A mansion covering an area of several acres in Beijing, because the imperial court moved the capital to Nanjing, this set of mansions worth tens of thousands of taels of silver was directly bought by Yang Guowei, the confidant deputy of Zhou Shuyuan, the prime minister of the Northern Palace, at a price of less than 10,000 taels of silver.

As the status of the royal palace grows higher and higher...... Coupled with Zhou Shuyuan's trust and promotion.

This scholar, who was not even a jinshi at the beginning, is now the director of the Agricultural Department of the Northern Palace. If it is placed in the imperial court, it is already equivalent to the second grade of Shangshu, which can be said to be in a high position.

At this moment, the city of Beijing has been shrouded in night. However, the study of Yang's Mansion was brightly lit.

More than a dozen people, according to their official positions, sat on both sides of the study.

As for Yang Guowei himself, there was no surprise and he sat in the middle of the study......

At this time, if you are careful, you will find that among the dozen or so people in the study, there is not a single official below the prefect.

With a complex expression of worry, excitement, and expectation, everyone looked at Yang Guowei sitting on the main seat, waiting for Yang Guowei to speak.

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper suddenly walked up to Yang Guowei and said in Yang Guowei's ear in the smallest voice possible: "Master, I have arranged thirty family members around the study to patrol, and absolutely no one can approach the study within ten battles, please rest assured that the master ......."

After saying that, the butler hurried out of the study and closed the door......

And it was only at this time that Yang Guowei's calm facial expression began to fluctuate a little.

After glancing at his colleagues and subordinates in front of him, he said with a dangerous face......

"The cheering brothers have all followed the prince from Zunhua all the way to the present. So to speak. The prince can achieve so much now. It is inseparable from the cheering brothers......"

"However, as the strength of the Haw Par Army grows stronger and there are more and more outsiders, in order to ensure our position in the Haw Par Army, we old brothers must hug each other tightly......

"Only in this way will our official position become more and more stable, prosperous and rich. will always follow us......"

Speaking of this, Yang Guowei's words suddenly changed and he continued: "However, I won't say much about the level of our brothers...... If it weren't for the prince looking at us who used to follow him to fight the face of the world, we would not be able to be in a high position now. Bit. After all, most of us were born bandits and didn't even know a word......"

"It's not just a disadvantage for us. And it's very deadly......"

"Why do you say that, as there are more and more people reading in the palace. The strength of the prince is getting bigger and bigger, and those of us who have not read a book will slowly be forgotten by the prince. for, compared to those who read, they are obviously better at governing the world than we are......"

"To put it more bluntly, our current high position is only temporary...... As the actual situation of the prince gets bigger and bigger, the official positions under our butts will be occupied by those scholars little by little......"

Hearing this, many people had a very agreeing expression on their faces.

What's more, he couldn't help but ask, "Director Yang, what should we do then...... Is it just watching the official position being taken away by those scholars...... You know, if it weren't for us, how could they have a chance to be officials here......"

"Yes, this world is made by us, and we must not hand over the official position so easily...... If it really doesn't work, let's go to the prime minister and the prince together, and ask them for an explanation......"

Facing more than a dozen colleagues who were discussing in front of him, Yang Guowei directly interrupted......

"Shut up the official...... Do you think it would be useful to go to the Prime Minister and the Prince? Even if we go to find it, it won't change the outcome of our exclusion and elimination......"

"So what are we going to do...... Director Yang, you are our backbone, we all listen to you, you must have a way to ......" A prefect was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and quickly focused his eyes on Yang Guowei.

When more than a dozen pairs of eyes converged on him, Yang Guowei finally spoke......

Facing everyone, he asked rhetorically with a smile on his face: "Brothers, the reason why everyone is so anxious is because they are afraid of losing their official positions...... Because, after losing our official position, glory and wealth will be far away from us......"

"Since there is no way to change the fact that we have lost our official position, there is only one way to ensure that our children and grandchildren can always enjoy glory and wealth...... While the official position is still on us, we will get as much money as possible......"

"Of course, what this official said about making money is not for everyone to be corrupt. Because we all know that the prince hates officials the most ...... corruption."

At this time, a few officials sitting below seemed to have understood something.

One of the deputy directors subconsciously opened his mouth and asked, "Director Yang, what are you talking about the smuggling ...... we discussed together last time?"

Yang Guowei did not hesitate, and directly affirmed: "Yes, it is the smuggling ......" "Although the palace has issued a strict order prohibiting smuggling to Houjin...... However, as long as we keep it secretive enough, the smuggling will never be exposed. “

"Besides, even if this matter is exposed, so many of our old brothers, the prince will not say anything...... Moreover, the cheering brothers are all high-ranking officials from all over the country, and this official believes that as long as we work together, we can definitely hide the smuggling incident completely and not let anyone know......"

Seeing the expressions of recognition slowly showing on everyone's faces, Yang Guowei directly took out a silver ticket and put it on the table.

Then, under the gaze of a pair of straight and straight eyes, he continued: "Do you brothers know where these silver tickets came from? I believe that you should have guessed it in your hearts......"

"Yes, we smuggled it twice, and the official gave everyone a dividend according to the official position of the cheering brother, a total of 150,000 taels of silver, and at the least, you can also get 10,000 taels ......."

"As you already know, this is just a dividend smuggled twice a month...... If the cheering brothers all work together, we can smuggle at least four times a month. In this way, the monthly dividend will exceed 20,000 taels. ”

"20,000 taels of silver a month, 240,000 taels a year......" Faced with the temptation of the silver mountain, everyone's eyes were red.

Because, according to Yang Guowei, as long as this kind of smuggling is carried out for two years, it can ensure the prosperity and wealth of several generations.

Even if the matter is exposed, there are so many people in themselves, and they are all old brothers who follow the prince to fight the world, the prince will definitely not be much of everyone.

So, more than a dozen civil and military officials with this idea did not hesitate at all, and all took their own silver tickets to dividends and left the Yang Mansion......

However, what they didn't expect was that although their every move was not exposed, the matter of their gathering had already reached Luo Yang's ears.

The reason why it was so fast was because among them, a prefect from the border gate, had been under the surveillance of the internal guards since the decision to make a strict investigation in self-defense.

It's just that what Luo Yangxing didn't expect was that a surveillance that didn't seem to have much meaning would let so many civil and military officials in the palace enter his field of vision...... (To be continued......)