Chapter 3 The third time, the black mother gossips about the Jianghu Dao Fengtian King violating the system and entering Beijing

A group of people from Ganfengchi left the shop, and Li Wei let go of his high-hanging heart.He ordered someone to carry Mr. Duanmu to the outer room of his suite in the backyard, took off his trousers and carefully inspected the injury, only to see two rows of teeth marks on the elbow of the thigh deep into the muscle, and a large piece of walnut meat with rice stuck to the injury.One leg was so swollen that it was bright and watery, with a large piece of horseshoe protruding from the wound, but it was indistinctly stained with black, purple, rotten green blood.When he looked at Mr. Duanmu, he was already awake with bright eyes, he just gritted his teeth and endured the pain, as if he still couldn't speak freely.Li Wei ordered someone to burn a large basin of green salt and acacia water, and asked the black mother to gently wash Duanmu's wound with a raw white cloth. He kept rubbing peppermint oil around the wound, and asked while wiping: "What's your name, Mr. Duanmu? Your family has been a martial arts leader for generations, how could a dog hurt you?... It's okay. Although this symptom is dangerous, it can be treated in time. It won't hurt your life..."

"This is the third young master of my family, named Liangyong." The black mother gently wiped him, and said with tears in her eyes, "No wild dog in the world can hurt him. He violated the family law and fell in love with him." Liu Xun raised the master's daughter, and the master let a mad dog bite him. It is God's blessing that he escaped this life..." Li Wei's eyes widened. There is such a cruel father in the world. If his son likes a girl from another family, how can this "family law" be done?The black mother helped Li Wei bandage Duanmu Liangyong's injured leg, sighed and sat down on the wooden pole by the wall, and said in a slow voice: "Our master is good at everything, he cares about the old and the poor, and never acts like a subordinate It is one case, admitting to death. Since the Jingnan army started in the Yongle period, the Duanmu family was ransacked and beheaded by the Yongle Lord. Only one Taizu escaped, and he swore a heavy oath to the emperor. Killing Bu Rao has been handed down for eleven generations in more than three hundred years. They live in seclusion in Jimo, Shandong Province. They only let their tenants do production, and secretly teach their children and grandchildren to learn literature and martial arts. The children and grandchildren follow this ancestral precept, and no one dares to compete with the officials and eunuchs. They got married." Li Wei laughed and said, "The rules of this family are really special, everyone in the world is like your Duanmu family, who will my daughter marry?"

"Isn't that right!" The black mother clapped her hands and sighed, "I've been in Duanmu's house for decades, not to mention, Liangyong's uncle had a date with a pilgrim woman at the Yulan Festival. In the Xunyan Taoist family, the great grandfather imprisoned his uncle for three years, and he was not released until the Xunyan Taoist family returned to their original place of office. His uncle became a monk in a fit of anger... But it was also a mischief, and I listened to the ancestors If it comes down, some of them violated the family law and went out to meet people privately, whether they were parents or uncles, some people would always die of illness. This ancestral motto has really become a taboo in the Duanmu family. Visiting, except for the head of the family, the young masters and girls are hiding and dare not meet." Li Wei smiled and said: "It's really interesting. How dare Liang Yong violate this ancestral precept?"

The two were exchanging one another, Duanmu Liangyong, who was lying beside him and had been sleeping silently, moved slightly, and muttered: "Mei Ying...Mei Ying..." He suddenly opened his eyes, and looked at her under the light Go, the eyes have become very soft, not as white and bright as when Li Wei just met him.Liang Yong stared blankly at Nanny Hei, then at Li Wei, and asked, "Where am I?" "You went to the ghost gate once, and now you are in the world." Li Wei smiled, "This is doom. Your Duanmu family law does not associate with eunuchs, but you fell in love with Meiying, and I saved it again." You, your nanny saved me, I'm not a small official! This is an incalculable account." The black nanny carefully covered the quilt for Liangyong, and smiled with tears in her eyes: "Little Ancestor, you are going to scare the old lady to death! Thanks to this Mr. Li, he is kind-hearted and understands medicine, otherwise what would have happened to you?" Wiping away tears as he spoke.Li Wei leaned over and touched Duanmu Liangyong's forehead, and said: "The poor are divided into good and evil, and officials are also classified into different classes. Why do you have such a bastard family law? ——Who is the Mei Ying you love? I've taken care of everything!"

Duanmu Liangyong gently shook his head on the pillow, smiled wryly and said: "This is the rule of my family for three hundred years, and no one can change it. Please ask your lord, Dafu, I don't know how to call it?" Li Weidao: "My name is Li Wei, and I am the governor of Jiangnan. , although it is official, there is a famous man named Huazi Li in the rivers and lakes. They helped me check the genealogy, and it was difficult for Yongle Jing to fail. They also gave me the name "Youxu". You are so young, call me Uncle Youjie, doesn’t it mean that you have tarnished your Duanmu family? ——Let’s talk, which official’s daughter are you dating, and who is your father dating? I’ve made a decision!”

"It's the daughter of Grand Order Lu Longqi in Jimo County, her name is Meiying..." Duanmu Liangyong was calm at the moment, and looked very peaceful under the lamp. He took a sip of the water handed by the black mother, and said soothingly: "This year On the Buddha Bathing Festival on the eighth day of April, she went to Dabei Temple to offer incense, and was entangled by some evil young men. I obeyed my father's order and went to Jimo to transport porcelain. When this happened, I rescued her. Meiying and I even I didn't say a word, and I didn't know it was the Miss Lu family until I sent her home. This matter was already settled, and it was a coincidence. In May, Duanyang father asked me to fetch water from the Four Eyes Spring, and I happened to meet Meiying and her sister again. When I went to pick mulberry, I met with my boss and had to say a few words. When I went back, I felt empty in my heart. Mei Ying’s shadow kept swaying in front of my eyes. My family gradually noticed that I was in a trance. I asked the servant to find out about the holiday. My son, my father forbade me to go out. Unexpectedly, on August 15th, the rent was urged, and there was not enough manpower, so my father asked me to go to Dongxiang to call the head of the village to discuss the rent collection. By coincidence, Meiying’s grandmother was also in Dongxiang, and she was our tenant... I 'urged' to 'rent' for ten days at Dongxiang Shili Temple... more than half of the time was spent with Meiying... This way, I can't cover it." He stared at the ceiling with a pair of delicate eyes, as if Looking back on the ten days of unforgettable experience in his life, the dim candles were weakly beating, but his words were very clear: "We Duanmu are descendants of the sage's seventy-two sage disciples. I dare not say that there is anything wrong with our ancestors. I I really don't understand, why should our descendants bear the responsibility for the grievances they have forged in their lifetime? I... and Mei Ying are good, is it mine? ..." He sighed sadly and stopped talking.

For a moment, the three people in the room were silent, and there was a deathly silence inside and out, only the clapper from the watch was making monotonous and boring "bang! bang bang..." in the dark alley in the distance. "It's really like what was said in the play. It's interesting." Li Wei recovered from his reverie after a long time, and said with a smile, "Lu Long is a well-known upright official; The old man is so old-fashioned! What's more, Lu Longqi has been dead for so many years, what can't be done, the hardships will be difficult for the two children! You can rest assured and follow me, I will go back to Shandong once I go to Beijing, I'll take care of your business." Hei Momo then asked: "Master Li, Ganfengchi's territory is in the south of the Yangtze River, and you are a local vassal, why did you get together here, and why did he bother to offend you? He is so rude, why do you put up with him? Even if he is powerful, this is an important place in the capital, and you have so many soldiers, can't you catch five or six of him?"

Li Wei stood up slowly, paced slowly, and said nothing.He rescued Duanmu today out of a heart of compassion, and had no intention of repaying the favor.Li Wei was born in a humble family. Since he was a child begging for food, he was bought into the palace by Yongzheng as a slave. He never went to school.However, as soon as he was appointed as the magistrate of Chengdu, he arrested the "Tianfu Thirteen Taibao" in one fell swoop, cleared the thieves of the years, and the law and order of Sichuan Province became the highest in the world overnight; "Three Sages of Fragrant Hall" and "Two Heroes of Turtle and Snake" are two dens of thieves who rule the whole province.Hearing the news, the hero of the green forest was frightened, and became a world-renowned anti-theft officer.With this ability, and because he is an old disciple of Yongzheng's mansion, during the four years since Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was successively promoted to the governor of Jiangnan, and then changed to the governor of Liangjiang.This time when he came to Beijing to report on his work, Yongzheng interviewed him three times, all talking about public security, and specifically mentioned Gan Fengchi and others, and strictly ordered them to be arrested quickly.But Li Wei has other insights. He believes that the so-called "eight righteousness" of Gan Fengchi, Song Jing, Dou Erdeng, Shengtie Buddha, Lu Siniang, Yizhihua, Shengshouer, and Mobran are mixed.Some are purely bandits who rob houses and do evil;Like Gan Fengchi and Dou Erdeng, they are the leaders of the gangsters who punish the evil, promote the good and help the weak and suppress the strong. They can be used by the court if they are well guided.Captured in one body, on the contrary, these different people were squeezed into one place to become enemies of the court.Therefore, the purpose of holding on to Gan Fengchi is to accept and appease.That's why he didn't want to seriously capture Ganfengchi tonight.To Li Wei's surprise, a nanny from Duanmu's family in Shandong was far more talented than Ganfengchi. He thought he knew everything about the rivers and lakes, but now he seems to be ignorant.Li Wei lingered for a while, then said with a smile, "It's not easy to answer if you ask me this. Gan Fengchi is a hero, and I, Li Wei, are also a hero. This is called sympathy. I am in charge of military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am in charge of arresting thieves all over the world. I am under Gan Fengchi's door. I took a lot, and I killed some of the most serious crimes. I am a member of the imperial court, so I have to do this, but I respect the character of Gan Fengchi. He just wanted to see his friends. It's Ding Mao, it's Mao's business." Then, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "It's almost midnight, and I have to discuss something in the backyard. A vicious dog is poisoned, and doctors say it is a symptom that has no cure. , only beggars have this untold secret. It is already a miracle that this happened to a son of Liangyong's rich family, and it is even more strange that he met me again. Now he can't go home for a while, you master and servant will follow me to Beijing It will take three months to get rid of the roots!" As he spoke, he picked up a pen on the case, took a piece of plain paper, called a Geshha, and asked, "Are you literate or not?"

"I have studied in a private school for several years." "I said the prescription, you write it?" "yes!" Li Weiyin said with a smile: Eight points of real amber, eight points of mung bean powder, eight points of yellow wax frankincense, six points of water flying cinnabar, six points of realgar essence, six points of raw alum, six points of raw licorice, five points After finishing speaking, he said: "You go and get it, this medicine is not rare, it's so concocted that I'll come by myself—go!" He smiled again at the surprised Hei Nanny, flicked the corner of his robe and went out.

Both Yunxiang and Fan Shiyi were still awake, sitting in the upper room, eating tea and waiting for Li Wei.Seeing Li Wei coming in, Fan Shiyi hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Prince doctor, it's hard work to save people! ——In the situation just now, I'm really afraid that Gan Fengchi will lose his temper and lose his temper. How can I explain to the emperor?" Li Wei Say hello to Yunxiang, and said with a smile: "What kind of danger is this? I captured the Thirteenth Taibao and made a private visit alone. When you see that scene, it's nothing to worry about." Yunxiang also laughed and said "I know, Li Wei is a rascal. He has a special purpose to win over the people in the world, and he is the one who got out of the knife." He said, motioning for the two to sit down.

"A person like Gan Fengchi is not willing to turn against the government easily and be ruthless. He has a family and property, and his family of more than 300 people is in Nanjing. What's more, he is in charge of heroes from all walks of life in the south of the Yangtze River. His own life is worse than that of a poor official like me. It's precious." Li Wei grinned, leaned over and sat down, took a sip of the oil tea offered by the waiter, and said, "It smells so good, it warms my whole body! Please send two bowls to Duanmu's master and servant in front—" Only tonight is really dangerous. I see Gan Fengchi's complexion, as if he was angry with someone upstairs, and I haven't seen that fake Taoist priest come down. If it weren't for this black nun, maybe he would really suffer Woolen cloth!" Yunxiang leaned back, coughed dryly, and said: "Tell me about the errands. When I left Beijing, the emperor ordered me to go to Jingling to visit the fourteenth brother, and wanted to call him back to Beijing to rectify the flag affairs for the starling (Yunyu) Now that Gengyao has been granted death this year, Longkoduo ransacked his home and imprisoned him in the beekeeping lane, thinking of his meritorious service in following the late emperor in the Western Expedition, the emperor planned to pardon him and ordered him to go on a long trip to Altai and The border of the Raksha State Conference. Firstly, if the job is done well, it can be reused. Secondly, it is easy for him to stay in the capital and get mixed up with the Baye Party. It is not good for Yunhu and Longkodo. When it comes to the fourteenth master In fact, he and the starling are not exactly the same thing. He and the emperor have the same mother, and they said that the sky is the closest brother of flesh and blood. As soon as I closed my eyes, I dreamed of the Queen Mother, saying that I missed my fourteenth brother. "The emperor has some pimples on his chin, and he took too many medicines to clear away heat and eliminate evil, which hindered his stomach. "You know the temperament of the Fourteenth Master." Fan Shiyi guarded Jingling and was also in charge of the job of "looking after" Yunxuan. The Lord seems to have figured it out a bit. When the matter of Wang Jingqi came out, he took Cai Huaixi, Qian Yundou and Yindi who were beside him. Now he is so angry that he doesn't comb his hair or wash his face every day, and walks around Jingling with a gloomy face. After a long circle, I went back to the cemetery and sat for a whole day, eating whatever I was given, drinking what I was given, and not wanting what I didn’t give, and I looked like an idiot when I said something that should cut my tongue! Think about it, he is also a dragon Fengsun, it's really sad to see him at this point." Yunxiang listened silently for a long time, and said: "After all, the old fourteen is a hero. Cai Huaixi and Qian Yundou were sent by the imperial court to look after him, but they were ignorant, colluding with Wang Jingqi and wanting to join hands with Nian Gengyao to create chaos. In this way What is there to keep in mind?" Fan Shiyi said, "Cai Qian and the others just want to kidnap the Fourteenth Master, and the Fourteenth Master himself doesn't seem to know the details. As far as I can see The fourteenth master is distressed by this Qiao Yindi." "Is it worth it?" Li Wei smiled, "The fourteenth master is really, no matter how I look at Qiao Yindi's appearance, I can't compare with the fourteen Fujin, she is fascinated by a woman, everyone He also said that he is a heroic prince!" "Everyone is a fan of the authorities. Isn't it the same with you, Li Wei? The emperor's family law was the strictest back then, why weren't you afraid, and you got on good terms with Cui'er? If it weren't for Mr. Wu, the leader, you might still be working in Huangzhuang now. Coolies!" Yunxiang said, suddenly thinking of himself, he was imprisoned for seven years, and when he was released, the two women both committed suicide for him, and felt a pain in his heart.Then he changed the subject and said: "You send people back to Beijing, don't rush back to Nanjing to take up the post. Go and see Prince Bao Hongli and Guobeile Hongshi, they have errands for you. Cao Yin's son Cao Bei has already arrived in Beijing, and his debts have not been paid off. The emperor told you to chase after him, fearing that the Cao family would disperse and hide their property in Nanjing. In addition, the female bandit Yizhihua started the White Lotus Sect in Jiangxi, and there are some matters to be suppressed. Discuss with Hongli. I talked with Hongli before I left Beijing, and he has some insights. It would be better if he can wait for me to come back. If you can’t wait, just follow Prince Bao’s instructions.” As Yun Xiang said, a military academy came in, holding a sealed letter with wax lacquer in both hands, and said: "My lord, it's from the military plane, hurry up for six hundred miles." Yun Xiang took it, and opened it under the lamp to read At that time, it was a letter written by Zhang Tingyu, Minister of Military Aircraft, Minister of Upper Study, and Minister of Internal Guards: Veteran Zhang Tingyu respectfully reported to Third Master Yi: According to Fengtian General Yizhang Amizha, Prince Jian Lebutuo, Prince Guo Chengnuo, Prince Dong Yongxin, and Prince Rui who were stationed in Shengjing all received the Ministry of Internal Affairs Advisory Council and went to Beijing to help Banner service.I think that these four kings are all the masters of the Eight Banners. They are hereditary princes who have lived in Fengtian for many years. For example, they are not allowed to enter Beijing unless they are ordered.I asked Yu Hongtu, the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other officials, and they all said they didn't know about it.When the emperor heard about it, the emperor ordered his ministers to ask Yi Wang if he knew about it. He was eager to report it urgently. After reading it, Yun Xiang lit the candle together with the letter and envelope, and stared thoughtfully at the roll of paper burned to ashes.Seeing that Fan Shiyi and Li Wei were staring at him, he said with a smile, "Don't be dazed, what's in the letter has nothing to do with you." Because he got up and brought the lamp to another table, Ru Mo wrote: Privy Secretary Hengchen: Zaxi, inexplicably surprised.These four kings honored and supported Heaven according to the edict of the first emperor, and there was no example of intervening in government.Who in Xiangxiang dares to call into Beijing privately without asking for an order?To rectify the affairs of the flag, Prince Lian Yunyu was entrusted with a mission. I hope that the situation will be reported to the emperor quickly, so that the four kings do not have to go to Beijing. Xu Tu finds out the truth and Yun Xiangcao. After finishing writing, I personally sealed it with sealing paint, handed it over to the military academy, and said: "Take a few people back to Beijing at night, and hand them over to Zhang Tingyu at dawn. Remember, if Zhang Tingyu arrives in Beijing after the fourth watch, Zhang Tingyu has already gone to Beijing." Chunyuan, you will be able to meet Zhang Xiang at the double gate at the gate of the garden. If he has already entered, ask the guard Zhang Wuge to transfer him, and no third person is allowed to open it, understand?" "Zha! Understood!" "Go!" Watching the military academy withdraw, Fan Shiyi and Li Wei looked at each other, seeming a little at a loss.Li Wei said "It's late at night..." Just as he was about to get up, Yun Xiang patted him on the shoulder.Said: "Sit down for a while, I'm a little restless tonight." Fan Shiyi guessed that the letter just now made the prince uneasy, so he said: "Master Thirteen, my slave, please leave first. Return to Maling tomorrow. Yu, the people in the camp don't know about it. The slaves must first send someone to let the prince know. Gao Qizhuo is in Jingling now. The prince just said he wanted to see him, so he had to inform him. He originally said I left for Tailing in the past few days..." "I see that Gao Qizhuo is fine, at least it's not urgent." Yun Xiang's eyes were faint, flowing imperceptibly under the light, "He has a good sense of Feng Shui, and he is showing the emperor the underground palace; I want him to show me Also pay attention and choose a place to live. I have already written to him and told him that it doesn’t matter if I see you this time.” He pondered, and suddenly asked: “Fan Shiyi, how many troops do you really have in the Malanyu Mausoleum Guard Camp? ?” "Back to Master Thirteen, there are thirty-two thousand and seventy-three people on the roster, except for those who are away on business trips, and there are also patients...the thirty thousand people who can be called immediately are no more than one thousand people." "How much space do you eat?" Fan Shiyi seemed a little surprised and glanced at Yunxiang.Yun Xiang smiled and said: "You don't need to look at me, the salary is low, which general doesn't take the vacancy? The court is trying to find a way, don't feel ashamed. Nian Gengyao doesn't take the vacancy because he is fighting in the west, and the fire in the military salary He was full of money. Nian Gengyao died, and the military department of the household department checked his private property, only a few hundred thousand. In fact, I have the account in my heart. In Kumbum Monastery alone, he seized 700,000 taels of gold. They have not been accounted for, and together with the suppression of 'bandits' in the interior, he has wiped out several towns, and I estimate that his private wealth is around 10 million taels of silver. I am afraid it has been hidden long ago. Tell me the truth, how much money is there?" Fan Shiyi knew that lying in front of someone like Yun Xiang would be like asking for humiliation, so he blushed and said with a smile: "My master is a prince who has trained in the army, and I don't tell lies in front of real people. My station is full of court officials. Senior officer, the number of entertainment is large, and it will only take up the space of three to five hundred soldiers..." "I've just said that I don't want to pursue this matter." Yunxiang smiled and said again, "Malingyu is an important place, not only because Jingling is the place where our ancestors rest. It also controls Xi'an. Fengkou, at the same time respond to Beijing, Rehe, and Fengtian, the three important areas of the country. Once something happens, you must use your soldiers at any time, so you must follow the rules. Don’t learn from the Jiangnan camp. Pulling it out for actual combat is useless at all. Do you know the pros and cons?" "The slave is leading the training. Go back to the camp with the Thirteenth Master, and ask the Thirteenth Master to supervise, and the slave will make up all the troops." "By the way, don't eat empty quota." Yunxiang nodded, "But you have entertainment, and you have to take care of it. I will pay you three thousand taels a month from the military budget of the Ministry of War. You don't want to flatter an official just because it's a bottomless pit." .If you want to learn from your elder brother Fan Shijie, no one will buy it except the emperor, you, the commander-in-chief of the Habayashi Army, are worthy enough." "Yes! Thank you Shisan Lord for your understanding!" Fan Shiyi and Li Wei looked at each other, Yunxiang's words seemed to be admonishing, and he also comforted him with a solemn and solemn reassurance, as if they were talking heart-to-heart, and he was calmly arranging military affairs, so he couldn't figure out what he was thinking. what.Both of them thought it was related to the urgent mail sent by Zhang Tingyu just now.But if Yunxiang didn't say anything, how could they dare to ask casually?Li Wei sighed: "Actually, today's imperial court finances are much better than when the holy grandfather was there. The emperor wants to reform the bureaucracy. In my opinion, three things have been caught." "There is no big talking point," Li Wei always had a half-smiling face, "One is honesty, the other is saving money, and the third is increasing revenue." "A cliché." "Yes." Li Wei said with a laugh, "But the emperor said that all clichés are the words of sages. Leaving aside increasing income and reducing expenditure, how learned is the word 'Lian'? Do you want old Fan Lian to not eat up money? But his annual salary is only one hundred and sixty taels, so he can't afford to be cheap. Lu Longqi is the cleanest county magistrate in the hands of the holy ancestor. A county magistrate, after his death, he was given the posthumous title of 'Qingxian'. Who has this honor? But the family is now in such a state of decline that girls are required to show their faces and pick mulberries to spend their days! So there is no system, and even if you want to be cheap, you can't afford it! Fan Shiyi's brother, Fan Shijie, is a middle-of-the-road person, and the Thirteenth Lord is the most confidant of the current emperor. To tell you the truth, the no deficit in Jiangnan Province in the previous annual report is false. I levied heavy taxes from the married couples in Qinhuai River, and the money I dug from the whore to sell meat covered Curry’s debt. The truth is that Henan Province has no deficit. , Tian Wenjing was the governor there, and now he is the governor. He squeezed the officials to make a profit. The officials will not beg for money, but force the common people. Now Shandong, Anhui and Jiangnan are beggars, you go and listen , Nine out of ten have a Henan accent, so how can we cure greed?" Yun Xiang's eyes sparkled when he heard it.After a long time, he stroked his knees and sighed: "What you said is extremely true. However, you, Li Wei, cannot take over the position of governor of Liangjiang for the rest of your life. What if you go to Henan to be the governor? Kaifeng has only one Yellow River, no Qinhuai River, and you little beggar from Where is the money extracted?" "I have a solution." Li Wei said firmly, "I have started to return the fire to the public since last year. The provincial capital will make overall arrangements. According to the vacancies of the officials, they will be paid to the Yanglian Bank. Thousand taels, medium two thousand five hundred taels, and low class two thousand taels. In the spring of this year, I asked Wang to order the flag to behead the magistrate of Sheyang County. Grandma, you took my money to raise money, but you are still not cheap. Slay the knife—so there are no honest officials in my Jiangnan province, but there are no corrupt officials either. I think this method is perfect! Originally, I wrote it in secret the year before last, and the emperor sent it to Nian Gengyao. "Minister of Prosperity", this system has not been implemented. Now that Gengyao has collapsed this year, the old saying is repeated, please say it in front of Long Live, don't make Li Wei fall behind." Yun Xiang nodded, and said: "I have read your booklet, the emperor personally approved it, the typo is three hundred and seventy-five, and it is not so clear. I think this method is successful, and it should be promulgated to implement the whole world. In the past There were Nian Gengyao Longko who blocked the way, but now there are no more!" He stood up excitedly, as if he wanted to say something, but suddenly thought of the four iron hat kings entering Beijing, his heart sank, his eyes dimmed, After coughing and choking a few times, he hurriedly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, his mouth was fishy and sweet, knowing it was blood, he even threw the handkerchief into the charcoal stove.