Chapter 106 Eunuchs also need to check and balance each other
Have a good night's sleep.
The money arrived while I was sleeping.
Early in the morning, Liu Qiao brought three boxes of gold, along with a long list.
"Your Highness Jian Guo, this was copied from Zheng Yangxing's house, including 50 red gold ingots. Considering that it may not be safe to leave it in Zheng's house, my subordinates sent it in first."
Zhu Youxiao quickly looked at the gold ingot and then the list.
"Worth seven hundred thousand taels?!"
"Between 700,000 and 800,000 taels."
Zhu Youxiao is very satisfied. Although gold and silver will depreciate if used in large quantities, having this golden thing in hand feels safe in his heart.
Liu Qiao continued to introduce: "Yesterday, more than one million taels were apparently confiscated. There was still gold hidden in the ground, and there were hundreds of thousands of taels of silver waiting to be recovered. Zhou Jiamo was meticulous and said that based on his calculations, the Zheng family's hometown was greatly revitalized.
It can produce more gold and silver than this."
"Hahaha, Zhou Jiamo sent this gift so early in the morning. If Zhu Chunchen heard about it, he might not be able to sit still."
Liu Qiao thought so, but added: "Everything else went smoothly last night, except that Zuo Guangdou didn't seem to be fooled, as if he didn't care about Zhu Chunchen."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "That's okay. He doesn't want to be like Zhou Jiamo and serve as a spearman for me. But I'm sure that his inner hatred for Zhu Chunchen is actually higher."
Liu Qiao continued to make plans with Zhu Chunchen to see how the Ministry of Industry would make a big move.
Zhu Youxiao is not worried about offending anyone now, because he holds a "Jian Ai" sign in the court, and it is Zhu Chunchen and Zhou Jiamo who are confiscating the property outside, not him, a prince who tolerates all officials.
Even if someone sees that he is instigating it, there is no need to worry.
Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, who are good at making trouble, are nothing to be afraid of now.
Once your reputation is ruined, you will no longer be able to establish a persona.
A minister, first of all, he is still a minister, and his advice must be reasonable.
The two were deceived by an eunuch. Such high-profile delinquents turned out to be stupid in the end. Normal civil servants would not admire them.
Rather than killing and banishing them or ruining their reputation, it is more interesting to use them for fishing.
This is what an emperor needs. With this method, he will naturally be "big enough" to accommodate them.
It is more important to rectify the directly affiliated organizations first, eliminate redundant staff, and reorganize the Beijing camp.
The Si Li Jian, Dong Chang, and Yu Ma Jian are headed by Liu Ruoyu, Wang Tiqian, and Wei Zhongxian respectively.
These three people have their own abilities, and they just represent different people in the palace.
Liu Ruoyu is an old man from the Wanli Dynasty, and he can be regarded as a literary eunuch like Feng Bao and Chen Ju. He has a good reputation among the officials, and he cooperates with administration and management in the ceremonial department.
On the other hand, it also weakens the Director of Ceremonies. If you should be a secretary, do it well. Being both a secretary and a bodyguard and also responsible for investigating and arresting people, the power is quite great.
Liu Ruoyu worked in the Si Li Supervisor. In the East Factory, the Royal Horse Supervisor did not have his position and manpower, so he took over the power of the Si Li Supervisor.
Wang Tiqian serves as the eunuch supervising the East Factory. He is an old man in the East Palace and one of the eunuchs who has been with Taichang and himself for the longest time. He is used to reward the old team internally, and he is also loyal enough to the outside world.
On the other hand, the power of the East Factory is too great, and the inside is not clean. In the future, there will be a West Factory, a North Factory, and a South Factory for other purposes.
It would be best for this Dongchang to have someone who is loyal but has average ability to take charge, and of course it is Wang Tigan.
Finally, there is the royal horse supervisor.
Wei Zhongxian actually didn't have a deep background in the palace, and he had an old relationship with him in the East Palace, but he was still squeezed out.
The old Wei had a terrible image of being ruthless, and the ministers were not familiar with him. He could not win over civil servants, but could only beat them or collect bribes.
I had an idea before, which was to make Old Wei corrupt and ask him for bribes from hundreds of officials. Then he would go fishing and raid the homes of those who paid bribes, and the money would be captured directly...
The only person in the entire palace who can do this cruel and shameless thing is Lao Wei.
But it’s too bad~
It’s better to manage soldiers and horses as the main task, and confiscate the property as a supplement.
When it comes to extortion and extortion, it's usually better to forget about it unless corrupt officials can't help but pay bribes~
Now, Zhu Youxiao is also paying close attention to Wei Zhongxian's progress in the palace and knows that he is blackmailing, blackmailing and pursuing stolen goods on a large scale.
Regarding the whereabouts of Wang An's family's money, he will definitely not let his servants hide it in the end. After completing the list, he will find the ministers to ask for the money.
After the search, if we can't get so much money, we can show the ministers the testimonies of Wang An's housekeeper's servants.
Let these implicated civil servants bite back.
In the end, it’s time to catch, search, and kill, and both punishment and money should be given.
I have to say that Lao Wei still has some ideas.
Of course, the money he gets from this line is different from that from Zhu Chunchen and Zhou Jiamo.
The old Wei, the imperial horse supervisor, the Zhejiang soldiers, and the white-pole soldiers all need special rewards, replenishing their troop sources and updating their equipment.
This money is for them.
Since Old Wei is a master of horseback shooting among the eunuchs, the task of capturing the elite soldiers of the Royal Horse Guards Teng Xiang must have fallen into his hands.
Now there are only 4,000 people in Tengxiang Siwei, which is really too few.
This time the money is in place, I hope they can add some fresh blood from Jiubian and Nanjun.
However, with more military power, he cannot be allowed to involve the Supervisor of Ceremonies and Dongchang.
The responsibilities and powers of the Si Lijian, Dongchang, and Yuma Jian must be thoroughly separated, and the trinity is more important.
Lao Wei could not serve as eunuch Bingbi in the Bureau of Ceremony and concurrently as eunuch supervising the East Factory, as in history, the final effect was actually very average.
Let him lead the Royal Horse Supervisor to become his true military base. This is the most powerful support, rather than letting him assist the government.
Zhu Youxiao doesn't like the Donglin Party members who live in vain, engage in party disputes, control the salt policy and reduce taxes on the southeast. This time, he wants to punish and correct them, and he also wants to teach the big landowners and businessmen behind them a lesson.
But it doesn't mean that he likes Wei Zhongxian, Hakka and Eunuch.
For example, Hakka was actually a wet nurse, nanny and cook. When Tianqi's biological mother died young and Zhu Changluo and Li Xuanshi were strict with him, he was the closest person in the palace.
Zhu Youxiao also met Hakka a few times. In fact, she is an old woman who loves to tell jokes, smiles on her face every day, and cooks delicious food.
She is really an old woman, not a charming temptress fabricated by literati.
However, although he loves to laugh and is particularly good at telling jokes, his heart is quite dark, and he and Lao Wei are both good-faced and dark-handed characters.
Of course, the current Zhu Youxiao doesn't have such a strong sense of family affection for her. There is a big change in the palace, and she does not need to intimidate the harem to manage the maids and concubines.
Can you cook...it's pretty good.
With a wave of his hand, he did not keep her in the palace, but directly arranged for her to work as a specially resigned chef at the Guijie Hotel. The treatment was quite good.
As for the Wei Dynasty or Wei Zhongxian, who will win over the Hakka family... I am still optimistic about Wei Zhongxian.
Because the Wei Dynasty was not among his most important people at all, and people were not as smart as Old Wei, this defection was also because he had completely grasped the situation and had to leave.
The credit is not small. But it is different in the palace than in the court. All slaves work. Liu Ruoyu has so many people who are his fans, and there are many people in the East Palace who are suppressed by Wang An.
The Wei Dynasty can use it for another month.
Because my father’s body is estimated to last another month.