Once upon a time, the young Emperor Hongzhi was pitiful, weak and helpless in the palace.
He had two protectors in the palace. One is Wynn, and the other is grandmother Zhou.
Emperor Hongzhi's biological mother Ji died early. To him, Mrs. Zhou was called grandmother, but in reality she was mother.
The attitude of the Empress Dowager Zhou was very important to Emperor Hongzhi.
When Chang Feng told him the truth about the "mutiny and rebellion", Emperor Hongzhi had already had murderous intentions towards Li Guang.
But Emperor Hongzhi did not want to kill Li Guang on the grounds of corruption or framing the vassal king.
Li Guang is his most important person. The emperor re-appointed a corrupt and courageous eunuch, which is not a glorious thing to write into the history books.
Now, Empress Dowager Zhou gave him an excellent reason to kill.
A close eunuch mistakenly built a pavilion, which ruined the Feng Shui dragon veins of Long Live Mountain, causing taboos in the palace, the death of the princess, and a fire.
This has nothing to do with whether the emperor is holy or not. It's just that the eunuch below made a big mistake by mistake and was punished as usual.
Emperor Hongzhi was a little surprised, how could it be such a coincidence. I was struggling with how to kill Li Guang, and the Imperial Grandmother gave me a golden staircase to walk on?
Emperor Hongzhi asked the Empress Dowager Zhou: "I dare to ask the emperor's grandmother. When did you realize that Yuxiu Pavilion had broken the dragon vein feng shui?"
Empress Dowager Zhou replied: "Fortunately, Taoist Zhang from the Jinyi Guards came into the palace and asked the Ai family some hexagrams. The Ai family received a revelation from heaven."
"Zhan'er, Yuxiu Pavilion must be demolished immediately. Li Guang must be severely punished immediately. Princess Xianyou is his master. The slave killed the master and should be killed according to palace regulations!"
As soon as this statement came out, Emperor Hongzhi immediately became enlightened.
Emperor Hongzhi thought: Taoist Zhang? That's Chang Feng's confidant!
Understood. The person who gave me the golden steps was not the imperial grandmother, but Chang Feng.
What a regular wind. It's like a roundworm in my stomach. He always understands what I am thinking and brings me solutions to problems.
Kill Li Guang according to palace regulations? How wonderful. The matter became a private royal matter. The foreign ministers have nothing to discuss.
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi said: "Yes, my grandson will listen to the emperor's grandmother."
Turning around, he ordered Qian Neng, his attendant: "Immediately order the Ministry of Industry to demolish the Yuxiu Pavilion. Also pass on my oral instructions to remove Li Guangsi from his position as the ceremonial supervisor."
Qian Neng was also affected by the "Yuyuan Mutiny" and was suspended from his duties as governor for one day.
Qian Neng had long been irritated with Li Guang: Sample, we have been keeping the same thing for so many years. This time you want to snatch the factory guard from me? Even if the emperor agrees, Chang Feng still doesn’t agree!
Qian Neng cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty. I will go and deliver the order right away."
Punish people to the end, and send the murderers to the west.
Jinyiwei is on duty.
Qian Ning walked in happily: "Master Chang, the emperor has issued an order!"
Chang Feng drank tea, his face light and calm. More than ten years of career in Jinyiwei has made him develop a temperament that will remain unchanged even when the mountain collapses.
After Chang Feng took a sip of tea, he put the lid on the tea cup and asked, "What's the purpose?"
Qian Ning replied: "The emperor ordered my godfather to go to the Ministry of Industry to deliver an order to demolish the Yuxiu Pavilion in Long Live Mountain. In addition, Li Guangsi was dismissed from his post as the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi."
Fatty Xu, who was sitting next to him, waved his fist: "It's done, Mr. Chang. You are still inscrutable."
Chang Feng said: "It's just a shady heresy. It's nothing worth boasting about."
"Li Guang only lost his job. That's not enough. We have to give him some more information."
Qian Ning asked: "What material?"
Chang Feng smiled and said: "The ten crow lieutenants buried in the market teahouse in Beizhen Fusi have been idle for a few years, right? Now it's time to let them run errands."
In the 22nd year of Chenghua, Chang Feng created a rumor and saw the power of rumors.
A few years ago, when Chang Feng took charge of the guard, he specially selected ten captains from the guard, named "Crow". These ten people are specifically responsible for spreading rumors.
On weekdays, they spend a lot of money in market teahouses and win over a bunch of bad friends who have money and time to talk nonsense.
When Chang Feng needs them, they will spread rumors in the market teahouse, spreading rumors to ten, and then to hundreds.
Chang Feng took another sip of tea: "Qian Ning, you asked the crow captains to spread a rumor. It is said that Li Guang has a secret copy of the "Longevity Sutra" written by a sloppy Taoist in his home."
Fatty Xu raised his thumb: "How tall! There is a method of longevity. It is taboo to hide it secretly without paying tribute to the palace. You know, the emperor has been obsessed with the method of longevity in the past few years!"
That day, the Crow Captains started a rumor with both nose and eyes.
Rumor has it that Emperor Hongzhi moved God by respecting heaven and loving the people all these years. God sent Zhang Suluo, a Sanxian, to give Li Guang the "Longevity Sutra" outside the palace and asked him to give it to Emperor Hongzhi.
Li Guang became greedy and secretly kept the "Longevity Sutra" to study the art of immortality.
This rumor spread to ten people and spread to millions. It spread almost throughout the entire capital within two days.
Chang Feng's purpose in spreading this rumor was to create public opinion among the people and prepare public opinion for Emperor Hongzhi to kill Li Guang.
No civil servants who write history now or in the future will be interested in such absurd stories spread among the people.
If it is not recorded in history books, this rumor will not affect the holy name of Emperor Hongzhi.
At night, Li Guang lives outside his home.
Li Guang hid in the big quilt, shivering.
He is a stupid and bad man. He didn't understand that he framed Prince Xing, but the Emperor remained silent. The emperor did not pursue the case of mutiny at all.
He seizes people's land without permission, accepts bribes, and embezzles salt courses, accumulating tens of thousands of dollars, but the emperor has remained silent for so many years.
This time, he was dismissed from his post for building a pavilion in Long Live Mountain.
Gu Dayong walked in: "Godfather, something bad has happened. Now it has been spread throughout the capital. It is said that you always keep a sloppy Taoist's "Longevity Sutra" secretly in your house."
Li Guang said angrily: "Which bastard made up this rumor? If I want to have that thing, why don't I offer it to the emperor immediately for reward?"
Gu Dayong sighed: "Oh, godfather. Now you are always beating the drum and beating me."
"When the Chief of Ceremonies was writing, you promoted many people. You also offended many people."
"I heard that the officials are working together privately, saying that they want to jointly sign a statement and suggest that the emperor punish you for your crime!"
Li Guang asked: "What time is it?"
Gu Dayong replied: "It's time."
Li Guangdao: "The Queen has gone to bed at this hour. It is inconvenient for me to go to Kunning Palace."
"I will beg the Queen early tomorrow morning. Let her give me a few kind words in front of the Emperor."
"Even if I can't become the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, I can at least be demoted to the local government and serve as a guard eunuch. With the status of a guard eunuch, the officials won't dare to take any chances with me."
Li Guang knew Queen Zhang very well. Queen Zhang is a very soft-spoken person.
Li Guang is full of confidence. Now that I have lost my position as Chief of Ceremonies Bingbi, the Empress Dowager is angry.
Please give me some wind, Queen Zhang. Get a seat as a guard eunuch. I will be a local emperor outside for a few years, and then I will find a way to return to the ceremonial department after the limelight has passed. This hurdle has just passed!
Li Guang made a good calculation. However, God's calculation is not as good as man's calculation.
Gu Dayong brought Li Guang a glass of human wine: "Godfather, after drinking this glass of immortal wine, you should take a rest as soon as possible."
Li Guang knows how to maintain health and drinks this stuff every day.
Li Guang took the cup and drank it in one gulp. After a moment, he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood: "Uh-huh!"
Gu Dayong smiled slightly: "Godfather, don't blame me. He who is not a poisonous man is not a husband!"
Gu Dayong is a ruthless and thoughtful character.
It was he who gave Li Guang the idea to frame King Xing and bring down Chang Feng.
But when it came to actually handling the matter, he stayed far away and did not directly intervene.
In other words, as long as Li Guang dies, the Yuyuan frame-up case will have nothing to do with Gu Dayong.
Gu Dayong is a person who understands political speculation very well. When the old backer has fallen, it is natural to find a new backer.
Nowadays, the highest-ranking eunuchs in the palace are Xiao Jing and Qian Neng.
However, these two giants would never accept someone who rebelled from Li Guang.
In just a few days, Gu Dayong found a new partner, a person with a promising future: Liu Jin.
He took the initiative to find Liu Jin with the banknote and said that from now on Liu Gonggong would be the one to follow his lead.
Liu Jin confiscated the banknote and only said meaningfully: "Even if the bandits worship the mountain, they still need to pay for their vote."
Gu Dayong pondered: If you don’t want money, do you want to submit a certificate? Easy to say!
In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Liu Jin almost killed Li Guang. The person Liu Jin hates the most is Li Guang. The best certificate of investment is Li Guang’s head!
Gu Dayong made a determined decision. Oh, Li Guang lost his official position and offended the Empress Dowager again. Wouldn’t it be reasonable to commit suicide out of fear?
Gu Da used arsenic in the immortal wine he drank for Li Guang.
Li Guang stared at Gu Dayong ferociously. He wanted to scream, but the blood that kept pouring out of his throat prevented him from making a sound.
After a while, Li Guang lost his breath.
Gu Dayong shouted: "Yao Shou! Eunuch Li is vomiting blood! He, he, he is dead!"
According to historical records: In the eleventh year, Guang persuaded Emperor Guang to build Yuxiu Pavilion on Longevity Mountain. When the pavilion was completed, the young princess died, and not long after, the Qingning Palace suffered a disaster.
The Japanese said that Guang's pavilion violated the taboo of the year, and the Empress Dowager said angrily: "Li Guang today, Li Guang tomorrow, it will indeed be a disaster." Afraid of committing suicide.
Half an hour later, Li Guang's residence was surrounded by people from three floors outside and three floors inside Jinyiwei.
Chang Feng took Fatty Xu and others and stood in front of Li Guang's bed.
Taoist Zhang used a silver needle to test Li Guang's body: "It's not some rare poison. It's just arsenic."
Chang Feng looked at Gu Dayong who was kneeling on the ground crying and asked, "What's going on?"
Gu Dayong said: "Today, as usual, I am here to deliver fairy wine to my godfather."
"After a while, I came over to see if my godfather was asleep. I found that my godfather was bleeding from seven holes. I checked his nose with my hand and found that he had passed away."
"I think the godfather was afraid that the Empress Dowager would blame him, so he added arsenic to the fairy wine and committed suicide."
"Ouch! Godfather, you died so miserably!"
Chang Feng looked at Gu Dayong suspiciously.
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, what should I do?"
Chang Feng said: "Let's take Li Guang's body back to Fusi Lianfang in Beizhen first."
Chang Feng seems to be in no hurry to find out the real cause of Li Guang's death. He didn't stay up any longer and went straight home to sleep.
Before dawn the next day, Liu Xiaoyan pushed Chang Feng: "Get up, change clothes, have breakfast and go to court."
Chang Feng rubbed his sleepy eyes: "I just dreamed about the wedding night with you. I just took off your pants and woke up from the dream."
Liu Xiaoyan poked Chang Feng's temple with her finger: "We are an old couple now, look at your virtue."
Chang Feng is in a good mood. Li Guang is dead and the traitor has been eliminated. The emperor's holy name will not be affected. In this battle, he won a great victory!
The son Chang Ponu, the father-in-law Liu Bingyi, and the concubine Mrs. Jiu got up late.
Chang Feng came to the dining room to have breakfast alone.
Just as I folded the fried cypress sticks and soaked them in soy milk, a person came into the dining room - Chang Feng's old nephew Liu Jin.
Liu Jin didn't notice anything, and sat directly opposite Chang Feng and said to the Chang family's servant: "Bring me a bowl of soy milk, too."
After saying that, he picked up a fried cypress from the colorful plate and said, "Uncle, I want to ask you a favor."
Chang Feng said: "What do our uncles and nephews say? Just ask."
The servant filled the soy milk and placed it in front of Liu Jin.
Liu Jin took a sip of soy milk and said calmly: "Uncle, please don't investigate in detail about Li Guang's suicide."
Chang Feng was stunned for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "It doesn't matter how Li Guang died. It is important that he died."
Liu Jin cast a grateful look at Chang Feng.
Chang Feng said: "I would like to advise you. If one day you have as much power as Li Guang, don't imitate him."
Liu Jin quickly said: "My nephew will remember my uncle's teachings."
Oh, Liu Jin's future is not just that of Li Guang's? The outrageous things he did after he became powerful, let alone Li Guang, would probably make Wang Zhen, the powerful eunuch during the Baozong period, ashamed.
Go to court early that day.
Xiao Jing shouted at the top of his lungs: "Discuss!"
Chang Feng left the office: "Your Majesty, the former Chief of Ceremonies, Bingbi Li Guang, committed suicide last night out of fear of crime."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard the news, he thought to himself: Li Guang is still aware of current affairs and saved me a lot of trouble.
He said: "It is not a pity to die for a criminal official. There are rumors among the people that Li Guang secretly hid the "Longevity Sutra" written by a sloppy Taoist."
"I don't believe such ridiculous rumors."
"Chang Feng, go to Li Guang's mansion and search it carefully. If you can't find it, you can correct people's hearts and calm the rumors."
Emperor Hongzhi has good tactics!
In fact, Emperor Hongzhi ignored Li Guang's massive wealth accumulation over the years, not just because Empress Zhang protected Li Guang.
Another part of the reason was that Emperor Hongzhi regarded Li Guang as a pig.
Pigs need to be fattened before they can be killed.
Emperor Hongzhi was not greedy for money, but he needed a large amount of money to realize his political ambitions - to make the country prosperous, the world peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Li Guang's family wealth was naturally one of the countless stepping stones for Emperor Hongzhi to realize his political ambitions.
However, Emperor Hongzhi was not happy. The day after his former confidant eunuch committed suicide, he immediately ordered Chang Feng to steal his family property. That would be suspected of being greedy for money and good goods.
So Emperor Hongzhi made up a reason and asked Chang Feng to search for strange books and dispel the rumors.
Looking for strange books is just a superficial reason, and the real purpose is to search for Li Guang's tens of millions of wealth.
Emperor Hongzhi is so weird.
Chang Feng is also a ghost. He immediately understood Emperor Hongzhi's intention.
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "I, Chang Feng, will take the lead."
Confiscating homes is Chang Feng's specialty.
He arrived at Li Guang's outer house with a force of seven hundred paoze who had inspected the capital where thousands of households were located.
Shi Wenyi smiled and said: "Master Chang, in the 22nd year of Chenghua, I will be your apprentice to search the house."
"Today you just drink tea, eat snacks, and chat with Mr. Xu and Mr. Qian."
"Leave the matter of confiscating the house to me. I'll show you my skills. This will save the bosses from ridiculing me in private for being a 'big guy' who only greets and delivers."
Chang Feng smiled and said, "Okay. Let's see today how the apprentice I brought out thirteen years ago is able to confiscate his house."
The roof of Li Guang's outer house is more than half the size of a royal palace. It is divided into five courtyards. In addition to the mansion, water from Yuquan Mountain was diverted as Huanfu Creek.
Chang Feng, Fatty Xu and Qian Ning were sitting in the stone pavilion in the middle courtyard, drinking tea and chatting.
Qian Ning said: "Li Guang is dead. The director of rituals, Bingbi, is short of staff, and the steward of Kunning Palace is also vacant."
"I think Eunuch Zhang Yong may become the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Liu Jin may take over as the steward of Kunning Palace and become a eunuch."
Chang Feng said: "Eunuch-in-law has had a good reputation since ancient times. But Eunuch Zhang's reputation is not a false one, but a real one."
"He was naturally brave and had the talent to lead troops. Wang Shu and Ma Wensheng once commented that he was 'the strong man Zhang'."
"There are many Bingbis in the Bureau of Ceremonies who know how to lead troops to fight, which is far better than the many Bingbis who only know how to scheming and amassing money."
Fatty Xu interjected: "Eunuch Zhang is indeed brave. Damn! Last time at the Dongchang martial arts arena, he fired a five-stone bow."
"I, the famous strongman in Jinyiwei who weighs more than 200 kilograms, am ashamed of myself."
Zhang Yong is recognized as first-rate in terms of character and ability. Birds of a feather flock together. Zhang Yong's best friend is Yang Yiqing, who raises horses in Shaanxi.
Chang Feng smiled and said: "As for Liu Jin, he entered the palace at the age of six. He worked in the palace for more than forty years. His official career was not smooth for the first thirty years."
"This time, it's his turn to succeed in officialdom and become a eunuch."
Qian Ning smiled and said: "Liu Jin is your old nephew, Mr. Chang. He has been promoted, and your face is also shining."
Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Yes. We are all old ministers. I wish he could be in glory."
Fatty Xu was nibbling on a cicada and said, "Liu Jin is really good at holding Tangtang. Last summer, Tangtang casually said that she was greedy for fried cicadas."
"Liu Jin, a palace eunuch, actually stood up to the sun on a hot day, carrying a long bamboo pole wrapped in gluten, and filled the palace with candy."
"In the end, I collected five hundred unlucky cicadas, put them in an ice collector, and sent them to the princess's mansion."
Chang Feng lamented: "Liu Jin calls her Aunt Tangtang. In fact, I know in my heart that he treats her as his daughter!"
Everyone chatted for an hour.
Shi Wenyi walked over excitedly, holding four thick account books in his hand: "Master Chang, Li Guang really doesn't shy away from it. Whether he accepts bribes or competes with the people for profit, he keeps clear accounts."
Chang Feng took the account book and flipped through it. It all showed that on a certain day of a certain year, a certain official sent "white rice" and a certain number of stones, and "yellow rice" a certain number of stones.
Everyone in the government and the public knew that this was a hidden code for bribing Li Guang. White rice is silver and yellow rice is gold.
Chang Feng said: "Let Ding Da Bao come over and get the total number."
Ding Abacus, the account keeper, came over and Chang Feng gave him his seat.
Ding Abacus put down the guy who was eating and moved the beads on the abacus very fast.
Although Ding was very skilled in the abacus business, Li Guang still had to calculate a large amount of bribery accounts for a whole hour.
Just one hour. Ding Da's abacus pointed at the abacus bead: "Li Guang's family wealth totals 310,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold."
Chang Feng was surprised: "So many?"
You know, in the 22nd year of Chenghua, Chang Feng copied 30,000 taels of stolen silver from the residence of Cai Shilang, which was an astronomical figure.
At that time, the emperor's internal transportation warehouse only held thirty thousand taels of silver.
In the twelve years since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty has enjoyed prosperity and business in the south of the Yangtze River has flourished.
The chain reaction caused by the rise of commerce is that the smuggling trade has become more rampant.
Huge amounts of Japanese silver and Western silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the silver circulation in Ming Dynasty increased year by year.
Even so, it is still a bit sensational for a ceremonial supervisor to collect hundreds of thousands of taels of silver with his pen.
Fatty Xu exclaimed: "Damn it. This Li Guang is really good at making money!"
Li Guang's mansion was so big that it would be difficult to search for it.
For a whole day, Shi Wenyi only completed the three treasures of the cellar, wall and eaves of the "eight treasures of the house."
The banknotes and cash totaled fifty thousand taels and one thousand taels of gold.
It's still far from Li Guang's account numbers.
In the evening, Chang Feng made arrangements for the night watch. Just as he was about to leave Li Guang's foreign residence and go home, cabinet minister Li Dongyang came.
Li Dongyang raised his hands towards Chang Feng and said, "Master Chang, you will make a fortune."
Chang Feng smiled and said: "You can't say this nonsense. It's about making the imperial court rich."
Li Dongyang nodded: "Yes, the court is getting rich. How is it? How much money was copied?"
Chang Feng replied: "Silver notes, fifty thousand in cash. One thousand in gold."
Li Dongyang clapped his hands: "Hey! Okay! This spring, the little Tatar prince intends to invade Helan Mountain. The military situation in the northwest is raging, and a huge amount of military pay, money and food are needed."
"This windfall can solve the urgent needs of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Chang Feng asked: "Does the emperor have a decree to confiscate Li Guang's family property into the Taicang treasury?"
Li Dongyang said sternly: "Your Majesty ordered that all the gold and silver from the criminal eunuch Li Guang's residence be put into the Taicang treasury. The rest of the land, treasures and other items will be sold off and put into the treasury."
Chang Feng was surprised: "One tael won't go into the inner treasury?"
Li Dongyang said from the bottom of his heart: "Long live today is a wise king through the ages. He never considers the amount of silver in the internal bank. He only considers the national treasury."
"Chang Feng, you are really capable. You copied 50,000 pieces of silver and 1,000 pieces of gold in one day. You are worthy of being the leader of the family."
Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "This amount of money is only a small part of Li Guang's family wealth. We copied a general ledger."
"The general ledger records that Li Guang's family wealth is 310,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold."
When Li Dongyang heard this number, he waved his fist fiercely: "Giant beetle!"
Chang Feng said: "Mr. Li Ge, please ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to send someone to deliver the seized money tomorrow morning."
"I assure the cabinet that within three days, Li Guang's family's wealth will be exactly the same and all will be handed over to the state treasury."
Since ancient times, FLAG cannot be set up randomly.
The next day, the inspection of Liang Zang, Jing Zang and Dung Zang was completed. He also received fifty thousand silver and two thousand taels of gold.
At noon on the third day, the inspections of Banzang, Fanmingcai and Yizang were completed. Got thirty thousand silver.
There is still a difference of 180,000 taels of silver and 7,000 taels of gold from the book figure of Li Guang's family wealth!
Chang Feng was a little anxious, so he went out in person and went through Bazang's house search process again.
However, nothing was found.
Chang Feng was puzzled: "Could it be said that part of Li Guang's property is hidden somewhere else?"
Qian Ning suggested: "Should we ask Gu Dayong?"
Chang Feng nodded: "Well, go find Gu Dayong."
Not long after, Gu Dayong arrived in front of Chang Feng. Gu Dayong deliberately wore a belt embroidered with lotuses.
Chang Tian likes to embroider belts when he has nothing to do at the princess's mansion. I embroider more than a dozen pieces a month and give them away. Lotus and lotus patterns are the logo of "Made by Chang Tian".
Gu Dayong took refuge with Liu Jin. Liu Jin gave him a belt embroidered by Chang Tian. He also told him to put it on when he saw Master Chang, the royal guard.
As soon as Chang Feng saw the belt, he understood that Gu Dayong was now Liu Jin's.
Chang Feng asked: "Eunuch Gu, you have served Li Guang for many years. Is part of his family wealth hidden elsewhere?"
Gu Dayong answered truthfully: "Master Chang, Li Guang's family wealth is hidden in this foreign house. He is very confident and believes that he will never fall. He never thought that one day his home would be ransacked."
Chang Feng frowned: "This is strange. A total of 180,000 taels of silver and 7,000 taels of gold. Where can they be hidden?"
"The silver may have been exchanged for silver notes, which are easy to hide. But the banks of the Ming Dynasty do not accept gold deposits. There is no such thing as gold notes."
"So where did that whole bunch of gold go?"
Gu Dayong said: "Li Guang regards wealth as his life. He never tells me anything involving gold and silver."
The doctor sent by the Ministry of Hubu said to Chang Feng: "Master Chang, the three-day limit is what you said yourself, not the emperor's limit. I think our people from the Hubu will go back today and come back tomorrow."
The doctor's eyes seemed to say: Xigou, can you do it?
Chang Feng said: "Okay! Gao Langzhong, please come back first."
Shi Wenyi asked Chang Feng: "Master Chang, what should I do?"
Chang Feng replied: "This time I lost face in front of the people in the household department. Losing face is a small thing, but not copying all the dirty money is a big thing."
"There is no other way. We can only add more people and dig three feet into the ground. Tomorrow we will mobilize another thousand strong men from the guards and search carefully together with Pao Ze who inspects Qianhu Station."
It's Jin Yiwei's old rule not to raid homes in Higurashi.
Chang Feng returned home. Chang Tian took Yibin Huang Yuan back to her parents' house for dinner.
Chang Feng asked Chang Tian: "Didn't you bring Jian Jian?"
Chang Tian replied: "Jianjian is still young and cannot have the wind. He is being taken care of by the nanny at home."
Liu Xiaoyan said: "The dishes are all here, and we're just waiting for you, the head of the family. Go to the dining room and talk while eating."
The family sat down.
Chang Feng said casually: "Today I failed in front of the people from the Ministry of Household Affairs. I didn't even confiscate all of Li Guang's family property in three days."
"It's a good thing that Li Guang left a general ledger. Otherwise, the house raid would have ended. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and several thousand taels of gold would have never seen the light of day again."
Liu Bingyi said: "You personally went to search the house, but you didn't search everything?"
Chang Feng nodded slightly: "Yes. I wonder if Li Guang has a way to hide silver other than Bazang."
"It doesn't matter. Just search slowly and carefully. After searching for half a month, I don't believe that we can't find all of Li Guang's dirty money."
Chang Tian said: "Brother, we have gone home, so don't talk about your official duties."
Chang Feng took a sip of wine and said, "Yes. Brother-in-law, what have you been busy with at home recently?"
Huang Yuan replied: "Write letters and poems to the literati in Jiangnan. Jiangnan has recently produced four young talents with outstanding poetry."
Huang Yuan, the guest of honor, is simply a royal vase. He has no errands and spends all his time at home writing and writing.
Huang Yuan gave Chang Tian some food and said, "Those four young talents are known as the Four Great Talents in Jiangnan. They are Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming, Zhu Zhishan, and Xu Zhenqing."
"By the way, they sent a letter the day before yesterday. They said that the four of them got drunk by the river and each of them composed a limerick."
"This limerick is really ridiculous. I read it to my brother-in-law, just to keep him entertained."
Chang Feng said: "Okay, you read it."
Huang Yuan said with a smile: "A group of geese on the mountain, booing and driving them into the river. Catching the geese after falling into the river will cure hunger."
Chang Feng asked: "What about the fourth sentence?"
Huang Yuan suppressed his laughter: "The fourth sentence is a bit vulgar and unpleasant to listen to."
Chang Feng said: "You kid, don't show off. Read quickly."
Huang Yuan suppressed his smile and said the fourth sentence of the doggerel seriously: "It's better to go home and play with your wife!"
"Pfft!" Chang Feng took a sip of wine and sprayed it directly on the table.
Liu Bingyi laughed so hard that his beard stood up.
Madam Ninth and Liu Xiaoyan also covered their mouths and chuckled.
Chang Ponu held his stomach: "Hahaha, playing with my wife, playing with my wife!"
Chang Tian lightly hit his nephew: "How old are you? Don't follow the adults' nonsense."
Chang Feng finally stopped laughing. He said: "I don't know how good these four people are in their eight-legged art skills and serious poetry. But they are really interesting."
Huang Yuandao: "Brother-in-law, are the four great talents in vain? Their eight-legged technique is also first-rate."
"The Jiangnan Provincial Examination will take place this fall, and the Spring Festival will begin in the capital next year. There's no telling if any of them will be able to rank first."
Chang Feng nodded: "Yes. To be able to write such interesting limericks, they must not be corrupt scholars. The last thing the court needs is corrupt scholars."
"I hope they can be named on the gold list next year. Alas, I have no hope. Hui Hui will follow the Gongyuan Academy, and Hui Hui will lose his name."
After the morning session the next day, Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei and changed into the soap clothes he wore during the raid. He led Xiao Liangqian Paoze to Li Guang's outer house.
Everyone was digging almost three feet into the ground. After working for a long time, I still couldn't find a piece of cash, a silver note, or a gold ingot.
Gu Dayong acted as a guide and came to help. But he, the leader, didn't help at all.
Chang Feng was puzzled: "That's really strange. Where did all the stolen money go?"
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, you don't want to tear down the entire mansion to look for dirty money, do you?"
"It will take at least a month to demolish such a big house."
"Besides, this house is also stolen property. It can be left for the emperor to reward people. It would be a pity to demolish it."
Chang Feng said: "Let's go up to the pavilion and take a look."
In the middle courtyard, there is a pavilion. About three feet high. From the pavilion, you can overlook Yuquan Mountain and have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the suburbs of Beijing.
Everyone went up to the pavilion.
Chang Feng said: "Li Guang knows how to enjoy it! The location of the outer house is well chosen, and the pavilion is well built. The beautiful scenery is really eye-catching."
He looked down at the ground below. Excavation of the ground turned this respectable house into a mess.
Chang Feng said to himself: "Where did it miss?"
Suddenly, Chang Feng's eyes focused on the Huanfu River surrounding the mansion.
Chang Feng said: "Lead the water from Yuquan Mountain here. I don't know how much manpower it will take."
Gu Dayong answered: "At that time, a total of 8,000 civilians were employed and they worked for a whole year."
"Dog Li Guang is really brave. The water from Yuquan Mountain is for royal use. But he led it to the Huanfu River."
A few days ago, Gu Dayong was a "godfather", but now he has become a "dog Li Guang".
Chang Feng suddenly felt something was wrong: "The city has a moat to defend against foreign enemies."
"Is it possible to spend a huge amount of manpower and material resources to build a Huanfu River just for the sake of eye candy?"
"Gu Dayong, how deep is this Huanfu stream?"
Gu Dayong replied: "It's a foot deep. It's said to be a stream, but it's actually similar to a small river. It was best for Dog Li Guang to go boating on the stream before he was alive."
Chang Feng became interested: "Pleasure boat?"
Gu Dayong replied: "Exactly. Whenever he returns to his foreign residence, he will get on a small boat alone and paddle. It is said that the water is quiet, which is convenient for thinking about things."
"Sometimes, he stays on the boat for a while before dinner. He goes back to the house, has dinner, and then goes to the boat for a while."
"Oh, I remember. He liked to beat the water with rocks in the boat."
Chang Feng was even more surprised: "Waiting for nothing? Use stones?"
Gu Dayong replied: "Yes. He said he was afraid that the people below would disturb him from thinking about things, so he asked us to stand far away."
"We could hear the 'thud' of rocks falling into the water."
Chang Feng turned his head and stared at Gu Dayong: "How can you be sure that what he threw was a stone?"
Gu Dayong was stunned: "What else could it be if it wasn't a stone?"
Chang Feng asked: "Isn't it silver?"
Gu Dayong took a breath: "Don't say it yet. It's really possible that it's Yinzi. He likes to get on the boat at night. It's dark, and those of us who serve him are far away and can't see clearly."
"But no one in the world would throw money into the water. We all thought it was a stone."
Chang Feng said: "Go to the Ministry of Works quickly and ask the Ministry of Works to send an expert in water control!"
An hour later, the Ministry of Industry sent a doctor named Zhang Yuanning. This man was brought out as an apprentice by the old minister Bai Ang, who was an expert in water control.
Qian Ning brought Zhang Yuanning to the pavilion.
Chang Feng asked Zhang Yuanning: "Mr. Zhang. Is there any way to dry up the water in Huanfu Stream and see the sun at the bottom of the stream?"
Zhang Yuanning put up a pergola with his hands and looked around.
Then he said: "This is very simple. Block the aqueduct upstream and cut off its source."
"The terrain in the east is low. Dig a diversion canal to drain the water."
Chang Feng asked: "How many days will this project take? How many civilians will it take?"
Zhang Yuanning replied: "It is difficult to divert water, but easy to drain it. It only takes one thousand civilians to drain Guanghuanfu Creek in one day."
Chang Feng said: "That's good. It's getting late today. I'll send someone to send a message to Shuntian Mansion and ask them to mobilize a thousand civilians tomorrow and give them to you, Mr. Zhang, to take command."
Master Chang of Jin Yiwei sent a message, how could the officials of Shuntian Prefecture dare to neglect him?
Early the next morning, a thousand people came to Li Guang's residence.
Zhang Yuanning distributed tasks in an orderly manner.
Chang Feng and others spread a white cloth by the stream and sat on the ground. While playing leaf cards, wait for the stream to drain out.
Fatty Xu asked: "Master Chang, isn't it all in vain? Will Li Guang throw gold and silver into the water?"
"People often say, 'take money and lose money'. Li Guang wouldn't really do that, would he?"
Chang Feng looked at the leaf card in his hand and said, "I can't say for sure. I just think there's something weird about this Huanfu River."
Chang Feng comes from a family background and has an extremely sensitive intuition for gold and silver.
This time my intuition didn't work, and I could see the difference before evening.
Zhang Yuanning is worthy of being Bai Ang's student, and he is very good at finding drainage points. The aqueduct upstream was also blocked.
At noon, the one-foot-deep Huanfu River had already reached people's calves.
Chang Feng, who had just finished playing the cards, glanced at Huanfu Xi. This glance didn't matter. He just threw the leaf cards in his hand.
Chang Feng stood up and pointed at Huanfu Creek: "Look!"
Fatty Xu was surprised: "Why is it so shiny? It seems like there is silver in the water!"
Chang Feng took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and got into the water himself. He touched it with his hand and picked up a silver collar.
Fatty Xu was overjoyed by the water: "Hey! There is really silver in the water! Where is the Huanfu River here? It is clearly a Milky Way!"
It turned out that Li Guang went to and from the boat twice every night just to throw the gold and silver into the river bottom.
Every time you throw fifty taels, two times is a hundred taels. Over the past ten years, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and several thousand taels of gold have become part of the stream.
As for how Li Guang had the hobby of using gold and silver to make money, and why he did so, only he himself knows.
Chang Feng greeted everyone: "Let brothers go into the water to touch gold and silver. This is much more interesting than fishing!"
"Once the water drains out, you can't touch the gold and silver. You can only pick up the gold and silver! Picking up is not as fun as touching."
All the people in royal robes took off their shoes one after another and got into the water.
They played like children in the water, laughing and touching gold and silver.
Chang Feng shouted: "Brothers, those who touch gold will have good luck this year and have a pair of twins, haha!"
Fatty Xu shouted: "I touched a golden lock!"
After saying this, he threw a gold lock onto the shore.
The abacus masters at Baihu Office did not take action. On the shore, they collected silver ingots, silver ingots, and gold ingots into wooden boxes and recorded the number.
Two moments later, all the water in Huanfu Creek was drained, and the creek path saw the light of day.
Ten or twenty paces across the stream, there is a piece of silver or gold.
The rich and powerful men in Jinyiwei have transformed from fish fish babies into little girls picking mushrooms.
Like picking mushrooms, they picked up gold and silver while straddling baskets.
Finally, before evening, all the gold and silver were touched and picked up.
A total of about 180,000 taels of silver and about 7,000 taels of gold were obtained.
Chang Feng was afraid that his brothers and the people in Shuntian Mansion would become greedy and hide it for themselves. After collecting the gold and silver, he ordered everyone to search each other.
Sure enough, money and silk move people's hearts. A total of more than 60 people were found to have hidden possessions. Any civilian who keeps it privately will be scolded and let go.
Anyone who hides his or her royal robes privately will be punished with thirty rods. Private possessions by captains and above will be downgraded by one level.
Ding Dabapan, the account keeper, walked up to Chang Feng and said, "Master Chang, the total number of gold and silver we copied in the past five days matches Li Guang's account, and it's a perfect match!"
Chang Feng smiled and said: "This errand is done. Let the Ministry of Revenue send someone to take over immediately. We will send someone to escort and return the stolen money to the national treasury, taking it from the people and using it for the people."
Qian Ning said: "Master Chang, you should go to the palace and inform the emperor of the completion of the search in the Li Mansion."
After you have done something good, you naturally have to show your merit.
Chang Feng nodded: "Okay. After handing over to the Ministry of Accounts, I will take the account book into the palace."
The handover with the household department was extremely smooth. Zhou Jing, the Minister of Hubu, came in person, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
Since January this year, the situation in the northwest has changed suddenly, and military expenditures have increased sharply.
The huge fortune Li Guang saved for Emperor Hongzhi may be able to relieve the pressure on the lower household department.
After the handover was completed, Chang Feng got on his horse and prepared to enter the palace to show off his merits to Emperor Hongzhi: What, it has to be our Lao Chang, right? In one night, the mutiny frame-up case was solved and King Xing was cleared.
In five days, another 310,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold were copied for the court.
Your Majesty, should you give me back some of the power you have taken away from me this time?
At this moment, a dozen official sedans appeared in Chang Feng's sight.
Not long after, the official sedan stopped. Most of the officials who got off the sedan were from the capital court, deputy capital court, qianyuan, and deputy qianyuan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The leader was Min Gui, the censor of Zuodu.
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Min Duyuan, why are you here?"
Min Gui said: "The Ministry of Revenue sent someone to hand over the gold and silver from Li Guang's foreign residence. We, the Procuratorate, came to hand over the letters from Li Guang's foreign residence."
"Those who have corresponded with the traitor Li Guang are all clinging to powerful people and are not worthy of being an official. We all want to participate in the impeachment."
The generals of the Ming Dynasty liked to fight. Because you can get promoted by fighting, and you can also cut off people's heads in exchange for silver rewards.
The imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty liked ginseng. Because people who are defeated can be promoted and gain the reputation of eliminating traitors and traitors.
This group of wise men from the Imperial Procuratorate are here to seek promotion and good reputation for their censors.
Chang Feng knew that there were too many nobles and high-ranking officials who had contacts with Li Guang.
A large part of them did not intend to cling to Li Guang, but were afraid of Li Guang's power. I have to engage in relationship with him with conscience.
Once Li Fu's letter is transferred to Duchara. These ginsengs who do not go up one day will definitely set off a big case.
This is what Emperor Hongzhi didn't want to see, and Chang Feng has been trying to avoid it.
Chang Feng compiled a lied: "Sorry, Min Duyuan. Last night, Li Fu caught fire, and the copied letters were burned."
Chang Feng is learning his own master Hong Zhi, and he opens his eyes to talk nonsense.
Min Yan heard the words changed: "What? Burned?"
Chang Feng nodded: "Yeah. I was so angry that I could avoid a hundred households with poor care."
Min Yan frowned and looked at Chang Feng: "Is it really burned or fake.
"Chang Feng, I want to participate in your negligence."
Chang Feng laughed: "Participants are the post of Min Duyuan. Although you are gone. As for the punishment or punishment, it depends on the emperor's sanctification."
Min Yan was so angry: "Okay. Let's walk and see!"
Chang Feng went to the horse, a horsepower belly, with his ledger into the palace merit, and led the reward.
(End of chapter)
