The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 85 Shang Ming's Family Wealth

Not long after, Wan An entered the dining room.

The two greeted each other: "Mr. Wynn."

"Shoufu, please sit down."

Wynn pointed to Chang Feng: "This is my new grandson, Chang Feng. He used to be a big Han general in the East Palace. The chief assistant should have seen it."

Wan An nodded: "I've seen him before. I've long thought that he is dignified and imposing. He's not something in the pool."

After finishing speaking, Wan An took a gift list from his sleeve and handed it to Wynn with both hands.

Wynn shirked: "how can you be so mean?"

Wan An said with a smile: "Eunuch Huai En returned to Beijing. Naturally, I should send a big gift to congratulate you."

Chang Feng glanced at the gift list.Xindao: Good guy, Wan An's shot is extraordinary.The first line reads "1000 taels of congratulatory silver".It seems that Wan An came to beg the godfather to help him keep the title of Chief Assistant Officer.

The three of them sat down and toasted together.

Huai En suddenly changed the subject and pointed to Chang Feng: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, a new generation replaces the old ones."

"Shoufu, we are all old people. We are old and weak, and our energy is low."

"It's time to move the newcomer."

Wynn is hinting at Wan An: You should resign immediately!It's not good to give yourself a face.

For those who have achieved major events in ancient and modern times, finding a substitute is the first priority, such as Emperor Hongzhi.

Taking shamelessness as the second priority, such as Liu Ji.

The third priority is to pretend to be confused, such as Wanan.

Wan An is a master at pretending to be confused.

He pretended not to understand Wynn's implication, and then began to speak nonsense: "ah, the waves of the Yangtze River, this flood is a big event. Ah, it's not that we can't control the water. "

"What, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, you also know. Water control has always been a matter of conscience, and my father-in-law must understand it. Right?"

Wynn frowned.Go straight to the poor dagger and see: "Shoufu. I will go to the elder Liu Jue for a deep talk in the afternoon. He wants to resign and return to his hometown."

Huai En's implication: Liu Jue is gone, so don't take up the shit in the cabinet.

Wan An continued to pretend to be confused: "Ah. The friendship of colleagues is better than that of brothers. I have worked with Liu Jue for so many years, right. When he returns to his hometown, I will go out of the city to see him off, right?"

"The farewell poems written by the ancients are good. What about long pavilions, emerald willows, sunsets, and turbid wine. Ah, Eunuch Huai'en is also a person who understands poetry. It is extremely rare among internal officials."

Wynn can't laugh or cry.He lost his patience: "Shoufu is seventy this year, right? He's a man of seventy years old. Wouldn't it be beautiful for the leaves to return to their roots and make grandchildren happy?"

Wan An vowed to pretend to be confused to the end: "Yes, yes, yes. My eldest grandson is 15 years old, and he can eat a roast duck for a meal. As you know, I am very poor."

"But no matter how poor you are, you have to buy a roast duck for your grandson every day. As the saying goes, no matter how hard it is, the child can't suffer, right?"

"Roast duck, Chengdong Piaoxiang is the best. It has a different flavor from Nanjing salted duck."

"My father-in-law is in Nanjing, so he should have tasted salted duck, right? Is it delicious in the world?"

Wan'an's nonsense made Wynn's head dizzy three times.

Wynn said: "I can't drink enough. Shoufu, I'll go back to the bedroom to rest first, and you can do it yourself. Changfeng, help me back to the bedroom. "

This is equivalent to the host's order to evict guests.

Wan An got up: "Ah, then I'll take my leave first."

After Wan'an left, Wynn scolded angrily: "What the hell? He's full of nonsense. He is also worthy to be Daming's chief assistant?"

Chang Feng added a glass of wine to Huai En: "Grandpa, calm down."

Wynn asked Chang Feng: "Do you know what Jinyiwei is?"

Chang Feng said: "I also ask Grandpa to enlighten me."

Wynn explained: "Jinyiwei is the emperor's dagger in his sleeve. He wants to remove people like Wan'an for the emperor."

"Wan'an acted cautiously. Although the corpse is a vegetarian, there is no conspicuous reason. It is difficult for the emperor to dismiss his officials in the open."

"This requires Jin Yiwei's dagger in the sleeve to make a move."

Chang Feng said: "You mean, let me make him dirty? Just like the concubine's party played tricks on Caifu's letter box back then?"

Wynn shook his head slightly: "No. After all, he is the chief assistant. To move him, the emperor needs to nod. "

"I'll try to persuade him tomorrow. I hope he knows what's good and bad, and resigns on his own initiative."

"Look at Liu Jue. I told him in the afternoon that 'the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead'. He directly wrote the resignation memorial in the cabinet value room."

"Grand grandson, Grandpa will teach you one more thing—whether you are a human being or an official, you need to know how to advance and retreat."

The next day, Chang Feng came to Jinyiwei Dianmao.

North Town Governor Sun Luan said: "Brother Chang, you have done a good job of searching the properties of the Wanfu."

"I'll give you another errand today. Shang Ming was demoted to Xiaoling Sixiang, and he will leave Beijing in three days. You go and confiscate his family wealth today."

After speaking, Sun Luan handed the opened driving sticker to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng followed Fatty Xu and others to Shang Ming's outer house.

The Shang Mansion, which was crowded a year ago, is now empty.Only Jinyiwei's warriors guarded the perimeter.

The former Minister of Internal Affairs, Shang Ming, who was once glorious, sat on the steps outside the hall with disheveled hair.

Chang Feng came in front of Shang Ming: "Eunuch Shang. Take Beisi's driver's sticker, and today I will confiscate your wealth."

Shang Ming raised his head: "Would you believe me if I told you that I don't have one or two of my family property in the outer house?"

Chang Feng was stunned: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. You should know my specialty."

Shang Ming said: "Don't waste your time. Come on, follow me out of the city. I will lead you to steal my property."

Chang Feng is not afraid of what Shang Ming will do.Now he is just an ordinary old eunuch in his 60s, a toothless tiger.Anyway, he couldn't escape Jin Yiwei's palm.

Chang Feng said: "That's good. I'll prepare the horse for Eunuch Shang."

After they left the city, Shang Ming led them to the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in Wanping County in the northwest suburb of Beijing.

At the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, there are hundreds of spacious tile-roofed houses.In front of the tile-roofed house stands a marble statue of Confucius.

Chang Feng was puzzled: "Last summer, when I brought my sister-in-law here to play, I didn't see these houses."

Shang Ming made a silent gesture: "Listen."

The sound of children reading aloud came from those big tile-roofed houses.

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, mixed with manifolds. The bottom is the river and the mountain, and the top is the sun and stars"

"Either for the Liaodong hat, clean the ice and snow. Or for the teacher, ghosts and gods weep heroically"

"The day of the philosopher is far away, and the punishment is here. The wind eaves display books and read, and the ancient road shines in color"

Chang Feng said: "It's Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteous Qi". Eunuch Shang, do you hide your wealth in these school dormitories?"

Shang Ming explained: "Since Concubine Wan Gui died of illness in the first month of this year. I knew that the situation was over. I used all my family wealth to build Yi School and orphanages."

"Such a large-scale free school. I built three schools in Wanping and built four schools."

"In the entire Zhili, all children who cannot afford to go to school can study in free schools. There is no tuition fee, and food, clothing, housing, and pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all in charge."

"In addition, I have also built six orphanages to accommodate widows and widows who live alone in the elderly."

Chang Feng said: "You donated all your family wealth?"

Shang Ming nodded: "That's right. Chang Feng, don't you think this world is a world of robbing the poor and giving to the rich?"

"The poor get poorer, and the rich get richer. I was born poor, otherwise I wouldn't cut off the chicken's neck and enter the palace as a middle man who is neither male nor female."

"I know the suffering of the poor!"

"I have been in power for more than ten years. I am indeed greedy for power. I have also framed political enemies and Zhongliang."

"But I can pat my chest and say that I have never been greedy for a penny of national money! National money is the oil of the poor!"

"I kidnapped those rich people and made them spit out their money. It was just to steal from the rich and give to the poor."

"In the study of my mansion, there is a general ledger. Over the past ten years, I have extorted more than 8 taels of silver from wealthy households in the capital by kidnapping and blackmailing."

"There are detailed expenditure accounts on it. More than 8 taels have been spent on helping the elderly and building free schools."

Chang Feng did not see deceit in Shang Ming's eyes, only sincerity.

For a while, Chang Feng couldn't tell whether Shang Ming was a good guy or a bad guy.

Perhaps it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad people.

Shang Ming said another sentence: "I only hope those children in the free school study hard. Don't be like me when they grow up."

Chang Feng asked: "What kind of people do you want them to be?"

Tears flowed from the corner of Shang Ming's eyes: "Be like Wen Tianxiang, Yue Fei, and Yu Qian."

Chang Feng was speechless.

(End of this chapter)