"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 ceremonial supervisor is like the "cabinet" of the inner court, then the royal horse supervisor is the "privy palace" 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 in the animal husbandry", it has subsequently developed into the management of horses and mules. The Imperial Guards of the Four Guards Camp and the Warrior Camp; they go out to the border areas and provinces to supervise the army during wartime; they manage the ranch, the Imperial Village, and the Imperial Store...even the West Factory, which "the West Factory takes care of things that the East Factory cannot manage", It is also supervised by the eunuch and the eunuch.
Yang Tianliang, a middle-ranking eunuch, was promoted to the Royal Horse Supervisor as a supervisor, which meant that his eunuch's "official career" was on the fast track, and his future was immeasurable. The imperial eunuch has power and money, and being the guard eunuch is even more privileged. It's much better than hanging around with Eunuch Yang.
"Who doesn't love free money?" Liu Zheng 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 dark! Squeeze Yang Tianliang dry and then offer a big price. If you can get it together, it will be sold at a good price; if you can't, you deserve to lose all the money you spent!
Twenty thousand taels of silver was not a small sum in the 17th century. Seeing that all his savings had been spent, where could he get another twenty thousand taels of silver? Then he put his idea on Leng Ningyun's head.
Naturally, Leng Ningyun couldn't lend him 20,000 silver, so he asked Leng Ningyun to get a batch of "Australian treasures" under the banner of Eunuch Yang. Because of the huge amount, Leng Ningyun became suspicious, and after asking privately, he found out that there was no such thing. 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, , 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, it would 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, and then smiled for a long time: "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 to support him in his old age. There is no blood relationship between the two of them, and they cannot 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 his death."
"You guys colluded together just for the sake of these 20,000 pieces of silver?"
"Twenty thousand silver is just the beginning," Liu Zheng said. "Everything is not going to be alright once you get to the Royal Horse Prison. There are three important officials: the palm eunuch, the supervising eunuch, and the admiral eunuch. If he wants to be famous in it, he has to worship Buddha and burn incense. How much money do you spend?"
"That's why he is eager to kill Eunuch Yang, right? Even if he doesn't get a cent of one hundred thousand."
"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 from the errand of the Royal Horse Supervisor must naturally be 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 smiled with disdain and said: "Eunuch Yang is so majestic that everyone coaxes him and gives him money, just because he is the master 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, and any thief can chop off his head with a knife, what's the risk?"
"Beyond the three realms, not in the five elements. Naturally, I 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 still money to get."
Xu Xu suddenly felt alarmed. He and Liu Zheng chatted for a long time and felt that they knew each other. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he or the Senate was the one who shattered his dream, and he must not have the slightest pity or sympathy for him. Otherwise, I'm afraid 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."
"Fucking women?! 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."
Xuancheng rarely dabbles in these things, and suddenly 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! This thing without sex is the most insidious thing!"
It seemed that he had 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 secrets from 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. ”
"We'll talk about Eunuch Yang later. Let's talk about the people around Shi Weng." Xu Xu said, "When Lingao was in trouble, where did he make friends with so many heroes? Could it be Zhou Lezhi's credit as well?"
"That's not true," Liu Wei shook his head. "The idea of causing trouble in Lingao was Mr. Zhou's. The 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. "
The people sent later were easily wiped out, and this attracted the attention of the Shi Weng Group. The purpose of the mission has also been changed from "kidnapping the elders" to "kidnapping the elders, and assassinating the elders if that doesn't work."
As a result, the number of people mobilized increased significantly. Although Liu Zhen had many connections in the world, most of them were gangsters and thieves. It was unreliable to expect them to fight each other.
"...That's why I wanted to find someone from the sect. The person in charge of the connection 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 say this. I don't know whether it is the case. 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? Spending so much experience and bringing your own food to go against the Senate is obviously not just for promotion and wealth.
Wang Yehao had held the important position of Governor many years ago, and now he also held the title of Minister of War. It can be called an extremely human minister. Going a step further, in addition to entering the cabinet and worshiping the prime minister, you can also become a marquis.
Not to mention paying homage to the prime minister, this was not a good job in the Chongzhen Dynasty; becoming a marquis must have made extraordinary contributions. Xu Xu thought to himself, could it be that he wanted to make a marquis for his ability to suppress the bandits?
However, when it comes to scholar-bureaucrats' knowledge of the Kun thieves, Wang Yehao was probably the first in the Ming Dynasty. How could he have such unrealistic fantasies!
What's more, the purpose of this recent kidnapping operation is still "peace negotiation." This shows that he clearly knew that the court was completely helpless against the Senate.
From these aspects, he could not find any motivation for people to insist on "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 thoughts.
In other words, they may be able to tolerate the change of dynasties, but they cannot tolerate the change of barbarians to Xia. Just like when the Manchus entered the country, they were unstoppable at first. But after they came up with the idea of "shaving their hair and changing clothes", the beacon of resistance immediately started burning.
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. The scholar-bureaucrats have vaguely seen this attempt.
Compared with Liang Cunhou, who relied solely on his own observations and experiences, Wang Yehao may be more aware of the existence of "suspected time travelers" who can "predict the future" around him. This "Mr. Le" may have told him the historical trend of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
"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 could still think of "negotiating peace", and he seemed to be much more knowledgeable and philosophical than Liang Cunhou. The latter is purely for "integrity" and means "knowing that you can't do it but doing it". In terms of means and techniques, it is far less "pragmatic" than Shi Weng Group.
The two talked for a long time. Xu Xu saw that he was mentally tired and seemed a little tired, so he said: "You have a good rest and will recuperate. We will talk tomorrow."
(End of chapter)
