Chapter 129: The human heart is not ancient
"What's the reaction from Fujian now," Zhang Fan asked.
"Lord Yu," Wang Meng immediately told Zhang Fan the news that came, "After this suicide note was obtained by Wen Ruchun, the political envoy of Fujian's right-hand cloth, Lord Wen is now stepping up his investigation,"
This Wen Ruchun can be the right political envoy of Fujian is really an outlier, he does not rely on playing with power and accepting bribes, but on real talent, relying on political achievements to climb to this position step by step, this is not without in the Ming officialdom, but it can be regarded as very rare, but this name is Wen Ruchun, but the temperament is the opposite, very hot, after hearing the news from the people below, he personally inquired about the matter, and the suicide note was not taken by Wen Ruchun before those people had time to do anything.
After this Lord Wen knew, he was furious and began to investigate thoroughly, and the matter was very big for a while, and the officials below knew that this matter was not done well and they were going to lose their heads, so they all joined forces to resist Wen Ruchun's subordinates with both soft and hard measures, but this is good, the matter even alarmed the governor of Fujian, He Kuan, who is the governor of Fujian, is in charge of the military affairs of a province in Fujian, and it stands to reason that this kind of government affairs has nothing to do with him, but He Kuan has been diligent and prudent since the day of his career. Even Emperor Jiajing, who was the most picky, commended him many times, and now that something like this has happened in Fujian, how could He Kuan not ask.
As a result, ordinary people who don't know what happened can see a large number of soldiers walking on the streets all day long, but because Wen Ruchun and He Kuan are the top military and political leaders in Fujian, they are not as easy as Zhang Fan's Jinyiwei to enter and exit the officials' mansions as easily as going to the toilet, He Kuan's army at most plays a deterrent role, and "invites" officials who may be involved to "drink tea and chat", but without evidence, they cannot send people into the residences of those officials to investigate and deal with them. In addition, those officials have long been unified, and they have always said that the businessman who committed suicide wanted to frame the "good guy" or "that man committed suicide because he lost his mind, so his words are not credible" These clichés to prevaricate Wen Ruchun, but there is no evidence to refute these words, which makes the two of them very depressed.
Zhang Fan heard this and began to think, if this incident happened here, by his side, he would not let go of such a great opportunity, and he would definitely immediately send his factory guards to collect strong evidence, but Zhang Fan never thought that this kind of thing would happen, the previous order to his subordinates was to let them secretly collect evidence, and they must not act rashly, so as not to startle the snake, now that this has happened, Zhang Fan guessed that his subordinates must have heard something, but it was not enough to eradicate all the corrupt officials in Jiangnan, In addition, because of their own orders, those people did not act immediately, and now the officials in Fujian will inevitably be more careful and hide the evidence that has been hidden a little deeper, which will make it even more difficult.
However, Zhang Fan did not intend to give up, he asked Wang Meng: "Who is leading the team in Fujian?"
Wang Meng didn't even think about it, and said directly: "It's a hundred households named Daniel Zhang, and the adults haven't seen him yet,"
"How is this person," Zhang Fan asked, knowing that there were also many people in the Jinyi Guard, who could even get in touch with those who were supposed to be monitored by them for money.
Wang Meng naturally knew the meaning of Zhang Fan's question, and quickly said: "Adults, please rest assured, Daniel Zhang served in the same army as the lowly position, he was a lowly army commander, and he was definitely a good man on the battlefield, and the lowly position was saved by him no less than three times, but a fight with the Tatar made him injured, and when the injury was healed, the war was over, and then he joined the Jinyi Guard,"
"Born in sorrow and dying in peace, people will change," Zhang Fan sighed and said slightly.
Wang Meng listened to his words, although his face did not show any unhappiness, but he still said righteously: "My lord, I dare to use my life to guarantee that Daniel Zhang will never be like those treacherous villains, confused by gold and silver,"
Zhang Fan shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't believe your words, but I don't believe him, your understanding of him is only on the battlefield, and I also believe that you won't deceive me about this, so it seems that this Daniel Zhang is indeed a good person, but now there are a few people in the brocade guard, who are really clean,"
"This ......" Wang Meng didn't expect Zhang Fan to say this, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the lowly position, and Liang Chao are all like this," It's not that Wang Meng is boasting or showing loyalty or anything, but that he is a person who has something to say.
"Yes, you two are indeed like this, otherwise I wouldn't let the two of you be so close to me," Zhang Fan said, "But there are a few people in the brocade guards of more than 10,000 people who are the same as the two of you, Wang Meng, I understand you, even if I don't have to find someone to check on you, I also understand you, if I ask you to do something, you will definitely go without saying a word, but let you have any ideas, but you won't, this is exactly what I can rest assured of you," Zhang Fan paused, and continued: "As for Liang Chao, he is more sophisticated, I also asked people to check, knowing that his family has been working in Jinyiwei since his ancestors, and he has never favored anything, the reason why Liang Chao makes people believe it is because this responsibility for Jinyiwei has been flowing in their family's blood for more than a hundred years, and he has received this teaching since he was a child,"
Zhang Fan's evaluation made Wang Meng a little relieved, but his next words made Wang Meng a little nervous: "But this Daniel Zhang, I haven't seen him, I haven't checked him, I don't know how this person is, but you have to know that this Daniel Zhang has not seen you for more than ten years, in Jinyiwei for so many years, presumably you will also encounter the matter of collecting money and sending money, but over the years, although you have not done this, you have also accepted this practice, Do you really think that Daniel Zhang, who is in a corner of Fujian, can resist this temptation?
"I know, you may think that there are many Jinyi guards, and there are as many people as stars in the sky, why do I want to hold on to Daniel Zhang, the reason is very simple, I want him to do one thing now, to investigate and deal with those people, and now is the time to turn his face immediately if he can find out what clues can be found, if he really colluded with those officials and let go of some clues, wouldn't it be a big deal for me,"
Wang Meng listened to Zhang Fan's words and fell silent, he knew that what Zhang Fan said was reasonable, but whenever he remembered the scene of helping himself who was seriously injured to return to the barracks from the pile of dead, he couldn't believe it, with Wang Meng's paranoid character, if someone else said this, he wouldn't think about it, but now that these words came out of Zhang Fan's mouth, Wang Meng began to mumble in his heart.
After a long time, Wang Meng said: "The lowly position understands the concerns of the adult, and the lowly position takes back the previous words, but now that the situation is urgent, and the adult is here, even if the order is sent to the trusted person to go to Fujian, it will take too long, I am afraid that nothing will be found by then, for today's plan, the adult can only order Daniel Zhang to carry out this matter,"
"Alas," Zhang Fan sighed and said, "Now it's all the way it can be, you go and give the order,"
"Yes," Wang Meng said, looking at Zhang Fan with a somewhat complicated expression, and then turned to leave.
Looking at Wang Meng's departing figure, Zhang Fan also sighed a little, no one can blame this matter, blame only this officialdom, this world is like this, the era in which Zhang Fan lived in his previous life was said to be an era of high development of civilization and technology, but Zhang Fan could only see the progress of science and technology, and social civilization in his eyes was just constantly regressing, in ancient society, people still pay attention to etiquette, righteousness and shame, and the people are still very simple, even in the officialdom, the deception is only carried out in secret; But five hundred years later, the society has become like that, and the abduction and deception have become extremely glorious, and the same is true for the common people.
Zhang Fan thought about this, and suddenly felt that he was a little troubled, he is now leading the official position of the commander of Jinyiwei, what is Jinyiwei, since Zhu Yuanzhang set up Jinyiwei, in the next five hundred years, Jinyiwei is a synonym for impertinence and impertinence, even in the original history, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the meaning of Jinyiwei's "golden signboard" has not been devalued.
Zhang Fan felt that he might be the most cowardly commander of the Jinyi Guard since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, as the most brutal state violence organ of the Ming Dynasty today, he actually cared about the feelings of others when he acted, thinking of this, Zhang Fan was a little crying and laughing, and a little helpless, but it was impossible for him to let go of this kind of gentleness from his previous life immediately, and he even found that he hated this kind of character born from his weakness and inferiority in his previous life, and he also wanted to change this character immediately, but it was not a touch.
"Mediocrity disturbs themselves," Zhang Fan said self-deprecatingly in his heart, and then put these thoughts aside for the time being, he still had important things to do in front of him, and immediately called Liang Chao.
"My lord," Liang Chao came straight to Zhang Fan and bowed his hand, and said, "Lord Qianhu has sent an order to Fujian, I don't know what your lordship has to call for humiliation,"
"You go and prepare, I'm going to Fujian," Mr. Zhang said.
"But my lord, my lord is nominally touring Jiangnan on behalf of the Son of Heaven this time, how can I inform Fujian," Liang Chao asked.
Zhang Fan had already thought of this question just now, and said: "Let's just say that now that many sea ships have returned, I will go to various important places along the coast to inspect the coastal defense, so as to prevent the Japanese from taking the opportunity to come and plunder,"
"Yes, my lord," Liang Chao was very resolute, and immediately turned around and left after receiving the order.
"It looks like it's going to be stormy again," Zhang Fan muttered to himself.