Wang Tiqian, the newly appointed eunuch of the East Factory, was busy visiting the main officials. Liu Qiao, the royal guard, followed him to ransack the house. Liu Ruoyu quickly changed the clothes of the palace eunuchs, who were rescued from the fire by the prince and were the most grateful for their loyalty.
The new eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the Royal Horse Supervisor, is certainly not idle either.
After his morning court meeting, he sent someone to invite Zuo Guangdou to tea and asked Wang An what they had discussed with him in private at that time.
On the other side, he immediately led the Royal Horse Supervisor to take over the military power of the Beijing Camp from the British Duke, Cheng Guogong and other military honors, as well as the civilian officials who assisted the Beijing Camp.
The city defense of the main gates of the capital city, in addition to some of the Beijing camp troops and horses, is also strengthened by the imperial horse supervisors, the Nanhai Zijing army, and the Zhejiang soldiers Shizhu Baigan soldiers.
In particular, the Nanhai Zijing Army followed suit by establishing a tycoon system and was directly led by Zhu Youxiao, the general tycoon.
Wei Zhongxian ran from city gate to city gate and military camp to military camp.
He, the eunuch with the royal horse's handprint, has finally shown his face.
Finally, we walked around and sat at the home of Wang An, the former eunuch and eunuch.
"Our family relies on the crown prince to supervise the country to where we are today. As long as you are loyal to your majesty and the crown prince, I, Old Wei, will be a good person, honest and kind~"
Good guy?
The servants in Wang An’s house don’t think so.
What good person would carry the head of the householder into someone else’s house?
Wang An's head is in Wei Zhongxian's hands, and now everyone in the entire house is kneeling in front of him, waiting for his fate in fear.
"As for you, you are all supposed to be dead..."
As soon as these words came out, they were all frightened and turned pale.
Then Lao Wei smiled: "Since you have been deceived by the civil servants, I need your cooperation to survive. I, Lao Wei, have been living in the capital for so many years, you can believe my words~"
Believe it? I’m afraid he doesn’t believe it himself.
Wei Zhongxian, except when he was taking care of Zhu Youxiao and his biological mother Wang in the East Palace, he was a law-abiding person. At other times, he was a big gangster. He was ruthless in getting money and money, and he would gamble on horse racing when he had some money.
All kinds of cheating and cheating have no credibility.
But the servants of Wang An's family can only believe that it is better for someone of Wei Zhongxian's level to come than to just capture and behead him.
"I won't say much. Wang An has been very rich for so many years. Let's say at least three million taels... and Zheng Yangxing bribed him one hundred thousand taels. None of the money is gone. You have to explain honestly~"
The housekeepers and servants looked at each other in confusion. There was never less than 1 million taels in the house, so how could there be 3 million taels?
In addition, before the incident, Wang Wenyan, whom Wang An trusted most, distributed the money. The housekeepers, servants, and retainers at home took most of the money, and some officials took the other half.
"The officials took them all away! Wang Wenyan gave it away, saying that the money would be of great use."
The housekeeper and the diners insisted that not just a few, not most, but all of them had been sorted out by Wang Wenyan.
"Hehehehehe~" Wei Zhongxian smiled, his smile was very charming, but he was really happy.
Just waiting for you to say so~
I, Old Wei, want to do some things for the prince that are difficult to say publicly, especially the end result of asking for money to draw up a list. There are many rebels entering the palace, how can we not punish these civil servants?
The Prince Supervisor of the State once said that we should "love and benefit all civil and military officials, rather than attacking, praising or punishing".
But he also said that the rebellious accomplices should be strictly investigated~
Zhu Chunchen and Zhou Jiamo investigated the civil and military affairs respectively, while I, Old Wei, only investigated Wang An and his men. If the money difference is too big, doesn't it show that I am incompetent?
"Then write, when? Who? How much dirty money was taken."
Wei Zhongxian asked someone to provide paper and pen, and asked Wang An's housekeeper and servants to start reporting.
"By the way, a reminder, I, Old Wei, am old and short, and my patience is very limited. If anyone dawdles, I will think that you want to kill me~"
"Don't you dare! I'll tell you everything!"
The people from the Royal Horse Prison took them away separately. After all, they couldn't just ransack their homes and arrest people. They had to compare them individually before targeting them for arrest.
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In Cining Palace.
It was already late at night, and Liu Qiao followed three groups of people who ransacked his home and brought back the latest news.
"Your Majesty, the progress is faster than expected."
"Tell me about it."
"Zhou Jiamo investigated the Zheng family, and the amount of money and land exceeded expectations. In Beijing, millions of dollars of money have been investigated, and the farmland of his hometown in Daxing County is 130,000 acres, and the money is no less than that in the capital. He has bribed hundreds of civil and military officials from the local area to the capital.
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Zhu Youxiao touched his chin. The Ming Dynasty was indeed rich in the middle and late Wanli Dynasty. The land, money and connections actually controlled by a nouveau riche relative were probably even worse than those of Neiku and Huangzhuang.
Thanks to Zheng Yangxing for sending the start-up funds for the industrial upgrading of the Ming Dynasty and the revitalization of Mohist inventions.
It's a pity that Concubine Zheng, with her family in such a state, will definitely not be able to be granted a posthumous title, let alone be buried with Grandfather Wanli.
"Zhu Chunchen is very active and leaves no trace wherever he goes. He is currently working with Zhou Yingqiu overnight to arrange a large-scale search and future reorganization of the Ministry of Industry."
"Well, the Ministry of Industry is a place where there is a lot of money and money, and the accounts need to be thoroughly investigated. Think about the time when Yan Shifan, such a powerful guy, did not care about the civil service department, nor did he go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise the world. He only stayed in the Ministry of Industry
, you can imagine how much money you can make."
Hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, Liu Qiao knew that the first step was to seize the house and betray the ministers this time. The second step was to dig out the accounts of the Ministry of Works and find out how many people were corrupt, so that he could recover countless stolen goods.
"You must supervise your humble positions well to prevent traitors and the Ministry of Industry from slipping through the net."
"Okay! Liu Tongzhi, although you have not been promoted to the commander of the Imperial Guard now, this position is definitely yours.
The reason why Jin Yiwei is not moving now is because the Royal Horse Supervisor needs to stabilize the Beijing camp first. Dongchang also needs to change its blood first, and then the Military Aircraft Department will promote the reorganization of Jin Yiwei. You can rest assured."
"I understand your humble position, thank you His Highness the Crown Prince for your love!"
Liu Qiao admired Zhu Youxiao very much. It was okay to wait for such a short period of time. On the contrary, if he asked him to clean up the Jinyi Guards now, it would be difficult to start or he would be hated by others.
He suddenly remembered something: "By the way, everything else is going smoothly, except Zuo Guangdou, who was invited to tea, and now he still doesn't recognize anything."
"Wei Zhongxian is responsible for this matter, what does he think?"
Liu Qiao looked slightly unhappy: "Eunuch Wei said that softness is not enough, so let's use hard methods from the prison..."
"Hahahaha, that's not appropriate. Zuo Guangdou, let him continue drinking tea. Don't be forceful, but let him know a little bit about Zhu Chunchen's particularly positive news about confiscating his house~"
Liu Qiao reacted for a moment and realized what this meant.
"Yes! There is no need to force him, but it will make him hate Duke Cheng even more."
Liu Qiao knew what to do. He wanted them to fight each other. He thought about it and implemented it immediately.
Zhu Youxiao thought to himself that Lao Wei was indeed ruthless, but in terms of intelligence, there was still room for improvement.
Who is Zuo Guangdou?
He was a super-tenacious civil servant who truly held on to the imperial power and was completely risking his life. It is estimated that there would only be a few dozen civil servants in a hundred years. If he and Yang Lian could achieve such official positions and fame, they would indeed be the first few to exist in the Ming Dynasty.<
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How can you be tough?
But when he was taken away to drink tea, he reported that Zhu Chunchen was also treasonous.
The matter between Wang An and the Donglin Party was handled by Zhu Chunchen.