Chapter 713: Loose on the Outside and Tight on the Inside, Past and Present
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In August of the 11th year of Wanli, the Jingshi has been a little cool in the morning and evening, the various matters of Jinyiwei are getting more and more on the track, and Wang Tong has fewer and fewer things to be busy with, since the second half of July, Wang Tong's envoys sent to Tianjin Wei here, and the officials of Tianjin Wei who came to report are constantly coming and going on the road. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The training intensity of the infantry and artillery units of the Tianjin Weihuwei Army has also increased, and the standing strength of the security army has also been strengthened.
The Sanjiang Workshop began to work overtime again, producing all kinds of items, and began to store grain in the grain tuns of several farms, and everything was in full swing preparations.
After coming to Beijing, despite his busy official duties, Wang Tong's daily training time was still not discounted, and since the second half of July, Wang Tong and his personal guards have also increased their training, but fortunately, the young people are strong and can survive.
Yang Sichen also has an errand now, every day he takes a carriage to a Zhuangzi outside the west gate of Beijing, stops in the Zhuangzi for a while, asks about the farm work and harvest on the Zhuangzi, and then takes the carriage back.
Wang Tong is now also a force in Jingshi, naturally such and such people are staring, although Yang Sichen is a lifting person, but everyone knows that this lifting person is Wang Tong's staff master, and he is a figure like the mastermind, such a person, with Wang Tong's net worth, can also be purchased for him in a thousand acres, how can he go to this Zhuangzi to care about such trivial matters, things are strange, but he can't see anything else, so he no longer pays attention to work
What they didn't know was that the people sent to Shanxi by Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Wang Tong and other parties came to Beijing to report to the teacher, and they all stayed in this Zhuangzi at night, and then saw Yang Sichen the next day.
The messengers who came and went with Tianjin Wei came and went every time, and the same is true for those who came and went with Shanxi......
After the daily routine report, Yang Sichen still has a special task, that is, to tell Wang Tong the rules and allusions in the Ming officialdom, he has been on an errand in the Jinyi Wei Yamen for so long, Wang Tongxian has too many things to learn, after all, it is such a big yamen that concerns the world, and there are many complicated things, so you must know more.
"After Xu Jie left the cabinet, he ran the family business at home, which is also interesting, when Yan Song was in power, the world said that Yan Song was greedy, and Xu Jie was praised by scholars, but Yan Song's family business after the resignation of the prime minister was not even as good as a ......quarter of the family business of Xu Jie's old man, back then, Emperor Sejong repaired the palace and temple, Yan Song was opposed, so he fell out of favor, and Xu Jie let his son Xu Fan serve as the squire of the Ministry of Industry to preside over the matter, after the repair, Xu Bo returned to Songjiang, some people say that the Xu family is rich in this project."
Yang Sichen sat there, while classifying the scrolls or adding annotations, he opened his mouth and said to Wang Tong, Xu Jie's death, the evaluation given by the palace is very high, and Wang Tong naturally has to understand. Since Yang Sichen was drawn a clear line by Shen Shixing, people have been free and easy, and he will not stick to the official remarks when he says that such allusions are quite a bit of an allusion.
"Zhang Juzheng Qingzhang Tianmu of the world, in order to check the small people's land dedicated to large families, Xu Jie's in Songjiang Mansion, even in the entire Nanzhili is a man of his word, who can offend him, the Quartet has a lot of land, and this Songjiang Mansion is the richest place in the world, an acre of land here, enough to be worth a few acres in the north, but the source of wealth can not go, there are many people who take refuge, even if it is a strong Gaomen, how can it be stronger than the Xu family, it was swallowed up by his family a lot, it is said that in the Longqing year, There are already more than 400,000 acres......"
Even if Wang Tong is accustomed to the role of Jinshan Yinhai, it is also a surprise to hear this number, there are more than 400,000 acres of fertile land in Songjiang Mansion, maybe there are not so many fields in Songjiang Mansion, but the land in the south of the Yangtze River, where is not good land, these fields are all treasures for making money, plus the fame of the Xu family, these are tax-free, and they can't go.
Hai Rui was the governor of Yingtian, as soon as he arrived in Jiangnan, he accused the Xu family of encroaching on the fields everywhere, Hai Rui was never ambiguous in these matters, and began to let the Xu family spit out the fields they occupied, after the Xu family spit out tens of thousands of acres, Hai Rui still did not stop, and had to investigate to the end, but the Xu family gave Dai Fengxiang 30,000 taels of gold in the matter, and then Dai Fengxiang impeached Hai Rui, saying that he was suspected of murdering his wife and concubine, and the adults also knew that Zhang Juzheng could have that status, and Xu Jie's arrangements for cooperation were inseparable, not to mention that Hai Rui had no idea of being a friend, Let Hai Rui be in the officialdom, I'm afraid Zhang Juzheng himself is not at ease, so I will take this opportunity to let Hai Jui serve the people at home, Shilin also has a saying that Xu Jie's chase Hai Rui, the resignation of the family, and the style of the imperial court" is quite appropriate, but now Zhang Juzheng is sick, Xu Jie is also sick, and Hai Rui, who lives in Nanjing, should also be recovering. “
"More than 400,000 acres, more than 400,000 acres, tsk, such a big family business, such a big family business!"
Wang Tong shook his head there and exclaimed, Yang Sichen picked up a scroll and unfolded it, and put it in:
"The provinces in Jiangnan are full of such wealthy families, and they all say that it is a pleasure in the world to go there to be an official in the land of fish and rice, but this year is not a child of a high-ranking family, who dares to go to Jiangnan to be a magistrate, there is a random person walking on the street, maybe it has something to do with some person in the cabinet, and he can't afford to offend at all.
These allusions sound quite interesting, Wang Tong doesn't feel boring, inside and outside they say that Xu Jie is a virtuous minister, and he mourns deeply, but he didn't expect that there would be such a secret thing, the name Hai Rui, I heard a lot in that life, and after listening to a few words, he asked again:
"These 30,000 taels should be extremely secret, how did this come out?"
"Nanzhili is a place, I don't know how many people hate Xu Jie, they must have inquired, and the student is a Qingke under Lord Shen, and some secret things are also known."
"This matter could be written into a drama or something, and someone must be willing to listen to it."
Wang Tong said this, Yang Sichen smiled and agreed:
"This kind of thing has to be made into a drama.,I'm afraid the palace won't let the performance.,Speaking of this.,Those people have also read the students who wrote.,It was good at the beginning.,Now it's more and more village customs.,The students are now looking at this is a newly brought book.,This,You're not a filial son.,You have to be angry to die for your mother to be willing" What is the difference between these words and weekdays. ”
Hearing this, Wang Tong laughed, and after the laughter stopped, he said to Yang Sichen:
"Let's play this for the people of the village customs, if you can't understand the crepe, then what's the use, Mr. Yang, you're in the picture, every time these books are sent to the official, I let people take them to the people who listen to the errand, only find those who don't know how to read and don't know, and if you don't understand, go back and rewrite, and now listen to Mr. Yang You say the village customs, the official can almost use it."
Hearing Wang Tong's joke, Yang Sichen smiled a little awkwardly and said:
"Back then, every time Bai Juyi made a poem, he had to read it to his mother, and only when the other party understood it could he be considered capable."
"If the official says it, he will directly talk about the old woman and the old man, and I really can't understand it for a while."
After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other, and they both laughed, Yang Sichen took out a book from the case file on the side, handed it to Wang Tong and said:
"The Shanxi report I got yesterday, the students have sorted it out, and they have found out that eighty percent of the goods that went to the north were trafficked, some of them were just selling salt and cloth, but a few of them were selling ironware, and there were even those who deceived the craftsmen to go out, saying that a blacksmith can be exchanged for ten horses, and there are many blacksmiths in Lu'an, which is said to be a big business."
The smile on Wang Tong's face dissipated, and gradually became gloomy, and after listening to Yang Sichen's words, he sneered and said:
"In that case, you don't have to worry about anything innocent, just do it."
Yang Sichen nodded, took a note, wrote the date on it, and then handed it to Wang Tong, Wang Tong took out a seal to cover it, and Yang Sichen said:
"In the afternoon, the news will be able to spread out of Beijing, and the horses will come and go, and you will know about it in Shanxi in five days."
The note stamped and dated after Yang Sichen went out of Beijing to deliver the message, the note had to be taken back and destroyed, mainly to make a voucher, which was also a private rule on Wang Tong's side.
While he was talking, he heard footsteps outside, and someone stood at the door and reported:
"Master, there is something going on in Shanxi, and the report has been brought over."
Wang Tong has instructed that the newspapers reported to Jinyiwei in Shanxi should be notified as soon as possible, and the experience department is responsible for handling the documents, and Hou is really presiding over the matter.
Inside responded, the people outside dared to open the door, Yang Sichen went over to take the newspaper, Wang Tong took the newspaper and opened it directly, and began to look relaxed, looking at it, his expression became solemn, and when he finally closed the volume, Wang Tong was full of joy, got up from his seat, walked back and forth a few steps, and was very excited.
"I am worried that I have no reason to go to Shanxi, so I will send something over there, God bless!!"
As he spoke, he handed the scroll to Yang Sichen, Yang Sichen opened it with some confusion, and Wang Tong said with a smile:
"On that day, Zhang Xueyan said at the court meeting that the military expenses of the nine sides, and said that the clan Lu rice, it was really a coincidence, when it came to the clan Lu rice, Taiyuan Mansion and Datong Mansion made a fuss, this kind of thing is nothing more than the eunuchs in the palace or cronies and courtiers to investigate, who else can there be besides the official to ......",
After a pause at this point, he said:
"Everyone else thinks that the blood of the Heavenly Family is so honorable and rich, but they don't know that these people have reached the point of grabbing food to survive, ridiculous, pitiful!!"