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Chapter 257 Eliminate Luo Sigong's henchmen (2)

There were more than 300 thousand households and officers standing in front of Tian Ergeng. After listening to Tian Ergeng's speech, almost everyone spoke: "I am willing to serve Chief Tian!" Although he said that, his voice was uneven and scattered. Many people's words seemed to be inadequate.

Gao Shixin stood up, walked outside, and stood behind Tian Ergeng.

Tian Ergeng pulled down his face and shouted: "What? I didn't have enough food? I didn't have the strength? I'll be louder!"

"I'd like to serve Chief Tian!" This time the voice increased a little, but many people's tone was obviously reluctant.

Tian Ergeng was about to have an attack, but was stopped by Gao Shixin: "Brother, let me do it."

Gao Shixin walked forward to Tian Ergeng, looked around, and opened his voice and shouted loudly: "I am the commander of the Jinyiwei, your highest commander Gao Shixin! Chief Tian will also be your superior in the future. When I am not here, he will be the highest commander! All thousand households among you stand up!"

The hundreds of households did not move, and more than twenty Jinyiwei Qianhu stood up and stood in front of Gao Shixin.

Gao Shixin glanced around with a pleasant look and said loudly: "Dear brothers have any dissatisfaction, just tell me!"

More than 20 thousand households looked at each other, and seven of them stood up, bowed and said, "Sir, the senior official, is very strict in discipline, and is guilty of death."

More than a dozen people on the side hesitated for a moment, and also stood up and bowed and folded their fists to apologize.

One of the thousand households apologized and bowed again: Chief Gao, many brothers have not paid any salary for several months. They are all people with families. The Jinyiwei looks majestic, but they also have to buy rice for dinner..."

Tian Ergeng came up and whispered in Gao Shixin's ear: "In the past, the money was controlled by Luo Sigong. In order to please the civil servant group, this person wanted to abolish some Jinyiwei's lieutenant captains, and some disobedient brothers were planned to be driven away. However, many of them were hereditary and he could not resign, so he withdrew the food and salary and asked them to find a way for themselves."

Gao Shixin of course knew that in the era of Luo Sigong, the Jinyiwei only looked glorious, but in fact he was a human being. In order to disguise the Jinyiwei to please the civil servants, Luo Sigong only paid 30% of the salary to some Qianqian Offices that he looked down upon, and let the Qianqian Offices find ways to find other money.

If it were in the past, the hundreds of households in the Jinyiwei 100 Households had a way, such as going to outside merchants to collect protection fees. In fact, since the Hongzhi period, the Jinyiwei's salary had been insufficient. The emperor was under pressure from the civil servant group and did not dare to spend too much money on the Jinyiwei. As a result, the Jinyiwei asked himself to generate income and collect protection fees, which was called "Ping An Silver". This gray income has actually been recognized by the emperor and the officials of the court, and is a legal income.

But it is not easy for the Jinyiwei in the capital to collect protection fees from merchants? In the prosperous capital, there are many brothels, gambling stores and restaurants. It is logical that they should be rich. Unfortunately, these shops are powered by the Dukes and Marquis, and who dare to charge protection fees from those small Jinyi households?

"Isn't it just silver?" After hearing Xu Xianchun's words, Gao Shixin laughed and turned to Tian Ergeng and said, "Brother, take people to the warehouse and make up for the brothers' wages."

"But..." Tian Ergeng felt sorry for the silver. This time he copied the Shenggong Mansion of Cha Yan and the Wang family from Cha Shi Fokou. Although there was a lot of silver obtained by the Jinyiwei family, if the monthly salary of the Jinyiwei had to be paid from this warehouse, how long could the silver last?

Gao Shixin lowered his voice and said, "This time I will use the money from our commanding and commanding the yamen to send them the money. From this month on, I will find a way to bring my brothers to generate income, so I will not need to command the money from the treasury in the future."

Tian Ergeng was still convinced of Gao Shixin's courage. He said to the thousands of households: "Let's go, come with me, go to the warehouse to collect the wages for you and your brothers!"

"Thank you, Chief Gao! Thank you, Chief Tian!" The Jinyiwei households all thanked one after another. Most of them were grateful from the heart this time, and only a few of them were still dissatisfied with Luo Sigong's devoted best friends.

Among the few people walking at the end, someone muttered softly: "The person surnamed Gao and the person surnamed Tian will make up for the salary. I'm afraid it's because of ulterior motives!"

The other man whispered: "Don't worry about him, we will take the money, but we don't really do anything to them!"

"It's not reasonable to just take someone's money and don't give him any money."

"I heard that those silvers were those eunuchs who copied the illegal income of the upright gentry!"

"Oh, I didn't expect that Governor Luo was so good that he was framed by this group of eunuchsmen's lackeys!"

Those Luo Sigong best friends who were dissatisfied with the eunuchs' lackeys muttered softly, but they did not expect that what they said did not escape the ears of Gao Shixin a hundred steps away! All the content of their conversation was heard by Gao Shixin.

Gao Shixin said to Xu Xianchun: "I know what Luo Sigong's best friends are! When they come back later, we will call them over!"

After thousands of households went to the warehouse to collect the salary, they returned to the middle of the large yard.

Gao Shixin and Xu Xianchun had been standing in the atrium of the courtyard waiting for them. When they saw those people coming back, Xu Xianchun picked up the roster and named them one by one: "Cui Yingyuan, thousands of households! Wu Mengming, thousands of households! Yang Huan, thousands of households... Zhang Shizhu, hundreds of households! Zengyuan, hundreds of households! You, leave!"

More than a dozen thousand households and more than a hundred hundred households stood out from the team. Gao Shixin looked around and opened his voice, "Brothers, Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, has been imprisoned by His Majesty. Because he is the leader of the emperor's personal army, he does not want to be loyal to His Majesty, but instead surrenders to the treacherous slander of Donglin! Since he has been taken to the imperial prison, the brothers will follow us. I, Gao, promise that I will definitely be glorious and wealthy for our brothers who are sincerely following us!"

After Gao Shixin finished speaking, two thousand households and twenty-three hundred households came out of the crowd. They walked to Gao Shixin, knelt on one knee and clasped their fists: "I am willing to serve the superior!"

"Okay!" Gao Shixin smiled and asked them to stand up. He was not afraid of the thousands of households in the Jinyiwei who betrayed the original lord Luo Sigong. Anyway, these three surnamed slaves could not put them in the vital department. Although it was not nice to say that the three surnamed slaves were just promoted to the first, second and third leaders of the Jinyiwei, which was the time to use people.

Gao Shixin looked around again: "Who else is willing to come out to serve?"

Seeing that those people below were peering each other, no one was willing to stand up, Gao Shixin opened his voice again and shouted: "Luo Sigong was imprisoned in the imperial prison and has never been interrogated! From tomorrow, the interrogation of the criminals will be started! The interrogation work will be handed over to you!"

"Let's interrogate Chief Luo?" The thousands of households were stunned.

"The little eunuch dog's move is so vicious! This is to let us interrogate our original commander! Show his loyalty to him!" A voice that was almost impossible to hear by the people next to Qianhu, another Qianhu whispered in the ears of another Qianhu.

Another Qianhu said, "Let's not be fooled by him! If we go, we will betray our superiors and sell ourselves to the eunuchs."

Among the remaining 100 people, more than 30 traitors were finally released, including one thousand households and more than 30 hundred households. They expressed their willingness to obey orders and interrogate Luo Sigong.

Seeing the opponent gradually being divided, Gao Shixin sneered a trace of sneer on the corner of his mouth. Although there were still eleven thousand households and ninety-seven hundred households who would rather be buried with Luo Sigong, it didn't matter anymore. The remaining few people were no longer in a state of chaos.

For those Jinyiwei who were stubborn and devoted themselves to following Luo Sigong along the way to the black one, Gao Shixin had already arranged a place for them. Most of the Jinyiwei households, most of which were hereditary, and Gao Shixin had no right to revive them. But it didn't matter. You could ask the little carpenter for imperial edicts, demote them all, and send them to Qiongzhou to manage slaves.
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