Chapter 50: Jinyiwei is also a business
After Zhang Mao beat him up, many people were inevitably going to ask. Zhang Mao originally had only skin trauma, but now he pretended to be about to die, which attracted many people's sympathy.
At this time, many people realized that the lawless Jinyiwei of the Hongwu Dynasty was back, and the short and wonderful time of the Jianwen Dynasty was gone forever.
At the third update, a guest came to the inn where Zhang Mao stayed.
Although the guest was casually dressed, he had a bit of solemnity in every move. The guest lifted the curtain and Zhang Mao's only maid led him to the bed. When Zhang Mao saw him, he immediately cheered up and was about to get up to salute, but the man pressed his hand slightly and said, "Ziyang, there is no need to be too polite, what's wrong with your health?"
"Sir..." Zhang Mao couldn't help but burst into tears: "You have to make the decision for me."
The visitor sighed and sighed: "I already know what happened the day before yesterday. I can't blame you for this. No one expected this. Now you should recover well. Don't worry about other things too much."
Zhang Mao nodded sincerely and couldn't help but say, "Then what kind of dental defense team is clearly in the same group as them, and they are in a gang, colluding with each other."
The visitor smiled faintly and said, "I have ordered people to inquire in the tooth defense team. With Li Jinglong's relationship, but now this Duke Cao is also a clay Buddha crossing the river and dare not stand up. I will just give you a sigh of relief. At least, I have to give you an explanation. The tooth defense team has already handed over the notes and asked Shuntian Mansion to rectify it."
After hearing this, Zhang Mao felt a smooth breath.
The visitor said again: "But I underestimated these Jinyiwei. I thought they were from the north after all, and they would not be able to integrate into Nanjing without years of hard work. But now it seems that I have miscalculated it. Be careful in the future. Okay, I may have to enter the palace to entrust the imperial edict tomorrow, so I must hurry up early."
Zhang Mao said: "Sir, I seem to be busier than before."
The visitor smiled slightly, his face darkened under the candlelight: "It is said that it is the emperor and the ministers. This sentence is right or wrong. Some things you don't understand after you say them, and you don't have to think about them. After the injury is healed, I will make arrangements."
Zhang Maozhong focused on it.
The visitor left the inn and was in the dark. In a small alley in the distance, there was a sedan chair waiting for him. He sat in the sedan chair and said lightly: "It's getting late, just wait outside the Meridian Gate. I'll just take a nap in the sedan chair."
…………………………………………
The commendation from Beizhenfu Department arrived soon. This was the first commendation after the reconstruction of the Jinyiwei, but it was found in the Donghuamen Hundred Houses Office. Although the reason for the commendation was vague, as the first commendation, it made the entire Hundred Houses Office proud and also made many people covet it.
Hao Fenglou finally had a foothold in the Hundred Houses Institute. At least Zeng Jian dared not be arrogant in front of him anymore. Once he had prestige, many lieutenants were no longer perfunctory to Hao Fenglou on the surface.
There is also a painting of the emperor's calligraphy, which makes Hao Fenglou suspect that this is an improvisation work by a naked performer.
But after all, it is the emperor's calligraphy, so naturally he has to collect it personally. The handwriting is not valuable, but there is an emperor's seal on it. Maybe if you have sons and grandchildren in the future, you will put them under your knees when you have been rare in ancient times, take them out and tell them that if you don't study hard in the future, you will...
The logic seems to be a bit unreasonable. It seems that even a semi-illiterate person can be an emperor, and it seems that there is no law of nature.
For several days, the hundreds of households were idle, but early this morning, before Hao Fenglou could sit in his own room, the clerk Zhou Fang came over quickly and said, "Sir, sir..."
Zhou Fang has been hiding in the library for work these days. Sometimes Hao Fenglou called him, and his eyes were covered in blood, making him look down.
Hao Fenglou was too lazy to care about him. Anyway, as long as he arranged an appointment, was responsible for ordering Mao, and transmitting some necessary documents, Hao Fenglou naturally let him go.
But today is different. Today, Zhou Fang's face is blushing, as if a heavy burden of a thousand pounds was put off his shoulders, and he hurriedly saluted Hao Fenglou and said, "Sir, the student is lucky to have fulfilled his fate, and finally got the job done."
"What's the matter?" Hao Fenglou was confused.
Zhou Fang said: "Sir, it is naturally the main situation of the nine streets under our jurisdiction. Now we have fully understood it." After that, Zhou Fang took out a book from his sleeve and presented it to Hao Fenglou, saying: "Sir, please see, there are 74 shops in the nine streets and alleys, of which the total is divided into third-class. There are nine first-class shops, fifty-one second-class and fourteen third-class shops."
Hao Fenglou was stunned: "What is this, second, and third class?"
Zhou Fang patiently explained: "When students were working in Yingtian Mansion, they had to find out the details first. Now, our hundred households, like Yingtian Mansion, have to support so many people. How can we rely on the salary of the court? Since it is not enough, we have to let the merchants take responsibility for it. This is common sense. Yingtian Mansion and the five cities of the military and horses are also the same. The other offices of the Jinyiwei are doing this. First, find out the general details of the merchant first.
The merchants are powerless and powerful. If we are sure to eat this person, we will naturally have to ask for it. As for the second-class, there is a little relationship, but the relationship is not strong enough, so we ask them to give it some, and try not to turn against them. As for the third-class, it is a real hard relationship. No one can see the face of this person. If you dare to ask for it, he can kick you away, so it is better to be less provoked by such people."
Hao Fenglou couldn't help but be stunned. The Jinyiwei had just been rebuilt, and all kinds of messy unspoken rules came.
However, Hao Fenglou can actually understand that the salary of the Ming Dynasty was terrible. Although the Jinyiwei went out to be cool, the salary was barely enough to eat. Who wouldn’t want to live a better life? Being a boss, on the one hand, you have to be sympathetic to the difficulties of the subordinates, and on the other hand, you can also get a layer of oil and water. Why not do it?
An old official like Zhou Fang knew the market conditions in the capital very clearly. Although he had transferred the Jinyiwei, he still knew what happened. He had no need for Hao Fenglou to give instructions to understand the situation under his jurisdiction.
Hao Fenglou asked shamelessly: "How did Mr. Zhou find out?"
Zhou Fang smiled and said, "This is easy. On the one hand, it is necessary to see that the brothers patrolling the streets will brighten their eyes and observe carefully. For example, if this inn will have people from the Five City Military and Masjids or Yingtian Mansions come to cause trouble. If there are more people from the Yingtian Mansion, then it means that the inn must have no background. But if there are few people entering and leaving, and even if there are no public people wandering around every few days, then this shop must be the property of a certain adult. Secondly, listen, let people ask around, summarize many inquiry news, and analyze them one by one, and you will have a rough idea in your heart."
Hao Fenglou said: "Then they have some relationships with these second-class shops, but their relationship is not strong enough. If they go to get the money, what if they don't want to get it?"
Zhou Fang smiled: "Actually, this is under the feet of the emperor. The feet of the emperor are different from other places. No matter which yamen you are, you should pay attention to harmony and wealth. Most of the Jinyiwei Guards are the same, especially the Jinyiwei station in our inner city. It is a last resort and you cannot easily argue. But there is a way. People like them have some connections, but they have distant relationships. There is no need to move out of the backstage for ordinary things. So our hundred-household offices offer a reasonable price.
Chapter completed!