The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 2

Officials and wealthy households in the Ming Dynasty store silver, which is generally divided into "cellar store", "wall storehouse", "eave storehouse", "beam storehouse", "well storehouse", "dung storehouse", "plate storehouse" and "different storehouse". eight kinds.

This is called "Ba Zang".Everything remains the same.

Home raids usually start with the prisoner's bedroom.

Chang Feng led the silver-foil-eating dog "Huzi" to Cai Shilang's bedroom.

Huzi sniffed left and right in the bedroom.Suddenly, it got under the Babu bed in the bedroom. "Wow, woof, woof" barked wildly.

Hu Zi is Chang Feng's good helper in ransacking the house.Eating mutton wrapped in silver foil before work is to let it remember the taste of silver.

Fatty Xu said: "Hey, what a tiger. You don't eat money and shit for nothing! Looks like there's something under the bed."

Chang Feng, on the other hand, took his time and yelled, "Tiger, come out!"

Huzi jumped out from under the bed.

Chang Feng took out a cloth bag from his bosom.Inside the cloth pouch is a strangely shaped ring made of copper, iron, and silver in proportion.

This ring is in the shape of a cornucopia, and it is called the "treasure ring".

Chang Feng took the Jubao Ring and lay down under the Babu bed.He tapped the floor with the treasure ring.

"Boom" The treasure ring made a strange noise.

Relying on this abnormal noise, Chang Feng judged that the ground was hollow and there should be a silver cellar.

He got out and ordered Fatty Xu: "Call ten strong men. Carry the Babu bed to the courtyard. Be careful when you lift it, don't knock it."

Fatty Xu is impatient: "What's the matter with Fei? Get two axes and just split the bed."

Chang Feng put his hand on the edge of the Babu bed, and stroked it: "You are not short of money as a duke. Let me tell you, the fifty brothers under my command all depend on this Babu bed for this month's wine money." !"

Fatty Xu was puzzled: "This broken bed is so valuable?"

Chang Feng said: "Why don't you say that you, the Duke's son, don't work hard and don't know the five grains? This is made of old-fashioned huanghuali. It can be sold for 60 taels of silver in the market!"

"The quilts on the bed are made of brocade, and they can be sold for 30 taels."

There is a big rule in Jinyiwei's house raid.Dare to hide one or two pieces of stolen silver privately, hold the left hand with the left hand, and chop the right hand with the right hand.

This is to "confiscate" all dirty silver.Of course, another way of saying the so-called confiscation is that the officials get some points, but the subordinates don't.

For example, Jin Yiwei copied the Cai Mansion.The copied gold and silver, from hundreds of households to thousands of households, the eunuchs of the governor, the commander, the commander, the commander, and the fathers-in-law of Dongchang can all get a share.

After layers of geese have been plucked, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Households and returned to the national treasury.

Less than [-] households are not scored.But it's not without benefits.

All wooden furniture, porcelain furnishings, and quilts inspected do not need to be registered.

Chang Feng would usually sell these miscellaneous things to second-hand dealers in the south of the city, and exchange them for silver to distribute to his brothers.

The way to be promoted is nothing more than to serve the top and win over the bottom.After three years of tempering in Jinyiwei, Chang Feng has already mastered this way.

Fatty Xu listened to Chang Feng, called ten wrestlers, and carried the Babu bed out of the bedroom.

Afterwards, ten warriors carrying pickaxes walked in.

Fatty Xu said with a smile: "Master Chang, it's time to dig three feet into the ground. It must be dusty and disheveled. I'll go out to rest and hide for a while."

Chang Feng said: "Go away! Remember to prepare a wet towel for us to wipe our faces."

Chang Feng spat on his left and right hands respectively.He took the pickaxe handed over by Lux.

He slammed down on the bluestone slab on the ground.Everyone worked together, and after two sticks of incense, all the bluestone slabs under the bed were pried open, exposing the loess underneath.

The tiger came running over again, pawing at the loess with its front paws and barking wildly.

Chang Feng held Huzi down: "I know there is silver down there. Huzi, go outside and look for Fatty. After digging, it will be full of dirt, I'm afraid it will choke you."

Hu Zi is very human, understood Chang Feng's words, and rushed out.

Chang Feng and Li Shimen took out the facecloths that covered their mouths and noses, and began to plan the loess frantically.

While digging, Chang Feng yelled: "Zhao Gongming, hey! Help me, hey! The house was raided by order, hey! The gold and silver treasures, hey! We found them all, hey!"

Most people in Jinyiwei worshiped Mao Xiang as their patriarch.

Chang Feng and his gang are in charge of ransacking the house, but the patriarch they worship is Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth.

After all, ransacking your home is just to recruit money for your bosses.

The loess was dug down to a depth of half a foot.There was only a "clang" sound!There is a layer of iron plate below, inlaid with two copper rings.

Chang Feng caressed his lower body, and pulled the copper ring to lift off the iron plate.Under the iron plate was a pile of silver ingots.

In the Ming Dynasty, more than 50 taels are ingots; less than 50 taels and more than ten taels are ingots;

These silver ingots under the wooden board are all official ingots made of 20 taels, with the inscriptions "Hubu Baoquan" and "Made in a certain month and year".

Chang Feng counted more than 100 silver ingots and ten small gold ingots.

After counting, Chang Feng shouted: "Lieutenant of accounting, come in!"

A lieutenant entered the bedroom.

Chang Fengdao: "Remember, in the residence of Cai Zhong, the right servant of the household department, 20 taels of official silver ingots and 60 pieces were copied from the bedroom. The total is 200 taels; [-] taels of small gold coins are converted into [-] taels of silver."

After the accounting officer finished recording the numbers, he counted them again.The numbers were correct, and he asked Chang Feng to sign the account book.

Only then did the crowd move the gold and silver out, put them in the box and affix the seal of Beizhen Fusi.

After copying Cai Shilang's bedroom, Fatty Xu said from the side: "My dear. Are they all official treasures? Cai Zhong is so bold. He directly moved the official silver to his home."

Chang Feng said: "Cai Zhong is in charge of the Baoquan Bureau. When the Baoquan Bureau casts official ingots, he reports more fire consumption, and these official ingots become normal losses during the casting process."

Fatty Xu said with emotion: "Why don't all the officials in the capital want to enter the household department? The yamen that manages money for the imperial court has 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 be recommended by the crown prince, and he was promoted by the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple to be the servant of the household department."

Fatty Xu is a straight-hearted person, and he said without hesitation: "I say! If you finish this case, I'm afraid you will be promoted to a hundred households!"

Chang Feng and Fatty Xu looked at each other, although they understood, they didn't answer.

Prudence is one of the magic weapons for his promotion in the past three years.His motto is "Sickness comes from the mouth, disaster comes from the mouth".

Fatty Xu was sure that there was a reason why Chang Feng could be promoted after finishing this case.

Everyone in the government and the public knows that there are no queens in the harem.Concubine Wan Gui, who is loved by thousands of people, is like a queen, in charge of the six palaces.

In the past two years, Concubine Wan Gui has been agitating the emperor to abolish the prince Zhu Youtang and establish another prince.

The two giants who are in charge of Jinyiwei—Shangming, the chief inspector of ceremonies and governor of the East Factory, are Concubine Wan Gui's confidant; Wantong, the commander of Jinyiwei, is Concubine Wan Gui's younger brother!
In a word: Jin Yiwei is the tool of Concubine Wan Gui.

If Cai Zhong, recommended by the prince, fell due to corruption, the evidence is conclusive.The imperial concubine party has another reason to push the emperor to abolish the reserve!

The biggest crime of corrupt officials is dirty money!Ruo Changfeng can successfully find out Cai Zhong's huge amount of dirty money and prove his charges.He made great contributions to the imperial concubine party.

If you are promoted to a higher level and become a trial household, isn't that a good idea?

However, any conscientious person in the court will sympathize with the poor and weak prince Zhu Youtang.

Chang Feng comforted himself in his heart: Who made the crown prince employ people who are not good?A well-known corrupt official was used.I'm just doing my best.

Chang Feng and a group of brothers wiped their faces with wet towels, drank some water and rested for a while.

Then Chang Feng shouted: "It's time to search Cai Zhong's study!"

(End of this chapter)