Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 818 The pig is fattened and should be killed

Surrounded by a group of sycophants, Zhang Jing returned to the gate of the outer house.

He stopped suddenly, raised his head, squinted his eyes, and looked at the gate of the outer house.

Zhang Jing said softly: "This gate seems to be a little smaller."

Zhao Min said from the side: "It's not just that the gate is a little smaller! Our Eunuch Zhang is now in charge of two capitals and [-] provinces for the emperor. We should change to a big house that matches our status! Only then can we be worthy of our Eunuch Zhang's illustrious status." identity."

Zhang Jing's younger brother, Zhang Xun, was wearing a flying fish suit with an embroidered spring knife on his waist, looking like a dog.He chimed in and said: "Brother, Zhao Duyuan is right. Our house is too small. I remember that when Zhang Juzheng gained power, the mansion was half the size of Yongshou Palace."

Zhang Jing smiled and said: "It's time to change the house. Let's go in and talk."

Everyone sat down in the hall of Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Jing said: "Everyone, tell me, how should my new house be built, and how big will it be?"

Wei Zhongxian said: "Eunuch Zhang, residence is also about geomantic omen. If you want to build a new house, you must first choose an auspicious land. If you want to choose an auspicious land, you must also find a good geomantic master. I heard from the slaves that it is the most auspicious place in the capital. The famous Fengshui master is a man named Yang Xiaozhuan. The nobles in the capital love to look for him when they read Fengshui."

Zhang Jingdao: "What Zhongxian said is very true. You must find a good Fengshui master and choose a geomantic treasure that can benefit future generations."

Having said that, Zhang Jing glared at his younger brother Zhang Xun.Zhang Jing is a person who has no roots, so where is there any descendant?He can only count on his younger brother Zhang Xun to give birth to a son and a half daughter to continue the incense for the Zhang family.

Although Zhang Xun is a womanizer, things will turn against each other at extremes.Sleeping with women every day hurt his penis.Therefore, he is 40 years old and has not yet given birth to an heir.

Zhang Jing often complained that his younger brother was useless, so he let go of his guns.

Wei Zhongxian said: "Eunuch Zhang, how about this, let me talk about Yang Xiaozhuan's place. Being able to show our Eunuch Zhang Feng Shui is a blessing from his fifth life."

Zhao Min said: "As for the size of the house. At least it should be bigger than the capital and auxiliary mansion when Zhang Juzheng was in power."

Zhang Jing nodded slightly: "Well, just do as Zhao Duyuan said. It's almost night, come and set up a banquet. I want to have a few drinks with you adults."

Everyone sat down and ate and drank.After the banquet was over, Zhang Jing called his younger brother Zhang Xun into his study.

Zhang Jingdao: "There are ten vacancies for the six new vacancies. What do you think?"

Zhang Xun said: "Brother, do you even need to ask? Naturally, let the people below buy it with silver. The one with the highest price gets it. I have opened a pawnshop for more than ten years. Brother, do you know the word 'calling' in the pawnshop business? "

Zhang Jing asked: "What is action?"

Zhang Xun explained: "Pull the dead pawns that have passed the redemption period into one pile. Then find a group of buyers. Let them bid, and the person who gets the highest price can buy the dead pawns."

Zhang Xun's "calling the line" is similar to the auctions of later generations.

Hearing what his younger brother said, Zhang Jing clapped his hands and said, "Oh, this is really a good idea. Let those who buy officials compete to bid! This is called competition between snipe and clam, and the fisherman wins."

Zhang Xun said: "Brother, the positions of the six officials are all above the third grade. It is not the same as the seventy or so officials you sold a while ago. You must set a sufficiently high reserve price."

Zhang Jing thought for a while, and said: "The minimum price for a servant is 10 taels, and the minimum price for a minister is 20 taels. Of course, we don't sell everyone. If all the local rich men in the capital are promoted to be six officials, the emperor will give them money." It’s unreasonable. Officials who come to participate in the parade must be at least the fourth rank.”

Zhang Xun said: "Come on! Brother, it's inconvenient for you to come forward for this kind of thing, so I will help you."

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "Those ten idiots who resigned originally wanted to demonstrate against me. They didn't expect it, but instead they helped me a lot and made me a windfall."

Three days later, Yunxiang Restaurant in the capital.

The restaurant has been taken over by Zhang Xun, and all the guys are taking orders outside the restaurant.

On the third floor of the restaurant, there were more than 40 officials of the fourth grade and above sitting full.Naturally, these officials are all corrupt officials.

In the middle of the third floor, there was originally a small stage.There is a table and a chair on the stage.Zhang Xun was wearing a flying fish suit, sitting on a chair.He said loudly: "Everyone is here. Let's start calling. The first seat is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites."

Among the six departments, the Ministry of Rites is the most difficult to get money.

Zhang Xun said: "The starting price is 10 taels. Is there any bid?"

A thin official shouted: "Hong Xianru, Minister of Xiataichang Temple, is willing to bid 11 taels!"

The function of Taichang Temple is similar to that of the Ministry of Rites.It is all about sacrifices and etiquette.

Zhang Xun said: "11 taels! Hong Siqing bid 11 taels! Is there a higher price?"

Among all the corrupt officials, no one can compete with Hong Xianru.

Zhang Xun slammed his fist on the table fiercely: "Deal! 11 taels! The seat of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites belongs to Hong Siqing!"

For a whole morning, Zhang Xun's fist was almost swollen.The ten positions of six ministers were sold for a total of 270 million taels of silver.Among them, the post of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which Shen had always vacated, was bought by Wang Qifang, the governor of the warehouse, at a sky-high price of 60 taels.

At night, the main hall of Yongshou Palace.

In front of Emperor Wanli, Hong Xianru, Qing of Taichang Temple, was kneeling.Hong Xianru is a man of Emperor Wanli!He went to Yunxiang Restaurant to buy an official because he was sent by Emperor Wanli.The purpose is to find out who Zhang Jing sold the official to and how much he sold it for.

Hong Xianru is actually an upright official, and the 10,000+ silver he used to buy the official was actually taken out by Emperor Wanli from the inner carrier warehouse.

Emperor Wanli asked: "Hong Aiqing, how much money did Zhang Jing sell today?"

Hong Xianru replied: "I made a rough estimate, it's about 270 million taels."

Emperor Wanli sneered: "Zhang Jing is really good at tricks! Sell more than 70 ministers and get 200 million taels of silver. Sell ten six ministers and officials and get another 270 million taels of silver. This guy has been in power for two months. The money he earned actually covered the upper half of the inner storage. If there is a shortage of officials of the fourth and fifth ranks, he can just sell them. For the second and third rank officials of the sixth department, he dares to sell them outside like cabbages and radishes. "

Hong Xianru said: "Your Majesty, I want to participate in the impeachment of Zhang Jing, sell officials to sell nobles, and run amok."

Emperor Wanli said: "No. You'd better be your right servant of the Ministry of Rites honestly. You don't have enough weight to impeach Zhang Jing. Don't worry, it won't be long before there will be someone with enough weight to impeach Zhang Jing .”

At this moment, Emperor Wanli has regarded Zhang Jing as a fat and oily pig.He originally wanted to kill Zhang Jing because of Zhang Jing's interference in national affairs.Now Emperor Wanli has another reason for wanting to kill Zhang Jing: he has taken a fancy to Zhang Jing's huge wealth!
Zhang Jing, a power traitor, is greedy for money, and Emperor Wanli, the emperor, is even more greedy for money!

(End of this chapter)