The two people raised their heads to look at Liu Haojia. When they saw the badge around his waist, the person being supported raised his hand and said, "I've seen Shangguan! We are the captains of the Hundred Household Office on Qipan Street. Isn't this Shangguan's surname Liu?"
Liu Haojia said: "My surname is indeed Liu, but I don't know how you knew it?"
The man who was being supported tried to stand up straight and said, "I heard from the superiors yesterday that the second son of Uncle Gu Ning's Mansion is going to report to the Hundred Households Office, so I am bold enough to make a guess!"
Liu Haojia said: "That's it! I still don't know what to call you two? And how did you end up like this?"
The speaker said: "The villain's name is Yu Weili, and he is a captain in Baihu School. This is my good brother, his name is Zhao Mingyang!"
Liu Haojia nodded to show that he remembered, and said, "You haven't said what happened to you yet?"
Zhao Mingyang spat and said, "It's no big deal. I just had a fight with the county government officials. There were so many of them that I never fought!"
Liu Haojia said in surprise: "How come you are facing off against people from the county government?"
Yu Weili said: "It's not just about collecting money!"
Then Yu Weili explained the whole story to Liu Hao's family. It turns out that while the Jin Yiwei were in charge of patrolling the streets, they also collected money from various merchants. To put it bluntly, it was just extortion! And not only do they collect money, the county government officials and the civilian soldiers patrolling the streets also often extort money from various businesses! However, the main financial source of the civilian army is city fees. When collecting money on the street, it is less.
Except for part of this money being squandered by themselves, most of it has to be handed over to officials at the higher level. Even if this money is used to make up for the shortfalls in the funding of various yamen, of course, a large part of it goes into private pockets. Therefore, these yamen with the power to patrol the streets regard blackmailing merchants and ordinary people as a way to make money!
But then a problem arises. Everyone has the right to patrol the streets, so they will inevitably bump into each other when collecting money! Once they bump into each other, the two parties will inevitably have a quarrel, and even end up fighting! I thought it was just one of the many fights today, but this time there were fewer guards in royal robes and they were beaten up!
In fact, the Jinyiwei were originally very powerful and were specially used to monitor officials. How could ordinary officials dare to allow their subordinates to go against the Jinyiwei! But the highest officer of Jinyiwei is Liu Shouyou! Because he took refuge with Zhang Juzheng, he tried his best to restrain his subordinates!
And the superior officers of the officers belong to the civil service system, so naturally they are no longer afraid of the Jin Yiwei! Especially in the capital, the civil servants are the most powerful, so the officers are naturally very powerful! What's more, every officer has several helpers around him, so the Jinyiwei with a small number will naturally suffer!
As for the militiamen who came out to patrol the streets, they always formed teams of soldiers. When fighting happened, they would always have the upper hand due to their superior numbers. What's more, they still have the support of nobles and nobles behind them, so they are not afraid that no one will make the decision.
The civil servants hated having people spying on them and always wanted to disband the Jin Yiwei, so they were rude to the Jin Yiwei! Jin Yiwei impeached him in the court if he made the slightest move. At the same time, the civil servants and the nobles have been fighting for many years, and they know that they cannot defeat the nobles, so the two sides have a tacit understanding, and they have always fought without breaking! Naturally, the following will follow the same example, and they will not really break their faces.
In this way, they felt that collecting money from three families was better than collecting money from two, so they have been targeting Jin Yiwei together, so that when the three parties fought, seven or eight times out of ten, Jin Yiwei suffered the loss! But Liu Shouyou refused to make the decision for his subordinates, so the people below him would have to suffer the consequences of being dumb!
After telling the whole story, Yu Weili cursed loudly: "These damn civil servants are not good birds! When the Jinyiwei went out to collect money and arrest people, they said we were running rampant in the streets and oppressing good people! When their subordinates collect money, they treat it as a watch. No! Could it be that their servants do not accept payment, so they oppress the good? They have done more than us!"
Liu Haojia said: "Those civil servants are self-contained and have always looked down on us warriors. If they get the opportunity, they will naturally try to trick us! Forget it, let's not talk about this. I have horses here, so you two can get on and walk for a while!"
Two people were naturally happy to have a horse on them. With the help of Liu Haojia, the censor and the others rode a horse together and walked slowly towards the Baihu Office. The three of them chatted and laughed along the way, and their relationship got a lot closer!
There is a reason why the two of them dare to talk to Liu Haojia like this and are not afraid of his Xiaoqi identity. Because they felt that they were just ordinary captains with their own superiors. He also couldn't assign Liu Haojia's subordinates, so naturally he lacked respect.
When they arrived at the gate of Baihusuo, the two people jumped off their horses. Yu Weili said: "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your help! There is a stable on the right side of the door. Your horse can be stored there."
After Liu Haojia expressed his thanks, they separated. When Liu Haojia arranged the horses and went to the main hall to report, he heard someone in the main hall roaring loudly: "You two idiots have been beaten again! You have simply lost the face of our Baihu Office!"
Then I heard Zhao Mingyang say: "Sir, it's not that our brothers don't work hard, it's because there are so many people on the other side!"
Liu Haojia knew that the master Zhao Mingyang was talking about should be Wu Liangcai, the official of the Hundred Household Office! According to the information he gathered, Wu Liangcai was a pretty good person and did not treat his subordinates harshly.
At this time, I heard Wu Liangcai shout: "There are many of them, so why don't you ask a few more people to go!"
I heard Yu Weili say loudly: "Sir, we would like to ask a few more brothers to go, but everyone is scattered in all directions, where can we find people? Besides, none of the brothers in this area are willing to go, so we can't get together at all. Get up!"
Wu Liangcai was heard shouting loudly: "Okay, okay, I don't want to see you two, get out of here!"
Liu Haojia knew that the training inside was over, so he raised his hands to the soldiers standing outside the door and said: "Please let this brother report, and tell Xiaoqi Liu Haojia to come and report!"
The soldier glanced at the badge around his waist and pushed the door open directly. Then Yu Weili and two others came out of it. Before the three people could say hello, they saw the reported soldier coming out and saying, "My lord, let you in!"
Liu Haojia bowed his hands to the three people, raised his legs and walked into the main hall. As soon as he entered the gate, he looked up and saw a picture of a tiger descending from the mountain hanging on the wall of the main hall! There is a strong man sitting under the picture. He looks to be in his forties, with a beard and piercing eyes! Looking at his thick muscles and bones, he really looks like a tiger sitting there!
Liu Haojia, who had experienced war, knew that this man had really seen blood, so he couldn't help but straighten his body and hold the handle of the knife tightly!
The person sitting on the chair is Wu Liangcai from Qipan Street. He originally didn't care about Liu Haojia's arrival. He thought he was just another dandy who came to take advantage of his free wages!
