"My nephew wants to trouble my fourth uncle with something." Since it was a confidential conversation, Wang Yehao didn't beat around the bush.
"It's easy to talk about." Wang Xiantong said with a smile, "Fourth uncle got what he wanted this time, and I owe you a big favor!"
"With the fourth uncle's talent and popularity, it should be so. My nephew is just doing a favor." Wang Yehao said a few polite words, and then handed over a wax-sealed paper roll, "My nephew wants to bring a message to Liu Zhao.
It’s not convenient for me here.”
"What's so difficult about this?" Wang Xiantong took the scroll, "Although it's the New Year's Day, there are people from the Zhenfu Division who are on duty, so I will send someone out today."
"Thank you so much, Uncle Fourth." Wang Yehao cupped his hand, and then asked, "I wonder when this news will arrive?"
Wang Xiantong thought for a while and said: "The period of travel to Guangfu is fifty-six days, and if it is an urgent document, it is thirty-two days. There is also a flying pigeon letter route here in Zhenfusi, but it can only transport only a few days.
Formal documents cannot be delivered with small words and phrases. In addition, birds may be injured on the road, so they are often written in secret and then sent out together through multiple channels to ensure that the message is not lost.”
Wang Yehao calculated the days and then said: "It's not an urgent matter. There is no need to rush it. Just make sure it is delivered."
"Haha, let's take care of the affairs of the Zhenfu Division, so my dear nephew, don't worry."
Wang Yehao took a sip of tea to calm down, thinking that it would be convenient to have someone working in the Zhenfu Division. Recently, he has gradually realized its benefits. Whether it is inquiring about information or secretly communicating, it is "faster" than official channels.
"Secret". No wonder the emperor relied on the factory guards as his confidants.
Putting down the tea cup, he said: "Speaking of the troops of the Zhenfu Division, Liu Zhao said that there is a brother named Liu Zhen who is also working as an errand in the Zhenfu Division, but there is no errand now. Please ask me to give his brother a job. This man's fourth uncle can
Do you recognize it?"
"I have some impressions. It seems that they are setting up stalls on the streets of Nancheng. They must have a family tradition of being a public servant."
"Oh, Liu Zhao recommended this person. I wonder if Fourth Uncle thinks he can be used?"
"It was hard to say before, but it may be possible recently. I wonder what kind of ecstasy soup those Donglin people poured into the Holy Spirit. They even banned officials from monitoring and caused many children to lose their jobs." Wang Xiantong complained, and then said
, "Liu Zheng's group has also been eliminated. It is probably not difficult to recruit them now. If my nephew is interested, I will let him go to the house as an errand tomorrow."
"Okay." Wang Yehao nodded thoughtfully, "Speaking of your Majesty's plan to abolish factory guards, what are your uncle's plans?"
Wang Xiantong frowned and said, "This is the holy will, and I should obey it. But it is quite difficult. After Wei Ni committed suicide in fear of his crime, the eunuchs were all in panic all day long. At the beginning, he repeatedly set up prisons and killed many people. He owes
How can the Donglin Party spare such a heavy debt of blood! I am just a factory guard who is ordered to do errands, so I am afraid it will also be affected."
"Don't worry, fourth uncle. My nephew over at Donglin will figure it out. However, Tian Ergeng cannot be saved. It would be better for fourth uncle to contact him secretly and report him first. This can avoid the disaster of being a fish in the pond and make a positive contribution."
Wang Xiantong was stunned for a moment, and then praised: "What my nephew said makes sense..."
Seeing that his fourth uncle was still hesitant, Wang Yehao said: "Fourth uncle, don't hesitate. This Tian Ergen has attached himself to Wei Ni, and has repeatedly set up big prisons, and his methods are cruel. Don't talk about the Donglin lineage, even other ministers in the court.
If you want to kill him too much - Wu Biao is a man who is destined to die, everyone will be beaten to death, and Fourth Uncle's move is just to follow the general trend."
In the past, Wang Yehao would not have said such absolute words. Since the biggest prophecy of "Xianren Zhou": "The eunuchs will be destroyed, they will commit suicide at the age of nine thousand years, and King Xin will ascend the throne", his predictions in the "code book" have been fulfilled.
Believe it without reservation.
The "Hearthstone Taoist" has already given him a list of who should be impeached and who should not be impeached. All he has to do is draw the list accordingly. He will always hit the mark.
"Okay, okay, it's up to you!"
"Just now, my fourth uncle said that many children have lost their jobs. My nephew's family has been short of some manpower recently. If there are any suitable ones, I hope my fourth uncle can recommend them."
"It's easy to talk about."
In the afternoon of the next day, Wang Yehao heard a report from his servants, saying that there was a Taoist priest at the door who wanted to see him. He refused to leave even after giving him money. He insisted on seeing the master, and the servants tried to drive him away, but he couldn't move at the touch of his hand.
"...He also said that he was recommended by someone and was not a wandering wild man."
"Oh? Did you come by recommendation?" Wang Yehao knew that this was probably Liu Zhao's brother, and he seemed to be quite capable.
"Let him come in." Wang Yehao ordered his servants to take him to the study.
After a while, a Taoist with gray beard and hair and a ravaged face appeared in front of Wang Yehao.
"I am a poor Taoist, I have met you, Mr. Liu." The Taoist shook his fly whisk and bowed in salute.
Judging from his clothes, it seems that he is quite in line with the image of a fortune teller who makes a living in the market. This is the basic requirement for secret police work.
"Taoist Priest asked to see you today, what's the matter?" Wang Yehao deliberately feinted, hoping to see how the other party would react.
The Taoist didn't panic at all, and said with a smile: "Recently, the incense has been drying up for me, and my money is tight. I heard that you are going to set up an altar to make a ritual sacrifice here to pray for blessings and ward off disasters, so I came here to recommend myself."
Wang Yehao also smiled and handed over the recommendation note written by Liu Zhao before: "Does the Taoist priest know Liu Zhao?"
"Liu Zhao is indeed my brother from the same clan. I have to call him second brother when we line up." The Taoist read the note and replied, "I heard him talk about doing errands at the Lord's house before, but I haven't seen him for two years.
"
Wang Yehao looked at the other party with some doubts in his heart. Liu Zhao was only in his early thirties, and he originally thought that the brother he was talking about was no more than forty, but the person who came today seemed to be in his fifties or sixties, but he was still
I want to call him brother Liu Zhao.
"May I ask, Master, who is Geng Geng this year?"
Since there was an explanation in the note, the Taoist stopped doing Tai Chi: "Haha, you must also know that like Liu Zhao, I am also an errand in the Zhenfu Division. It's just that I don't work in the Yamen on weekdays, but set up a stall in the south of the city and do business.
Under the guise of a face-to-face meeting, I am doing the job of supervising and secretly arresting people. No one in Kanyu's profession will believe me because I look too young, so I deliberately pretend to be more mature. In fact, I have just turned thirty this year."
"I didn't expect that your profession is just like the officialdom, you have to go through many years of experience." Wang Yehao said this, and he actually wanted to laugh. When it comes to appearance, which physiognomist in the world is more skillful than Zhou Xianren, but if he fails to judge, then
This is called speaking like a god and being able to prove everything.
"Sir, you are joking." Liu Zheng waved his hand and continued, "This appearance is just to fool some stupid men and women. If you talk about geomantic omen and fortune telling, you must have real skills."
Wang Yehao stroked his beard thoughtfully: "In that case, I have a difficult matter, and I would like to ask your Excellency for your advice."
"Sir, please speak."
"I took in two new maids on my way back to Beijing last year. I only want to keep one obedient one. Please help me choose one for me." Wang Yehao immediately ordered someone to bring over the two maids who had previously served Master Hearthstone. Two.
After the maids separated from him, they basically lived in the cold palace together for the past six months. Apart from a lot of meals every day, few people usually greeted them. Today, they were inexplicably taken to the master's study. There was also a strange Taoist priest standing in the room. The two of them
They were all a little afraid.
Liu Zhen knew that the other party was weighing himself, so he did not dare to neglect him. He looked at the two maids carefully, and then said: "You two girls, lend me your hand."
The two maids were a little embarrassed when they heard the Taoist priest said they wanted to read palms, but the head of the family didn't seem to object, so they had no choice but to stretch out their hands timidly.
He watched for a while, and then asked one of them, "May I ask this girl her name?"
"The name given by Mr. Lu Zhouzhou is Zhiling." The maid replied tremblingly.
"Mr. Zhou is a master in the mansion." Wang Yehao introduced the character's background.
Liu Zhao nodded, and then continued to say to Zhiling: "Looking at the pattern on the girl's hand, it is a sign of rebirth after a disaster. I think the harvest in my hometown will be good this year, and it should not be far away to redeem herself."
"Are you serious about what the Taoist said?" The girl's eyes lit up when she heard this, but her eyes immediately dimmed again: "Oh, my contract costs twenty taels. I'm afraid my parents won't be able to afford this much money. If I go back
Even though I have to bear the scorn of my brother and sister-in-law. Although there are many rules here, I can eat without getting scolded."
Liu Wei comforted him with a smile, and then turned to Yui to chat. After a while, Liu Wei came back and bowed his hand to Wang Yehao, indicating that he had asked clearly.
Wang Yehao ordered two maids to wait outside the door, and then asked Liu Zhen: "Do you have anyone to choose?"
"From what I see, my lord has such a big family business and many servants in the house, so it's not that I can't afford to support a couple of mouths. I must be doing something extraordinary when choosing someone today." Liu Wei secretly glanced at Wang Yehao's expression and said,
Seeing that he was slightly surprised, he knew that he must have been right, so he continued, "I would venture to guess that since I can only choose one person, it should be considered a confidential matter and someone who needs to be strict with his mouth. Yui is better than Zhiling."
"How do you make this judgment?"
"Haha, it's just some little tricks." Liu Wei smiled disapprovingly, "I saw that Zhiling had old calluses in her hands, so I concluded that she was from a farmer's family, and maybe she was sold into slavery because of poor times, so I deliberately defrauded her.
"Quite unexpectedly, she revealed everything about her life experience without much effort. In comparison, Yui is more reliable."
"A good method." Wang Yehao nodded in agreement, and then suddenly asked quietly, "Your Excellency has been in Beijing for a long time, have you checked with me?"
Liu Zheng heard this and hurriedly bowed down: "Don't worry, sir. I know the rules. Since I want to vote for you, I will be loyal to you from now on."
"Well, if you do your job with all your heart, I won't treat you badly."
"Thank you, sir, for taking me in." Liu Zheng immediately kowtowed three times.
When the other party stood up, Wang Yehao handed over a folding fan. The calligraphy and painting on the fan were ordinary, and the inscription was "Shi Weng". Liu Wei looked at it for a while, not sure why. Wang Yehao explained with a serious face: "Anyone who holds this fan
, are all my subordinates, so I can take care of you when we meet in the future."