looked at Shen Xi and was extremely surprised: "You kid, don't you want to pursue anything in your career at all?" ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Your Majesty rewarded me with a beautiful house and servants, which is a great affirmation for me, how can I be insatiable as a courtier?" ”

Xie Qian was so angry that he almost stomped his feet, originally he was racking his brains to suppress Shen Xi's dissatisfaction, but now it seems that he is worried in vain, this kid has made such a great contribution to the house and it is easy to send it away, you must know that this kind of opportunity to make contributions is rare but not sought.

"As for the specific matters, the people from the household department will tell you, go to Zhan Shifu early tomorrow, and the old man will take you into the palace to thank you." Xie Qian said angrily, turned around and left.

Shen Xi wanted to go home earlier, but at this time, he was not in a hurry, and stayed in Zhan Shifu with peace of mind and waited for the people who came to give the reward.

Since he was going to enter the palace the next day to thank him, the reward would not drag on today, Shen Xi waited for more than an hour, and even prepared two copies of the lecture, and finally someone from the household department came.

The person who came was the deputy envoy of the household department's stolen goods and punishment treasury, and from the official position of Jiupin, he made a special trip to hand over the contract of the house to him and take him to see the house.

When he got to the ground, Shen Xi knew that this house was originally the property of the imperial court that had confiscated the offenders, and it was this person Shen Xi knew, who was Gao Mingcheng, the former household servant.

Gao Mingcheng was very rich when he first entered the capital, and it cost a lot of money to buy this mansion, although he didn't dare to be too ostentatious in terms of etiquette, but he was worthy of his status as a waiter, and it was not an exaggeration to call it an official residence.

The Gao family is not prosperous, the house of Gaoming City is mainly for his grandson Gao Chong and his wife and concubines, Gaoming City border Guan Guan was robbed by the Tatars, the responsibility is not actually on him, but taking advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Hongzhi Longyan to be angry, he has long been staring at the factory guards of Gaofu and raiding Gaofu, and even Gao Chong was deprived of his prison qualifications and sent to prison for questioning.

However, after the news of Liu Daxia's defeat and victory reached the capital, Emperor Hongzhi issued an order to pardon Gaomingcheng's sins, and Gao Chong was also released, but the confiscated family property did not intend to return it.

"Lord Shen doesn't know that this high waiter is quite a square person, and only one concubine takes care of his daily life. It's a pity that he has a grandson who is not angry, he has more than a dozen wives and concubines, and there are even more who have not married into the door, and there are a group of fox friends and dog friends, and when he was arrested, it was a miasma. ”

"After the Gao Mansion was confiscated, the wives and concubines of Gao Shilang's ancestors and grandchildren were all confiscated, but Gao Shilang's concubines died of illness in prison, and his grandson's wives and concubines were not sick or sick, and they were all returned at this time, but I heard that there were a few...... Haha, you get the idea. ”

Shen Xi really understood that in officialdom, especially in a place like the capital, once an official was convicted, it would be tantamount to a life-and-death catastrophe for his family.

Who in office does not have an enemy and does not see the right eye?

If you are unlucky, confirm that there is no chance of a comeback, others will fall into the ground, your mother, wife and concubine, and daughter will be sent to be convicted, and those political enemies must be holding back a bad idea to spend money to buy people, you were not able to rule you when you were an official, and you are unlucky, I can't get some interest back from your daughter?

If an important official of the court is imprisoned, usually no one dares to do anything about it, because this kind of person has a wide range of connections and has hands and eyes, who knows when he will be remembered by the emperor and reused? For such people, they generally serve respectfully.

And if an upright minister is convicted, there will definitely be officials who admire his character to come forward to protect his family, and the situation will not be too bad.

But who is Gaoming City? He was a corrupt official who was promoted and appointed by Zhu Youji, and people died like lights going out, as soon as his mansion was raided, Gao Chong and his wives and concubines were unlucky, and in the end they found out that it was an oolong, but they couldn't "return" those women intact.

It's just that Gao Chong ate the dumb loss, but there was no way at all.

"Your Majesty just forgave Gao Shilang's sins, in fact, the Gao family is still wearing a guilty body, and at present, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are still staring closely!"

The deputy envoy from the household department continued to explain to Shen Xi, "The Li family, a Beijing tycoon who has a good relationship with Gao Chong, has fallen into bad luck, and the family has been imprisoned, just waiting to be distributed, but the crime is just a bribe...... In other words, who has been in business these years has not given filial piety to officials? ”

Regarding the affairs of the Li family, Shen Xi was speechless, he used to feel that it was inappropriate for Li Yue, the eldest young master of the Li family, to get too close to Gao Chong, but everyone didn't get along with each other at that step, so he didn't say anything to remind him.

Shen Xi originally wanted to ask Shou Ninghou why he didn't help the Gao family, but after thinking about it carefully, the people in Gaoming City were all dead, and the Gao family no longer had the slightest use value for the Zhang brothers, so it was better to use the case of Gaoming City to investigate a group of businessmen who had bribed him and take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Shen Xi even firmly judged that most of the confiscated properties of the Li family fell into the pockets of the Zhang brothers.

"It's a pity, it's a pity." Shen Xi shook his head and sighed.

"What's the pity of Lord Shen, could it be that Lord Shen is interested in Miss Li?" The deputy envoy of the household department suddenly laughed ambiguously.

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Shen Xi asked curiously.

The household official said mysteriously: "Xia Guan has someone who knows him in the Criminal Department, I heard that this Miss Li family is not only outstanding in appearance, but also has extraordinary knowledge and talent, this is already a guilty body, after the case is concluded, the Li family men will be assigned to the frontier, and the women will be assigned to the Teaching Division, this educated and talented Miss Li will definitely not be taken away if she can't get to the Teaching Division, if the adults are interested, the lower officials can help arrange the ......"

Only then did Shen Xi understand what the "arrangement" in the mouth of the household official in front of him meant, that is, to spend money to buy people, which is also a common way for officials to redeem and redeem their relatives.

If there is a sale, there will be an intermediary, and since this deputy envoy of the stolen goods and punishment treasury is in charge of storing the confiscated property of the government, he must have nothing to do with the criminal department, and his contacts are naturally extensive.

Shen Xi thought that Miss Li Er had once entered her own paintings, and that she had stayed up late to paint a picture of a peach blossom beauty for her, and that she had covered her face and cried when she saw herself and Zhou Fatzi together when she met for the last time, and she felt a little unbearable.

But Shen Xi asked himself, he didn't have the idea of taking Miss Li Er as his own, because his relationship with this Miss Li Er was not close to that point.

"What's the arrangement?" Shen Xi asked.

"This ...... Naturally, it costs a little silver, and the lower officials heard that Lord Shen's family is doing business...... Lord Shen, don't misunderstand the meaning of the lower official, the lower official has more friends, and there are more channels to get news than others, so he doesn't mean to probe Lord Shen's bottom ......."

Shen Xi nodded and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"The name of the lower official is Peng Yu, which means that there is more than every year, and others call me 'Xiaoyu', and it is good to call it whatever the adults want."

Shen Xi nodded, this Peng Yu is in his early thirties, he is old and sophisticated, and he has a bit of the ability to drill camps at a glance.

Shen Xi asked, "How much silver does it cost to buy people?" ”

"My lord really asked the right person, if you buy it after the trial of the Criminal Department, it will naturally be much more expensive, because there are more people who know about it at that time, and after seeing Miss Li's appearance, this comes and goes to compare the price with each other, and the price will naturally remain high......

Shen Xi nodded and said, "The auction will naturally be more expensive." ”

"Auction? Xia Guan didn't understand the words of adults, but Xia Guan did have some connections in the Criminal Department. Peng Yu had a little pride on his face, "Detain the person, let the people in the prison of the Criminal Department report that they have hanged themselves or died of illness, and the people can be freed up, this matter will not go through the court, and others will not pursue it, but they will change their names and surnames." ”

Shen Xi finally understood what was going on, and said in his heart that there was indeed a policy and a countermeasure.

Ordinary officials and their dependents, when the trial is over and assigned to the Department of Education, they basically have to go through the hall of the Criminal Department, and ordinary officials want to buy people, and they must go to the Department of Criminal Affairs, or go through the channels of the Department of Education and the Clothes Bureau.

But if a person is directly reported to death in the cell, not even in the lobby of the criminal department, the person will be resold by these officials in private.

"Won't there be trouble?" Shen Xi asked.

"Adults are too worried, this girl raised in the deep boudoir has never been out of the door, how many people know? Even if you check it above, you only need to find a female corpse to replace it, and there will definitely be no mistakes, and in the future, adults will casually give a slave and maid and raise it in the courtyard of the deep house, who can see it? ”

Peng Yu smiled a little treacherously, seeing that he did this kind of thing a lot.

Shen Xi asked, "You all do this?" ”

"Where do you dare, it's good to say that the businessman and the small family are guilty, if it is a high-ranking official, it will be difficult to deal with it, the adult thinks, the bigger the official, the deeper the background, if one day he is remembered by the emperor and released from the prison for reuse, who bullied his wife and daughter, will he let it go?"

"Taking a step back, even if the emperor can't think of it, this official was unlucky in the end and was sentenced to be confiscated or beheaded, but there must be a lot of people who offended when they were officials...... In the past, there have been several incidents because of this, so now we are very cautious in our actions, and we usually dare not trouble the families of officials. ”

Shen Xi nodded and said, "I see." ”

Peng Yu suddenly said a little nervously: "My lord, I will just talk about it casually, if the adult reports to the Yamen, the lower official will not admit it if he dies, you are always a Hanlin official...... Ordinary literati are good at this, and the lower officials told you that if they are prisoners and officials of the second department, it is not uncommon for the lower officials to deal with them. ”

"You are always a lecturer in the East Palace, and in the future, the celebrity in front of the prince, the lower officials may want you to take care of it. The lower officials don't dare to charge you more silver, but the criminal department always needs to take care of it, you see if this is okay, give the lower officials ninety taels of silver, and the lower officials will keep it and do things properly! ”

Hearing this price, Shen Xi couldn't help but sigh.

At the beginning, Miss Li Er ransomed the Xie family's old house and shop back, but she handled thousands of taels of silver, but now it was her turn, a total of ninety taels, and she was sold as cheaply as goods.

But this is much more expensive than buying a maid or something, Xiaoyu and their entry, the price per person is only ten taels.

Ten taels of silver is enough for a well-off family of six people for a year, and there can be a surplus. In fact, ninety taels is already a huge amount of money for people in this era, after all, Shen Xi's annual salary is not ninety taels.

"Okay, then bother this brother to help arrange it. Come back to my house in a while, and I'll have someone give you the silver......" Shen Xi said.

Peng Yu didn't expect this deal to go so smoothly, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Aren't you afraid that the lower officials will cheat and cheat?" ”

Shen Xi smiled and patted Peng Yu's shoulder: "With my brother's connections, if you even pit this bit of silver, who will dare to do business with you in the future?" Besides, what good will I do to you at the end of the term? Aren't you afraid that I will retaliate afterwards? ”

"That's right, Lord Shen is different, if you meet those old officials, tell them, they bargain for a long time, or your lord, you simply, if there is this kind of business in the future, you must think of you."

Shen Xi smiled and said nothing, but his heart was heavy.

Because he himself is also a member of this officialdom, if he is not careful, then what happens to others today may fall on him.

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PS: The second update is sent!

The Son of Heaven strives to write another chapter, but it's very noisy here, and it is estimated that the update will be early in the morning, sorry!

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