Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 200
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"Hey——, you businessmen, why are you so wordy and nagging?" At the gate of Wei Zhongxian's mansion, the little eunuch who guarded the door for Wei Zhongxian, his face was more ugly than the previous day. The tone of the husband and wife talking to the eight major locust merchants in Zhangjiakou was even worse, "How many times do you want our family to tell you? The ancestor is busy with government affairs and is not at home. He asked you to come back tomorrow! Do you hear me?"

"Little eunuch, it's a little thing, take it to drink tea." Yuan Chongyu wiped the sweat from his black face, stuffed a silver ingot into the little eunuch's hand, and said with a smile: "Little eunuch, to tell you the truth, we have already gone I went around the Forbidden City, Wenyuan Pavilion (Ming Dynasty Cabinet Office) and the Supervisor of Rituals. All the father-in-laws and adults there said that Jiu Qiansui was not there, and he might have come back to the mansion. Let the little father-in-law go in and have a look, Jiu Qiansui Did Sui come back first? If Jiuqian is here, please let me know, Xiao Ke will be rewarded!"

"How many times do you want our family to say it? How can our family know whether the ancestor is at home?" The little eunuch honestly stuffed the money into his sleeve, while raising his voice and sternly shouting: "Nine thousand years old! If he is not in the Forbidden City, Wenyuan Pavilion, and the Supervisor of Rituals, he may be in Dongchang and Fusi in Nanbei Town, or in Liubu Yamen, Dali Temple, and Honglu Temple. Go find him there, and don’t bother me here! To be wordy, our family will call Jin Yiwei to drive people away!"

After a lot of effort, Yuan Chongyu finally suppressed the urge to strangle the little shemale in front of him to death, and Fan Yongdou hurried up, bowed his hands to the little eunuch with an apologetic smile and said, "Little eunuch, since Jiuqian is not at home, then we I don’t dare to disturb your old man any longer, I just want to ask one more thing—I wonder if Mr. Feng, Minister of the Household Department, is in the Nine Thousand Years Mansion? The younger ones have also gone to the Yamen of the Household Department, Wenyuan Pavilion, and Mr. Feng’s mansion. I visited on the Internet, and the people there also said that Mr. Feng is not there."

"Not here either." The little eunuch yawned and said listlessly: "Don't ask where Tangguan Feng is, our family doesn't know, we only know that he is not in the Nine Thousand Years Mansion."

Speaking of this, Yuan Chongyu and the eight major locust merchants also understood that the little shemale in front of him was talking nonsense—because Yuan Chongyu and others had already found out that Feng Quan had already entered Wei Zhongxian's mansion half an hour ago. It hasn't come out since then.But knowing that the little shemale was lying, Yuan Chongyu, Fan Yongdou and others didn't dare to pierce through it face to face, let alone rush into Wei Zhongxian's house to arrest Feng Quan and torture him. We threw out a huge sum of 10,000+ taels of silver, and the court Why did the cabinet and the cabinet issue an edict to appoint the current governor of Liaodong as the governor of Xuanda?Is it because the money is not stuffed in place, or is it that Feng Quan and the old eunuch Wei just take the money and do nothing?In desperation, after a hasty discussion, Yuan Chongyu and others had to sit down in a teahouse that was open to bearers who came to visit officials who came to Wei Mansion, opposite the gate of Wei Mansion, and waited for Wei Zhongxian or Feng Quan to come out.

It was really guessed by Yuan Chongyu and the Eight Great Locust Merchants. At this time, Wei Zhongxian, Feng Quan and others were really in the Wei Mansion, but because Feng Quan bought Wei's servants and changed the couplets, Wei Zhongxian was offended, and Wei Zhongxian casually found them Excuse severe punishment, today after entering the door, he was punished to kneel on the wall in the backyard and think about his past. He would never have a chance to stand up until it was completely dark, while Wei Zhongxian was having a secret discussion with Li Shi, Young Master Zhang, Song Jin and others - what is the best way to discuss? The eight major locust merchants who were waiting outside the Wei mansion were dealt with to a limited extent.

Master Zhang took out a stack of documents and reported to Wei Zhongxian: "Father, according to the secret investigation and statistics of Hai'er and Dongchang, it was found that these eight traitorous businessmen have a total of 86 branch offices across the country, distributed in 34 of the nine chief envoys. In the state capital, there is close contact with each other and frequent communication. If we do it directly in Zhangjiakou, other places will receive the news, and there will definitely be destruction of evidence and absconding with money. Complete eradication will also cause a loss of treasury revenue. Therefore, Haier believes that we must not startle the snakes now, so that the eight traitor firms are prepared. We must first make all arrangements and preparations. The 34 states, capitals and counties across the country will do it together at the same time, so that Only then can they be wiped out, and neither people nor money can escape!"

"Yes, our family agrees with this." Wei Zhongxian nodded and said with a smile: "Dongchang has privately estimated that all the assets of these eight traitor firms are worth at least 200 million taels of silver! If the eight traitor firms can be With all the money we bring, our family won’t have to worry about the military pay for fighting the chaos in Shaanxi next year.”

"Nine thousand years old, I have a suggestion from a lowly position." Xiao Chuan, who had a private discussion with Wei Zhongxian for the first time, was very nervous. Without Wei Zhongxian's permission, he didn't even dare to express his opinion directly.It wasn't until Wei Zhongxian nodded in agreement that Xiao Chuan said cautiously: "Nine thousand years old, judging from years of experience in handling cases in humble positions, the reason why traitor firms like Fan Yongdou and Tian Shenglan can become big and dare to be so rampant is that there must be countless imperial courts behind them." With the connivance and support of officials and local governments, we simultaneously attacked the traitorous business offices in 34 state capitals. If the layout is not tight, as long as there is something wrong with one of them and the news is leaked, it may scare the enemy and cause all previous efforts to be wasted."

"Lord Xiao is right. 34 state capitals are working at the same time. It is difficult to do everything without leaking. As long as there is a problem in one place, it is very likely that all previous efforts will be wasted." Young Master Zhang nodded in agreement, and said: "So my child thinks that this Once a strike is made, the local government must not be notified in advance, and we can only rely on reliable forces such as Dongchang and Zhenfusi to temporarily show secret orders to dispatch the local army when the strike is made, and kill them by surprise!"

"Old ancestor, Tanhualang, I also have something to say." Song Jin saw that Tian Ergeng and Cui Yingyuan, the bosses of the Zhenfu Division, were not there, and then said cautiously: "In my opinion, Jin Yiwei of the Zhenfu Division may not be there either." It's reliable, this time my ancestor asked me to secretly investigate eight traitor firms, and when I checked the Zhen Fusi's arrest records on Zhangjiakou, I found that the Zhen Fu Si didn't say a word about the rampant reselling of prohibited materials by these eight traitor firms-very Obviously, there are also people from them in the Zhenfu Department."

"Is it enough to rely on the strength of Dongchang?" Wei Zhongxian asked thoughtfully.Young Master Zhang thought about it for a while and replied: "Back to father, the son thinks it should be enough. Father only needs to select reliable father-in-laws from the Li Supervisor and Dongchang to lead the team, entrust them with secret orders, and then find other excuses to send them to each other. The 34 state capitals also strictly ordered the 34 officials not to divulge their secrets to anyone, including not to divulge the news to the Jinyiwei who protects them when they travel, and not to read the will until the action, so that the risk of leaking the wind can be minimized. At the same time Father can also replace the unreliable local generals in the 34 state capitals in advance and replace them with obedient ones, so that nothing will go wrong."

"Okay then." Wei Zhongxian agreed, and said again: "You first draw up a detailed action plan, and our family will go to the emperor to ask for an order. As for selecting people from the Supervisor of Rites and Dongchang, we must be careful. Our family believes that It’s best to be those who support the grain and salt standard system in Zhangjiakou, they are more reliable.”

"Godfather, I think you can add one more thing." Li Shi, the same old and cunning Jiangnan eunuch, said darkly: "For the sake of caution, when entrusting the secret decree, godfather can promise to search them [-]% of the gold and silver property received will be rewarded to them. In this way, in order to get more rewards, these people will be more reliable and work harder. Also, there must be a lot of local officials involved in this case, and the godfather can In addition to the decree, any officials involved in this case, as long as they voluntarily confess to return the spoils, they can not be held accountable or demoted, and in this way, the resistance from the local government can be minimized."

"It's very thoughtful." Wei Zhongxian applauded, and said with a smile: "What our family is most worried about is pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud. It's easy to check these eight traitor firms, but if hundreds or thousands of officials are implicated, it will be a big deal." If you’re in trouble, just do as you said, this time only the eight traitorous firms will be attacked, except for the main culprits of Xuanda among the officials, as long as they voluntarily return the stolen goods, they will not be held accountable.” —— Wei Zhongxian made This decision was also forced out of helplessness. Although there are many capable officials under him, almost all of them, including Young Master Zhang and Li Shi, have unclean buttocks. If the officials are all cleaned up, then Wei Zhongxian is shooting himself in the foot.

"Let's do it this way." Wei Zhongxian arranged: "Since our family is personally in charge of this operation, with the Yellow River and Huaihe River as the boundary, Song Jin is in charge of the north, and Shi'er is in charge of the south. The correspondence between each other can only be communicated by Dongchang Fan. The servant is responsible for the transmission, and must not be entrusted to outsiders." Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian pointed to Young Master Zhang again, and said lovingly: "Monkey boy, your task is the heaviest. Our family can only do it if we have the real evidence of their smuggling and betraying the country. You also know that these eight traitor firms have business dealings with large and small firms all over the country. The merchants of the world who pay [-]% of the tax in the internal treasury will confess."

"Father, please rest assured that these eight traitors cannot escape from your hands, and your son will not be able to escape from your grasp. Confiscate their homes and execute them in a reasonable and legal manner!" Young Master Zhang clasped his fists and replied.Wei Zhongxian thought for a while, then smiled and said: "You should be more careful, in a few days, the will of being promoted to the new governor of Xuanda will be revealed to the world. At that time, the eight traitor companies will be alert and ready , it will be even more difficult for you to obtain their criminal evidence.”

"My son doesn't dare to lie to my father, but my son is already collecting criminal evidence." Young Master Zhang grinned wickedly, and said with a smirk: "And after going out for a while, my son will have to contact one of these eight traitorous businessmen. "Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang leaned into Wei Zhongxian's ear again, and whispered: "By the way, in order to buy us time, the child still has a way to make a fortune and honor his father. Father can..."

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When it was completely dark, Young Master Zhang, Song Jin, Xiao Chuan and others left Wei Zhongxian's mansion one after another. Feng Quan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who had been kneeling in the courtyard for an afternoon, was finally liberated, rubbing his sore and numb legs and being led away. Entered Wei Zhongxian's study.As soon as they met, Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly: "Do you know why you were punished to kneel?"

"I know." Feng Quan replied dejectedly: "I shouldn't deliberately withhold the salary of the capital officials for the sake of outspoken personal grievances, causing the royal censor to go to Donghuamen to make trouble." Speaking of this, Feng Quan said unconvinced: "Nine Chitose, but the humble post was only two days late, the censor and the Hanlin Shuji came to Donghuamen to make trouble, it was clearly Cui Chengxiu who instigated it behind the scenes, and wanted to embarrass the lower officials."

"Wow!" Wei Zhongxian poured a cup of hot tea on Feng Quan's face, and scolded angrily: "You bastard, it makes sense for you to deliberately withhold the salary of a Beijing official? You treat those poor Hanlin Qing Yushi with your household As rich as Bu Shangshu, he will never starve to death without receiving a salary for the rest of his life?! Luckily, Zhang Ruitu came forward in time to persuade those Beijing officials to go home. If things get worse, what will be the face of the court and our family? The Ming court, the apocalypse flourishing age, is it so poor that they can’t even pay officials’ salaries?”

"Forgive me for nine thousand years, I won't dare to do it again in a lowly position." Feng Quan knelt down helplessly, kowtowed and begged for mercy.Fortunately, the matter was not serious, Wei Zhongxian was not very angry, he just kicked Feng Quan again, and shouted: "Get up, if there is another time, our family will punish you to kneel under the sun until you die!"

"Thank you Jiuqian." Feng Quan kowtowed again, and stood up again with difficulty.Wei Zhongxian yawned and said, "You came here today to announce the candidate for the Governor-General, right?"

"Nine-thousand-year-old Mingjian." Feng Quan nodded, and asked cautiously with a smile: "Nine-thousand-year-old, on the day of your old 15th birthday, the governor of Liaodong sent [-] taels of silver to the mansion. Nine-thousand-year-old you also reward Accepted. The governor of Liaodong wants to inquire again, to see when you, Nine Thousand Years Old, will ask the emperor for an order, so that the governor of Liaodong can also arrange preparations for the transfer of duties."

"The official hat can't fly anymore, what's the hurry?" Wei Zhongxian took a sip of the tea newly brought by the servant girl, and said lightly: "Winter is here, and Jiannu is used to launching attacks on Jinzhou and Ningyuan in winter. Handsome is a big taboo for military strategists, let him defend Liaodong first, and then talk about it after spring."

"Don't." Feng Quan was in a hurry——Feng Quan knew very well that the reason why the eight major locust merchants in Zhangjiakou were so concerned about the successor of Xuanda governor was that, apart from fearing that the new governor would not be easy to deal with, a more important reason was that the eight major locust merchants used to The channel through which the Tatar tribes traded with Jian slaves had been smashed to pieces by that little plague god, Young Master Zhang, and there was an urgent need to rebuild the trading channel. To do this, only the governor of Liaodong who succeeded Xuanda could do it quickly. One day's delay, the eight locust merchants don't know how much money they will lose, and Feng Quan doesn't know how much money they will lose!In anxiety, Feng Quan had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Nine thousand years old, the humble official thinks that this matter cannot be postponed. The cabinet received the Shaanxi Tang News a while ago, and the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Sun Gelao, planned to launch an attack on the lair of the thieves. The thieves are likely to flee to Shanxi or Datong, and Xuanda urgently needs a commander who can fight well to prevent the spread of the thieves."

"But Liaodong...?" Wei Zhongxian pretended to be hesitant.Seeing Wei Zhongxian's heartbeat, Feng Quan was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Nine thousand years old, don't worry, there will be Governor Xiong in Liaodong, and there will never be any problems. Besides, the imperial court is just changing generals and not soldiers. The new governor of Liaodong will take office Liaodong soldiers, Liaodong is absolutely foolproof. As for the governor of Liaodong, you only need to put the slave slaughter army under his command at nine thousand years, and it is more than enough to suppress the rebellion in Shaanxi and resist the Lindan Tatars."

"Slave Slayer Army?" Wei Zhongxian frowned with gray eyebrows, and snorted: "Just 15 taels of silver, you want to buy our family's Slave Slaughter Army, as well as the position of Xuanda Governor of the imperial court? You, the household department Shang Shu, don't you know how much money our family spent in building the Slave Slayer Army?"

"15 taels? Old eunuch Wei still thinks it's too little?" Feng Quan, who heard the hint in Wei Zhongxian's words, was taken aback, but thought that Wei Zhongxian's internal treasury was not in his hands when he built the Slavery Army. After spending more than 30 taels of silver, Feng Quan felt that it still made sense.Thinking of this, Feng Quan hurriedly replied: "Nine thousand years old, don't worry, I will go back and give them an answer, let them bleed a little more, and I will keep Jiu thousand years old."

"Go, our family is in no hurry." Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and snorted coldly in his heart, saying that I am not in a hurry, the longer you stay in the capital, the more time my son will have to prepare to deal with you.

(End of this chapter)