At this time, a large number of onlookers had gathered outside the gate of Yushitai, and Changsheng waved to Shi Xuanming and motioned for him to follow him and Ni Chenyi in to talk.
Although Shi Xuanming lost very badly, he was still convinced, because he knew that even if he fought again, the result would still be like this.
Changsheng brought Shi Xuanming to the court, where the guests and hosts sat down, and then ordered someone to call the censor in charge of personnel affairs.
"Little Taoist Master, why are you calling others over while we are talking?" Shi Xuanming was puzzled.
"Master, I am willing to admit defeat," Changsheng said with a smile, "From today on, you are the catcher of Yushitai."
Seeing the frustration on Shi Xuanming's face, Changsheng said seriously, "Master, we will never break our promise to you for the five thousand taels of gold, but you have not defeated me. I am afraid you will rarely be free in the next five years."
Shi Xuanming simply said, "Okay, I will work with you as a handyman for five years."
"It's not a handyman, it's a police officer." Changsheng corrected.
"In short, there is no freedom, and there is no difference between the handyman and the fastman." Shi Xuanming sighed.
Ni Chenyi looked at Changsheng in confusion. She knew that Changsheng admired Shi Xuanming very much, but she didn't understand why Changsheng restricted Shi Xuanming's freedom. You must know that this approach can easily arouse Shi Xuanming's resentment and disgust.
Changsheng couldn't explain at this time, so he could only smile at Ni Chenyi.
Not long after, the chief censor arrived. Changsheng introduced Shi Xuanming to the chief censor, and ordered him to register Shi Xuanming in a book and join the police team.
Although officials and officials are both officials, they are very different. Officials have grades, while officials have no grades. The catcher belongs to the officials and has a lower status than the officials.
The imperial censor was responsible for personnel affairs and knew the responsibilities of the officials in his department. Changsheng then ordered him to explain the daily work of the police in detail. Xuanming knew when to be on duty and when to practice martial arts, including the dress code and needs. What regulations should be followed, etc.
Shi Xuanming, the chief censor, recited the words fluently, and Shi Xuanming was dejected. The reason why he was kicked out of the Shaolin Temple was because he didn't like restraint and repeatedly violated the rules and regulations. Now he was so hot-headed that he lost his freedom for five years.
Seeing that Shi Xuanming was extremely frustrated, Changsheng felt that the time was ripe, so he interrupted the leading censor, "Okay, stop talking, these rules and regulations are only to restrain those idiots. Master Xuanming is a peerless master. How can we be confused with those uneducated and unskilled detectives..."
Although Shi Xuanming is willful, he is extremely smart. He listened to Changsheng's words and interrupted him before he finished speaking, "How many unlearned and unskilled idiots are there in your yamen?"
As soon as he heard Shi Xuanming repeat his words, Changsheng knew that Shi Xuanming had guessed his true thoughts, "Three hundred."
Shi Xuanming nodded and said, "Don't you just want me to teach them martial arts? Well, give me three years and I'll let each of them be independent. As for what I do on a daily basis, you don't have to worry about it."
"I can't wait three years, two years at most." Changsheng said.
"Two years?" Shi Xuanming frowned and pondered, and after a moment he nodded heavily, "Okay, that should be enough."
Seeing that Shi Xuanming had fallen into the trap, Changsheng ordered his censor to go and notify the school captain to gather the arresters, and then personally took Shi Xuanming to meet everyone. He had absolute trust in Shi Xuanming and completely delegated power. Anyone who was disobedient or It couldn't be carved, Shi Xuanming could just drive it away.
Then he called the old man in charge of the warehouse and told him that Shi Xuanming could withdraw the silver taels at will. Ni Chenyi, who was on the side, lost no time in adding, saying that the Ni family would send someone to send five thousand taels of gold later, just for Shi Xuanming to withdraw. .
After the explanation was over, Shi Xuanming was not in a hurry to leave, but stayed in the martial arts arena to test the martial arts skills of the police officers one by one.
Ni Chenyi wanted to send someone to send money back, so Changsheng followed behind to send it to her.
"So you want him to teach you martial arts skills." Ni Chenyi said with a smile.
Chang Sheng nodded proudly, "This instructor can't be hired with money. This person is proficient in Shaolin's unique skills, and Shaolin martial arts is known for its fierceness. It is most suitable for people who are not very knowledgeable but are diligent and hardworking to practice. Yushitai has three hundred It is most appropriate for the police officer to be entrusted to him to teach him. Within two years, he will be a tiger and wolf army that can equal ten to one."
"Why didn't you just tell him directly instead of going around in circles?" Ni Chenyi asked casually.
Changsheng replied, "Haven't you seen it yet? Although this man was expelled from the Shaolin Temple, he is devoted to the Buddha. What if I directly ask him to teach the Shaolin Kungfu for arresting people and he tells me that Shaolin Kungfu is secret and must not be passed on to anyone else?" ? If you pull someone like him away, he may not follow you, you have to let him find it on his own."
"Haha, it's true," Ni Chenyi said with a smile, "As the saying goes, heaven and earth all work together. You are really lucky. When you are sleepy, someone will give you a pillow."
Changsheng nodded and asked, "What do you think of this person?"
"What do you mean?" Ni Chenyi asked.
"Tell me everything." Changsheng said casually.
Ni Chenyi thought for a while and said, "A tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, and a person that is beautiful in the crowd will be slandered. This person is not tolerated by Shaolin. Maybe it is just because he is too outstanding and what he does is not recognized by ordinary monks." .”
Changsheng nodded in agreement, "Yes, I think so too. This person has great ambitions. Ordinary monks regard wine, sex and wealth as a scourge and avoid them for fear of being caught, but he did the opposite, entering the mortal world and testing the law with his own body. This requires great courage. His approach is similar to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's saying, "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" Our five thousand taels of gold will allow him to enjoy all the wealth and honor in the world and see all the world. There are only two kinds of consequences. If he can control it, he will succeed; if he cannot control it, he will be destroyed."
"It makes sense," Ni Chenyi nodded. At this time, the two of them had arrived at the door. Ni Chenyi asked casually, "When are you going to see your uncle?"
Changsheng had just received a powerful martial arts instructor. He was in a good mood and his thoughts were quick, so he said casually, "I have to go and have a look, but it's not appropriate for me to go by myself. Some people have viciously slandered and slandered me when I came on stage yesterday. So, Well, you go back and get some things, and then come with me for a walk in the afternoon."
"Okay." Ni Chenyi responded with a smile.
After seeing off Ni Chenyi, Changsheng returned to the court and continued to read the previous unsolved case files. The Yushitai not only supervises the capital officials, but also sends out anti-corruption envoys to patrol local government affairs every spring and autumn. Previously, there had been a vacancy for the Yushitai, and there were no local officials. In peacetime, the autumn patrol was never carried out.
Now that the imperial court is planning to build 300,000 new troops, it will inevitably require a large amount of gold and silver military pay. The emperor has given him instructions with his eyes in the court hall this morning, asking him to help raise money to raise troops. In order to raise military pay as soon as possible, the troops can only be divided into two groups. , he himself stayed in Chang'an to try to blackmail these Beijing officials, and then sent more than a dozen integrity inspectors to the local areas to blackmail those local officials.
There is an essential difference between blackmail and intimidation. The premise of blackmail is to catch these officials, and the reason why he dug out all these old and unresolved cases is to find clues in them. In eight out of ten unsolved cases, Officials in Jiudu were secretly covering up and delaying. Whether they were extorting money in Chang'an or going to local areas for extortion by the Integrity Inspector, they had to grab something.
The word blackmail is indeed not a pleasant word, but compared to being convicted and having their homes confiscated, those officials, large and small, probably prefer being extorted.
Changsheng was reading and recording at the same time. He was worried that there would be too many clues and would be missed, so he would sketch them out.
The Yushitai was originally a quiet place, but it was no longer quiet now. From time to time, the screams of the policemen and the curses of Shi Xuanming could be heard from the martial arts field to the east. In fact, it is not surprising that Shi Xuanming was anxious. This guy took a He has a hot potato in his hand. If these agents cannot act alone, he will not be free.
Changsheng was quite pleased with Shi Xuanming's eagerness. Although the agreement between him and Shi Xuanming was for two years, it was just a cover-up to confuse the eunuchs, because it was impossible for Shi Xuanming not to mention the time and deadline when instructing these arrests. As long as he mentions the deadline, the news will reach the ears of the Eunuch Party, and the Eunuch Party will mistakenly believe that he may take action in two years. In fact, his most ideal situation is to eradicate the Eunuch Party within three months.
Naturally, three months will not achieve the same effect as two years, but three months of diligent study and practice will greatly improve the martial arts of these agents.
As for the fact that he didn't reveal his true thoughts to Ni Chenyi, it was to avoid unnecessary complications. Not only would he not tell Ni Chenyi, but he wouldn't even tell Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo about some things.
In the late afternoon, Ni Chenyi arrived with the gold carriage. When the gold was put into the warehouse, Changsheng sent someone to call Shi Xuanming and let him see with his own eyes that the gold had arrived. However, Shi Xuanming's mind was not on this at all. He is a rare martial arts prodigy. In his opinion, the martial arts of this group of agents cannot even be considered as the Kungfu of a three-legged cat.
Since the Yushitai was not far from the Baoqing Inn, Chang Sheng and Ni Chenyi walked there. It was no secret that Zhang Mo was recuperating in the Baoqing Inn. A large number of Taoists and Taoist believers came to visit. Everyone was still speculating about Chang Sheng's love for Zhang Mo. mentality, seeing him and Ni Chenyi coming together this time, I cleared up all my doubts and stopped thinking about him.
Zhang Mo was injured and originally needed to rest. However, everyone was so kind and came to visit her that it was inconvenient for her to stay behind closed doors. She could only work hard to see each other one by one. Fortunately, everyone did not waste time and expressed brief concern. After expressing condolences, he said goodbye and left.
Changsheng originally thought that he would be awkward when he saw Zhang Mo again, but after meeting him, he found that he didn't seem to be very awkward at all, and Zhang Mo's attitude was very natural, with nothing unusual.
Just when the two of them saw Zhang Mo and wanted to leave, some servants came. Although they brought tonic medicine, they were not just here to deliver medicine, but to declare an edict. They only taught the Taoist way of yin and yang to follow the sky. Yingren, Taoist health-preserving methods prolong life, so Zhang Mo was asked to come to the palace to preach to the concubines in the harem and teach them health-preserving techniques after he recovered.
Zhang Mo seemed quite surprised by the sudden imperial edict, and the people on his side waiting outside the door were also confused.
Seeing that there was another imperial edict in the tray, Ni Chenyi took off the money bag from his waist and secretly stuffed it to the eunuch who passed the edict. After explaining his identity, he quietly inquired about the information. From this, he learned that another imperial edict was issued to a Buddhist master, who was also invited to She went to give sermons to the concubines in the harem.
As a result, everyone suddenly realized that the concubines in the harem were all young women, and it was definitely inconvenient for Taoist monks to enter. It was not difficult to understand that it was not difficult to invite a Kun Taoist monk and a nun to teach them scriptures.
After visiting Zhang Mo, Ni Chenyi asked to go to Taiping Inn again. Changsheng just said that he was busy with official business and would talk about it in a few days, so he and Ni Chenyi returned separately.
Returning to the censor's desk, he continued to read the files at his desk. He didn't go back to the house to rest until he had finished reading all the files at three o'clock.
The next day, he did not go to court again. Instead, he summoned more than twenty supervisory censors from the Yushitai to discuss the details of the overseas inspection...
