Even powerful departments like Edong Factory and Jinyiwei, with the support of the emperor, would not dare to attack some nobles.
After all, everyone is a native of the capital. Even if they are knowledgeable about certain things, they are still working within the same system.
There is no deep grudge against each other, and there is no need to offend some wealthy families to death.
Especially for Wang An and Yuan Bin, they are not as favored by the emperor as Wang Zhen, and they dare not offend those princes and princes.
What's more, even when those two were here, relying on Zhu Qizhen's favor, they only dared to play tricks with a loyal and honest person like the British Duke Zhang Fu.
Facing Duke Cheng, King Taiping and others, they didn't dare to let out a single fart.
Therefore, even if they found out who was behind the assassination of Feng Zhou in a short period of time, they still pretended not to know.
And those who were behind the scenes naturally expected this.
So they dare to be confident.
Unfortunately, Feng Zhou's reaction was completely beyond their expectations!
Faced with the successive assassinations, Feng Zhou had no intention of backing down. He chose hard steel, directly used Shang Fang's sword, and brought out more than half of the hundreds of yamen servants from the yamen. He also went to the Wucheng Army and Horses Department to mobilize three
Hundreds of soldiers directly surrounded the houses of the bosses of several underground gambling houses who had been on guard for a long time.
Feng Zhou didn't say anything. He directly picked up a thick wooden stake with his own hands. With a bang and a bang, he opened the closed door. Hundreds of government soldiers rushed in. Not only did they capture the target person and his family members, but also
They scraped the ground and confiscated all the belongings in their house.
No one expected that Feng Zhou's methods would be so arrogant and overbearing, that he would not even bother with the proper procedures and would just arrest people and ransack their homes.
This was an incredible moment. Over 400,000 taels of cash, nearly one million taels of silver notes, and ten boxes of valuable antiques were seized directly from the homes of the bosses of these underground gambling houses, with a value of at least
Around three hundred thousand taels!
Not only that, there are also some armors, weapons, bows and arrows, which you can tell are used by the elite in the army.
Although no loan shark IOUs or other miscellaneous items were found, the apparent gain alone was close to two million taels, which was a huge problem.
When Feng Zhou sent all the money, jewelry and antiques to Qinzheng Palace, all the courtiers who wanted to impeach him all shut up.
No one is a fool. Since those people hid usury IOUs, they would naturally hide things like soldiers and armor tightly.
Maybe Feng Zhou framed him.
However, a few unknown merchants actually have such a huge amount of money. Even a fool can analyze that there is something strange in it.
Don’t think that just because there are many wealthy people in the capital, everyone is rich!
Anyone who thinks this way is very stupid and naive!
We all belong to wealthy and distinguished families, so the money we have will naturally be spent on maintaining a luxurious life. The rice must be Jiangnan Liuzhi rice, the charcoal must be fine anthracite, and the vegetables must be braised eggplant costing one hundred taels per plate...
Not to mention those exquisite gardens, countless shops, and dotted outhouses...
Few companies have such abundant cash, which they all use for investment.
However, these unknown merchants actually have a fortune of over two million. Anyone with a clear mind will know that there is something fishy in them.
Besides, these inconspicuous merchants are either rice merchants or cloth merchants on the surface. The one who has the best luck is the owner of a small and famous jewelry shop. Logically speaking, their combined wealth can be close to
One to twenty thousand taels is quite extraordinary.
I really thought all the money was blown by the strong wind.
Now, a huge sum of nearly one million taels of silver was confiscated from the homes of five unknown wealthy households. Zhu Qizhen was shocked but not happy at all.
The water in Kyoto is obviously more turbid than Zhu Qizhen imagined.
At the same time, he also once again gained a deep understanding of the money-absorbing ability of underground gambling houses, which are simply an excellent tool for absorbing the wealth of the people.
Such an underground gambling house should be controlled by the emperor himself!
Anyone who dares to owe Zhu Qizhen money will have Dongchang and Jinyiwei break their bones and suck out their marrow!
"Feng Zhou, did you encounter any tough opponents this time when you arrested people and ransacked their homes?"
Although he thought so in his heart, Zhu Qizhen still pretended to care about his subordinates.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this time it went relatively smoothly. I only encountered a few personal guards of wealthy families. I didn't need to do anything myself. My servants and soldiers took them all down!"
Feng Zhou shook his head and said something that frightened some of the courtiers: "I guess they all heard the news before and either moved them all or made other arrangements!"
"Well, Feng Zhou, what you said makes sense!"
Zhu Qizhen nodded in approval. When he remembered what Feng Zhou had said before, that the guards of some ministers were even stronger than the Ouchi guards who guarded the safety of the royal family, he felt unhappy and said coldly: "Interrogate those captured traitors as soon as possible."
, ask them about the whereabouts of their masters, and be sure to kill them all without letting any one go!"
Zhu Qizhen felt very unhappy and a little uneasy. When he thought about the many masters hidden in Kyoto, he felt a chill in his heart.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Even if Your Majesty doesn't mention it, I won't let them go easily!"
Feng Zhou smiled coldly, and a fierce and ferocious aura suddenly appeared on his body, and he said with murderous intent: "They must pay the price with blood!"
The courtiers present, including Zhu Qizhen, all trembled inwardly...
An impromptu Umrah meeting ended after Feng Zhou's personal performance.
A group of senior officials of the imperial court left feeling depressed and worried. The recent situation in the imperial court has continued to be turbulent, which is not a good sign for them.
You must know that no matter whether it is a civil servant or a military general, whether it is the cabinet, the six ministries, or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, since you have become a high-ranking official, you naturally hope to be able to work stably without any accidents.
But looking at Feng Zhou's movements, it seems that he wants to make things bigger, even if he is assassinated.
He is someone who has the courage to do practical things.
It's just that those assassins are too ignorant!
Who doesn't know that Feng Zhou possesses peerless martial arts? Ordinary assassins can't kill him at all.
I'm afraid that only the Ye Gucheng and the Jade Rakshasa mentioned by the guards can deal with him.
Even so, why bother provoking him!
Do you think you will die slowly?
…
Seeing the ministers whispering among each other, Zhu Qizhen understood clearly. He had made a decision at this time. As long as Feng Zhou did not betray, he must be re-employed!
After all, in the Ming Dynasty, a young scholar like him who was not afraid of offending the powerful class, who was powerful and capable, was exactly what the court needed to be a capable official. Who would have thought that this guy would cause trouble in just one year after his rise?
How many changes have taken place, and how many benefits have they brought to the court at the same time?
If it weren't for this guy, Zhu Qizhen would still be in the dark. He doesn't know about the ambitious people inside and outside the city, let alone how many monsters and monsters are hidden here!
"This Fengzhou only knows how to do things and has no intention of asking for rewards. But since I have received millions of money, how can I not show it? You must know that the reward comes from the will of God, but you must also judge it openly! If he has such great achievements, I would like to
If it hadn’t been like last time, wouldn’t it have chilled my ministers’ hearts?”
"How about I give him a title? Then give him the title of "Feng Zhou", and the title "Zi Heheng". There is no one in Yedu and the boat "Hong Kong" is very suitable!"