Chapter 326
Double Ninth Festival, a day will change! (please book all)
Corrupt officials, gentry and powerful people in Jinling, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou were killed by Hua Shier. Perhaps it was a matter of time. The expected rebound of local officials and gentry did not occur.
Hua Shier was puzzled at the beginning, but after careful consideration, he seemed to understand something. As long as he thought about it, even a hundred Japanese pirates could fight thousands of miles in Jiangnan, as if he had entered a state of no one. Then, now his two thousand tiger-and-wolf-like factory guards swept across Jiangnan, isn’t this normal thing?
What's more, even if someone has bad intentions, he can only act secretly and cannot use force publicly. After all, the "Embroidered Uniform Guard" is the personal army of the emperor, and the "East Factory" is the inner minister of the emperor. Whoever dares to move the factory guard is tantamount to rebel.
With this understanding, Hua Shier was fortunate to let go of the rules. Under the two major killing weapons of "property disclosure" and "revising old cases", hundreds of heads fell to the south of the Ming Dynasty every day, and countless evidence of crimes were quickly sent to the capital through the channels of the Jinyiwei.
In a letter to Zhu Youxiao and Sun Ge Lao, Hua Shier said: "It is not that the minister kills the person, but that there are too many people who should be killed."
He also stated in his letter that all the people he killed have a way to kill him. If the court has any doubts, the court can verify it.
Of course, Sun Chengzong did not believe that so many people deserved to die, so he suggested to Zhu Youxiao that Yuan Keli, who was upright and dared to plead for the people, was the chief official, and led the officials of the three judicial departments to verify the crimes of the officials who were killed.
As a result, through Yuan Keli's review, all the evidence was correct, and the on-site investigation was conducted, and the matter was true.
The investigation results left Sun Chengzong speechless and had a new understanding of the degree of corruption in the Ming Dynasty. What else can he do? He could only do more hard work in selecting officials.
After a wave of Hua Shier in Yangzhou, Suhang and Hangzhou, he returned to Jinling to take charge. In other parts of Jiangnan, Pei Lun, who was good at investigating cases, took the 1,000 factory guards to do it.
The people who came to kill in the future were mostly ruthless tricks from this kid Pei Lun. He learned from whoever he learned, and this kid followed Hua Shier and killed corrupt officials without any ambiguity.
Hua Shier is in charge of Jinling for three reasons.
The first reason is laziness, and he let his subordinates do their work. He took his wife Ding Baiying to visit this historical capital, traveling all day long without doing serious business. Isn’t he so free and comfortable?
The other is that most of the officials in Jinling were killed by him. If Hua Shier was not in charge, he would be afraid of causing trouble.
The third thing is to train new recruits. If he is not here, Lu Wenzhao will not be able to train drastic recruitment without him.
Speaking of military training, Hua Shier's only requirement for Lu Wenzhao was to train a capable army, and he directly piled up the top of his treatment.
In fact, the earliest military treatment of the Ming Dynasty was quite good. The treatment for recruiting soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty was not bad. Each soldier received a monthly salary of three taels of silver. According to the price at that time, it was about 2,000 yuan for a soft girl.
Although it doesn't seem to be much, there are benefits. It includes food, drink and accommodation. Each soldier distributes three pounds of lard, one pound of salt, twenty pounds of rice, and five pounds of cloth daily supplies every month. Those with families pay more.
At that time, this was the current level of civil servants’ treatment. It was much better than farming at home and digging food in the soil.
It is precisely because of the good treatment that the army was energetic in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Every time during wartime, soldiers were invincible.
However, as the late Ming Dynasty became more corrupt, the matter of drinking soldiers and eating empty salary became more and more intense, so that each soldier received less than one tael of money, and sometimes even the money was owed.
Therefore, in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army could not fight, and it was not a big blame for the soldiers who were greedy for life and fear of death, and they could not fill their stomachs. The wife and children at home were so hungry that they were pale and thin, and I had no money to buy medicine when I saw a doctor. In addition, the inferior weapons that cut corners, they had to have no morale and equipment. How could such an army fight?
If the court does not give you food, drink and salary, why can you make your life hungry?
Hua Shier asked Lu Wenzhao to train the new army, and the number of people was set at 50,000. The military pay was directly paid according to the highest treatment in the early Ming Dynasty. Anyway, he copied the officialdom of Jiangnan and had some money.
For this reason, he sent half of the silver he had obtained from his family scout in Jiangnan, sent someone to escort him to Beijing, and filled him into the treasury. The other half sent a letter to Zhu Youxiao to explain the situation and wanted to stay in Jiangnan to rectify the army.
In the court, Sun Ge Lao had a great opinion on Hua Shier's rectification of military affairs in Jiangnan. Hua Shier said that this matter was unreasonable. After all, military affairs were not something that a commander of the Jinyiwei could intervene.
Mr. Sun Ge's advice several times, but Zhu Youxiao rejected it. In the words of Xizong, the people from Xiping Hou went south to lead a thousand East Factory, are you still afraid that he would rebel?
Sun Chengzong was right when he thought about this. Dongchang was the emperor's minister. Even if he was as strong as Wei Zhongxian at the time, he could only be loyal to the emperor.
More than a thousand Dongchang men are equivalent to more than a thousand emperors' eyeliners. As long as the Queen of Xiping makes any illegal moves, I am afraid that it will not be able to hide the eyes of the emperor and the court.
In fact, Sun Chengzong didn't know that there was only one loyal person in the entire Dongchang's senior management, but that person was no longer the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, but Hua Shier, because the latter controlled their life and death.
This is also because Hua Shier has no intention of rebelling. If he has the intention to rebel, as long as he speaks casually, just Wang Tiqian, who is practicing the "Sunflower Book", can make Zhu Youxiao die inexplicably.
Speaking of the military training, Hua Shier asked Lu Wenzhao to send people to post list documents in various parts of Jiangnan to recruit soldiers and horses. The treatment was clearly written on the list and stated that as long as the registration was selected, one or two taels of Anjiayin would be issued.
At first, the people didn't believe it and thought the court could not be so generous. As a result, some people signed up with a try-and-see attitude and really received real money. This instantly caused a sensation.
Not only many young and strong people signed up for the army, but even middle-aged uncles in their forties and fifties actively signed up, but they were rejected.
When only recruiting young and strong people, 50,000 places were easily enough.
When Lu Wenzhao was training troops, Hua Shier had no intention of managing Jinling City. He had too many affairs and felt a headache when he saw it. The same thing was said, leave professional things to professionals.
There are not many corrupt officials in Jinling City, but also honest and honest. For example, Zhang Hairui, a Grand Secretary of the Nanjing Cabinet, is a good official who has not been severely affected.
When Hua Shier first heard this name, he always felt that he had heard it somewhere, but when he thought about it, he felt that the other party might have the same name as the Qing official Hai Rui in history, so he felt familiar, so he didn't care.
Hua Shier asked Zhang Hairui to temporarily act as the prefect of Yingtian and preside over all affairs in Jinling.
If you say that he is a Grand Secretary, he is a talented person. After only half a month, he will crack down on the crackdown, and the Jinling City, which is lacking officials, has been managed in an orderly manner.
As the alternate officials sent by the court took office one after another, the entire Jinling resumed normal operation and gradually returned to prosperity.
On this day, Hua Shier had already moved the mountains and rivers near Jinling. There was really no place to go, so he asked the eunuch Han Zanzhou to take him and Ding Baiying to take a walk around the palace in Jinling.
The Jinling Imperial Palace was later called the number one palace in the medieval period. It is said that the area covers a larger area than the imperial palace in the capital. Unfortunately, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed in later generations, the palaces and palace walls in the Jinling Forbidden City were basically gone, and they were almost destroyed.
Hua Shier was also very eager to see the complete Jinling Forbidden City.
When entering the palace, Wang Xuetong, the eunuch in the Jinling Palace, came to greet him personally, and together with Han Zanzhou, he was willing to be a guide to introduce the scenery and various legends of the palace to the Hua Shier couple.
When Hua Shier first saw Wang Xuetong, he recognized the other person's appearance. Isn't this Li Yutang in "October".
He guessed which movie Wang Xuetong should be. However, Hua Shier didn't watch many film and television dramas that Teacher Wang had acted in, and it could be said that it was very rare, so he didn't know which movie and television drama this person came from.
Unexpectedly, Hua Shier didn't seek trouble. Anyway, as long as he didn't provoke himself, whether it was a coincidence or another plot, it had nothing to do with him.
Listening to Wang Xue's explanation of various allusions from the Jinling Palace like a lotus flower, Hua Shier and Ding Baiying both had an eye-opening feeling.
Hua Shier asked curiously: "Old Wang, do you know where Emperor Jianwen escaped from this palace?"
Wang Xuetong and Han Zanzhou looked at each other and shook their heads and smiled bitterly. This man is really brave enough to say it.
Wang Xuetong reminded: "Marty, Emperor Jianwen burned him in Fengtian Hall, which is the conclusion of our dynasty."
Hua Shier said impatiently: "Okay, the folk rumor is full of eyes. Didn't Chengzu look for it all over the world? The Jinyiwei has no relevant records. I am just curious to ask you in private. Which Lao Han and I can go out and talk nonsense to you!"
Han Zanzhou has learned his lesson these days and knows who the master is. When he heard Hua Shier say this, he immediately said:
"That's right, this matter is not an important secret. Don't worry, how long we have known each other, what else can I do to harm you? Lao Wang, you have been in this palace for decades, and I don't believe you don't know any secrets!"
Wang Xuetong seemed a little embarrassed and stomped his feet for a while: "Then don't tell me it. There is a rumor in the palace that there is a secret passage under the portrait of Emperor Taizu in the Taimiao, saying that Emperor Jianwen left the palace from where!"
Hua Shier loved to listen to such legendary and secret stories, and asked quickly: "Then have you seen it with your own eyes?"
Wang Xuetong smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Marquis, you are talking about it easily. Not to mention me, even the emperors of all generations, I have never seen it. That is Taimiao. Who dares to touch a brick under the eyes of Taizu? But someone should have seen it before, otherwise there would not be such a rumor!"
Listening to Wang Xuetong's words, everyone thought of the Jingnan Incident, and felt that scenes of historical paintings seemed to be right in front of them, making people fascinated.
After walking around the Jinling Palace and listening to many legends, Hua Shier sighed: "This time I have traveled all over the radius of Jinling. When I look back and want to visit, I don't know where I will go!"
Ding Baiying laughed and said that the scenery of Jinling was probably not enough to be moved many times, and her husband was still a young man's character and liked something new.
Han Zanzhou laughed, but a trace of splendor flashed in Wang Xuetong's eyes and said, "The Marquis should have a place that hasn't been to yet!"
Hua Shier and Ding Baiying were both interested and hurriedly asked where they were.
Wang Xuetong pointed to the southeast and said with a smile: "The smoke is covered with cold water, moon is covered with sand."
Hua Shier's eyes lit up and said, "At night, the restaurant is near a restaurant in Qinhuai, the businesswoman does not know the hatred of the country. It's not bad. I haven't been to the Qinhuai River yet. I heard that the girls there are very moist."
Halfway through his words, he realized that the wife from home was still beside him. When he turned around, he saw Ding Baiying looking at him with annoyance and smiled embarrassedly.
Wang Xuetong seemed to have not seen the delicate atmosphere between the couple, and then said:
"A few days ago, the Marquis cleared the officialdom of Jinling, and even the pleasure boats on the Qinhuai River were stopped. I heard that they would reopen these days, so the day was set at the Double Ninth Festival in 99th. If the Marquis had a good mood, he would have a good time to travel to Qinhuai on the Double Ninth Festival night!"
Speaking of this, the old eunuch also smiled like a man knows:
"I heard that the most famous courtesan in Qinhuai, the egret girl, will be combed on that day. If the marquis goes, he will definitely be the first one!"
After Wang Xuetong finished speaking, he seemed to see Ding Baiying's unkind eyes and immediately accused him of guilt.
After having a meal of Jinling Royal Food in the Jinling Palace, Hua Shier and Ding Baiying returned with great pleasure.
After seeing these two people off, Wang Xuetong's smile instantly calmed down and went straight to the cold palace in the palace. There were no imperial concubines in the entire Jinling Palace, only eunuchs and palace maids, and there were no one living in the cold palace.
Wang Xuetong stood in the yard of the cold palace for a while, and then a middle-aged eunuch walked in quickly and bowed to him:
"Godfather!"
Wang Xuetong nodded and asked, "Last time you said you went out of the palace to Chenji Youfang. When you came back, would there be a Dongchang guy who followed you?"
The middle-aged eunuch nodded and said, "Yes, after following me two streets, I pretended not to know, and after walking around the city for a few circles, I got rid of the person!"
Wang Xuetong sighed and said, "The people in the East Factory feel too sensitive. They should have smelled a different breath on you. You are so smart that you are mistaken for being smart. If you throw them away, isn't it that there is no silver here!"
The middle-aged eunuch shivered when he heard this and knelt down on the ground: "Godfather, my son is wrong, my son is wrong, I must be careful next time."
Wang Xuetong smiled and helped him up: "Don't worry, you, my father and son, why would I blame you?"
The middle-aged eunuch had just breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly his expression froze. When he looked down, there was a dagger in his heart.
The handle of the dagger was in Wang Xuetong's hand, and the latter's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile:
"But recently, my godfather is going to do something big, and he can't tolerate any mistakes. Only in the next life, we will continue the relationship between father and son!"
After speaking, he twisted the dagger, the middle-aged eunuch died immediately, and there was no rebirth.
Throwing the eunuch's body into a dry well in the cold palace, Wang Xuetong found paper and pen in an empty room, wrote a note, which read:
‘The Double Ninth Festival will change the day and the third update of Jin Jing will be launched. This life is at stake and there is no accident!’
After saying that, he went to another yard in the cold palace, took a carrier pigeon, put the piece into a bamboo tube as thick as a little finger, tied it to the legs of the carrier pigeon, held it in both hands and threw it up. A white shadow rushed straight into the sky, hovering in the sky, and headed straight towards the direction of the capital.
At midnight, at Chenji Oil Floor, Jinling City, a black shadow silently climbed into the window.
In the oil mill, Boss Chen was recording the accounts under the oil lamp when he suddenly saw a figure hiding in his cloak appear. He was shocked. When he reacted, he quickly stood up: "Why are you here in person?"
The black shadow retreated from the hood of the cloak, revealing an old face. It was Wang Xuetong, and he heard him say slowly:
"If you tell Xiyu and others back, the time to take action will be set at Double Ninth Festival. At that time, killing Xiping Hou and Zhang Hairui together will not only clear the obstacle, but also obtain the body of Rama. I will definitely win this time."
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Chapter completed!