Opposite the entrance of Qingqi Garden, Zhang Yu, who is the marriage officer of Wude Department, also came down from the Zhanzi (an uncovered sedan chair) carried by two people with a personal entourage. He sighed with a complicated expression; he gave a few instructions to the people around him, and then walked up in full view of everyone.
Within just a dozen steps of walking down the street, with his professional sense immersed in him for many years, he spotted at least prying eyes from several directions. Among them are people from his Wude Department, as well as other familiar or unfamiliar beings; however, isn't this what he wants?
Because, as one of the few people who participated in the interrogation and screening of the ghost market, I was also able to understand most of the inside stories and encounters in detail. Especially after seeing the half of the cyan ghost again with his own eyes, the three views he had held for decades were completely turned upside down.
Not to mention his Shangguan, Shangguan's Shangguan, and those noble people who knew about it secretly; all of them couldn't help but feel an inexplicable panic, and the subsequent secret pressure was like a wave. After all, the ferocious beast that came and went before was enough to make a noble person feel in danger.
Under such an unexpected attack, even a group of heavily armed King Wu disciples would inevitably be destroyed by hatred; let alone those high-ranking officials who only had guards, ceremonial guards, and retinues. We can't all follow the example of Li Linfu, the former Prime Minister of the dynasty, who went out and went out with police in droves.
Not to mention what was found in the ghost market, the only remaining green ghost was still lingering. No matter how many people died in Chengxiafang, it was just a vague number in the imperial proclamation and some sympathy; but if one sneaked into any mansion in the upper city, the consequences would be simply unimaginable.
But Takeshi, who claims to have eyes all over Gyeonggi and outside the capital and has the largest number of peripheral personnel, actually knew nothing about it before the incident. This is not something that can be described simply as a corpse, but a certain degree of dereliction of duty, dereliction of duty, and even no longer reliable and trustworthy.
You must know that no matter how the Wude Secretary of the past dynasties was criticized and attacked by various yamen in the outer court, they could still stand firm. At most, they would abandon some peripherals and hand over a few scapegoats, thinking that the basis for dealing with the past on the scene came from these. The trust and support of Tianjia dear ones.
But once they lose the support of their relatives and noble background, which is the foundation behind them, the foreign parties who have been closely watching for a long time will liquidate, dismember, carve up step by step, and even take the initiative to abandon the name of this organization and start a new one. It is not impossible to start a new business.
Even if they take a step back and think about it, even those nobles feel that Wudesi, a monitoring tool that consolidates imperial power, restrains the government and the opposition, and maintains and consolidates the management and control of the capital, is no longer very easy to use. That also meant that when the wall fell and everyone pushed it down, Wu Desi began to decline and become marginalized.
Little did they know that when Wufang Xiao'er, the predecessor of the Wude Secretary and closely related to the Procuratorate, was abolished and liquidated by the decree, there was a huge celebration in the capital, and they loudly praised the emperor's majestic grace and the manifestation of the Holy Lord. However, for all kinds of people who are involved, it is a disaster.
After all, the eunuchs, clan members, and relatives behind the scenes were able to secure a large amount of manpower, material resources, and expediency for Wude Si, and they also directly or indirectly acquiesced to them, taking advantage of their powers to find ways to get things for themselves. Money and making money are not for doing good deeds.
The role of Wu Desi is to try his best to maintain the sense of security of the nobles, even if it is fragile and false. Therefore, in the next countermeasures against the new situation, we must win a place in Wudesi; at least we cannot continue to watch the fire from the other side and be excluded in disguise.
However, although there are many personnel in the Wude Department, they are known as three (elevating), eight (elevating), and sixteen (officers). There are also five commanders of personal subordinate officers, six commanders of personal affairs officers, three commanders of the outer courtyard, and inner courtyard camps. . But it is mainly divided into two distinct systems: the pro-conforming officer and the pro-service officer.
Among them, the personal and subordinate official position is a prestigious position, which is specially used to place and care for the clan members, relatives and descendants of the noble family related to the Tian family. It is a decent position that does not carry responsibilities but provides good treatment. However, the marriage officer, who was just one character away from him, became the target of resentment among the public, the government and the public.
Therefore, personnel including the Sixth Commander of the Imperial Guard and the Third Commander of the Outer Court are the front-line workers who travel between and outside Gyeonggi Province on a daily basis. On the other hand, although the Wude Division is said to be open to the public when it comes to selecting people, it does not reject people from all religions and streams, and even includes some criminals with special expertise.
But in addition to various expedients to make money, the specific promotion is also particularly strict. Therefore, most people stop at the first three steps of the courtyard, fast walking, and long walking; or even get stuck on the outer three steps of Tanmu, Tanding, and Chaziwai. There are many people who cannot advance even an inch.
To be able to transcend the four ranks of junior, lower, middle and upper level marriage officials and become a single-level marriage official, one must have extraordinary abilities and sufficient backing and background; both of which are indispensable. As for the few chief marriage officers, they can only be appointed by internal decree.
Just like Zhang Yu, who is one of many marriage officers, he often leads dozens of people in the yard, Kuaixing, and Changxing, and more than ten people in all kinds of marriages; in addition, there are also Tanmu, Tanding, Cha Zi, waiting for peripheral personnel ranging from a hundred to more than two hundred people.
As a man born in the market, he has not had any powerful backers for a long time; from a civilian policeman who had no money and could only rely on information to survive, he was able to reach his current position; it is because he is hard enough and is willing to catch people at all costs. every opportunity;
When his senior, who was a marriage officer, and many of his senior colleagues suddenly died in a feudal conflict in the castle, it was he who stood up to the newly appointed promotion and command officer and took the initiative to take over the job. It is up to the chief ministers to take care of the aftermath.
As a result, he also used fierce and ruthless means to take over most of the team and resources of the deceased senior marriage officer and several colleagues in disguise; he tried his best to calm the situation. Despite this, he still lost half his life and damaged his kidneys, and was unable to get the woman pregnant.
Therefore, although he has not officially married yet, he has raised many stay-at-home wives and several children of various ages. But they are not born by their biological children, but by the orphans of their deceased predecessors, colleagues and even subordinates; this is also a tradition and practice passed down in the Wude Division.
Because when most people are in office, they will inevitably make others dislike them and fear that their family members will be liquidated and implicated after their death, so they will be entrusted to their familiar and close colleagues. At this point, no matter how fierce the internal intrigues or aggression, they are still relatively united towards the outside world.
But it is precisely because Zhang Yu's background is obviously inferior among the many marriage officials; he is neither recommended by a family of eunuchs, clan relatives, or relatives; nor is he one of the long-standing inheritance families of Wude Division. It was just that at that time I just don't want other old people to take advantage of the opportunity to get up.
Therefore, Zhang Yu, as the "right-hand man" of Wu Desi, had to be pushed to the table again and acted as the stone to throw stones at. In this way, even if something goes wrong in the future, it won’t be a pity to discard it;
The most critical node and breakthrough in this series of events is undoubtedly the man with mysterious origins. There was no record a few years ago, but he personally experienced and influenced two major events and round-ups, as well as the on-site analysis of the ferocious beast and the green ghost. "Jiang Sheng".
However, unexpectedly, this time Xantai did not intend to continue to involve him in the follow-up; this gave him an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. As a stepping stone to impress the person being visited, some old case files were transferred from the internal cabinet of the Department of Wude.
As Zhang Yu stepped forward, the two men on duty in front of the Wutoulan Gate, wearing Jinwu Weixuandi's large coats with wild patterns, showed vigilance and fear. However, after Zhang Yu showed his identity card, he went inside to inform him, and later opened the door and let him in.
And Zhang Yu, whose face was filled with Feng Qingyun's faint smile, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief; since the person in the garden was willing to see him, then the trip was already half successful... After half an hour, Zhang Yu came out and took a seat on Zhan Zi, and suddenly said to the person beside him:
"Xiao Mu. You will be responsible for coming and going here later, delivering documents and delivering news."
"My subordinates understand."
The person with handsome and cold eyebrows replied: She is clearly a woman dressed in men's clothing.
"By the way, what do you think of this Jiang Sheng?"
Zhang Yu also said lightly:
"You can't tell the depth from the first glance; however, he looked at his subordinate at least seven times just now, and he was three breaths at most."
A woman dressed as a man named Xiaomu hesitated and said:
"That's right. It seems that the news is true. His preference is for handsome women dressed in men's clothing, not those delicate and weak women from the boudoir."
Zhang Yu said meaningfully:
"Next, you have to get in touch with me. I also know that Wulang and the others are interested in you. But please give it a try. I'm not sure. I will rely on you in the future. There’s help.”
"The officer has spoken harshly."
Xiaomu said respectfully:
"I will convey the officer's kindness and thoughts well."
On the top of an unknown hill on Bailuyuan outside Chang'an City, there were people riding horses looking at the majestic and majestic capital in the distance.
"I heard that there was a huge accident in the capital, which caused the ghost market to disappear."
"Not only the monthly income of more than 100,000 yuan from the ghost market has disappeared, but even the businesses around the ghost market have been looted to pieces."
"How could this be? Haven't we already sent people to deal with the aftermath and take action?"
One of them couldn't help but be shocked: You know that the ghost market itself was raided and destroyed, and only some money and buildings were lost; as long as the demand for underground trading still exists, it can always be rebuilt in the future under other names and forms.
But those existences that rely on the ghost market, as well as the alien people who are accustomed to living in the dark in the underground network that extends in all directions, are the fundamental reasons for the long-term existence of various illegal businesses and black and gray industries in the underground world.
Not to mention the various businesses that help relieve the worries of the big shots in the city, and the many conveniences and overt and covert protections that extend from this... At this point, just the potential losses in reputation and credit for many years are not on the ghost market's books. The hundreds of thousands of yuan per month can be compared.
