This emaciated guard is naturally Lei Ting, and her waist card of this brocade guard has a great origin.

In the first year of Hongxi, Lei Ting took the lead in sending Emperor Xuande into Beijing to prepare for the enthronement according to Li Yuntian's blessing, and after Emperor Xuande arrived in Beijing, she asked her to go to Jining Mansion to rescue the trapped Li Yuntian as a hundred households in Jinyi Weibei Town, and specially gave her a waist card of Jinyi Wei Baihu in order to make her act cheaply.

When Lei Ting and Li Yuntian returned to the capital from Jining Mansion, Emperor Xuande had ascended the throne and called the emperor, Lei Ting wanted to return this brocade guard waist card to Emperor Xuande, and Emperor Xuande felt that Lei Ting had a meritorious escort this time, so he rewarded her with the waist card of this brocade cloth Weibei Town Fusi.

In fact, if you pay close attention, you will find that the waist card in Lei Ting's hand is different from the waist card of the ordinary Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi, and the font of "Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Hundred Households" on the front is engraved with a yellow "Yu" character at the bottom right, and the back is engraved with a small seal of "Hongxi First Year, Xuande Huici".

Although Lei Ting is not a person from Jinyiwei, this waist card has undoubtedly become a talisman for her, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei's crimes are under the jurisdiction of Jinyiwei Nanzhen Fusi, and other yamen are not allowed to interfere.

Since Emperor Hongwu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty likes to give special rewards to his courtiers with outstanding achievements, such as iron coupons for avoiding death, and some ministers in the early Ming Dynasty even got several iron rolls that are free from death.

It is worth mentioning that the so-called iron coupon is just a means used by the king to control his subordinates, Emperor Hongwu was in the "Hulan Prison" that year, and some of the nobles who were killed had two or three iron coupons, and later they still had to die.

"Adults, please." The doorman naturally recognized Jinyiwei's waist card, and when he saw this, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly dodged the road sideways, secretly guessing Li Yuntian's identity in his heart, and it was obvious that Li Yuntian's official position was above a hundred households.

Li Yuntian entered the courtyard gate with an expressionless face, and went down to the backyard living room under the guidance of a domestic servant, and the dozen or so guards followed silently, vigilantly monitoring the movements of Li Yuntian and the others.

"What are you looking for?" Just as Li Yuntian was sitting in the living room slowly and methodically gently plucking the heat rising from the teacup with the tea lid, a voice came from the door, Guo Zi walked in surrounded by several strong men, looking him up and down.

"Lord Shangshu." Seeing this, Li Yuntian put down the teacup and got up, and arched his hand to Guo Zi with a smile.

"Hou ...... Stand down, and do not come near without the command of your ruler. Guo Zi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he found that the man in civilian clothes was actually Li Yuntian, who followed Emperor Xuande on his northern expedition, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, and then quietly gave orders to the guards, domestic servants and maids in the house.

Guo Zi has been in officialdom for a long time, so he naturally knows that Li Yuntian must have something important to look for him when he secretly returns to Beijing this time, so he retreats from his family.

Li Yuntian also waved his hand when he heard this, and several guards except Lei Ting bowed to him and retreated, leaving Li Yuntian, Lei Ting, and Guo Zi in the room.

"Lord Shangshu, the emperor appointed Benhou as the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong to assist the Duke of Yiguo in handling the military affairs of Liaodong, Benhou will lead the army to Liaodong for reinforcements, and I hope that my lord can do his best to allocate the materials needed by Benhou." After the door of the room was closed, Li Yuntian took an official document issued by the cabinet to the household department to transfer materials from Lei Ting, and handed it to Guo Zi with a smile.

"Five million taels?" When Guo Zi took the official document and glanced at it, he couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian in surprise, Li Yuntian asked for the property equivalent to five million taels of silver, which was too much.

"Lord Shangshu, this time Benhou led the army to Liaodong, not only to conquer the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, but also to shoulder the responsibility of comforting the people of Liaodong, so a large amount of materials is needed."

Li Yuntian quietly explained to Guo Zi that exchanging five million taels of silver for the stability of Liaodong was a very convertible transaction, which included not only military expenses, but also the cost of governing local affairs in Liaodong.

"Since the emperor has approved this matter, this official will ask people to allocate the materials needed by the Hou Ye from the treasury of the household department tomorrow." Guo Zi just subconsciously asked, Emperor Xuande and the cabinet agreed to allocate five million taels of materials to Li Yuntian, so he naturally would not object.

"There's Lord Lao Shangshu." Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, and said to Guo Zi, "Lord Shangshu, the allocation of materials this time should be carried out secretly, and it is not appropriate for the outside world to know, so it can be mixed with the materials allocated to the lecture hall. ”

"This officer will definitely be careful." Hearing that Li Yuntian mentioned the martial arts hall, Guo Zi's face couldn't help but flash a strange look, and then nodded and said.

Guo Zi naturally knew that the officials of the household department and the people of the Jiangwutang had been entangled in the materials allocated to the Jiangwutang recently, and the two sides even broke out in conflict last night, but it was difficult for Li Yuntian to talk about it if he didn't mention it.

"Lord Shangshu, although the war in Liaodong is dangerous, but Jiaozhi is the place that Ben Hou is really worried about, Jiaozhi is located in a remote area, now the chaos is initially decided, the people's hearts are unstable, and the slightest carelessness will cause turmoil, the emperor is very concerned about Jiaozhi on the way to the north, Ben Hou is now exhausted, if there is any chaos in Jiaozhi, it will be difficult to explain to the emperor."

Li Yuntian saw that Guo Zi's eyes flickered a little, so he sighed and complained helplessly.

"Hou Ye's words are serious, Hou Ye is level, he occupies the city, and the people of Jiaozhi are all intimidating, plus there is a way to govern, how can there be any chaos?" Guo Ziyan's face suddenly showed an embarrassed look when he heard this, and he replied with a smile, his smile seemed a little reluctant, how could he not hear that Li Yuntian was alluding to the fact that the household department was talking about the materials of the martial arts.

Everyone knows that most of the 20 percent of the property allocated by the household department to Jiangwutang will be used to invest in Jiaozhi, and Guangxi will also get a piece of the pie because it is also under Li Yuntian's governorship.

Once those materials could not reach Jiaozhi in time, and then affected the various plans of the Jiaozhi Political Envoy in Jiaozhi, then don't blame Li Yuntian for being ruthless, otherwise Li Yuntian would not be able to explain to Emperor Xuande.

Guo Zi also walked step by step to the position of the head of the household department, and naturally knew that the reason why those officials in the household department delayed giving the Wutang property was nothing more than to make a little oil and water, and as the chief official of the household department, he couldn't cut off the financial route of those officials, otherwise who would give him the chief official to work hard?

Therefore, Guo Zi turned a blind eye to the arrears of the Wutang, anyway, the officials in the household department did not say that they would not give the things to the Jiangwutang, but they were just handling it according to the process.

But now it seems that this matter has caused Li Yuntian's dissatisfaction, and if Guo Zi lets those officials go down again, he will not allow Li Yuntian to take the household department.

Speaking of which, Li Yuntian can be said to be the enemy of the household department, and the household department has suffered a lot because of Li Yuntian.

When Li Yuntian was still the Imperial History Inspector of Huguang Dao, he participated in the "Jingtongcang Case" that shocked the capital, and later proposed the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture to take charge of agricultural affairs, and then thoroughly investigated the corruption case of the Lianghuai Salt Road, and established the Daming Taxation Bureau, which made the household department lose its tax power.

Others may not know the inside story of the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Daming Taxation Bureau, Guo Zi is clear about this, the reason why Emperor Xuande will carry out such a big change in the Ministry of Household is completely because of Li Yuntian's "instigation", because Li Yuntian has set up a yamen in Jiaozhi with a similar nature to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Daming Taxation Bureau, but it is just hung in the name of Jiangwutang.

To tell the truth, although Guo Zi was very dissatisfied with Li Yuntian's weakening of the authority of the household department, he had to say that Li Yuntian's approach would be beneficial to Daming in the long run, so he still admired Li Yuntian in his heart for having such courage and vision.

"Then Cheng Shangshu will be auspicious." Li Yuntian saw that Guo Zi's smile was a little stiff, and knew that he heard his meaning clearly, so he smiled and arched his hand to Guo Zi.

Not long after, Li Yuntian, Lei Ting and others left from the back door of Guo Zi's house and disappeared into the vast night of the back door alley.

Li Yuntian had a lot of affairs to attend to when he returned to Beijing, so he did not stay in Guo Zi's mansion for a long time, and he believed that Guo Zi did not welcome him as an uninvited guest who put pressure on him.

After passing through a few secluded alleys, Li Yuntian came to a magnificent mansion in the south of the city, and Lei Ting stepped forward and reached out and patted the door.

"Who!" Soon, a voice sounded from the courtyard, and a middle-aged domestic servant then opened the door, and was slightly stunned when he saw Lei Ting, and immediately recognized Lei Ting's identity.

"We came from Hukou County, came to meet Yang Gongzi, and brought some hometown specialties by the way." Lei Ting saw that the middle-aged servant wanted to salute her, so she said in a Jiangxi Jiujiang Mansion accent.

"Come in." The middle-aged domestic servant was also clever, and when he heard this, he immediately understood Lei Ting's intentions, glanced at Li Yuntian who was standing behind Lei Ting, and hurriedly replied, bowing down and inviting Li Yuntian and Lei Ting in.

"Lord Hou, Madam, didn't you go with the emperor to the north to conquer the Tatars, why did you come back at this time?"

Li Yuntian was led to the reception hall in the front yard by the middle-aged servant, and went to the backyard to report the news after sending all the subordinates back to the house, when Li Yuntian and Lei Ting were chatting, a blue-robed man entered the door with a surprised face, looked at his lover and said, he is none other than Li Yuntian's friend Yang Yungui.

has a close personal relationship with Li Yuntian, and can be described as Li Yuntian's right-hand man.

Li Yuntian, who Yang Yungui followed when he was in Hukou County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, was originally a talented and cynical lawyer, but was later subdued by Li Yuntian, first serving as the official of the Hukou County Torture Room, and later following Li Yuntian into Beijing to serve as an economic secretary in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

No one would have thought that Yang Yungui had another identity, serving as Li Yuntian's intelligence director, who was specifically responsible for collecting intelligence on the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and at this time had already established a perfect intelligence system throughout the country.

It is worth mentioning that because Yang Yungui received a lot of new thinking from Li Yuntian, he was still a special instructor of the six colleges under the jurisdiction of the Wutang.