The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 333 Chang Feng rebuilt the ear and eye network, Liu Jin demoted Yang Tinghe

Now that he has the money, Chang Feng will weave a huge net of ears and eyes in Dongchang.

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

Those eyes and ears are not on the roster of Jinyiwei personnel and do not receive pay. If the eyes and ears provide valuable information, they can receive considerable rewards.

Countless scoundrels in the market, maids and servants in high-ranking officials' mansions are the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei.

Chang Feng discussed with Zhang Yong. It is almost impossible to establish a complete ear and eye network in two capitals and thirteen provinces in a short period of time. For the current plan, we must first build an ear and eye network in the capital.

Dongchang lobby.

Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling walked in with a group of "pot guys" from the capital. The so-called Guo Huotou, to put it bluntly, is the little leader of local ruffians.

The two uncles were very aloof, and they usually called themselves brothers to the gangsters in the capital. They knew all the gangsters in the capital.

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

Zhang Heling said: "Brother Chang, as you command. I have found all the famous pot guys in the capital for you."

Zhang Yanling ordered the gangsters from the side: "Why don't you report your family status to Master Chang quickly?"

A fat man held up his hand and said, "Cui San Lai on Goudiaozi Street in Xia Nancheng."

A thin man handed over his hand and said: "In Yicui Street, Xiabei City, Zhao Dashen."

These two are the leaders of this gang of ruffians.

The rest of the gangsters also reported their families one after another: "Wang Heihu is fighting against the Han in Taojiba Hutong in Lower Nanchang City. I see all the sixteen low-grade kiln shops in Taojiba Hutong!"

"There are thirteen excrement lanes in Lower Beicheng and thirteen incense."

"In Xiabeicheng, I work diligently as a master, like a caltrop."

The names of the local ruffians are more unique than the last.

Zhang Yong couldn't help but laugh.

Chang Feng bowed his hands to everyone very formally. Then he asked: "Brother Tiejie Tie, right? As far as I know, the so-called 'Qin Xing' is the waiter who carries the teapot, carries the oil plate, and wipes the table in various restaurants."

"That is to say, the dignitaries in the capital want to entertain guests and chat in teahouses and restaurants, and they are all served by your brothers?"

The caltrops are strong: "The diligent people in the capital are not my subordinates. They just pay me safety money on a monthly basis. I will only stand up for them if something happens."

"But I want them to pay attention to what the big guys say, and they won't take no for an answer."

Chang Feng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Chang Feng turned around and looked at Shi Sanxiang: "Brother Shi San, I had known that the excrement tunnel in the capital was a profitable business. You are the ones who paid for the royal houses of the officials and officials in the capital." Bar?"

Shi Sanxiang said triumphantly: "Exactly! If we are unhappy, let the brothers in Shitao rest for three to five days. No matter if they are wealthy locals in the capital or high-ranking officials or relatives of the emperor, the rooms and latrines at home will stink." Inaudible!”

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Yeah. Okay, okay."

Zhang Heling said: "Brother Chang, these brothers are all members of our own family. Whatever you want them to do, just tell them."

Chang Feng said loudly: "Everyone, I want you to be the eyes and ears of Dongchang. If there is any trouble in the capital, or if you know the secrets of any high-ranking officials, please come to Dongchang and inform me."

Wang Heihu, who lives in a kiln shop, said bluntly: "What are the benefits of telling Dongchang the news?"

Chang Feng said: "There are two benefits. The first one is that I will reward you according to the value of the message. The minimum is 10 taels of silver per message, and the maximum is 50,000 taels!"

Chang Feng's saying of "a few things, a lot of things" is very similar to the collection of manuscripts by novel editors in later generations. Every now and then, the manuscript will be received at a high price of 20 to 1500 words per thousand words. It is said that the maximum is yuan, but in fact, % of the authors will be given tens of yuan for words.

Shi Sanxiang asked: "Dare you ask Master Chang, what are the benefits of the second sect?"

Chang Feng said: "The second benefit is even more amazing! You become Dongchang's eyes and ears, and you are considered to be Dongchang's people. If you encounter any official troubles in the capital on weekdays, Dongchang can come forward to resolve it for you."

When everyone heard this, their eyes glowed golden.

The common people are afraid of the gangsters, and the gangsters are afraid of the government offices.

If Dongchang gives support to these gangsters, they won’t be able to take off!

Wang Heihu said: "From now on, we brothers are willing to listen to Master Chang and listen to Dongchang's orders!"

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Okay! Come on, register the names of all the heroes and put them on the list. From now on, Dongchang will send people according to the list and contact them every three days."

After the matter was done, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling led the gangsters away.

Zhang Yong asked: "Is this how the ear-eye network is woven?"

Chang Feng shook his head: "We only solved the 'ears', but not the 'eyes'. The ears help us get information, and the eyes help us keep track."

The two were talking when You Jingwu said: "Father, the leader of the Beggar Clan in the capital, Yang Liuzhi, has arrived."

Chang Feng said: "Please come quickly."

Not long after, Yang Liuzhi came to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Gang Leader Yang."

Yang Liuzhi knew etiquette very well and knelt down to Chang Feng and kowtowed: "I have met Mr. Chang Shuai."

Chang Feng smiled and said: "Thirteen years ago we had a chance encounter."

Yang Liu pointed out: "We had a chance encounter. At that time, the governor of Shuntian was planning to 'clean the streets' and drive away all the beggars in the capital."

"I asked many people to beg you through Madam Ninth. You interceded with Shuntian Prefecture Yin and gave the beggars in the capital a way to survive."

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

Yang Liu pointed out: "Master Chang Shuai, why do you need to say the word 'help'? If you have anything to do, just give me your orders."

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

Yang Liuzhi replied: "It's hard to say, there must be more than 40,000 people."

Chang Feng said: "You pick two thousand smarter people to help Dongchang keep tabs on you from now on. For every person you keep tabs on, I will give you five taels of silver. How about that?"

"In addition, if you promise me, you can come to me if anything happens to the Beggar Clan from now on. As long as I can help, I will definitely help."

Yang Liuzhi immediately agreed: "This is nothing, it's just a little effort. How can we take Master Chang's money?"

Chang Feng laughed and said: "That's wrong, it's not my money, but the money from the officials of Dongchang. If you don't take the money from the officials, you won't take it."

After making an agreement with Yang Liuzhi. Chang Feng asked Zhang Yong again: "Eunuch Zhang, you have been in charge of the capital camp for a long time. There are old troops all over the army. Give me the names of the old troops and I will look for them. From now on, they will be our eyes and ears in the army."

Zhang Yongdao: "Okay, I'll draw up a list right now."

Chang Feng spent about half a month to initially establish the ear and eye network of Dongchang's garrison in the capital and suburbs of Beijing.

In the evening of this day, I returned home from work under the constant wind.

As soon as he returned home, Chang Ponu complained to his father: "Dad, Eunuch Liu is too shameless!" Chang Feng asked: "Oh? What's wrong?"

Chang Ponu said: "The emperor asked Eunuch Liu to build Nanhaizi last year. Eunuch Liu gave the task to our Shuntian Mansion."

"The project was completed today. I went to Eunuch Liu to report the accounts. The actual amount was 70,000 taels of silver, but he asked me to change the account to 350,000 taels. He also said that the extra two-and-one would be added to five."

Chang Feng was stunned: "Did you comply?"

Chang Ponu replied: "I dare not disobey him openly. I changed the account to 350,000 taels according to what he said. But I refused to accept what he said, 'two to one plus five'." He said that the extra money should be used as my nephew's filial piety to his old man."

Chang Feng smiled with satisfaction: "You are becoming more and more nimble. If you take the extra money, you will have the leverage in Liu Jin's hands. When Liu Jin fights with me, he can use this to blackmail me. "

"It's different if you just change the accounts without taking any money. Even if you get rid of trouble in the future, it will be Emperor Quan Huanli who forces you to do so."

"The power of the emperor will be vested in the government and the public. You, a little Shuntian governor, can only obey the orders."

Chang Ponu said: "Oh, even though I picked myself clean, the loss is the national money! For a Nanhaizi repair project, he can steal more than 200,000 taels."

"There are so many things in the court and so many places where money is spent, how much must he be greedy for?"

Chang Feng said: "Remember my words. The meat rots in the pot. No matter how much money Liu Jin is greedy for, he is just a new year pig raised by the emperor."

"The emperor wants to conquer the northern grasslands with his own chariot, and seal the wolf as his subordinate. When Liu Jin's reputation is ruined, the huge military pay for the expedition will be available!"

Chang Ponu nodded: "Well, Dad, what you said makes sense."

Chang Feng said with a smile: "When the New Year pig gets fat, it has to be slaughtered. When the piggy bank is full, it has to be smashed. Liu Jin just makes trouble. No matter how happy the pig is, sooner or later he will not be able to escape the fate of being slaughtered and thrown."

"He thinks that the court is a chessboard and he is the chess player all day long. Little does he know that there is only one chess player in the court, and that is the emperor. He is just a chess piece of the emperor."

The next day, a storm broke out in Qianqing Palace.

The late emperor was diligent in his studies during his reign. Until a year before his death, there was still a Sutra Feast every five days and a Smile Sutra Feast every three days.

After Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, he became obsessed with hunting. He couldn't bear to let him sit quietly in the Qianqing Palace and listen to the opinions of the old masters.

But Jingyan is an ancient academic calendar of emperors that has been handed down from the Song Dynasty. Emperor Zhengde could not be abolished.

So he simply changed it to a major scripture feast and a minor scripture feast once a year.

Today is the date for the prayer feast that he himself has appointed.

The main speaker of the Jingyan is Yang Tinghe, a great scholar and cabinet member.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, today I want to tell the Emperor about history."

Emperor Zhengde asked: "Oh? I wonder which period of history Mr. Yang wants to talk about?"

Yang Tinghe replied: "Today I want to talk about the disaster of the ten permanent servants during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty."

This is an extremely sensitive topic.

There have long been rumors in the world that the Eight Tigers of the Ming Dynasty were the Ten Constant Attendants of the Han Dynasty. Liu Jin is Zhang Rang, and Gu Dayong is Zhao Zhong.

The eunuchs are most taboo about people talking about the topic of the Ten Constant Attendants.

Yang Tinghe talked about the disasters of the Ten Constant Attendants at the annual Sutra Banquet. This is not talking about history, it is clearly a slap in Liu Jin’s face.

In the evening of that day, the clerk was in charge of the duty room.

Liu Jin and the other members of the Eight Tigers except Zhang Yong were so angry that they all turned livid when they heard about the content of today's sutra feast.

Liu Jin followed the example of the emperors of the Zhu family and threw the inkstone on his desk, shouting: "You are bullying the sky!"

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

Qiu Ju said: "If this person is not eliminated, he will always be a hidden danger to us!"

Liu Jin said: "In my opinion, we have to make a painful decision! The most convenient way to punish people since ancient times is literary inquisition. Yang Tinghe presided over the compilation of "Records of Xiaozong"."

"According to Zhang Cai, "Records of Xiaozong" has a total of 1,360,06 words. Out of more than one million words, you can always find a few errors that are considered disrespectful."

Gu Dayong echoed: "Eunuch Liu is right! Let alone a huge record with more than one million words. Even if there are more than 100 words of poems and songs, you can always find faults if you want."

"For example, there are those who use the past to satirize the present, those who make irresponsible remarks about the present, those who are nostalgic for the old dynasty, and those who have hidden rebellious intentions."

Liu Jin said: "Let the bookworm Jiao Fang handle the matter of finding faults. As long as we find one or two rebellious words, our Chief of Ceremonies will draft an order to approve Yang Tinghe and transfer him to the Sixth Department of Nanjing for retirement."

Yang Tinghe is a cabinet member after all. It is unrealistic to kill him or arrest him. At most, he could only be transferred to the Sixth Department of Nanjing, which would end his political life.

Gu Dayong hesitated: "However, the emperor has left the matter of drafting the edict to Yang Tinghe."

Liu Jin smiled and said: "Aren't you confused? Yang Tinghe can draft edicts about anyone, but he cannot draft edicts about himself. This is called 'avoidance'."

"The imperial edict for his transfer to Nanjing was drafted by our Chief of Ceremonies. It is a matter of course."

Gu Dayong gave a thumbs up: "Goodbye, Eunuch Liu."

Wei Bin said: "It's just that we have decided to transfer Yang Tinghe to Nanjing. What should the emperor say?"

Liu Jin showed his arrogance at this moment: "Yang Tinghe deliberately wrote arrogance when compiling "Records", which insulted the late emperor. Demoting him to Nanjing was just to vent the anger of the late emperor! Let's be reasonable! Even if the emperor objects, when the time comes I dare to argue in front of the emperor!"

Liu Jin went crazy. He really regarded himself as an emperor. He forgot that his power was given by Emperor Zhengde. Without the support of Emperor Zhengde, he would be nothing.

He now calls himself Cao Cao. But when he looked, Cao Cao had generals, soldiers, counselors, territory and food. All the soldiers and horses in the Central Plains listened to his Lord Mengde, and no one listened to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

But in this dynasty, Emperor Zhengde's operations in the past three years have been as fierce as a tiger's. Whether it is the frontier army, the interior guard army, or the Beijing camp, all are now in the hands of the emperor himself.

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

Do you have the capital to argue with Emperor Zhengde?

Liu Jin couldn't even think through this level and deserved to be cut to pieces in the coming year. Of course, death by a thousand cuts is a thing for another time.

According to historical records: "In May of the third year of Zhengde, Liu Jin framed him. Because of the disobedience in Xiaozong's records, Yang Tinghe changed his position to the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing."

The imperial edict for Yang Tinghe's transfer was a pretentious edict issued by the group of Supervisors of Rites, and was not the original intention of Emperor Zhengde. But after Emperor Zhengde heard about this, he didn't say a word. It seems that there has never been a person like Yang Tinghe in the court.

It seems that he is more concerned about how many pheasants he can catch tomorrow than the appointment and dismissal of court ministers. Is wild pheasant more delicious roasted or stewed?

It just seems.

Emperor Zhengde was by no means a foolish king. This young man is very smart. There must be deep meaning in his turning a blind eye to Yang Tinghe's affairs.

Liu Jin transferred Yang Tinghe away and became even more arrogant and domineering: Look, what about the cabinet ministers? As long as I, Liu Jin, look displeased and want him to get out, he will have to go far away to Nanjing.

Ming Dynasty established emperor, I am worthy of my name!

Liu Jin had this thought, which meant that he was almost done.

(End of this chapter)