There were many good people who were eager to gossip, so they followed Fanzi from a distance, wanting to see what happened.
"It's been a long time since I've seen Fanzi mobilize in large numbers. It seems even the factory boss is here. Something big will definitely happen this time!"
"Ah, I don't know who is going to be unlucky. This battle must be serious, right?"
"Rebellion is a major crime? It shouldn't be! The world is peaceful recently, so it's impossible for anyone to rebel, right?"
"Hey, are you going to the rich area? Look in this direction, that's the neighborhood where the most powerful people in Nanjing live!"
"Haha, there's something good to watch now!"
"..."
Obviously, the common people at this time did not have much ill feelings toward factory guards. This was because the targets of factory guards were basically high-ranking people and had nothing to do with ordinary people.
What usually bullies ordinary people is actually a combination of local government and local evil forces.
At this time, I saw a large group of people from the East Factory and the West Factory arriving in front of a very grand gate.
The gate of this mansion has two huge stone lion gates, and two big red lanterns are hung at the gate for night lighting, with the character "李" written on them.
The melon-eating crowd, even from a distance, immediately recognized whose mansion this was.
"Hey, isn't this the residence of Marquis Linhuai? Is Fanzi going to Marquis Linhuai?"
"This is a serious matter. The ancestor of the Marquis of Linhuai was Cao Guogong, the founder of the country, and he also committed a crime?"
"Tsk, tsk, this is definitely huge, otherwise it would be impossible for Dongchang and Xichang to come here together!"
"Look, those fans didn't even wait. When they arrived, they just kicked open the door and rushed in! Wow, it must be a good show!"
"Yes, it's a pity. I wonder what happened inside?"
"..."
At this time, the Linhuai Marquis was the seventh generation, named Li Zushu, and his ancestor was Li Wenzhong, the founding Duke of Cao. After Li Wenzhong's title of Duke was passed to his son Li Jinglong's generation, he was abolished by Zhu Di.
Later, during the Jiajing Dynasty, the civil servants united to fight against the Jiajing Emperor, and they started to engage in ceremonial disputes and so on. The Emperor Jiajing was very troubled, so he found the descendants of those nobles who had been deprived of their titles at the founding of the country and made them knights.
Yiwai, probably hoping that the descendants of these founding heroes can help the royal family.
It's just a pity that the descendants of these founding heroes basically don't have the style of their ancestors. They are all greedy for life and afraid of death, and only know how to enjoy themselves. The Marquis of Linhuai, the Emperor Jiajing, found out the descendants of Li Wenzhong and gave them to Linhuai.
The title of Marquis of Huai.
According to the original history, the Linhuai Marquis in the late Ming Dynasty, named Li Zushu, along with other Nanjing nobles, opened the door and surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There was no resistance at all, and all the wealth was finally obtained by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
At this time, Li Zushu was in his house and had not gone out. He was surprised when he heard the noise coming from outside the door. A servant came running up and down to report that the factory guard had broken in.
Upon hearing this, Li Zushu's expression suddenly changed, and his legs began to tremble.
The reputation of the factory guards reached its peak during the Tianqi Dynasty, but at that time, the factory guards mainly dealt with civil servants and did not have much conflict with the nobles.
But in recent years, the factory guards have become more active again than during the Tianqi period. The current emperor even established a new West Factory to deal with not only civil servants, but also famous salt merchants, Shanxi merchants, etc., and even those from the capital.
Duke Cheng Guo copied them all.
The past few years have passed, and in Nanjing, which is far away from the capital, I originally thought that the focus of the Jinyiwei has shifted to the army. In the past few years, I have not heard of anyone being investigated by the police, and I thought it was quiet.
The result was unexpected...
I'm afraid the problem can't be solved! Li Zushu knew this very well. He forced himself to calm down. As soon as he left the door, before he could go to the front yard, he saw a large number of factory guards swarming into the backyard. He saw someone
, without saying a word, he was ordered to kneel down.
"I am the Marquis of Linhuai..."
Before Li Zushu finished speaking, he saw a Xichang fan in front of him draw a knife, as if he was about to chop him when he disobeyed the order. He was so frightened that his legs suddenly became confused and he knelt down.
Go down.
None of the other servants, maids, etc. dared to stand up in front of the wolf-like tiger, and they all knelt on the ground.
The gangsters continued to break into all the rooms and drove all the people inside, regardless of gender, old or young, into the courtyard. Then, they controlled the corridors, doors, etc. without saying a word, but with an evil aura and a fierce look.
, making everyone tremble with fear, many people wanted to cry, but did not dare to cry.
After a while, another group of eunuchs came in surrounded by two eunuchs wearing scarlet robes. Li Zushu looked up. Although he didn't recognize them, he could guess from the service that they were probably
The boss of the East and West Factory is gone.
In fact, he knew one of them, Wang Dehua, the governor of Dongchang who had been stationed in Nanjing for several years. However, at this time, although Wang Dehua was the governor of Dongchang, he was one body behind the other eunuch. It seemed that he was still cautious.
Serve.
Looking at this scene, Li Zushu guessed that the person in charge was probably the most favored minister of the current emperor, the eunuch in charge of the rites and the governor of the West Factory Wang Chengen!
When did you arrive in Nanjing?
Li Zushu became even more uneasy when he saw Wang Chengen appearing in front of him, but he also understood in his heart that the situation in front of him could not be overcome by panic.
When he was thinking about how to deal with it, he saw that Wang Chengen had already arrived in front of him. He sat on the Taishi chair that Dongchang Fanzi brought to him in time under the eaves in front of the hall. Of course, Wang Dehua also had one, but when Wang Dehua himself was sitting, he took the chair.
He leaned back a little and did not dare to sit side by side with Wang Chengen.
I saw Wang Chengen staring at Li Zushu in front of him, and said coldly: "You are so brave! You dare to sell the imperial steam engine blueprint to Xiyi. Long live the Lord is very angry, and the consequences will be serious, do you know?"
"No, I don't!" When Li Zushu heard this, he immediately denied it, "I don't even know what a steam engine drawing is, so please let the factory owner take a closer look!"
Regarding his reaction, Wang Chengen had already expected it, so he waved his hand without any hesitation, and then saw two Xichang fans escorting a person in.
As soon as Li Zushu saw this man, he immediately said emotionally: "The factory owner is aware that what this man does has nothing to do with me. Although he is a son of my family, he has made mistakes in the past and has been expelled from the house by me."
Oh no! I never saw him again or had any contact with him after that."
After hearing this, Wang Chengen curled up his lips and revealed a hint of a sneer, and then ordered: "Search our house. In addition, separate these people in this house and serve them well. The first one to confess will be considered guilty and meritorious."
Avoid death penalty!"
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the Xichang fans immediately swarmed forward. Two people grabbed one person, including Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu, as well as his son, daughter, wives, concubines, etc., and dragged them to various rooms. Apparently, they were
The punishments should be separated.
When Wang Dehua on the side saw this scene, he glanced sideways and glanced at Wang Chengen's profile, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
It was Wang Chengen's request to come to Huaihou Mansion. If he knew the reason, the Xichang side had already caught the person selling the drawings based on the clues he reported before and the information provided by the Portuguese.
After digging upwards, we finally caught the son of the Marquis of Linhuai.
However, Wang Dehua also confirmed that the son of this family had made a mistake and was expelled by the Marquis of Linhuai. Therefore, although he had doubts about the Marquis of Linhuai, he did not dare to use force directly against the Marquis of Linhuai.
Back then, he had seen the unity of these Nanjing nobles. Once the Marquis of Linhuai was moved, but there was no evidence, all the Nanjing nobles would probably start a riot.
To be honest, Wang Dehua is still a little scared about this, because he knows that he has made mistakes in the eyes of the current emperor. Maybe the emperor still has not forgotten what happened back then. Once he is attacked by Nanjing nobles,
It is very likely that you will be unlucky.
However, Wang Chengen did not have such scruples, and directly led a large group of troops, set up a large formation, and ran to the Linhuai Marquis' Mansion. Now he did not listen to Linhuai Marquis' explanation and immediately tortured the entire government. This shows that
With an attitude, this Linhuai Marquis must be finished. It cannot end with nothing happening. Otherwise, even Wang Chengen will not be able to bear the consequences.
In other words, when Wang Chengen decided to do this, Linhuai Marquis was guilty regardless of whether he was guilty or not!
This kind of power makes Wang Dehua very envious!
Look, this is the one who has received divine favor. He can do things without any scruples!
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered the rumors he had heard before, what the emperor told Wang Chengen when he established the West Factory: In the East Factory, the cases that the Jinyiwei cannot solve should be solved by the West Factory, and in the East Factory, those who the Jinyiwei dare not kill should be solved by the West Factory.
Factory kill, East Factory, the West Factory will take care of things that Jin Yiwei dare not take care of, in a word, East Factory, West Factory that Jin Yiwei can take care of must take care of it, East Factory, West Factory that Jin Yiwei can’t take care of must take care of it, catch it first and then report, Imperial Power
Franchise, this is the West Factory.
At this moment, Wang Dehua was really envious. When he looked at Wang Chengen again, he saw that he was leisurely drinking the tea served by Fanzi, as if he came to the Linhuai Marquis Mansion just to drink tea and listen to a play. But this play
It was not an ordinary drama, but screams coming from various rooms.
When Wang Dehua was thinking about this, he suddenly saw Wan Chengen turning to look at him and said lightly: "This tea is quite good, and it deserves the name of West Lake Longjing."
When Wang Dehua heard this, he quickly came to his senses and began to flatter this famous man in a low profile.
Wang Chengen probably felt more comfortable being flattered by him. After all, at the beginning, he was just a little eunuch under Wang Dehua. Therefore, after being flattered by his eldest brother, he asked Wang Dehua in a good mood: "Do you think