The money stored by officials and wealthy households in the Ming Dynasty is generally divided into "cellar storage", "wall storage", "eaves storage", "liang storage", "well storage", "dung storage", "board storage" and "different storage" Eight kinds.
This is called "Eight Treasures". Nothing can change without departing from its roots.
A house search usually starts with the prisoner's bedroom.
Chang Feng led the silver foil-eating dog "Hu Zi" to the bedroom of Cai Shilang.
Huzi sniffed left and right in the bedroom. Suddenly, it got under the bed in the bedroom. "Woof woof woof" barked wildly.
Hu Zi is Chang Feng's good helper when he raids his home. Eating mutton wrapped in silver foil before working is to make it remember the taste of silver.
Fatty Xu said: "Hey, what a tiger. You didn't get your money and poop in vain! It seems there is something under the bed."
Chang Feng took his time and shouted first: "Hu Zi, come out!"
The tiger jumped out from under the bed.
Chang Feng took out a cloth bag from his arms. In the cloth bag is a strange-shaped ring made of copper, iron and silver in proportion.
This ring is in the shape of a cornucopia, and it's called the "Treasure Ring."
Changfeng put on the treasure ring and lay down under the Babu bed. He tapped the floor with his treasure ring.
"Dong" the treasure ring made an unusual sound.
Based on this strange sound, Chang Feng judged that there should be a silver cellar in the hollow underground.
He got out and ordered Fatty Xu: "Call ten strong men to carry the Babu bed into the courtyard. Be careful not to bump it when you carry it."
Fatty Xu was impatient: "What are you going to do? Just get two axes and chop down the bed."
Chang Feng put his hand on the edge of the Babu bed and stroked it: "You, the prince of the Duke, are not short of money. Let me tell you, the fifty brothers under our command all rely on this Babu bed for their drinking money this month. !”
Fatty Xu was puzzled: "Is this broken bed so valuable?"
Chang Feng said: "What if you, the prince of the Duke, are industrious and indifferent to grains? This is made of authentic Huanghuali materials. It can be sold for sixty taels of silver in the market!"
"These layers of quilts on the bed are made of Yun brocade, which can be sold for thirty taels."
Jinyiwei has a very big rule when it comes to ransacking homes. If you dare to hide stolen silver or two, you can chop the left hand with the left hand, and chop the right hand with the right hand.
This is to "confiscate" all the dirty silver. Of course, another way of saying the so-called confiscation is that the officials have their share, but the subordinates have no share.
For example, the Jin Yiwei raided the Cai Mansion. From the gold and silver copied out, everyone from hundreds to thousands of households, governors, governors, magistrates, envoys, and father-in-law of Dongchang can all get a share of the pie.
After layers of hair plucking, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs and returned to the national treasury.
Those with less than 100 households will not get points. But there are no benefits.
All wooden furniture, porcelain furnishings, and bedding that are inspected do not need to be registered.
Chang Feng usually sells these miscellaneous things to second-hand dealers in the south of the city, and exchanges them for money to distribute to his brothers.
The way to promotion is to serve those above well and win over those below. After three years of training in Jinyiwei, Chang Feng has become well versed in this.
Fatty Xu listened to Chang Feng and called ten strong men to lift the bed out of the bedroom.
Then, ten strong men carrying pickaxes walked in.
Fatty Xu smiled and said: "Master Chang, we have to dig three feet into the ground. The dust will be flying and the face will be disgraced. I'll go out and take a rest, hide away for a while."
Chang Feng said: "Go away! Remember to prepare wet towels for us to wipe our faces."
Chang Feng spat towards his left and right hands. He took the hoe handed over by Lux.
He hit the bluestone on the ground hard. Everyone started working together, and after two sticks of incense, all the bluestone slabs under the bed were pried open, revealing the loess underneath.
The tiger ran over again, clawing at the loess with his front paws and barking.
Chang Feng held down Huzi and said, "I know there is money down there. Huzi, go find the fat man outside. After digging, it will be full of dirt. I'm afraid it will choke you."
Hu Zi was very understanding of human nature, understood Chang Feng's words, and ran out.
Chang Feng and Li Shimen took out the face masks covering their mouths and noses and began to dig into the loess.
While digging, Chang Feng shouted: "Zhao Gongming, hey! Help me, hey! I ransacked the house under the order, hey! Gold and silver treasures, hey! I found them all, hey!"
Most people in Jinyiwei worship Mao Xiang as their ancestor.
Chang Feng and his gang were in charge of searching the house, but the ancestor they worshiped was the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming.
After all, the purpose of ransacking homes is to attract money for your bosses.
The loess was dug down half a foot deep. Only a "clang" sound was heard! There is an iron plate underneath with two copper rings.
Chang Feng touched his body and pulled the copper ring to lift the iron plate. There is a pile of silver ingots stacked under the iron plate.
In the Ming Dynasty, more than fifty taels are ingots; those under fifty taels and more than ten taels are ingots; the bottom of the ingot is ingots.
These silver ingots under the wooden board are all official ingots made in the twenty-tael system, with "Hubu Baoquan" and "Made in a certain month of a certain year" written on the back.
Chang Feng counted more than a hundred silver ingots and ten small gold ingots.
After the counting was completed, Chang Feng shouted: "Captain of Accounts, come in!"
A school captain walked into the bedroom.
Chang Feng said: "Remember, in the residence of Cai Zhong, the right servant of the Ministry of Revenue, 20 taels of official silver ingots and 103 were found in the bedroom. The total is 2,060 taels; 20 taels of small gold ingots, ten pieces, which is equivalent to 200 taels of silver."
After the accounting officer recorded the numbers, he counted them again. The numbers were correct, and he asked Chang Feng to sign his name on the account book.
Then everyone moved the gold and silver out, put it in the box and affixed the seal of Beizhen Fusi.
After raiding Minister Cai's bedroom, Fatty Xu said to the side, "Hey, dear. Are they all official coins? Cai Zhong is so bold. He moved the official coins directly to his home."
Chang Feng said: "Cai Zhong is in charge of Baoquan Bureau. When Baoquan Bureau was casting official ingots, he reported more fire consumption, and these official ingots became normal losses during the casting process."
Fatty Xu lamented: "Otherwise all the officials in the capital would be struggling to get into the Household Department. The yamen that manage money for the court have a lot of money. How did Cai Shilang get into the Household Department in the first place?"
Chang Feng lowered his voice: "If I remember correctly, he should have been recommended by the prince and promoted to minister of household affairs by the young minister of Taichang Temple."
Fatty Xu is a straight-laced person and speaks without restraint: "I say! If you handle this case, I'm afraid you will be promoted to the Hundred Household Examination!"
Chang Feng and Fatty Xu looked at each other. Although they understood, they did not answer.
Prudence is one of the magic weapons that has helped him improve step by step in the past three years. His motto is "Disease comes in from the mouth, disaster comes from the mouth."
There is a reason why Fatty Xu is sure that Chang Feng will be promoted after completing this case.
Everyone in the government and the public knows that there is no queen in the harem. Wan Guifei, who is loved by thousands of people, is like a queen and is in charge of the Sixth Palace.
In the past two years, Concubine Wan Gui has been encouraging the emperor to abolish the crown prince Zhu Youtang and establish a new crown prince.
The two giants in charge of the Jinyiwei - Shang Ming, the chief minister of etiquette and the governor of the East Factory, are Concubine Wan Gui's confidants; Wantong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, is Concubine Wan Gui's biological brother!
In a word: Jin Yiwei is Concubine Wan Gui’s tool.
If Cai Zhong, who was recommended by the prince, fell due to corruption, the evidence would be conclusive. The royal concubine party has another reason to persuade the emperor to abolish the crown prince!
The biggest crime for corrupt officials is dirty money! If Chang Feng can successfully find out Cai Zhong's huge amount of dirty money, he will be convicted. He made great contributions to the imperial concubine party.
Upgrade to one level and become a trial household. Isn’t that just a matter of grasping the situation?
However, any conscientious person in the court would sympathize with the miserable and weak prince Zhu Youtang.
Chang Feng comforted himself in his heart: Who told the prince to employ people unkindly? A notoriously corrupt official was used. I'm just doing my job.
Chang Feng and the brothers wiped their faces with wet towels, drank some water and rested for a while.
Then Chang Feng shouted: "It's time to check Cai Zhong's study!"
