Chapter 570 The lack of people's hearts can be made up, and the punishment of rice and corruption can be sent to the big greed

are all eunuchs who have served Zhu Houzhao since the old East Palace, with Zhu Houzhao's accession to the throne, the ministers have repeatedly written on the ground, the title of the Eight Tigers is not only deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the court, but also widely spread among the people However, compared to the errand conspicuous and decent Liu Jin Zhang Yonggu Dayong Qiu Ju, as well as the old Gao Feng who has been ranked in the top since the Hongzhi years, Luo Xiang Wei Bin Ma Yongcheng is not so conspicuous. Although Zhu Houzhao missed the old love very much, and rewarded their brothers and nephews one by one, and they all took care of their own messes in the palace, which seemed to be proud, but the three of them really couldn't be satisfied.

Liu Jin is in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, Zhang Yong is in charge of the army, Gu Dayong is in charge of the West Factory, Qiu Ju is in charge of the East Factory, plus Gao Feng, who is now in charge of the emperor's wedding, but they seem to be in the name of the left and the name of the right, but they are simply empty shelves! Therefore, when Ma Yongcheng easily heard that the little emperor listened to Liu Jin's suggestion to set up an insider factory, and was about to go to the event, another big stick was smashed down - Liu Jin, Xu Xun, Li Dongyang, this eunuch, a military attaché, and a civil official, recommended Qian Ning in unison!

"I can't live this day!"

There are many eyeliners in the palace, and on this day, Ma Yongcheng invited Wei Bin and Luo Xiang out of the palace, chartered a clean teahouse that often comes and goes, and ordered a pot of fragrant tea and complained indignantly. As soon as he turned his head, Wei Bin naturally put the teacup on the table, and then said angrily: "Isn't it?" In front of the emperor, the three of us seem to be able to speak, but as long as Lao Liu says a word and Xu Xun says a word, we all have to stand aside! Lao Liu was lower than us back then, and Xu Xun, a milky kid, has climbed above our heads now! ”

Luo Xiang snorted coldly, and casually spilled a cup of hot tea straight to the ground: "Xu Xun don't say it, he is in charge of the outside mess, this time the matter is not fueled by him, and it will not be our turn." But Lao Liu is too unkind! The celebrant is not only a palm print seat, so many eunuchs with a pen, he just hugged one of them and didn't let them out, except for Gao Laofeng, the old immortal, the rest of the penci are still vacant, I heard that he is using this as bait, so that the subordinates will obey him. If it goes on like this, sooner or later, he will cover the sky with one hand in this palace! ”

Now that the enemy has been eliminated, several people thought that the next step should be a good day for themselves, but they didn't expect that none of the good seats were on the wheel, and the more they thought about it, the more angry they became. You complained for a while, Luo Xiang poured himself another cup of tea, and then said slowly: "If you want to say that we were too cautious and unsightly, Lao Liu didn't say it, how close are Lao Gu and Lao Zhang and Xu Xun?" The two of them thought that they were similar to us at the beginning, but not long after the emperor ascended the throne, Lao Liu had not even earned an internal official eunuch, Lao Gu had already taken charge of the West Factory, and Lao Zhang was even promoted to the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch! That kid is young and young, but he is no bad at people, do you know, who is the noisy and prosperous land to the south of Xuanwumen? ”

Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin glanced at each other and asked at the same time, "Whose is it?" ”

"It's Xu Xun and Lao Gu Eryi who add five, one and a half. I haven't figured out the approximate proportions, but it's about the same! Seeing that Ma Yongcheng and Wei Bin were stunned, Luo Xiang said in a low voice, "I think there were few people in Tongjiaqiao at the beginning, and there were vegetable fields and pigsties everywhere, but now it has changed a lot." For a single idle garden, the income in the monthly opera garden is terrible, and this is because they have never touched those Qinglou Chu Pavilions, otherwise they will have more income. I've inquired, Lao Gu was dragged into the gang by Xu Xun, no wonder he was very generous to his subordinates in the West Factory, with this entry, he was afraid that he would have no money? ..., Wei Bin knew that Luo Xiang had no way to go to Jinyi Wei in the East Factory and West Factory, and he couldn't help but be a little suspicious when he listened to it: "Lao Luo, these news should be tightly covered, especially in Xianyuan, where literati and scholars often go to literary meetings or give lectures, if you know that there are Lao Gu's members, I am afraid that it will make a fuss in an instant, how did you find out?" ”

Seeing that Ma Yongcheng was also staring at him, quite unconvinced, Luo Xiang was suddenly a little annoyed, put down the cup and sneered: "What, you still can't believe me?" If you can't believe me, you can go and guard those cold yamen of the superintendent! ”

"Eh, Lao Ma isn't curious, Lao Luo, why are you angry!" Wei Bin hurriedly grabbed Luo Xiang, who was about to leave, and said with a smile, "I just want to think that Lao Gu has transferred a small half of the people from Xichang to guard in the south of the city, which obviously has a plan." It's just that this news is really important, I and Lao Ma ask you a source, this is always not wronged, right? Quite a few words"

"That's it, that's what we want to be. The news channels in this capital are controlled by others, aren't we afraid that you will be fooled? ”

Luo Xiang sat down reluctantly, and before meeting, both of them softened their figures, he squinted his eyes and muttered for a while, and then said with a smile: "Do you know that now in the capital, from the people of Li to the high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the most believed in is not the Taoist Buddha, but a Wuji Holy Ancestor who has just risen now?" ”

"Infinite Holy Ancestor?"

Although the eunuchs are rootless people, they have always believed in Taoism and Buddha. He went to the Buddhist temple and Taoist temple to spend countless money, and often built a tomb temple after death, asked for a monk official for the famous monk he chose, and then made his own domestic slave a monk to protect his grave after death. Therefore, as soon as Luo Xiang said Wuji Holy Ancestor, Wei Ma and the others immediately became interested. Ma Yongcheng even said thoughtfully: "I've heard of it, and there are quite a few believers in the palace. ”

"Don't be confused, this practice is to be rich and noble in the next life, although it is somewhat similar to Buddhism, but there are not so many rules and precepts, and you can practice anytime and anywhere, no more than Buddhism, you have to meditate, chant scriptures, eat fast, and do good deeds."

Luo Xiang said mysteriously: "Don't talk about others, when Shou Ninghou was unlucky, Mrs. Shou Ninghou asked someone to push her to blame, and then Shou Ninghou was released. And Lao Zhang is said to have quietly let people see it, people say that he is because of Xu Erchang, Lai Xu and expensive, do you say this? Nowadays, there are countless people in the capital who believe in the Holy Ancestor of Wuji, it is said that good men and women even offer gold leaf to worship, but the Luo Dashi with the same surname as me insists on not accepting it, and this ethics alone is much better than those Buddhist temples and Taoist temples! He has a lot of believers, so some news can't be hidden from him, and I inquired about this idle garden from him. ”

Speaking of this, even Wei Bin and Ma Yongcheng are still a little skeptical, but they are already quite interested. After asking Luo Xiang, I learned that he quietly asked people to take his birthday to calculate, humanity is that he will have fortune in the near future, and he will go to see it himself, before he speaks, the other party calls him a nobleman, and the two of them are a little moved when they look at each other.

"Speaking of which, haven't we discussed the advance of the emperor and the border army? At that time, as long as there is a prison army, how much can be reaped from this benefit? That's a good point! ”

Although they had not yet been mentioned in front of Zhu Houzhao, the three of them all firmly believed that with Zhu Houzhao's love for leading troops and training, this proposal would inevitably be passed lightly and skillfully, so they couldn't help but smile at each other. So, Wei Bin and Ma Yongcheng decided to ask Luo Qing to come and take a look for himself, but Luo Xiang was full of promises, called the little guy who was guarding outside, and sent someone away with a few words.

The three of them didn't wait long in the teahouse before they heard a noise outside. Wei Bin frowned, stood up and looked outside the store, only to see that the shopkeeper who had been driven out by them was prostrating himself on the ground, and when they were surprised, they found an old man with silver sideburns and neatly combed to the door. Although there is no imaginary fairy wind bones, it seems extremely approachable at first glance, especially when Wei Bin saw that the person lowered his body slightly and helped the shopkeeper up with both hands, the shopkeeper's face was full of gratitude, as if it was a great favor. ..., If it weren't for the teahouse that Wei Bin personally ordered today, he would almost think that this scene was specially prepared by someone else, but at this time, he already believed in this person's magic. Especially the shopkeeper followed Luo Qing step by step, and then personally went to prepare the treasures that were never taken out in the past and served them, even if they couldn't taste any good tea in the palace, the three of them were full of praise at the same time.

"We've been in the palace for so long, why haven't we ever drunk such good tea?"

The shopkeeper already knew that the three in front of him were all palace masters, and when he heard this, he trembled and said: "It is good to teach the three fathers-in-law to know that the things in the tribute palace are all the same reason, not to seek merit, but to seek no fault." In the latest chapter of the Holy Church, if this kind of tea with too strong aroma is attracted to the emperor or nobles, it will be needed next time, but there may not be anything of this quality in the coming year. Therefore, the tribute has always been to obtain the four words of Zhongzheng and peace, so as not to embarrass the adults in the palace according to this example. ”

The three of them were all human spirits, and after hearing that it was reasonable, Luo Xiang tilted his head and asked, "Why did you just greet you at the door?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, Xiao Ke's teahouse was opened by Luo Dashi, and now the business is thriving, even the long-sick mother-in-law has money to treat, and the child is even more enlightened to read, so he is naturally grateful to Luo Dashi."

In the past, most of the missionaries have either used heresies such as sprinkling beans into soldiers, or supernatural legends such as using runic water swords to be invulnerable or curing all kinds of diseases, so Luo Xiang and the three of them thought that they would hear this, but at this time, they were even more surprised. Ma Yongcheng said with great interest: "What did Master Luo point out to you?" ”

"Luo Dashi instructed how to choose a local storefront, how to hire people, how to mix flower and fruit tea...... "The shopkeeper is very eloquent, Lin Lin always said several things, seeing Luo Qing swept over lightly, he hurriedly said in silence, "The villain went to the back stove to serve tea, and the three fathers-in-law and Luo Dashi are talking here!" ”

Seeing Luo Qing's eyes, Ma Yongcheng's eyes flickered, and then he said with a smile: "I don't want Master Luo to have such insight into these mundane affairs." ”

"Once you have entered my door, you should solve its troubles, and you will not be able to talk about knowledge." Luo Qinghe thought for a while, and then said calmly, "I don't know what the three nobles have to tell when they are called?" ”

Ma Yongcheng immediately smiled and said: "You are not a monk, you are not a monk, you are not so swaggering in the capital, are you not afraid that people will arrest you and put you in prison on the grounds of demagogy?" ”

Xiao Ke was a monk in his early years, but the Buddha could not relieve Xiao Ke's pain, let alone the distress in his heart, so Xiao Ke left the Buddha after a few years of refuge and traveled the world to seek the way. After decades of wandering, I realized that the road to the capital was reached. As for demagogy, Xiao Ke has been accused of this crime countless times during his preaching, and he has been imprisoned several times, so he has long been accustomed to the slander of those people. Speaking of this, Luo Qing said lightly, "Believe it, believe it, don't believe it, everything is as it happens." ”

The three of them have seen a lot of Taoist monks and monks with lotus flowers, so they are calm about Luo Qing's handling, which makes them believe a little more. Ma Yongcheng simply asked Luo Qing to talk about a passage, listening to Luo Qing not mention those ethereal avenues, only talking about all kinds of suffering in the world, only talking about the boundless happiness of one day liberating and returning to his hometown, he unconsciously resonated with him when he entered the palace and suffered a lot. Not only him, but even Luo Xiang, who had heard this for a long time, and Wei Bin, who heard it at first glance, were also moved to varying degrees.

Even if you are in a high position, homesickness is inevitable, and that kind of ignorant and happy childhood is now impossible to get rich!

After hearing the teachings, the three of them had different feelings, and when Wei Bin intended to ask Luo Qing to take the blame, Luo Qing solemnly said that the sword soldiers were ominous, beware of misfortune, but it made his face change suddenly. Ma Yongcheng suddenly couldn't help it, and said bluntly: "The three of us go in and out together on weekdays, and most of the things we do are the same, you said that Lao Wei beware of misfortune, then the last time you said that Lao Luo will have a windfall in the near future, what is the reason?" "Different people have different fortunes, and even if they are the same, it is in vain." Just like adults, there has been the joy of blessing Yan's nephew recently. ”

With such completely different comments, when Ma Yongcheng Wei Bin and Luo Xiang returned to the palace, their faces and moods were completely different. Wei Bin, who was criticized for having a bad luck, didn't want to say a word, he got on the horse and went out of the straight street, and the horse galloped forward, and Ma Yongcheng and Luo Xiang in the back didn't pay attention to stop people, and the next moment people were already gone. The two glanced at each other, one smiled bitterly and said that Lao Wei is this kind of character, and a person who spreads his hands has good fortune and misfortune, but he can't help but have a trace of hesitation in his heart. However, when they returned to Xi'anmen, they learned that Wei Bin had not returned, and they were all a little strange, but they didn't have a theory, so they said hello and went back to their respective yamen.

It wasn't until the evening that the two got the news one after another, saying that Wei Bin galloped out of the city, but because it coincided with the training of military horses by the avant-garde of the government army, he lost his horse and planted it directly in the ditch on the side of the road. At this time, Ma Yongcheng and Luo Xiang suddenly shook their spirits together, and then hurriedly went to see Wei Bin. Sure enough, as soon as the two met someone there, Wei Bin scolded Luo Qing Demon there, and the two of them comforted them and hurriedly retreated, only to meet Ruisheng at the door where Ma Yongcheng was set up as a prisoner.

"Grandpa Ma, Grandpa Luo."

Now Ruisheng is with Zhu Houzhao on his birthday, but the eight tigers have their own duties, and they can't serve in front of the palace every day as before, so Ma Yongcheng and Luo Xiang saw Ruisheng saluting respectfully, Ma Yongcheng suddenly said with a smile: "Yo, what kind of wind blew the most busy Xiao Rui's father-in-law to my broken yamen?" ”

"It was the emperor who ordered the little one to say to Gonggong Ma." As he spoke, Ruisheng saluted Ma Yongcheng again and said, "Before, the emperor promised Gonggong Ma to promote your brother Ma Yue's official position, but when the will was sent to the military department, it went wrong, and it was mistakenly written as your subordinate brother Ma Zhao, and the military department has reported it." The emperor said that since it was a happy event, he simply came to the door with double happiness, and he was too lazy to change it, Ma Zhao actually awarded Jinyi Wei 100 households, and Ma Yue also gave Jinyi Wei 100 households. ”

As soon as he heard this, not to mention Luo Xiang was stunned, even Ma Yongcheng, who should have been overjoyed, stayed there. Ruisheng didn't know what was going on, and seeing that the two of them didn't have a trace of joy, he cautiously asked, "Grandpa Ma and Grandpa Luo, is there anything wrong with this?" Before, they were all crown and belt people, but now they have been promoted, which is a good thing! ”

"It's a good thing, it's a good thing!" Luo Xiang came back to his senses at this time, and after a haha, he slapped Ruisheng on the shoulder, "You go back to see the emperor, and Lao Ma will personally go back to thank him in a while!" ”

Waiting for Ruisheng to agree, Luo Xiang breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at Ma Yongcheng and said: "Okay, don't be in a daze, such a good thing will be your Ma family's turn, now you are almost side by side with Lao Liu and Lao Zhang, Lao Liu has three nephews, and Lao Zhang is two brothers." Go and thank you, this matter is accurate, it's better than Lao Wei's bad luck! ”

"It's good, it's amazing!" Ma Yongcheng finally came back to his senses, nodded at Luo Xiang with a wry smile and said, "Anyway, next time I have to go and understand the preaching of this Master Luo, I will leave first at this time, and I will not leave you to sit in the prison, if you have something to say, let's go back and talk slowly!" ”

Seeing Ma Yongcheng walking fast, Luo Xiang walked back, but at the same time, he pondered his so-called windfall in his heart. When he saw that he was about to reach his yamen, he didn't pay attention, and a person suddenly appeared next to him and grabbed his sleeve. Taken aback, he was about to shout, when the little fire man who followed behind him called out to Gu Gonggong. Seeing that the person whose body was getting more and more round was indeed Gu Dayong, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then complained: "This black light is blind, Lao Gu, you suddenly rushed out, you can't scare people to death!" ”…,

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, what's there to be afraid of, besides, it's a good thing for me to find you!"

Gu Da let go of his hand with a big grin, and then clasped his hands and said, "Have you heard about the new policies implemented by Lao Liu?" Among them, there are many words that let the imperial history go to the two Zhejiang to check the salt affairs and recover the historical debts. My West Factory has just found out that the two Huai are also a little tired of transporting salt, and I want to ask the emperor for instructions to send someone down to verify and verify. You know the place of Lianghuai, Huai Salt is the world, and those salt merchants are really rich thieves, so I don't want to cheapen others. Lao Luo, you happen to be idle and idle, if you are willing, you go in person, how about I let the people from Xichang cooperate with you? ”

Luo Xiang didn't want Gu Dayong to say this, and he was caught off guard for a while. However, standing there for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. It must be known that the yamen he is now managing is indeed not much oil and water, and he is a famous eunuch in the palace, and it is conceivable that he will get from a trip to the south. After thinking about it, he pretended to say: "Such a good thing, Lao Gu, why do you think about me?" There should be more people around you who think about this errand, even yourself, and the family expenses are not small. ”

"Ahem, these are all small characters, not as good as our friends for many years. As for my younger brother, don't talk about him, I gave him a future, and it's a house, a car, and a horse, and I won't get used to him for anything. Besides, I have another income, and I can't take all the good things. ”

Gu Dayong has always been known for being bold, and Luo Xiang knew that Gu Dayong had a big source of wealth, so after thinking about it, he felt that the affairs of the border army had not yet been confirmed, so it was better to take a handful of them now, and finally agreed with a few humble words. After sending Gu Dayong away, he remembered Luo Qing's instructions, and he only felt convinced for a while.

That old fellow, what a god!

Not to mention how Wei Bin was annoyed by such flying disasters, and at the same time confirmed his financial and official fortunes, Luo Xiang and Ma Yongcheng did not have so many scruples, and the next day they took a hole and went to visit Luo Qing in person, which was very much postponed in the future. Listening to Luo Qing's eloquent talk, let them be impartial and Hugh wanted to come forward, and they were originally afraid of being calculated, so they naturally dispelled the scruples in their hearts. After all, if they really pretend to be ghosts, they will inevitably be tricked into standing on that side, and there is no reason for them to sit on the wall and watch. Just said that Hugh wanted to come out, and the two of them also dispelled the idea of going to the front to bewitch Zhu Houzhao to transfer the border army.

Snuffing out such an incident in the cradle, Xu Xun was naturally greatly relieved. As for how these three wall-riding parties stand in line, he naturally has no worries about it now. Liu Jin sent his cronies to Liangzhejiang to check the salt affairs, isn't it easy to instigate people to continue to go to Lianghuai? When the time comes, Liu Jin and Luo Xiang can be clashed with a little skill. When he saw Zhang Cai in the study that night, he picked up the new rules for Liu Jin's punishment in front of him that he had secretly picked up from the celebrant supervisor, flicked it twice and handed it to Zhang Cai.

Zhang Cai took it and only turned a few pages, and the expression on his face was suddenly wonderful: "Isn't Grandpa Liu crazy?" ”

"Needless to say, the emperor is also in favor of this new regulation, if the official makes a mistake, he will fine rice and lose the border to fill the military rations, which seems to reduce the pressure on military supplies, but in fact this trick is extremely ruthless. How much is 1,000 stone meters at today's market price? In the harvest year, one tael of silver and four stones of rice, now it is almost one tael of silver and three stones, and the foot power that can be transported to Xuanfu is just that, but if it is transported to Gansu, or even to Yansui Guyuan, the foot money is probably more expensive than rice money. ”

"But Father-in-law Liu will not only use this trick to deal with corrupt officials."

"You're right, if you use this trick to deal with those officials whose family background is not acceptable, what will be the end? People are going to be driven to death! Xu Xun smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said lightly, "If others don't say it, a righteous gentleman like Lin Shangshu and Zhang Duxian can't be tolerated by the first one." They have come to me a few times, so they have to let Liu Jin taste the sweetness first. ”

"Let him go after the insatiable ones first?"

"Yes, I have already mentioned it to Lao Gu, and one day when Father-in-law Liu is in front of the palace, I will reveal a case and give Father-in-law Liu a chance to try his hand! Now that I think about it, it would be nice if the case of Zhao Qin I encountered back then was put to this point, and I guess Grandpa Liu would be happy to skin him! ”

Liu Jin has neither power nor money for half his life, and now that he has such an opportunity, where will he really fill the treasury, of course, the small head will send the treasury, and the big head will fill his own pocket. And after such a clean up of corruption cases, he will naturally never stop when he is full. But even so, the money will be piled up in Liu Jin's treasury, and the deterrent effect of officialdom is not trivial. If such a sharp knife is used well, it is naturally invincible, and there is no suspicion of setting yourself on fire, which is enough to clean up the entire officialdom!

Zhang Cai saw the regret on Xu Xun's face, even if he didn't know much about the old things in Jinling back then, he couldn't help but be secretly glad that Zhao Qin was hanging, otherwise he didn't know what the ending would be now! ……，