Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 636
Everyone in the room is the core of the Tianjin Weiwangtong system. Zhang Shiqiang stayed behind on errands. After Mr. Wang returned triumphantly, Zhang Shiqiang went to the capital for business. Everyone knew this, but what kind of errands he went to do, everyone didn't know.

But when everyone saw Mr. Wang's face darkened, the originally relaxed and happy atmosphere in the room immediately became heavy. After a moment of silence, Wang Tong waved his hand and said:

"Everyone is busy with errands!"

Although Cai Nan is the supervisor, and his official status is equal to that of Wang Tong, the rule of Tianjin Wei is that Wang Tong is the biggest, and everyone stands up and leaves.

Zhang Shiqiang walked into the house, put down the burden in his hands, and greeted Wang Tong first. He hadn't rested yet when he came back, and Wang Tong asked directly:
"How is the result?"

"When my lord came out of the iron gate, my subordinates had already asked the chief envoy from Zhang Quan, the leader of the thieves, but what he said was too scary. In order to be on the safe side, my subordinates took Zhang Quan's picture and went to the Qin Pavilion to ask Song The girl checked and confirmed, and got the exact news, so she hurried back to report."

Zhang Shiqiang has always been silent and steady. He attaches so much importance to it, of course the matter will not be trivial. Wang Tong poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhang Shiqiang, and said:
"You probably didn't even drink your saliva when you came back, moisten your throat first!"

Zhang Shiqiang took it with both hands, drank it dry, and said with a smile:

"Thank you, my lord. My subordinate's throat is really thirsty. After my subordinate asked Zhang Quan's confession, he arranged for soldiers and Jin Yiwei to be on duty. No one is allowed to interrogate Zhang Quan under the warrant of my lord or my subordinate. Meals, water, and cleaning the cell must be accompanied by more than three people, and Zhang Quan is not allowed to talk to each other. The people on the other side of the cell belong to Jinyiwei, Tianjin Division, and Huwei Army. , there is nothing wrong with it, the confession is only known by one of the subordinates."

The words were a bit annoying, but Wang Tong listened carefully, and the secrecy work was done like this, which made people feel that it is no small matter. Zhang Shiqiang put down the teacup, untied the bag, took out a stack of papers from it, unfolded it, handed it to Wang Tong, and said :
"This is Zhang Quan's portrait. After getting it to the Qin Pavilion, please ask Miss Song to find someone to ask the steward of Zhang Siwei's mansion to confirm that the confession is correct. Zhang Siwei's mansion said that this person stole a sum of money and money from the mansion. A servant girl eloped, treated it as a scandal, and kept it secret from outsiders."

Wang Tong nodded and said solemnly:
"He said it was ordered by Zhang Siwei?"

"Yes, that's the confession. The subordinates threatened his family members. He obviously couldn't hold on at that time."

"Yang Sichen once told me that Zhang Han, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was instigated by someone from the house at the meeting of Zhang Juzheng's seduction of love, and then made a big mistake and returned to his hometown. It is not a coincidence that Zhang Siwei did such a thing.”

Wang Tong analyzed in a deep voice, Zhang Shiqiang stood with his hands down and listened, Wang Tong continued:
"The Qing guest in Zhang Han's mansion was sent to Changlu Saltworks for experience, but he died violently at home the year before last. At that time, he thought he had hanged himself. If you think about it from Zhang Quan, maybe it was Zhang Siwei who sent someone to kill him. There is such a fat place in the salt field, who would want to die comfortably there.”

"My lord, at that time Zhang Siwei was already a cabinet scholar and minister of the Ministry of War, why would he do such a thing?"

"It's just that I want to be a bigger official. Zhang Han was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and a scholar of the cabinet at that time, and his weight was second only to Zhang Juzheng. If Zhang Siwei overthrew him, he would be promoted. As for Shen Shixing, he and Shen Shixing both He is Zhang Juzheng's confidant, whoever has a higher status and who can not make mistakes will be more stable in the position of the second assistant, and will become the number one person who inherits Zhang Juzheng's power. Now... this official has made great contributions, They are also His Majesty's cronies, after entering the capital, they will inevitably gain weight, which will affect their dictatorship and manipulate the government, such people are naturally a thorn in their side, a thorn in their flesh, and they must be removed as soon as possible."

After Wang Tong finished speaking in a deep voice, Zhang Shiqiang became a little anxious and said:
"My lord, what should we do then? If the assassination fails this time, even if we sue, there are ways to deny it. But since we have already done it, we don't know what methods we can use in the future. Are we just going to be persecuted by him like this!"

Wang Tong didn't make a sound, but Zhang Shiqiang said again:
"This piece of Siwei is now the chief assistant of the cabinet. If you target it everywhere, even if you have your majesty's cronies, you may not be able to resist it. You should file a complaint and let Eunuch Zhang report to your majesty..."

Zhang Shiqiang spoke halfway, Wang Tong raised his hand to stop, and said in a deep voice:

"You also know that Zhang Siwei's mansion said that Zhang Quan fled privately with money. Maybe they are still reporting the case at Shuntian Mansion. If we do this, do we have any solid evidence? It must be entangled endlessly. Right now, the Queen Mother and Feng Bao must rely on this Siwei to control the court, will they easily see Zhang Siwei fall, and if they sue, they will first convict the official of framing an important minister, and then it will be useless to do anything!!"

"My lord, if you don't do anything, you are waiting to die!"

"No one will say anything... You go down and rest first, let me think about it!"

Zhang Shiqiang, who was a little excited, was stopped by Wang Tong. Wang Tong told Zhang Shiqiang to retreat, and asked him to close the door again, and stayed in the room silently.

It is quite rare for Wang Tong to stay alone in the house without being disturbed by other people. Everyone close to him knows that Wang Tong likes to work together and choose the best opinion. The situation, what kind of problem did you encounter, it turned out to be like this.

After lunch, I closed the door and was alone, and the door was only opened when it was getting dark, but I arranged for someone to go to the barracks first to call Li Hutou, and asked Zhang Shiqiang to lead Wu Er to wait in the front hall.

Li Hutou is now the head of the first regiment of the Huwei Army. He has a lot of training and garrison affairs every day, and he has to arrange supervision one by one. He stays in the barracks all day long, but the barracks is also very close to Wang Tong's house. Going to call, after about half an hour, the person has already arrived.

After entering the house, the weather was still hot today, but Wang Tong still closed the door, and there were only two people in the house. Before Li Hu could ask, Wang Tong said:
"In the assassination we encountered at the inn, the second group of people were the remnants of the Sanyang Sect, and the identity of the first group of people has also been found out?"

Li Hutou was also a witness to that battle, and he also knew about the remnants of the Sanyang Sect, but the identities of the first group of assassins were not clear. Wang Tong and Zhang Shiqiang kept it a secret. Upon hearing this, Li Hutou His eyes widened immediately, and he also knew that although the first group of people called themselves the Sanyang Sect, they were definitely not a group.

"It's the killer sent by Zhang Siwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet."

Wang Tong said it plainly, but Li Hutou almost screamed out, stood up and asked repeatedly:
"Brother, this four-dimensional piece has nothing to do with us, why did you send someone to kill us!!"

Wang Tong shook his head, explained in a deep voice, and finally said the truth:
"...I have entered the capital, do you think the emperor will trust me more, or trust others more... If there is me, they will be tied up, and they will not be able to do what they want everywhere. Without me, they will naturally do whatever they want..."

"Brother, you have done these things, everyone has seen and knows, which one is not for the emperor, which one is not for the good of our Ming, why do these people still treat big brother like this, big brother, play the emperor and let him make decisions for us. "

Among the generals of Tianjin Wei, these martial arts gyms from Huwei Martial Arts Hall are especially so. They think that Emperor Wanli is his own family, and he can let Emperor Wanli be the master when he encounters any grievances or disasters. Wang Tong shook his head and sighed. In the morning, I explained to Zhang Shiqiang again.

Li Hutou is fifteen years old this year. Although he is young, he has done a lot and listened to a lot in the past few years, and his knowledge is also extraordinary. He was stunned when he heard Wang Tong's explanation, and knew that there was really nothing he could do, but he still couldn't help it. I just asked a question:
"Brother, let him be like this. If he keeps silent this time, he won't stop. What's more, the other party is the chief assistant of the court, condescending, and we will be unable to resist one day."

Wang Tong looked at Li Hu's head, was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice:
"I won't let him do this. Zhang Siwei treats us like this, and he won't be loyal to the emperor. Let him collude with the palace, and the emperor will be suppressed. You need to do this matter..."

He hesitated intermittently, and at the end, Li Hutou stood up from his chair and said in a solemn voice:

"What do you need the tiger head to do, please ask the elder brother to order it, and it will be done well even if it goes through fire and water."

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At the beginning of August, Li Hutou, the head of the first regiment of the Huwei Army, caught wind and cold, and was sent to Wang Tong's country manor to rest. Individuals have their own reasons, and there are also several generals in the Huwei Army and Jinyiwei who use different reasons to take leave and rest. It is normal and no one notices.

Almost as soon as the news that Li Hu had a cold head came out, the Tianjin Jinyiwei Thousand Households Association, together with the officials of the Tianjin Qing Army Department, cooperated with the security forces, and screened Tianjin Wei.

Residents in various inns, both inside and outside the city, were questioned at the door. The household registration list, which was considered useless in the past, played a role. It was clear how many people there were in each family. Wei didn't have any trouble here, as long as he could tell the whole story, provide a guide, or find someone to guarantee it would be fine.

This measure is also a means to prevent gentlemen from villains, but it still has some effect. There are many fewer traders and tourists outside Wang Tong's mansion, and many people of unknown origin have left in the entire Tianjin Wei.

There was a lot of hustle and bustle, Sha Dacheng sent a ship to send over 20 taels of cash first, and half of it was gold, but few people paid attention to it, and Sha Dacheng wrote his name in Tianjin and opened a shipping company, called Black Shark Shipping Company , Shen Wu opened the Sanshui boat company, and no one paid attention to it
Tianjin Wei is quiet, but the capital is not.

(End of this chapter)