Mr. Wang lied consciously: "Ah, my subordinates have recently done a little business and made some money. I just want to change to a bigger house."

Chang Feng sat opposite Mr. Wang and asked, "What small business?" Is there a gold business? Take! Search!"

Chang Feng's subordinates practiced raiding homes for three or four months. In front of the boss, it is natural to behave well and show your hand.

After a short time, they put one hundred taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver in front of Chang Feng.

Chang Feng took a gold ingot in his hand and looked at it, "This is real red gold, with almost no impurities. It must be from the gold mines of Laizhou, right?"

"Wang Yuanwei, you are a member of the Jinyi Guard. You should know how powerful the Great Memory Recovery Technique is."

As soon as Chang Feng's voice fell, Xu Fatzi had already made a move. first punched Wang Zongqi ten punches.

The punching bag hit Wang Zongqi's lower abdomen. Wang Zongqi immediately began to vomit.

Xu Fatzi finished fighting. Chang Feng only said two words: "Quick move."

Wang Zongqi knew that he couldn't stand all kinds of torture.

He begged for mercy: "Master Chang. The little one has been with you for three or four years. When you are the flag, I am your wrestler. I would like to confess the truth, and I only ask you to spare my family."

Chang Feng nodded: "Done." After all, the robe is a game. I don't embarrass your family. Recruit it."

Wang Zongqi was truthfully recruited.

Laizhou is the largest gold-producing area in Daming. Sun Chengde, the prefect of Laizhou, colluded with the eunuchs who supervised the gold mines, and used the gold mines as his own vegetable garden, and wantonly embezzled gold.

After the incident, the eunuch who supervised the gold mine was executed.

Strangely, Shoufu Liu Ji spoke for Sun Chengde in Beijing. Sun Chengde was not sentenced to beheading. Only 60 rods were sentenced, 3,000 miles flowed, and the family property was confiscated.

Wang Zongqi took eight lieutenants to inspect the Thousand Households Institute and 200 regimental battalion soldiers to Laizhou and confiscated Sun Chengde's property.

A total of 700 taels of gold were found, and the rest of the silver and belongings amounted to 2,000 taels.

Mr. Wang's flag is full of courage. and three hundred taels of gold. He put one hundred and fifty taels of them in his purse. Another one hundred and fifty taels were divided among the eight lieutenants.

After returning to Beijing, he went to the money village and exchanged 50 taels of gold for 500 taels of silver. I am preparing to buy a house and buy a land. Who ever thought that Changfeng would find the door.

After listening to Wang Zongqi's confession, Chang Feng slapped the table: "No! You're hiding!"

"I read Sun Chengde's confession during his trial. He claimed that he had only four hundred taels of gold in his house. and not seven hundred taels. The three hundred taels that are less are exactly what you have."

"Could it be that Sun Chengde is an exiled criminal officer who will help you cover up and be greedy for his stolen money?"

Wang Zongqi replied, "Chang Ye is high. Sun Chengde is indeed helping me to embezzle his stolen money."

Chang Feng was surprised: "What's going on? Say!"

Wang Zongqi continued to confess: "Liu Ji, the first assistant of the cabinet, was also involved in the gold mine corruption case."

"Two years ago, Liu Ji instructed his family to open a business in Laizhou. Sun Chengde contracted the work of disposing of the waste ore from the mine to the Liu family."

"It's waste ore. In fact, they are all high-grade ores with high gold content. Liu Jiali Xing can extract three to four hundred taels of gold from ore every year."

"I went to search my house and found letters from Liu Ji and Sun Chengde. I know the cattleness between them."

"Sun Chengde's brother found me. Let me not report to Liu Shoufu about his involvement in the gold mine corruption case."

"In return, when his brother confessed in Beijing, he would say that the amount of gold in the family was four hundred taels."

"The three hundred taels that are less. and it shall be given to me the silver of the seal."

Chang Feng sneered: "Heh, what a means! The three hundred taels of gold said it belonged to the Sun family. Actually, it's from the imperial court."

"It's equivalent to the Sun family taking the gold of the imperial court and giving you as a hush money to protect Liu Shoufu."

"As long as Liu Shoufu is not involved in the case, he can say hello to the Three Law Divisions and protect Sun Chengde's life."

Xu Fatzi said on the side: "I have long heard that the gold and silver mines in Daming are big. And so it was."

"Take the best ore as waste ore and give it privately. scold

Horizontal ore is not gold. Whether it's waste ore or good ore. It's not a matter of the magistrate touching the skin of the mouth."

"Liu Shoufu and Sun Chengde have understood the way to make money."

Chang Feng's next words surprised Fat Xu.

Chang Feng said, "Wang Yuande. I'll take you back to Jinyi Wei to record a confession. If the word 'Liu Ji' appears on your confession. Your whole family is going to die!"

"The gold is your private greed. It has nothing to do with anyone. It's as simple as that."

Chang Feng said this, obviously to cover up the guilt for Liu Ji!

Fat Xu looked at Chang Feng with a surprised gaze.

Chang Feng helped Liu Ji cover up because Huai En had a deep conversation with him when he was alive.

Huaien told him that Liu Ji was a stand-in for the emperor to be scolded and blamed. This person can't fall for the time being.

Chang Feng escorted Wang Zongqi back to Jinyiwei Prison and recorded a confession.

Then he ordered Shi Wenyi to enforce the family law and put Wang Zongqi and eight lieutenants to death.

After finishing the matter, Chang Feng went to the palace and reported the whole story to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi was very satisfied with Chang Feng: "Your disposition is right. I will use Liu Ji for another year or two."

Chang Feng said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi added, "Recently, I have heard some rumors. said that the imperial historians and Hanlin were privately colluding to impeach Liu Ji. You have to keep an eye on this."

"Whether Liu Ji is good or bad, I know in my heart. But as an emperor, sometimes in order to do good deeds, you have to use a bad person."

Chang Feng comprehended: "The minister understands."

Emperor Hongzhi said, "You are so effective. I have decided to grant you a privilege. You are allowed to participate in the Imperial Gate Early Dynasty in the future as a thousand households in brocade clothes!"

Chang Feng's heart is full of joy!

Obtaining the qualification to participate in the early dynasty of the Imperial Gate represents entering the inner circle of power in this vast empire.

In the Jinyi Guard, only Zhu Ji and the two small uncles were eligible to participate in the Yumen Early Dynasty. Even the envoys of the southern and northern towns did not have such an honor.

Chang Feng hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you to the emperor for your grace."

Emperor Hongzhi said, "Okay. You go down first."

The next day, Fengtianmen made an early dynasty.

The officials crossed the Jinshui Bridge, entered the Fengtian Gate, and came to the Qianguang Court.

Chang Feng held the wat board that he had just received in the Ministry of Rites and walked at the end of the military attache class.

The officials whispered, "Look, isn't that the Chang Qianhu of the Jinyi Guard? Why did he come to the early dynasty? I also brought a wat board."

"It must have been rewarded by the emperor. He is really a big celebrity around the emperor now."

All the ministers gathered. Not long after, Emperor Hongzhi came to the Qianguang Court under the attendant of Xiao Jing, the new celebrant of the celebrant seal.

Xiao Jing said in a loud voice, "Discussion!"

Shoufu Liu Ji was the first to come out of the class: "Your Majesty. The subordinate has his own music."

Emperor Hongzhi said, "Oh? Come on."

Liu Ji cleared his throat: "Your Majesty. The official is the emperor's eyes, ears and mouthpiece. There are responsibilities of the Ombudsman. It is the sword of the Ming Dynasty to punish women and eliminate evil."

"However, when Grandpa Tai founded the country, he decided that the official grade was too low. For example, the Thirteen Provinces supervise the imperial history, supervising the officials of an entire province. But there are only seven products."

"For example, the six branches are given to the middle of the matter. Each section is assigned to supervise the officers of one ministry in the matter. But there are only seven products."

"The grade is completely unworthy of their duties."

"Therefore, the minister suggested that it should be beyond the rank of the requisitioning officer. The thirteen supervising imperial history will be raised to the sixth grade. In the six subjects, it will be raised to five grades."

Chang Feng secretly said in his heart: Liu Ji is really a good means! He must have heard that the officials were in a series of impeachments against him. Just give all the Yan officials benefits and let them move beyond the grade.

This is to use the official products of the imperial court to gag the mouths of the officials.

At this moment, Wang Shu, the secretary of the ministry, was the first to stand up and object: "Your Majesty. Supervising the imperial history and giving things are the seven products, which is the ancestral system set by the great grandfather."

"A minister is a minister

The Ministry of Shangshu, which is in charge of the grade of officials, believes that the matter of official goods involves the ancestral system. It should not be tampered with."

As soon as Liu Ji pouted his buttocks, Wang Shu knew what shit he was going to pull.

Wang Shucai will not allow Liu Ji to give gifts with the official goods of the imperial court! He directly moved out of the mountain of "ancestral system" to stop Liu Ji's intentions.

Ma Wensheng came out and echoed: "If you want to say that it is important, which official of the Ming Dynasty is not important? Speech officials have the duty of supervision and advice; The magistrate has the duty of guarding the land and herdsmen; The generals have the duty to defend their families and the country."

"If they all say that they have a great duty and ask the court to move to a higher level. Is the court moving or not?"

"When the time comes, won't the fifth and sixth grades fly all over the sky, and the third and fourth grades will be everywhere?"

Ma Wensheng is Wang Shu's close confidant. Naturally, he wanted to echo Wang Shu and prevent Liu Ji from using the official goods of the court for personal gain.

Two other members of the cabinet, Liu Jian and Xu Pu, also opposed Liu's proposal.

Emperor Hongzhi clapped: "What Wang Qing said is very reasonable. The official rank is the ancestral system. I respect the Heavenly Ancestor, how dare I change it? Stop the matter of the super-propagator!"

The ministers shouted, "The emperor is sage!"

Liu Ji was embarrassed and hated to enter the house three times.

Went down. The ministers left Fengtianmen in twos and threes. Liu Ji is like a big eggplant that has been beaten by frost and picked by a widow, listless.

Ma Wensheng walked in front of Chang Feng: "Chang Xiaoyou, five products and thousands of households participate in the early dynasty of the royal gate with a wat board. I'm afraid this is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has ever been founded."

"The emperor treats you differently than he treats his ministers."

Chang Feng said respectfully, "The lower official will definitely tie the grass title ring to repay the emperor Longen."

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei.

Since he was going to participate in the morning dynasty, he didn't need to find Sun Luan, the envoy of Beizhen, in the future.

Fat Xu was already sitting in his duty room.

Xu Fatzi spat at the stars and flew sideways, telling the two little uncles about the majesty of his ancestor Xu Da on the grassland back then.

The two little uncles were stunned by Xu Fatzi. From time to time, there is an "oh, oh" exclamation.

Seeing that Chang Feng was back, Xu Fatzi said to the two little uncles, "Shi Wenyi led the monks to practice dogs and silver hunting on the school grounds, why don't you go and see the excitement?"

Zhang Heling clapped his hands: "Okay! I'll go!"

The two little uncles left the duty room.

Xu Fatzi asked Chang Feng, "Master Chang, there is something I don't understand. Why are you in a hurry to let people kill Wang Yuanwei? This is obviously helping Liu Ji!"

Chang Feng poured himself a cup of tea: "Yes. I'm helping Liu Ji."

Xu Fatzi was puzzled: "Do you want to look at Liu Ji as the first assistant and want him to be your backer?"

Chang Feng smiled dumbly: "I have two backers now. One is in Qianqing Palace and one is in Kunning Palace. Isn't it much better than Liu Ji? I need to find Liu Ji as a backer?"

Xu Fatzi asked, "Then why are you harboring a mediocre appearance?"

Chang Feng said, "Fatty, why did you and I become brothers in the first place? Because we are all jealous and hateful, and we are tempered."

"But I'm not the same flag I was two years ago. Whatever I do, I have to look at the big picture."

"What is the big picture. What is good for the emperor and the court is the overall situation."

Xu Fatzi was confused by Chang Feng's words: "What do you mean, shielding the Yongxiang is beneficial to the emperor and the court?"

Chang Feng sighed, "Alas, things in the court are not so simple. In short, I have no selfish intentions in the matter of sheltering Liu Ji."

Fat Xu rubbed his head: "That's it. You're not the same as you used to be. The words are also cloudy and foggy. Fat man, I don't understand. I'm not going to talk about it anymore."

Metropolitan Inspectorate.

There were more than 80 colleagues standing in the duty room of the supervising Yushi Tang Nai.

Tang Nai's draft of a recital for Liu Ji's impeachment.

Supervising the imperial history scolds people on the excerpts, and has always been able to do without a dirty word, but it is useless to scold the other party for a bloody and degraded one.

After Tang Nai finished writing, he arched his hand to his colleagues: "

Bring down the mediocrity, only today! Please sign your name!"

The imperial historians signed their names on the long folds.

The big boss of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, Zuo Du Yushi Tu Tu passed by Tang Nai's duty room. I didn't see more than eighty subordinate imperial histories, and walked away directly.

The Ming Dynasty's Imperial Court is a bit like the later Wa State Locusts Army, with a tradition of going down to the top, and the commander commands the staff without moving.

These imperial historians who make a living by scolding others are so ruthless that they even dare to scold their big boss Zuo Du Yushi.

Tu Yun didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he simply didn't know.

Tang Nai said, "I'll take the excerpt to the Hanlin Academy and find the Hanlin officials to sign a joint. Tomorrow, I will go to Liubu Street again, and let the new scholars who stay in Liubu to observe the government join the name."

Everyone said, "Please, Brother Tang."

At night, Tang Nai returned to the courtyard house he rented in the south of the city. He had a box in his hand. In the box was an impeachment excerpt signed by 150 officials.

Tang Nai is a poor official. There is not even a single servant in the house. There is only one wife and one concubine.

His wife and concubine had already made him dinner. Two home-cooked side dishes and a basket of wheat cakes were served.

Tang Nai was about to move his chopsticks. An uninvited guest came to him.

This uninvited guest is Chang Feng.

Chang Feng arched his hand: "In the lower brocade clothes, thousands of households are often windy. Tang Yushi, it's polite."

Tang Nai arched his hand: "Oh. It's a thousand households, disrespectful."

Chang Feng unceremoniously sat on the chair next to the dining table: "Tang Yushi, ordinary officials were terrified when they saw the thousands of households in Jinyiwei. Why are you so calm?"

Tang Nai took a bite of wheat cakes: "The frightened people have ghosts in their hearts. A calm person has a clear conscience."

Chang Feng praised him: "Hmm. Tang Yushi is indeed a person with a clear conscience. Next morning, I took a look at your private file in the brocade guard. You have been an official for six years, and you have not done a single thing that is illegal."

Tang Nai said, "As an official, abiding by the laws of the imperial court should be the minimum bottom line. However, there is no one in the Ming Dynasty who can keep the bottom line."

"Hmph, the upper beam is not right, can the lower beam be crooked?"

Chang Feng asked, "When Tang Yushi said Shangliang, is that Liu Shoufu referring to?"

Tang Nai snorted coldly, "Yes. I'm talking about Liu Mian. Even in front of the emperor, I dare to say that the officialdom atmosphere is corrupted by mediocrity like Liu Mian."

Chang Feng said, "That's why I came to Tang Yushi tonight. Please give me that joint excerpt."

Tang Nai asked, "Leave it to you to pass on to the emperor?"

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "Leave it to me to burn."

Tang Nai glared at Chang Feng with big eyes like copper bells: "You are Liu Mian's henchman? It shouldn't be. I don't believe that the righteous grandson of the old minister is willing to be a mediocre eagle dog."

Chang Feng said: "Liu Mian is not worthy of me to be his henchman. I stopped you from going to the joint excerpt for the sake of the court."

"Poof". Tang Nai laughed, "For the court? I impeached the prime minister for the sake of the court."

Chang Feng said: "More than 150 officials jointly signed a letter to ask the emperor to cure the crime of being the head of the court. Do you know what it's called?"

"This is called bullying the people! Since it involves bullying the king, we Jinyiwei can't ignore it."

Tang Nai took a sip of the soup and said lightly, "Jin Yiwei is really good at buttoning his hat. A big hat that deceives the king is enough to crush a seventh-rank official."

"It's a pity, thousands of people are gone! I'm not afraid of being crushed to death by a big hat."

"Chang Qianhu, please go back. I won't give you the co-signed excerpt. Tomorrow I will hand it over to the General Secretary and hand it over to the Emperor."

Chang Feng felt a little pity for Tang Nai, a tenacious gossip official: "If you do this, you will burn yourself."

Tang Naizheng said: "For the people of the world, Ning burned himself!"

Chang Feng walked out of Tang Nai's courtyard.

Wynne had told Chang Feng before his death. Da Ming has such a kind of official. They are incorruptible, but they are incapable of doing things.

They have the word "morality" on their heads all day long, scolding this and that.

Such a gossip clearer can't catch up with a corrupt official who can do things.

But sometimes, their integrity is admirable.

Tang Nai is obviously the kind of person Wynne is talking about.

Shi Wenyi waited for Chang Feng outside the courtyard.

Seeing Chang Feng coming out, Shi Wenyi asked, "Master Chang, have you got the things?"

Chang Feng spread his hands.

Shi Wenyi said angrily: "That guy doesn't know what to do. I'll grab a knife and grab it."

Chang Feng smiled bitterly: "Snatch the joint excerpt of the rumor-clearing officer? You're not afraid of being drowned in their spittle?"

Shi Wenyi was indignant: "It's a pity that he didn't have the handle in the hands of our Jinyiwei."

Chang Feng said, "There's no way. Let's just wait and see. Stay here tonight and keep an eye on him."

Actually, whether it is Emperor Hongzhi or Zhu Ji. didn't tell Chang Feng to ask for the impeachment excerpt.

In the words of later generations, an excellent employee should give full play to his subjective initiative.

As long as you can share the emperor's worries, whether there is a holy decree and a military order?

Chang Feng returned home. Liu Xiaoyan and Tangtang were already waiting for him to eat in the dining room.

Chang Feng asked, "Zhuang Zhuang slept?"

Liu Xiaoyan replied, "It's considered sleeping. This boy deserves to be my son. If you are so ruthless, you will even beat yourself. The next day, he babbled with his little fists. A fist hit himself in the eye socket. I beat myself to tears."

Sugar Candy said, "I'm counting it for him. I cried for an hour and a half."

Chang Feng laughed: "Heh, when Zhuang Zhuang grows up, he must be a fierce general."

As long as I go home and see my wife, sister, and son, all Chang Feng's worries will disappear temporarily.

It's time to go.

Chang Feng was about to hug Liu Xiaoyan to make some trouble. The subordinate passed on: "Master, Mr. Shi asks to see him."

Chang Feng just let go of Liu Xiaoyan: "Yes, maybe something will happen again."

Chang Feng came to the living room Shi Wenyi.

Shi Wenyi said, "Master Chang, it's terrible. Tang Nai's courtyard is on fire! Burn it to the ground!"