"Boss, you are finally back. Someone is coming from the inn. Brother Zhong is taking care of you and is waiting for you to come over." As soon as Wan Lei arrived at the gate of the inn, he saw two brothers, Zhao Quanren and Zhao Quanyi, waiting there anxiously.
"Who is it?" Wan Lei jumped off the horse and handed the reins to Zhao Quanyi.
"The new Li Baihu, he said he made a special trip to see you."
"That Li Baihu?"
"It's the old big-mouthed brother, but now he has been promoted to a hundred households. Boss, you'd better go see him as soon as possible, otherwise he will be angry."
"You two, help move the things into the house and make a fire to cook immediately. We have meat to eat tonight." After Wan Lei finished speaking, he carried a bag of tea and went straight into the inner hall. There was a cheer behind him:
"Long live the boss, follow the boss and you will have meat to eat..."
Wan Lei was not a miser, so he had to spend the money he earned. In order to improve the food at the inn, before returning to the inn, he made a special trip to the vegetable market. He bought a lot of miscellaneous grains, oils, meats and vegetables, and paid for it to his subordinates out of his own pocket.
The postmen each bought a winter coat, and half of the money they had just earned was spent like running water. When Zhao Xueer, who was traveling with him, saw him, she couldn't help but scold him for being a prodigal.
In Zhao Xueer's words, this guy Wan Lei is a lunatic. He is crazy about money. If he has a little money and does not make money, he will feel uncomfortable. But he doesn't care about it. He knows that he has to make sure that his subordinates are fed and clothed.
I have their sincere support, so I can save everything but this little money.
In fact, the life of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty was relatively poor. If they had rice porridge and pickles, it would be considered a prosperous age. If the world was in chaos, they would not even be able to eat tree bark. People who live a hard life are more likely to be content. This is not
, as soon as they saw that they had meat to eat and new clothes to wear, the two brothers Zhao Quanren and Zhao Quanyi were so happy that they couldn't find their way out and shouted "Long live the boss."
Wan Lei ignored the two flattering subordinates and walked towards the inner hall in three steps. In the inner hall, Zhao Quanzhong kept adding tea and water to the visiting officials, and smiled and asked them to wait patiently.
First class. The visitors are headed by Li Baihu, and there are four military officers wearing flying fish uniforms and carrying embroidered spring knives on their waists. It is obvious at a glance that they are the legendary Jin Yiwei.
The Jinyiwei, the full name of the Jinyiwei Pro-Army Command and Envoy Division, was established in the 15th year of Hongwu. It was originally a pro-army guarding the imperial palace. It was in charge of the emperor's entrance and exit ceremonial guards, and he was in charge of the guards. During court gatherings and patrols, he had a ceremonial guard of honor and led the generals of the Han Dynasty.
Wait for the attendants to depart.
Later, in order to strengthen the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, wanted to build prisons and massacre heroes. He ordered the Jinyiwei to also be in charge of the prisons, and gave them the power of inspection and arrest. The Fusi of Jinyiwei Town was divided into two parts, the north and the south. The North Town Fusi was responsible for the edicts and prisons.
, acted directly according to the order, and used cruel punishment; Nanzhen Fusi was in charge of the military academy, and the two major Zhenfusi division of labor and cooperation resulted in many unjust, false and wrong cases.
That is to say, with the "assistance" of Jinyiwei Zhenfusi, Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly set up prisons. In the spirit of preferring to kill the wrongdoer rather than let it go, after more than ten years of violent chaos, he basically killed all the heroes and generals, including all civil and military officials.
He lived in fear, and his expression changed every time he talked about it.
The Jinyiwei stole the show during the great purges, but in the end they could not escape the fate of being exterminated and hiding. In the 26th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang began to restrict the Jinyiwei. He ordered that no one in the inner and outer prisons could go to the Jinyiwei, and the Great and Small Xianjing Dharma Division. In order to show
In order to abolish Jin Yiwei's determination, Zhu Yuanzhang also burned the Jin Yiwei's torture instruments in public to show his intention to never reopen.
However, many things are difficult to end once they have been started. After the imperial court put down the rebellion of King Yan, because the local government was very ineffective in arresting the remnants of the Yan thieves, Emperor Jianwen had to follow Xu Huizu's suggestion and appoint a small number of people.
Some of the Jinyi Guardsmen acted as spies and took charge of the hunt for thieves.
Li Baihu was one of them. He had just arrived in Beijing to report his work and was sent to Changping County to serve as a probationary household. His main responsibility was to detect the remnants of the Yan thieves. Baihu was a sixth-grade official, and the probationary household was actually a trial, not a trial.
Practical teaching. It can be seen from this that Li Baihu is a temporary special commissioner. After completing the task of arresting thieves, he will be transferred back to Beijing.
Wan Lei never expected that this chubby "Li Dazui" who was as chubby as a rice pail was actually a personal soldier of the emperor, and now he had become an agent among agents - a special correspondent. This is really not what one looks like.
"Master Li, we meet again." Wan Lei was surprised. Wan Lei was not afraid of Li Baihu in front of him, and he didn't give him much good looks. The reason was simply that this guy broke his promise and said he would recommend him as an official.
, but in the end it was all in vain. He was deceived once and for all, and his heart was very hurt.
"I haven't seen you for more than a month. How is Mr. Wan doing lately? Have the rebels ever come back?" Seeing Wan Lei's cold attitude, Li Baihu was not angry, but asked with concern.
"Thank you for your concern, Sir. I will not die for the time being." Wan Lei still had the same cold attitude. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Zhao Quanzhong immediately found an excuse to leave.
"Hey, this time I went to Beijing to resign, I also spoke kindly for you in front of the Holy One. However, the Holy One thought about your shooting of King Yan. He was furious. Not only did he not agree to give you an appointment, he even scolded me.
, and made a clear edict that I will never appoint you as an official." Li Baihu said sadly, he is not an ungrateful person, but in fact he has more than enough intentions but not enough power.
"Ah!" Wan Lei couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice. He was not rewarded for his two meritorious services. He had already vaguely guessed who was blocking him from becoming an official. However, when he got the exact answer, he was still shocked.
But no, if you offend the current emperor, you will never get ahead in your life. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the emperor's explicit decree, which made all the officials in the world know that Wan Lei had offended him.
Emperor, seeing someone trapped at the bottom of a well, it would be difficult for these officials not to look for stones everywhere.
When he thought that he was about to face the fate of being tricked, Wan Lei's heart went cold. The excitement of making ten taels of silver a day was wiped out, and he fell into despair again: before he could not be an official, but he could still be a Yicheng.
, now I am afraid that even Yi Cheng will not be able to survive, and one day he may be killed and disgraced by some people with ulterior motives.
Seeing Wan Lei standing there as if he was possessed by a demon, Li Baihu sighed again and explained: "Mr. Wan has made great contributions to the country, but he has never been rewarded. There are many criticisms from both the government and the public, but the power of civil servants in the court
Big, they all think that your sins outweigh your merits, and I, the official, speak lightly, and whatever you say is useless."
"Life and death are determined by destiny and wealth. You can't blame anyone for this." Wan Lei shook his head and smiled bitterly. He knew that it was useless to say anything now, so he should just live one day at a time and let God take his fate.
"Mr. Wan, don't worry too much. There are still many ministers in the court who are complaining for you. Before I left, they told me to protect you and prevent the remnants of the Yan thieves from harming you. I plan to keep one of them.
I will act as a postman here and protect you secretly."
"What secret protection? Are you using me as a bait to lure the rebels like before?" Wan Lei rolled his eyes at Li Baihu angrily and said: "You can keep people, but I have made an agreement.
In my three-thirds of an acre of land in Changpingyi, I have the final say."