Summary of the previous chapter: The turnover in heaven and earth and the management fees of the merchant gathering place are not enough to make up for the consumption caused by the Ningyuan war. Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Tong discuss expanding the Ma family's business scope...
Two days later, Ma Tong reported the investigation situation to Ma Xiaoquan, saying that all the key businesses in Beijing were secretly divided up by several forces. Among these forces, in addition to the Lu family and Wei Zhongxian, the most eye-catching one was Dong Lin.
party.
The Donglin Party is neither greedy nor robbing. Logically speaking, this group of people has no business acumen except for their ideals and moral ambitions.
Ma Xiaoquan thinks so too.
But... in fact, within the structure of the Donglin Party, there are still many people with business minds and doing business. After all, the Donglin Party members are also human beings. As individuals, they have to eat, drink and have sex.
There has to be consumption, and if you consume it, you will naturally spend money and food.
Therefore, in the Donglin Party, there is a small group of people who specialize in various businesses to support the majority of the party members.
After listening to the report from the housekeeper Ma Tong, Ma Xiaoquan frowned and said: "I didn't expect that the Donglin Party also has a business. Well, their business is a serious small business, which is enough for this group of people's daily expenses.
Um"
Ma Tong nodded and said: "Although it is a small business, Wei Zhongxian seems to have started to engage in the same business. It seems that that guy wants to snatch business from the Donglin Party."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Wei Zhongxian is not trying to steal business from the Donglin Party, he is at odds with the Donglin Party."
"What?" Ma Tong looked at Ma Xiaoquan in surprise.
Ma Xiaoquan gave a bitter smile and said: "A few days ago, I went to visit Wei Guanghui, the Minister of Rites, and established a friendly relationship with him..." Ma Xiaoquan told the steward Ma Tong about the meeting between him and Wei Guanghui.
After hearing this, Ma Tong shook his head and said: "I really didn't expect that Wei Guanghui, a dignified minister of the Ministry of Rites, would take refuge in Wei Zhongxian... ugh"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Actually, it's not that Wei Guanghui is willing to join Wei Zhongxian. To be precise, it should be Xing, one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, who forced him to go. This Donglin Party, to put it bluntly, is a scholar who accepts death. Hey, the Donglin Party
The decline of the Party seems to be the general trend. Well, Uncle Tong, since Wei Zhongxian is trying to rob the Donglin Party's business, then we shouldn't just sit back and wait for death."
Ma Tong asked: "First-generation head of the family, do you mean to work with Wei Zhongxian to snatch the Donglin Party's business?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "That's not true. I don't want Wei Zhongxian to be as uneducated. I'm taking over the business of the Donglin Party, hum."
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While Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Tong were discussing business, Wei Zhongxian was also beginning his deployment.
In recent days, Wei Zhongxian's camp has added a lot of party members and doglegs. Wei Zhongxian likes several of them very much. In order to express his love and respect for these four people, Wei Zhongxian specially gave these four people a unified name.
Yi's nickname is the Four Tigers.
The four tigers are: Cui Chengxiu, Shi Fenglai, Xu Xianchun and Feng Quan. These four people have their own characteristics, but they are all real sycophants. Among the four, Feng Quan is the most bastard and the most shameless. It is he,
On the first day he took refuge in Wei Zhongxian, he proposed to Eunuch Wei the idea of seizing the Donglin Party's business.
However, the Donglin Party is very powerful in the court, so if you want to attack them and cut off their foundation of life, it may not be that easy.
Feng Quan chuckled, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and presented it to Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, so he handed the paper in his hand to Dai Zheng. Dai Zheng looked at it and repeated the general meaning to Wei Zhongxian.
After listening to Dai Zheng's retelling, Wei Zhongxian's eyes lit up and he asked Feng Quan: "Feng Quan, do you mean we can start with that old guy Wang Wenyan?"
Feng Quan said hey: "Yes, Eunuch Wei, although Wang Wenyan is an important think tank of the Donglin Party, this old guy has no official position or power. Although someone gave him the first commoner in the world, without official power he is destined to be the first."
Get killed by us!"
Wei Zhongxian frowned and said, "Isn't that right? Wang Wenyan is very cunning and has both sides. It won't be that easy to defeat him, right?"
Feng Quan added: "Wang Wenyan's hands and feet are not very clean. If his affairs are exposed too much in front of other people in the Donglin Party, I'm afraid... the Donglin Party's sour men who accept death will immediately fall out.
This kind of thing can also be done, hehe..."
Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed when he heard this, slapped his thigh hard, stood up and said: "Okay, Feng Quan, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, to make it beautiful, Wang Wenyan must be completely covered."
Get out! Get out of Beijing."
"yes!"
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The next day, Feng Quan jointly signed a petition with members of the Eunuch Party to impeach Wang Wenyan, reporting that he had accepted bribes.
Although the Emperor of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao, was illiterate, his father Zhu Houzhao once told him when he was still alive that anyone involved in corruption and bribery would be ordered to pack up and get out.
Zhu You didn't remember his school grade, but he remembered his father's words clearly.
Feng Quan reported it, and Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered the Jinyi Guards to investigate the matter thoroughly.
It has to be said that Jin Yiwei's work efficiency is very fast. In less than a day, they have collected a lot of evidence that Wang Wenyan's hands and feet are dirty.
Seeing that the evidence was conclusive, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered Wang Wenyan to get out.
And just when Wang Wenyan was wrapping up his preparations, Ma Xiaoquan also made new moves.
The Donglin Party's business has not been able to find a breakthrough for the time being, so the top priority is to have a good relationship with the Donglin Party.
The last time the boy named Liu was handed over to Longtian, he was left half disabled by Longtian. For this reason, the first assistant Ye Xianggao was very dissatisfied with Ma Xiaoquan.
Although Ma Xiaoquan did this intentionally, the matter of the boy surnamed Liu eventually escalated into a political struggle.
There is never good or bad in political struggle, there is only winning or losing. If you lose, you will naturally have nothing. If you win, you will have everything.
Ma Xiaoquan expected that Ye Xianggao would consider the overall situation, so he revealed some historical information to Ye Xianggao, that is, Wang Wenyan might be caught by Wei Zhongxian halfway.
Ye Xianggao originally didn't want to pay attention to Ma Xiaoquan, but Ma Xiaoquan's words sounded very true, and Ma Xiaoquan was the deacon of Jin Yiwei, so he had to think about it carefully.
Although Ye Xianggao had doubts in his heart, he still kept it in mind.
Sure enough... as soon as Wang Wenyan left Beijing, Wei Zhongxian took him back for another reason and put him in jail.
Wei Zhongxian's move alarmed the Donglin Party. Immediately, the party leaders gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
It was only then that Ye Xianggao finally understood that what Ma Xiaoquan told him was true.