There was a clanging sound, and the study room, which had been decorated according to Feng Shui and elegantly according to the guidance of experts, was so messy that it was difficult to see its original appearance. Novel .

A group of confidants and staff were kneeling in the middle of the room fearfully, not daring to hide even if something hit them.

No one cared about feeling sorry for the expensive pens, inks, paper and inkstones that only cost 1,800 taels on the floor. They all worried about the heads on their necks.

This was the first time that the thousand-year-old Liu Zuzong lost his temper since he entered the ceremonial office in October of the first year of Zhengde.

From time to time, everyone glanced at the butler Liu Duofu out of the corner of their eyes, but their eyes were not letting him make up his mind, but they were full of resentment and resentment.

It was Liu Duofu who instigated his ancestors and insisted on bringing Li Jing to Beizhen Fusi for trial. Then where was Beizhen Fusi? The Eighteenth Level of Hell must be better than that!

As expected, the person died, well, all kinds of unsavory gossip spread outside, saying that the ancestors were forced to marry and they killed the matchmaker, etc., which made the ancestors very angry...

Although Liu Duofu glared at everyone who looked at him with a sideways look on his face, it would be a lie to say that he had no regrets at all.

That was the day he received Yang Zhuangyuan and his entourage who were escorting Li Jing. After hearing what Shen Rui said, there was someone behind Li Jing's instigation, and Liu Ren had confirmed it. He just thought about this.

Li Jing was given to Liu Duoxi, the second housekeeper.

The money had just arrived in front of the ancestors, and he could take this opportunity to trample Liu Duoxi to death, who had been eyeing his position as the chief steward, and let outsiders understand that if they want to climb high, they have to hand him the money to get the ladder to the sky.

Advice to the ancestors.

Who knew it would be like this!

I just hope that after the ancestor has finished smashing things, he will stop hitting people. Buddha will bless him. He will admit his mistake and set a punishment for himself first, lest the ancestors come up and kill him.

It wasn't until there was nothing that could be thrown on the desk that Liu Jin seemed to have completely vented his feelings. He sat down on the large Taishi chair, panting heavily, and stared at the people in front of him with his bloodshot eyes, as if

It's like eating people.

These days, he was going smoothly, with talents and money flowing into his pocket, and his reputation was rising day by day because of the food inspection incident. Unexpectedly, just this month, he encountered so many troublesome things.

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With the current status of his ancestor Liu Qiansui, if he wanted to recruit a son-in-law, I don’t know how many people would break their heads and come to join him. However, this young man doesn’t know how to praise!

Jiao Fang is right, southerners are not good at anything. Well, that damn Li Jing is also a southerner!

Yes, Li Jing deserves to die, and he is already dead. It’s just that he died at the wrong time!

Liu Jin naturally hated Li Jing for being unfavorable in doing things, and felt that Li Jing was definitely not a fool. He must have been instigated by someone to stir up trouble in a house like this. Therefore, he ordered Yang Yu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, to interrogate him carefully and pry open the door of this guy.

mouth.

Unexpectedly, this guy died as soon as he was whipped after entering Fusi, Beizhen.

The scholar is not so weak, and Yang Yu is not so stupid! Liu Jin also came through the palace in a bloody storm. He saw many ups and downs, and various calculations. He immediately realized that he was afraid of

He fell into a pit.

Sure enough, no matter how hard he tried to cover up the matter, rumors soon spread on the street, accusing him, Liu Jin, of bullying scholars, and a group of bitter scholars took the opportunity to make noise.

Liu Jinyuan didn't expect that he would have all the Jin Yiwei under his control. After all, Yang Yu was a complete waste compared to Mou Bin. He knew this very well, but he didn't expect that Yang Yu's confidants could also have someone insert a nail.

The hands behind the back are quite long!

Liu Jin gritted his teeth and secretly sent his confidants to screen Beizhen Fusi, but he also hated Dai Dabin and Li Jing when they proposed marriage. If you had agreed to it, what would happen next? You are shameless, let's just wait and see.

But before this matter was over, something even more shocking and angry happened.

Previously, he instigated the emperor to reestablish the West Factory and let Gu Dayong take over the affairs of the West Factory.

Although there are Jin Yiwei in charge of bodyguards, arrests, and prison matters, Dongchang is responsible for investigating treason and treachery, but for out-of-town investigations, unless Beijing dispatches personnel for major matters, other cases are basically assisted by the local Jin Yiwei, and there is no

A government office specializing in foreign missions.

The reestablished Xichang had a very wide scope for investigation. "From the capital to the whole country, we can investigate things on the sidelines, even if the palace is unavoidable."

Gu Da used the West Factory to investigate the matter of grain and grass. By the way, he also went to monitor the dynamics of the royal palaces in various places. The latter was also one of the reasons why the young emperor agreed to establish the West Factory.

As for Liu Jin’s idea, it’s just that Qiu Ju’s east factory is not obeying orders, so he can just set up another factory. If he doesn’t overthrow Qiu Ju, he will also be left alone!

In the past, Gu Dayong respectfully handed over the information about granaries and other matters in various places, as well as the secrets of the royal family, to Liu Jin, and let Liu Jin go to heaven to listen.

In this way, Liu Jin earned enough status and reputation as a holy family, and he also paid filial piety. He was very satisfied with Gu Dayong. He even planned to kick Qiu Ju away and let Gu Dayong take charge of the East Factory.

But he never expected that Gu Dayong, who had always been following him around and supporting him in everything, would one day become disobedient.

Today, Gu Dayong bypassed him and reported directly to the young emperor. After investigation, Wu Dengxian, a resident of Nankang County in Jiangxi Province, and three other families were good at building dragon boats and were suspected of treason. He expropriated the three families and sent 930,000 taels of silver to the capital.

In April and May, there were droughts and locust plagues in Shandong and Henan, floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was discovered that grain and grass were damaged in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and there was a shortage of money everywhere. Gu Dayong sent money, and the little emperor naturally smiled brightly.

Praise for the usefulness of the grain.

Gu Dayong suddenly became a capable minister who won the emperor's trust in governing the country. The young emperor also expressed his intention to give Xichang more power.

As for whether building dragon boats is an old Dragon Boat Festival custom in the south of the Yangtze River, no one cares whether the three families were wronged or not.

This time Liu Jin didn't get any credit, let alone any money.

Three families were confiscated, and the money they took to Beijing for escort was only a million taels. I wonder how much Gu Da used this guy to swallow! Will a family that can build a dragon boat for the Dragon Boat Festival be a family with little money?

Moreover, there is that one vassal in Jiangxi! That one is famous for being a man with a lot of money and spreading money around. I am afraid that Gu Da used this skill to show that one. How could that one be seen?

Can you come up with the money in both hands?

Thinking of losing so much money, Liu Jin felt like he wanted to be pricked by needles. Thinking of Gu Dayong selling money to the emperor to win his favor, he even wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.

The combination of these things made him smash up the study room in anger.

At this moment, Liu Jin had vented enough and regained her breath. When she glared at the butler Liu Duofu, Liu Duofu quickly knelt down, took two steps on his knees, kowtowed, and said in a trembling voice: "You damn boy, go get it right now."

Twenty boards, let’s find out who are the blind people making trouble outside, and we will definitely let them know the consequences of daring to slander our ancestors..."

Liu Jin snorted from his nose and waved his hands. Seeing that Liu Duofu was only kowtowing and did not dare to look up at his gesture, he felt annoyed again and shouted: "Go, go, go!"

Liu Duofu hurriedly rolled out and crawled out. The two stewards who were working with him also took the opportunity to "roll" out.

Liu Jin's eyes glanced at the steward Liu Duoshou.

This person was originally a Jinyi school captain, with some martial arts skills and an understanding of Jinyiwei's detective skills. He was recruited from Jinyiwei after Liu Jin removed Mou Bin from power. He changed his slave's name and is now responsible for contacting Jinyiwei and things.

Two factories.

After all, Liu Duoshou was born in the army, but he was not as cowardly as Liu Duofu. He took a step forward, bowed and said: "After the investigation by the commander, Mr. Yang and the younger ones, three suspicious people have been found, and they were quietly detained.

When I got up, I didn't alert the snake. The younger one was thinking that just two people couldn't accomplish such a big thing, so I would like to ask my ancestors for advice if I should continue to sift through it."

Liu Jin said with a cold face: "Let Yang Yu do the work over there. From now on, you go and keep an eye on Xichang, Gu Dayong, and the two stalls his men left in Beijing. What did you see?

Whatever you do, I want to know!"

Liu Duoshou was a little surprised, and subconsciously looked back at the few stewards and staff behind him. Although they were all confidants of his ancestors, not everyone should know about this. As expected, many people's eyes widened.

"Ancestor...this..." He hesitated.

Liu Jin closed his eyes and called out the name of his godson, and the young chamberlain eloquently explained what Xichang had done in Jiangxi and Gu Dayong's performance.

Only then did everyone know the real reason for Liu Zuzong's anger. Many people were stunned, wondering if Liu Duofu would be furious if he knew that the twenty extra strikes he had given him were in vain. But he was at fault after all.

This board is not unfair.

After hearing what the young eunuch said, Liu Duoshou already had some concerns in his mind. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said to Liu Jin: "After all, he is from Xichang. I'm afraid I have to borrow some people from Mr. Yang."

Liu Jin looked calm and said in a cold voice: "Go and recruit some more useful people. Those from Yang Yu's side who want to come over will be accepted after checking them out."

Liu Duoshou was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just responded, took two steps back, and exited with his two men.

Liu Jin asked two more staff members to write a countermeasure to quell rumors about forced marriages from outside. He also asked a staff member from Shaanxi to go to the provincial guild halls in Beibang to learn about the family status of unmarried people among the new Jinshi.

At first, he didn't take Dai Dabin's refusal of marriage seriously at all, thinking that after finding out the person behind Li Jing, he could still fulfill his niece's wish.

But now, with the commotion outside like this, even if Dai Dabin comes back and begs on his knees, he won't agree, so he has to find a good man for his niece.

The people who received the mission walked out of the study one after another.

The remaining few seem particularly "useless". When working around Liu Zuzong, it is definitely not possible if you don't know how to flatter, but if you can't do anything but flattery, you won't be able to tolerate it. Liu Zuzong is very seeking for talents.

Cherish and cherish talents.

The smart staff thought about Liu Jin's words just now, took a step forward, bowed and said: "No matter the West Factory or the East Factory, all of them were favored by Qiantai in the past. Now that they are in power, they only think about how to make progress and don't think about repaying anything in return.

My benefactor, this is not only the coldness and shallowness of the two of them, but it is also human nature."

Seeing Liu Jin slowly drinking a cup of ginseng soup, without even raising his eyelids after hearing these words, the staff took a step forward, but his voice was lowered: "It doesn't matter who is in the hands of the second factory of this thing.

If you want to plan for yourself, the students think that it is better to capture this factory in your hands, Chitose, and you are afraid that one of them will turn the world upside down."

Liu Jin put the cover cup aside and said angrily: "You are thinking well, are you going to kick out all Qiu Jugu and let me, your ancestor, take over the control of these two places?"

The staff member hurriedly said: "With so many things to do at a thousand years old, how can I still manage so many jobs at the same time? The student thinks that the East Factory has the responsibility of supervising the Jinyiwei, so who will supervise the East Factory? Let alone the West Factory. Without supervision, it is inevitable

Out of control, it would be better to set up a separate yamen and take charge of it personally. Not only could it be responsible for the affairs of the east and west factories, but it would also be responsible for supervising the east and west factories..."

Liu Jin glanced sideways at the staff member, "This yamen gate was built immediately?"

The staff member guessed Liu Jin's words and said with a smile: "When Taizu was the emperor, there were only Jin Yiwei. When he became the ancestor, he added the east factory. When he arrived at the Xian Temple, he added the west factory. Whether it is established or not, there is no ancestral law.

Isn’t it all a matter of the emperor’s words? Xichang, isn’t it because of Chitose’s advice that the emperor agreed to reinstatement?”

Liu Jin closed his eyes slightly, snorted a laugh from his nose, and said nothing.

The staff member felt more confident, so he whispered again: "Didn't you ask Liu Duoshou to recruit more people? There must be a place for the people to be placed, and they are all placed in the house. I'm afraid it's not appropriate. It's easy.
To be continued...