It will definitely not work if it starts at the beginning but ends at the end, and Lao Zhu will not allow it.
Lao Zhu, who started with a bowl, was an honest man, and he was resistant and repelled by such harmful things as gambling houses.
Now Zheng Xiong is determined to rectify things, and Lao Zhu agrees, so he naturally wants to make it easier for him.
"How many large and small gambling houses are there in Yingtian Mansion? What is the relationship between them? How much do you know?"
Mao Xiang remained calm, obviously he had done a lot of homework, and he took Lao Zhu's questions calmly.
"There are 130 large and small gambling dens in Yingtian Mansion. There are about 20 officials with third-grade or above who are related to the title of Marquis or above. The others are below third-grade and not popular."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
If you calculate it this way, even if a gambling house radiates a hundred people, then tens of thousands of people will participate in gambling.
Although tens of thousands of people may not seem like many, there are tens of thousands of families that can be associated with them.
This kind of instability is absolutely intolerable to any aspiring emperor.
Lao Zhu asked immediately.
"What's going on? I don't even know why there are so many gambling houses."
Mao Xiang still looked calm and replied to Lao Zhu.
"The main reason is that there are many new gambling houses. In the past year, dozens of them have been opened."
"After several years of recuperation, the nobles and officials in Beijing now have some savings in their hands."
"In addition to gambling, there are also many people who use gambling houses to make money. Because the money is easy to make, there are more gambling houses."
When it comes to this, it is inseparable from these nobles and meritorious ministers.
Arrogance, luxury and elegance are synonymous with them.
In order to quickly accumulate wealth, gambling houses are naturally among their goals.
The greed of human nature has no end, and Lao Zhu originally wanted to treat these meritorious officials well.
But if you can't stand these people who want to die and destroy Lao Zhu's foundation time and time again, then you can't blame Lao Zhu for taking the butcher's knife.
The same goes for this gambling den. If there are more and more people, I don’t know how many people will be restless.
It's not okay to shake your own foundation.
Seeing that the situation was serious and that he had such an opportunity, Lao Zhu immediately said to Mao Xiang.
"Give Zheng Xiong a handwritten copy of the list in your hand and give it to him secretly."
"In addition, the group of people under you will put others aside for the next two days and do their best to monitor places like gambling houses for us."
"The Military and Horse Department and the Yingtian Mansion Office are also keeping a close eye on us. If there is any trouble, we will control it as soon as possible. We will fully cooperate with Zheng Xiong to clear out these cancers in Yingtian Mansion."...
"Remember not to leak the news and let someone go, remember?"
Of course Mao Xiang is willing to make such a big move. This is an excellent place to express himself.
One of his strengths has also been put to use, and he said quickly.
"According to the order."
After Mao Xiang finished speaking, he resigned and left.
But an undercurrent of storm is sweeping across, but not many people know about it.
Wait until Zheng Xiong returns home.
Most of the officials were also on their way to clock out.
Wang Tongzhou, the commander of the Military and Horse Division, was a member of the off-duty army. After arranging the patrol, he immediately followed up on the off-duty get off work.
When he returned home, he talked to his officials.
"You arrange for two people to take my warrant and ask them to go out and give me a message."
"It's just that the wind is blowing hard and it's not advisable to move for the time being."
"Remember?"
"yes."
After the arrangements were made, Wang Tongzhou ate his meal with peace of mind.
The official arranged for two people to tell Wang Tongzhou's words.
The two took the warrant and rushed to various places.
The people Mao Xiang sent to spy on Wang Tongzhou saw something strange here and quickly reported the situation back.
Unavoidable
An accident happened, and Mao Xiang, who wanted to perform well, gave orders to the people watching.
"Send a few people to capture these two people first and see what the purpose is."
The two men sent by Wang Tongzhou to deliver the message had their own warrants and the ones patrolling the city were also members of the Army and Horses Division, so they had an unimpeded journey.
Not long after, he walked out of the mansion. Just as he was about to knock on the door, a stick suddenly appeared from behind and knocked him to the ground.
After looking around and seeing nothing unusual, he put the man into a sack and carried him away.
The same thing happens.
Not long after, the two were brought to Mao Xiang.
As a basin of cold water was poured on them, the two of them gradually woke up.
Looking around blankly, the two saw each other.
Before the doubts in their hearts were resolved, the two of them were separated and tied to a pillar.
Mao Xiangren didn't say much, he just waved his hand and then said.
"Give me a good beating first. Remember to be careful and don't leave any injuries."
Before the dazed two people could recover from their confusion, they saw two vicious-looking people approaching, holding something like a stick in their hands, wrapped in a layer of velvet.
Without saying anything, he directly greeted the two of them.
The pain was definitely painful, as the two men's painful screams could be heard throughout the space.
"Wait~ah! Wait~ah! You~ah! I~ah! I have something~ah! Say it."
He spoke intermittently, but no one paid attention and continued to type.
I don't know how long it took, but the two of them didn't even have the strength to scream before they stopped.
Mao Xiang walked over slowly and asked one of them.
"I ask, you answer, do you have any questions?"
The tortured man was weak and reluctantly raised his head to look up. From the explanation in a small voice to full of dissatisfaction, he suddenly gained strength.
"I am a young boy in the home of the commander of the Military and Horse Division. If you want to ask anything, you should say it first! If you don't ask, how will you know whether I will tell or not? Now that I am being beaten, don't you ask me if I am not getting this beating in vain?"
Mao Xiang calmly wiped the spatter and spoke slowly.
"It's not in vain. Let's first see if you are rude. Do you want to say it now?"
Seeing that no one was living in the moved backstage, the boy was about to say something, but after thinking about it, he hit the person with a wooden stick wrapped in velvet, obviously not wanting anyone to see his injuries.
Now that I have been beaten, I can’t just beat myself to death! Just hardened up a bit.
"If you can, beat me to death, otherwise you won't be able to ask anything out of my mouth."
After hearing this, Mao Xiang smiled.
This is the first time I heard this request.
Since you asked for it, I would be embarrassed not to fight.
"As you wish, let's change the method this time and use a small hammer to play a melody."
As soon as Mao Xiang finished speaking, the executioner on the side dropped the small hammer on the man's joints, with a rhythm every time, as if it really was like a melody.
When the boy was hit on his joints for the first time, he howled in pain and even his face was distorted.
Before the second blow came, he immediately begged for mercy.
"Wait~ wait, I~ said, don't~! Hit me."
When Mao Xiang saw this, his expression remained normal and he said calmly.
"It's late. The music has already started. Let's enjoy the music first and then talk about it later."
After the dull blow ended, the boy's whole body was burning and in pain, and he could only moan in a low voice.
"I ask, you answer, do you tell or not?"
This time, the boy lost the courage he had at the beginning and spoke hurriedly.
"Tell me~ tell me."
