Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 713

In August of the 11th year of Wanli, the capital was already a bit chilly sooner or later. The affairs of Jinyiwei became more and more on track, and Wang Tong had fewer and fewer things to be busy with. Since the second half of July, Wang Tong has been sent to Tianjin Wei The envoys of the army and the officials of all sizes who came to report from Tianjin Wei continued to communicate on the road.

The training intensity of the Tianjin Weihuwei army's infantry and artillery teams has also increased, and the standing force of the security army has also strengthened training. The personnel in the Sanjiang Commercial Bank who specialize in serving the Huwei army began to count the armaments in the treasury. The military supplies also began to count the equipment and replace the defective products.

Sanjiang Artisan Workshop began to work overtime again, producing all kinds of items. The grain villages of several farms began to stockpile grain, and everything was in full swing.

After arriving in the capital, despite his busy schedule, Wang Tong still spent a lot of time training every day. Starting from the second half of July, Wang Tong and his personal guards also increased their training. Fortunately, the young man was able to survive even if he was healthy. live.

Yang Sichen also has an errand now, every day he takes a carriage to a Zhuangzi outside the west gate of the capital, stays there for a while, asks the Zhuangzi about the harvest of the farm work, and then returns in a carriage.

Wang Tong is now also a force in the capital, so of course people are watching. Although Yang Sichen is a Juren, everyone knows that this Juren is Wang Tong's aide and master, and he can be regarded as a mastermind. Tong Tong's net worth, even a thousand hectares of land can be bought for him, why go to this Zhuangzi to care about such trivial matters, things are strange, but he can't see any other problems, so he no longer pays attention to them.

What they didn't know was that the people sent by Sanjiang Commercial Company and Wang Tong to Shanxi when they came to the capital to report, they all stayed in this Zhuangzi at night and then met Yang Sichen the next day.

The messengers who communicate with Tianjin Wei go in and out every day, and the messengers who communicate with Shanxi are also doing the same now.
After the daily report, Yang Sichen still has a special task, which is to tell Wang Tong the rules and allusions of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. After working in the Jinyiwei Yamen for so long, Wang Tong found that he had too much to learn. After all, it is such a big yamen that concerns the whole world, and there are so many complicated things, so you have to understand it a lot.

"After Xu Jie left the cabinet, he ran the family business at home. It is interesting to say that when Yan Song was in power, everyone in the world said that Yan Song was greedy and contemptible, while Xu Jie was praised by scholars, but Yan Song's family business after he was dismissed was not even as good as When Xu Jie retired, a quarter of his family business was owned. In those years, when Emperor Sejong built palaces and temples, Yan Song Shangshu objected, so he fell out of favor, and Xu Jie asked his son Xu Fan to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry to preside over the matter. After the repair, Xu Fan returned to Songjiang, and some people said that the Xu family got rich from this project."

Yang Sichen sat there, classifying the papers into categories, or adding annotations, while speaking to Wang Tong, Xu Jie passed away, and the court gave him a very high evaluation, so Wang Tong naturally had to understand.Since Yang Sichen was drawn by Shen Shixing, he has become a lot more free and easy, saying that these allusions will not stick to official remarks, there are quite a few allusions.

"Zhang Juzheng cleared up the acres of land in the world, in order to check the fields that the small people took shelter and donated to the big families. Xu Jie was in Songjiang Mansion, even in the whole of Nanzhili. There is a lot of land donated, and this Songjiang Mansion is the richest place in the world. One mu of land here is enough to be worth a few mu in the north. How can it be more powerful than the Xu family? It was swallowed up by his family. It is said that in the year of Long Qingnian, there were already more than 40 mu."

Even if Wang Tong is used to the role of Jinshan Yinhai, he was speechless when he heard this number. Songjiang Prefecture has more than 40 mu of fertile land. Perhaps Songjiang Prefecture does not have so many fields in one place, but there is no place in the south of the Yangtze River that is not fertile land. Well, these fields are a treasure house for making money. Coupled with the fame of the Xu family, these are tax-free, which is even more remarkable.

"Hai Rui was the governor of Yingtian. As soon as he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, people from all over the world accused the Xu family of encroaching on the land. Afterwards, Hai Rui still persisted and insisted on investigating to the end. As a result, the Xu family gave Dai Fengxiang 3 taels of gold to the official department, and then Dai Fengxiang impeached Hai Rui, saying that he was suspected of murdering his wife and concubine. The adults also knew that Zhang Juzheng Being able to have that kind of status is inseparable from Xu Jie's long-term arrangements and support, not to mention that Hai Rui has never had the idea of ​​a party, so Zhang Juzheng may not feel at ease if Hai Rui is in the officialdom, so he will take this opportunity to let Hai Rui At home for the people, there is another saying in Shilin that Xu Jie chased Hai Rui's saying that "if you don't live in the house, you can chase the style of the court", which is quite appropriate, but now Zhang Juzheng is sick, and Xu Jie is also sick. In Nanjing It's time for Hai Rui, who lives idle, to recover."

"More than 40 mu, more than 40 mu, tsk tsk, what a big family business, what a big family business!"

Wang Tong shook his head there and exclaimed. Yang Sichen picked up a document and unfolded it, put it on the desk, and replied with a smile:
"All the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River are full of such wealthy families. They all say that it is a pleasure in the world to go there to be an official in the land of fish and rice. But these years, if you are not a high-ranking child, who dares to go to the south of the Yangtze River to be a local official? A random person walking on the street may be with the cabinet. No matter who is related, you can't afford to offend them at all. The officials and masters in the yamen are all domestic servants of the local rich and powerful families. They can't control anything and are subject to restraint everywhere. Such an official position is naturally a hard job."

These allusions are quite interesting to listen to, and Wang Tong didn't find them boring. He said Xu Jie was a virtuous prime minister inside and out, and he deeply mourned him, but he didn't expect that there would be such a secret thing. He heard a lot, and after hearing a few words, he asked again:
"The 3 taels should be extremely secretive. How did this get out?"

"In the area of ​​Southern Zhili, I don't know how many people hate Xu Jie to the bone. They must be able to find out. In addition, the students are also the purveyors of Mr. Shen, so they know some secrets."

"This matter can be written into a play or something, and someone must be willing to listen."

After Wang Tong said this, Yang Sichen agreed with a smile:

"If this kind of thing needs to be compiled into a drama, I'm afraid the palace will not let it be performed. Speaking of this, the students have also read the books written by those people. It was not bad at the beginning, but now it has become more and more village customs. Students now read it. This is the new book I brought, this 'You are an unfilial son, you have to be pissed off as a mother to be reconciled', what is the difference between this and the usual."

Hearing this, Wang Tong laughed out loud, and after the laughter stopped, he said to Yang Sichen:

"Our show is for the folks in the village. If you can't read it, what's the use? Read it to the servants, only find those who are illiterate and inexperienced, send it back to rewrite it if they don’t understand, now I hear Mr. Yang you say village customs, I think it’s almost usable.”

Hearing Wang Tong's joke, Yang Sichen smiled awkwardly, and said:
"Back then, every time Bai Juyi wrote a poem, he had to read it to the old woman. Only when the other party understood it could he post it."

"If the official said it, just say the old woman or the old woman, I really couldn't understand it for a while."

After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed out loud. Yang Sichen took out a copy from the case file beside him, handed it to Wang Tong and said:
"Students have sorted out the reports from Shanxi that I got yesterday, and [-]% of the goods that have been trafficked to the north have been found out there. Some of them are just selling salt and cloth, but a few are selling ironware, and even There are also those who trick the craftsmen out, it is said that one blacksmith can exchange ten horses, there are many blacksmiths in Lu'an, this is said to be a big business."

The smile on Wang Tong's face dissipated and gradually became gloomy. After hearing Yang Sichen finish speaking, he sneered and said:
"Since this is the case, there is no need to worry about innocent things, just do it."

Yang Sichen nodded, took a note, wrote the date on it, and handed it to Wang Tong. Wang Tong took out a seal to seal it, and Yang Sichen said again:
"In the afternoon, the news will spread to the capital, and the horses will come and go, and Shanxi will know in five days."

The stamped note with the date written on it should be taken back and destroyed after Yang Sichen leaves Beijing to deliver the message, mainly as a voucher, which is also Wang Tong's private rule.

While talking, I heard footsteps outside, and someone stood at the door and reported:
"Master, there is something going on in Shanxi, and the report has been brought over."

Wang Tong had ordered that the Shanxi side report to Jinyiwei should be notified as soon as possible. The experience department was responsible for processing the documents. The original is sent, the news is indeed very convenient.

The inside answered, and the people outside dared to open the door. Yang Sichen went to pick up the newspaper. Wang Tong took the newspaper and opened it directly to read it. He began to look relaxed, looked at it, and looked dignified, and finally closed the paper. However, Wang Tong was full of joy. He stood up from his seat and walked back and forth a few steps, very excited.

"Zhengchou has no reason to go to Shanxi, so he will send something over there, God bless you!!"

While talking, he handed the paper to Yang Sichen, Yang Sichen opened it with some puzzlement, Wang Tong said with a smile there:

"It was a coincidence that Zhang Xueyan talked about the military expenses of the Nine Frontiers and the clan Lumi at the court meeting that day. When it came to the clan Lumi, Taiyuan Mansion and Datong Mansion quarreled. Such things were nothing more than eunuchs in the palace or trusted officials going to the court. To investigate, who else can go besides the official?"

Having said that, he paused and said:
"Other people think how honorable and rich the blood of the Tian family is, but they don't know that this kind of people have reached the point where they have to grab food to survive. It's ridiculous, pitiful!!"

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