"He is in the capital, that's all." Liu Zheng said, "Master Wang regards him as a treasure and is the most careful."
"Because he can predict the future?"
"Yes, he has a 'Book of Heaven' in his secret collection. Mr. Wang specially asked someone to steal it and copy a copy, but it is full of symbols and no one can understand it."
It's not surprising that he can predict the future. This is a necessary skill for time travellers. As for this "heavenly book", it is possible that it is a record of historical events written in code, which is used as a reminder for this Hearthstone Taoist.
Xu Xu asked many questions about Zhou Lezhi, but Liu Zheng's knowledge was limited. In particular, he could not provide any useful information about this person's current whereabouts. Xu Xu was slightly disappointed.
He suppressed his eagerness to catch Zhou Lezhi and continued to interrogate patiently.
The next focus is on Liu Wei's activities in Guangdong. As a "Mushi Taoist", Liu Wei's activities in Guangdong are very frequent, and many things have left his traces. However, no matter how many cases were solved, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau
After finally catching this big fish, I naturally won’t let it go.
Liu Zheng did not hide anything, and immediately listed all his activities in Guangdong, from the earliest Lingao incident to the recent counterfeit medicine case. The more Xu listened, the more moved he became. With Lingao, the witchcraft case was also
Well, he had read all the case files in detail. Only the counterfeit drug case, the case has been confusing. Now from Liu Zhen, it is probably known that this case was also handled by Zhou Le, and he obtained the drug through trafficking in "Kun Yao" and then remaking it.
huge profits.
Xu Xu was shocked to hear that, he didn't expect such a thing to happen! This week Le Zhi was really evil, and he knew all about the loopholes of the Senate team. No wonder many people in the Senate have always suspected that there is a senator-level mole in the fake drug case.
Manipulating - they are so professional!
In history, Wang Yehao was just an ordinary senior bureaucrat in the late Ming Dynasty. His ability to burst out with such great energy was all due to the help of Zhou Lezhi. No wonder Liu Zhen said he "regarded him as a treasure."
He suddenly realized that he had also picked up a treasure. What Liu Zhen could provide was much more than the kidnapping case. Especially the inside story of Shi Weng Group, which was simply a priceless treasure.
However, these old events are very involved, and the discussion is endless. At the moment, his task is to find out the organizational structure and personnel composition of the Shi Weng Group, and at the same time find out Eunuch Yang who was mentioned in the reports of Min Zhanlian and Leng Ningyun.
What is the reason for the disagreement between father and son, in order to re-evaluate the value of their cooperation. If necessary, sanctions should be imposed on them.
"What's going on with Eunuch Yang and his son? Is Little Eunuch Yang involved in the kidnapping?"
"Their father and son have been at odds for many days." Liu Zheng immediately told the story of the disagreement between father and son Yang. "This time, it was he who provided Delong with one hundred thousand silver..."
"How did he know that you were going to tie Leng Ningyun's ticket?"
"He doesn't know, but he is quite familiar with Eunuch Cao, and Eunuch Cao is a relative of Cao Sheng."
"Cao Sheng is your friend again?"
"Yes, we often cooperate and do some business."
"It's also a business to invite the God of Wealth."
Liu Zheng laughed and acquiesced.
It was through Cao Sheng that Little Eunuch Yang got in touch with Liu Wei.
"Later, Eunuch Yang and Eunuch Wang also developed a relationship, so they started to communicate openly. But neither Eunuch Wang nor Eunuch Yang knew that we had known each other for a long time."
"Why did Mr. Wang have a relationship with Eunuch Yang?" Xu Xu was puzzled. Although Eunuch Yang was considered a "real power figure" in the palace, he was not a key department and had very little influence in front of the emperor.
"It's for trafficking in goods."
Because of his relationship with Leng Ningyun, Eunuch Yang was able to directly order a large amount of rare "Australian goods" from Lingao. Apart from being used for bribes, Eunuch Yang himself could not use these Australian goods, and he had no channels to sell them.
"... Mr. Wang is interested in this, so he went to curry favor with Eunuch Yang. He can get Australian goods from Eunuch Yang every month. If he resells them, he can make a lot of money..."
Xu Xu couldn't laugh or cry, no wonder Leng Ningyun's business of "Australian treasures" has been so good in recent years! He originally thought that the eunuch group in the palace had super consumption power, but he didn't expect that the real big distributor turned out to be Shi Weng! For a moment, he felt
This world is simply an absurd drama.
"Mr. Wang has saved a lot, right?"
"I don't know exactly how much I earned," Liu Zheng sneered, "and it has nothing to do with me."
It seems that he didn't get much benefit. Xu Xu thought and deliberately said: "Maybe Yang Tianliang didn't get much benefit either."
"He has been dissatisfied with this godfather for a long time. Eunuch Yang is in charge of the big money. Without errands, he can't make a penny. He can only make some outside money."
"Including inviting the God of Wealth with you?"
"yes."
To be honest, Xu Xu was quite surprised that they cooperated in "inviting the God of Wealth". Not to mention people like Liu Zhen, who was a hero in his own right and an eagle dog raised by the imperial court. He had no sense of right and wrong or honor. Although Yang Tianliang was a eunuch,
He is also an "official" with good character. It is not uncommon to commit corruption and bribery, but it is somewhat shocking to conspire to kidnap someone.
"Which gods of wealth do you invite?" Xu Xu started to gossip.
"That's a lot." Liu Wei chuckled, "Does your Majesty also want to invite the God of Wealth?"
"Of course, we also want to invite the emperor, the greatest god of wealth in the world."
"Sir, I must also know that there are the most wealthy people in this capital. There are high-ranking officials, nobles and powerful officials, wealthy businessmen... countless. However, most of these people we cannot afford to offend. Therefore, we invite the God of Wealth.
People who don’t have money or power.”
There are many such people in the capital. For example, the kuding of the Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue, the clerks of various yamen, the eunuchs guarding the warehouses... Although they are all inconspicuous low-level officials, they have a lot of career prospects. Especially those who guard the capital.
It is an open secret that Kuding from various government warehouses blatantly steals inventory materials and resells them. The richest Kuding from the Ministry of Household Treasury has a family fortune of tens of thousands of taels.
"Kudin Tobe? Is he the one who stuffed money into the valley?"
"It turns out that sir also knows about this."
"I've heard about it for a long time."
The God of Wealth invited by Liu Zhen and Young Eunuch Yang was not Hubu Kudin - because it was already known to everyone that they were rich, and there were too many people watching from inside and outside the capital, so Kudin had a strong sense of precaution, and he usually went up to 100%.
They work together in groups and hire bodyguards to protect them. They are also heavily guarded at home on weekdays, and they don't even go out for a moment.
Liu Zhen and Young Eunuch Yang took a unique approach and specially invited the eunuch God of Wealth.
There are also many warehouses in the imperial city of the capital. The most famous ones are the ten royal warehouses known as the location of Xishiku in the old time. They are named A Ziku, B Ziku, C Ziku, D Ziku, Wu Ziku and Chengyun Ku.
, Guangying Treasury, Guanghui Treasury, Guangji Treasury, and Stolen Punishment Treasury. Each warehouse stores materials paid tribute from various places and is exclusively for royal use.
The "A" library stores medicinal materials; the "B" library mainly stores various papers and the fat jackets used by sergeants; the "C" library stores natural silk cotton from the south, combined silk strings and cotton from the north; the "D" library stores
Store raw lacquer, tung oil, white linen, yellow wax, cowhide, deerskin, isinglass, raw and cooked iron and other items; the "Wuzi warehouse" mainly stores armor, bows, arrows, knives and other weapons; the "carrying warehouse" mainly stores yellow and white raw silk
"Guangying library" mainly stores various kinds of plain silk, Hangzhou yarn, and green fine cotton cloth; "Guanghui library" mainly stores colorful woven handkerchiefs, combed and pressed brushes, money through yarn and so on; "Guangji library" mainly stores
Gunpowder is stored, and stolen goods are stored in the "Stolen Penalty Storehouse".
Each of the ten warehouses is very large in scale, and there are many buildings. The goods stored are huge. Some warehouses have not been opened for many years, and the goods stored have deteriorated. Over the years, the inventory of materials has long become a mess.
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Naturally, such a situation opens the door to theft. As treasury managers, Zhang Ku, Tie Ku, Qian Shu, Ku Ding and others will naturally not give up such opportunities to make a fortune. Eunuchs who serve as treasure keepers and Tie Ku are even more wanton.
Reselling inventory supplies.
Eunuchs are far more greedy for money than ordinary people, because they are rootless people who can only rely on money. Regardless of their status, they are all able to accumulate money. Even ordinary eunuchs must try to save money to prepare for old age.
It is used to provide for the elderly after leaving the palace. Naturally, the eunuch who serves as the treasurer will not give up such a great opportunity. Therefore, every time he takes office, he will make a lot of money.
Most of these eunuchs are not powerful officials, so if you kidnap them, you don't have to worry about anyone tracing them later.
Yang Tianliang spotted the "business opportunity" and specifically provided information to Liu Zhen. Liu Zhen organized people to search for the clues according to the map, and tied each one accurately, and each time they made a lot of money. The two of them "added two to one and made five".
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This business went very smoothly, and I made tens of thousands of dollars.
"It's just that later we hired more eunuchs, and these eunuchs were on guard. The business didn't do much anymore..." Liu Zheng said, "Little Eunuch Yang also said that this was not a long-term solution, and he wanted to find a way to get ahead. Otherwise, he wanted to find a way to get ahead.
If you follow your adoptive father like this, you will see no future."
Yang Tianliang is already in his thirties. If he continues to live like this, depending on his adoptive father's position in the palace, it is unlikely that he will become the head of the twenty-four yamen. The emperor is still young, and he will be in the twenty-fourth year.
There should be no surprises in the emperor's reign, which also means that the eunuchs from Prince Xin's palace will have to be in power for at least twenty years.
Even if a new emperor ascends the throne in the future, Eunuch Yang and his son will already have become extremely outdated figures.
"...That's it, Eunuch Yang. He is already half buried. Little Eunuch Yang still has half his life left to live."
To find a way out, you have to bribe heavily.
"He searched many ways and spent a lot of money, and finally found a way with the eunuch Wang Zhixin, the eunuch Bingbi. The eunuch Wang promised him that as long as he brought 20,000 taels of silver, he would be appointed as the imperial eunuch.
If he is an official, he will be transferred to another position and then be guaranteed to serve as a guard eunuch."