"Yang Tianliang is so capable!" Xu Xu said involuntarily.
He was so surprised because the Yuma Jian was the only institution among the twenty-four yamen that could compete with the Si Li Jian. If the Si Li Jian was like the "cabinet" of the inner court, then the Yu Ma Jian was the "private office" of the inner court.
The Royal Horse Supervisor is not just responsible for the management of the mules and horses used in the palace as its literal meaning. In addition to its initial duties of "controlling the horses and tributes and overseeing the collection of horses and mules", it has subsequently developed into the management of horses and mules.
The Four Guards Camp, the imperial army of the Warrior Camp; goes out to the border areas and provinces, supervises the army during wars, and other duties; manages the ranch, the imperial village, the imperial store...even the west factory that "the east factory can't manage things that the west factory can manage",
It is also supervised by the eunuch and the eunuch.
Yang Tianliang, a middle-ranking eunuch, was promoted to the imperial eunuch as a supervisor, which meant that his eunuch's "official career" was on the fast track, and his future was immeasurable. The imperial eunuch had power and money, and being a guard eunuch was even more lucrative.
.It’s much better than hanging around with Eunuch Yang.
"Who doesn't love free money?" Liu Zhen sneered, "For this sentence, he spent no less than 20,000 silver. By the time he said this, the rivers and seas were already clean.
There is also a lot of famine outside."
Xu Xu thought to himself: This eunuch Wang is quite shady! He squeezed Yang Tianliang dry and then offered a big price. If he can get it together, he will sell it at a good price; if he can't get it, then you deserve the money you spent earlier.
It’s all wasted!
Twenty thousand taels of silver was not a small sum in the 17th century. Seeing that all his savings had been spent, he wondered where he could get another twenty thousand taels of silver. He then set his sights on Leng Ningyun.
Naturally, it was impossible for Leng Ningyun to lend him 20,000 silver, so he asked Leng Ningyun to get a batch of "Australian treasures" under the banner of Eunuch Yang. Because the amount was huge, Leng Ningyun became suspicious and inquired privately to find out.
That's not the case at all. Yang Tianliang's plan went bankrupt again.
"... Shopkeeper Leng is so brave? How dare he ignore Little Eunuch Yang?" Xu Xu said with a smile.
"Their father and son are not getting along, and Shopkeeper Leng has known about it for a long time." Liu Zheng said, "About a year ago, Eunuch Yang had informed Shopkeeper Leng that if Yang Tianliang did not bear his monogram's handwritten post, he would not be responsible for any money transactions. Otherwise, he would not be responsible for any money transactions.
, Yang Tianliang just needs to find his adoptive father. With the savings that Eunuch Yang has accumulated over the years, twenty thousand taels of silver is still easy."
"Even if father and son don't get along, wouldn't it be a good thing for Eunuch Yang if Yang Tianliang can work in the Royal Horse Prison. It's better than living a life of neither salt nor water."
Liu Wei stared at his eyes for a while and then smiled and said: "You old man doesn't understand their thoughts! If they are biological father and son, and the son can stand out, it will not be a problem for the father to kowtow to the enemy; they are like this, Yang
The father-in-law cultivated this adopted son for his old age. There is no blood relationship between the two of them, nor can they be said to have been raised by him. If this adopted son is too promising, wouldn’t he, the eunuch in charge of the Bell and Drum Department, still have to look up to his adopted son?
"
"I didn't expect the suspicion between father and son to be so high!" Xu Xu said, "I thought Eunuch Yang valued this adopted son very much!"
"Of course I value him, but I don't want this adopted son to be too developed, so that I can firmly hold him in my hands and provide for him until he retires."
"You guys colluded together just for the sake of 20,000 pieces of silver?"
"Twenty thousand silver is just the beginning," Liu Zheng said. "Everything is not going well when you get to the Royal Horse Prison. There are three eunuchs: the eunuch, the eunuch, and the eunuch. If he wants to be famous in it, he has to worship Buddha and burn incense.
Is the cost too low?"
"That's why he is eager to kill Eunuch Yang, right? Even if he doesn't get a cent of one hundred thousand taels."
"He said he wouldn't take any money, how could I do such a thing?" Liu Zheng smiled, "If you shortchange your husband's money, you are asking for death! The money earned by the Royal Horse Supervisor, who is an errand, is naturally left to him. He must not pay back the money.
Add ten thousand taels of 'congratulatory money'."
"Killing Eunuch Yang for 70,000 taels is a huge risk."
Liu Zheng gave a "scoff" smile and said with disdain: "Eunuch Yang is so majestic that everyone coaxes him and gives him money, just because he is the chief of the Bell and Drum Department. If you don't ask for anything from him, then
I'm afraid that he will cause trouble for you. If he is captured by a bandit, any thief can chop off his head with a knife, what's the risk?"
"If you jump out of the Three Realms, you are not in the Five Elements. Naturally, you don't care."
"Exactly. If you want to kill Eunuch Yang, there is no risk at all." Liu Zheng smiled, full of melancholy, "Not to mention there is money to get."
Xu Xu suddenly felt alarmed. He and Liu Zhen talked for a long time and felt that they knew each other. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he or the Senate was the person who shattered his dream. He must not have any sympathy for him. Otherwise, he must not have any sympathy for him.
I'm just afraid that he will bite me back.
"Eunuch Yang has a lot of money?"
"He has been a eunuch all his life and has been popular for a few years. In recent years, he has been a palm eunuch. He has at least one hundred thousand silver in his hand. After Little Eunuch Yang gets rid of him, all the money will be his. Besides,
Yang Tianliang is no longer a young man, he still has to stand in the palace and serve this bad old man every day, and he even has to be secretive when having a woman outside, so he has long been resentful."
"Fuck a woman?! Isn't he a eunuch?"
Liu Zheng looked at him with an unusual and strange look and said: "Of course he is a eunuch. But there are also women. There are also maids in the palace who are interested in eating."
Xu Xu rarely dabbled in these things, and suddenly felt that his outlook on life was greatly affected. He suppressed his curiosity and asked:
"Do you know where his woman is?"
"Of course I know," Liu Zheng said with a smile, "I can do this for him."
"You have a close friendship with Yang Tianliang."
Liu Zheng spat: "Who has any friendship with him! There is nothing sexy about this, it is the most insidious thing!"
It seems that he has suffered a lot from his cooperation with this little Eunuch Yang.
"Did you know that Yang Tianliang privately bought the boat ticket reservation from China Merchants Group?"
Liu Zheng was startled: "Is this happening?"
"Exactly. It seems that he is not 100% sure about his move this time."
"It's unexpected, but it's reasonable. That's the kind of person he is." Liu Zhen sneered. "He keeps his secret to others. Even if he knew that the bridge was broken, he wouldn't tell the people walking together. He would just turn around and run away.
Already."
"We'll talk about Eunuch Yang later. Let's talk about the people around Shi Weng." Xu Xu said, "Where did he get to know so many heroes when he was in Lingao? Is it also Zhou Lezhi's credit?"
"That's not true," Liu Wei shook his head. "The idea of causing trouble in Lingao was Mr. Zhou's. His original intention was to quietly capture a few elders, take them out of Qiongzhou Mansion, and then come back and torture them carefully. So it was not very large-scale at the beginning.
"
Later, the people sent were easily wiped out, which attracted the attention of the Shi Weng Group. The purpose of the mission was also changed from "kidnapping the elders" to "kidnapping the elders, and assassinating the elders if they failed."
As a result, the number of people mobilized increased significantly. Although Liu Zhen had many connections in the Jianghu, most of them were gangsters, and it was unreliable to expect them to fight together.
"...That's why I wanted to find someone from the sect. The person in charge is Taoist Jinshi. He was originally Master Wei's staff. Master Wei has a daughter named Wei Yi, who has been practicing in the Hengshan Sect..."
Immediately, he told a story about Wei Yi's assassination of Zhou Lezhi in Yangzhou and Wang Yehao's rescue.
"...I have also heard people talk about this, but I don't know whether it is true or not. However, the subsequent trouble with Lingao was indeed through the Hengshan disciples."
Good guy! Xu Xu thought to himself that Wang Yehao was so thoughtful and planned. Could it be that he wanted to rebel? He spent so much experience and brought his own food to go against the Senate. It was obviously not just for promotion and wealth.
Wang Yehao had already held the important position of governor many years ago, and now he also holds the title of Minister of War. He can be regarded as a highly respected minister. In addition to joining the cabinet and worshiping the prime minister, Wang Yehao will be granted the title of marquis.
Not to mention paying homage to the prime minister, this was not a good thing in the Chongzhen Dynasty; to be granted a title of marquis was to show extraordinary merit. Xu Xu thought to himself that he wanted to be granted the title of marquis based on his achievements in suppressing the Kun thieves?
However, when it comes to the scholar-bureaucrats’ knowledge of the Kun thieves, Wang Yehao was probably the first person in the Ming Dynasty. How could he have such unrealistic illusions!
What's more, the purpose of this latest kidnapping operation is still "peace negotiation". This shows that he clearly knows that the imperial court is completely helpless against the Senate.
From these aspects, he could not find any motivation for people to be obsessed with "anti-Kun".
He thought of the article "Research on the Changes in Liang Cunhou's Thoughts" that he had seen circulated by the Political Security Bureau not long ago, which analyzed that the reason why he gradually embarked on the "anti-Kun" path was because the existence of the Senate seriously threatened the civilized order of the old world.
and mind-lifting.
In other words, they may be able to tolerate the change of dynasty, but they cannot tolerate the change of barbarians to Xia. Just like when the Manchus entered the customs, they were unstoppable at first, but when they later came up with the idea of "shaving their hair and changing clothes", the beacon of resistance immediately burned out.
Got up.
Compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who "shaved their hair and changed their clothes", behind the seemingly loose rule of the Senate, there was an ambition to "rebuild culture" and introduce a new civilization system. Scholar-officials had already vaguely seen this attempt.
Compared with Liang Cunhou who relied entirely on his own observations and experiences, Wang Yehao may be more aware of the existence of "suspected time travellers" who can "predict the future" around him. This "Mr. Le" may have told the historical trend of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties
Got him.
"Save the nation to survive", in order to "reject the barbarians", maintain the Chinese orthodoxy, and also to protect the interests of his own family under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it makes sense that he fought against Kun with all his strength.
However, he can still think of "negotiating peace", and he seems to be much better than Liang Cunhou in terms of knowledge and ideas. The latter is purely for "integrity", which means "knowing that something cannot be done but doing it". In terms of means and techniques, he is far superior to Liang Cunhou.
It is not as "pragmatic" as Shiweng Group.
The two talked for a long time. Xu Xu saw that he was tired and seemed a little tired, so he said: "You have a good rest and will recuperate. We will talk tomorrow."