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The investigation team is an official matter, and the place where Wang Tong received him is naturally the official office, but Hu Zhizhong, the head of the sixth branch of the ceremonial supervisor, disappeared for a few days, and went directly to Wang Tong's mansion near the drum tower. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoHu Zhizhong was accompanied by two guards brought from Beijing, as well as a few soldiers sent by Wang Tong to lead the way, and after coming to the gate of the mansion, he asked someone to report according to the rules.

The Jingshi came to investigate, and Wang Tong's soldiers knew a little about it, so he didn't treat it with kindness, but he agreed coldly, and didn't say hello, so he asked Hu Zhizhong to wait ← the door, and then went in to pass the word.

But what everyone didn't expect was that when Wang Tong heard that this person was visiting, he actually took the initiative to go out accordingly, and seeing that his master was like this, the rest of the people did not dare to slack off, and the guards ran out quickly, opened the door and invited people in.

When he was in the official office, among the two Lang, one was in charge, one was a thousand households, and the team came violently, Wang Tong just said hello in the main hall, this time he came alone, but Wang Tong went directly to the gate to greet him, which really made everyone feel stunned. When he arrived at the gate, he saw Hu Zhizhong coming in, Wang Tong first hugged his fists and saluted, and said politely: "This is Hu Gonggong, Wang Tong is polite" The door closed, Hu Zhizhong also hugged his fists in return, and said: "Lord Wang is polite, our Hu Zhizhong, - see each other at a time." ”

The two sides met each other politely, Wang Tong turned sideways and made a gesture of please, Hu Zhizhong smiled and nodded, the two sides went to the living room together, the people in the house felt quite strange, Wang Tong was strict in official affairs, but in private he was quite casual, not paying attention to so much, and it was rare to see such a solemn appearance today.

The two sides entered the living room, and the soldiers brought tea in, did not stay in it to serve, but when they came out, they brought Wang Tong's orders, except for a few people who were left far away, the rest of the people could not stay around the courtyard. As soon as the two sides sat down, Wang Tong bowed and said, "Gonggong Feng is well, Gonggong Zhang is well, and Gonggong Zou is well?" ”

Asked the four people in a row how well they were i1 This is also the rule of etiquette, Hu Zhizhong has always shown a smile on his face, and said: "Several fathers-in-law are all well. After saying this, Hu Zhizhong stood up, clenched his fists in the direction of Jingshi and said, "Before coming, the Empress Dowager Cisheng decreed ...... Wang Tong also got up and knelt down, and said, "The minister Wang Tong respectfully obeys the order," Hu Zhizhong said:

"The Empress Dowager said, Hu Zhizhong, you went to Tianjin Wei to see and listen more, whether Wang Tong is doing things loyally for the court, or is doing nonsense, you have to see and listen in detail, set the tone there, and come back to report in detail." Speaking of this, Hu Zhizhong said with a smile:

"Lord Wang, get up, Gonggong Feng and Gonggong Zhang also told us before we came, after all, Tianjin Wei is doing things for the palace, and he has sent so much silver to the palace, Lord Wang has all the merits and hard work, and he must not be wronged by the meritorious ministers." Wang Tong stood up with his hands down, and said calmly: "Thank you to Gonggong Feng and Zhang~-, Gonggong for taking care of them, these are what courtiers should do, not to mention hard work." ”

Hu Zhizhong was a little surprised to look at Wang Tong with 7 eyes, no matter how you look at it, this Wang Tong is a fifteen-year-old boy, slightly more mature and limited than the Wanli Emperor of the same age, but he is so calm and unhurried, thinking of his domineering appearance in front of the four a few days ago, this open-minded city is really unusual. "Lord Wang, please take a seat, the next thing is to talk about what our family saw and heard in Tianjin Wei, don't hide it from Lord Wang, even if our family came here, I didn't expect the Queen Mother to have an edict."

Wang Tong smiled, and the two sides sat down, this is also for the sake of explaining the etiquette of Wang Tong only greeting the three eunuchs, Hu Zhizhong groaned, and said:

"The canal collects taxes, the line is military law, some people collect and some people check, put an end to extortion, private bribery, the tax is not high but can accumulate sand into a tower, this is good, the Haihe River side of the open sea, attracting Jiangnan Fujian and Guangdong, foreign merchant ships to trade, a large increase in tax sources, this is also a good place, as for the construction of shops on the bank of the Haihe River, repair roads, attract merchants from all over the world to gather, resulting in this prosperous situation, it is a bit of gold thaumaturgy." Thank you Grandpa Hu for the compliment. Wang Tong hugged his fists and thanked him, Hu Zhizhong nodded and said with a smile:

"It's not a boast, it's true, what's even more rare is that you have no selfishness, when you checked the accounts a few days ago, there were people sent by our family, saying that your accounts are clear and everything is clear, which shows that you are everywhere for the palace, for the long live Lord."

Hearing Hu Zhizhong's words, Wang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, since he said that he would send an investigation team, Wang Tong communicated with the Jingshi side many times. Since the palace wants to send people, the decision is made by the Queen Mother, the Emperor plus Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng, and the real ones who will talk about are the Empress Dowager Cisheng, Li Shi, Feng Bao, and Zhang Cheng.

No matter how bad Wang Tong's reputation is, after all, he is constantly transporting silver to the palace in Tianjin Wei, and Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao will not exert pressure on the results of the investigation as they do outside the palace to ask for what direction the results of the investigation are biased, but only ask for a detailed investigation to see what kind of situation Dajinwei is.

If Wang Tong is really tyrannical, scraping the ground and collecting money, and making trouble with anger and resentment, it is also appropriate for him to calm down the people's anger and Shilin criticism, if he really has the skill of making money and counting gold, it is not good to wronged the meritorious ministers, otherwise who will do his best for the palace in the future.

Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng are not monolithic, they both know that the other party has such and such biases, and the Empress Dowager Cisheng Li also knows this, so she ordered a candidate who is acceptable to both parties to lead.

Hu Zhizhong is a person in Jiajing for 40 years, the family has suffered great changes, discouraged and self-harmed into the palace, it is said that these people do not go through the inner study hall, do not write, not the inner court is on the right way to enter the ceremonial supervisor, but Hu Zhizhong is extremely upright, sinking hard, and doing things meticulously, plus he has also worked as an errand outside the palace, and there is no lack of experience, coupled with serious and careful habits, he can also be regarded as a capable member in the palace.

From the Jiajing year to the present, there have been a few eunuchs with palm prints, but they all value this Hu Zhizhong very much, because he has no faction, but he is a person who does practical things, and he has been in this position today.

After determining that the candidate was him, Zhang Cheng asked Wang Tong in a letter asking whether there were any mistakes and omissions in Tianjin Weiyi, whether there were any greed for ink, and if there was such a thing as soon as possible to deal with it and avoid it, Wang Tong's reply was that Tianjin Weitan was frank and unafraid.

This investigation team, five internal and external officials, behind them all have the main envoy tribe, break one person, and four people, Wang General is all kinds of ways to break through, and make a handle to coerce, but this Hu Zhizhong is really embarrassing, and there is no handle in the internal and external investigations, but he knows a nickname. The people in the palace called him "Iron Man".

However, when $- Zou Yi handed over a wide range of things in the palace, he could not offend anyone, and he was enthusiastic to help everyone, Hu Zhizhong had a serious illness in Longqingnian, and he offended a lot of people in the palace by acting impartially, or Zou Yi found someone from the Tai Hospital for diagnosis and treatment, which can be regarded as a personal favor.

In this way, the words were handed over, and Hu Zhizhong replied hard: "If Tianjin is not wrong, our family will not say that it is wrong; If Tianjin is at fault, our family will not say that there is no mistake" But for Wang Tong's side, it is already good to be able to act impartially.

After coming to Tianjin Wei, Guo Pingguang, Qiu Yanhai and others provoked trouble, and they had to find out how much fault they had to make if there was no problem, but Hu Zhizhong wandered around every day, and the people who accompanied him reported back at night, saying that they all asked how the rules were everywhere, asked the merchants and people how they felt about everything, and changed into civilian clothes for two days.

To say that the investigation of the four is just a joke, this Hu Zhizhong's approach is quite similar to the modern investigation, which makes Wang Tong quite worried in his heart, and he is nervous to this day, and he is finally relieved.

His relaxed appearance was also seen by Hu Zhizhong, since the words were clear, everyone also let go, Hu Zhizhong shook his head and said with a smile:

"Don't be too happy, our family has recognized it, the officials and scholars may not recognize it, the fame is tax-free, who is not doing some business, you set up a card to collect taxes, and there is less of their silver ruthenium, this is a taboo against them, everyone still has to toss, our family estimates that after returning to Beijing, the matter of Tianjin Wei will be a no-brainer, and the tax customs and the new army, I'm afraid it will be so confused."

After all, there is Zou Yi and Zhang Cheng's affection, since 5-Tong said hello at the beginning, Hu Zhizhong also has to explain that he is close, and everyone can get by. "It's good to be confused, don't hide it from Father-in-law Hu, it's not easy to achieve such a situation, and it must be maintained no matter what." Wang Tong said seriously, Hao Zhizhong stared at him for a while, shook his head and said with a smile:

"Since the 30th year of Jiajing, the palace and the palace have been suffering from silver ruthenium, and only now there are one or two points of improvement, come to you Tianjin Wei to see, it is really open-eared, the feeling of the world is wide, in the court and the opposition, there are virtuous people, is it not the time to Daxing?"

On the second day of the fourth month of the fourth month of the Beijing Division, the weather was the most pleasant at this time, but Zhang Siwei, a scholar of the Neilu University and a scholar of the Ministry of War, was not in such a good mood, although the investigation team in Tianjin Wei had not yet returned, but the news had been delivered back to the Beijing Division through the messenger express horse.

After seeing the news, Zhang Siwei immediately threw away the tea bowl in his hand, and his subordinates, who had been told like that before his execution, actually reported a report of praise everywhere, saying that everything in Tianjin Wei was very good, and it could be emulated everywhere, saying that Wang Tong was honest and honest, and he was a first-class hero......

To get out of such a result, it is all the clichés of officialdom, why bother to send people to investigate, and those who are officials can write such a submission when they are closed.

After Zhang Siwei was furious, he immediately arranged for someone to go out, and the Suzhou Hall received the news through various channels, and the officials and Qingliu were about to move again, but after less than two hours, they suddenly died down.

Someone handed Zhang Siwei a private letter, on which were written a few words: "Qian Chunping knows everything as I know in Zhang Han's house, if you don't say it, I won't say it." ”