The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 4

After checking the bedroom and study.Chang Feng led people to check the bedrooms of every concubine, house prostitute, and servant in the Cai Mansion.

However, the harvest was very little, and cash silver, copper coins, and precious banknotes were confiscated, and the total was only 500 taels of silver.

The number of house raids jumped to 190 taels.It is still far from the number of [-].

It was evening.Chang Feng gave an order: "Move the ladder and check the 'eaves hidden'!"

Eaves Tibetan, a method of Tibetan silver.

There is a whole piece of semi-cylindrical tiles at the front end of the eaves, called tiles.The tiles are usually engraved with the characters of Fu Lu Shou or auspicious animals and clouds.

Officials and wealthy households usually pour melted silver into the inside of the tile.After solidification, it is inlaid on the eaves.This Tibetan silver method has two advantages.

For one thing, if a thief wants to steal the silver in Wadang, he has to move the ladder to the house.There is too much movement and movement, and it is not easy to succeed.

Secondly, it is said that tiles filled with silver can protect houses from evil spirits.

Chang Feng's warriors moved ladders to various houses one after another.Kick the tiles directly to the ground.

When most of the tiles hit the ground, they will be broken into pieces with a "snap".Occasionally, one or two "ding dong" sounds of silver falling to the ground can be heard.

The wrestlers below collected the silver.The income was very little, and a total of more than 300 taels of "eaves hidden" silver were found.

After Chang Feng ordered people to count, keep accounts, put them into boxes and seal them up, it was already evening.

Jinyiwei has a rule of "not raiding the house at sunset".This is because they are afraid that the house raiders will secretly take gold and silver with them in the dark.

Chang Feng ordered people to put the sealed box containing gold and silver in the front yard.

Chang Feng said: "The third Xiaoqi will stay here on duty tonight. For the rest of the brothers, let's get off the errand after stepping on the 'going stool'."

A school lieutenant of the third small flag showed distress: "General Banner. Today is my father's [-]th birthday. Just to accommodate me, the birthday banquet was not held during the day, but at night."

Chang Feng said happily: "It's okay, you are missing a lot. You just go home. By the way, congratulate Lingzun on his birthday to Nanshan."

Chang Feng's father said to him before his death: The biggest evil for an official is to embarrass others as much as possible within the scope of his power.

Chang Feng took it for granted.Or as the ancients said it is good - it is convenient for others to be convenient for yourself.

He has always been kind to his subordinates.

The captain cupped his hands: "Thank you, General Banner."

Chang Feng led Hu Zi, and led the brothers who were not on duty at night to the gate of Cai Mansion, ready to leave.

Fatty Xu has prepared a four-foot high bench and placed it at the gate.

The four legs of this high bench are carved with the auspicious beast Qilin.This stool is called "Innocent Stool".

Chang Feng and his subordinates began to take off their clothes one after another, leaving only a pair of dirty trousers.

Chang Feng took the lead and walked to the Qingbai stool.Raise your hands above your head, lift your legs high, and step over the white stool.At the moment of stepping on the stool, he clapped his hands. "Snapped"!
This is the rule Jin Yiwei learned from the soldiers of the Taicang Treasury.Check if someone is carrying silver taels.

It's early autumn, and the weather is already a bit chilly in the evening.But the rules of crossing the white stool must be observed, and the clothes must also be taken off.

Even in the middle of winter, when the ransacking of the house is completed, they have to suffer from the crime of freezing.

Step over the white stool.Chang Feng and the others began to put on their clothes.

Fatty Xu said: "Master Chang, don't frown. Worry, worry."

Chang Feng said: "You have a title to inherit, so naturally you don't have to worry about it."

"Now the number of 4000 is just over [-]. If I lose the badge of Jin Yiwei, I will become a useless person. How can I marry Xiaoyan?"

Liu Xiaoyan is Chang Feng's childhood sweetheart and childhood sweetheart.The two must have baby relatives.

Liu Xiaoyan's father has grown attached to Liu Ji, the "Mianhua Pavilion elder" in recent years.He rose steadily in the officialdom and was promoted to the chief envoy of Beizhili.

Liu's father gradually looked down on Chang Feng, whose parents died and had no family background, and unilaterally tore up the marriage contract.

Fatty Xu said: "Are you still thinking about that Xiaoyan you? According to me, how can a person hang himself on a tree?"

"Rouge Street in Nancheng, there is a whole forest full of wild flowers!"

Chang Feng shook his head slightly, but did not speak.

At this moment, the sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded in the distance.

A hundred cavalry marched forward in a mighty way, heading straight for the gate of Cai Mansion.The cavalry was followed by two hundred Jinyi guards trotting all the way.Behind it is an official sedan chair.

In front of the official sedan chair, there is an official plaque with seven big characters written "Jinyiwei Beizhen Fushi".

Zhu Ji, Chang Feng's immediate superior, arrives.

Fushi Beizhen is only number six in Jinyiwei.There are also things to command the left and right; to command the left and right to know; to command envoys.

Zhu Ji's official position is no more than the fourth rank of military officer.In the capital city where there are so many high-ranking officials, this level is not very high.

The ostentation of his travels was comparable to that of ministers.

The head of Jinyiwei likes to show off his power by swaggering through the market.

Zhu Ji got off the official sedan chair with a stern face.Chang Feng hurriedly knelt down with his subordinates: "Welcome the Governor!"

Zhu Ji said bluntly: "Take me to see the family property copied out today."

Chang Feng and Fatty Xu took orders.Take Zhu Ji to the front yard.

Zhu Ji pointed to the four boxes: "That's all?"

Chang Feng replied: "Report to the governor of the town. Today I copied out gold, silver, copper coins, and precious banknotes, and the total amount of silver was 490 taels."

"In addition, in the Cai Mansion, we found eight people from Miaoling Shanxi Auntie and Yangzhou Shouma. The price is more than 2000 taels of silver."

Zhu Ji glared at Chang Feng: "The number of [-] set by the commander is a real number. Women, mansions, and land are not allowed to be discounted."

"According to Wei Li's rules, the time limit for ransacking the house is three days. If you don't get enough [-] dirty silver in three days, hand over the card and get out."

Chang Feng secretly groaned in his heart.This wonderful task of setting the amount first and then ransacking the house is a bit more difficult.

Zhu Ji asked again: "Have you copied Cai Zhong's letter?"

Chang Feng held up a wooden box: "This is a letter copied from Cai Zhong's study."

Zhu Ji picked it up and flipped through it: "Oh, they are all letters from the normal correspondence with magistrates."

After speaking, Zhu Ji closed the box, and then took out two small seals from his sleeve: "Seal the box containing the letters too."

Chang Feng found that Zhu Ji seemed to attach great importance to the letter box.

He took the seal and pasted it on the box.

Seeing that the letter box had been sealed, Zhu Ji turned and left.

Chang Feng and Fatty Xu clasped their hands together and said in unison: "Congratulations to the Governor!"

Zhu Ji walked away.

Fatty Xu spat: "Ah, bah! Look at how arrogant he is! Isn't he just the lackey of Commander Wan! He got promoted by eating Commander Wan's shit!"

In Jinyiwei, Zhu Ji has always been known for being cruel to criminals and extremely strict with his subordinates.

The thousands of households, hundreds of households, and general banners under him all mentioned "Zhu Zhenfu envoy" in private, and none of them did not grit their teeth.

Although the people below hated him, his seat was as secure as Mount Tai.Because he was so good at flattering Commander Wan.

What Fatty Xu said just now, "eat the shit of Commander Wan", is not an adjective, but eating shit in the physical sense.

Five years ago, the command made Wantong suffer from diarrhea.His sister Wan Guifei sent four imperial doctors to see him but they didn't find the root cause of the disease.Reluctantly, I had to find someone to taste the feces to analyze the cause.

This kind of work is usually done by lowly servants.

Zhu Ji is a ruthless man!At that time, he rolled up his sleeves, took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth.Take the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility of tasting manure.

The imperial doctor made a gesture of invitation: "Zhu Qianhu, while it's hot!"

Zhu Ji knew a little about medicine.Guessed the cause of the disease by tasting feces, and prescribed a prescription.Actually cured Wantong's disease.

After this incident, Zhu Ji was promoted to Fushi Beizhen.

Today's Ming Dynasty hall has "two fathers-in-law of aphrodisiac", "three elders pasted with paper", "six ministers of clay sculpture", and "censor of Xiniaodu".
On Jin Yiwei's side, there is another "Taste the Dung Township Envoy".The evil of the officialdom atmosphere can be seen.

Chang Feng said to Fatty Xu: "Stop complaining. Just go on a errand."

(End of this chapter)