Everyone in the room was the core of the Tianjin Wei Wangtong system. Zhang Shiqiang stayed behind to do the job. After Lord Wang returned triumphantly, Zhang Shiqiang went to the capital to do business. Everyone knew this, but they didn't know what errands they did.

But when everyone saw Lord Wang's face darkened, the originally relaxed and pleasant atmosphere in the room immediately became heavy. After a while, Wang Tong waved his hand and said:

“Go to have a busy job”

Although Cai Nan is a military supervisor and his official position is as good as Wang Tong, the Tianjin Wei rules are the biggest, and everyone stands up and dismisses.

Zhang Shiqiang walked into the house, put down the bag in his hand, and greeted Wang Tong first. He had not yet gotten back and looked exhausted, Wang Tong asked directly:

“What’s the result?”

"When the lord left the iron gate, my subordinates had already asked the envoy the thief leader Zhang Quan, but what he said was too horrible. In order to be safe, my subordinates specially went to the Qinguan to ask Miss Song to investigate and confirm. After getting the exact news, they hurried back to report."

Zhang Shiqiang has always been silent and steady. He attaches so much importance to it, of course things will not be small. Wang Tong poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhang Shiqiang, and said:

"You shouldn't even drink saliva when you come back, so you moisten your throat first."

Zhang Shiqiang took it with both hands, drank it dry in one go, and said with a smile:

"Thank you, my subordinates are really thirsty. After asking the confession of the thief Zhang Quan, they arranged for soldiers and Jinyiwei to be on duty. No one is allowed to have the orders of the Lord and his subordinates, nor are they allowed to interrogate Zhang Quan. There must be more than three people accompanying him when delivering food and water to clean the cell, and they are not allowed to talk to Zhang Quan. The people on the cell belong to Jinyiwei, Tianjin and Huwei Army, and they are monitored by each other. Before they come down here, they go to the cell to take a look. There is no mistake on the other side. The confession is only known by the subordinates."

It was a bit annoying. Wang Tong listened carefully and did this confidentiality work more and more aroused the more extraordinary it felt. Zhang Shiqiang put down the teacup, untied the burden, took out a stack of paper from it, unfolded it and handed it to Wang Tong, and said:

"This is a portrait of Zhang Quan. After taking it to the Qin Pavilion, I asked Miss Song to find someone to ask the manager of Zhang Siwei's mansion and confirm that the confession of this person was correct. Zhang Siwei's mansion said that this person had collected a sum of silver and money from the mansion and eloped with a maid. The top and the bottom of the mansion were treated as a scandal and kept the words from outsiders to know."

Wang Tong nodded and said in a solemn voice:

"He said it was instructed by Zhang Siwei?"

"Yes, if you confess this, your subordinates were threatening him with his family, and he obviously couldn't hold on at that time."

"Yang Sichen once told me that at the time, Zhang Han, the Minister of Personnel, was encouraged by someone from the Qingke in the house at the meeting of Zhang Juzheng's love, and then made a big mistake and retired and returned home. Yang Sichen was also tempted by Zhang Siwei with benefits to suggest that Shen Shixing do something that seems to be beneficial but is actually very harmful. It can be seen that Zhang Siwei did such a thing."

Wang Tong analyzed in a deep voice, Zhang Shiqiang stood aside and listened, Wang Tong continued:

"The Qingke from Zhang Han's mansion was sent to Changlu Salt Farm for experience. However, he died suddenly at home the previous year. At that time, he thought he was hanged himself. If you think about this from Zhang Quan, it might be Zhang Siwei who sent someone to silence him. The salt farm is so fat and lacks enough, and it is comfortable there. Who would have thought of death?"

"Sir, Zhang Siwei was already a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and Minister of War at that time. Why did he still have to do such things?"

"I just want to be a bigger official. Zhang Han was the Minister of Personnel and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet at that time. He was second only to Zhang Juzheng if Zhang Siwei defeated him. As for Shen Shixing, he and Shen Shixing were both Zhang Juzheng's confidants. Whoever has a higher status and who can not make mistakes will be more stable in the position of secondary assistant and will become the number one person who inherits Zhang Juzheng's power. Now... I have made great contributions and are also the confidant of His Majesty. After entering the capital, I will inevitably have the power to the side, which will affect their autocracy and manipulate the government. Such people are naturally thorns in their side, and they should be removed as soon as possible."

After Wang Tong finished speaking in a deep voice, Zhang Shiqiang was a little anxious and said:

"Sir, what should I do? This assassination cannot be done. Even if I sue the other side, there will be a way to deny it. But since we have taken action, I still don't know what methods we have in the future. Could it be that we are just being killed by him?"

Wang Tong didn't say anything, and Zhang Shiqiang said again:

"This Siwei is now the cabinet assistant. If you target him everywhere, even if you have your confidants, you may not be able to resist it. You should sue him and let Eunuch Zhang report to His Majesty..."

Zhang Shiqiang said halfway, Wang Tong raised his hand to stop and said in a deep voice:

"You also know that Zhang Siwei's mansion said that Zhang Quan had fled money and fled privately. Maybe they still reported the case from Shuntian Mansion. If we do this, do it, but is there any strong evidence? We will inevitably be entangled. At present, the Empress Dowager and Feng Bao have to rely on Zhang Siwei to control the court. Will they easily see Zhang Siwei fall? If they sue him, they will probably first commit the crime of framed by the important officials. No matter what they do at that time, it will be useless."

"Sir, if you don't do anything, you're waiting to die."

"No one says to do nothing.... You go down and rest first, let me think about it carefully."

Zhang Shiqiang was stopped by Wang Tong, who was a little excited. Wang Tong asked Zhang Shiqiang to retreat, and asked him to take him to the door again, and stayed in the house alone in silence.

Staying alone in the house and not letting others disturb you is a rare thing for Wang Tong. Everyone close to him knows that Wang Tong likes to work together and then choose the best opinion. What kind of difficulties have he encountered in this situation? It is like this.

After lunch, I closed the door alone. When it was almost dark, the door opened, but I arranged for someone to go to the military camp to call Li Hutou over and asked Zhang Shiqiang to lead Wu Er to stand in the front hall.

Li Hutou is now the chief of the First Regiment of the Huwei Army. He has a lot of training and garrisoning affairs every day, and he has to arrange supervision one by one. He stays in the military camp all day long. However, the military camp is also very close to Wang Tong's house. If you go here, you will arrive in about half an hour.

After entering the house, the weather was still hot today, but Wang Tong still closed the door, and there were only two people in the house. Before Li Hutou asked, Wang Tong spoke first:

"The second group of people who encountered the assassination we encountered in the inn was the remnants of the Sanyang Sect, and the identity of the first group of people was also found out?"

Li Hutou was also a witness of that battle. He also knew about the remnants of the Sanyang Sect, but the identity of the first group of assassins was not clear. Wang Tong and Zhang Shiqiang did a good job of keeping the secret. When he heard this, Li Hutou's eyes immediately widened. He also knew that although the first group of people claimed to be the Sanyang Sect, they were definitely not the same group.

"It is the killer sent by Zhang Siwei, the assistant to the cabinet."

Wang Tong said plainly, but Li Hutou almost screamed in surprise, stood up and asked repeatedly:

"Brother, this four-dimensional wife has nothing to do with us, why should we send someone to kill us?"

Wang Tong shook his head and explained in a deep voice. What he said in the end was true:

"...I entered the capital. Do you think the emperor would believe more of me, or do you believe more of other people... If there is me, they will be bound to be able to do whatever they want. If there is no self, they will do whatever they want..."

"Brother, everyone has seen and knew that what you did is not for the emperor, and what is not for the good of our Ming Dynasty. Why do these people still treat each other like this to the elder brother, brother, report to the emperor and ask him to make decisions for us."

Among the military generals of Tianjin Wei, these martial arts halls that came out of the Huwei Martial Arts Hall are especially true. They believe that Emperor Wanli is his own family. If he encounters grievances or disasters, he can make Emperor Wanli decide. Wang Tong shook his head and sighed, saying what he explained to Zhang Shiqiang in the morning again.

Li Hutou is fifteen years old this year. Although he is young, he has done more in recent years and has heard more and has extraordinary knowledge. He was stunned when he heard Wang Tong's explanation. He knew that he really couldn't do anything, but he still couldn't help asking:

"Brother, can you let him do this? He won't stop until he doesn't say anything this time. Besides, the other party is the assistant to the court and condescendingly. We will always be unable to resist it."

Wang Tong looked at Li Hu's head, silent for a while, and said in a deep voice:

"I won't let him do this. Zhang Siwei is like this to us and will not be loyal to the emperor. If he colludes with the palace, the emperor will be suppressed and frustrated. You need to do this..."

He hesitated in a while. At the end of his speech, Li Hu stood up from the chair and said in a stern voice:

"What do you need to do in Hutou? Please give me instructions. You will definitely do it when you go through fire and water."

In early August, Li Hutou, the head of the First Regiment of the Huwei Army, suffered a cold wind and was taken to Wangtong's manor to rest in the countryside. Zhang Shiqiang went to the capital to handle the work. Wang Tong's personal guard Wu Er also returned to his hometown to visit relatives. These people had their own reasons. In addition, there were several military generals in the Huwei Army and the Jinyiwei Army for leave and rest on different reasons. It was normal, and no one noticed it.

Almost as soon as the news that Li Hu was in a cold head had just come out, the Tianjin Jinyiwei Qianhu and the Tianjin Qing Military Department jointly screened the Tianjin Weiwei with the cooperation of the Security Army.

All inns and residents inside and outside the city were questioned. The household registration list that was considered useless in the past played a role. Many people in the family clearly understood. If there were no relatives from other places or were not on the household registration list, Tianjin Wei would not be in a difficult situation. As long as you can tell the truth, issue a way guide, or find someone to guarantee it.

This measure is also a way to prevent gentlemen and villains, but it still has some effect. There are fewer merchants and tourists outside Wang Tong's mansion, and many people of unknown origins have left in the entire Tianjin Wei.

There were bustling crowds, and Sha Dacheng sent ships to send 200,000 taels of cash silver first, and half of them were gold. However, few people paid attention to it. Moreover, Sha Dacheng wrote a name in Tianjin and started a boat trip, calling it the Black Shark boat trip. Shen Wudang drove the Sanshui boat trip, and no one paid attention to it.
Chapter completed!