Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 558

On June 28, the ninth year of Wanli, Lu Wancai was fined for three months by the Shuntian Mansion.

For those who achieved this position, no one would care about the salary that was not enough for one person for a year, but the penalty for salary was one of the severe punishments imposed by the capital on civil servants.

Qingliu scholars, civil servants and ministers, pay attention to politeness and style, and there are few direct reprimands from officials. If they make mistakes or offend people to a certain extent, this mistake is not to the point of demotion or dismissal. Generally, it is a fine up.

And this is a precursor, if someone is fined, there will be no promotion in the officialdom, and the road will be gloomy.

Although Lu Wancai is only a general judge in Shuntian Mansion, he can't be called high-ranking and noble, but this position is an important position, not to mention his job in the Department of Public Security, he is a close person of Wang Tong, a thousand households of Jinyiwei.

Since Wang Tong appeared in the eyes of everyone in the capital, although there were many controversies surrounding him, and the courtier Qingliu continued to criticize him, Wang Tong has always been on the rise in his official career. Although there are not many people around him, they are also prosperous. Standing firm in the wind and rain, but this time it is different.

Although there was no big announcement, the news quickly spread throughout the capital, and many people felt that it meant something.

After all, the Department of Public Security where Lu Wancai works is under the jurisdiction of Zhang Cheng, the eunuch and eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and he is close to Wang Tong's side, but the capital still relies on Eunuch Zhang to shelter him from the wind and rain.

Now that Eunuch Zhang can't protect him anymore, could something really happen, is the Department of Public Security going to end?Many people think so.

There are not many people in the capital who have a good impression of the Department of Public Security, not to mention those who want to spend money to buy the Ping An brand, who would like to have such an organization besides Dongchang and Jinyiwei staring at everyone.

Seeing that the people in the Department of Public Security were deflated, there were some people who speculated, and even more people who gloated. June 29th was a quiet day, and everyone in the capital had to wait and see to see if there was any recurrence of this matter.

But the well-informed people in the capital didn't hear anything. Lu Wancai was fined three months' salary, and the guards and soldiers of Shuntian Mansion and Jinyiwei who were investigating unknown crimes outside the city quietly withdrew back to the city. It seems that Lu Wancai and the Secretary of Public Security were indeed unlucky this time, and maybe even Eunuch Zhang was in trouble.

The cases of abandoned people like Cha Wumingbai ended up like this, so it can be seen that they offended the people in the palace, so what good could there be...
On June [-]th, some of the people who were sent by the Public Security Department to the store to collect Pingan money were pushed back by neither soft nor hard, and someone from the Qin Pavilion pretended to be crazy with wine, saying that they would take some girls back.

Everyone knows that this is a temptation. If the Secretary of Public Security endures it quietly, it will further prove everyone's judgment. The Secretary of Public Security has softened, and someone has knocked him down.

Even the servants of the Department of Public Security, who were sneered at outside and didn't receive the money, could only swallow their anger and come back at that time. Scold like before.

If you give up an inch, others will bully you a foot. This kind of practice made everyone in the capital confirm their thoughts. Many people are going to give the Secretary of Public Security a good look the next day.

However, on the second day, those who wanted to look good to the Secretary of Public Security were frightened back, and the shopkeepers who did not buy the Ping An brand the day before were sealed by the Shuntian government officials.

The guests who caused trouble in the Qin Pavilion were also beaten up by the guards of the Qin Pavilion. There was no way to sue and reason. Some people who relied on their background wanted to find someone to fight, but they were reported from the palace. The news shocked me.

Zhang Ping, the nephew of Zhang Cheng, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, was a loyal man, and he was specially added to Jinyiwei, with the title of general banner, and was stationed in South Street.

The eunuch is the second and third position among the internal officials. Needless to say, Jinshan Yinhai, this authority is also equivalent to the second assistant of the cabinet. There is no reward in the palace. According to the usual rules, they are all promotions. The grand eunuch's nephew entered Jinyiwei or Dongchang, just like Feng Bao's nephew Feng Youning was in charge of thousands of households in Dongchang.

At this juncture, with such a decree of reward coming down, everyone knows the palace's attitude towards Eunuch Zhang, there will be disasters, and it is clearly due to grace.

Not to mention the gossip that came out, saying that the Empress Dowager and the Long Live Lord both praised Eunuch Zhang personally, and that Zhang Cheng's position was stable, even bullish.

Then the security department under him is naturally stable, and there are no disasters and bad luck mentioned above. Perhaps Lu Wancai's fine salary is just a fine salary, and there is no other punishment.

Those who paid the Ping An money were all thankful that they didn't take any risks, and the hard-topped companies were too late to cry. This time, it's not something that they can reopen after paying several times the fine.

The Department of Public Security has set the tone and insisted that these stores be closed. The shop owners are no longer allowed to open stores in the capital, and the shopkeepers and assistants are no longer allowed to beg for work in the capital. People from Jinyiwei came to "visit" the door, and it turned out that these wanderers either contracted a cold the next day and "recovered" at home, or left the capital "with homesickness".

It's the same if you don't open a shop in the capital, but go to Tianjin Wei. If you don't work in the capital, there are many rich places in the world where you can work. As for those troublemakers, they pretend to be crazy by drinking, just a few warnings.

But with this posture, even though Lu Wancai was fined with his salary, and even though Wuming Bai withdrew from the investigation outside the city, the Secretary of Public Security was still not easy to mess with.

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The prestige of the Department of Public Security is not low, but the people who are on duty are not in a good mood. Shuntian Mansion judge Lu Wancai was sick for half a month, and Zou Yi was busy with the errands of the Superintendent of Ceremonies all day long, so he had much less time to go out of the palace.

Li Wenyuan had no expression on his face every day, as usual, but he went to Zhenxing Building for a few drinks when he had time, and all the official duties in South Street were handed over to Baihutian Ronghao who was still back.

As usual on July [-]th, some ceremonial sacrifices will be performed, and people's moods will not be any better. For the Secretary of Public Security, they are already in a bad mood, and this is even more depressing.

On July [-]th, as usual, Li Wenyuan gave some advice to two hundred households under him in front of his house, and each went off to do errands. He looked at several places where he was taken care of, and it was almost time for him to calculate, so he went to the Zhenxing Building again. , You have to restrain yourself now, and there are few things to do. Drinking two glasses at noon is also a pastime.

The Zhenxing Building was originally the home of the Department of Public Security. The shopkeeper saw that Li Wenyuan had a reason for not being courteous. He had a fixed seat and knew Li Wenyuan's taste preferences. The food and drinks were served as soon as he sat down.

But when I entered the door today, there was a strange guy standing in front of the door, bowing and saying respectfully:

"Master Li, please come inside!"

Li Wenyuan stared at him, nodded, then glanced at the shopkeeper and the clerk on the counter, followed the clerk to the inner courtyard, and out of the back door of this building, there were several independent courtyards in front, the clerk turned around and said in a low voice:
"Master Wang is waiting in the Yunhai courtyard!"

Li Wenyuan paused, looked at the yard in front of him, nodded, put the dagger he had drawn back into his arms, and walked to the door of the private courtyard, but saw the word "Jin" written in white ash on the door, seeing this After marking, Li Wenyuan felt relieved, pushed the door open and walked in.

There are more than a dozen young and strong people waiting in the yard. The yard is not big, but so many people seem crowded. Li Wenyuan was a little puzzled, thinking why there was such a battle. inconvenient.

"Master Wang, the capital looks like this, if you come here, if someone sees you, wouldn't it be troublesome!"

After entering the room, a few simple side dishes were placed on the table. Wang Tong stood up with a smile. After all, Li Wenyuan was older and had a master-student relationship with the Huwei Martial Arts Academy, so he couldn't help but say a few words.

"Everything is peaceful in the capital, what's the trouble?"

To Li Wenyuan's complaint, Wang Tong asked back with a smile, Li Wenyuan sighed, shook his head and said helplessly:

"Master Wang is asking again knowingly. Recently, Lu Tongpan was fined, and those of us who were chasing Wumingbai outside the city were also ordered to retreat. The capital is not good for us! As a military officer, my lord , leaving his post without authorization, if it is known by others, wouldn’t it be troublesome to make trouble at this time.”

Wang Tong just stretched out his hand and pressed it, and said relaxedly:

"Sit first, sit first, and wait for the two of them to come over."

Not long after the two sat down, Lu Wancai also arrived on horseback. He was surprised to see Wang Tong after entering the room, but Li Wenyuan thought of other places at this time. At that time, he had no power, and it was impossible to have any other forces.

After arriving in Tianjin Wei, Zhang Cheng and the three of them gradually grasped the power of the Public Security Department in the capital. Although the Public Security Department has been trying its best to cooperate, there is not much power that really belongs to Wang Tong in the capital, but today there is no sound When I came to the Zhenxing Building and called around, it didn't seem to be what I thought.

During lunch, Zou Yi also hurried over. After entering the room, Zou Yi spoke a little more tactfully than Li Wenyuan before, and said:
"My lord Wang should be cautious when he comes here at this time of year. There are so many followers outside, it's hard to avoid people's attention."

Wang Tong didn't say anything to the few people, but nodded to the guards outside the door, and the guards started to serve them, and the food and drinks began to be served.

Not long after, the food and wine were ready, but the first-class table in Zhenxing Building was very rich, but Lu Wancai and the others were even more confused. Wang Tong got up and poured a glass of wine for each of the three, then filled it himself, toasted and said with a smile:

"This official came to the capital to congratulate the three, come, let's drink this cup together!!"

Listening to Wang Tong's words, everyone couldn't figure it out. When they were so depressed, they really didn't know where the joy came from, but they still drank the wine in the glass out of courtesy.

"Of course I congratulate you for finding out the truth. If not, why would there be so many disturbances against you?"
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