The next day, when Qian Xiaoqiao woke up, it was already high in the sun, and she had just stretched herself when the curtain of the bed was lifted.

"Madam is awake, are you hungry? Are you tired? Do you want me to serve you?"

Qian Xiaoqiao: "..."

This familiar scene, this familiar word of tiger and wolf, she moved her legs subconsciously, the expression on her face was a bit stiff, this familiar soreness!

Thanks to Jiang Sanyan's hard work, Qian Xiaoqiao had to let go of the restaurant business because she was unwell, and gave herself a day off to rest in the mansion.

In the study room, Qian Xiaoqiao was half leaning on the chair, looking at the person pinching her leg with an attentive expression, she bit her lower lip and said a harsh word: "Next time you wait."

Jiang Sanyan's eyes lit up, and she restrained her overly bright expression when she thought of something, she raised her head and replied with a smile: "I like the word next time, because it always feels full of expectations."

Qian Xiaoqiao: "...", her wood must have been re-cored. This Mr. Jiang in front of me is so strange, so reserved, so... so likable (wanting to stop).

Three days later, Jiang Sanyan returned to the Ministry of Officials, and went to the largest nursery in the capital with one of the principals. The person who received them was the general manager of the nursery. He looks about 40 years old, and he is very skilled in receiving supervisors.

Jiang Sanyan didn't know why, but he always felt that the high-level official's gaze on her was a bit strange, and the head of the official department who followed seemed to have noticed something, so he introduced: "This is Mr. Jiang, our official doctor. He has been patrolling outside Beijing for a few days and only recently returned to Beijing."

Gao Porridge saluted and greeted a few words, then led everyone to go forward, saw the children who were reading and learning, and also saw the lonely women who were placed here, and finally came to check some money expenditures together.

There is no problem with the accounts, and the children are cleanly dressed, and they are not restrained when they see them. Obviously, they are used to it once a month.But there are two things that are very abnormal, that is, the few girls inside are different from the boldness and naturalness of that child, and their eyes are all timid, with both confusion and fear in their eyes.

The second point is that those women who were placed in the nursery school, although they were neatly dressed, they all bowed their heads and embroidered flowers, and none of them dared to look up. Their movements were mechanical and numb, as if their souls had been sucked out.

Jiang Sanyan frowned slightly, and looked through the accounts in his hand again. The two biggest expenses were the children's reading. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone and the teacher were all very expensive. Instead, they asked the master to teach those women how to do it. Embroidery work, waste a lot of fabric.

She closed the account, looked up at Gao Congee, and saw the manager's eyes flashed, and subconsciously glanced at the man behind him.

The man had just reported his name, he was 30 years old, his surname was Zheng, and he was a small steward here. He calmed Gao Congee with his eyes without showing any signs, and then he obediently bowed his head and waited aside.

Jiang Sanyan's eyes showed a hint of thought. Originally, this nursery only accepted single women in charge. Gao Porridge was appointed as the general manager because she joined the first nursery since its establishment.

But this Steward Zheng, judging from the time, can join the chief steward for one year at most, and he can accompany the chief steward to receive court officials, and he seems to be quite prestigious, after all, even Gao Congee looks at him.

After checking the accounts, the group went to the next nursery school. Gao Porridge and Zheng Guanshi still followed, Jiang Sanyan's eyes flashed, and before Shangguanjiao took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead before getting into the sedan chair.

Not far away, Shuang'er saw it clearly, turned her head and got into the carriage: "I see clearly, my uncle has indeed taken out a handkerchief, there is indeed a problem in this nursery, and this servant is going to apply for it."

Qian Xiaoqiao nodded: "I know you are clever, but you still have to be careful. If you can't get in, forget it, so as not to startle the snake."

After finishing the inspection on the first day, Gao Porridge and Manager Hu gave each official a wooden box: "The imperial court puts the nursery in their hearts, and our children know how to be grateful, so they wrote a thank you letter to all the adults. , can be regarded as a kindness from the children, please don’t refuse.”

The ten officials from the other five ministries looked at each other for a while, and took it as usual. The head of the official department who followed Jiang Sanyan hesitated for a moment, and when she saw her accept it, he accepted it as if he was relieved. down.

After getting on the sedan chair, Jiang Sanyan opened the wooden box and saw that it was indeed an ordinary belief. She thought of the nervous chief, and wondered in her heart whether she was too suspicious, why she always felt that the atmosphere at that time was a bit unusual Woolen cloth.

When she returned to the mansion, she learned that Shuang'er had successfully applied for the recruitment, and she let go of the stone in her heart. No matter whether there are ghosts or monsters, she has to see clearly to make people feel at ease.

"Senior Song's establishment of a nursery school is a great deed. Those lonely women and homeless children have a place to go no matter what. They can still study and learn a skill. It is really rare. You see, those children wrote a special Thank you letter, although this letter should be written to Senior Song."

Jiang Sanyan felt a lot of emotion in her heart. Children who know how to be grateful are not only rare, but also more distressing. She believes that most of those children will become useful to the court and the people when they grow up. Even if they have no achievements, they are at least upright and kind. people.

She opened the wooden box and handed the letter to Qian Xiaoqiao, eager to share her feelings with others, but when the person in front of her opened the envelope and took a look, she stopped moving and the smile on her face disappeared.

Qian Xiaoqiao's complexion changed slightly, and the smile on the corner of her mouth disappeared instantly. She opened the envelope, and before she took it out, she had already seen clearly what was inside.

She withdrew her hand in a daze, looked up at the gratified man, her eyes were complicated: "Didn't you look when you came?"

"Yes, I want to read it with you. What's the matter? Isn't it a letter?" Jiang Sanyan sensed something was wrong, and an unacceptable guess suddenly appeared in his heart.

Qian Xiaoqiao was silent, she sighed lightly, and silently handed over the envelope.After the contents inside were taken out, the silence of one person became the silence of two people together.

What was inside was not a letter of thanks, but two bank notes, 100 taels each, not much, but for a fifth-rank official like her, it was half a year's salary, let alone those chief executives who had no rank and lower salary. .The salaries of imperial officials are not high, and most of them are Lumi and Yanglianyin, that is, living benefits and subsidies account for the majority.

When sending thank you letters, the wooden boxes are put together, and the porridge is delivered one by one. It can be seen that there is a high probability that it is 200 taels per person. If there are 400 officials, it will be 3 taels. Generally, after one year, the amount of bribes is nearly [-] taels.

It is reasonable to say that Senior Song should not be able to avoid such a huge expenditure for the nursery school, but it is obvious that Senior Song is not aware of it, so where can such a large amount of shortfall be made up for?

"Who are the officials here? Have they all been accepted? This matter involves officials from the six ministries, so don't act recklessly." Qian Xiaoqiao took the bank note and put it back in the envelope.

After thinking about it, she suddenly found it difficult to monitor once a month, with 12 people each time, and each batch of people adopts a rotation system. In this way, the servants, doctors, Yuanwailang, and principals of each ministry are almost all excluded.

Doesn't that mean that, except for the ministers of the ministries who did not participate because of their high grades, the rest of the people have all accepted the so-called thank-you letter. It has been nearly a year since the imperial court intervened, so how long has the so-called thank-you letter been released? How many officials have received and how many letters have been received.

"Well, I didn't care about it today, and the record list will come out tomorrow." Jiang Sanyan obviously thought of this, and her face gradually became more serious. Once this matter is revealed, too many officials will be involved, and it may cause very bad effects. , especially the credibility of the government in Baixin's eyes.

"Don't worry, Shuang'er has already applied to go in. Let her investigate first." Qian Xiaoqiao remembered what she said in the afternoon. She didn't succeed at the beginning, but she went in after stuffing dozens of taels of silver. She thought it was the little girl. Stewards are greedy for money. From now on, I am afraid that this is their style of conduct. They really fully interpret what it means to be "rich and easy to do things".

"If you send it back tomorrow, I won't accept it. Let's see what they do. I remember that there are juniors from the same school as Chu Yuan Chu's senior scholar. Maybe we can have a private discussion first." Jiang Sanyan remembered When they greeted each other, the Minister of the Household Department who was born in Yulin County, if he remembered correctly, should be from the same school as Master Chu Yuan, and he was a disciple of Chang Mo, the county magistrate of Yulin County.

She recalled the time when she inspected Xiangnan Mansion and got along with Chang Mo. He was a good official with a heart for the people, and the Grand Master Chu Yuan was also an upright and good minister, but she didn't know whether the minister was reliable or not.

"You mean that Chu Yan who fell in love with Tan Hualang at a young age and married the eldest daughter of the Shangshu Yunfeng, then he should not act rashly. You know that Yunfeng's second daughter is the current Empress Dowager Yunsong , so that the emperor's relatives are involved, we should discuss it with Prime Minister Li after the inspection."

Qian Xiaoqiao came to the capital a few years ago, and heard people talk about this handsome and elegant Tanhualang.This young servant of the household department is the best at poetry and prose. Not only is he handsome and unparalleled, but he is also quite comfortable in the officialdom, which is completely opposite to his senior brother who is strict in doing things.

Fortunately, Li Xiangye was kind to their senior brothers and had an old friend with their master Chang Mo. If Li Kai was willing to intervene, things would be much easier.

There are more than [-] kindergartens, large and small, in the capital, and it will take five days to inspect all of them. During these five days, a letter of thanks is sent every day without interruption. It has already been let in.

There were five envelopes on the desk. She still underestimated the financial resources of the kindergarten, no, it should be said that she underestimated the amount of money that Senior Song Cheng was cheated of.1000 taels per person, 1 taels a month, the huge amount is staggering.

And Shuang'er also had some clues. The change in the matter was due to the fact that the imperial court began to send people to monitor it, and it was also because of the addition of the male steward surnamed Hu.

The author has something to say: Seeing the comments, some students are looking forward to Li Zhu's appearance, so I will probably see you in the next chapter, what a dream~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: 1 strokes, [-] Tosaka Tokiomi;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使:含笑半步癫10瓶;山河入梦7瓶;Resen_Sun5瓶;七三i2瓶;老白1瓶;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like