"Students know the whole story best." Wang Wenyan bowed.
Several people in the study looked at him with questioning eyes.
Just listen to him continue: "At that time, there were two censors who submitted the memorial. One was the censor Liujie Anliu who had just returned from the post of governor of Datong, and the other was the censor Wang Youzhu Wang who was born in Xuanfu. .”
"Yes, I also remember that it was the memorial written by these two imperial historians." Han Xu added. ,
"Master Han is right." Wang Wenyan bowed his hand to Han Xu, and then said, "Actually, this matter has something to do with the students. Fan Yongcheng of the Fan family found the student, and the student pointed him to Liu Yushi. The other person, Mr. Wang Shi, was recruited by the Fan family themselves."
"So the story that the Tiger Character Banner was caused by bandits to cause trouble to the place is all false." Liu Yishen frowned.
"The students don't know whether it's true or not," Wang Wenyan said frankly, "but the students sent someone to inquire and found out that there is a deep grudge between the Fan family and Hu Ziqi in Zhangjiakou because of business matters."
Han Xu said: "There is no wind without fire. It's hard to say that this tiger-character flag is really a bandit trouble for the place."
Wang An on the side said: "Our family also knows about this. At that time, the emperor received the memorial from the two imperial censors, so he asked Wei Zhongxian to go to Master Luo Sigong's residence to deliver the oral instructions, and arranged for the Jin Yiwei to go and verify. In the end, it seemed that there was nothing. Find out and say it's unfounded."
Liu Yishen looked at Wang Wenyan and said: "You did something wrong in this matter. It would be fine if the tiger-character flag really caused trouble in the place. At worst, they sent troops to clean it up, but they didn't. The cause was just a fight between two businessmen. One party deliberately framed the other. One side.”
"It's the student's fault." Wang Wenyan stood up and admitted his mistake.
Liu Yishen pressed his hand, motioned for him to sit down, and said at the same time: "Okay, this matter is over. Fortunately, nothing major happened, otherwise you would have become an accomplice of the Fan family."
Compared with some of the later chief ministers, Liu Yishen was quite upright and worked hard. Unlike some of the later chief ministers, who only knew about party struggle and power manipulation, and were greedy for the position of chief minister, but never did anything that was actually beneficial to the people. , something beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.
"Students, please listen to your teachings." Wang Wenyan bowed again before sitting back in his seat.
But although he admitted his mistake, he had another idea in his heart.
When the Fan family came to him, Fang Congzhe was still the chief assistant. As the think tank of the Donglin Party, in order to suppress the Zhejiang Party and force Fang Congzhe to step down from the position of chief assistant earlier, he did not feel that he had done anything wrong.
If Fang Congzhe could step down from the position of chief minister as soon as possible because of the life of a businessman, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. As for the life and death of the Tiger Flag business company, he didn't care at all.
He was born as a jailer and did not have the aloofness and taboos of some people in the Donglin Party.
Wang An on the side said at this time: "Mr. Wang, you haven't said how to get the secret between Wei Zhongxian and the Tiger Flag shop. And even if there is a secret, how can you make the people in the Tiger Flag willing to tell us."
"It's not difficult." Wang Wenyan said with a smile, "Students have learned that Huziqi is a business in Lingqiu, Datong. It mainly deals in ironware and mule and horse business. Now their ironware is seeking to enter the Ministry of Industry. To replace Fujian Iron and Steel’s share, but this matter requires two adults to come forward.”
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Yishen and Han Xu.
It can be said that the Ministry of Works gave up its share of Fujian Iron and left it to Jin Iron, which was produced in Tiger Banner. Such a thing was not something he could do as a jobless and powerless person, so he could only turn to the two court officials in the study for help. Senior officer.
Wang An also looked at Liu Yishen.
If the Jin Railway produced by Tiger Character Banner wants to enter the Ministry of Industry, as long as Liu Yishen, the chief minister, greets the people from the Ministry of Industry, even if the Jin Railway produced by Tiger Character Banner cannot completely replace the entire share of Fujian Railway, it can still take part of it. Fujian Iron and Steel's share.
More importantly, now that Fang Congzhe is no longer the chief minister, the iron merchants behind Fujian Railway have lost their power, and sooner or later they will have to give part of their shares to those iron merchants with strong backgrounds.
Liu Yishen frowned and said: "The quality of Jin Iron is not as good as that of Fujian Iron. The Ministry of Industry purchases Fujian Iron because the quality of Fujian Iron is better."
When Wang Wenyan heard this, he smiled and said: "No matter how good the fine iron is when it reaches the Ministry of Industry, the soldiers and armor produced will always cut corners, so there is not much difference between Jin Iron and Fujian Iron when they are in the hands of the Ministry of Industry."
Liu Yishen's face looked a little ugly, but he knew that what Wang Wenyan said was true.
After sitting in the position of chief minister, he realized that the Ming Dynasty was already riddled with holes and there was a shortage of money everywhere. The same was true for the Ministry of Industry. Without cutting corners, it would not be able to meet the army's demand for soldiers and armor. More importantly, whether it was There is no shortage of moths in either the Ministry of Industry or the military, and they cannot be cleaned thoroughly.
And he also knew that there were no officials in the Ming Dynasty who were not greedy for money. Even within the Donglin Party, there were many such officials. He could not deal with the Donglin Party members as well.
If thunderbolt methods are really used to rectify the corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, then I am afraid that he will not be able to serve as the chief minister for a long time. By then, there will be as many memorials to impeach him as snowflakes. Even within the Donglin Party, there will be no shortage of impeachments against him. of memorial.
Wang An said, "If you two adults don't want to talk to the people from the Ministry of Industry, then we can go and say hello to the people from the Ministry of Industry."
As long as he can deal with Wei Zhongxian, he doesn't mind what iron the Ministry of Industry uses.
It wasn't just a matter of officials from the Ministry of Works reaping benefits. He had seen many such things happen when the internal supervisors sent by the palace to purchase did not reap enough benefits.
"That's fine, I'll bother you, Eunuch Wang, to do this." Liu Yishuo bowed his hand to Wang An.
"Easy to say, easy to say." The prince smiled.
He knew that Liu Yishui cared about his reputation and was unwilling to get involved in such a thing. When Fang Congzhe was around, he would never have such hesitation and would come forward to greet people from the Ministry of Industry.
Nowadays, as he has close contact with the Donglin Party, he knows that some Donglin Party members attach great importance to their reputation. This is the case for Liu Yishui, Han Xu, and Ye Xianggao.
Wang Wenyan reminded: "The prince had better send someone directly to the shop in Huzi Banner to find their shopkeeper, and use the Jin Iron they produce to enter the Ministry of Industry in exchange for the matter about Wei Wei. I believe that as long as their shopkeeper is not stupid, Just know how to choose.”
Wang An thought for a while and said, "Our family is still a little worried. If Wei Zhongxian and Huziqi's shops don't have anything shameful, then our family's efforts will be in vain, and it will also arouse Wei Zhongxian's vigilance."
"Don't worry, Eunuch Wang." Wang Wenyan said with a smile, "If there is no benefit, why would Wei Eunuch often go to the shop in Tiger Flag? Wei Eunuch will never really buy some iron goods and bring them back to the palace."
Wang An said, "Wei Zhongxian is not from the imperial kitchen, and he is not the purchaser in the palace. Even if the palace wants to buy some iron goods, there are eunuchs who go out to purchase them, so there is no need for him to buy them himself."
"My father-in-law is right," Wang Wenyan said, "Wei Eunuch doesn't have to buy things for the palace, so he often goes to the shops in Tiger Flag, either to receive benefits or to do some secret things. No matter what it is, as long as the handle is revealed, In the hands of my father-in-law, are you still afraid that I won’t be able to deal with him when the time comes?”
"Haha, Mr. Wang is right. As long as our family has a handle on him, there is no need to worry about being unable to deal with him." Wang An laughed.
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