Liu Yishen glanced at Fan Yuqi quite angrily. If he hadn't thought that Shanxi businessmen like Fan Yuqi paid him a lot of filial piety every year and gave him a lot of tricks, he would not have wanted to meet Shanxi businessmen like Fan Yuqi.
But because of this, Liu Yishen could only endure the boredom in his heart, and said in a calm tone: "Nothing in this world can be achieved overnight, how can it be so easy to bring down a big official in Xinjiang! What's more, Xiong Tingbi now has He has been protected by the people in the inner court, and it will be difficult to replace him for a while! We can only wait for the opportunity!"
"this!"
Fan Yuqi thought to herself that I can wait a little longer, but Nurhachi can't wait any longer! Winter is approaching now. If the grain and coal purchased by Shanxi merchants are not smuggled in time, the entire Jianzhou forces will starve to death and freeze to death without the Ming army coming to fight! How will everyone get rich then!
"Sir, I'd like to ask Wei Yingjia to see you."
At this time, Liu Yishen's head butler came over and made a report.
Liu Yishui frowned slightly. He now regretted why he wanted to get involved with the Donglin Party and these Shanxi merchants. Now that Fan Yuqi came to his door, even the Donglin Party officials came to him so quickly. Coming to the door.
But it was hard for Liu Yishen to refuse. After all, he knew that he could not offend these Donglin Party members because the Donglin Party controlled the way of speech. If he made the Donglin Party unhappy, he might be impeached by some officials one day. Corruption and bribery, etc., and His Majesty is obviously a house-searcher, and he may have ransacked his own home.
Therefore, Liu Yishen had no choice but to reply: "Bring him in."
Soon, Wei Yingjia came to Liu Yishen, cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Ge!"
Liu Yishen smiled slightly: "Shi Zhou, why do you want to see your servant so late?"
Wei Yingjia glanced at Fan Yuqi who was in the room. He didn't know Fan Yuqi, so he couldn't explain clearly.
Seeing this, Liu Yishui hurriedly introduced: "His name is Fan Yuqi. He is an aide to Wang Huazhen, the right counselor of the Liaodong Capital Division. He is one of his own people who came to Beijing to handle things."
Then, Liu Yishen introduced Wei Yingjia to Fan Yuqi: "He is Wei Yingjia, the official in charge of the affairs, and he has a close personal relationship with Wang Wenyan."
Fan Yuqi therefore hurriedly greeted Wei Yingjia: "Wan Sheng has met Wei Gong!"
Wei Yingjia nodded and smiled, and then asked Liu Yishui: "Master Ge! I don't know why your Majesty suddenly summoned the cabinet ministers. I would like to ask, do you still need to participate in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi in the future?"
When Fan Yuqi heard that Wei Yingjia was going to impeach Xiong Tingbi, he immediately became energetic and became very fond of Wei Yingjia. He couldn't help but put his hands into his sleeves and habitually asked for money to show his favor to Wei Yingjia.
Anyway, the Fan family has made a lot of money over the years by smuggling slaves, so they have never been stingy about spending money.
Liu Yishen glanced at Fan Yuqi. He knew that he could not ask Wei Yingjia to stop participating in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi, otherwise he would disappoint Fan Yuqi and the forces behind him, and he would not know how he died at that time.
Therefore, Liu Yishen also said to Wei Yingjia: "Your Majesty only asked Dongchang to investigate Feng Sanyuan and Wang Wenyan because he was dissatisfied with the Wei Dynasty's slander. It does not mean that Your Majesty really supports Xiong Tingbi's continued appointment as Liaodong Manager, etc. After the bribe that Xiong Tingbi gave you has arrived, you can go to the court to impeach Xiong Tingbi. When the time comes, you will have real evidence, so you don’t have to worry about His Majesty not believing what you said. Remember, this time, when you go to the court to impeach Xiong Tingbi, you will only say that Xiong Tingbi bribed and not Xiong Tingbi. It is not appropriate to discuss the Liaodong strategy, lest His Majesty think there is any suspicion of partisanship."
Liu Yishen didn't know if he had guessed His Majesty's thoughts correctly by saying this, but he knew that he could only say this now, otherwise Fan Yuqi would not agree.
Logically speaking, a cabinet minister like Liu Yishen does not need to report to Wei Yingjia, let alone what His Majesty Wei Yingjia said after seeing him.
But now the official position is powerful, and Liu Yishen is not a minister of the Qing Dynasty without any reason, and he has no support in the inner court. Therefore, even if he is a cabinet minister, he can only report to Wei Yingjia obediently.
Wei Yingjia nodded after hearing this and replied: "I understand, I understand!"
Liu Yishen nodded.
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"Dongchang should strengthen the investigation of all internal ministers and people. Which ministers are disciples and which are in the same year? What societies have the scholars formed? What do each society preach? Are there any missionaries among the common people? Who is secretly instigating rebellion, as well as the price situation and disaster relief situation in various places, whether anyone is hoarding, whether anyone is hyping something, and whether anyone is smuggling, we must strengthen the investigation;
In short, everyone from the princes and nobles to the common people must place undercover agents around them! Establish a single line of contact and summarize and select all kinds of important news for me to know at any time! There is a secret contact point of Dongchang in every prefecture and county, and the head of this contact point has the right to report directly to me! "
Zhu Youxiao proposed to Wei Zhongxian his next instructions to Dongchang.
The purpose of Zhu Youxiao's request to Dongchang was naturally to allow Dongchang to play a greater role as a spy agency, not just to arrest and interrogate key criminals, but to thoroughly monitor all aspects of the Ming Dynasty's internal affairs.
Zhu Youxiao knew that Jiannu was very good at using details to realize his political conspiracy.
In Zhu Youxiao's memory, the several losses of cities in the Ming Dynasty were all caused by the internal reaction of Jian Nuxi.
And this does not rule out the possibility that Jiannu may have placed secret agents within himself, especially in the court.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao felt that it was necessary to strengthen internal intelligence monitoring.
According to Zhu Youxiao's plan, Dongchang monitors the inside, while Jinyiwei monitors the outside.
But now Zhu Youxiao doesn't have the energy to transform Jinyiwei.
He had to renovate the East Factory first.
After all, everything must be done from the inside out first.
"In this way, it is necessary to strengthen the strength of the Dongchang, especially to increase the number of capable people who are good at investigation and lurking. Fortunately, our Ming Dynasty Dongchang has hundreds of years of heritage. We really need to find and train such capable people. I have my own set of methods, so I decided to revitalize Dongchang, and you, Wei Zhongxian, will be responsible for it. First, set aside an area in Xiyuan as the Dongchang talent training base, and name it the Royal School of Internal Medicine. You choose for me. A group of old eunuchs and old Jinyi guards who had worked in Dongchang and were capable of doing things came to the Royal Internal Guard School to serve as lecturers, and recommended one of the most respected, loyal and reliable people to serve as the priest. These people cannot be left idle. , being idle is a waste of talent.”
Zhu Youxiao said and added: "The funds will be allocated directly from the internal funds, as soon as possible! The ones who need to strengthen the investigation now are the cabinet ministers Fang Congzhe and Liu Yishui, as well as the six ministers, and the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
Wei Zhongxian replied immediately.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, the comprehensive strength of Ming Dynasty was not comparable to that of Jiannu.
A super empire with more than 200 years of foundation has never lacked talents in all aspects. It is impossible not to have military talents that can surpass Nurhaci in military training. As for intelligence, Dongchang and Jinyiwei really need to be serious about it. It is not as simple as Jiannu's intelligence methods. Comparable.
As long as he, the emperor, allows the empire to fully utilize its comprehensive strength, it will never be possible for him to be able to annihilate even a barbarian tribe with less than 100,000 people.
