The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 233: Only destroy the Lin family, not uncover a major case
Quanliu Inn.

Feng Gouzi was immersed in thinking about the copper gossip box.

Basha is impatient: "Try to hit it with a sledgehammer?"

But Feng Gouzi said: "Ba Qianhu, don't be in a hurry. Let me think of something."

Chang Feng was drinking tea on the side.Zhang Cai reminded Chang Feng: "Master Chang, Yan Pan'er is back."

Chang Feng opened the window and looked outside.I saw Yan Pan'er returning to the guild hall with dozens of Fujian businessmen and hundreds of servants.

Chang Feng smiled and said: "When she returns to the bedroom and sees that the copper gossip box is gone, I wonder what expression will appear on that charming face."

Let's say that Yan Paner went straight to the bedroom as soon as he entered the club.The account books and banknotes in the copper bagua box were extremely important, and nothing could go wrong for her.

As soon as she entered the bedroom, she was dumbfounded!The entire bedroom was in a mess, as if it had been ransacked by a thief.

The copper bagua box was also missing.

Yan Pan'er exclaimed: "Ah!"

Butler Lin walked in: "Madam, what's wrong?"

Yan Pan'er gritted her teeth and said, "Go to Eunuch Qian quickly and tell him that all the accounts and dividends for the past three years have been lost!"

"Ask Eunuch Qian to help find it. Nine times out of ten, it is in Chang Feng's hands!"

Money can save you a lot of money this night.As soon as he fell asleep, he was told that Fatty Xu had invited Yan Pan'er into the Jinyi Guard.

He had no choice but to get up and go to Jinyiwei to order Fatty Xu to release him.

After being released, he returned to his outer house and was just about to sleep.A disciple and grandson came to him and said, "Master, the steward of the Lin family in Quanzhou wants to see you."

Qian Neng frowned: "What happened again? Let him come in to see me."

After a while, Butler Lin told Qian Neng with a sad face: "Master Qian, something bad has happened. All the dividend accounts and 300 million taels of silver notes have been lost!"

Qian Neng's expression changed: "What?"

Of the 300 million taels in silver notes, 15 taels was what he could afford.

Money can be very honest these years.Don't sell your official position, don't take bribes for corruption.Just make money from smuggling trade.

The annual dividend of 5 taels is his largest income.

It should be said that everything has pros and cons.

The smuggling trade violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty and led to the rampant Japanese invasion along the coast.

But the smuggling trade is not without any positive meaning.

The dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty discovered that selling their official positions and taking bribes was far less profitable than participating in the smuggling trade.

Then why do we still take risks to sell our positions and take bribes?
For example, Xie Qian had a reputation for being clean and honest in the court.His integrity was fostered by the smuggling trade.

The official administration of the Hongzhi Dynasty was far better than that of the Chenghua Dynasty.Part of the reason is that the powerful make money by participating in smuggling and are too lazy to take risks and do other undesirable things.

Exploiting people?The people are all poor, how much money can they make out of it?He also had to be poked in the spine.Don't do it, don't do it.

It would be more appropriate to maintain the ancestral system of sealing off customs and seas on the surface, and secretly make money from maritime trade.

Whoever has money gets it.Japanese and Western merchants were the richest, and there was nothing wrong with them.

Qian Neng took a breath when he heard the news that the account books and dividends were stolen.

The loss of dividends is the next best thing.The account book can record the names of hundreds of dignitaries from both internal and external dynasties.

Once it is made public, it will be like throwing a huge stone into a small water tank.

The Hongzhi reign has been used for 15 years. Today's Ming Dynasty has one of the biggest political features, and that is the four words "harmony" hanging on the cabinet room.

The ceremonial supervisor, the cabinet, the nobles, and the clan were all harmonious.Bathed in the spring glory of the prosperous age, live a comfortable life, love the people like an official, and make money from smuggling and trade.

No one wants to upset the political balance.

If someone uses the Lin family's dividend account book to cause trouble, the outcome will be unmanageable.

Qian Neng ordered a young eunuch: "Quickly, wake up Qian Ning! Go to Chang's Mansion. It must be Chang Feng who is guilty!"

This side of Quanliu Inn.

Feng Gouzi is indeed a master of unlocking.

He found that the key to open the interlayer copper plate is still on the gossip copper button.

He put his head directly into the copper box and put his ear against the upper copper plate.

At the same time, he asked Zhang Cai to listen to his instructions outside and twist the copper button: "Turn one click to the right, one click to the left, and then twist one click."

After tinkering for half an hour, Feng Gouzi counted with his hands and muttered: "Dui, Kun, Gen, Gen, Gen, Zhen. Yes, these are the six hexagrams!"

Chang Feng got up after hearing the words and came to his side.

Feng Gouzi stretched out his hand and twisted the copper buttons in order, only to hear a "click".The upper copper plate inside the copper box pops up.

Chang Feng took a closer look and saw an account book and more than a dozen stacks of banknotes placed in the mezzanine.

Chang Feng took out the account books and banknotes.

The banknotes were all large amounts worth 1 taels each.

Zhang Cai was speechless on the side: "My dear, this must be several million taels."

Chang Feng said, "Without the words of the little widow of the Lin family, such a large amount of money would not have been cashed out."

The banknotes that appeared in the mid-Ming Dynasty were actually like deposit certificates of later generations, rather than checks.

Although the banknote is not bearer, there is a secret mark on the note.

The bank will not exchange such a large amount of [-] taels without a letter and signature from the person who deposited the money.

Chang Feng was more interested in the account books than this stack of banknotes.

He looked through the account books carefully, and even though he had been a clerk in Jinyiwei for so many years and held power for so many years, he still felt chills running down his spine.

There are more than 100 dignitaries on the account book.Cabinet members, ministers, ministers, dukes, marquises, as well as clan members and relatives.
If Chang Feng wanted to be an enemy to them, it would be tantamount to making an enemy to the entire imperial court, and even Emperor Hongzhi himself.

All of these people were favored and trusted by Emperor Hongzhi.

As far as Chang Feng knows, these are just people in the capital who receive dividends.

Local governors, third divisions, magistrates, and county magistrates are not included.

Especially the Fu, Si, Fu and counties along the coast.All rely on the sea to eat the sea.

Chang Feng stared at the account books and strengthened his previous decision: this time he would only punish the Lin family and avenge You Tianjue.The rich and powerful are all ignored.

He doesn't have the ability to fight with one person against hundreds of powerful people.

Even Emperor Hongzhi himself would probably not dare to pursue so many dignitaries in the capital easily.Emperor Hongzhi was not a decisive Taizu.

Chang Feng said: "Everyone has been busy all night. Go to bed first. Early tomorrow morning, let the people in the inn prepare the dinner."

"Tomorrow night, I will have a banquet for the heads of the imperial court at this inn."

Over there in Changfu.

Qian Neng and his son entered Chang's house late at night.

As soon as he entered the hall, Qian Neng shouted loudly: "Where is Chang Feng? I have something urgent to do with him."

Not long after, Liu Xiaoyan came to the hall: "Eunuch Qian, it's so late, why are you here?"

Qian Neng said: "Where is your family Chang Fengren? I have an urgent matter to see him."

Chang Feng had predicted in advance that many people would come to him tonight unable to sleep.He stayed at the Quanliu Inn instead of returning home, just to avoid these people.

He told Liu Xiaoyan in advance that if anyone came to him tonight, he would have to deal with it.

Liu Xiaoyan's face suddenly drooped, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

Qian Neng said: "How do you say this? I came to see Chang Feng, Mrs. Chang, why are you crying?" Liu Xiaoyan wiped her tears and said: "Eunuch Qian, Chang Feng has been ill recently. I asked him to take a concubine, but he didn't accept it. I fell in love with going to the fireworks field and looking for flowers and willows."

"Since ancient times, a wife is worse than a concubine, a concubine is worse than a thief, and a thief is worse than a prostitute."

"This life is really unbearable! Tonight he didn't come home all night again. I guess he must be messing around in some little whore's bed!"

Qian Neng couldn't laugh or cry: "Don't worry, Mrs. Chang. I'll discipline this boy for you. Which brothel does he usually go to for sex?"

Liu Xiaoyan said: "He is getting older, and the older he gets, the uglier he becomes. Toads look for frogs and have fun with being ugly. He likes to go to both the South Tower and the North Tower."

"This year, he visited almost more than 40 famous and dirty places in the capital."

Qian Neng took a breath: "How can I find this?"

Liu Xiaoyan continued to cry bitterly: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.. Father Qian, you are Chang Feng's immediate boss. You must help me take good care of him!"

Liu Xiaoyan's crying made Qian Neng's scalp numb.

Qian Neng said: "It's done." Then he left Chang's Mansion and returned to the official sedan parked at the door of the Mansion.

Qian Ning asked Qian Neng: "Godfather, what should I do?"

Qian Neng said: "Transfer all the factory guards who are on night duty. Check the brothels in the entire capital. Even if the capital is turned upside down, Chang Feng must be found before dawn."

Qian Neng was afraid that Chang Feng would cause trouble, so he would make the Lin family's account books public in front of all the civil and military officials tomorrow morning.

Once that happens, the court will be shaken.

Pity the brothel women's branch in the capital.He was turned upside down by Jin Yiwei overnight.

However, Jin Yiwei even searched the Liuying courtyard in the alley, but could not find Chang Feng.

It's usually dark under the lights.How could Qian Neng have imagined that Chang Feng was sleeping soundly in the inn opposite the Fujian Merchants Guild Hall.

The next morning, Qian Neng was on duty at Yumen.

He stood by the Jinshui Bridge and looked around, searching for Chang Feng's figure with his eyes.

It was strange that all the officials had finished lining up outside Jinshui Bridge, and Chang Feng was not seen.

At this time, Wang Shouren walked up to Qian Neng and said, "Eunuch Qian."

Although Wang Shouren was only the head of the sixth-grade military department, his father was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He was also a person valued by the emperor and a famous young talent in the court.

Normally, the head of Department Six would talk to Qian Neng, but Qian Neng wouldn't even bother to talk to him.

Treating Wang Shouren is different.Qian Neng asked: "Master Wang, is there something wrong?"

Wang Shouren said: "Master Jin Yiwei asked the next official to announce a leave of absence to the official on duty at the morning court on his behalf. He was overworked last night and fell ill, so he couldn't come to the morning court."

Qian Neng looked at Wang Shouren suspiciously: "Overworked? Don't lie to me. Is he messing with something big somewhere?"

Wang Shouren smiled slightly: "Eunuch Qian, this official is just a small person. I don't know what the big deal is."

Qian Nengxin said: It's okay if Chang Feng takes leave.As long as he doesn't take out the account books in the morning.There is still room for maneuver.

Over there at the Fujian Chamber of Commerce.Yan Pan'er hurriedly sent people out to inform the powerful people that tonight's dividend meeting was postponed.

The account books were lost, the banknotes were also lost, and the dividend meeting was not held at all.

In the Quanliu Inn, Changfeng rarely had to get up early to go to the Imperial Gate.I slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up lazily.

He first found Zhang Cai and ordered: "Zhang Cai, write one hundred and three invitations according to the names on the account book. Send them to the shareholders of Shuangmuhui and ask them to come to the inn for the banquet tonight."

Zhang Cai raised his hand and said, "Yes, Mr. Chang. Please give me the account books."

Chang Feng did not give him the account book, but took out a piece of paper: "I sorted out the names of the people last night."

After speaking, Chang Feng patted his chest.His chest was bulging, obviously hiding something: "This account book is extremely important. I have to keep it well and not give it to others."

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just for your own good."

Zhang Cai took the piece of paper and said, "Yes."

At this time, Basha walked into the bedroom: "Master Chang, Liu Jin and Eunuch Liu are here and said they have something important to do with you."

Chang Feng frowned: "How did he know I was in the Quanliu Inn?"

Chang Feng came to the first floor of the inn.

Liu Jin stood up: "Little uncle."

Chang Feng asked: "Why are you here?"

Liu Jin smiled and said: "I heard that my uncle got a treasure and a fortune. I'm here to congratulate you."

"This treasure can kill countless powerful people in the capital. My little uncle can now kill those powerful people."

Chang Feng's heart skipped a beat: Could it be that there was Liu Jin's insider in the robe at Quanliu Inn?
There is indeed Liu Jin's internal response in the robes of the inn, and the internal response is Zhang Cai.

Liu Jin has been developing his own party members and power over the years.

The Eight Tigers are only superficial brothers.Everyone has their own agenda.Not really Liu Jin's best friend.

There are four best friends of Liu Jin.

Jiao Fang, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhang Cai, the doctor of the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhang Cai, the Qianhu of the Jinyi Guards, and Gu Dayong, the eunuch of the Internal Affairs Bureau.

These four people are Liu Jin's inner circle.

Last night, Zhang Cai took advantage of Chang Feng to sleep, quietly slipped out of the inn, and reported the news to Liu Jin.

Liu Jin said: "Little uncle, it's really sensational. There are more than 100 people who hold great power in the court. They talk about courtesy, justice and integrity, but they are engaged in smuggling business behind the scenes, and have no clue about the Japanese pirates. They are poaching the corners of the Ming Dynasty."

"If these people are not eliminated, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger!"

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "How come you know everything? Have you placed eyes and ears around me?"

Liu Jin swore: "How dare I! I will bury my ears and eyes in front of you, and I will be hit and killed by the dung truck pulling Yexiang when I go out."

Chang Feng smiled and said: "You have always been a smooth and sophisticated person. Why are you so filled with righteous indignation this time, as if you want to distinguish between right and wrong?"

Liu Jin said: "Ahem! People, there are always times when we are full of enthusiasm. We are all the people of the old Interior Minister Huai En."

"When the old interior minister was alive, he always hated evil as much as he hated evil."

Chang Feng sat on the chair: "Oh? What do you want me to do?"

Liu Jin said: "Copy a few copies of that account book. Submit one copy to the Emperor, one copy to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, one copy to the Dali Temple, and one copy to the Ministry of Punishment. Publicize the evil deeds of the powerful and powerful to the world."

Chang Feng said: "Then what? A big case is set off and all the powerful people in the court are wiped out."

"Then there was a vacuum in the power of the court. You can take advantage of the situation and seize power. Become the supervisor of rituals and even the controller of the entire court?"

Liu Jin was taken aback for a moment, and then he said unabashedly, "You're only half right."

"I like power. But I don't want to monopolize the power. I want to share the power of the court with you, uncle!"

"As long as a major case breaks out, you will all look to me. I can guarantee that after the Shuangmuhui case is over, our uncle and nephew will become the masters of the court."

Chang Feng sighed: "Who doesn't like power? I am not a saint. However, the most important thing is to have self-knowledge."

"Do you have the talent to govern the country, or do I have the talent to govern the country?"

"We are experts at being a fool, practicing heresy, and doing errands."

"But if you and I take power and govern the country, it will harm everyone in the world!"

Liu Jin was a little anxious: "My little uncle, this is a God-given opportunity! Are you going to miss it?"

Chang Feng said: "Liu Jin, my Eunuch Liu. We have known each other for 17 years. I know the little ninety-nine in your belly."

"Those people on the account books are indeed greedy. But I know that if you and your group of people were to replace them, you would only be more greedy than them."

"I'll tell you clearly. This time I will only destroy the Lin family in Quanzhou to avenge You Tianjue. I will never cause a major case and cause chaos in the court."

(End of this chapter)