Chapter 865 The beginning of everything is difficult
After listening to Wang Xian's explanation, Zhao Ying happily accepted the plaque and had it hung in the second hall. He felt that this boy was really his close friend... Although Zhao Ying was physically disabled, he was probably influenced by Yao Guangxiao.
Enchanted, has very lofty ambitions, which can be seen from the four big characters on the archway outside the Yamen, as well as the statues of Yue Fei that can be seen everywhere in the Yamen.
Serve the country with loyalty and be remembered forever! Since ancient times, nothing has been more ambitious than this! Therefore, Zhao Ying was very satisfied with the four words sent by Wang Xian.
As everyone knows, after sending the plaque back, Wang Xian and his group were laughing so hard that even an old master like Yan Qing, who was serious about his words, held his stomach and said: "It's so wicked! It's so wicked!"
"Haha, sir, you are just telling the truth," Shuai Hui rolled on the ground with a smile, "The East Factory is full of eunuchs, of course they are ahead of their time... and absolutely unparalleled!"
"Hahaha!" When everyone thought about those eunuchs holding that plaque on their heads and having to face the word 'The Queen' every day, their stomachs cramped with laughter.
After he finished laughing, Yan Qing wiped his tears and said, "If they ever come back to their senses, the problem will be huge."
"It's been done a long time ago!" Wang Xian snorted coldly, his eyes gleaming with resentment. "They were the ones who spread the rumors between me and Mr. Xu!" With Wang Xian's vengeful character, how could he suffer such a depressing loss?
Woolen cloth!
"Hey!" Yan Qing sighed helplessly. He thought that after defeating Ji Gang and the King of Han, he would finally have peace in the world and do more good things to redress the grievances of the people. Unexpectedly, another opponent appeared. "The fight is about to start again.
Already?"
"Fight, fight hard!" Everyone laughed and said indifferently: "It's so lonely without an opponent!"
"Okay!" Wang Xian saw that these guys were getting more and more disrespectful, so he scolded them and drove them out. He comforted Yan Qing, who looked worried, and said in a gentle voice: "Master, don't worry, Dongchang won't be able to become a success in a few years.
I won't let them get into trouble." He said with a smile: "So I won't fight so fiercely with Ji Gang."
"Hey." Yan Qing frowned and said, "Why do we have to fight? Haven't we fought enough with Ji Gang and the others all these years?"
"I've really had enough fighting, and now I don't want to offend anyone, but Dongchang is the only exception." Wang Xian raised his eyebrows as he spoke, and said in a deep voice: "If I don't bring down this yamen, will I sleep and eat? OK!"
"Hey," Yan Qing said in an even lower voice, "Sir, don't bring personal grudges into official matters."
"I want to deal with Dongchang," Wang Xian shook his head and said solemnly: "Not because of personal grudges, but for the Ming Dynasty!" He gritted his teeth and said solemnly: "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, I must kill them!"
"..." Yan Qing looked at Wang Xian in confusion, wondering why he was so hostile to this newly established yamen? Is it really because of the Ming Dynasty? Yan Qing really couldn't believe it...
Wang Xian didn't explain anymore. There were some things that he couldn't explain and could only understand by himself...
Compared with the huge Jin Yiwei, the newly born Dongchang is indeed very weak. Under Wang Xian's instruction, Jinyiwei secretly set traps and stumbling blocks for Dongchang at every turn, making Dongchang's operations difficult, and there was no progress for several months. This
Zhao Ying, the "imperial envoy governor of Dongchang Official School and eunuch in charge of affairs", felt very angry.
It is no exaggeration to say that for a whole winter, the development of Dongchang did not exceed the scope of the archway outside the door... In a few months, only a list of more than 40 internal officials, including foreman, foreman, and room clerk, was finalized.
There are only about a hundred people responsible for the specific work below... not even enough to look after homes and nursing homes, let alone carry out detective work.
To put it bluntly, this winter, the people in Dongchang were just fighting for power and profit, hoping to get a good seat at the beginning of the opening. As for buying spies outside and setting up surveillance, no fool was willing to do the hard work. This made Zhao
Can Ying not be angry? But he can't, because he wants to serve the country loyally and be famous forever. These people are all he relies on... In the Yongle Dynasty, there were not too many eunuchs in the palace.
There were only more than 200 eunuchs. The palace people gave him face and asked him to bring out most of them at once. Why did Zhao Ying have the nerve to ask for more people?
In the second hall of the East Factory, under the plaque that says "Unparalleled", Zhao Ying, an old eunuch wearing a python suit with white beard and hair, who looks much older than a few months ago, is sitting on a tiger-skin chair, watching with a dark face.
Start working on the next batch of stalls!
"What do you do for food?!" Zhao Ying endured it again and again, and finally couldn't bear it one day: "For a whole winter, even the surveillance in the capital was not entered!" After a pause, he said: "Today the emperor asked
I, how is Dongchang going? What can I say, of course it’s going well!”
The stalls were all breathless, carefully listening to the factory owner's complaints: "The emperor exposed our family with just one sentence!" Zhao Ying said with a frustrated look on his face: "The emperor asked me, today there is a gathering of more than 70 Beijing officials.
, what are you doing?"
"It seems that there is such a thing..." A stall owner whispered: "Officials in Beijing got together to hold a New Year's reunion."
"This is what our family did, but the emperor scolded me like crazy!" Zhao Ying said angrily: "The emperor said that those officials got together to discuss a joint letter to stop the emperor from moving the capital! Such a big thing,
They didn’t hide it, so Dongchang couldn’t even find out, so what else do you need to do?!”
"Manufacturer, please calm down." The waiters hurriedly appeased Zhao Ying and said, "Aren't we too short of manpower? We can only handle one case, but if we want to monitor the whole capital, this number of people will be a drop in the bucket."
"That's right, not to mention that we still have to fight for the world." The stall owners nodded one after another and said: "Mr. Factory, it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and it's hard for a famous general to fight without soldiers. We don't have anyone, so how can we do our errands?!"
"Isn't there anyone who doesn't know how to recruit?!" Zhao Ying said angrily: "The streets are full of people, from all walks of life. Some of them are suitable to be our eyes and ears!"
It's okay that he didn't mention this problem, but when he mentioned it, everyone immediately became upset. "All the local snakes in the capital have been subdued by Jin Yiwei. Once they heard that it was our business, they didn't dare to accept it no matter how much money they had!"
"Yes, Mr. Factory, it's all because of Jin Yiwei's mischief behind, that's why we are so difficult to move forward." Everyone said angrily: "Mr. Factory, we can't let them bully us like this!"
"..." Although he knew clearly that these guys were looking for excuses, Zhao Ying still nodded bitterly and gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will ask the emperor for someone! If you wait for someone to arrive, you will still be like this. Don't blame me.
Our men are ruthless!"
"That's for sure!" Everyone nodded.
"I hope so!" Zhao Ying snorted, stood up and left...
Lao Niu knew that the sun was setting late and there was no need to raise his whip. Zhao Ying, who was determined to be famous, was very powerful. After noon that day, he went to the palace to ask the emperor for instructions, hoping to recruit capable people from the army and the Yamen to supplement the army.
The strength of the factory, and following the example of Jin Yiwei in recruiting talents from the Jianghu... Zhao Ying reported to the emperor that the main purpose of the latter item was actually to ask for money.
Zhu Di was still very concerned about Dongchang's affairs. Seeing them struggling in the past few months, he knew that it was impossible to want the horses to run fast and not eat grass. He still had to give them enough support.
Let Dongchang grow rapidly. So Zhu Di ordered the cabinet to draft an edict and do what Zhao Ying said.
Seeing that the emperor agreed, Zhao Ying left happily. As soon as Zhu Di's note arrived at the cabinet, several cabinet ministers arrived.
"How much will it cost to follow Jin Yiwei's example in expanding the East Factory?" Hu Yan looked at Zhu Di's note and sighed, "Xia Shangshu's hair is going to be white again."
"Spending money is a trivial matter, the key is where the money is spent!" Jin Youzi said with a solemn expression: "If Dongchang really grows, it will be much more terrifying than Jin Yiwei!"
"Don't say it's more terrifying than the Jin Yiwei. Even like the Jin Yiwei, the people of both the government and the public can't stand it." Yang Rong sighed: "If the two sides compete for credit, I don't know how many injustices will be caused and how many subjects will be harmed!"
"Eunuch Taizu has been taught that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics!" Yang Shiqi said solemnly: "This Zhao Ying is very ambitious. I think he wants to break the ancestral precepts of the Ming Dynasty!"
"You mean..." Hu Yan turned pale and said with a trembling voice: "Eunuchs are involved in politics?"
Yang Shiqi nodded slowly, and Yang Rong and Jin Youzi also nodded solemnly. Civil servants are deeply afraid of spy politics, and are extremely disgusted with eunuchs' interference in politics. Dongchang is a mixture of spy politics and eunuchs' interference in politics, and these political senses are extremely keen.
How can a cabinet minister not be wary of this institution spawned by imperial power?!
"We must pay attention to it and nip Dongchang in the bud!" Yang Rong's political judgment has always been very precise. He pondered for a while and then said decisively: "Otherwise, if we let it get bigger, we are likely to become the sinners of history.
.”
"Yes, one hungry wolf in Jinyiwei is enough to make people suffer. If there is another one, the Ming Dynasty will really become a world of spies..." Jin Youzi lowered his voice and said: "We must take advantage of this wolf while it is still young.
Beat him to death with a stick!"
"It's easier said than done," Hu Yan shook his head and said, "The Emperor's establishment of the East Factory was not a whim. It was the suspicion of his ministers that reached its peak, which led to the creation of this product." After speaking, he sighed and said, "The more we oppose, I'm afraid the Emperor will
The more I will persevere, and I will spare no effort to support you.”
"Yuan Fu is right," Yang Rong nodded and agreed with Hu Yan: "We must take a long-term approach and be careful not to backfire."
"Yes," Yang Shiqi agreed: "And we are not good at this kind of thing, so we should leave it to more experienced people."
"You mean..." Jin Youzi said softly: "Wang Xian?"
"That's right," Yang Shiqi nodded and said slowly: "I think the plan to deal with the Jinyiwei can be put aside first. The right thing to do is to eliminate the East Factory with them first."
"Can he agree?" Jin Youzi asked.
"I will definitely do it." Yang Shiqi couldn't help laughing and said: "On the day when Dongchang was established, Wang Xian gave them a plaque, and the inscription on it was 'Ahead of the times...'"
All the scholars were worthy of being scholars. They understood what it meant as soon as they heard it, and they all burst into laughter!