The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 228
into the night.In the study, Chang Feng reads an essay written by his son Chang Ponu.

Chang Ponu passed the county examination at the age of 14 and the government examination at the age of 15.This year he will take part in the college examination hosted by the North Zhili Xuezheng.

If you pass, you will get the title of scholar.

As the prince's companion to the East Palace, Chang Ponu received the best educational resources in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The teachers in the East Palace include Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Hua, Yang Tinghe, and any of them is a great Confucianist.

Chang Fengzai carefully read the stereotyped essay written by his son.I sighed in my heart: Zhuang Zhuang's crafting skills are better than mine!
Maybe a few years later, Zhuang Zhuang won the Jinshi examination, and I, the father, will still lose my name.

But as a father, strictness is a must.

Although Chang Feng praised in his heart, he scolded: "Absurd things. You dance with guns and clubs all day long, and fight cocks and dogs. It can be regarded as a hard work, and you have written this article that is still eye-catching."

Chang Ponu was very dissatisfied: "Father, what do you mean 'you can see it well'! Mr. Li said that my article is already popular."

"If this essay is brought to the examination paper room and eight examiners mark the paper, I can get at least four circles!"

Chang Feng waved his hands impatiently: "Beware of arrogance and impetuosity, study hard. Don't keep thinking about hunting in the imperial garden with the prince."

"Your father was called a butcher. You have to pass the courtyard examination, township examination, public examination, and palace examination all the way. Only when you get a Jinshi can you change our family's reputation and family style."

Man is a very strange animal.

Chang Feng didn't like Ming Dynasty's imperial examination system.But he is eager to integrate himself or his son into this system.

Chang Feng handed the article back to Chang Po Nu: "Your aunt asked you to eat mackerel stuffed dumplings at the princess' mansion tomorrow. You bring the article and let your uncle comment and give advice."

"Your uncle is a serious second-class Jinshi, a senior in the examination hall."

Chang Ponu said: "Understood Dad. Then I'll go back to my room first."

After Chang Ponu left, Liu Xiaoyan came to give Chang Feng supper dumplings.

Chang Feng said: "Our son's art making talent is stronger than my father's."

Liu Xiaoyan said: "Liu Jin said that during class in the East Palace, several gentlemen kept praising his strength."

"Here, balls filled with red bean paste. Eat quickly."

Chang Feng pushed aside the blue and white bowl containing Yuanzi: "No appetite."

Liu Xiaoyan asked: "Why, encountered a difficult problem?"

Chang Feng replied: "I met a terrible enemy."

Liu Xiaoyan was puzzled: "Thinking back then, you weren't even afraid of Wantong, Shangming, Wan'an, and Liu Ji. Are there enemies more terrifying than them?"

Chang Feng sighed: "The enemy I encountered is not a person or a group of people. It is a group of people or several parties. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Let's go back to the room and sleep."

In the middle of the night.The Chang family has all fallen asleep.

A dark figure quietly came to the gate of Chang Mansion.A letter was stuffed into the crack of the door.

Before dawn the next day, the concierge was about to open the gate of the mansion and clean the gate.Suddenly found a letter in the crack of the door.

The letter reads "Jin Yiwei often communicates with his acquaintances and relatives", but there is no signature.

The concierge handed the letter to Chang Feng who was having breakfast in the dining room.

Chang Feng tore open the envelope, and the contents of the letter surprised Chang Feng.

The general content of this anonymous letter is: Ye Guang, the governor of the Right Army, is one of the shareholders of Shuangmuhui.Know the inside story of Shuangmu Club.If Chang Tongzhi wants to thoroughly investigate Shuangmuhui, he can have a talk with Ye Guang first.

Chang Feng put the anonymous letter into his sleeve: Could it be that someone secretly helped me?who is it?

The existence of the Shuangmu Club itself is a secret.How does the person helping me know?
Full of doubts, Chang Feng went to Fengtianmen to participate in the early court.

In the morning, Chang Feng subconsciously glanced at Ye Guang, who was in the military officer class.

Ye Guang is an old acquaintance of Chang Feng.In the last years of Chenghua, the two kept the reserve together.When Li Guang made the "Yuyuan Mutiny" incident, it was Chang Feng who cleared Ye Guang of his grievances.

Ye Guang participated in Chenghua Liting and was good at setting fires.Belongs to the list of meritorious veterans.

Chang Feng met Ye Guang at the night banquet of Fujian Chamber of Commerce that day on the second floor.

He knew that Ye Guang, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was also involved in the smuggling trade.But I didn't expect him to be so deeply involved, and he was actually one of the shareholders of Shuangmuhui.

After going down to court, Chang Feng didn't go to Jinyiwei.Instead, he went to the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army.

The Dudu Mansion is divided into five armies.It was formerly the Grand Marshal's Mansion in the period of King Wu. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, which was in charge of all the soldiers and horses in the world.

In the 13th year of Hongwu, in order to prevent the power of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion from being too powerful, Taizu divided it into five parts.

During the Yong and Xuan periods, the imperial court subdivided military power into the power to command troops and the power to deploy troops.The command of the army belongs to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.The right to deploy troops belongs to the Ministry of War.

After the Tumu Fortress Change, the status of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion declined sharply.

A large number of prominent noble governors were killed in Tumubao.The Ministry of War led by Yu Qian became the leader in the defense of the capital.

The battle to defend the capital is over.The status of civilian officials led by soldiers represented by Yu Qian rose rapidly.

The governor of the Ministry of War, military affairs, and generals in charge of military affairs are appointed and dismissed.In fact, the power to command and deploy troops belongs to the Ministry of War.

It can be said that Yu Qian opened the era of civil servants in charge of soldiers.

In the Hongzhi Dynasty, military attachés were appointed by the Dusiwei Office, and even the procedure of submitting documents to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army was omitted.

The military power of the Beijing camp was jointly controlled by the civil servants of the Ministry of War and the eunuchs of the imperial horse prison;

In relatively special areas, such as the Northwest, military power is controlled by the trilateral system.

Civil servants were the real leaders of the Ming Dynasty's army.

To make a digression, part of the reason for Zhu Houzhao's personal expedition later was to regain military power from the civilian officials.

The Fifth Army Governor's Mansion has been reduced to a decoration and can only manage military households and their fields.

Dudu, Dudu Tongzhi, and Dudu Qianshi have almost become an honorary title.

Only when the governor holds a real position concurrently can he be considered to have the right in hand.For example, Ye Guang served as the admiral of the Fifth Army Battalion.

Chang Feng came to Ye Guang's room.

Ye Guang was a little surprised: "Chang Feng, you are a busy person. Why did you come to my place?"

Chang Feng laughed and said, "Why, can't I come to Brother Ye to catch up on the old days?"

Ye Guangdao: "Come, sit down."

Then Ye Guang made tea for Chang Feng himself.

Chang Feng took a sip of tea: "Good tea. Dahongpao in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, right?"

Ye Guangdao: "You have a tricky mouth."

Chang Feng put down the teacup: "In the eyes of those who understand tea, black tea is unworthy."

"I heard that Westerners really like black tea with a strong aroma of flowers and fruits, and don't like green tea with a slightly bitter taste."

"Every year, a large number of Wuyishan Dahongpao are sold to Japanese pirates by sea merchants, and then resold by Japanese pirates to Westerners."

Ye Guang heard the clue from Chang Feng's voice: "I knew that you came here today not just to catch up with me. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Chang Feng asked straightforwardly: "I heard that Brother Ye is one of the shareholders of Shuangmuhui?"

Ye Guang was taken aback: "Shuangmu will have three eyes. I've never heard of it."

Chang Feng sighed: "Oh, brother Ye, don't pretend to be confused. Whenever I come to you, I already know the inside story."

Ye Guang remained silent.

Chang Feng said: "My brother Ye, you are so confused. Mixing up with the Southeast Sea Merchants, to put it more seriously, it is Tongwo."

"Maritime merchants and Japanese pirates have always been a family! The chief culprit who lured Japanese into pirates is the maritime merchants."

Ye Guang was still silent.

Chang Feng said: "Let me say something unpleasant again. How many loyal soldiers along the coast died at the hands of Japanese pirates?"

"You take the money from the sea merchants and become a shareholder of the Shuangmu Club. Are you worthy of those loyal people who died for the country?"

"Are you worthy of You Tianjue, who just died heroically this spring? At least in name, You Tianjue is your subordinate!" Ye Guang finally said, "I have something to hide. I became a shareholder of the Shuangmu Club for the sake of the past. .”

Chang Feng asked: "How do you say that?"

Ye Guang is a straight-forward general, and Chang Feng is the benefactor who saved his life.He told the whole story.

He served in the Liaodong Frontier Army for a long time.

In the last battle of Chenghua Liting, due to his command error, hundreds of brothers were killed and more than 200 brothers were seriously injured.Many of them had broken arms and legs.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the imperial court will issue pensions to the families of the soldiers who died in battle on an annual basis.

Seriously injured and disabled soldiers will also receive annual pensions from the imperial court.

However, ten years ago, his old troops in Liaodong wrote him a letter.The content of the letter is to complain and complain.

The imperial court's pension was allocated layer by layer through the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, the Liaodong Governor's Yamen, and the Bingbei Road Yamen.

Wild geese will naturally pluck their hair.The civil servants of each yamen, you move a little, and I move a little.Distributed to the loyal family members and disabled soldiers, there are very few left.

This makes their lives miserable.

Ye Guang had no way to uphold justice for them.Whether Daming's military expenditure or pension money, it's all like this.This is a bad rule of convention.

Although Ye Guang holds a high position, he cannot be an enemy of the entire system.

So Ye Guang chose to use his own money to support his old tribe and the loyal family members.

Ye Guang is a military officer at the military governor level, one of the five highest-ranking military officers.His family is very well off.

However, no matter how wealthy the family is, it cannot support hundreds of people for years and months.

Ye Guang's family fortune gradually became empty.

At this moment, a steward of the Lin family stationed in the capital took the initiative to approach the door.

The manager of the Lin family was very well informed about the affairs, and he actually knew that Ye Guang was in financial difficulties and that the old department could not continue to support the old department.

He offered to let Ye Guang join Shuangmu Club and become a shareholder.

As long as Ye Guang says hello to his old subordinates in the coastal areas of Nanzhi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, don't make things difficult for the Lin family's sea-going ships, and they can earn a dividend of [-] taels a year.

The Lin family also invested to build many houses in Daxing County, bought thousands of acres of land, and built a school.

Ye Guang's disabled veterans and family members of brothers who died in battle can come to Daxing County and live in the houses built by the Lin family.Children can also go to school for free.Each household is also given ten mu of land to live on.

In order for the old members to have a good home, Ye Guang agreed and became a shareholder of Shuangmuhui.

After listening to Ye Guang's narration, Chang Feng sighed with emotion: "The Lin family is really smart. They pinpointed your pain point and dragged you into the water in one fell swoop."

Ye Guangdao: "A good man should be a good man when he does things. You often butcher can deal with me according to the law. But I just ask you not to embarrass my disabled old men and loyal orphans."

"They don't know anything about it."

Chang Feng smiled and said, "How dare I dispose of you? According to the rules set by the great grandfather, you are my immediate boss."

Rules are rules, whether you follow them or not is up to people.In fact, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion has no control over the Jin Yiwei people.

Ye Guang asked: "Then why did you come to me today?"

Chang Feng replied: "I came to Brother Ye to ask two things. The first thing is that there are still those important ministers and generals in the court who are shareholders of Shuangmuhui."

"The second thing is when and where will the triennial dividend meeting be held."

Ye Guang was stunned: "I can answer your first question. Almost all the people who went to the Fujian Chamber of Commerce for the banquet that day were shareholders of the Shuangmu Society."

"The second thing, I have no comment."

Chang Feng complained: "Brother Ye still treats me as an outsider."

Ye Guangdao: "You said the opposite. It's precisely because I don't treat you as an outsider. I won't tell you."

"You have great powers, you should know how many people are standing behind Shuangmuhui."

"When you inquire about when and where the dividend meeting will be held, it's nothing more than checking the Shuangmuhui."

"Let me advise you, Shuangmuhui will not move you! If you go to investigate, you will definitely burn yourself."

Chang Feng said: "According to what you mean. Did You Tianjue die in vain?"

Ye Guang was taken aback: "You Tianjue's death is related to Shuangmuhui? Do you have evidence?"

Chang Feng said: "There is no evidence, it's just my intuition."

Ye Guangdao: "You can catch one or two officials by instinct. But you can't catch hundreds or thousands of officials at once!"

"Even if you arrest all the officials, will you arrest the relatives of the emperor? Can you arrest the honorable princes and uncles? Will you arrest the royal family of the vassals?"

"You should know that the widow of the Lin family is a woman with superb means."

"Her brilliance is that she tied all the powerful people in the Ming Dynasty to her family's ship. If one is lost, everyone will be harmed."

Chang Feng stood up: "Okay. Since Brother Ye refuses to tell, I will leave."

Ye Guangdao: "Don't think about Cha Lin's family, I'm really doing it for your own good."

In the evening, Chang Feng returned home.

Liu Xiaoyan was teaching Chang Ponu how to use a sword in the front yard.

Chang Feng watched it for a while, and saw that his precious son was really good at playing with the sword.

Chang Feng was very happy: my son is an all-rounder capable of both literature and martial arts.

But he said: "Dancing with guns and sticks all day long, can we not delay the production of art?"

Chang Ponu put away his sword and said, "Father, I'm going to study in the study." After speaking, he ran away.

After her son left, Liu Xiaoyan suddenly remembered something: "Someone sent an invitation card in the next afternoon. It seems to be the family who sent ambergris to the empress. Please go out to the banquet tonight."

Chang Feng raised his eyebrows lightly: "Lin family?"

Liu Xiaoyan returned to the hall and took out the invitation card.

This invitation card is quite grand, and the words on the card are ironed with gold leaf.

Please post it and write that Mrs. Lin is hosting a banquet for Chang Tongzhi at the Fujian Chamber of Commerce tonight.

Chang Feng thought: Nine times out of ten it is the Hongmen Banquet.With Yan Pan'er's magical powers, he should have known that I was checking Shuangmuhui.

However, he still made up his mind and went to the banquet to find out.

At night, Chang Feng left the mansion and rode a horse straight to the Fujian Chamber of Commerce.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the guild hall, twenty young women with beautiful faces and tall figures all saluted Chang Feng.

All the women said in unison: "Congratulations, Lord Chang."

Chang Feng waved his robe sleeves: "Excuse me."

He wondered in his mind: Could it be that Yan Paner set up a beauty trap for me?Want to buy me with a bunch of beauties?

You underestimated me too!

Although I have the common faults of men, I also like beautiful women.But I'm not stupid, I don't accept all messy beauties.

After accepting the woman Shuangmuhui sent, she was taken off the water by Shuangmuhui.It's better to go to Yihonglou to spend dozens of taels of silver, put on your pants and deny people.

A group of beauties led Chang Feng to a dining room on the second floor of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce.

As soon as he entered, Chang Feng was stunned.

Yan Pan'er was seen standing in the dining room wearing cool clothes.

That charm. I'm afraid even the top names in Yihonglou are not as good as her.She is truly a charming woman.

Chang Feng suffered a great loss from Mrs. Ninth back then.I know that a man must protect himself when he is away from home.

He subconsciously became alert.

(End of this chapter)