The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Ye and Zhang Ping, father and son, came to Yongping Mansion on business on behalf of Nanjing Jinyiwei.

The two of them came here to collaborate on the construction of the Bohai Shipyard. Although the two of them didn't even know what they were here for, they didn't realize how popular they were until they arrived at Yongping Mansion. With a good reputation, you can have both wealth and appearance.

Mou Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guards who arrived at Yongping Mansion a few days later than them, did not receive such treatment.

When Mou Bin arrived in Yongping Prefecture, he learned that Guo Ang's business trip to Yongping Prefecture did not go smoothly, mainly because the background of the local official and gentry families was too "strong".

"Are you kidding me? Nanjin Yiwei sent hundreds of households, but you don't dare to take action? Or is the local government looking for trouble for you? If that's the case, get the prefect of Yongping Prefecture first!"

After hearing Guo Ang's report, Mou Bin almost wanted to kill someone with a knife.

Not only the Zhao family, but also many local families related to mining. As the governor of Fusi Town in Beizhen, Guo Ang couldn't even raid any of them.

Guo Ang said: "My lord, that's it. The Nanjin Yiwei Baihu is the brother of Cai Guogong."

"What?" Mou Bin had a look of astonishment on his face.

It's okay to say that this matter has something to do with Zhang Zhou, but why can even Zhang Zhou's brother jump out and get in the way?
Guo Ang continued: "After arriving in Yongping Mansion, this man named Zhang was treated favorably by the magistrate and other local officials for some reason. He was even invited back as a guest by various families. I will go there to seize someone's house." When the incident happened, the man named Zhang came forward to stop him and even blocked the door so that I could not take action."

Mou Bin couldn't even speak now.

Not angry, but a little scared.

Guo Ang asked: "Do you think this means that Cai Guogong has different opinions from us on local affairs? Although we are obviously here to clear the way for His Majesty and Cai Guogong, we are afraid of being regarded as blocking the way."

Mou Bin said with a dark face: "Let me go and meet Zhang Baihu first to see what he means. Can you please arrange it, where does he live now?"

Guo Ang said: "I live in the post house."

Mou Bin waved his hand and said, "Follow me now, but don't be rude. If you have anything to say, say it nicely."

Even if Zhang Ye is just a useless Nanjing Jinyiwei Baihu, and his errands are completely different from those of Jinyiwei Zhengsi, but just because he is Zhang Zhou's nominal eldest brother, even the Jinyiwei commander does not dare to look down upon him, as if he is treating Zhang Ye with contempt. He regarded him as the god of plague.

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Capital, Jiaofang Division.

After nightfall, Zhang Heling was still drinking wine and enjoying himself, but his family members brought visitors from Yongping Mansion to visit, disturbing his mood of drinking.

"You all go out first."

Zhang Heling first drove away the people who were accompanying the drinkers in the room, then glared at the visitor and said, "You mean, the emperor sent people to Yongping Mansion to destroy this prince?"

The visitor said: "Master Marquis, it's true. Everyone has arrived now. You still have hundreds of acres of land in Yongping Mansion. In addition, each family pays you a lot of tribute every year. If something happens, you have to come forward." Please help me carry it."

"How to carry it? Let me carry it with my head?" Zhang Heling was a little annoyed when he heard it.

If something goes wrong, I am very unhappy, but do you want me to wipe your ass?There are no doors!
Collecting money but not doing anything is what I say.

Who said that in exchange for your filial piety, I have to make the decision for you?
The visitor said eagerly: "If Mr. Hou can drive away the factory guards, I will give you a lot of money."

"How much is it?" Zhang Heling didn't give in to the rabbit.

The visitor said: "Speak less of 5000 taels of silver."

"Less!" Zhang Heling said, "For 2 taels, I will consider interceding with them in front of His Majesty. Otherwise, I will stand aside!"

The visitor gritted his teeth and said, "Money is not an issue. I just hope that the Marquis can convey the message to the Holy Lord and ask His Majesty to call back the people he sent. We will definitely be very grateful."

Zhang Heling had originally said that he felt that people in Yongping Prefecture would not give him 2 taels for free no matter what, but now he felt that his offer was too low because the promise was too happy.

"I'll give you 2 taels first. Regardless of whether it comes true or not, I'll give you another 1 taels after it's done!" Zhang Heling is also a good at raising prices from the ground up.

Just as the visitor was about to say something, the servant brought by Zhang Heling next to him said: "This is an opportunity that our master is giving you. Please don't toast or eat as a fine. You can't lose even one tael of 3 taels of silver."

Zhang Heling sang and said harmoniously: "Don't talk about one tael, not a penny less. The color should also be high, new silver, not old silver."

The visitor couldn't laugh or cry.

But he still had to bow his head in front of Zhang Heling.

Because everyone in the government and the public knew that the Zhang brothers were very supportive of the emperor, and it seemed easy to talk to them about anything.

But what the local officials and gentry don’t know is that this is all a matter of Chen Zhima’s rotten millet. Now, no matter how good the Zhang brothers are in talking, they are not even as good as one of Zhang Zhou’s hairs. If this matter has anything to do with Zhang Zhou, If Zhou's interests are involved, even if the current emperor's father crawls out of the coffin to intercede, it will be in vain.

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Yongping Fucheng, inside the post house.

As the commander of Jinyiwei, Mu Bin took Guo Ang, the envoy of Fusi Town in Beizhen, to "visit" Zhangye, a hundred households of Jinyiwei in Nanjing.

When Zhang Ye learned that someone wanted to see him, he was still a little arrogant. In the past few days, he had felt unprecedented respect in Yongping Mansion. His heart was empty, and he even looked a little disdainful to the visitor.

Especially when they saw that Mou Bin and Guo Ang were only in plain clothes, they thought they were coming from somewhere to give them gifts.

"Just put your things down. I don't have much time to talk to you. If it's inconvenient, just leave your name and let me know who you are." Zhang Ye said.

Both Mou Bin and Guo Ang were a little embarrassed.

Zhang Ping had a sharp eye. He pulled his father's sleeve and reminded in a low voice: "Dad, the person behind him looks familiar. It seems that when we went to support that family the day before yesterday, he led the Jin Yiwei people to arrest them. "

"Jinyiwei?" Zhang Ye asked, "Where are you from?"

Don't mention how cowardly Guo Ang is. As the second-in-command of the Jinyi Guard, he was still so embarrassed. He originally thought he had done everything. But when Mou Bin came, he was greatly embarrassed in front of his boss.

He also wanted to maintain the final dignity of the Jin Yiwei at this moment, and came forward to introduce him: "This is Commander Mou of the Jin Yiwei."

"Commander?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Ye opened his mouth wide.

As a member of the Hundred Households of Jinyiwei, I am enough to bluff people. What is the status of the commander of Jinyiwei?Wouldn’t that be more awesome?
A commander of the Jinyi Guards actually came to see him like this?

What about a liar?
Yes, this is definitely a fake product, fake!

"Impossible!" Zhang Ye said calmly, "I have met Commander Mou, and you dare to lie in front of me. I think you don't know how to write the word "death".

This time, both Mou Bin and Guo Ang are in trouble.

Guo Ang waved, and a group of followers wearing brocade uniforms came through the door.

Zhang Ye took a look, frowned and said: "It looks like that when you get dressed up. You must have put a lot of effort into it."

At this moment, the Jinyiwei general banner brought by Zhang Ye hurried over and reminded: "Master Baihu, that man is really Commander Mou. I was lucky enough to see him when I was in the capital."

"What?"

Zhang Ye felt that the situation was serious and was about to collapse. Fortunately, Zhang Ping supported the old man.

Zhang Ping quickly reminded his old father with his eyes that now that his immediate boss is in front of him, we must not lose the majesty of the Jinyiwei and must use all the etiquette.

Mou Bin actually felt guilty. He was not afraid of a single Jinyiwei Baihu, but because of his background. Although Mou Bin had long known that Zhang Zhou had a bad relationship with the Zhang family's eldest family, at this juncture, who would dare to offend him like this? An evil god?

Mou Bin said: "Zhang Baihu, I'm here to ask you about your errand to Yongping Mansion. I heard that you have a vacancy to guard thousands of households in Jinyi, but you are only in charge of one hundred households in Nanjing. Why are you here on business?" ? This doesn’t seem to be your scope of responsibility.”

Zhang Ye was no longer as arrogant and domineering as before, and said with a smile on his face: "That's right, I came here under an order from above. Didn't this order come from the capital? You are... Commander Mou, don't you know?" "

Mou Bin really doesn’t know.Not to mention Mou Bin, even Guo Ang and others knew nothing about this. If they hadn't known that this was Cai Guogong's brother, they would have thought that he was a deceitful lunatic.

"I wonder if I can take a step to talk?" Mou Bin said.

Mou Bin also didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his subordinates.

After all, the person in front of me is an official who is as big as a sesame seed and a mung bean in name. If you humble yourself in front of such a person, you will not be able to maintain your dignity in front of the people under your command in the future.

"Please." Zhang Ye could only invite Mou Bin to the room where he lived.

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Mou Bin went upstairs and saw large and small boxes of things piled up in Zhang Ye's room, and then he realized how popular this product was in Yongping Mansion.

Mou Bin was also puzzled.

Aren't we already at odds with Cai Guogong over the local mining issue?
Now that the emperor has sent us to punish the local officials and gentry, why would the local government be so respectful to a brother of Cai Guogong?The local government had strong backers in the court, and even Jin Yiwei and the others did not pay attention to him.

"Commander Mou, if you want to ask about Brother Shi, I don't know anything about him. I haven't seen him since I arrived in Yongping. But I heard from Magistrate Song that he also arrived in Yongping. Maybe after some time, I will meet him."

When Zhang Ye felt guilty, he could only move Zhang Zhou out. No matter what the relationship between the two brothers was, Zhang Zhou would be the shield responsible for blocking his face.

This way it doesn't seem to hurt so much when someone slaps you on the face.

Mou Bin said: "I just want to ask Zhang Baihu, is your official business related to protecting the local gentry? The local wealthy and powerful people usually do evil things. Could it be that you want to support them?"

"Doing evil?" Zhang Ye was startled, and then he seemed to understand something. He slapped his thigh and said, "Oh! I don't know anything! As soon as I got here, they entertained me with good food and wine, saying that I only wanted to support them. Just their appearance is fine, but how do I know what they are doing? That has nothing to do with me! Speaking of which, Commander Mou, are you here for this matter?"

Zhangye is now in a position to adapt to the changing circumstances.

The benefits were not good, but when it came to his own future, he had to turn his attention to the local gentry who gave him gifts.

Mou Bin seemed to be relieved, after all, it seemed that Zhang Ye was indeed unaware.

But Mou Bin didn't dare to take it lightly. Who knew whether Zhang Ye was pretending to be a grandson?This person himself has little experience in contact, and he doesn't know how capable Zhang Baihu is.

"In that case, how about... Zhang Baihu cooperates and goes to get people together?" Mou Bin said with a tentative tone.

Zhang Ye said: "If you want to take people, I still won't go. Although their affairs have nothing to do with me, they are still polite to me and have made a promise before. If I go like this, I will be a different person. I still... …waiting for the good news that your errand has been completed.”

Mou Bin almost wanted to vomit blood.

Who is this?

He seems to have no integrity at all. He is a villain who is greedy for money, but he actually knows how to be soft on others and chooses to avoid them when he is arrested?

According to the usual way of doing things as a villain, shouldn't it be a trap at both ends?
Mou Bin sighed: "If that's the case, then there is nothing to avoid. Let's send people to get people locally. This time, the governor is here, with thousands of Jinyi guards. No one else is needed to handle the errands. Please also ask Zhang Bai I'm waiting here. If I have anything else, I can discuss it with you."

"it is good."

Although Zhang Ye didn't know what value he had to Mou Bin, or what kind of useful suggestions he could make, it seemed that Mou Bin was quite polite to him.

He was not very experienced in dealing with such official affairs, especially when facing such a superior official, so he could only accept it and send Mou Bin out.

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"Dad, was that the commander of the Imperial Guard just now? Why did he come to you?"

After sending the person away, Zhang Ping's face turned red. It was obvious that he had just experienced an inner test. He was so frightened that he was walking a little unsteadily.

Zhang Ye said: "Son, you performed very well just now. Fortunately, you are here, so that my father will not be embarrassed! He may really be the commander of the Jinyi Guards, that is, your father and I are the highest officer, but because of your second uncle's You have to give me face even if you are connected. I see that he is an official from Yongping Mansion."

"What's the business?" Zhang Ping said, "For such a small Yongping Mansion, even the commander of the Jinyi Guards has to come in person? Couldn't it be... related to our business, should we stay here?"

Zhang Ye scolded: "I just said you were doing well, and now you're losing your mind? I'm sorry to have you as a father, but I still support you in your studies. You've really learned like a dog! You're far worse than your second uncle! Don't you think about it, what if he His errand is contrary to ours, is it necessary for him to condescend to meet me?"

Zhang Ping said: "But father, you don't even know what he is here for."

"That's not important." Zhang Ye said confidently, "As long as he can't do anything to me, we'll accept it with a smile and won't send it back! When we get back, we'll sort out the shipyard business. Just go back, find a escort agency or something, and transport all the things that my father has collected these days! Even my father didn’t expect that after all the hard work and no profit, he would treat us as his own when we got here. Guest, it seems that Yongping Mansion is full of outstanding people!"

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After Mou Bin opened up the relationship with Zhang Ye, he could arrest people in Yongping Mansion with great fanfare.

Three houses were searched in succession. Although there was no incident at the prefect's Yamen, Mou Bin also asked Guo Ang to go and speak in person, which was a kind of warning. After that, the arrests and house raids seemed to go smoothly, whether it was the local government or local private individuals. None of the armed powerful families dared to cause trouble.

The three houses that were raided all seemed to think they were unlucky, and their property was confiscated by Jin Yiwei.

The news soon spread back to the capital.

The officials in Beijing, regardless of whether they were involved with the Yongping Prefecture or not, would report to the emperor about the Jinyiwei raids on local officials and gentry, with the intention of directly rebuking the offenders.

This is also the reason why Dongchang and Jinyiwei's power declined during the Hongzhi period, because the emperor valued the civil servants too much, so much so that the supervision of the imperial court reached its peak, so much so that even the factory guards dared not come in with their tails between their legs. Being aggressive in official business.

But this time Yan Guan obviously misjudged the emperor's attitude.

Yanguan thought that Jin Yiwei was causing trouble in the local area, but he didn't know that he was acting under orders. However, Zhu Youtang was satisfied with the efficiency of Li Rong, Mou Bin and others, and wanted to reward him. He will participate in the impeachment memorial. But came up.

In the Qianqing Palace, Xiao Jing put together several reports on local affairs in Yongping Mansion and placed them in front of Zhu Youtang.

"Your Majesty, these are all."

Xiao Jing said, "There is also a report from Mou Bin, the commander of the Jinyiwei, at the local level. I heard that Cai Guogong's brother, a Jinyiwei Baihu named Zhang Ye, is also in Yongping Mansion. When the Jinyiwei was doing business previously, Zhang Baihu was okay. Either he obstructed it or accepted the property given to him by the local government.”

After all, Xiao Jing is not in charge of Dongchang now, and he doesn't know much about the details of Li Rong's business trip.

In Xiao Jing's opinion, the commotion made by Jin Yiwei seemed a bit too big.

And it seems unnecessary.

Logically speaking, if an emperor wants to mine local areas with his ministers to make money, there is no need to make such a big show of it.

Zhu Youtang said: "Zhangye? Bingkuan's brother...maybe."

Xiao Jing was a little confused for a moment, why is this so good?The good thing?
"Bingkuan's brother, no matter how capable he is, is still a member of the Zhang family, and his character should not be bad." Zhu Youtang commented.

Xiao Jing said: "But it is said that the relationship between Cai Guogong and Zhang Baihu is very tense."

Zhu Youtang said: "That was before! Later, didn't this man have made military exploits in Liaodong? Otherwise, why would I have given him an official position? He went to Yongping Mansion on errands, and I couldn't treat him badly. The Jinyi Guards copied the places. If you get anything, give him some, and consider it my reward for him!"

Xiao Jing's eyes widened, thinking that he heard wrongly.

Just because Zhang Ye is Zhang Zhou's nominal eldest brother, can he win the emperor's favor?

This can't be called loving the house and the crow, it can simply be said that there is no distinction between good and bad.

"As for Bingkuan, there is no need for him to come forward for the follow-up matters. Let Li Rong handle the chores. The Jin Yiwei first restrained the group of people in Yongping Mansion to let them know my determination and let the courtiers see it. , I am also very principled in my work! I support you and will never give up halfway!”

"In addition, let him finish his errands and come back quickly. In the past few days, various border towns have announced the dispatch of troops. I need him to come back and make overall arrangements. The Ministry of War can't do it without him!" (End of Chapter)