With the silver, Chang Feng will weave a huge net of ears and eyes in the East Factory.

The Jinyiwei next door has a pervasive network of ears and eyes, all over the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Those whose eyes and ears are not on the roster of Jinyiwei are not paid. If the eyes and ears provide valuable information, they can receive a considerable bounty.

Countless scoundrels in the market, maidservants in the mansions of high-ranking officials, and subordinates are the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei.

Chang Feng discussed with Zhang Yong. It is almost impossible to establish a perfect network of eyes and ears in the two capitals and thirteen provinces in a short period of time. For today's plan, we must first build a network of eyes and ears in the capital.

East Factory Lobby.

Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling led a group of "pot heads" from the capital into the city. The so-called pot gang leader, to put it bluntly, is the little leader of the ruffians.

The two uncles are very out of tune, and they call the ruffians in the capital brothers and sisters on weekdays. There is no ruffian in the capital that they do not know.

Chang Feng smiled and said, "Two old uncles, you are here." ”

Zhang Heling said: "Brother Chang, do as you order." I have found you all the pot guys in the capital with heads and faces. ”

Zhang Yanling instructed the ruffians on the side: "Why don't you report to Chang Ye soon?" ”

A fat man arched his hand: "In Dog Hangzi Street in Xia Nancheng, Cui Sanlai." ”

There was a thin man who gave his hand: "In Yicui Street, Xiabei City, Zhao Da is scarred." ”

These two are the leaders of this gang of ruffians.

The rest of the ruffians also reported to their homes: "In the Xiannan City Taojiba Hutong against the fork Han, Wang Heihu." Sixteen inferior kiln shops in Jiba Hutong are all from my view! ”

"Thirteen dung dung masters in the lower north city, thirteen incense."

"Walk diligently in the Lower North City, Tribulus terrestris."

The names of the ruffians are more chic than the other.

Zhang Yong couldn't help but laugh on the side.

Chang Feng bowed his hand to everyone very formally. Then he asked, "Brother Tribulus Terrestris, right?" As far as I know, the so-called 'diligent line' is the little two who carry teapots, serve oil dishes, and wipe tables in each restaurant. ”

"In other words, the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital want to invite guests and chat in the teahouse restaurant, and all the brothers under your command are waiting on the side?"

The thistle terrestris is strong: "The diligent pedestrians in the capital are not my subordinates. They just pay me peace money on a monthly basis. I'll just stand up for them. ”

"But I'm going to make them pay attention to what the big guys say, and they won't refuse."

Chang Feng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Turning his head, Chang Feng looked at Thirteen Xiang again: "Thirteen brothers." I knew that the dung road in Beijing was a profitable business. The palace houses of the official eunuchs in the capital are all paid by you, right? ”

Thirteen Xiang said triumphantly: "Exactly! If we are not happy, let the brothers in the dung road rest for three or five days, regardless of whether it is a rich man in the capital or a high-ranking official, a relative of the emperor and a country, the house and the pit at home will stink! ”

Chang Feng smiled: "Hmm." Good, good. ”

Zhang Heling said: "Brother Chang, these brothers are all from their own family. Whatever you want them to do, just tell them to. ”

Chang Feng said in a loud voice: "Everyone." I want you to be the eyes and ears of Dongchang. If there is any disturbance in the capital, or if you learn of any private affairs of high-ranking officials, please come to Dongchang and inform me. ”

Wang Heihu, who was eating rice from the kiln, said bluntly: "What good is it for us to tell the news to the East Factory?" ”

Chang Feng said: "There are two benefits. First, I will give you a reward according to the value of the message. As little as ten taels of silver for a message, and as much as 50,000 taels! ”

Chang Feng said "less is more", which is very similar to the manuscript received by later editors. At every turn, "1,000 words 20-1500 high price received". It is said that it is a maximum of 1,000 and 5, but it will actually give 99.999 percent of the authors a thousand words and dozens of yuan.

Thirteen Xiang asked: "Dare to ask Lord Chang, is the second benefit?" ”

Chang Feng said: "The second benefit is even more amazing! You are the eyes and ears of the East Factory, even if you are the people of the East Factory. If you encounter any official trouble in the capital on weekdays, Dongchang can come forward to settle it for you. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes shone with golden light.

The common people are afraid of the ruffians, and the ruffians are afraid of the yamen.

If Dongchang gave them a bunch of ruffians, it wouldn't be enough. Take off!

Wang Heihu said: "In the future, our group of brothers are willing to listen to Lord Chang and listen to the dispatch of Dongchang!" ”

Chang Feng smiled: "Okay! Come, register the names of all the heroes, and put them on the book. In the future, Dongchang sent people to contact them once every three days according to the roster. ”

After the matter was done, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling led the ruffians to leave.

Zhang Yong asked: "This is how the ear and eye net is weaved?" ”

Chang Feng shook his head: "We only solved the 'ear', but not the 'eye'." The ears are for us to inquire about the news, and the eyes are for us to keep an eye on them. ”

As the two were talking, You Jingwu said: "Father-in-law, Yang Liu, the leader of the Beggar Gang in the capital, has arrived." ”

Chang Feng said: "Please." ”

After a while, Yang Liuzhi came to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng gave his hand: "Gang Leader Yang." ”

Yang Liuzhi knew how to count etiquette, and directly knelt down and kowtowed to Chang Feng: "I've seen Chang Shuaiye." ”

Chang Feng smiled: "We had a one-sided relationship thirteen years ago. ”

Yang Liu pointed out: "There was a one-sided relationship. At that time, Shuntianfu Yin wanted to do something to 'clear the streets'. Drive away all the beggars in the capital. ”

"I have entrusted many people and begged you through the Ninth Lady. You interceded with Shuntian Mansion Yin and gave the beggars in the capital a way to live. ”

Chang Feng said: "I helped you that time, and you have to help me this time." ”

Yang Liu pointed and said: "Why should Chang Shuai say the word 'help'. Whatever you ask, just ask. ”

Chang Feng said: "Okay, Gang Leader Yang is happy." How many people are in the Beggar Gang in Beijing? ”

Yang Liuzhi replied: "It's hard to say, there are always more than 40,000 people." ”

Chang Feng said: "You pick two thousand clever ones, and help Dongchang keep an eye on them in the future." For every person you stalk, I'll give you five taels of silver, how about it? ”

"Besides, if you promise me, the beggars can come to me for anything in the future. As long as I can, I will definitely help. ”

Yang Liuzhi immediately agreed: "What is this, it's just a matter of raising your hands." How can we take Chang Shuaiye's silver? ”

Chang Feng smiled: "That's wrong, it's not my silver, but the money of the Dongchang official." The money of the official family is not taken for nothing. ”

After talking to Yang Liuzhi. Chang Feng asked Zhang Yong again: "Father-in-law Zhang, you have been in charge of the Beijing camp for a long time." The old troops were all over the army. Give me the names of the old ministers, and I'll find them. From now on, they will be our eyes and ears in the army. ”

Zhang Yongdao: "Okay, I'll write a list." ”

It took Chang Feng about half a month to initially establish the eyes and ears of the Dongchang garrison in the capital and the suburbs of Beijing.

In the evening of that day, Changfeng went home on a business trip.

As soon as he got home, Chang Ponu complained to his father: "Dad, Father-in-law Liu is too unpresentable!" ”

Chang Feng asked, "Oh? What's wrong? ”

Chang Ponu said: "The emperor asked Gonggong Liu to repair Nanhaizi last year. Father-in-law Liu handed over the errand to our Shuntian Mansion. ”

"Today's work is complete. I'll go to Gong Liu to report the account. The actual use of silver was 70,000 taels, but he asked me to change the account to 350,000 taels. It is also said that the extra two and one are added to the five. ”

Chang Feng was stunned: "You did it?" ”

Chang Ponu replied: "I dare not disobey him in the open." As he said, he changed the account to three hundred and fifty thousand taels. But what he said, 'two one adds five', I insisted on not accepting it. I only said that the extra money was right to honor his old man as a nephew. ”

Chang Feng smiled with satisfaction: "You are getting more and more slippery." If you take the extra silver, you will have a handle in Liu Jin's hand. When Liu Jin fights with me, he can threaten me with this. ”

"It's not the same if you only change the accounts and don't take the money. In the future, even if there is nothing else, it will be the Emperor Quan who will force you to do so. ”

"The power of the emperor is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and you can only obey your fate as a small Shuntianfu Yin."

Chang Ponu said: "Alas, although I have picked myself clean. But it is the national treasury that is lost! For a Nanhaizi repair project, he can be greedy for more than 200,000 taels. ”

"There are so many things in the court, so many places where silver is used, how much does he have to be greedy?"

Chang Feng said: "You remember my words." The meat is rotten in the pan. Even if Liu Jin is greedy for more silver, he is just a pig-in-law raised by the emperor. ”

"The emperor wants to drive the expedition in person, go north to the grassland, and seal the wolf Juxu. When Liu Jin is ruined, the huge military salary for the expedition will also be there! ”

Chang Po slave bowed: "Well, Dad, what you said makes sense." ”

Chang Feng smiled: "When the pigs are fat, they have to be slaughtered." If the piggy bank is full, it will fall. Liu Jin will make trouble, no matter how happy he is, sooner or later he will not be able to escape the fate of being slaughtered and fallen. ”

"He thinks all day long that the court is a chessboard, and he is a chess player. As everyone knows, there is only one chess player in the imperial court, and that is the emperor. He is just a pawn of the emperor. ”

The next day, there was a turmoil in the Qianqing Palace.

During the reign of the first emperor, he was diligent in his studies. Until the year before his death, there was still a big feast on the fifth day, and a laughing feast on the third day.

After Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, he indulged in hunting. Let him sit firmly in the Qianqing Palace, and listen to the old masters, he can't stand it.

However, the scripture feast is the old calendar of the emperor's administration that has been handed down from the Song Dynasty. Emperor Zhengde can't be abolished.

So he simply changed to a big sutra feast and a small sutra feast once a year.

Today is the date of his own feast.

The keynote speaker of the banquet was Da Confucian, cabinet member Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, today's minister wants to tell the emperor about history." ”

Emperor Zhengde asked, "Oh? I don't know which piece of history Mr. Yang wants to tell? ”

Yang Tinghe replied: "Today's minister wants to talk about the disaster of the ten permanent servants when Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

This is a very sensitive topic.

There have long been rumors in the world that the Eight Tigers of the Ming Dynasty are the ten permanent servants of the Han Dynasty. Liu Jin is Zhang Rang, and Gu Dayong is Zhao Zhong.

The eunuch party is the most taboo to say that the topic of the ten permanent servants.

Yang Tinghe talked about the calamity of the Ten Permanent Servants at the annual feast. Where is this talking about history, it is clearly a slap in the face of Liu Jin.

In the evening of the same day, the celebrant was on duty.

Liu Jin and the members of the Eight Tigers except Zhang Yong heard the content of today's feast, and they all turned blue with anger.

Liu Jin followed the example of the emperors of the Zhu family, slammed the inkstone on the desk, and shouted: "Bully the sky!" ”

Gu Dayong said angrily: "Gonggong Liu is right. Yang Tinghe is deceiving the sky! He actually pointed out that Sang scolded Huai, and insinuated that we people are the ten permanent servants who bring disaster to the country and the people! ”

Qiu Ju said: "If this person is not removed, it will always be a hidden danger for us!" ”

Liu Jin said: "In my opinion, we have to make up our minds!" Since ancient times, the most convenient way to rectify people is the literal prison. Yang Tinghe presided over the revision of the "Records of Filial Piety". ”

According to Zhang Cai, the "Record of Filial Piety" has a total of 1,360,000 and 16 characters. In more than a million words, there are always a few mistakes that are guilty of great disrespect. ”

Gu Dayong echoed: "What Gonggong Liu said is yes! Not to mention a huge record of more than a million words. Even if it is more than 100 words of poetry and songs, if you want to find faults, you can always find faults. ”

"For example, what borrows the past to satirize the present, what vainly discusses the present, what nostalgia for the old dynasty, and what secretly harbors the heart of rebellion."

Liu Jin said: "Leave the problem to the bookworm Jiao Fang." As long as we find a sentence or two of rebellious words, our celebrant will draft a decree to approve the red and transfer Yang Tinghe to Nanjing Sixth Department for retirement. ”

Yang Tinghe is a cabinet member after all. It is unrealistic to kill him and arrest him. At most, he could only be transferred to the Sixth Department in Nanjing, ending his political life.

Gu Dayong hesitated a little: "However, the emperor handed over the matter of drafting the edict to Yang Tinghe." ”

Liu Jin smiled: "Confused, isn't it?" Yang Tinghe can draw up an edict about anyone, but he can't write an edict about himself. This is called 'avoidance'. ”

"The edict he transferred to Nanjing was drafted by our celebrant supervisor, which is a logical thing."

Gu Dayong gave a thumbs up: "Gonggong Liu is high." ”

Wei Bin said: "It's just. . . We plan to transfer Yang Tinghe to Nanjing. What should the emperor say? ”

Liu Jin showed his arrogance at this moment: "Yang Tinghe deliberately wrote wild words when he revised the "Actual Record", which insulted the emperor. To demote him to Nanjing is to vent his anger for the emperor! Let's take care of it! Even if the emperor opposes it, I will dare to argue in front of the emperor at that time! ”

Liu Jin is crazy. He really thinks of himself as an emperor. He forgot that his power was given by Emperor Zhengde. Without the support of Emperor Zhengde, he wouldn't even be a fart.

He now calls himself Cao Cao. But he looked at it, Cao Cao had generals, soldiers, strategists, territory, and food. The soldiers and horses of the entire Central Plains all listened to him and Lord Mengde, and no one listened to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

But in this dynasty, after Emperor Zhengde's operation in the last three years, he was as fierce as a tiger. Whether it is the border army, the inland guard army, or the Beijing camp, they are all now in the hands of the emperor himself.

No matter how powerful you Liu Jin are, no matter how arrogant you are, you are just a marionette in the hands of Emperor Zhengde.

Do you have the capital to fight with Emperor Zhengde?

Liu Jin can't even think through this layer, and deserves to be cut by a thousand knives in the coming year. Naturally, a thousand cuts are an afterthought.

The history books contain: "May of the third year of Zhengde. Liu Jin designed to frame him, because there were rebellious words in the record of filial piety, Yang Tinghe changed to Nanjing Hubu Shangshu. ”

Yang Tinghe's transfer decree was an edict from the group of celebrants, not from the original intention of Emperor Zhengde. But when Emperor Zhengde heard about this, he didn't say a word. It seems that Yang Tinghe has never existed in the DPRK and China.

It seems that compared with the appointment and dismissal of court members, he is more concerned about how many wild pheasants can be hunted tomorrow. Pheasants are more delicious roasted or stewed.

It's just seeming.

Emperor Zhengde is by no means a dumb king. This young man is smart. He must have a deep meaning when he turned a blind eye to Yang Tinghe's affairs.

Liu Jin transferred Yang Tinghe away, and he was even more arrogant: Look, what about the cabinet members? As long as I, Liu Jin, don't look good, and if I want him to get out, he has to go far to Nanjing.

Emperor Da Mingli, I live up to my name!

Liu Jin had this kind of thought, which means that he is almost at the end of his work.

(End of chapter)