The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei
Chapter 206 Li Guang's Case Ends
Chapter 206 Li Guang's Case Ends (Swastika Chapter)
Once upon a time, the young Emperor Hongzhi was pitiful, weak and helpless in the palace.
He had two protectors at court.One is Wynn, and the other is grandmother Zhou.
Emperor Hongzhi's biological mother Ji died early.To him, Zhou's name is grandmother, but he is actually mother.
The attitude of the Empress Dowager Zhou carries great weight with Emperor Hongzhi.
When Chang Feng told him the truth about the "rebellion and rebellion", Emperor Hongzhi had already murdered Li Guang.
But Emperor Hongzhi didn't want to kill Li Guang on the grounds of corruption, accepting bribes or framing the vassal.
Li Guang is someone he values.It is not a glorious thing for the emperor to use a corrupt and cowardly eunuch to write in the history books.
Now, the Empress Dowager Zhou gave him an excellent reason to kill.
The confidant eunuch mistakenly built a pavilion, which broke the Fengshui dragon vein of Longevity Mountain, causing the palace to commit a taboo, die a princess, and catch fire
This has nothing to do with whether the emperor is holy or not.It's just that the eunuchs below made a big mistake by mistake, and they were punished according to the rules.
Emperor Hongzhi was a little surprised, how could it be such a coincidence.I was struggling with how to kill Li Guang, and the emperor's grandmother gave me a golden step to walk?
Emperor Hongzhi asked the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Dare to ask the emperor's grandmother. When did you realize that Yuxiu Pavilion has broken the dragon vein Fengshui?"
The Empress Dowager Zhou replied: "Fortunately, Daoist Zhang of the Jinyiwei entered the palace and asked the Ai family a divination. The Ai family was enlightened by heaven."
"Tang'er, Yuxiu Pavilion must be demolished immediately. Li Guang must be punished immediately. Princess Xianyou is his master. The house slave killed the master, according to palace rules, he should be killed!"
As soon as this remark came out, Emperor Hongzhi immediately understood.
Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself: Taoist Zhang?That is Chang Feng's confidant!
Understood.It was not the emperor's grandmother who gave me the golden steps, but Chang Feng.
What a wind.It's just the roundworm in my stomach.Always able to understand what I think, and send the solution to the matter to me.
Kill Li Guang according to the palace rules?wonderful.The matter became a private affair of the royal family.Foreign ministers have nothing to discuss.
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi said: "Yes, the grandson will listen to the emperor's grandmother."
Turning his head, he ordered Qian Neng, who was accompanying him: "Immediately order the Ministry of Industry to dismantle the Yuxiu Pavilion. I will also pass on an oral order to dismiss Li Guangsi from his post of supervisor of ceremonies and writing."
Qian Neng was also affected by the "Yuyuan Mutiny" and was suspended from his duties as governor for one day.
Qian Neng had already held back his anger at Li Guang: Xiao Mian, we have been doing nothing for so many years, this time you want to snatch the factory guard from me?Even if the emperor agrees, Chang Feng still doesn't agree!
Qian Neng cupped his hands and said: "Yes, Your Majesty. This old servant is going to deliver the decree."
The whole person is whole to the end, and the murder is sent to the west.
Jin Yiwei is on duty.
Qian Ning walked in happily: "Master Chang, the emperor has issued an order!"
Chang Feng drank his tea with a calm expression on his face.More than ten years of career in Jinyiwei has allowed him to develop the temperament of not changing color before the collapse of the mountain.
After Chang Feng took a sip of tea, he put the lid on the teacup and asked, "What's the purpose?"
Qian Ning replied: "The emperor ordered my godfather to go to the Ministry of Industry to issue an order to demolish the Yuxiu Pavilion on Long Live Mountain. In addition, Li Guangsi was dismissed from the post of Ritual Supervisor and Bingbi."
Fatty Xu, who was sitting beside him, shook his fist: "It's done, Master Chang. You are still unpredictable."
Chang Feng said: "It's just a heretic who doesn't see the light. It's nothing to brag about."
"Li Guang only lost his job. It's not enough. We have to add some more material to him."
Qian Ning asked, "What material?"
Chang Feng laughed and said, "The ten crow captains who were buried in the market teahouse by Beizhen Fusi have been idle for a few years, right? Now it's time to let them do their errands."
In the 22nd year of Chenghua, Chang Feng created a rumor and saw the power of rumors.
A few years ago, when Chang Feng was in charge of Weizhong, he specially selected ten captains in Weizhong, named "Crow".These ten people are responsible for spreading rumors.
On weekdays, they spend a lot of money in teahouses in the market, and win over a group of rich and idle friends.
When Chang Feng needs them, they will spread rumors in the teahouses in the market, one spread to ten, ten to hundreds.
Chang Feng took another sip of tea: "Qian Ning, you let the captains of the crows spread a rumor. It is said that Li Guang's family has secretly hidden a copy of the "Longevity Classic" by a sloppy Taoist."
Fatty Xu stretched out his thumb: "Great! There is a method of longevity. It is a taboo to enter the palace without paying tribute and hide it privately. You know, the emperor has been obsessed with the method of longevity for several years!"
On the same day, the crow captains made a rumor with their noses and eyes.
Rumors say that Emperor Hongzhi has respected the sky and loved the people all these years, and God has been moved.God sent a Sanxian Zhang Sloppy to deliver the "Longevity Classic" to Li Guang in the palace diplomacy, asking him to donate it to Emperor Hongzhi.
Li Guang became greedy, and secretly read the "Longevity Sutra" to study the art of immortality.
This rumor has been spread ten times, ten times and millions.It spread throughout the entire capital in almost two days.
Chang Feng's purpose of spreading this rumor is to create public opinion among the people and prepare for Emperor Hongzhi's killing of Li Guang.
Civil officials who compile history, whether now or in the future, will not be interested in such absurd stories that are circulated among the people.
If it is not recorded in the history books, this rumor will not affect the holy name of Emperor Hongzhi.
At night, Li Guangwai's house.
Li Guang hid in the big quilt, shivering.
He is a stupid and bad man.He didn't understand that he had framed King Xing himself, but the emperor didn't say a word.The emperor did not pursue the mutiny at all.
The emperor has kept silent for so many years by seizing the people's fields, accepting bribes, and encroaching on the salt class.
This time, he was dismissed because he built a pavilion in Longevity Mountain.
Gu Dayong walked in: "Godfather, something is wrong. Now it has been spread in the capital. It is said that you have kept the sloppy Taoist's "Longevity Sutra" secretly in the mansion."
Li Guang said angrily: "Which bastard made this rumor. If I want that thing, why don't I present it to the emperor immediately for reward?"
Gu Dayong sighed: "Oh, godfather. Now you are always beating your drums."
"When the ceremonial supervisor held the pen, you promoted many people. You also offended many people."
"I heard that the eunuchs are collaborating in private, saying that they want to jointly submit a paper and suggest that the emperor punish you for your crime!"
Li Guang asked, "What time is it?"
Gu Dayong replied, "It's time."
Li Guangdao: "The Empress has already fallen asleep at this hour. I can't go to Kunning Palace."
"Tomorrow morning, I will go to ask the empress to give me some kind words in front of the emperor."
"Even if I can't become the supervisor of ceremonies and write the pen, at least I will be reduced to a local eunuch. With the status of guarding eunuch, the officials will not dare to think of me."
Li Guang knew Queen Zhang very well.Queen Zhang is a very soft-eared person.
Li Guang is full of confidence.Now that I have lost my position as the supervisor of ceremonies and Bingbi, the empress dowager is out of anger.
I beg Queen Zhang to blow the wind around my pillow.Get a seat to guard the eunuch.Been a local emperor outside for a few years, and after the limelight has passed, try to return to the Supervisor of Rituals.This hurdle is just over!
Li Guang made a good plan.However, man is not as good as God.
Gu Dayong served Li Guang a glass of human daughter wine: "Godfather, you should take a break after drinking this glass of fairy wine."
Li Guang knows how to keep in good health, and he drinks this stuff every day.
Li Guang took the cup and drank it down.After a while, he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood: "Ugh!"
Gu Dayong smiled slightly: "Godfather, don't blame me. It's non-toxic and not a husband!"
Gu Dayong is a ruthless and thoughtful character.
It was he who gave Li Guang the idea of framing King Xing and bringing down Chang Feng.
But when actually operating this matter, he hid far away and did not directly intervene.
That is to say, as long as Li Guang dies, Yu Yuan's frame-up case has nothing to do with Gu Dayong.
Gu Dayong is a person who understands political speculation very well.The old backer has fallen, so it is natural to find a new backer.
Now the eunuchs with the highest status in the palace are Xiao Jing and Qian Neng.
However, these two giants would never accept a person who defected from Li Guang.
In just a few days, Gu Dayong found a new next home, a promising person: Liu Jin.
He took the initiative to find Liu Jin with the bank note, and said that in the future, only Liu Gonggong will follow the lead.
Liu Jin didn't have the cashier's ticket, so she just said meaningfully: "Even if the bandits worship the mountain, they still have to pay for their names."
Gu Dayong pondered: If you don't want money, you need to vote for a certificate?easy to say!
In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Liu Jin was almost killed by Li Guang.The person Liu Jin hates the most is Li Guang.The best nomination certificate is Li Guang's head!
Gu Dayong made up his mind.Oh, Li Guang lost his official position and offended the Empress Dowager.Isn't it reasonable to fear suicide?
In the immortal wine that Li Guang drank, Gu Da used arsenic.
Li Guang stared at Gu Dayong ferociously, he wanted to shout, but the blood gushing from his throat made him unable to make a sound.
After a while, Li Guang lost his breath.
Gu Dayong yelled: "Should live! Eunuch Li vomited blood! He, he, he is dead!"
According to historical records: In the 11th year, Emperor Guangquan built Yuxiu Pavilion on Longevity Mountain.Tingcheng, the young princess died, and soon, the Qingning Palace was disaster.
The Japanese said that Guang Jianting violated the taboo of the age, and the empress dowager said angrily: "Li Guang today, Li Guang tomorrow, it really hurts."Wide fear of suicide.
Half an hour later, Li Guangwai's residence was surrounded by those on the third and outer floors of Jinyiwei.
Chang Feng took Fatty Xu and others and stood in front of Li Guang's bed.
Taoist Zhang tested Li Guang's body with a silver needle: "It's not a rare poison. It's just arsenic."
Chang Feng looked at Gu Dayong who was kneeling on the ground crying bitterly, and asked, "What's going on?"
Gu Dayong said: "Today, as usual, I came to give my godfather immortal wine."
"After a while, I came over to see if my godfather was asleep. I found that my godfather was bleeding from seven orifices. I checked my nose with my hand, and he had passed away."
"Presumably, the godfather was afraid that the empress dowager would blame him, so he added arsenic to the fairy wine and committed suicide."
"Woooooo! Godfather, you died so badly!"
Chang Feng looked at Gu Dayong suspiciously.
Fatty Xu asked, "Master Chang, what should we do?"
Chang Feng said: "Let's take Li Guang's body back to Beizhen Fusi Lianfang first."
Chang Feng doesn't seem to be in a hurry to find out the real cause of Li Guang's death.He didn't stay up late any longer, and went straight home to sleep.
Before dawn the next day, Liu Xiaoyan pushed Chang Feng: "Get up, change clothes, have breakfast, and go to bed early."
Chang Feng rubbed his sleepy eyes: "Just now I dreamed about the night I had a wedding with you. I just took off your pants and woke up from the dream."
Liu Xiaoyan poked Chang Feng's temple with her finger: "I'm an old husband and wife, look at your virtue."
Chang Feng is in a good mood.Li Guang is dead, and the treacherous eunuch has been eliminated.The emperor's holy name will not be affected either.In this battle, he won a complete victory!
The son Chang Ponu, the father-in-law Liu Bingyi, and the concubine Jiu Furen got up late.
Chang Feng came to the dining room alone to have breakfast.
Just soaking the fried juniper in soy milk, a person came to the dining room——Chang Feng's old nephew Liu Jin.
Liu Jin didn't see anyone else, and sat directly opposite Chang Feng, and said to the servant of Chang's family: "Bring me a bowl of soy milk too."
After speaking, he picked up a fried Chinese juniper from the colorful plate: "Little uncle, please do one thing."
Chang Feng said: "What can our uncle and nephew ask for or not? Just ask."
The servant filled the soy milk and put it in front of Liu Jin.
Liu Jin took a sip of soy milk and said calmly, "Li Guang's suicide, my little uncle shouldn't investigate it carefully."
Chang Feng was taken aback for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "It doesn't matter how Li Guang died. It's important that he die."
Liu Jin cast a grateful look at Chang Feng.
Chang Feng said: "A piece of advice. If one day you have the power of Li Guang, don't learn from him."
Liu Jin said hastily: "My nephew will keep in mind my little uncle's teachings."
Heh, Liu Jin's future is not just like that of Li Guang?The outrageous things he did after gaining power, not to mention Li Guang, I am afraid Wang Zhen, a powerful eunuch during the Baozong period, would be ashamed.
Morning of the day.
Xiao Jing shouted at the top of his voice: "Yi!"
Chang Feng came out of the class: "My Majesty, Li Guang, the former supervisor of ceremonies, committed suicide last night in fear of crime."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard the news, he thought to himself: Li Guang is still knowledgeable about current affairs, which saved me a lot of trouble.
He said: "The death of a criminal official is not a pity. There are rumors among the people that Li Guang has secretly hidden the "Longevity Sutra" of the sloppy Taoist."
"I don't believe such absurd rumors."
"Chang Feng, go to Li Guang's mansion and search it carefully. If you can't find it, you can correct people's hearts and calm down the rumors."
Emperor Hongzhi has a good method!
In fact, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about Li Guang's wanton accumulation of money these years, not only because Empress Zhang protected Li Guang.
Another part of the reason is that Emperor Hongzhi regarded Li Guang as a pig.
Pigs are easy to kill when they are fattened up.
Emperor Hongzhi was not greedy for money, but he needed a lot of money to realize his political ambitions—to make the country flourish, the world peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Li Guang's family wealth is naturally one of the countless stepping stones for Emperor Hongzhi to realize his political ambitions.
But Emperor Hongzhi was not good at instructing Chang Feng to copy his family wealth the day after his confidant eunuch committed suicide.That would be suspected of being greedy for money and good goods.
So Emperor Hongzhi made up a reason and asked Chang Feng to search for strange books and break the rumors.
Finding strange books is just an excuse on the surface, and the real purpose is to search Li Guanglei's huge family wealth.
Emperor Hongzhi is too ghostly.
Chang Feng is also a ghost spirit.He immediately understood Emperor Hongzhi's intentions.
Chang Feng cupped his hands: "My minister Chang Feng leads the order."
Chang Feng's forte is to copy property.
He came to Li Guang's outer house in a mighty manner with seven hundred robes to check the capital where Qianhu was located.
Shi Wenyi smiled and said: "Master Chang, in the 22nd year of Chenghua, I am your apprentice who ransacked the house."
"Today you just drink tea and snacks, and chat with Master Xu and Master Qian."
"Leave me the matter of ransacking the house. I'll show you off. It also saves the robes from ridiculing me in private as a 'big guy' who only greets and sends."
Chang Feng smiled and said, "Okay. Let's see how the apprentice I brought out 13 years ago ransacked his home today."
The roof of Li Guang's outer house is more than half the size of the palace.Divided into five houses.Outside the mansion, water from Yuquan Mountain was also used as the Huanfu River.
Chang Feng, Fatty Xu and Qian Ning sat in the stone pavilion in the courtyard, drinking tea and chatting.
Qian Ning said: "Li Guang is dead. The Supervisor of Rituals is short of staff, and the stewardship board of Kunning Palace is also empty."
"I think that Eunuch Zhang Yong and Zhang may join the eunuch. Liu Jin may take over as the steward of Kunning Palace and become a eunuch."
Chang Feng said: "Eunuch Zhang has had a good reputation since ancient times. However, Eunuch Zhang's reputation is not a fake reputation, but a real reputation."
"He is naturally brave and has the talent to lead the army. Wang Shu and Ma Wensheng once commented on him as a 'strong man Zhang'."
"The number of Bingbi who know how to lead troops to fight in the Lijian Supervisor is far better than the many Bingbi who only know how to intrigue and collect money."
Fatty Xu interjected: "Eunuch Zhang is indeed brave. I'm sorry! Last time at the Dongchang Martial Arts Field, he fired a five-stone bow."
"I, the famous 200-jin strongman in Jinyiwei, is ashamed of myself."
Zhang Yong is recognized as first-class regardless of his character and ability.Birds of a feather flock together.Zhang Yong's best friend is Yang Yiqing who raises horses in Shaanxi.
Chang Feng said with a smile: "As for Liu Jin, he entered the palace at the age of six. He has been in the palace for more than 40 years. The official career was not smooth for the first 30 years."
"This time, it's his turn to be promoted to eunuch."
Qian Ning said with a smile: "Liu Jin is your old nephew, Master Chang. He has been promoted, and your face is also bright."
Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Yes. We are all old insiders. I wish he had a good life."
Fatty Xu was gnawing on an oil fruit, and said, "Liu Jin is really good at holding Tangtang. Last summer, Tangtang casually said that he was greedy for deep-fried cicadas."
"Liu Jin, a majestic supervisor in a palace, actually carried a long bamboo pole wrapped in gluten under the sun on a hot day, filling the palace with Tangtang sticky cicadas."
"In the end, I saved five hundred unlucky cicadas, put them in the ice mirror, and sent them to the princess mansion."
Chang Feng said with emotion: "Liu Jin calls her little aunt Tangtang. In fact, I know in my heart that he regards her as his daughter!"
Everyone chatted for an hour.
Shi Wenyi walked over excitedly, holding four thick account books in his hand: "Master Chang, Li Guang really doesn't shy away from it, whether he accepts bribes or fights for profits with the people, he has kept clear accounts."
Chang Feng took over the account book and flipped through it. It was written on a certain day in a certain year, how many stones of "white rice" and how many stones of "yellow rice" were given by a certain official.
Everyone in the government and the public knows that this is a secret language for bribery to Li Guang.White rice is silver and yellow rice is gold.
Chang Feng said: "Let Ding Da abacus come over. Get the total number."
Ding Dasuan, the accountant, came over, and Chang Feng gave up his seat for him.
Ding Dasuan put down the guy who was eating, and the abacus dialed quickly.
Although Ding Dabai was proficient in business calculations, Li Guanghai's massive bribery accounts still took him a whole hour to calculate.
Just an hour.Ding Dabaan pointed to the abacus beads: "Li Guang's family wealth, the total amount of silver is 31 taels. Gold is 1 taels."
Chang Feng was very surprised: "So many?"
You know, in the 22nd year of Chenghua, Chang Feng copied 3 taels of stolen silver from Cai Shilang's mansion, which is an astronomical figure.
At that time, the emperor's internal transport warehouse only had 3 taels of silver in it.
In the 12 years since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was in prosperity, and the commerce in the south of the Yangtze River was booming.
The chain reaction caused by the rise of commerce is that the smuggling trade is more rampant.
A huge amount of Japanese silver and Western silver flowed into Daming.As a result, the circulation of silver in Ming Dynasty increased year by year.
If this is the case, it is still a bit sensational for a supervisor of rites to collect several 10 taels of silver.
Fatty Xu exclaimed: "I'm a motherfucker. This Li Guang is really good at fishing!"
Li Guang's mansion is so big, it is naturally difficult to copy it.
For a whole day, Shi Wenyi only completed the three collections of cellar, wall and eaves in the "Eight Collections of Home Copying".
Copy out banknotes and cash totaling 5 taels, and 1000 taels of gold.
It is still far from Li Guang's account figures.
In the evening, Chang Feng arranged the night duty, and was just about to leave Li Guangwai's house to go home, when Li Dongyang, a member of the cabinet, came.
Li Dongyang cupped his hands towards Chang Feng: "Master Chang, you are getting rich."
Chang Feng said with a smile: "You can't talk nonsense. It's the imperial court who made a fortune."
Li Dongyang nodded: "Yes, the court made a fortune. How about it, how much money was copied?"
Chang Feng replied: "Silver note, [-] cash in cash. [-] gold."
Li Dongyang clapped his hands: "Hey! Good! This spring, the little Tatar prince intends to invade Helan Mountain. The military situation in the Northwest is like a fire, and a huge amount of military pay and food is needed."
"This unexpected fortune can solve the urgent needs of the Ministry of Accounting."
Chang Feng asked: "Does the emperor have a decree to confiscate Li Guang's family wealth into the Taicang treasury?"
Li Dongyang said solemnly: "The emperor gave an order. All the gold and silver from the mansion of Li Guang, the criminal eunuch, will be put into the Taicang treasury. The rest of the land and treasures will be sold off and put into the treasury."
Chang Feng was surprised: "One tael won't go into the inner warehouse?"
Li Dongyang said from the bottom of his heart: "Long live today is a wise king through the ages. He never considers the amount of silver stored in the house. He only considers the national treasury."
"Chang Feng, you are really capable. You copied [-] silver and [-] gold in one day. You are worthy of being a family copyist."
Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "This amount of money is only a small part of Li Guang's family wealth. We copied out a general ledger."
"It is recorded on the general ledger that Li Guang's family wealth is 31 taels of silver and 1 taels of gold."
When Li Dongyang heard this number, he shook his fist fiercely: "Giant beetle!"
Chang Feng said: "Mr. Li Ge, tomorrow morning you should ask the Ministry of Accounts to send someone to deliver the money that has been confiscated."
"I assure the cabinet that within three days, one or two of Li Guang's family wealth will be fine, and all will be handed over to the state treasury."
Since ancient times, FLAG cannot be set up randomly.
The next day, the inspection of Liang Zang, Jing Zang and Dung Zang was completed.Another 2000 silver and [-] taels of gold.
At noon on the third day, the inspection of Banzang, Fanmingcai, and Yizang was completed.Get [-] silver.
There is still a difference of 18 taels of silver and 7000 taels of gold from the book figures of Li Guang's family wealth!
Chang Feng was a little anxious, so he went off in person and went through Ba Zang's house raiding process again.
Yet nothing was found.
Chang Feng was puzzled: "Could it be that part of Li Guang's property is hidden elsewhere?"
Qian Ning suggested: "Should I ask Gu Dayong?"
Chang Feng nodded: "Well, go and find Gu Dayong."
Not long after, Gu Dayong came before Chang Feng.Gu Dayong deliberately wore a belt embroidered with lotuses.
Chang Tian loves to embroider belts when he is free in the princess mansion.Embroider more than a dozen pieces a month and give them away.Lotus and lotus patterns are the logos of "Made by Chang Tian".
Gu Dayong took refuge in Liu Jin.Liu Jin gave him a belt embroidered by Chang Tian.And told him to change into Jin Yiwei when he saw Mr. Chang.
When Chang Feng saw the belt, he knew that Gu Dayong was now Liu Jin's man.
Chang Feng asked: "Eunuch Gu, you have served Li Guang for many years. Is part of his family wealth hidden elsewhere?"
Gu Dayong replied truthfully: "Master Chang, Li Guang's family wealth is hidden in this outer house. He is very confident and thinks that he will never fail. He never thought that there would be a day when his house would be ransacked."
Chang Feng frowned: "That's weird. It's 18 taels of silver and 7000 taels of gold. Where can it be hidden?"
"Silver may be exchanged for silver bills, which are easy to hide. But Daming's bank does not accept gold, and there is no such thing as gold bills."
"Where did the whole pile of gold go, then?"
Gu Dayong said: "Li Guang regards money as his life. He never tells me anything about gold and silver."
The doctor sent by the household department said to Chang Feng: "Master Chang, the three-day limit is what you said, not the emperor's limit. I think our people from the household department will go back today and come back tomorrow."
The doctor's eyes seemed to say: "Xiaogou, can you do it?"
Chang Feng said: "Success! Gao Langzhong, please come back first."
Shi Wenyi asked Chang Feng: "Master Chang, what should we do?"
Chang Feng replied: "This time I lost face in front of the people in the household department. The loss of face is small, but the uneven copying of dirty money is big."
"There is no other way. We can only add more people and dig three feet. Tomorrow, we will send another thousand warriors from the guard to search carefully together with Pao Ze, who is inspecting the Qianhu Office."
It is an old rule of the Jinyiwei not to raid the house at sunset.
Chang Feng returned to the mansion.Chang Tian led Yibin Huang Yuan back to her mother's house for dinner.
Chang Feng asked Chang Tian: "Didn't you bring Jian Jian?"
Chang Tian replied: "Jianjian is still young, so he can't blow the wind. He is taken by the nanny in the house."
Liu Xiaoyan said: "All the dishes are ready, we are waiting for you, the head of the family. Go to the dining room, let's talk while eating."
The family sat down.
Chang Feng said casually: "Today is considered to be broken in front of the people of the household department. In three days, Li Guang's family wealth has not been confiscated."
"It's also fortunate that Li Guang left a ledger. Otherwise, the house raid would be over. 10,000+ taels of silver, a few thousand taels of gold will never see the light of day."
Liu Bingyi said: "You ransacked the house yourself, but you didn't copy everything?"
Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Yes. I don't know if Li Guang has other methods of Tibetan silver than the Eight Tibetans."
"It doesn't matter. Just search slowly and carefully. After half a month of searching, I don't believe that I can't find all of Li Guang's dirty money."
Chang Tian said: "Brother, we're all home now, so don't talk about your official duties."
Chang Feng took a sip of his wine: "Yes. Brother-in-law, what have you been up to at home recently?"
Huang Yuan replied: "Writing letters and poetry with the literati in Jiangnan. Recently, four young talents have appeared in Jiangnan, and their poems are outstanding."
Huang Yuan, this Yibin, is a royal vase to put it bluntly. He doesn't have any errands, and spends all day at home dancing and writing.
Huang Yuan brought some dishes to Chang Tian and said, "Those four young talents are known as the Four Great Talents in Jiangnan. They are Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming, Zhu Zhishan, and Xu Zhenqing."
"By the way, they sent a letter the day before yesterday. It said that the four of them were drunk by the river, and each of them wrote a doggerel together."
"This doggerel is really ridiculous. I'll read it to my brother-in-law as a way to cheer up the drink."
Chang Feng said: "Okay, read it."
Huang Yuan smiled and said: "A flock of geese on the mountain, booing to drive them into the river. Falling into the river to catch the geese will cure hunger."
Chang Feng asked, "What about the fourth sentence?"
Huang Yuan held back his laughter: "The fourth sentence is a bit vulgar, it's unbearable."
Chang Feng said: "Don't be a fool, you kid. Read it quickly."
Huang Yuan restrained his smile, and said the fourth line of the doggerel in a serious manner: "It's better to go home and play with your wife!"
"Pfft!" Chang Feng took a sip of the wine and sprayed it directly on the table.
Liu Bingyi laughed so much that his beard turned up.
Ninth Madam and Liu Xiaoyan also covered their mouths and smiled lightly.
Chang Ponu clutched his stomach: "Hahaha, play with your wife, play with your wife!"
Chang Tian slapped his nephew lightly: "How old are you. Don't talk nonsense like adults."
Chang Feng finally stopped laughing.He said: "I don't know how these four people make stereotyped arts and decent poetry. But they are really interesting."
Huang Yuandao: "Brother-in-law, do the Four Great Talents get their name in vain? They are also top-notch in stereotyped art."
"Jiangnan Township Examination this fall, next year the capital will open the Spring Festival. Maybe some of them will be ranked first."
Chang Feng nodded: "Yes. To make such interesting doggerel, they should not be rotten Confucians. The last thing the imperial court needs are rotten Confucians."
"I hope they can be named on the gold list next year. Alas, I don't expect it anymore. I will follow the Tribute Academy and return to Luosunshan."
After the morning court the next day, Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei, and changed into the soap clothes worn by his family.Leading the little two thousand robes, they came to Li Guang's outer house in a mighty manner.
Everyone was almost digging three feet into the ground.After working for a long time, I still haven't found a piece of cash, a bank note, or a gold ingot.
Gu Dayong acted as the leading party and also came to help.But he, the leading party, didn't help at all.
Chang Feng was puzzled: "It's really weird, where did all the stolen money go?"
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, don't you want to tear down the whole mansion to find dirty money?"
"It will take at least a month to demolish such a big house."
"Besides, this house is also stolen property. It can be reserved for the emperor to reward others. It's a pity to demolish it."
Chang Feng said: "Let's go up to the pavilion and have a look."
In the middle courtyard, there is a pavilion.About three feet high.Climbing on the pavilion, you can overlook Yuquan Mountain, and you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the suburbs of Beijing.
Everyone went to the pavilion.
Chang Feng said: "This guy Li Guang is really enjoying himself! The location of the outer house is well chosen, and the pavilion is well built. The beautiful scenery is really eye-catching."
He looked down at the ground below.Digging three feet made this respectable house pitted.
Chang Feng said to himself: "Where is it missing?"
Suddenly, Chang Feng's gaze focused on the Huanfu River that surrounds the mansion.
Chang Feng said: "It will take a lot of manpower to bring the water from Yuquan Mountain here."
Gu Dayong answered: "At that time, there were [-] people who worked together for a whole year."
"The dog Li Guang is really daring. The water from Yuquan Mountain is used by the royal family. But he attracted it to be the Huanfu River."
A few days ago, Gu Dayong was still a "godfather", but now he has become "Dog Li Guang".
Chang Feng suddenly sensed something was wrong: "The city has a moat to guard against foreign enemies."
"It took a huge amount of manpower and material resources to build a Huanfu River, is it just for eye-catching?"
"Gu Dayong, how deep is this Huanfu Creek?"
Gu Dayong replied, "It's one foot deep. It's called a brook, but it's actually similar to a small river. Li Guang, the dog, had better go on a boat on the brook before he was alive."
Chang Feng became interested: "Cruise boat?"
Gu Dayong replied: "Exactly. As long as he returns to the outer house, he will get on a small boat and paddle alone. It is said that the water is quiet, so it is convenient to think about things."
"Sometimes he stays on board for a while before supper. Go back to the house and have supper, and then go to the boat for a while."
"Oh, I remembered. He likes to throw stones in the boat."
Chang Feng was even more surprised: "Will you use stones?"
Gu Dayong replied: "Yes. He said that he was afraid that the people below would disturb him to think about things, so he asked us to stand far away."
"We could hear the 'boom' of stones falling into the water."
Chang Feng turned his head and stared at Gu Dayong: "How can you be sure that he threw a stone?"
Gu Dayong was taken aback: "What else can it be if it's not a stone?"
Chang Feng asked back: "Could it be silver?"
Gu Dayong took a deep breath: "Don't say it. It might be silver. He likes to board the boat at night. It's dark, and those of us who serve him are far away, so we can't see clearly."
"But there is no one in the world who throws silver into the water. We all thought it was a stone."
Chang Feng said: "Go to the Ministry of Industry, let the Ministry of Industry send an expert in water control!"
An hour later, the Ministry of Industry sent a doctor named Zhang Yuanning.This person is an apprentice brought out by Bai Ang, the water-controlling minister.
Qian Ning brought Zhang Yuanning to the pavilion.
Chang Feng asked Zhang Yuanning: "Mr. Zhang, is there any way to dry up the water of Huanfu Creek so that the bottom of the stream can see the sky?"
Zhang Yuanning set up a pergola and looked around.
Then he said: "It's very simple. Block the diversion channel upstream and cut off its source."
"The terrain in the east is low. Dig a diversion canal to release its water."
Chang Feng asked, "How many days will this project take? How many civilian workers will be used?"
Zhang Yuanning replied: "It is difficult to divert water, but easy to release it. It only takes a thousand people, and the Halofu Creek can be released in one day."
Chang Feng said: "That's good. It's getting late today. I'll send someone to Shuntian Mansion to tell them to call in a thousand civilians tomorrow and let you command Zhang Langzhong."
Master Chang of Jinyiwei sent a message, how dare the officials of Shuntian Mansion be negligent?
In the early morning of the next day, a thousand civilian husbands came outside Li Guang's mansion.
Zhang Yuanning assigned tasks in an orderly manner.
Chang Feng and the others spread a white cloth by the stream and sat on the ground.Playing the leaf card while waiting for the stream to drain.
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, isn't it for nothing? Li Guang will throw gold and silver into the water?"
"People often say, 'Take money for nothing'. Li Guang wouldn't really do that, would he?"
Chang Feng looked at the leaf card in his hand and said, "I can't tell. I just think this Huanfu River is weird."
Chang Feng was born as a confiscator, and has an extremely sensitive intuition for gold and silver.
This time, whether the intuition is effective or not will be known before evening.
Zhang Yuanning is worthy of being Bai Ang's student, and he did a good job finding the leak point.The upstream aqueduct was also blocked.
In the afternoon, the Huanfu Creek, which was one zhang deep, had leaked down to the calf of the person.
Chang Feng, who had just finished playing the cards, glanced at Huanfuxi, this glance didn't matter, he directly threw the leaf cards in his hand.
Chang Feng stood up and pointed to Huanfu River: "Look!"
Fatty Xu was surprised: "Why is there silver light? It seems that there is silver in the water!"
Chang Feng took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and got into the water himself.He touched it with his hand and found a silver collar.
Fatty Xu was overjoyed by the water: "Hey! There is really silver in the water! What kind of Huanfu Creek is this? It's clearly a Milky Way!"
It turned out that Li Guang went back and forth to the boat twice every night just to throw gold and silver into the bottom of the river.
Every time you throw 50 taels, you get a hundred taels twice.After more than ten years, 10,000+ taels of silver and several thousand taels of gold have become part of the stream.
As for why Li Guang has the habit of throwing away gold and silver, and why he does so, only he knows.
Chang Feng greeted everyone: "Let the brothers go into the water to touch gold and silver. This is much more interesting than fishing!"
"Once the water is out, you can't touch gold and silver, you can only pick them up! Picking up is no fun."
All the brocade-clothed guards took off their shoes one after another and entered the water.
They played and touched gold and silver in the water like children.
Chang Feng shouted: "Brothers, those who touch the gold will have good luck this year and have a pair of twins, haha!"
Fatty Xu shouted: "I'm touching a golden lock!"
After finishing speaking, he threw a golden key to the shore.
None of the abacus masters at the Accounting Office went into the water.On the shore, they collected silver ingots, silver pegs, and gold pegs into wooden boxes and recorded the numbers.
After two moments of effort, all the water in the Huanfu Creek was drained, and the creek was in full view.
Every ten or twenty steps in the stream, there is a piece of silver or gold.
The five big and three rough men in Jinyiwei have changed from fishing babies to little girls picking mushrooms.
Like picking mushrooms, they straddle the basket to pick up gold and silver.
Finally, before evening, all the gold and silver were touched and collected.
A total of about 18 taels of silver and about 7000 taels of gold were obtained.
Chang Feng was afraid that his brothers, the servants of Shuntian Mansion, would become greedy and hide them.After collecting the gold and silver, he ordered everyone to search each other.
Sure enough, money is touching.A total of more than [-] people were found in private possession.All civilian husbands who hide it privately will be reprimanded and let go.
Anyone who hides brocade and guard robes privately will be punished with a staff of thirty.Those who are above the school lieutenant level will be demoted one level.
Ding Dasuan, the accountant, came to Chang Feng's side: "Master Chang, the total amount of gold and silver we copied in five days has matched Li Guang's account, and it fits perfectly!"
Chang Feng said with a smile: "This errand can be regarded as completed. Let the Ministry of Households send someone to hand it over immediately. Let's send people to escort and return the stolen money to the state treasury, take it from the people, and use it for the people."
Qian Ning said: "Master Chang, you should go to the palace and inform the emperor that the search of Li's residence has been completed."
After making meritorious service, it is natural to show meritorious service.
Chang Feng nodded: "Success. After handing over to the household department, I will enter the palace with the account book."
The handover with the household department went very smoothly.Hubu Shangshu Zhou Jing came in person, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
Since January of this year, the situation in the Northwest has changed suddenly, and the expenditure on military pay has increased sharply.
The huge fortune that Li Guang saved for Emperor Hongzhi can be regarded as relieving the pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs.
After the handover, Chang Feng got on his horse and was about to enter the palace to show his merits to Emperor Hongzhi: How about it, it must be our old Chang, right?The case of mutiny and framing was solved overnight, and King Xing was innocent.
In five days, another 31 taels of silver and 1 taels of gold were copied out for the court.
Your Majesty, should you give me back some of the power you took away from me this time?
At this moment, more than a dozen official sedan chairs appeared in Chang Feng's sight.
After a while, the official sedan chair stopped.Most of the officials who got off the sedan chair were the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Vice Metropolitan Court, the Qian Court, and the Vice Metropolitan Court.
The leader is Zuodu Yushi Mingui.
Chang Feng cupped his hands: "Mindu Courtyard, why are you here?"
Min Yu said: "The Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to hand over the gold and silver from Li Guangwai's house. We all came to the procuratorate to hand over the letters from Li Guangwai's house."
"Those who have correspondence with the treacherous eunuch Li Guang are all clinging to the powerful and unworthy of being officials. We all want to be impeached by the Procuratorate."
The generals of Ming Dynasty like to fight.Because you can be promoted in battle, and you can also behead someone in exchange for rewards.
The censor of Ming Dynasty liked ginseng.Because if you are defeated, you can be promoted, and you can also win the reputation of sweeping out traitors.
The heads of these gangs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are here to seek promotion and fame for their censor.
Chang Feng knew that there were too many nobles and high-ranking officials who had contacts with Li Guang.
A large part of them did not intend to cling to Li Guang, but were afraid of Li Guang's power.I had to have a relationship with him against my conscience.
Once the letter from the Li Mansion is handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.This group of speech officials who don't write papers for a day are bound to set off a shocking case.
This is what Emperor Hongzhi does not want to see, and it is what Chang Feng has been trying to avoid.
Chang Feng made up a lie: "I'm sorry, Mindu Courtyard. The Li Mansion was on fire last night, and the copied letters were burned."
Chang Feng was imitating his master, Emperor Hongzhi, by talking nonsense and being a rascal with his eyes open.
Min Gui's face changed when he heard the words: "What? Burned?"
Chang Feng nodded: "That's right. I was so angry that I spared a hundred households who didn't take good care of them."
Min Gui frowned and looked at Chang Feng: "Whether it was really burned or fake. Only God knows."
"Chang Feng, I want to participate in your negligence of duty."
Chang Feng said with a smile: "Participating is the job of the Mindu Academy. You just need to participate. As for whether to punish me, it depends on the emperor's sanction."
Min Gui was so angry: "Okay. Let's wait and see!"
Chang Feng got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly, and went to the palace with the account book to show his merits and receive the reward.
(End of this chapter)
Once upon a time, the young Emperor Hongzhi was pitiful, weak and helpless in the palace.
He had two protectors at court.One is Wynn, and the other is grandmother Zhou.
Emperor Hongzhi's biological mother Ji died early.To him, Zhou's name is grandmother, but he is actually mother.
The attitude of the Empress Dowager Zhou carries great weight with Emperor Hongzhi.
When Chang Feng told him the truth about the "rebellion and rebellion", Emperor Hongzhi had already murdered Li Guang.
But Emperor Hongzhi didn't want to kill Li Guang on the grounds of corruption, accepting bribes or framing the vassal.
Li Guang is someone he values.It is not a glorious thing for the emperor to use a corrupt and cowardly eunuch to write in the history books.
Now, the Empress Dowager Zhou gave him an excellent reason to kill.
The confidant eunuch mistakenly built a pavilion, which broke the Fengshui dragon vein of Longevity Mountain, causing the palace to commit a taboo, die a princess, and catch fire
This has nothing to do with whether the emperor is holy or not.It's just that the eunuchs below made a big mistake by mistake, and they were punished according to the rules.
Emperor Hongzhi was a little surprised, how could it be such a coincidence.I was struggling with how to kill Li Guang, and the emperor's grandmother gave me a golden step to walk?
Emperor Hongzhi asked the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Dare to ask the emperor's grandmother. When did you realize that Yuxiu Pavilion has broken the dragon vein Fengshui?"
The Empress Dowager Zhou replied: "Fortunately, Daoist Zhang of the Jinyiwei entered the palace and asked the Ai family a divination. The Ai family was enlightened by heaven."
"Tang'er, Yuxiu Pavilion must be demolished immediately. Li Guang must be punished immediately. Princess Xianyou is his master. The house slave killed the master, according to palace rules, he should be killed!"
As soon as this remark came out, Emperor Hongzhi immediately understood.
Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself: Taoist Zhang?That is Chang Feng's confidant!
Understood.It was not the emperor's grandmother who gave me the golden steps, but Chang Feng.
What a wind.It's just the roundworm in my stomach.Always able to understand what I think, and send the solution to the matter to me.
Kill Li Guang according to the palace rules?wonderful.The matter became a private affair of the royal family.Foreign ministers have nothing to discuss.
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi said: "Yes, the grandson will listen to the emperor's grandmother."
Turning his head, he ordered Qian Neng, who was accompanying him: "Immediately order the Ministry of Industry to dismantle the Yuxiu Pavilion. I will also pass on an oral order to dismiss Li Guangsi from his post of supervisor of ceremonies and writing."
Qian Neng was also affected by the "Yuyuan Mutiny" and was suspended from his duties as governor for one day.
Qian Neng had already held back his anger at Li Guang: Xiao Mian, we have been doing nothing for so many years, this time you want to snatch the factory guard from me?Even if the emperor agrees, Chang Feng still doesn't agree!
Qian Neng cupped his hands and said: "Yes, Your Majesty. This old servant is going to deliver the decree."
The whole person is whole to the end, and the murder is sent to the west.
Jin Yiwei is on duty.
Qian Ning walked in happily: "Master Chang, the emperor has issued an order!"
Chang Feng drank his tea with a calm expression on his face.More than ten years of career in Jinyiwei has allowed him to develop the temperament of not changing color before the collapse of the mountain.
After Chang Feng took a sip of tea, he put the lid on the teacup and asked, "What's the purpose?"
Qian Ning replied: "The emperor ordered my godfather to go to the Ministry of Industry to issue an order to demolish the Yuxiu Pavilion on Long Live Mountain. In addition, Li Guangsi was dismissed from the post of Ritual Supervisor and Bingbi."
Fatty Xu, who was sitting beside him, shook his fist: "It's done, Master Chang. You are still unpredictable."
Chang Feng said: "It's just a heretic who doesn't see the light. It's nothing to brag about."
"Li Guang only lost his job. It's not enough. We have to add some more material to him."
Qian Ning asked, "What material?"
Chang Feng laughed and said, "The ten crow captains who were buried in the market teahouse by Beizhen Fusi have been idle for a few years, right? Now it's time to let them do their errands."
In the 22nd year of Chenghua, Chang Feng created a rumor and saw the power of rumors.
A few years ago, when Chang Feng was in charge of Weizhong, he specially selected ten captains in Weizhong, named "Crow".These ten people are responsible for spreading rumors.
On weekdays, they spend a lot of money in teahouses in the market, and win over a group of rich and idle friends.
When Chang Feng needs them, they will spread rumors in the teahouses in the market, one spread to ten, ten to hundreds.
Chang Feng took another sip of tea: "Qian Ning, you let the captains of the crows spread a rumor. It is said that Li Guang's family has secretly hidden a copy of the "Longevity Classic" by a sloppy Taoist."
Fatty Xu stretched out his thumb: "Great! There is a method of longevity. It is a taboo to enter the palace without paying tribute and hide it privately. You know, the emperor has been obsessed with the method of longevity for several years!"
On the same day, the crow captains made a rumor with their noses and eyes.
Rumors say that Emperor Hongzhi has respected the sky and loved the people all these years, and God has been moved.God sent a Sanxian Zhang Sloppy to deliver the "Longevity Classic" to Li Guang in the palace diplomacy, asking him to donate it to Emperor Hongzhi.
Li Guang became greedy, and secretly read the "Longevity Sutra" to study the art of immortality.
This rumor has been spread ten times, ten times and millions.It spread throughout the entire capital in almost two days.
Chang Feng's purpose of spreading this rumor is to create public opinion among the people and prepare for Emperor Hongzhi's killing of Li Guang.
Civil officials who compile history, whether now or in the future, will not be interested in such absurd stories that are circulated among the people.
If it is not recorded in the history books, this rumor will not affect the holy name of Emperor Hongzhi.
At night, Li Guangwai's house.
Li Guang hid in the big quilt, shivering.
He is a stupid and bad man.He didn't understand that he had framed King Xing himself, but the emperor didn't say a word.The emperor did not pursue the mutiny at all.
The emperor has kept silent for so many years by seizing the people's fields, accepting bribes, and encroaching on the salt class.
This time, he was dismissed because he built a pavilion in Longevity Mountain.
Gu Dayong walked in: "Godfather, something is wrong. Now it has been spread in the capital. It is said that you have kept the sloppy Taoist's "Longevity Sutra" secretly in the mansion."
Li Guang said angrily: "Which bastard made this rumor. If I want that thing, why don't I present it to the emperor immediately for reward?"
Gu Dayong sighed: "Oh, godfather. Now you are always beating your drums."
"When the ceremonial supervisor held the pen, you promoted many people. You also offended many people."
"I heard that the eunuchs are collaborating in private, saying that they want to jointly submit a paper and suggest that the emperor punish you for your crime!"
Li Guang asked, "What time is it?"
Gu Dayong replied, "It's time."
Li Guangdao: "The Empress has already fallen asleep at this hour. I can't go to Kunning Palace."
"Tomorrow morning, I will go to ask the empress to give me some kind words in front of the emperor."
"Even if I can't become the supervisor of ceremonies and write the pen, at least I will be reduced to a local eunuch. With the status of guarding eunuch, the officials will not dare to think of me."
Li Guang knew Queen Zhang very well.Queen Zhang is a very soft-eared person.
Li Guang is full of confidence.Now that I have lost my position as the supervisor of ceremonies and Bingbi, the empress dowager is out of anger.
I beg Queen Zhang to blow the wind around my pillow.Get a seat to guard the eunuch.Been a local emperor outside for a few years, and after the limelight has passed, try to return to the Supervisor of Rituals.This hurdle is just over!
Li Guang made a good plan.However, man is not as good as God.
Gu Dayong served Li Guang a glass of human daughter wine: "Godfather, you should take a break after drinking this glass of fairy wine."
Li Guang knows how to keep in good health, and he drinks this stuff every day.
Li Guang took the cup and drank it down.After a while, he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood: "Ugh!"
Gu Dayong smiled slightly: "Godfather, don't blame me. It's non-toxic and not a husband!"
Gu Dayong is a ruthless and thoughtful character.
It was he who gave Li Guang the idea of framing King Xing and bringing down Chang Feng.
But when actually operating this matter, he hid far away and did not directly intervene.
That is to say, as long as Li Guang dies, Yu Yuan's frame-up case has nothing to do with Gu Dayong.
Gu Dayong is a person who understands political speculation very well.The old backer has fallen, so it is natural to find a new backer.
Now the eunuchs with the highest status in the palace are Xiao Jing and Qian Neng.
However, these two giants would never accept a person who defected from Li Guang.
In just a few days, Gu Dayong found a new next home, a promising person: Liu Jin.
He took the initiative to find Liu Jin with the bank note, and said that in the future, only Liu Gonggong will follow the lead.
Liu Jin didn't have the cashier's ticket, so she just said meaningfully: "Even if the bandits worship the mountain, they still have to pay for their names."
Gu Dayong pondered: If you don't want money, you need to vote for a certificate?easy to say!
In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Liu Jin was almost killed by Li Guang.The person Liu Jin hates the most is Li Guang.The best nomination certificate is Li Guang's head!
Gu Dayong made up his mind.Oh, Li Guang lost his official position and offended the Empress Dowager.Isn't it reasonable to fear suicide?
In the immortal wine that Li Guang drank, Gu Da used arsenic.
Li Guang stared at Gu Dayong ferociously, he wanted to shout, but the blood gushing from his throat made him unable to make a sound.
After a while, Li Guang lost his breath.
Gu Dayong yelled: "Should live! Eunuch Li vomited blood! He, he, he is dead!"
According to historical records: In the 11th year, Emperor Guangquan built Yuxiu Pavilion on Longevity Mountain.Tingcheng, the young princess died, and soon, the Qingning Palace was disaster.
The Japanese said that Guang Jianting violated the taboo of the age, and the empress dowager said angrily: "Li Guang today, Li Guang tomorrow, it really hurts."Wide fear of suicide.
Half an hour later, Li Guangwai's residence was surrounded by those on the third and outer floors of Jinyiwei.
Chang Feng took Fatty Xu and others and stood in front of Li Guang's bed.
Taoist Zhang tested Li Guang's body with a silver needle: "It's not a rare poison. It's just arsenic."
Chang Feng looked at Gu Dayong who was kneeling on the ground crying bitterly, and asked, "What's going on?"
Gu Dayong said: "Today, as usual, I came to give my godfather immortal wine."
"After a while, I came over to see if my godfather was asleep. I found that my godfather was bleeding from seven orifices. I checked my nose with my hand, and he had passed away."
"Presumably, the godfather was afraid that the empress dowager would blame him, so he added arsenic to the fairy wine and committed suicide."
"Woooooo! Godfather, you died so badly!"
Chang Feng looked at Gu Dayong suspiciously.
Fatty Xu asked, "Master Chang, what should we do?"
Chang Feng said: "Let's take Li Guang's body back to Beizhen Fusi Lianfang first."
Chang Feng doesn't seem to be in a hurry to find out the real cause of Li Guang's death.He didn't stay up late any longer, and went straight home to sleep.
Before dawn the next day, Liu Xiaoyan pushed Chang Feng: "Get up, change clothes, have breakfast, and go to bed early."
Chang Feng rubbed his sleepy eyes: "Just now I dreamed about the night I had a wedding with you. I just took off your pants and woke up from the dream."
Liu Xiaoyan poked Chang Feng's temple with her finger: "I'm an old husband and wife, look at your virtue."
Chang Feng is in a good mood.Li Guang is dead, and the treacherous eunuch has been eliminated.The emperor's holy name will not be affected either.In this battle, he won a complete victory!
The son Chang Ponu, the father-in-law Liu Bingyi, and the concubine Jiu Furen got up late.
Chang Feng came to the dining room alone to have breakfast.
Just soaking the fried juniper in soy milk, a person came to the dining room——Chang Feng's old nephew Liu Jin.
Liu Jin didn't see anyone else, and sat directly opposite Chang Feng, and said to the servant of Chang's family: "Bring me a bowl of soy milk too."
After speaking, he picked up a fried Chinese juniper from the colorful plate: "Little uncle, please do one thing."
Chang Feng said: "What can our uncle and nephew ask for or not? Just ask."
The servant filled the soy milk and put it in front of Liu Jin.
Liu Jin took a sip of soy milk and said calmly, "Li Guang's suicide, my little uncle shouldn't investigate it carefully."
Chang Feng was taken aback for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "It doesn't matter how Li Guang died. It's important that he die."
Liu Jin cast a grateful look at Chang Feng.
Chang Feng said: "A piece of advice. If one day you have the power of Li Guang, don't learn from him."
Liu Jin said hastily: "My nephew will keep in mind my little uncle's teachings."
Heh, Liu Jin's future is not just like that of Li Guang?The outrageous things he did after gaining power, not to mention Li Guang, I am afraid Wang Zhen, a powerful eunuch during the Baozong period, would be ashamed.
Morning of the day.
Xiao Jing shouted at the top of his voice: "Yi!"
Chang Feng came out of the class: "My Majesty, Li Guang, the former supervisor of ceremonies, committed suicide last night in fear of crime."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard the news, he thought to himself: Li Guang is still knowledgeable about current affairs, which saved me a lot of trouble.
He said: "The death of a criminal official is not a pity. There are rumors among the people that Li Guang has secretly hidden the "Longevity Sutra" of the sloppy Taoist."
"I don't believe such absurd rumors."
"Chang Feng, go to Li Guang's mansion and search it carefully. If you can't find it, you can correct people's hearts and calm down the rumors."
Emperor Hongzhi has a good method!
In fact, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about Li Guang's wanton accumulation of money these years, not only because Empress Zhang protected Li Guang.
Another part of the reason is that Emperor Hongzhi regarded Li Guang as a pig.
Pigs are easy to kill when they are fattened up.
Emperor Hongzhi was not greedy for money, but he needed a lot of money to realize his political ambitions—to make the country flourish, the world peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Li Guang's family wealth is naturally one of the countless stepping stones for Emperor Hongzhi to realize his political ambitions.
But Emperor Hongzhi was not good at instructing Chang Feng to copy his family wealth the day after his confidant eunuch committed suicide.That would be suspected of being greedy for money and good goods.
So Emperor Hongzhi made up a reason and asked Chang Feng to search for strange books and break the rumors.
Finding strange books is just an excuse on the surface, and the real purpose is to search Li Guanglei's huge family wealth.
Emperor Hongzhi is too ghostly.
Chang Feng is also a ghost spirit.He immediately understood Emperor Hongzhi's intentions.
Chang Feng cupped his hands: "My minister Chang Feng leads the order."
Chang Feng's forte is to copy property.
He came to Li Guang's outer house in a mighty manner with seven hundred robes to check the capital where Qianhu was located.
Shi Wenyi smiled and said: "Master Chang, in the 22nd year of Chenghua, I am your apprentice who ransacked the house."
"Today you just drink tea and snacks, and chat with Master Xu and Master Qian."
"Leave me the matter of ransacking the house. I'll show you off. It also saves the robes from ridiculing me in private as a 'big guy' who only greets and sends."
Chang Feng smiled and said, "Okay. Let's see how the apprentice I brought out 13 years ago ransacked his home today."
The roof of Li Guang's outer house is more than half the size of the palace.Divided into five houses.Outside the mansion, water from Yuquan Mountain was also used as the Huanfu River.
Chang Feng, Fatty Xu and Qian Ning sat in the stone pavilion in the courtyard, drinking tea and chatting.
Qian Ning said: "Li Guang is dead. The Supervisor of Rituals is short of staff, and the stewardship board of Kunning Palace is also empty."
"I think that Eunuch Zhang Yong and Zhang may join the eunuch. Liu Jin may take over as the steward of Kunning Palace and become a eunuch."
Chang Feng said: "Eunuch Zhang has had a good reputation since ancient times. However, Eunuch Zhang's reputation is not a fake reputation, but a real reputation."
"He is naturally brave and has the talent to lead the army. Wang Shu and Ma Wensheng once commented on him as a 'strong man Zhang'."
"The number of Bingbi who know how to lead troops to fight in the Lijian Supervisor is far better than the many Bingbi who only know how to intrigue and collect money."
Fatty Xu interjected: "Eunuch Zhang is indeed brave. I'm sorry! Last time at the Dongchang Martial Arts Field, he fired a five-stone bow."
"I, the famous 200-jin strongman in Jinyiwei, is ashamed of myself."
Zhang Yong is recognized as first-class regardless of his character and ability.Birds of a feather flock together.Zhang Yong's best friend is Yang Yiqing who raises horses in Shaanxi.
Chang Feng said with a smile: "As for Liu Jin, he entered the palace at the age of six. He has been in the palace for more than 40 years. The official career was not smooth for the first 30 years."
"This time, it's his turn to be promoted to eunuch."
Qian Ning said with a smile: "Liu Jin is your old nephew, Master Chang. He has been promoted, and your face is also bright."
Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Yes. We are all old insiders. I wish he had a good life."
Fatty Xu was gnawing on an oil fruit, and said, "Liu Jin is really good at holding Tangtang. Last summer, Tangtang casually said that he was greedy for deep-fried cicadas."
"Liu Jin, a majestic supervisor in a palace, actually carried a long bamboo pole wrapped in gluten under the sun on a hot day, filling the palace with Tangtang sticky cicadas."
"In the end, I saved five hundred unlucky cicadas, put them in the ice mirror, and sent them to the princess mansion."
Chang Feng said with emotion: "Liu Jin calls her little aunt Tangtang. In fact, I know in my heart that he regards her as his daughter!"
Everyone chatted for an hour.
Shi Wenyi walked over excitedly, holding four thick account books in his hand: "Master Chang, Li Guang really doesn't shy away from it, whether he accepts bribes or fights for profits with the people, he has kept clear accounts."
Chang Feng took over the account book and flipped through it. It was written on a certain day in a certain year, how many stones of "white rice" and how many stones of "yellow rice" were given by a certain official.
Everyone in the government and the public knows that this is a secret language for bribery to Li Guang.White rice is silver and yellow rice is gold.
Chang Feng said: "Let Ding Da abacus come over. Get the total number."
Ding Dasuan, the accountant, came over, and Chang Feng gave up his seat for him.
Ding Dasuan put down the guy who was eating, and the abacus dialed quickly.
Although Ding Dabai was proficient in business calculations, Li Guanghai's massive bribery accounts still took him a whole hour to calculate.
Just an hour.Ding Dabaan pointed to the abacus beads: "Li Guang's family wealth, the total amount of silver is 31 taels. Gold is 1 taels."
Chang Feng was very surprised: "So many?"
You know, in the 22nd year of Chenghua, Chang Feng copied 3 taels of stolen silver from Cai Shilang's mansion, which is an astronomical figure.
At that time, the emperor's internal transport warehouse only had 3 taels of silver in it.
In the 12 years since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was in prosperity, and the commerce in the south of the Yangtze River was booming.
The chain reaction caused by the rise of commerce is that the smuggling trade is more rampant.
A huge amount of Japanese silver and Western silver flowed into Daming.As a result, the circulation of silver in Ming Dynasty increased year by year.
If this is the case, it is still a bit sensational for a supervisor of rites to collect several 10 taels of silver.
Fatty Xu exclaimed: "I'm a motherfucker. This Li Guang is really good at fishing!"
Li Guang's mansion is so big, it is naturally difficult to copy it.
For a whole day, Shi Wenyi only completed the three collections of cellar, wall and eaves in the "Eight Collections of Home Copying".
Copy out banknotes and cash totaling 5 taels, and 1000 taels of gold.
It is still far from Li Guang's account figures.
In the evening, Chang Feng arranged the night duty, and was just about to leave Li Guangwai's house to go home, when Li Dongyang, a member of the cabinet, came.
Li Dongyang cupped his hands towards Chang Feng: "Master Chang, you are getting rich."
Chang Feng said with a smile: "You can't talk nonsense. It's the imperial court who made a fortune."
Li Dongyang nodded: "Yes, the court made a fortune. How about it, how much money was copied?"
Chang Feng replied: "Silver note, [-] cash in cash. [-] gold."
Li Dongyang clapped his hands: "Hey! Good! This spring, the little Tatar prince intends to invade Helan Mountain. The military situation in the Northwest is like a fire, and a huge amount of military pay and food is needed."
"This unexpected fortune can solve the urgent needs of the Ministry of Accounting."
Chang Feng asked: "Does the emperor have a decree to confiscate Li Guang's family wealth into the Taicang treasury?"
Li Dongyang said solemnly: "The emperor gave an order. All the gold and silver from the mansion of Li Guang, the criminal eunuch, will be put into the Taicang treasury. The rest of the land and treasures will be sold off and put into the treasury."
Chang Feng was surprised: "One tael won't go into the inner warehouse?"
Li Dongyang said from the bottom of his heart: "Long live today is a wise king through the ages. He never considers the amount of silver stored in the house. He only considers the national treasury."
"Chang Feng, you are really capable. You copied [-] silver and [-] gold in one day. You are worthy of being a family copyist."
Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "This amount of money is only a small part of Li Guang's family wealth. We copied out a general ledger."
"It is recorded on the general ledger that Li Guang's family wealth is 31 taels of silver and 1 taels of gold."
When Li Dongyang heard this number, he shook his fist fiercely: "Giant beetle!"
Chang Feng said: "Mr. Li Ge, tomorrow morning you should ask the Ministry of Accounts to send someone to deliver the money that has been confiscated."
"I assure the cabinet that within three days, one or two of Li Guang's family wealth will be fine, and all will be handed over to the state treasury."
Since ancient times, FLAG cannot be set up randomly.
The next day, the inspection of Liang Zang, Jing Zang and Dung Zang was completed.Another 2000 silver and [-] taels of gold.
At noon on the third day, the inspection of Banzang, Fanmingcai, and Yizang was completed.Get [-] silver.
There is still a difference of 18 taels of silver and 7000 taels of gold from the book figures of Li Guang's family wealth!
Chang Feng was a little anxious, so he went off in person and went through Ba Zang's house raiding process again.
Yet nothing was found.
Chang Feng was puzzled: "Could it be that part of Li Guang's property is hidden elsewhere?"
Qian Ning suggested: "Should I ask Gu Dayong?"
Chang Feng nodded: "Well, go and find Gu Dayong."
Not long after, Gu Dayong came before Chang Feng.Gu Dayong deliberately wore a belt embroidered with lotuses.
Chang Tian loves to embroider belts when he is free in the princess mansion.Embroider more than a dozen pieces a month and give them away.Lotus and lotus patterns are the logos of "Made by Chang Tian".
Gu Dayong took refuge in Liu Jin.Liu Jin gave him a belt embroidered by Chang Tian.And told him to change into Jin Yiwei when he saw Mr. Chang.
When Chang Feng saw the belt, he knew that Gu Dayong was now Liu Jin's man.
Chang Feng asked: "Eunuch Gu, you have served Li Guang for many years. Is part of his family wealth hidden elsewhere?"
Gu Dayong replied truthfully: "Master Chang, Li Guang's family wealth is hidden in this outer house. He is very confident and thinks that he will never fail. He never thought that there would be a day when his house would be ransacked."
Chang Feng frowned: "That's weird. It's 18 taels of silver and 7000 taels of gold. Where can it be hidden?"
"Silver may be exchanged for silver bills, which are easy to hide. But Daming's bank does not accept gold, and there is no such thing as gold bills."
"Where did the whole pile of gold go, then?"
Gu Dayong said: "Li Guang regards money as his life. He never tells me anything about gold and silver."
The doctor sent by the household department said to Chang Feng: "Master Chang, the three-day limit is what you said, not the emperor's limit. I think our people from the household department will go back today and come back tomorrow."
The doctor's eyes seemed to say: "Xiaogou, can you do it?"
Chang Feng said: "Success! Gao Langzhong, please come back first."
Shi Wenyi asked Chang Feng: "Master Chang, what should we do?"
Chang Feng replied: "This time I lost face in front of the people in the household department. The loss of face is small, but the uneven copying of dirty money is big."
"There is no other way. We can only add more people and dig three feet. Tomorrow, we will send another thousand warriors from the guard to search carefully together with Pao Ze, who is inspecting the Qianhu Office."
It is an old rule of the Jinyiwei not to raid the house at sunset.
Chang Feng returned to the mansion.Chang Tian led Yibin Huang Yuan back to her mother's house for dinner.
Chang Feng asked Chang Tian: "Didn't you bring Jian Jian?"
Chang Tian replied: "Jianjian is still young, so he can't blow the wind. He is taken by the nanny in the house."
Liu Xiaoyan said: "All the dishes are ready, we are waiting for you, the head of the family. Go to the dining room, let's talk while eating."
The family sat down.
Chang Feng said casually: "Today is considered to be broken in front of the people of the household department. In three days, Li Guang's family wealth has not been confiscated."
"It's also fortunate that Li Guang left a ledger. Otherwise, the house raid would be over. 10,000+ taels of silver, a few thousand taels of gold will never see the light of day."
Liu Bingyi said: "You ransacked the house yourself, but you didn't copy everything?"
Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Yes. I don't know if Li Guang has other methods of Tibetan silver than the Eight Tibetans."
"It doesn't matter. Just search slowly and carefully. After half a month of searching, I don't believe that I can't find all of Li Guang's dirty money."
Chang Tian said: "Brother, we're all home now, so don't talk about your official duties."
Chang Feng took a sip of his wine: "Yes. Brother-in-law, what have you been up to at home recently?"
Huang Yuan replied: "Writing letters and poetry with the literati in Jiangnan. Recently, four young talents have appeared in Jiangnan, and their poems are outstanding."
Huang Yuan, this Yibin, is a royal vase to put it bluntly. He doesn't have any errands, and spends all day at home dancing and writing.
Huang Yuan brought some dishes to Chang Tian and said, "Those four young talents are known as the Four Great Talents in Jiangnan. They are Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming, Zhu Zhishan, and Xu Zhenqing."
"By the way, they sent a letter the day before yesterday. It said that the four of them were drunk by the river, and each of them wrote a doggerel together."
"This doggerel is really ridiculous. I'll read it to my brother-in-law as a way to cheer up the drink."
Chang Feng said: "Okay, read it."
Huang Yuan smiled and said: "A flock of geese on the mountain, booing to drive them into the river. Falling into the river to catch the geese will cure hunger."
Chang Feng asked, "What about the fourth sentence?"
Huang Yuan held back his laughter: "The fourth sentence is a bit vulgar, it's unbearable."
Chang Feng said: "Don't be a fool, you kid. Read it quickly."
Huang Yuan restrained his smile, and said the fourth line of the doggerel in a serious manner: "It's better to go home and play with your wife!"
"Pfft!" Chang Feng took a sip of the wine and sprayed it directly on the table.
Liu Bingyi laughed so much that his beard turned up.
Ninth Madam and Liu Xiaoyan also covered their mouths and smiled lightly.
Chang Ponu clutched his stomach: "Hahaha, play with your wife, play with your wife!"
Chang Tian slapped his nephew lightly: "How old are you. Don't talk nonsense like adults."
Chang Feng finally stopped laughing.He said: "I don't know how these four people make stereotyped arts and decent poetry. But they are really interesting."
Huang Yuandao: "Brother-in-law, do the Four Great Talents get their name in vain? They are also top-notch in stereotyped art."
"Jiangnan Township Examination this fall, next year the capital will open the Spring Festival. Maybe some of them will be ranked first."
Chang Feng nodded: "Yes. To make such interesting doggerel, they should not be rotten Confucians. The last thing the imperial court needs are rotten Confucians."
"I hope they can be named on the gold list next year. Alas, I don't expect it anymore. I will follow the Tribute Academy and return to Luosunshan."
After the morning court the next day, Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei, and changed into the soap clothes worn by his family.Leading the little two thousand robes, they came to Li Guang's outer house in a mighty manner.
Everyone was almost digging three feet into the ground.After working for a long time, I still haven't found a piece of cash, a bank note, or a gold ingot.
Gu Dayong acted as the leading party and also came to help.But he, the leading party, didn't help at all.
Chang Feng was puzzled: "It's really weird, where did all the stolen money go?"
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, don't you want to tear down the whole mansion to find dirty money?"
"It will take at least a month to demolish such a big house."
"Besides, this house is also stolen property. It can be reserved for the emperor to reward others. It's a pity to demolish it."
Chang Feng said: "Let's go up to the pavilion and have a look."
In the middle courtyard, there is a pavilion.About three feet high.Climbing on the pavilion, you can overlook Yuquan Mountain, and you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the suburbs of Beijing.
Everyone went to the pavilion.
Chang Feng said: "This guy Li Guang is really enjoying himself! The location of the outer house is well chosen, and the pavilion is well built. The beautiful scenery is really eye-catching."
He looked down at the ground below.Digging three feet made this respectable house pitted.
Chang Feng said to himself: "Where is it missing?"
Suddenly, Chang Feng's gaze focused on the Huanfu River that surrounds the mansion.
Chang Feng said: "It will take a lot of manpower to bring the water from Yuquan Mountain here."
Gu Dayong answered: "At that time, there were [-] people who worked together for a whole year."
"The dog Li Guang is really daring. The water from Yuquan Mountain is used by the royal family. But he attracted it to be the Huanfu River."
A few days ago, Gu Dayong was still a "godfather", but now he has become "Dog Li Guang".
Chang Feng suddenly sensed something was wrong: "The city has a moat to guard against foreign enemies."
"It took a huge amount of manpower and material resources to build a Huanfu River, is it just for eye-catching?"
"Gu Dayong, how deep is this Huanfu Creek?"
Gu Dayong replied, "It's one foot deep. It's called a brook, but it's actually similar to a small river. Li Guang, the dog, had better go on a boat on the brook before he was alive."
Chang Feng became interested: "Cruise boat?"
Gu Dayong replied: "Exactly. As long as he returns to the outer house, he will get on a small boat and paddle alone. It is said that the water is quiet, so it is convenient to think about things."
"Sometimes he stays on board for a while before supper. Go back to the house and have supper, and then go to the boat for a while."
"Oh, I remembered. He likes to throw stones in the boat."
Chang Feng was even more surprised: "Will you use stones?"
Gu Dayong replied: "Yes. He said that he was afraid that the people below would disturb him to think about things, so he asked us to stand far away."
"We could hear the 'boom' of stones falling into the water."
Chang Feng turned his head and stared at Gu Dayong: "How can you be sure that he threw a stone?"
Gu Dayong was taken aback: "What else can it be if it's not a stone?"
Chang Feng asked back: "Could it be silver?"
Gu Dayong took a deep breath: "Don't say it. It might be silver. He likes to board the boat at night. It's dark, and those of us who serve him are far away, so we can't see clearly."
"But there is no one in the world who throws silver into the water. We all thought it was a stone."
Chang Feng said: "Go to the Ministry of Industry, let the Ministry of Industry send an expert in water control!"
An hour later, the Ministry of Industry sent a doctor named Zhang Yuanning.This person is an apprentice brought out by Bai Ang, the water-controlling minister.
Qian Ning brought Zhang Yuanning to the pavilion.
Chang Feng asked Zhang Yuanning: "Mr. Zhang, is there any way to dry up the water of Huanfu Creek so that the bottom of the stream can see the sky?"
Zhang Yuanning set up a pergola and looked around.
Then he said: "It's very simple. Block the diversion channel upstream and cut off its source."
"The terrain in the east is low. Dig a diversion canal to release its water."
Chang Feng asked, "How many days will this project take? How many civilian workers will be used?"
Zhang Yuanning replied: "It is difficult to divert water, but easy to release it. It only takes a thousand people, and the Halofu Creek can be released in one day."
Chang Feng said: "That's good. It's getting late today. I'll send someone to Shuntian Mansion to tell them to call in a thousand civilians tomorrow and let you command Zhang Langzhong."
Master Chang of Jinyiwei sent a message, how dare the officials of Shuntian Mansion be negligent?
In the early morning of the next day, a thousand civilian husbands came outside Li Guang's mansion.
Zhang Yuanning assigned tasks in an orderly manner.
Chang Feng and the others spread a white cloth by the stream and sat on the ground.Playing the leaf card while waiting for the stream to drain.
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, isn't it for nothing? Li Guang will throw gold and silver into the water?"
"People often say, 'Take money for nothing'. Li Guang wouldn't really do that, would he?"
Chang Feng looked at the leaf card in his hand and said, "I can't tell. I just think this Huanfu River is weird."
Chang Feng was born as a confiscator, and has an extremely sensitive intuition for gold and silver.
This time, whether the intuition is effective or not will be known before evening.
Zhang Yuanning is worthy of being Bai Ang's student, and he did a good job finding the leak point.The upstream aqueduct was also blocked.
In the afternoon, the Huanfu Creek, which was one zhang deep, had leaked down to the calf of the person.
Chang Feng, who had just finished playing the cards, glanced at Huanfuxi, this glance didn't matter, he directly threw the leaf cards in his hand.
Chang Feng stood up and pointed to Huanfu River: "Look!"
Fatty Xu was surprised: "Why is there silver light? It seems that there is silver in the water!"
Chang Feng took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and got into the water himself.He touched it with his hand and found a silver collar.
Fatty Xu was overjoyed by the water: "Hey! There is really silver in the water! What kind of Huanfu Creek is this? It's clearly a Milky Way!"
It turned out that Li Guang went back and forth to the boat twice every night just to throw gold and silver into the bottom of the river.
Every time you throw 50 taels, you get a hundred taels twice.After more than ten years, 10,000+ taels of silver and several thousand taels of gold have become part of the stream.
As for why Li Guang has the habit of throwing away gold and silver, and why he does so, only he knows.
Chang Feng greeted everyone: "Let the brothers go into the water to touch gold and silver. This is much more interesting than fishing!"
"Once the water is out, you can't touch gold and silver, you can only pick them up! Picking up is no fun."
All the brocade-clothed guards took off their shoes one after another and entered the water.
They played and touched gold and silver in the water like children.
Chang Feng shouted: "Brothers, those who touch the gold will have good luck this year and have a pair of twins, haha!"
Fatty Xu shouted: "I'm touching a golden lock!"
After finishing speaking, he threw a golden key to the shore.
None of the abacus masters at the Accounting Office went into the water.On the shore, they collected silver ingots, silver pegs, and gold pegs into wooden boxes and recorded the numbers.
After two moments of effort, all the water in the Huanfu Creek was drained, and the creek was in full view.
Every ten or twenty steps in the stream, there is a piece of silver or gold.
The five big and three rough men in Jinyiwei have changed from fishing babies to little girls picking mushrooms.
Like picking mushrooms, they straddle the basket to pick up gold and silver.
Finally, before evening, all the gold and silver were touched and collected.
A total of about 18 taels of silver and about 7000 taels of gold were obtained.
Chang Feng was afraid that his brothers, the servants of Shuntian Mansion, would become greedy and hide them.After collecting the gold and silver, he ordered everyone to search each other.
Sure enough, money is touching.A total of more than [-] people were found in private possession.All civilian husbands who hide it privately will be reprimanded and let go.
Anyone who hides brocade and guard robes privately will be punished with a staff of thirty.Those who are above the school lieutenant level will be demoted one level.
Ding Dasuan, the accountant, came to Chang Feng's side: "Master Chang, the total amount of gold and silver we copied in five days has matched Li Guang's account, and it fits perfectly!"
Chang Feng said with a smile: "This errand can be regarded as completed. Let the Ministry of Households send someone to hand it over immediately. Let's send people to escort and return the stolen money to the state treasury, take it from the people, and use it for the people."
Qian Ning said: "Master Chang, you should go to the palace and inform the emperor that the search of Li's residence has been completed."
After making meritorious service, it is natural to show meritorious service.
Chang Feng nodded: "Success. After handing over to the household department, I will enter the palace with the account book."
The handover with the household department went very smoothly.Hubu Shangshu Zhou Jing came in person, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
Since January of this year, the situation in the Northwest has changed suddenly, and the expenditure on military pay has increased sharply.
The huge fortune that Li Guang saved for Emperor Hongzhi can be regarded as relieving the pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs.
After the handover, Chang Feng got on his horse and was about to enter the palace to show his merits to Emperor Hongzhi: How about it, it must be our old Chang, right?The case of mutiny and framing was solved overnight, and King Xing was innocent.
In five days, another 31 taels of silver and 1 taels of gold were copied out for the court.
Your Majesty, should you give me back some of the power you took away from me this time?
At this moment, more than a dozen official sedan chairs appeared in Chang Feng's sight.
After a while, the official sedan chair stopped.Most of the officials who got off the sedan chair were the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Vice Metropolitan Court, the Qian Court, and the Vice Metropolitan Court.
The leader is Zuodu Yushi Mingui.
Chang Feng cupped his hands: "Mindu Courtyard, why are you here?"
Min Yu said: "The Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to hand over the gold and silver from Li Guangwai's house. We all came to the procuratorate to hand over the letters from Li Guangwai's house."
"Those who have correspondence with the treacherous eunuch Li Guang are all clinging to the powerful and unworthy of being officials. We all want to be impeached by the Procuratorate."
The generals of Ming Dynasty like to fight.Because you can be promoted in battle, and you can also behead someone in exchange for rewards.
The censor of Ming Dynasty liked ginseng.Because if you are defeated, you can be promoted, and you can also win the reputation of sweeping out traitors.
The heads of these gangs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are here to seek promotion and fame for their censor.
Chang Feng knew that there were too many nobles and high-ranking officials who had contacts with Li Guang.
A large part of them did not intend to cling to Li Guang, but were afraid of Li Guang's power.I had to have a relationship with him against my conscience.
Once the letter from the Li Mansion is handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.This group of speech officials who don't write papers for a day are bound to set off a shocking case.
This is what Emperor Hongzhi does not want to see, and it is what Chang Feng has been trying to avoid.
Chang Feng made up a lie: "I'm sorry, Mindu Courtyard. The Li Mansion was on fire last night, and the copied letters were burned."
Chang Feng was imitating his master, Emperor Hongzhi, by talking nonsense and being a rascal with his eyes open.
Min Gui's face changed when he heard the words: "What? Burned?"
Chang Feng nodded: "That's right. I was so angry that I spared a hundred households who didn't take good care of them."
Min Gui frowned and looked at Chang Feng: "Whether it was really burned or fake. Only God knows."
"Chang Feng, I want to participate in your negligence of duty."
Chang Feng said with a smile: "Participating is the job of the Mindu Academy. You just need to participate. As for whether to punish me, it depends on the emperor's sanction."
Min Gui was so angry: "Okay. Let's wait and see!"
Chang Feng got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly, and went to the palace with the account book to show his merits and receive the reward.
(End of this chapter)
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