Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 115

When Wang Tailai, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was in office, he was an important minister of the country, but when he returned home, he had no rank and status, which was nothing. Wang Tailai was just a playboy, so what's the use of killing him.

"Master Lu, did Wu Zuo confirm that it was homicide?"

"There must be no mistakes. Why didn't he report the dead body that has been examined for nearly 30 years, but the few incidents happened to him were suppressed by the help of my brother, and I will not tell lies to my brother on this! "

Seeing Wang Tong's suspicious expression, Lu Wancai followed suit, and then explained:
"For those who hang themselves, the force on the Adam's apple is usually the heaviest, but this Wang Tailai's neck is also oppressed, and it is obvious that he is about to become stiff before being hung on the beam..."

This is a professional opinion. Wang Tong nodded. Suicide requires a lot of courage in addition to despair. Wang Tailai's situation is neither of these two.

The weather at night in the capital near May is quite pleasant, but Wang Tong felt cold unconsciously. After tracing He Jinyin, the Shuntian Mansion actually released him. He thought he could get some news from Wang Tailai, but Wang Tailai was also caught. people kill.

Whether it is related to the Sanyang Sect, Wang Tong dare not determine, but if it is related to the Sanyang Sect, it would be too scary. Sitting on a chair, Wang Tong suddenly asked:

"Can you know when Wang Tailai died?"

"I'm not sure, probably around noon..."

Wang Tong let out a long breath. If it is said that the hanging of the official minister's only son has nothing to do with Sanyang Sect, if it is related, then it can be inferred layer by layer. Emperor Wanli revealed layers of criminal evidence in the cabinet and forced the official minister Wang Guoguang was dismissed from office, and this time will not be more than one hour before noon.

On that day, Wang Tong specifically told Emperor Wanli that if he wanted to silence the people of the world, so that the empress dowager would not think that the emperor was messing around, then he would be convicted of the crime and Wang Tailai must be convicted and interrogated.

This news must have spread out of the palace quickly after it was confirmed, and the people lurking in the prince's house began to silence, and they were able to leave Shangshu's mansion calmly.

With such an intelligence network, such ability to act, and such secrecy, combined with all the previous signs, the Sanyang Sect, which was thought to be a small cult, unexpectedly has such a force and such a dense network.

In the film and television dramas and novels I have seen before, there seems to be such a well-organized and watertight mysterious gang, but Wang Tong never thought that there would be such an organization among the people. In modern society, highly efficient and rationally organized Large companies and large groups may not be able to do this. How can they do it in this era of underdeveloped information and backward competition? The only reasonable explanation is that there is official power to do this, or someone borrowed it. Official power is doing this.

Who was he fighting against, who was in the court, or who was in the palace? Wang Tong stared blankly ahead, not daring to think deeply.

Wang Tong has only been in this era for more than a dozen years, and he can already think so deeply, not to mention Lu Wancai, the old and sophisticated Shuntian Mansion Tutor.

The two were silent there, until Ma Sanbiao came over excitedly with the food, and Wang Tong forced a smile and said:

"Brother Lu, don't stand still, sit down, Sanbiao, go get a pot of tea again, look at Brother Lu, he hasn't even drank his saliva when he came into our room!"

This is the first time Wang Tong called Lu Wancai "big brother". Lu Wancai looked agitated, and suddenly said with a smile:

"This robe is too thick to wear today. It's hot, and my back is covered with sweat. It's sticky and uncomfortable. Brother Wang, I'm going to see you."

While speaking, he took off the long robe he was wearing, and Wang Tong clearly saw that Lu Tuiguan's shirt was already wet. Everyone knew that the sweat was not hot, but scared. of.

Lu Wancai knew that Wang Tong had regarded himself as one of his own. After sitting down, he hesitated for a while before saying:
"Brother Wang, to put it bluntly, you have already embraced the thigh of Zhang Cheng and Eunuch Zhang. At this time, you have Feng Bao and Eunuch Feng's face. I am afraid that there are not many people in the world who are bigger than these two backers." Now, let's act cautiously, guard against others harming us, and at the same time prevent people from catching us, and it won't be a big deal."

Wang Tong nodded, thinking that Ma Sanbiao should not move back in the future, and it would be good to have someone to take care of him if he lived here together. What Lu Tuiguan said was indeed reasonable.

At this time, he remembered the thick book that was lost and recovered in the Juyifang run by He Jinyin. Now that this matter has become more and more involved with the Sanyang Sect, this book is always pondered and studied by himself. Nothing, now that Lu Tui and Guan have shared interests, sitting in the same boat, it is better to study together.

"Brother Lu, I'm going to get something from the side room, please wait a moment!"

Not long after, Wang Tong came out with the thick roster, and said to Lu Wancai in a deep voice:
"Brother Lu, this was copied from Juyifang. The younger brother has always been there and has no rumors. The names above are very unfamiliar to the younger brother. Brother Lu, who is a native of the capital, may be able to find something."

The pusher Lu Wancai stood up quickly and walked to Wang Tong's side. Ma Sanbiao opened the curtain and came in. Seeing the solemn and serious appearance of the two people in the room, he put down the teapot and wooden bowl wisely, and said with a smile:

"Brother Zhang said that there are not enough ingredients in the delicious restaurant. I will drive to the vegetable merchant to bring them back."

After speaking, he turned around and ran out. Wang Tong opened the roster, flipped through the pages, and ran his fingers over the names one by one under the light.

Lu Wancai carefully followed the names of Wang Tong's fingers. Wang Tong turned the page when he saw that he didn't respond. On the sixth page, he saw Wang Tailai's name. Wang Tong knew that this name was within the past three days, but this name was lost to Wang Tong. meaning.Almost halfway through, Lu Tuiguan still didn't recognize anything.

Just when Wang Tong thought there was no hope, Lu Wancai suddenly stopped, pointing to a name on the booklet and saying:
"Cheng Wei... I've heard the name before... At the end of last year, someone spent some money to install Cheng Wei'an in the Daxing County Yamen as a policeman..."

"Daxing County? What's the benefit of working in that yamen?"

Wang Tong turned his head and asked in surprise, the pusher Lu Wancai also had a wry smile on his face, shook his head and replied:
"Brother, I don't know, so the lack only cost 20 taels of silver in total. I asked Liu Tongpan to drink some flower wine and then arranged for it. It's also a joke from Shuntian Mansion."

The capital is Shuntian Prefecture, and there are two counties under Shuntian Prefecture. The capital city is divided into two counties, with Qianmen as the central axis, Daxing County to the east, and Wanping County to the west, both of which are in the capital.

The county magistrate, the county magistrate, the officials of the sixth house, yamen servants, and arresters are all available. If a county magistrate is in the local area, he is the magistrate of the county. , a seven-rank county magistrate is worth nothing.

What is a seventh rank? How many fifth and sixth rank officials in the capital have to rent a house and eat on credit in a rice store, let alone a seventh rank.

There are high-ranking officials and nobles everywhere, and it is extremely difficult to get an errand, needless to say, there are many more supports than other provinces and counties.

To be an official elsewhere is to get rich, and to be a county magistrate in this capital is to lose money. In the next day, Nanjing City and the counties directly under the capital city of various provinces are also similarly drudgery.

Sitting in this position, the only thought is to wait for three years and then change to a different position. This county magistrate is so pissed off, let alone the servants below.

Wang Tong had also heard about these allusions, but it was just a joke at the time. He was really surprised to hear Lu Wancai say this now, that someone was willing to spend money to do a hard job in that place.

But turn around and think about it, no one will pay attention to working in that place. In the capital, the slaves and servants of wealthy families are more prestigious than Daxing and Wanping county magistrates, let alone those working below. more hidden.

At this time Lu Wancai also said in a deep voice:
"Some third-class rich merchants who have no rights are willing to spend money to buy their children a servant status. Although the status is not registered in the Ministry of Officials, it is still considered a tolerance status and it is convenient to do things."

Wang Tong turned his head and looked over. Although there were only two people in the room, Lu Wancai lowered his voice and continued:
"There are many yamen in the capital, and the inspections are strict. Those with knives and swords will be questioned by officials. If you are this policeman, you can walk in the market wearing soap clothes, square hats, sabers and iron rulers."

The two looked at each other, unable to speak, Wang Tong pointed out another name, and Lu Wancai recognized a dozen more names, including officials and messengers working in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, as well as Daxing, Wang Tong, the eighth-rank and ninth-rank petty officials in the yamen of two counties in Wanping, closed the roster and said in a low voice:
"The people on the roster may be the three teachings and nine streams in the capital, hiding in places you and I can't see, doing things you and I don't know, if this roster is handed over to Dongchang or Beizhen Fusi, in Shuntian Prefecture and Wucheng With the cooperation of the soldiers and horses to sweep the whole city, there should be no fish that slipped through the net..."

Hearing this, Tui Guan Lu Wancai was startled, just as he was about to speak, Wang Tong said to himself again:
"No, just relying on this roster and your and my speculations, to do such a big thing, it will definitely cause thunder and anger. I'm afraid that if the thing is not done, we will be smashed to pieces."

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The mansion of Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, can only be seen in the small study of close people.

"Elder Ge, the reason why Wang Guoguang was deposed is most likely related to Wang Tong in the martial arts hall. The little martial arts master can actually persuade the emperor to depose the six officials. This is not good for the elder Ge to carry out the great policy!"

Zhang Siwei, the new minister of the Ministry of War, a cabinet bachelor, said calmly.
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The monthly ticket has been thrown so far, everyone is trying hard, let me chase it, okay?
Have a great weekend and thank you all

After a while, there is an announcement of thanks

(End of this chapter)