After receiving the report, the two officials came to Zhuangzi and started collecting confessions from house to house. After arriving at Hu Yunqing's place, they saw banknotes on the table as soon as they entered the room, all of which were ten thousand taels each.
The two became greedy in a tacit understanding. Now that the price of food is getting higher and higher, in order to provide food and clothing for the family, they can only get some profit from this matter.
"Ang, you want me to engage in malpractice for personal gain."
Even if Wang Ke has never been in official circles, he still understands the meaning of this official position.
"Yes, as long as you turn a blind eye, the rest will be left to the two of us."
The official looked at Wang Ke and said nothing, which meant that the latter agreed and continued to walk towards Hu Yunqing with a straight face.
"Get it for me!"
Wang Ke kicked one of the officers down from behind and ordered to the soldiers he brought.
Several soldiers quickly came up and controlled the two officials.
"General Wang, what do you mean?"
Seeing Wang Ke's rage, the two officials almost wet their pants because they didn't understand what Wang Ke wanted to do.
"Expressing the people, running rampant in the countryside, now I, the general, have captured these two, and returned the people to a clear sky."
"good!"
After Wang Ke finished speaking a few impassioned words, the people present could not understand it. Anyway, if these corrupt officials who bully others are arrested, the oppressed people will be happy.
"Sir, I'm disturbing you today."
After suppressing the two officials, Wang Ke respectfully hugged and punched Hu Yunqing.
Wang Ke didn't know Hu Yunqing originally. Judging from Wei Zhongxian's behavior last night, there must be some important people in this village. The two officials just verified this idea. How many ordinary people can have tens of thousands of taels of silver notes in their home.
He thought that the person who could let Wei Zhongxian check on his safety in person must be no ordinary person, and he was also afraid that this matter would implicate him.
"Looking at you, you are from the Shenji Camp who just came out of the capital, right?"
Hu Yunqing, who had been standing nearby, watched with cold eyes. After the official was arrested, he looked at the general saluting in front of him and asked curiously.
"Ahem!"
Just when Zhang Ke was about to answer, a cough came from the crowd.
"General, I still have things to do, so I won't bother you anymore."
Wang Ke left Zhuangzi quickly. Wei Zhongxian and Xu Wei in the crowd saw that Hu Yunqing, whom they wanted to protect, was fine, and quietly disappeared into the crowd.
After he was far away, Xu Wei finally couldn't help his curiosity and asked Wei Zhongxian who was walking in front.
"Who was that person just now? Can you, a factory owner from Dongchang, be so nervous?"
"This person is no small matter. If this person dies or something happens, many people will be killed. Not even you. A group of us are not as good as him alone."
Wei Zhongxian looked around and whispered in his ear.
"Xu Wei remembers it. Thank you Eunuch Wei for your guidance."
Xu Wei also felt at this moment that the capital was indeed a dragon's pond and a tiger's den as rumored, and he quickly thanked Wei Zhongxian.
If I had offended Hu Yunqing, I would probably get this little credit, which would not be enough.
Chongzhen also took Wang Chengen to Zhuangzi.
"Cousin, you came so early today!"
Hu Yunqing, who had not yet returned to the house, saw Chongzhen and Wang Chengen from afar, and happily greeted Chongzhen.
"Cousin, how are the crops doing recently?"
Nowadays, the price of food in the capital is getting higher and higher, and ordinary people cannot afford it. Although Fan Jin is dead now, a lot of food has been found from his home.
I also thought of using these grains to deal with emergencies first, but as soon as they were distributed, some people bought them and began to hoard a large amount of grains. It simply cannot be distributed into the hands of the people.
Chongzhen, helpless, could only come to his omniscient cousin to find out how to solve the problem.
"There was quite a commotion last night!"
Hu Yunqing turned around and returned to the room, and Chongzhen also followed in. The two sat on the chairs, and Hu Yunqing was the first to speak.
"Well, the emperor reshuffled the capital last night. The entire capital's army is completely in the hands of your majesty. All Fan Jin's property has been confiscated, and many generals have been imprisoned."
Hearing that Hu Yunqing wanted to know what happened last night, Chongzhen told him everything about last night with some pride.
"By the way, in the morning court this morning, all the officials didn't talk nonsense and were directly rejected by the emperor."
"Humph, handling things is too childish."
After hearing this, Hu Yunqing didn't have much appreciation, but shook his head.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the emperor's handling?"
When Chongzhen saw Hu Yunqing denying him, the smile on his face disappeared. He was a little unhappy and didn't understand why Hu Yunqing said that.
"This is all a trivial matter. As long as the northern army is still in Hong Chengchou's hands, the other side will never be afraid. I think Hong Chengchou will get news from the capital soon. I think we have to make preparations early, so as to To prevent accidents.”
"Maybe Hong Chengchou didn't have the idea of raising troops. If Chongzhen did this, he would undoubtedly give him a push. If the opponent went south to invade the capital, it would be ridiculous for Chongzhen to rely on those divine machine battalions to resist."
After Hu Yunqing said this, Chongzhen's face turned pale in an instant. He didn't expect that he had forgotten Hong Chengchou.
"The Emperor has already transferred white soldiers from Sichuan, so they should be able to do so in time."
"You, Chongzhen are confused, you are also confused! The White Guard Army is thousands of miles away. Even if Hong Chengchou in the north does not ride a horse and walks to the capital, he will come faster than those reinforcements."
Listening to Chongzhen's ridiculous words, Hu Yunqing was so angry that he couldn't speak, but he still patiently told Chongzhen why.
"Cousin, what should I do? If Hong Chengchou really invades the capital on a large scale and the capital is not protected, Hong Chengchou will not let me go."
Hearing that it was so serious, Chongzhen was a little scared and anxiously wanted Hu Yunqing to give him some advice.
"What are you afraid of? Hong Chengchou should be afraid of Chongzhen when he comes to Beijing. He won't care about you, you idiot."
Seeing that Chong was so nervous, Hu Yunqing was a little confused, but he didn't think that the person sitting in front of him was Chongzhen.
"Ang, it is true that I am a sesame official, but I have been giving advice to the emperor recently, and I have offended these Shanxi merchants to death. I will definitely not let me go. Please save me, cousin."
Only then did Chongzhen realize that he had almost missed the point, so he quickly explained it to Hu Yunqing.
"Mobilize the Japanese-prepared troops from Shandong to march north, station quietly between the capital and the place where Hong Chengchou is stationed, and send an imperial edict to Hong Chengchou to return to the capital and receive the title."
"Then what if he doesn't come back?"
