Chapter 18 The Efficiency of Dongchang

"Father, today Yue Su went to the Ministry of Punishment in the afternoon and inspected the prison and six gates of the Ministry of Punishment. I heard that the prison of the Ministry of Punishment made a huge fuss in order to welcome him, and over at the six gates, according to reports from our people

, Yue Su did not immediately "insert" one of his men into the position of the head catcher as usual, but planned to compete for the position. Let his men compete with the catchers from the six gates, and whoever has the higher ability will do it.

Capture the head.”

At night, in Eunuch Wei's study, Tian Ergeng reported truthfully how Yue Su went to the Ministry of Justice today. It can be seen that Dongchang does have spies in places like Six Gates. But this is normal, there is no one in any yamen of Dongchang.

, there is an eunuch from Dongchang sitting in the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.

"He is just trying to win people's hearts and establish his prestige. Ergeng, have you found out the person behind Yue Su that I asked you to find?" Eunuch Wei asked calmly.

"My child has been found out. The person who bribed Qingliu and the Shandong scholars is Li Yuanchen, the son of the Li family in Wuchang. Not only did he use money, but he also used the names of Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao to reach an agreement with these people and tell the emperor the truth.

When Yue Su made a strong decision, everyone shouted long live the wise man. Moreover, the boy conducted further investigation on the Li family and found out that the head of the Li family, Li Wenzhang, had a close relationship with Fang Congzhe. In the 45th year of Wanli's reign, the

The three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang used the opportunity of Beijing inspection to push out a large number of Donglin Party members. Many officials who left Beijing died of unknown causes on the way. Although there is no clear evidence to point out who did it, there are general signs.

, it was most likely the work of the Li family. On the night when Yue Suti imprisoned Zou Jiaren in Kaifeng, someone had assassinated Zou Jiaren with the intention of silencing him. Although it was not found out who did it at the time, but after analysis, it is very likely that it was

It was the work of the Li family. Because both the Li family and his son were in Kaifeng at that time, and they heard that Li Wenzhang’s daughter was entangled with Yue Su, it would not be an exaggeration to help Yue Su silence her."

Dongchang's work efficiency is very high. In a short period of time, not only did they find out that the Li family helped Yue Su to bribe the scholar Qingliu, but they also found out the background of the Li family and what they had done. From this, we can also see that Dongchang's intelligence network

Yes, it may be intensive. But it is also true that many officials died inexplicably in the 45th year of Wanli. Of course, Dongchang had to borrow money. Although Wei Eunuch was not in charge at the time, the investigation still had to be carried out, and it had to be recorded after the investigation. It's just that the East Factory had to borrow money.

At that time, Fang Congzhe was too aggressive and the emperor did not go to court and ignored the matter, so the case ended up being dropped.

Tian Ergeng now dug through it and found out all the new and old accounts of the Li family.

After hearing these words, Wei Zhongxian closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Yue Su is just a lonely minister now. He can't do anything alone. Even if he is favored by the emperor, he can't change the world. But if the Li family is behind him, he can't change the world."

Hands, help him thread the needle, until the wings are full, everything will be hard to say. We must not let Yue Su's wings be full. Think of a way to get rid of the Li family."

"Our Dongchang has records of famous wealthy households in the world. On the surface, the Li family is engaged in business and sometimes does good deeds. People who don't know what is going on think that they are serious businessmen. In fact, they are very fierce with people in the officialdom.

First help high-ranking officials, and then earn rewards. Behind the scenes, he is also very dirty, but he does it cleanly and never leaves any clues. Now that he has Yue Su as his backer, it is very difficult for us to touch him on the surface. Behind the scenes,

It's not easy to deal with here either. The Li family has a lot of guards and dead soldiers, and they sent thirty or fifty people to fight in. I'm afraid they all have to go in and out." After Tian Ergeng said this, he changed the topic and said: "But, below.

My investigation revealed such a thing, I wonder if I can make use of it."

"Tell me and listen." Wei Zhongxian said calmly.

"The Zhang family of the British princes had a silk and satin shop in the capital, called Hongci Satin Shop. The business was quite good in the early years, but later the Li family also opened a satin shop in the capital, called Li Ji Satin Shop.

Because it is close, we can always get the best silk products and weave them into satin. Moreover, the price is lower than that of the Zhang family, so the supply exceeds the demand. But after all, there are many people in the capital, and the Li family's satin shop is booming.

, it is not as if they have robbed all the business of Zhang Jueye’s family. However, in recent years, the Li family has opened four branches in the city, some with the Li family’s brand name, and some without. This way

, the business of Lord Zhang’s family has been robbed. Except for some people who are in favor of Lord Zhang, few people go to buy it. According to the investigation by our people in the British government, Lord Zhang also tried to snatch the business back. Unfortunately,

The Li family controls the best silkworm farmers in the south, and is the first to collect their goods every year and transport them to the capital first. Hongci Satin Village is always a step behind and has never regained the business. Today, Lord Zhang was furious.

Just after the Spring Festival, we sent people to the south to collect silk in advance, trying to enter the capital as soon as possible and win back the business. The boy thought, can we do something halfway, rob Zhang Jueye's silk goods, and then marry him?

If this is the fault of the Li family, Master Zhang will definitely be angry, and the Li family will have a narrow escape from death." Tian Ergen said with a smile.

After hearing this vicious plan, Wei Zhongxian nodded with satisfaction and said: "This plan is very clever. In this way, Zhang Weixian can make the Li family suffer without us taking action. Send someone to investigate now, Zhang Weixian."

Wherever the family's silk goods are now, they choose a better place along the way to rob the goods and blame the Li family. However, this must be done cleanly and neatly, not only to leave a living person, but also to leave no loopholes.

I leave the matter to you, you arrange it."

"My child understands."

In the morning of the next morning, the topic in the court always revolved around Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao. They were going back and forth with each other, but there was no result. Zhu Carpenter seemed to be annoyed, so he simply made up his own mind, "Calling Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao into

During the dynasty, Fang Congzhe re-entered the cabinet and received the bachelor of Dongge University; Qi Shijiao was granted the title of Imperial Inspector and Censor of Qiandu. Withdrew from the dynasty!"

The dust settled, and Fang Congzhe once again appeared on the stage of history. Even though he was the chief minister before, he still had to queue up in the cabinet after he came back. Cabinet ministers pay attention to first-come, first-served. If you go out and walk around and then come in, you will be the last one, which is the same as that of the senior minister.

Gong's treatment is the same. The current cabinet ministers include Gu Bingqian, the first assistant, Wei Guangwei, the second assistant, Sun Chengzong in Liaodong, followed by Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan, Huang Liji, and Ding Shaoshi.

Except for Sun Chengzong, all of them are eunuchs, but only Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei are considered die-hards, and the others are the last to defect. When serving as officials in the government, most people pay attention to seniority. Although Feng Quan and others are more friendly, they still lack

Due to his qualifications, and the fact that Feng Quan made the emperor very dissatisfied with the Jiaotai Palace incident, there is no hope of joining the cabinet in the short term. Those people are still more qualified.

When Fang Congzhe came back, he could only be ranked behind Ding Shaoshi, but he couldn't stand Fang Congzhe's qualifications.

After the decree was spread, people from the three parties in Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were waiting for Mr. Fang Ge to come back to support them and regain their prestige.

After Yue Su retired from the court, he first accompanied the emperor to work in the Yangxin Hall, and then left after having lunch. He went to Shuntian Mansion to bring all the people who needed to participate in the martial arts competition, and then turned around and went straight to the six gates.

Let me explain here that although Yue Su became the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he still lived in the back house of Shuntian Mansion. Although the famous Xingbu Yamen of Shuntian Mansion is big, its scale is not smaller than that of the Ministry of Justice at all, and is even larger. This

Just like the Beijing Municipal Government, in any case, it is larger than the Supreme Court across the country. There is no house in the Ministry of Punishment, and there are many people working in the office. Apart from the offices, there are rooms. Of course, officials like the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment are given by the court.

Carpenter Zhu cherished Yue Su so much that the house he was given was of course bigger. However, Yue Su didn't ask for it. This was because there were few people in the family, the yard was too big, and he didn't want to take care of the family members, so he couldn't afford to take care of it. In Shuntian Prefecture, there are many

It was convenient. If there was any work, it was called Jin Chan, and Tie Qiu led the servants to do it.

Returning to the main story, Yue Su led his people to the six gates, and Xing Ying came out to greet him. He invited Yue Su to the martial arts arena at the back. The ring in the martial arts arena has been set up, and all the six squads of police officers are standing neatly, waiting for you, Yue Su.

After a few polite words, he gave instructions to draw lots into groups and compete.

In order to be fair and just, Yue Su personally wrote the names of sixteen people. These sixteen people included Jin Chan, Tie Qiu and other seven people, plus nine police officers. He put the sixteen paper balls into the wood

In the box, let the other sixteen registered agents come up to draw lots, and they will fight whoever they catch.

A policeman named Tuesday Meng drew the golden cicada. According to the rules set in advance, he went to the ring to compete. The rules were very simple. The winner advanced. After all, everyone is a discerning person. Whoever is strong and who is weak can win with a single move.

It can be seen that there is no room for denial. The weapons in the competition are all unedged weapons, and the long blades have been shaved off to avoid accidental injury to people. Before going on stage, the weapons must be inspected by Yue Su before they can go up.

Jin Chan used a knife, and Tuesday Meng also used a knife. After the test, the two came on stage together, were polite, and then started to fight. Jin Chan was a master on the green forest road, and Tuesday Meng was a warrior who knew both the martial arts and the regular army.

After the two started fighting, they fought for more than forty rounds, but there was no winner.

Yue Su, who was below, thought to himself: "I really didn't expect that there are so many masters in the Six Sects, and such an agent can fight Jin Chan for so many rounds. If all the agents in the Six Sects are so skilled,

, that’s not bad.”

Yue Su asked people to compete in martial arts. Firstly, he wanted Jin Chan and others to establish their prestige and become the head catchers. Secondly, he also wanted to see what the rumored six-door catchers were capable of. Now that I see it, I am really surprised.

, I am afraid that this establishment of prestige is quite embarrassing. If seven others fail, that person will be greatly humiliated. However, the name of Tuesday Meng was still written down by Yue Su and circled on the list.

It is true that many of the six gates are good, and they are not even a bit better than the ordinary police officers in the yamen, but they are not all as fierce as Tuesday Meng. Those who dare to stand up and fight for the head, each one has merit in his or her own body.

Those with strong abilities, like those with limited abilities, are self-aware and don't have the nerve to stand up.

The two men fought for more than 20 rounds on the stage, and the outcome gradually became clear. Jin Chan had the upper hand. On Tuesday, he suddenly started doing less work and defending more, but Jin Chan was "forced" to retreat step by step. At this time, he suddenly heard

Jin Chan shouted loudly, slashed Huashan with his sword, and struck directly at Zhou Meng's head. Zhou Tu raised his sword to parry. Unexpectedly, Jin Chan's move was a necessary move. He suddenly retracted his sword and lowered his body to sweep Tang's legs, "

fall!"

With a "bang", the leg actually hit Zhou Meng's calf. Zhou Meng could not stand upright and fell to the ground. Jin Chan stepped forward and pointed a knife at Zhou Meng's stomach.

The winner was decided, Jin Chan took two steps back, cupped his fists and said, "I give in!"

Tuesday suddenly got up, but he was still a bachelor, and he said carelessly: "You are more capable than me, I am convinced."

Jin Chan's first victory also brought light to Yue Su's face. Naturally, the people in Liumen looked at Master Yue's men with admiration and gained a new understanding. "No wonder people say that 'Yue Yan Wang' will solve the case."

He is possessed of a trance, enforces the law like a mountain, and has vast supernatural powers. Now it seems that his reputation is well-deserved."

Next, Yin Zhu, Tong Zhou, Tie Qiu, Li Zhong and others competed one by one. The people from the Six Gates were really unmatched. Tong Zhou and Cao Yu were defeated in the first category, and they won two of them.

The people were named Wu Jiuteng and Zheng Shisan respectively. Yue Su also drew a circle after their names and wrote them down.

Chapter 18 The Efficiency of Dongchang
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