In a small hotel not far from Niuma City, the curtains blocked the cold wind outside the door. A basin of charcoal fire was lit in the middle of the room. It was not too strong, and a little heat was just driving away the cold.?

There were no customers in the store, and the servant sat in front of the charcoal basin and the owner was not seen behind the counter.

There was a small table in the corner, and two middle-aged men sat opposite each other, their heads were put together, and they were whispering.

Zhang Weiji finished speaking and bowed to Lan Yuanyong opposite him: "This time the matter is not small, involving a lot of money. The official has already said that the money must be taken back as soon as possible, and there must be no trouble. Please hold this matter to the guard, and there will be a heavy report in the future!"

Lan Yuanyong looked puzzled: "This matter is extremely difficult, you don't need to hurry, let me think about it carefully. As you said, there are many people involved in the Three Yas. If the situation is not inconsistent, no one can afford to cause trouble for the imperial guards."

Zhang Weiji stopped talking and silently poured the wine for Lan Yuanyong.

Lan Yuanyong is now a member of the provincial governor of the ** and is engaged in the Imperial City Office. About how many people from the Imperial Guards of the Three Yamen participated in gambling and lending, and Zhang Weiji didn't believe it.

According to the system, the affairs of the Imperial City Office are held by three people in charge of the Imperial City Office. The military officials and eunuchs are involved in the military officials and eunuchs. The eunuchs are required to be held above the squad. Together with the in-house officer and the military officer, the military officer in front of the palace, defend the imperial palace and scheduling on duty, these affairs are generally managed by the military officials. The eunuchs are responsible for all the miscellaneous matters in the palace, such as investigation, interrogation, procurement, etc. The eunuchs are responsible for the affairs of the Imperial City Office. The most important thing in the eunuchs is to be the emperor and spy on the capital city. In this exploration mission, the most core is to monitor the three imperial guards.

During the Chenqiao mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin took the position of the palace chief to investigate the affairs, and replaced the Chai family of the Later Zhou Dynasty with almost no bloodshed. A very important point was that the palace guards were in the hands of the palace chief. Zhao Kuangyin worked outside the city, and his subordinates Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi used their power to use the convenience of guarding the palace in front of the palace chief soldiers and horses to capture all the royal family and the prime ministers and other important officials in one place, and isolated the inside and outside. After entering the Song Dynasty, in order to prevent the recurrence of history, the palace guards moved outside the imperial city, and the palace guards were divided into three, and the palace guards were responsible for the matter, both restraining and monitoring each other.

Song Taizu once said: "Although there are police in the capital, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the imperial city." This means the soldiers and horses under the Imperial City Division. Of course, tens of thousands are exaggerated, but in fact less than 10,000 people, but it is enough to restrain the imperial army. The imperial city division guards the imperial city, and the emperor's personal guard is in charge of the military head guided by the military commander, and the defense is layer by layer. Because the imperial army has many soldiers and horses, the strength of the troops commanders at all levels is too heavy, and the Imperial City Division will send people to monitor it.

Lan Yuanyong has a calm personality and meticulous mind. Some time ago, the imperial guards gathered to gamble and lend money so much. There was no news about the Imperial City Department. He said that no one believed him to have dereliction of duty. It was only because of various reasons that the matter was not revealed.

After silently drinking two glasses of wine with Zhang Weiji, Lan Yuanyong said: "The high-ranking official, I will not hide it from it. Some people gathered to bet in the imperial guards, and I have some rumors about this. However, this kind of thing has never been cut off in the imperial guards. Drinking and gambling are what those martial artists like to do most on weekdays. Forcibly ban it, they caused chaos. Therefore, although there is news, I did not send anyone to investigate it in detail. I just heard from the high-ranking official that an officer borrowed money from the capital bank and borrowed it to the officers and soldiers when he was gathering to bet. This was a bit big."

Zhang Weiji sighed: "It's because of the great thing that I dare not start rashly. I need to borrow the power of the detainee. If the detainee still has concerns, we can enter the palace together and get the order in front of the official."

Lan Yuanyong shook his head: "How dare you disturb the officials for some small things? If you blame them, we will be asking for trouble."

"A small matter? The guard still didn't realize how heavy this matter was. To be honest, the money borrowed from the capital bank in the imperial guards this time was at least hundreds of thousands of guan. It is hard to say whether it has more than one million guan. Without this money, the government can only watch many things that the foreign government has to do. If we can't do it well this time,"

Zhang Weiji looked at Lan Yuanyong and shook his head with a sad expression.

Lan Yuanyong was startled: "Although I know that the bank has money, it is too sensational to hundreds of thousands of coins at any time! High official, aren't you bullying me with big words? No one in the court can withstand such a large number!"

"If it were before, it would be horrifying to have more than 100,000 yuan in money. Now?" Zhang Weiji shook his head repeatedly. "The Jingshi Bank is the worst among the three banks. It is not difficult to take out one or two million yuan. If it is the best-made Xijing Bank, it can now raise tens of millions of yuan at any time. The world has changed, and we can no longer treat the amount of money as before."

Lan Yuanyong's expression suddenly became nervous, frowned, and thought carefully. He knew that some people gathered to gamble in the imperial guards, but this kind of thing always happened. In his opinion, it would be awesome if it involved tens of thousands of guan. It would be awesome if it was just a little bit of money. It was not a big deal, so he didn't pay attention to it. When he heard Zhang Weiji report hundreds of thousands of guan, he was really scared.

The imperial guards in the capital only have 200,000 to 300,000 people, and the scale of gambling loans reached hundreds of thousands of guan. How many guans are each per person? How much is their salary per year? This is to stuff the money and grain he earned for more than half a year into the gambling cave. In fact, most people do not gamble, so the gambling debts the officers and soldiers involved in gambling are even more scary.

After pondering for a long time, Lan Yuanyong said to Zhang Weiji: "Master, this matter is really not small. You can take a momentary ease here, don't rush to do it. In the past few days, I will send someone to the imperial guards to investigate and find out what it looks like before making a decision. If the official asks, you might as well say it directly, the Imperial City Department will not dare to take this risk if it doesn't investigate clearly."

Zhang Weiji bowed: "If this is the case, please beg for the team. I will collect the loans that will not involve the imperial guards first."

Lan Yuanyong nodded, frowning tighter. When something happened to the imperial guards, the Imperial City Department, who monitored the imperial guards, could not escape the relationship.

After drinking with Zhang Weiji, he asked to open the small club gate of Danei, and checked his identity. Lan Yuanyong entered the palace. His father Lan Jizong had retired and had a home outside. Lan Yuanyong usually did not stay in the palace. When he suddenly came back late at night, it surprised the soldiers on duty. However, he was in charge of the Imperial City Department and could enter and exit at will, without any twists and turns.

Back at his official hall, Lan Yuanyong recruited his subordinates, not saying anything happened, but said that when he heard the news, some people from the Imperial Army gathered to gambling, causing unstable morale to the army, and all those who could be sent out tomorrow, and no clues could be left behind. In addition, he sent people to enter the Sanya according to the old system, according to the old system, copy all documents, and bring the copy back to the Imperial City Office. He also specially ordered that the eunuchs in the palace should be led by the dedicated person.

At this time, the biggest source of eunuchs in the palace was the old eunuch's descendants Yinbu. He was 12 years old and tested Mo Yi. If he passed the test, he would only enter the palace to do things three years later. Therefore, eunuchs in this era were not only able to read and write, but also had a certain level of culture and were competent for copying and copying. The Imperial City Department had a system that had already existed, but it was not stopped until the Tiansheng period. Now that things are urgent, Lan Yuanyong picked up this system again.
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