Chapter 98 Cut the mess with a quick knife
The atmosphere in Yangzhou City is very strange, and anyone with a certain status in Yangzhou City can feel this. Among this group of people, there is someone who is very special and anxious. He is Yang Huaide, the eunuch of Yangzhou.
As a eunuch who came out of the palace, Yang Huaide was different from the local gentry and officials, and his roots were in the palace.
Although he is very powerful in the local area, it is time to be fine. Once something happens, the guard is too fake and insecure. Eunuchs are different from officials. Eunuchs are the emperor's slaves. It is just a matter of the emperor's words to deal with a eunuch.
Now that the imperial court is so concerned about the matter in Yangzhou, Yang Huaide is scared.
If you don’t do it well, you will lose your head and chop it up. That’s not a problem. In Yangzhou City, Yang Huaide is the most anxious person. After figuring out his situation, Yang Huaide set his goal on Zhang Jing.
First, everyone is eunuch, second, there is nothing that he cannot do, and there is no way to help Zhang Jing, and there is no way to betray him or her.
"Eunuch Yang, come in with me!"
A little eunuch came to Yang Huaide who was waiting and spoke.
Since the imperial envoy moved into the imperial envoy's headquarters, Yang Huaide has basically come here every day and asked to see Zhang Jing every day. However, Zhang Jing has not seen him, which makes Yang Huaide even more scared. Now that he heard that Zhang Jing is willing to see him, Yang Huaide was immediately excited.
Follow the little eunuch through the corridor, passes through an arch, and arrives at the garden behind.
Zhang Jing was wearing a big red python robe and stood in the pavilion to feed fish. Not to mention anything else, there was water and rockery in the courtyard of Jiangnan, which made Zhang Jing very much liked. For Yang Huaide, Zhang Jing also wanted to hang him, make him afraid and be more awe.
"Godfather, Eunuch Yang is here!" The little eunuch came behind Zhang Jing and said respectfully.
"Let him come here!" Zhang Jing didn't look back, throwing the fish food in his hand into the water, then glanced back at Yang Huaide.
Yang Huaide is a middle-aged man in his forties. Because he lives well in Yangzhou, he looks quite young and looks very well-behaved, but because of his excessive stress and poor sleep these days, he looks a little haggard.
"I have met Eunuch Zhang!" After Yang Huaide saw Zhang Jing, he hurriedly bowed and bowed.
"Come here!" Zhang Jing did not look back and continued to look at the fish.
Yang Huaide stood up, came to Zhang Jing, bowed, and had a very respectful attitude.
"Look at these fish, what they are fighting for is just eating in one bite of food." Zhang Jingyou threw a little fish food and then said, "But this fish food is in our hands. If our family doesn't throw it away, what can they grab it?"
After throwing all the fish food in his hand, Zhang Jing turned around and looked at Yang Huaide, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Yang, are you talking about what we said right?"
"My father-in-law is very righteous, I admire him!" Yang Huaide said hurriedly.
Zhang Jing nodded, walked to the table inside the pavilion and sat down, and said to Yang Huaide with a smile, "Come and sit down!" He said, "Come and sit down!" He picked up the teapot and wanted to pour tea. Before he could make it, Yang Huaide had already reached out to pick up the teapot.
"Come on!" As he said that, he gave Zhang Jing a pot of tea, and then sat down.
He picked up the teacup and took a sip. Zhang Jing looked at Yang Huaide and asked, "I have collected a lot of cash in Yangzhou these years, right?"
What is Yangzhou? For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, this place is like an oil depot, and any handful of oil is just a handful of oil. As the eunuch in Yangzhou, it would be strange if Yang Huaide confiscated the cash.
"I took a little back to my father-in-law!" Yang Huaide quickly said, "I have one here that I am filial to my father-in-law."
While talking, Yang Huaide took out a stack of silver notes from his hand and placed them on the table. It was not a small amount of money in terms of thickness.
However, Zhang Jing just glanced at it, then said with a faint smile: "It seems that you have taken a lot in Yangzhou for many years, but it's nothing. We eunuchs have only this kind of preference in our lives."
"Besides, we have no children and no children, we must always think about the future."
"Some of the accumulation can be maintained well when you get old and can't work anymore, instead of ending up with a sad ending."
After hearing Zhang Jing's words, Yang Huaide immediately made up his mind: "Thank you, my father-in-law, for your kindness!"
"This is not our family sympathizes with you, but the emperor sympathizes with you!" Zhang Jing said with a smile: "We servants are all doing the job for the emperor. After the errand is done, the emperor will give you some silver."
"But if the errand is not done well, the money will be to buy money from the underworld."
Yang Huaide hurriedly said, "I am loyal to the emperor and ask Eunuch Zhang to say more and more. No matter what errands the emperor asks his father-in-law to do in Yangzhou, I will definitely follow the leader of my father-in-law and have absolutely no words."
He glanced up at Yang Huaide, and Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Who do you think our family should attack first?"
"Since my father-in-law is investigating the salt administration, it's best to start with the Transportation Organ. I have evidence of Yan Huaiyuan's corruption and bribery in my hand. My father-in-law can arrest Yan Huaiyuan first." Yang Huaide said as he took out a notebook.
Zhang Jing was stunned and looked at Yang Huaide. It seemed that he was not stupid either.
After reaching out and flipping through the booklet, Zhang Jing nodded and said, "Very good, our family has accepted this booklet. You can do it with us these days! If the errand is done well this time, our family will report back to the emperor and see if we can transfer you back to the capital."
"I thank my grandfather for the cultivation!" Yang Huaide quickly stood up and kowtowed on the ground.
Zhang Jing glanced at Yang Huaide and said with a smile: "Get up!"
The Yangzhou side was nervous. Everyone was waiting for someone to light a fire, or waiting to see what the imperial envoy did. However, what people didn't expect was that the imperial envoy's headquarters had really taken action, and the action was so unexpected.
When he learned that the imperial envoy sent troops to surround the yamen of the Transportation Office, countless people in Yangzhou were shocked and could not speak.
Looking at the Transportation Office in front of him, Cao Yikui said expressionlessly: "Go in, seal the yamen, and arrest people!"
With Cao Yikui's order, the soldiers rushed directly into the Transportation Organ, and the Dongchang Manzi rushed in. He quickly blocked the entire yamen, and many people began to rush to the backyard and arrested people.
Zhang Jing and Cao Yikui walked into the Transportation Office. Xu Xiti beat Hache and wanted to follow in a little tired.
"Mr. Young Master, yesterday the housekeeper of Yangzhou prefect Qin Hewen came to pass the message, saying that he wanted to meet Xiao Di." Beside Xu Xiti, the manager of Taihelou whispered: "What should I do? Please tell me."
Looking back at Xu Fu, Xu Xiti thought for a while and said, "Then let's meet him, but you can't go to see him and let him go to Taihelou to see you. The prefect also wants to have a meal, so it's legitimate to go to our Taihelou."
"Look at what he said, but don't promise him anything, do you know?"
"I understand!" Xu Fu nodded repeatedly, then turned around and walked out.
Xu Xiti didn't care much about this matter. He didn't even see the magistrate of Yangzhou, especially at this time. He picked up his clothes and took a step, Xu Xiti walked towards the Transportation Office.
In the Transshipment Organ, Zhang Jing and Cao Yikui looked at Yan Huaiyuan in front of him and said with a smile: "Mr. Yan, our family is polite!"
Looking at Zhang Jing with a blank expression, Yan Huaiyuan said, "I didn't expect that the imperial envoy would take action now. I thought I would have to wait for a few days." Yan Huaiyuan didn't say anything nonsense, and followed the people from the East Factory back to the imperial envoy's headquarters.
Carrying the family.
"Master, Master, it's not good!"
Qi Cai, the butler of the Qi family, ran in from outside and said breathlessly: "Just just now, the transfer yamen was blocked, and the imperial envoy arrested people directly. Yan Huaiyuan was caught by someone and went to the imperial envoy's headquarters!"
Qi Heng was stunned and stood up in disbelief: "Have you arrested?"
"That Yan Huaiyuan is the Yangzhou Transportation Commander, how could he arrest people so easily?"
"Go, let's go inquire about the news and see what's going on." Qi Heng was panicked this time, why did he arrest people? Yan Huaiyuan entered the imperial envoy's headquarters, and this matter was difficult to deal with.
The butler agreed, turned around and ran outward.
"Master, Master!" While Qi Heng was thinking about it, the housekeeper ran back again, holding a letter in his hand: "Master, this is sent by our people from the prefect's office. Please check it out."
Qi Heng was stunned, reached out and took the letter, took it apart, took it a look, and Qi Heng's face changed.
The letter was written very simply. Qi Heng glanced at it and knew what was going on. Looking at what Qin Hewen said, Qi Heng slapped the table and threw out the tea bowl in his hand: "It's so satisfying to reach out when I get the money, but I didn't expect it to be so satisfying when I shrink my hand."
Qi Heng didn't expect that things would take a turn for the worse so quickly, and the expression on his face suddenly became as ugly as it was.
Li Ji pawn shop.
Hei Ge heard Qi Ying's words and shook his head with a wry smile: "We, Eunuch Zhang, are really!" Hei Ge said here, but Hei Ge didn't know what to say. He looked up at his own commander, and Hei Ge asked hesitantly: "Commander, what do we, Eunuch Zhang, think?"
"I think, why do you want to?" Qi Ying said calmly, "Just cut the mess with a quick knife."
"The things in Yangzhou City are all kinds of things. If you really pull them up, it will be troublesome. It seems that our Eunuch Zhang doesn't want to stroke the thread, but is preparing to cut it down with one knife. However, this knife must be sharp enough, otherwise it will not only cut the thread, but it will also be wrapped around the thread!"
Hei Ge was stunned and said with a tsk: "This is really domineering!"
"Overbally?" Qi Ying smiled: "Who is our Eunuch Zhang? The East Factory Man, how can we not be overbearing?"
The two were talking, and the voice of the guy outside sounded: "Shopkeeper, there is business."
Chapter completed!