Confronting Wang Zhen head-on, this is the first time for Meng Yan.

This old eunuch is good at hiding his true thoughts, and he deceived the late Empress Dowager Zhang and Sanyang.

It was not until these four people died and walked that he showed his true colors, and at this time, there were not many people in the court who could compete with him.

Wang Zhen was not a little wary of Meng Yan's anger, he thought that Guo Nu was manipulating this qiē behind his back.

Now it seems that this Meng Yan is not a puppet with a thread in Guo Nu's hand, this is most likely a little wolf that has not yet shown its fangs.

It seems that the Queen Mother's intuition is right, this Meng Yan is indeed a big trouble, on the surface, he looks like he has no scheming, but in fact, he has a relaxed way of acting, and his sense of proportion is just right, especially when he is so young!

If he is allowed to grow, he will definitely become a big problem.

However, now it is not so easy to get rid of Meng Yan, his relationship with the emperor is getting deeper and deeper, there is a Guo Laohu behind him, and now he is involved with the Tai Hospital, he is like a tree, slowly taking root, and the invisible roots are drilling around underground.

Once the roots are deep and leafy, if you want to pull them out again, you have to put more effort into it.

"Brother Meng, thanks to you today, otherwise Wang Zhen, a eunuch, would have succeeded!"

"Whatever Brother Wen said, everything started because of me, how can I still be bullied by others?" Coming out of the noon gate, Meng Yan and Wen Liangdong followed each other all the way.

"The Holy One agrees that the two of us will cooperate, but in my opinion. Wang Zhen is afraid that he will not give up lightly, and the construction of such a project will inevitably involve the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry is Wang Zhen's people, and Wang Zhen has made a lot of money by using various projects to build the imperial court over the years. ”

"Can we bypass the Ministry of Engineering and do this project ourselves?" Meng Yan frowned.

"I'm afraid not, if it's the behavior of the common people, as long as the construction is in line with the customization of the imperial court, there is no problem. But the two of us worked together to build this hospital. It is not clear what level of yamen it belongs to, how and how to build it. What kind of regulation. Construction drawings. The construction plan and so on, even if this qiē is decided by ourselves, to the Ministry of Engineering. As long as people find a place where you don't conform to the rules, they will be beaten back! Wen Liangdong said.

"These officials eat the court's money, but they do things that violate the law and discipline, it's simply hateful!"

"Brother, this is the way of the world, it's too difficult to do things seriously!"

"I don't believe it, these officials are really not afraid of death, don't forget, we are Jinyiwei, not some other cats and dogs, it's really annoying, hum!" Meng Yan snorted coldly.

"Brother, it can be seen that you are a hot-blooded person, and I will also go out to accompany you, brother?" Wen Liangdong gritted his teeth and said.

"Brother Wen, I'm barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, you have a family and a mouth, I'll come to this charge, you will help me take care of the overall situation in the back!" Meng Yan Road.

"Brother Meng, isn't this a joke?"

"I'm still young, I haven't had enough!" Meng Yan laughed and walked away.

Nanya.

"You, you are young and vigorous, and the matter of building a hospital is not trivial, although I am in favor of it, but it is too early to say it in front of the saint now." Guo Nu said earnestly.

"Uncle, I know, but this matter is related to the well-being of tens of millions of Jinyiwei, I really can't help it."

"It's rare that you have this heart." Guo Nu also knows that Meng Yan is not entirely selfish, behind the scenery of Jinyiwei, it is also scarred, in fact, it is also difficult to deserve under the fame, just like a middle-aged man, it seems that there is no problem, but there are already lesions inside the body, and there are sores and pus in some places!

If you don't think of a way to solve it, the problem will become more and more serious in the future.

Guo Nu didn't know that he would work in the position of Jinyi Guard's commander for a few years, and there were few officials above the center of the Ming Dynasty who worked in one position.

Even if you go to prison for something, it is too common for officials to be reinstated, and it is estimated that more than 80% of the officials in the court have been in prison! (This is really true, I checked, the Shangshu and the squires in the orthodox years have all been in prison, and there are records of Sanyang, Yu Qian and the like in prison, some of them were released from prison for a short time, and the officials were reinstated, and some were released after two or three years, and it was very common for them to be officials again)

"The Jin Mantang you caught last night, do you know what his origin is?" Guo Nu asked.

"I don't know!"

"His ancestors are martyred heroes, and the imperial court is kind to the descendants of this kind of heroes, fortunately, you didn't arrest people directly, otherwise, this morning, I will be impeached!" Guo said angrily.

"If a martyr commits a crime after committing a crime, can he be exempted from responsibility?" Meng Yan said dissatisfied.

"Of course you can't be exempted, if you can't catch substantial evidence, you must be cautious when moving such a person, understand?" Guo said angrily.

"We are Jinyiwei, why should we be afraid of this?"

"Of course, there is no need to be afraid, but we also need to pay attention to strategy in doing things, and we must consider the impact of the whole thing, and we can't be reckless!"

"I know, next time I will definitely investigate it and arrest people." Meng Yan nodded.

Taboo this kind of thing, can only be passed on by word of mouth, no one will tell you, Niu Dali has just risen, and he probably doesn't know this.

"You are specifically responsible for the construction of the hospital, and I will coordinate with the Ministry of Works." Guo said angrily, this matter is real, it is related to the well-being of tens of millions of Jinyi Guards, and he, the commander of Jinyi Guards, can't say anything and throw everything to Meng Yan, and then he will take a lot of credit.

Although it's his son-in-law's, but people are so thick-skinned, right?

What's more, there are some things, Meng Yan, a small treasurer, really looks down on those civil officials in the eyes of those civil officials.

"I see."

"Don't worry about the affairs of the hospital, Wen Liangdong is not as weak as you think." Guo said angrily.

Wen Liangdong also has the big backer of Hu Hui, Hu Hu is not only a product in the dynasty, but his medical skills are also quite clever, not inferior to many doctors in the hospital. That's well known.

Wen Liangdong and Hu Hu still have a teacher-student relationship, which very few people in the court know, and as the biggest spy leader of the Ming Dynasty, Guo Nu is clear.

Hu Hu has not fallen after five dynasties, the energy behind it can be imagined, Wang Zhen has successively put down the three Yangs, for Hu Hui, he is respectful and far away, just waiting for the old guy to do it himself, go home to recuperate.

Hu Hu does not fight for power. Not in love with power. Careful and careful, for decades, unscathed, can be called a tumbler.

"Uncle. I can't put up with enough. Can you send me some more? Meng Yan said.

"There aren't enough people. It is not possible to increase the number of personnel from Jinyiwei's side, and I can't change the staffing rules of Jinyiwei's organization without authorization, so as not to be gossiped about. However, with your current status, you can accept three or five followers by your side! Guo said angrily.

"Okay, I got it!"

Coming out of Nanya, Meng Yan began to ponder about this long-term follower, Lin Tianxing is his long-term follower, Cai Jin is not counted, he is now a person with public office, working as a clerk in the warehouse of the craftsman's department, although it is overkill.

In this way, you can take two or three more people.

This long man is a confidant, not easy to receive, and must be trusted to do it, for a while, he can't find a suitable candidate.

It's better to find it slowly.

"Your Excellency is back!"

"What did you find?" When Meng Yan returned to Songhe Tower, it was already past noon, hungry, and eating, when Tang Xiao and Lin Tianxing came in from outside.

"Jin Mantang's identity is not ordinary, his grandfather Jin Huai is one of the heroes who followed the Daxing Emperor Jingnan, but it is a pity that he died on the battlefield, otherwise Jin Mantang may not be a small Ministry of Works, his father is the second son of Jin Huai, abandoned Wu Congwen, Jin Huai died early, did a county order, he also has a cousin, called Jin Manzhu, Yanshan Zuowei commanded the affairs ......" Tang Xiaoyi recounted one by one.

"Although the Jin family is a craftsman, but has been holding a martial arts, Jin Huai because of his frail and sick, only to turn to the study of literature, Jin Mantang is competitive, passed the examination, and won the Jinshi, the official luck is prosperous, this person is generous, has a wide range of friends, and has a good reputation in the circle of the capital!"

"A Gongbu Langzhong, with an annual salary of less than 200 stones, is still difficult to feed his family, how can he have so much money to make friends?"

"Jin Mantang has a lot of shops under his name, as well as pawnshops and rice shops, and he has an income of hundreds of taels of silver every month."

"It's not enough, it's not enough, it's only 1,200 taels of silver a year!"

"My lord, there is also the annual filial piety of the officials below, this is difficult to say, there are more than 100 taels a year, and 40 or 50 taels when there are few."

"It's not enough, it's far from enough, like Jin Mantang's spending method, if he doesn't get three or five thousand taels a year, he doesn't have this arrogance, don't you see his courtyard, can an ordinary Wupin Beijing official buy it?" Meng Yan asked, "Which of those people who live around him is not either rich or expensive?" ”

"My lord, that's all we can find, if Jin Mantang has other income, then it's not that we can get access!" Tang laughed at it.

"In such a short period of time, it's very good that you can find this, you continue to stare at this person Jin Mantang, but don't stare too closely, see if you can find some clues from him!" Meng Yan thought carefully for a moment and said.

"No!"

"Tianxing, you don't have to stay with me, I've been living in Songhe Tower these days, you go home to live." Meng Yan suddenly ordered Lin Tianxingdao.

"Childe, I ......"

"What's the problem?"

"Son, a lonely man and a widow, I'm afraid of causing gossip." Lin Tianxing blushed and said.

"Well, I owe it to me, you're a man, and sometimes it's inconvenient to do things, so let's call your sister Lin Yi over."

"Childe, do you want me to spy on that girl?" Lin Tianxing asked.

"Clever, I always feel that the person who gave me the charm is not that simple, maybe the person we are looking for now is a smoke screen, and this charm is the real mastermind behind the scenes!" Meng Yan said.

"Childe, Mei Ji is a weak woman, how could she?"

"Don't underestimate women, smell the shopkeeper is not also a woman, how about her, don't you also run the Songhe Tower, Tianxing, remember, the weaker the female stream, the more you can't be underestimated!" Meng Yan admonished.

"No, Son!" (To be continued......)