Chapter 400: 700,000 taels of silver!
In the next few days, the capital was vaguely calm, but the panic brought by the imperial court because of the factory guards was further spreading, especially after rumors came out that Jinyiwei forcibly took away several doctors from the Honglu Temple, the public opinion of the government and the opposition became even more boiling. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
You must know that although Dr. Honglu Temple is just a petty official of the eighth grade, and he is not ranked at all in the huge capital, but in the final analysis, they still belong to the civil official sequence!
This matter is not big, but the significance it represents is extraordinary, can it be said that the factory guards have been rampant to the point that civilian officials can be detained at will? Under various public opinion environments, civil officials began to dismiss the emperor, requesting a temporary suspension of the activities of the factory guards and a thorough investigation of the matter!
But there is no doubt that all of them are like mud cows into the sea, and they are left behind by the emperor, and this time even the verbal appeasement has not been heard, which makes the ministers even more suspicious......
However, the factory guards have not continued to arrest people these days, and finally let the ministers settle down a little, but what followed was more and more frequent exchanges between officials in the capital, and anyone with a heart could feel that this storm was faintly brewing in this seemingly calm capital.
At this moment, the central figure of this matter, Zhu Changluo, the leader of all the actions of Jinyiwei, was sitting leisurely in a quiet tea room, and there was an old man sitting in front of him, who was Wang Xijue, the first assistant of the cabinet.
"Your Highness, this time there is quite a stir! These days, the people who came to the old man to question Jinyiwei were about to break the threshold of the old man! ”
After a while, it was Wang Xijue who spoke first.
Zhu Changluo was not in a hurry and said.
"Yuanfu said with a smile, Yuanfu's gate is very expensive, this king has to pay homage in advance, who dares to step through your door casually?"
However, Wang Xijue was not in the mood to joke, restrained his smile, and said lightly.
"If the old man guessed correctly, His Highness is here for the recent courtiers' discussions, right? This matter is not simple! ”
With Wang Xijue's sophistication, he can naturally see clearly that the wind direction in the court is very wrong recently, not to mention that Jinyiwei's actions are seriously exaggerated, even the emotions of the courtiers are not normal, although he does not know the inside story, but Wang Xijue vaguely feels that there is an invisible big hand behind this matter, inciting public opinion in the government and the opposition.
Zhu Changluo pondered for a moment, and his face became solemn.
"Yuan Fu is wise, the emotions of the courtiers have been stirred up in the past few days, it is indeed deliberate, and this person is probably the same person as the person who instructed Li Wenda to detain Que last time!"
"Oh? Who is this person? ”
Wang Xijue's gray eyebrows raised slightly and asked.
Although he had a guess in his heart that day, he didn't check it carefully, because after all, this was Zhu Changluo's business, and he would attract suspicion if he interfered too much, not to mention that with the two sharp weapons of the factory guard, Zhu Changluo could find out more things than him.
So the boss was rarely lazy, and just waited for Zhu Changluo to tell him the result.
"Li Sancai!"
Zhu Changluo said in a deep voice, but saw that Wang Xijue was slightly stunned, and after a while, he sighed and muttered.
"If it's really him......"
"What? Motosuke guessed? ”
This time, it was Zhu Changluo who was stunned and asked suspiciously.
Wang Xijue nodded lightly and said.
"Yes, that day, when Zhang Wenda led people to detain Que, the old man had already thought that Zhang Wenda was a student of Li Sancai, and Zhou Jiamo was his friend, and the remaining few people were also quite close to Li Sancai, not to mention this famous figure in the court, although the old man did not dare to know everything, but he had also been friends for many years, what kind of person he was, the old man still knew it!"
"Then according to Yuanfu's opinion, what kind of person is this Li San?"
A complicated look flashed in Zhu Changluo's eyes and asked.
"Strong personality, outstanding ability, broad travel, but difficult to sustain yourself!"
I have to say that when Wang Xijue mentioned Li Sancai, there was more appreciation in his eyes, but when he said the last point, a trace of regret flashed on his face.
"Li Sancai is the head of the household department, all the way up, his career is clear and the old man has the ability, otherwise the court will not entrust him with important tasks, but his personality is too strong, so that it is difficult to return to Beijing for many years!"
Although Li Sancai's qualifications are old enough, in front of Wang Xijue, he is still a small character!
For this person, Wang Xijue naturally sees it very clearly, he has the ability, otherwise, the imperial court will not hand over such important tasks as the governor Cao Yun and the governor Fengyang to him, but Xu is because of the military attache family, and Xu because he has been in power outside for many years, and gradually developed a rigid and self-serving character, which can be seen from the various government affairs he handles.
It stands to reason that according to his qualifications and political achievements, he should have been transferred to the Sixth Department a long time ago, but because of his personality, the successive first assistants and the emperor coincidentally continued to put him in the local experience.
It's a pity that he didn't realize this himself, but felt that someone in Beijing deliberately suppressed him, and began to cultivate his reputation among Shilin, hoping to use it to go further.
And I have to say that although Li Sancai has such shortcomings, he treats his friends generously and equally, coupled with his unique vision, his reputation in the imperial court has become higher and higher over the years......
Sighing softly, Wang Xijue continued.
"And Li Sancai has a fatal flaw, greedy for money! At the beginning, his teacher, Shen Shixing, who was a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion at the time, had talked to the old man about this person, and said that he would fall on this point one day, but now it seems that he is afraid that he will become a prophecy! ”
Wang Xijue seemed to remember something, and his tone was full of melancholy.
However, when these words fell on Zhu Changluo's ears, he smiled bitterly, these old things who have been trained in officialdom for many years are really vicious, and even Shen Shixing, who seemed to be only with mud, was so powerful.
I have to say that Wang Xijue guessed well, Li Sancai really planted on this money this time!
"A few days ago, on the eve of Zhang Wenda Kouque, the factory guards arrested several merchants suspected of colluding with the Jianzhou Jurchens in Beijing, and searched out an account book from the home of a merchant surnamed Fan, which was written in a newly created script based on the Mongolian language of the Jianzhou Jurchens......
Zhu Changluo pondered for a moment, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice.
"Later, Jin Yiwei continued to investigate, and found that this merchant surnamed Fan was Fan Yongdou of the Fan family, a big Jin merchant, who would enter Beijing every New Year to honor the officials of the court, and on this account book, there were clear accounts recorded one after another, among them, he had paid bribes to Li Sancai for more than 700,000 taels of silver in a few years!"