Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 12: Mountains of gold and silver, death of Bingbi!
"Godfather!"

Lü Fang was still at the door of the Silijian guardhouse when Chen Hong called out to her, stepped into the guardhouse and ran straight to Lü Fang. He knelt on the ground and cried, "Godfather, please make the decision for your son!"

"Get up and talk." Lu Fang's voice could not hide his fatigue.

Chen Hong climbed up, picked up the tea bowl from the tea table beside him with both hands and handed it over. He lowered his head, his eyes showing viciousness, and cried, "Godfather, since the time of Emperor Chengzu Wen, the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard have been under the jurisdiction of the Chief Eunuch, but my son, the Chief Eunuch, couldn't supervise the East Factory before, and now even the Embroidered Uniform Guard doesn't take my son seriously."

Lü Fang did not take the tea bowl, but sat quietly, and said slowly: "I indulged Feng Bao's arrogance. This matter is my fault. I sent Feng Bao to Prince Yu's Mansion. From now on, you will be the commander of the East Factory yourself."

These words sounded like heavenly music to Chen Hong's ears!

Chen Hong never thought that such a sloppy act of pity would help him cry back the power of the governor of the East Factory.

Feng Bao, who was regarded as a thorn in the side, was directly driven out of the palace.

If Feng Bao fell into the hands of Prince Yu and the Qingliu, it would be difficult for him to have a good death.

Chen Hong was moved to the extreme. I have always been in my godfather’s heart!

"Godfather, I know that everything you do is for my own good. How dare I blame you?"

Under the strong father-son relationship, Chen Hong almost forgot the purpose of coming to the Imperial Household Department, and with tears in his eyes, he continued, "It's the Jinyiwei.

Without his son's permission, the Imperial Guards dispatched thousands of imperial guards to surround the residences of the cabinet members Yan, Xu, and Zhang. Even when Xu and Zhang were discussing matters in Prince Yu's residence, that son of a bitch Lu Bing rushed directly to Prince Yu's residence to demand their release..."

Before Chen Hong finished his performance, Lu Fang shouted angrily, "Slap him!"

Chen Hong was stunned.

Although he was dazed, his hands did not slow down at all. Even though he didn't know what he did wrong, he slapped himself in the face.

"Pump harder!"

Lu Fang's eyes could kill people, and he cursed: "Lu Bing's mother is the emperor's wet nurse. You beast, how dare you criticize Shou's mother? If you weren't blinded by lard, I would have beaten you to death!"

When the emperor was young, Lu Bing's mother took care of him in Prince Xing's Mansion, and the emperor was deeply grateful.

After the emperor entered the royal family and inherited the throne, in order to express gratitude and respect, Lu's mother was specially named "Shou Mu" and everyone in the palace paid homage to her.

Chen Hong was also overwhelmed by the good news of being the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot. He said and dared to say anything!
If the East Factory, which was doing the dirty work, had not needed a commander, Chen Hong would have died here.

Chen Hong's face suddenly changed after waking up in shock. He slapped his cheeks fiercely with both hands: "My son is wrong! My son knows he is wrong!"

Not long after, Chen Hong's hands and cheeks swelled up like steamed buns made of leavened dough.

"Enough." Lu Fang finally said this.

Chen Hong fell to his knees, crawled to Lu Fang's legs, and started pounding them lightly and heavily. His face, which was so swollen that it could not be seen clearly, looked at Lu Fang with infinite gratitude.

Lu Fang sighed and asked, "Where did you get the news that the Royal Guards had sealed off the elder's residence?"

Chen Hong paused, "Junior Brother Shi told me."

Chen Hong has always been arrogant, and the only people who can be on good terms with him are the other three eunuchs in charge of writing in the Imperial Household Department.

Junior Brother Shi is Shi Yi, one of the eunuchs in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

"How did he know?" Lu Fang asked again.

Chen Hong was at a loss for words. After hearing Shi Yi say that the Jinyiwei had been dispatched without permission, he immediately ran back to the Silijian duty room and cried bitterly to his godfather. He never thought about where Shi Yi got the information from.

Lu Fang looked at Chen Hong with eyes full of pity and said, "Shi Yi went to Lord Yan's house to buy the painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival." Eunuchs have always been looked down upon, especially by literati, so they like to pretend to be cultured.

When Shi Yi heard that Yan Shifan wanted to sell his most precious painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, he went to Yan's house.

Shi Yi was accompanied by Meng Chong, who was also a eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

The two of them worked together and spent four million taels of silver to buy the Qingming Festival Along the River among a group of wealthy businessmen in Beijing.

The two eunuchs in charge of writing in the Imperial Household Department, who were full of complacency, seemed to be the superiors. They ordered Zhu Qi, one of the thirteen guardians of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, to lead people to escort the Qingming Shanghe Tu back to the private residence.

Then, he was sternly rejected by Zhu Qi. Shi Yi, who held a grudge, revealed the actions of the Jinyiwei to Chen Hong.

As expected, Chen Hong, who was unable to command the East Factory, became anxious upon hearing the news that the Jinyiwei were out of control, and flew back to the duty room.

Have you ever thought about who instructed the Jinyiwei to do this?

Your Majesty.

Lu Fang thought about the possible consequences of Feng Bao's poor performance in Yuxi Palace, but he never thought that the Jinyiwei would be restarted.

From now on, it goes without saying who will be more favored by the emperor, the East Depot that has lost the emperor's favor or the Embroidered Uniform Guard that still retains the emperor's favor.

After learning about the unusual movements of the Jinyiwei, Lu Fang figured it out and took advantage of the situation to transfer his favorite godson Feng Bao from the position of eunuch commander of the East Factory and pushed his godson Chen Hong into the East Factory, which was about to become a big fire pit.

Lu Fang's only regret was that Feng Bao did not go to Chaotian Temple as he had arranged and live a peaceful and stable life, but went to the vortex-like Prince Yu's Mansion.

Chen Hong realized that he was being used as a pawn by Shi Yi, and his already flushed cheeks turned even redder, like a freshly steamed crab. However, he was still concerned about the ownership of the Jinyiwei. "Godfather, is my son's Jinyiwei just lost like that?"

"Chen Hong, the Jinyiwei are the Jinyiwei of my Ming Dynasty, not your Jinyiwei. What is yours, no one can take it away. What is not yours, you cannot force it." Lu Fang said tiredly.

These godsons have been with him for so many years. He teaches them every day. Even a cow can learn to pull the rope after three times of teaching. But look at how greedy they are.

"Son, let's go find that guy named Shi right now!" Chen Hong wanted to find an outlet to vent his anger, so he went to have a fight with him no matter who it was.

"Don't go, they should be here soon."

Lu Fang raised his eyes to look at the moon gate of the courtyard. A young eunuch holding a lantern came in, leading a group of hard-labor eunuchs carrying sandalwood boxes.

Dozens of sandalwood boxes were placed in the yard, but it was not crowded at all. Meng Chong and Shi Yi came together, "My son brought the silver to my godfather!"

Meng Chong and Shi Yi personally opened the boxes beside them. The neatly stacked layers of gold and silver, illuminated by the moonlight, made the entire yard three times brighter.

The two men looked at each other and opened another box. The entire box was filled with land deeds and house deeds to fertile fields, shops, and houses from all over the place.

A box full of paper is certainly lighter than a box full of gold and silver, but the value of these light pieces of paper is far greater than gold and silver.

Lu Fang looked at Meng and Shi from afar, his lips moved slightly but no sound came out.

This scene.

All of this fell into the eyes of Chen Hong who was squinting. Although he didn't understand lip reading, the shape of his mouth clearly showed the word "seeking death".

Obviously, the money that Meng Chong and Shi Yi earned from their hard work failed to satisfy their godfather, let alone the Emperor.

Chen Hong thought about the money he had prepared to buy his life, and suddenly felt a little panicked.

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Killing a dragon in the river
August 2024.7.15,
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