The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 332 To succeed in doing big things, there are three things: money! money! money!

Chang Feng struck the gong again and opened another business in Dongchang. The old brothers who had been squeezed out of Jinyiwei by Qian Ning and Zhang Cai came to the East Factory to gather together one after another.

The commander of Jinyiwei is on duty.

You Jingwu sat across from Qian Ning and Zhang Cai.

You Jingwu said: "Commander Qian, Zhang Tongzhi. You have taken great care of me in the past two years. I will remember your affection for the rest of my life."

"But water has a source, and trees have roots. My adoptive father has gone to Dongchang, and I must follow him. For the position of commander, you two should find another suitable candidate."

Qian Ning sighed: "You want to resign? In Jinyiwei, you are a commanding officer of the fourth rank. When you get to Dongchang, you can only be a sixth-rank judge and punish hundreds of households."

Zhang Cai echoed: "Brother Jingwu, when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. How can there be any reason to expect officials to become smaller and smaller?"

You Jingwu said: "I have made up my mind. I also ask the two superior officials to make it happen."

Qian Ning sighed: "Okay. If you want to go to Dongchang, we won't stop you. But we have been brothers for so many years. I have a few words to advise you."

"Master Chang went to Dongchang to compete with Eunuch Liu. Now even the chief minister of the cabinet has to give Eunuch Liu three points. Why bother, Master Chang?"

"After you pass, you have to stop Mr. Chang. Don't always go against Eunuch Liu. Otherwise, the Chang family will be in danger, and you, especially Jing Wu, will be in danger."

You Jingwu held up his hand and said, "Thank you Commander Qian for the tip. Then will you review and stamp my resignation document now?"

Qian Ning nodded, took up a pen and wrote the word "accurate" on You Jingwu's resignation document, and stamped it with the official seal.

You Jingwu took the paperwork and said: "Both Shangguan, I will take my leave now."

After You Jingwu left, Zhang Cai complained to Qian Ning: "You shouldn't let him go so happily."

Qian Ning said: "Those who can keep his people can't keep his heart. Moreover, You Jingwu staying in Jinyiwei is equivalent to Master Chang having a large hidden stake in Jinyiwei. It's okay for him to leave."

Zhang Cai thought for a while and said, "That's right. Well, just watch, it won't be long before Dongchang comes to compete with Jin Yiwei for business!"

An ancient Siamese sage named Jiang Tianyang said it well: To succeed in doing great things, there are three conditions, the first is banknotes, the second is banknotes, and the third is banknotes.

Yamen that run secret errands, factory guards in ancient times, and MI5 and CIA in modern times all require large amounts of secret funds.

No money, a shitty secret service?

After Changfeng entered Dongchang, he found that there were many problems in Dongchang. For example, all the Tibetan soldiers came from the 12th Regiment Battalion, and they only know how to fight but not do secret errands. For example, an effective network of eyes and ears has not been established. One of the biggest problems is that there is no money!

All wages and salaries of Dongchang Paoze are received from the Ministry of War in accordance with the regulations of the Beijing camp. There is no private treasury with a tael of silver.

Just this one thing destined that Dongchang could only be used as a decoration in the third factory and one bathroom.

I have to think of a way to get a lot of money to use as capital for the rise of Dongchang. Making money is not a problem for Chang Feng.

This day, Tianfeng came to Zhang Yong's room.

Chang Feng said: "Eunuch Zhang, Wang Zhe, the chief envoy of Northern Zhili, was arrested by the inner factory. Do you know about this?"

Zhang Yong replied: "I know, dog bites dog, it's a hairy mouth. Wang Zhe is quite greedy for fame. His son visited a brothel and was jealous of Jiao Fang's son Jiao Huangzhong."

"Because Jiaohuangzhong was newly selected as a Jinshi, it was difficult for him to reveal his identity. Wang Zhe's son took advantage of the crowd and beat him up. Jiaohuangzhong is Jiaofang's only son, and he is like a baby."

"When Jiao Huangzhong came home and cried to his father, Jiao Fang became so petty that he went so far as to instigate Wang Zhe to be charged with corruption and bribery."

Chang Feng said: "As far as I know, Wang Zhe was arrested just yesterday. The matter of ransacking the house has not been done yet. When you go to the Leopard Room to accompany the emperor on horseback and shooting today, please ask the emperor to reward Dongchang for this job."

Zhang Yong frowned: "What do you think?"

Chang Feng reached Zhang Yong's ear and explained this and that.

At noon that day, in Xiyuan, Baofang Royal Paddock.

Emperor Zhengde is riding a horse, holding a bow and arrow, majestic.

A hunting shed was erected next to it. Queen Xia was in a good mood today and came specifically to watch Emperor Zhengde shoot.

A wild pheasant flew by, and Emperor Zhengde hit the target with an arrow.

Jiang Bin and other emperor's adopted sons shouted: "Father, the emperor's great shot!"

Emperor Zhengde glanced back at Queen Xia, feeling proud.

He suddenly had an idea: being an emperor does not necessarily mean you have to suffer as hard as the previous emperor. Wouldn't it be nice to be a dashing emperor like me?

Zhang Yong said from the side: "It's true that a famous teacher makes a good disciple! I remember, your riding and shooting skills were taught by Mrs. Chang."

Emperor Zhengde said: "That's right. Even the so-called sharpshooters in the Beijing camp may not be able to match my imperial aunt's bow skills."

Zhang Yong took advantage of the situation and shifted the topic to Chang Feng: "Chang Feng is really blessed. He has a wife as beautiful as Mulan."

Emperor Zhengde turned his head and looked at Zhang Yong: "Do you have something to say?"

Just as Zhang Yong was about to speak, Queen Xia shouted to Emperor Zhengde: "Your Majesty, come here and drink some sour plum soup to relieve the heat."

Emperor Zhengde got the horse and entered the hunting shed.

Queen Xia served a bowl of sour plum soup. Emperor Zhengde drank "Chao Chao Chao" in one gulp.

After drinking the sour plum soup, Emperor Zhengde asked Zhang Yong: "What did you want to say just now?"

Zhang Yong replied: "Back to the emperor, Chang Feng has been working in Dongchang for a few days. He is very free."

"He was a family official. It just so happened that Wang Zhe, the chief envoy of Northern Zhili, was recently arrested by the inner factory and was convicted of corruption and bribery."

"Wang Zhe's property has not been inspected yet. Old servant, I think the emperor might as well reward Chang Feng for this job?"

Emperor Zhengde was stunned: "Let Chang Feng raid Wang Zhe's home?"

Zhang Yong nodded. He lowered his voice and said: "There are rumors in Beijing that Wang Zhe is very good at making money. His family property is at least several hundred thousand taels of silver. Chang Feng heard that the transportation treasury has been empty recently. After he ransacked the house, half of the stolen money was handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs Half of the national treasury shall be handed over to the emperor's inner treasury."

Queen Xia helped: "Your Majesty, please reward Chang Feng with this errand. He has not done any serious errands for two years since he was demoted to Guizhou in the winter of the first year of Zhengde."

With Queen Xia speaking for Chang Feng, she got twice the result with half the effort.

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said: "Sure. Come on, let Yang Tinghe draw up a decree to check Wang Zhe's family property, and leave it to Chang Feng."

Zhang Yong hurriedly knelt down and said: "I am on behalf of Changfeng, thank you for your grace!"

One day later, in the north of the city, there was the residence of Wang Zhe, the former chief envoy of Northern Zhili.

Chang Feng, wearing a treasure-gathering ring on his hand and a silver-seeking stirrup on his foot, entered the gate of Wang Zhe's mansion.

Since the beginning of Hongzhi, his status in Jinyiwei has become increasingly prosperous, and it has been many years since he personally participated in a house raid.

His ability to confiscate homes was the root of his success in Jinyiwei.

Twenty-three years passed with the blink of an eye, and now Hu Zi is long gone. Hu Zi’s dogs and grandsons have also become extinct. As for his confiscator partner, Fatty Xu, he has now inherited the title and is now the top nobleman of the Ming Dynasty. I won’t jump into the manure pit with him again.

Chang Feng said to You Jingwu: "Let's start with Wang Zhe's bedroom."

Everyone can enter the bedroom.

Chang Feng first used a silver-looking stirrup to inspect the floor inch by inch.

After one stick of incense, there was a "clang" sound, and Chang Feng heard a strange noise. He ordered You Jingwu: "Tick up the floor. There is a hidden compartment underneath." You Jingwu and others spent a lot of effort and used the head of an iron bar to pry open the bluestone slab on the ground. There is a wooden box in the secret compartment.

Everyone took out the wooden box and opened it. There were hundreds of small gold collars of two taels neatly stacked inside!

Chang Feng lamented: "It's true that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. A hidden compartment in the bedroom of a chief envoy's home contains thousands of taels of gold!"

"It can be seen that the current official atmosphere is bad, even worse than in the last years of Chenghua!"

"Captain of Accounts, count the numbers!"

The captain counted them three times and then said loudly: "Remember! There are 2 taels of gold collars and 745 taels hidden in the bedroom of the prisoner Wang Zhe's residence, totaling 1,490 taels of gold."

Chang Feng started tapping the wall with the treasure ring again.

A moment later, there was a "boom" and an unusual sound came from the west wall of the bedroom.

Chang Feng ordered: "Swing the sledgehammer and smash the wall."

You Jingwu picked up the sledgehammer and smashed it with "bang bang bang".

Chang Feng stroked his beard and smiled: "Compared with Xu Guangzuo twenty-three years ago, your strength is very small."

"But that's right. Xu Guangzuo has more than 200 kilograms of fat. How can he be as strong as you, who weighs 130 kilograms?"

After more than twenty hammer blows, a hole was made in the wall.

Sure enough, there was a wooden box hidden in the hole.

Chang Feng took out the wooden box and opened it. Inside is a thick stack of banknotes.

Nowadays, business in the Ming Dynasty is booming, and bank accounts are prosperous. When officials hide money, they no longer need to bury cash at home, but instead hide banknotes, which is more convenient.

Chang Feng handed the banknote to the accounting officer. The captain who recorded the accounts counted them three times and sang loudly: "Remember! There are sixteen banknotes hidden on the west wall of the bedroom of the prisoner Wang Zhe's residence, totaling sixty-seven thousand taels!"

Chang Ponu was speechless: "This Wang Zhe is indeed a famous local corrupt official. There are as many as 60,000 to 70,000 taels in a box of banknotes."

Chang Feng said: "If he had not offended Jiao Fang, he would have continued to be greedy. Alas, to punish corrupt officials now we have to expect corrupt officials to fight with powerful officials. It is really sad and deplorable."

Chang Feng searched Wang Zhe's house for two days.

Two days later, in the front yard of Wang Zhe's mansion.

The accounting officer respectfully handed the account book to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng didn't answer: "Just read the total number, and I won't read it."

The account-recording officer said: "From Wang Zhe's residence, a total of 232,000 taels of silver notes, silver ingots, silver ingots and silver coins were found."

"The total number of gold ingots, gold ingots, gold ingots and gold collars is five thousand four hundred taels."

"There are 110,000 coins in deposits; there are also land deeds for 14,000 acres; a total of 700 houses; 145 slaves; two large boxes of treasures and jewelry. The total amount is about 590,000 silver. two."

Five hundred and ninety thousand taels, compared with the 30,000 taels of wealth of Cai Zhong, a corrupt official during the Chenghua period, it was really a huge number.

But compared with the money that Liu Jin, the most powerful traitor in the court, was greedy for, this amount of money is really the tip of a hair on a nine-headed cow.

You Jingwu said: "Father, the Ministry of Household Affairs will send someone to collect Wang Zhe's dirty money tomorrow morning."

Chang Feng said: "Let's do this. His family wealth is divided into three parts. Our Dongchang keeps one part for ourselves. One part is given to the internal transportation warehouse. The other part is given to the household department."

"All the five thousand four hundred taels of gold will be handed over to the inner treasury. Gold is more beautiful than silver. The emperor will definitely be happy to see it."

"Two big boxes of treasures and jewelry, one box for Empress Dowager Zhang, and one box for Empress Xia. I will give the Empress Dowager and Empress favors with treasures and jewelry belonging to corrupt officials, and the Emperor won't say anything."

"Twenty-three thousand taels of silver and 110,000 guan of copper coins should be deposited in check. Give it to the Ministry of Household Affairs for 30,000 taels of silver and 30,000 guan of copper coins. Our East Factory will keep 150,000 taels of silver and 80,000 guan of copper coins."

"The remaining 70,000 taels of silver will be handed over to the internal transportation warehouse."

"The land deed is 14,000 acres, and 10,000 acres will be allocated. All the old Jinyiwei brothers who come to Dongchang to join me will be given ten acres of land each."

"The remaining 4,000 acres of land and 700 rooms will be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. One hundred and forty-five maidservants will be handed over to the Jiaofang Secretary."

You Jingwu smiled and said: "Father, you are treating the household department like a beggar."

Chang Feng said: "Liu Ji, the local official in the Ministry of Hubu, is the backbone of the eunuch party. When the real money was handed over to the Ministry of Hubu, it was secretly shared by the gang of officials and officials in the Hubu. It's better to keep more in the hands of our Dongchang. , take it from the people and use it for the people.”

Early the next morning, the doctor from the Ministry of Household Affairs handed over Wang Zhe's family property to Dongchang.

At noon, Liu Ji, the Minister of Hubu, sent someone to ask Chang Feng to go to the lobby of the Hubu to respond.

Chang Feng came to the lobby of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Liu Ji glared at him: "Chang Feng, you are a beggar when you are in the household department, right? Wang Zhe's family wealth only paid a total of 30,000 taels of silver, 30,000 guan of copper coins, a few thousand acres of land, and hundreds of room."

"This account does not match Wang Zhe's confession at the inner factory!"

Chang Feng sat on the chair unceremoniously: "Oh? Is that okay?"

Liu Ji said angrily: "You are a small household, how can you sit in the lobby of the household department?"

Chang Feng sneered: "Times have really changed. I remember at the beginning of Hongzhi, when I was in charge of Jin Yiwei, you were just a small sixth-rank head of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"At that time, you had to kowtow and bow when you saw me. Now you are so proud that you won't even let me sit down?"

The doctor on the side reminded Liu Ji in a low voice: "Butang, don't be as knowledgeable as him. It's more important to talk about business."

Liu Ji nodded: "Well, Chang Feng, let me ask you. According to Wang Zhe's confession in the inner factory, his income from corruption and bribery over the years is at least more than 500,000 silver!"

"What do you mean by just paying 30,000 taels of silver and 30,000 guan of money? Are you lining your own pockets?"

Chang Feng sneered: "Liu Ji, I told you Ming. The internal transportation treasury is empty. The bulk of Wang Zhe's family property was asked to be given to the palace to replenish the internal treasury."

"Want to check the accounts? Okay, then go check the palace's accounts! Check the emperor's accounts! I want to see if you have the guts!"

The court accounts of past dynasties cannot be explained clearly once they are involved in the palace.

Except for the civil servants at the end of the Hongzhi Dynasty who dared to check the palace accounts, how could any civil servant dare to touch the forbidden areas in other periods?

Liu Ji said angrily: "Chang Feng, are you trying to drag this matter into the palace?"

Chang Feng nodded: "That's right. Let me tell you clearly, this is called pulling the tiger's skin to pull the flag. If you have the guts, go and check with the emperor."

"Anyway, I just tell you that Wang Zhe's family wealth is only thirty thousand taels of silver and thirty thousand guan of copper coins."

"As for your claim that Wang Zhe confessed to embezzling more than 500,000 taels. Sorry, maybe Wang Zhe is crazy and making nonsense! I dare to say this even if the lawsuit goes before the emperor."

Liu Ji frowned: "Chang Feng, are you too arrogant and domineering? Everyone knows that the property of a corrupt official is a piece of fat meat. You eat a lot of meat, but you only give the household a little soup?"

Chang Feng glared at Liu Ji: "One day Liu Butang loses his power, loses his official title, and his mansion is raided. If I raid your house, I will leave all the meat to the Ministry of Revenue."

"I won't tell anyone secretly in front of others. In the matter of stealing Wang Zhe's family property, the emperor is supporting me. I'm not afraid of anyone!"

After saying that, Chang Feng blew away.

Liu Ji had nothing to do with Chang Feng.

A house raid solved Dongchang's secret funding problem and Chang Feng's urgent need.

Next, Chang Feng will build a huge Dongchang spy network in Beijing!

(End of this chapter)