The so-called Zhenfu prison of the royal guards is the royal guards prison. Most of the key criminals of royal guards and some royal guards who made mistakes were locked there. If you want to say what kind of people are the most reliable, it is natural that these royal guards prisoners were picked up by the Cao family. If you have one heart, you won't be caught here.
Mou Mu's idea was very correct. When he took the token of vice factory Lord and went all the way to Zhenfu prison, he saw many royal guards brothers here who were accused of making various mistakes.
Some of these people really made mistakes, especially those who violated the royal guards' own rules and were locked up here. For example, they oppress good people, squeeze officials, corrupt and so on. But there is another part that is not wrong, just because it was thrown here after offending the Cao family.
Such people are mostly people with some abilities and some ideas. For such people, Cao Jixiang didn't mean to kill them with a stick. He asked them to find their families to redeem them with silver. If they really didn't have silver, they would wait to be tortured to death. These people are exactly what Mou Mu is looking for.
Shen Nantang, a native of Nanjing, was originally a trial family. He was caught here because he let his two-year-old granddaughter go because he was soft hearted in the process of handling a case. Two hundred taels of ransom.
Speaking of this, it has to be said that Zhu Yuanzhang formulated a set of wage standards within 25 years of Hongwu and stipulated that "from the future to custom", that is, the wage remained unchanged for more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty. In other words, no matter how much the price increases outside, the salary is still that.
Daming officials are better. They basically have some gray income. But the people below are sad. For a trial family like Shen Nantang, the monthly salary is only five Liang silver. This is also because he has an official position. At least he is the sixth grade. And this opening requires two hundred liang of ransom, which is equivalent to that he can get together without eating or drinking for more than three years. Where does he have this money?
So I can only be locked up here. It can even be imagined that if Mou Mu didn't appear, I'm afraid he would never appear until he died one day.
Mu Mu appeared and Shen Nantang could be saved. According to Wu Ben's explanation, this man has good Kung Fu and is also very famous in the whole royal guards, even the top five. If it had not been for this, he would have been killed if he had released the little daughter of the recidivist privately. Cao Jixiang is also a person who loves talents. This is the ransom he wants.
Of course, Mu Mu should lend a helping hand to such people. With a conscience, he was so miserable by Cao Jixiang. Who will save him if he doesn't save him. It was only two hundred liang of ransom silver. Without hesitation, he took it out. Then he called some people's names and wrote down their ransom, which asked Wu Ben to go through the formalities for them.
Mou Mu was an important person and paid the ransom according to the rules. The royal guards officials in charge of the town Fu prison could only release them. In this way, a team was soon pulled up. Besides Wu Ben, Mu Mu also had a series of cadres such as Shen Nantang and Luo Zhu.
When he got out of Zhenfu prison, Mu Mu didn't ask them to go home immediately. Instead, he took them to a huge restaurant in Yingtian mansion. First, he washed the dust for the people, and then gave each of them one hundred liang of silver as a gift.
This is not surprising. What's more amazing is that Mu Mu proposed in front of the public that he would make adjustments within the royal guards. Wu Benhui and Shen Nantang would become a new thousand households, and Luo Zhu and others would become a hundred households or try a hundred households.
This paid money and became an official, which attracted people's thanks one after another. They all belong to the excluded and have the ability. In addition, they want money but no money, and they have no backing. They never thought that they would prosper one day.
Mu Mu came and made many of their wishes come true. In one meal, he became the real master in everyone's eyes.
Seeing everyone looking at himself so urgently, Mou Mu naturally has a sense of pride from the bottom of his heart. Although he is not a sound man, he also has his own dreams and idols. For example, his goal is Sanbao eunuch Zheng He, which definitely belongs to a legendary existence in eunuchs.
If you want to be a general figure of Zheng He, you must have two conditions. First, we should get the trust of the emperor. He is now deeply trusted by Yang Chendong, which can be regarded as meeting this condition. The second is to have ability. If you can control the power of royal guards, can you prove it?
Mu Mu, who has his own ideal, fully shows the smooth side of his eunuch on the wine table. And people are excited because they have a new backer and see a new goal. Everyone is frustrated. Even most of them died in prison just now. Now they can eat and drink big fish and meat here. They are also told that the wealth of health officials is right in front of them. How can they not be excited one by one. Even now Mou Mu asked them to deal with the Cao family, no one has anything to say.
Mou Mu smart didn't give them any orders, let alone say that his backer was Yang Chendong. We still have doubts about his ability and whether he can help them get promoted and seize power. He needs to set the official's affairs first.
With enough food and wine, they left with satisfaction and went back to their homes. Now that they have silver, they should buy something and make some changes to their homes. Mou Mu also returned to the palace. He first went to the queen and ordered a Mao. Seeing that there was nothing to do for him, he went directly to Qian sengbao.
Since they got the fifty thousand Liang silver given by mu mu, their relationship has been much closer. Hearing the following people say that when Mou Mu asked for an interview, he naturally opened the door to meet him. Sure enough, the money was sent this time. Although it was not much, 15000 liang of silver still made Qian sengbao smile.
"Duke Qian, ten thousand liang of these were given by Wu Ben and Shen Nantang. One of them is a deputy thousand households and the other is a trial hundred households. They have enough qualifications. When they see my family, they ask if they can spend money to get promoted. I think about it. I can't take all the benefits away by Cao Jixiang, so I make the decision to promise for Duke Qian. These are also the same, but they are the trial hundred households and the general flag Yes, they are all small officials. Look... "
His hand had already received the silver ticket. Monk Qian Bao asked curiously, "are these slaves of the royal guards so rich?"
"Yes. I didn't know before. So it can be seen how much money Cao Jixiang embezzled. By the way, there are some officials below who also want to work for Qian Gong. They all wave silver tickets to find me, but don't know if there will be such a thing in the future..." Mou Mu knew that the two thousand households had been completed after seeing Qian sengbao collect the silver tickets. But it is not enough to control the whole royal guards with these two thousand households, so he asked tentatively for a long time.
"Is there anyone else to buy an official?" at this moment, Qian sengbao's face turned red. He suddenly realized that this was a good way to collect money. I'm so stupid because I think I'm smart. I didn't know there was such a big profit in the royal guards. It seems that he is still short-sighted. In the past, he just saw that the royal guards would do anything difficult for the emperor. He thought it was a hot potato. Now it seems that he was really wrong.
"That's right. They not only want to buy thousands of households, but also are willing to pay for the town caretaker if possible, or even the position of money and fellow knowledge, you see..." Mou Mu said, carefully observing the change of Qian sengbao's expression.
Still want to buy the town governor. Do they have so much silver? " Qian sengbao asked more surprised.
"Yes, I've asked. If Qian Gong agrees, one governor will pay 20000 liang of silver, one will pay 50000 Liang, and one will know 100000 Liang. Of course, the commander should be higher, 500000 Liang."
Mu Mu was still talking there, but when Qian sengbao heard 500000 Liang, his eyes were wide open. You know, he saved only 230000 taels of gold and silver over the years when he was the head of the eunuch. There is no way. In his position, too many people look at him. If they want everyone to listen to orders, they always have to give them benefits. At the end of this year, the benefits given to others alone are a huge expense. It's only twenty or thirty thousand liang of silver a year. Sometimes even when the emperor has something to celebrate, he has to give gifts. Once he takes it, it is tens of thousands of Liang. Often after a year's hard work, he spends all his gifts.
Now, Mu Mu found him a way to make money. He probably calculated one. If he sold all these positions, it would be a benefit of nearly one million Liang, which he never dared to think about.
While Qian sengbao was still calculating the account in his mind, Mou Mu spoke again, "Mr. Qian, I've thought about it. We can earn this money repeatedly. For example, whoever buys a Tongzhi position needs to pay 100000 Liang at a time. After taking office, he also needs to take out the money every month. It's good to pay 10000 Liang in no more than one month. For example, the position of money is 50000 Liang, and 5000 Liang a month. As for the commander, 500000 Liang, 50000 Liang a month. He can continue to pay money , we will continue to let them be officials. If we have no money to hand in, we will remove them after one month at most. In this way, we can get a large amount of money every month. "
"Ah! Doesn't this mean that there are nearly 100000 liang of income every month?" Qian sengbao was really frightened. What's the difference between this and robbing money. But can these people agree? Can they make so much money every month?
Looking at Qian sengbao's surprised appearance, Mou Mu was very contemptuous. He was frightened by how much money it was. You know, Yang Chendong's shot was one million Liang at a time, which was not enough. It was a great spirit. Moreover, the money was not lost, because once Nanming was annexed, the money would eventually return to Yang's pocket, and now it is only temporarily put away It's just here.