Chapter Twenty-Five: West Factory
Li Yuanchen pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a person, he said: "My Li family has always been in business, harmonious and wealthy, and rarely goes to make enemies, not to mention the people who blame the trouble, obviously have some backgrounds, such people, my Li family will not take the initiative to grudge." However, the younger brother thought of a person, maybe this person did it. β
"Who?" Yue Su hurriedly asked.
"Wei Zhongxian!" Li Yuanchen said affirmatively.
"Why does Brother Xian think of him?" Yue Su asked suspiciously.
"Lord Zhang's silk goods, there are not a few people who escort them, if you want to find robbery, you must have enough manpower and have a certain strength. There are many people who can do this, but if you want to find out when Lord Zhang sent someone to buy silk goods and what the itinerary is, it will not be possible for ordinary people to do it. β
After Li Yuanchen's dial, Yue Suden reacted and said: "Yes, I heard Zhang Sheng say that this year's lord sent someone to Huzhou after the New Year, and wanted to collect the silk goods one step earlier, but the people who only knew the news didn't think much." Moreover, it is not easy to grasp the itinerary of the escort team, at least there must be enough manpower and a large enough intelligence network, otherwise it is not so easy to do. β
From Yanjing to Huzhou, nearly three thousand miles, land and waterway, unless you follow in the morning, otherwise, if you want to check now, how can you find it if you are idle.
"What my brother said is right, the person who can meet these two conditions, and has a holiday with the younger brother, I'm afraid that only Wei Zhongxian is the only one." Li Yuanchen said with a smile.
"Brother Xian's family has a festival with Father-in-law Wei?" Yue Su was even more puzzled.
"The younger brother's family has no grudges for Father-in-law Wei, but recently he has just made a feud, doesn't my brother know?" Li Yuanchen asked rhetorically.
"This ......" Yue Su was not confused, and immediately heard the meaning. Li Yuanchen bribed Shandong scholars and Qingliu to help him, Yue Su naturally knew that when the emperor said what was beneficial to him, these scholars shouted, which was a great favor for himself. Gonggong Wei was bent on dying by himself, and if there was such an accident, why didn't he send someone to investigate in detail, with the efficiency of the East Factory, it was not easy to find out about it. In this way, the Li family will inevitably form a bond with Gonggong Wei. Li Yuanchen said that it is not an exaggeration to say that he has made a feud recently.
The affairs in the capital are almost all under the control of the East Factory, and the fact that the British public sent people to buy silk goods early should have been recorded long ago, and it is not impossible to borrow a knife to kill someone now.
"Brother, you are now in the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and you have invited the old Fang Pavilion back, and Wei Zhongxian's Liangzi, but it is getting deeper and deeper. However, he understands that it is impossible to easily bring down his brother in the short term, so he can only temporarily change his goal and focus on cutting off his brother's wings. The younger brother's family has been helping his brother, Wei Zhongxian has found out that he must want to take the knife from the younger brother first, and then cut off the brother's wings step by step, still making the brother a loner. In the long run, it will be very detrimental to the elder brother, who should prepare early. You must know that Gonggong Wei is in control of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and monitors his brother's every move, no matter what his brother does, he can foresee and arrange in advance. And the elder brother, who doesn't know anything about his movements, can only be beaten passively, which is a great disadvantage. Li Yuanchen said.
His words were not alarmist, and Yue Su also understood that he was helpless about Wei Zhongxian's control of the largest spy organization of Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
Yue Su shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "What Brother Xian said is right, but there is nothing that can be done for Brother Wei for the monitoring of Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Now you can only take one step and see one step. β
"The elder brother has no choice, but the younger brother has thought of a way, but I don't know if the elder brother wants to do it." Li Yuanchen suddenly lowered his voice very low.
"Oh?" Hearing this, Yue Su's eyes lit up, and he also lowered his voice and asked, "What way?" β
Li Yuanchen lowered his voice this time, close to Yue Su's ear, and said, "Share the rights of Dongchang." β
"I'm not a eunuch, I'm only in charge of the Criminal Department, how do I share the power of Dongchang......" As soon as he said this, Yue Su immediately came to his senses and said, "Brother Xian refers to the six doors?" β
Li Yuanchen shook his head and said in a low voice: "No, my brother has just been in charge of the six gates, and he is not familiar with the situation there, and the people inside, which one is available and which one is not, my brother doesn't know." If you use six doors, you might as well not use them. β
This time, Yue Su was completely confused, and muttered, "It's not six doors, what is it?" β
Li Yuanchen said in a voice as thin as mosquito silk: "I suggest that the emperor reopen the West Factory." β
Hearing this proposal, Yue Su opened his mouth, and his mouth was open for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence, "This...... Will this work......"
Yue Su didn't know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty in his last life, even now, it's so-so, the name of the West Factory, Yue Su has heard of it, but what is going on, he doesn't understand, he only knows that it is a spy agency with the same strength as the East Factory. I don't know anything else.
Li Yuanchen obviously knew more than Yue Su, and said in a low voice: "Back then, Wang Zhi was able to ask Emperor Xianzong to open the West Factory, and my brother's current grace is also better than Wang Zhi, so why not." As long as the elder brother finds a suitable reason, he will naturally be able to persuade the emperor to reopen the East Factory. The younger brother still remembers that there is a eunuch in the palace who has some friendship with his brother, as if his surname is Liu, if the brother promotes him to be the overseer of the West Factory, he will not be grateful to his brother, no matter what his brother commands, he will go all out. Moreover, when he reaches that position, he will have the same enemy as his brother - Wei Zhongxian. If he wants to climb higher and not fall from the position of the superintendent of the West Factory, he must unite with the adults, so that the elder brother will not have the same strength as Wei Zhongxian, you have me, I have you, so it is fair. β
After Li Yuanchen finished speaking, Yue Su gasped, and thought to himself, this Li Yuanchen is too terrible, it seems that there is no idea he can't think of, something he can't do, fortunately he is my friend, if it is an enemy, he must not calculate me to death. However, his idea is not bad, Wei Zhongxian is now bent on letting me die, if I don't mess with him, he will also provoke me, such a passive defense, sooner or later he will die at his hands. It seems that this matter really needs to be thought through.
In the Wumen Tower, after experiencing from hell to heaven, Yue Su took rights more seriously, and there were many things that he began to plan for himself. No one wants to die.
Yue Su nodded and whispered, "Brother Xian's strategy, Brother Fool has written it down." It's just that Brother Fool doesn't know much about the West Factory, can Brother Xian mention some things about the West Factory when he has the opportunity, and Brother Fool can mention it to His Majesty. β
"The West Factory only existed for a short time during the time of Emperor Xianzong and Emperor Wuzong, and they were all the products of the eunuch dictatorship, which was very harmful to the time, and it was more than the East Factory. Therefore, since Wuzong, Dongchang has been resurrected. However, where there are disadvantages and advantages, it depends only on who is in power and how they are used. If you use good for good, you will be evil, and if you use evil, you will be evil, like a double-edged sword, you can kill innocents indiscriminately, and you can protect your family and defend the country. Brother, do you say yes? Li Yuanchen said cautiously.
"Hmm......" Yue Su nodded and said: "What the virtuous brother said is good, if you use it for good, it will be good, and if you use it for evil, it will be evil, it just depends on who controls it." I look at Liu Mingguo, it's not bad, it's not to be used for evil, and I still have some personal friends, and often think about it. Perhaps, when there is a chance, I will say a sentence on the premise of the emperor and see what the emperor means. β
Liu Mingguo did often think about Yue Su, and on the way back to Beijing, he had bitterly persuaded Yue Su who pretended to be dead, so affectionate, of course Yue Su had to do it. Although Liu Mingguo conceived for Yue Su, there are also selfish intentions, but this is a transaction, there is no use value, who will help you.
Since Yue Su came back, Carpenter Zhu, who did not fall in love with the court, went to the court every day, and today is no exception.
Above the court, Yue Su came up to participate in the famous book of the time, and the emperor played it at that time, and he dismissed the famous official position at that time.
However, then, Lord Yue did not avoid his relatives and promoted Yang Yishan as the official of Shuntian Mansion. It is not an exaggeration to release a county order like Yang Yishan, but it is inevitable to attract discussion when he is directly a magistrate, and he is also a magistrate of Shuntianfu. It is said that Yue Su employs nepotism and cultivates protΓ©gΓ©s.
Fortunately, now, Yue Su is not fighting alone, since the emperor ordered Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao to return to the dynasty, the people of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang have defined Yue Su as one of the leaders of the three parties in their minds.
As soon as someone opposed Yue Su, someone immediately came out to help Yue Su speak, praising Yue Su for his meritocracy, and not avoiding relatives, and by the way, Yang Yishan was beaten, saying that he followed Yue Su as a guest and had a long time with a knife and pen, not only did he understand the situation of Shuntianfu very well, but also learned that Lord Yue's law enforcement is like a mountain, honest and honest style, and he is now promoted to the official of Shuntianfu, which is the best candidate.
Carpenter Zhu was still oriented towards Yue Su, and after some arguments, he still gave Yang Yishan the position of the official.
Subsequently, Yue Su took leave of absence to the emperor, saying that he would go to Bazhou in person to thoroughly investigate the British case. After all, it involves honorable nobles, and so many people have died, so the emperor will be approved.
After retreating from the dynasty, Yue Su sent someone to the Guogong Mansion to spread Zhang Sheng to the hall, and asked Xing Ying, who had six doors, to bring people over. He also wanted to take a look at the ability of Six Doors to handle cases.
When the people from the six doors and Zhang Sheng arrived one after another, Yue Su ordered all the people and horses to go to Bazhou, and ordered a messenger to go to Bazhou quickly to inform Lord Yue of the news of the case.
Yanjing to Bazhou, but more than 200 miles, Yuesu nearly 300 people, all on horseback, in the evening, also arrived in Bazhou.
Don't look at the Shuntian Mansion, there are only a hundred horses, but they can't stand the criminal department and the six doors, there are horses there, especially the six doors, although it has not reached one horse, but it has also achieved two people and one horse.
As soon as I arrived outside the city of Bazhou, I saw that the governor of Bazhou was already waiting here to welcome Yue Su into the city.
(To be continued)