Daming Yuanfu

The news was naturally sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Gao Pragmatism "burned after reading", threw the secret letter into the stove and burned it, and then began to ponder the value of this information.

In fact, Li Wen's behavior after he entered Guangjinfang last time has already been grasped. Gao Wushi knows that he has investigated the garrison situation of Kunning Palace.But this time, why?Gao Wuzhen can't be sure now.

Regarding Li Wenjin's investigation into the guarding of the Kunning Palace, Gao Yushi paid attention to it but was not worried. Apart from the two sets of guard systems on the table for the Kunning Palace, Gao Yushi did not have other arrangements.

In later generations, many film and television dramas like to portray Dongchang masters as various martial arts masters. Of course, this is a novelist's words or artistic processing, but although there are no martial arts masters at the level of martial arts novels, there are indeed martial arts masters. .After confirming that Wang An can be trusted, Dongchang has mobilized some martial arts masters in the inner court to quietly enter Kunning Palace to be on duty.

When it comes to martial arts masters, it may be necessary to say a few more words to avoid misunderstanding.Gao Yushi has seen many martial arts masters in his life, among which the famous ones include Qi Jiguang, Ma Fang, Liu Xian, Liu Ting, Tuotuo Chataiji and others.

If you want to relax a bit, then the wives and concubines in his family, such as Huang Zhiting, Liu Xin, and Narita Jiafei, are also from the Lian family.Let's put it this way, for any of the three of them to take down him, the invincible Marquis of Nanning, in close combat, it might only take two or three breaths.

However, from a practical point of view, martial arts is more a combination of good physical fitness and proficient fighting skills, rather than the mysterious so-called internal strength described by novelists.

Regarding the nature of martial arts, he also seriously asked Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin - both of them had taught Gao Yuan martial arts.Huang Zhiting's answer was very similar to his opinion. She replied: "Martial arts is nothing more than a combination of strength and skill. Different people have their own suitable skills to practice."

Liu Xin's answer is more modern. She said: "You can understand that martial arts is to form muscle memory through countless exercises, and then through countless actual combat, let this muscle memory reach the level of conditioned reflex."

She further explained to Gao Yushi, using her and her brother Liu Ting as an example, saying that the martial arts she practiced since she was a child mainly focused on dodging and grasping the enemy's weak spots for quick breakthroughs.The attack she practiced the most was stabbing, and she paid attention to one-hit kills. She should avoid fighting with others, and also avoid being unable to fight for a long time, which would cause her own strength to be exhausted;

But Liu Ting is not the case, and it can even be said to be just the opposite.Liu Ting belongs to the kind with innate supernatural power, and the main practice technique is to attack the opponent's unavoidable vital points, forcing the opponent to take his moves hard, so that he can only compete with him in strength - that basically becomes Liu Ting's single Aspects of killing.

In fact, "Yu Long Qihu" was the real master of martial arts in the Jialongwan era. Unfortunately, Gao Wushi has never met Yu Dayou, and although he has a deep friendship with Qi Jiguang, he has hardly discussed martial arts.

It cannot be said that Qi Jiguang did not discuss martial arts with him. In fact, martial arts in the army were briefly discussed.For example, Qi Jiguang told him at the beginning that martial arts in the army must not be fancy, and do not seek a variety of moves. Only the most common and practical moves on the battlefield are taught to soldiers, and there are no more than seven moves before and after.

Seven moves are still infantry, and cavalry is even less, all added together does not exceed five moves.As for the training, it is to practice and refine these moves, so that when facing the corresponding situation, you can use the appropriate one of these moves to deal with it without thinking.According to Qi Jiguang, the so-called martial arts, those who have reached this standard in the army are the elite.

All of the above can confirm a doubt that Gao Yushi had when he read novels when he was a child in his previous life: How exquisite is the move that can make a "young hero" who has just learned this move from pictures immediately invincible?
After a long time of trouble, this kind of thing does not exist at all.Rather than believing in this miraculous move, it is better to believe in the phrase "Kung Fu in the world is only fast."...So if it weren't for the fact that firearms are not allowed in the palace, Gao Yushi would like to let the reliable eunuchs of Kunning Palace hold a flintlock A short gun is probably more reliable than a martial arts master.

Now that a backup has been arranged, Gao Wushi is naturally confident. In addition to continuing to send people to monitor Li Wenjin's every move, Guangjinfang itself is also the focus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.But other than that, Gao Wushi really didn't care too much about the follow-up development of this matter.

According to his previous prediction, most of the follow-up developments should be that some eunuchs and even soldiers of the Jing army were bribed, and sneaked into the palace with weapons such as short knives and daggers while taking advantage of the gap between the guards of the Kunning Palace and the Jing army. Intended to assassinate, but was subdued by Dongchang's hidden pile on the spot, and all the stolen goods were taken.

It has to be said that things like Minister Wang gave Gao Yushi a mental set, thinking that many major events in the Wanli period were as ridiculous as children playing house, and it was really not worth the trouble to do it casually. Arrangements are arranged for people.To some extent, this can be regarded as a kind of mental expansion.

However, the news just now reminded Gao Wushi - if they had already discussed the matter before, and now there is no good news of "successful assassination", why would Li Wenjin go to Guangjinfang again?
Gao Wushi was a little uncertain, so he could only order to investigate again and report again, and asked to report all the news he found in detail.

Taking advantage of this juncture, Gao Wushi hastily spent his lunch, signed a few more copies of the Ministry of Household Affairs (official reply), and finally received the detailed information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs again.

In this news, the Ministry of Internal Affairs lived up to high expectations and brought several details: The first detail is that Li Wenjin did not go to Guangjinfang on his own initiative, but someone went to his house to invite him to go.The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already monitored the person who invited Li Wenjin, and is waiting for orders at any time to see if they want to further control them.

The second detail is that Qian Menggao went to Guangjinfang last night during the case of the criminal department. He also went with an old man who had a faint smell of medicine. He looked like a doctor.

This newly-appeared old man has another characteristic. He speaks Mandarin with a Jiangnan accent.The reason why this was discovered was because after he entered Guangjinfang, a red-eyed gambler happened to be so angry that he smashed a teapot, and the boiling tea in the teapot splashed on the old man, causing him to yell at him loudly. He said a few words to the gambler.

It is not surprising that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can get this news. After all, it is too simple for Jinghua to arrange a few gamblers and the like to go to a casino like Guangjinfang.Businesses under Gao Wushi's name are all over the place, and no one can see why he arranged for a few "traders" from all over the world to go to the casino for entertainment.

The third detail is that Qian Menggao returned to his home less than an hour after entering Guangjinfang last night, but the old man did not appear with him.Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs can conclude that the old man stayed in Guangjinfang and has not gone out again so far.

The fourth detail, the investigation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minnesota and the Beijing branch of Jinghua Bank found that in the past month, Jinghua Beijing Branch has handled the settlement of more than 140 million taels of banknotes from some customers of the account opening bank located in the Jiangnan area. business.

To put it simply, in a month or so, some customers from Jiangnan conducted intensive fund activities in Beijing Branch of Jinghua Bank. of.

According to Gao Pragmatic's understanding, this is an uncommon phenomenon.The Jinghua Bank Beijing Branch is indeed the largest branch in the Jinghua system, and the annual capital activities in the bank are as high as tens of millions of taels of flat silver (note that this does not refer to profit), but it is obvious that this kind of funds The activities are based on the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance system as the core, plus the capital activities of most officials and wealthy businessmen in the entire capital as the main body, while the capital activities from the Jiangnan area are relatively small.

Funding activities in the Jiangnan area are generally distributed in the five major branches in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, namely Nanjing Branch, Suzhou Branch, Yangzhou Branch, Hangzhou Branch and Ningbo Branch.

These five places themselves are also places where business activities in Ming Dynasty are particularly prosperous. Even though there have been many open and secret struggles between Jinghua and the local chaebols in Jiangnan, the local banking business is still developing very well, attracting a large number of depositors and releasing many. Loans not only have considerable profitability, but also in turn promote the further prosperity of local businesses.

So now the question arises, there have been no special major business events in the recent period, how can the capital activities in the Jiangnan area be carried out so intensively in the capital?Which or which Jiangnan chaebols mobilized such a large amount of funds in the capital?What purpose does he or they have in doing this?

The root of any military problem is a political problem, and the root of any political problem is an economic problem.Now that Jinghua Bank has discovered such an abnormal situation, it is impossible for Gao Wushi to feel at ease without investigating.

Jinghua Bank does have internal regulations not to disclose customer information to the outside world, but this practice has no legal effect in this era of Ming Dynasty, but only a kind of commercial self-discipline.What's more, "not to disclose to the outside world" is just "not to the outside world", and it does not mean that Jinghua Bank itself cannot check.Up to now, Gao Pragmatism naturally ordered the investigation of the holders of these funds without any psychological burden, and at the same time asked the bank to try to figure out what the money might be used for.

Four details, four doubts.Gao Pragmatic is almost certain that things are not as simple as he thought before.However, although there are many doubts, the response I can do is always very passive. I can only wait for the other party to make the first move. It seems that I can't find a place to take the initiative. This makes Gao Yushi very unhappy.

For now, apart from keeping an eye on some people, the only thing Gao Yushi can do is to keep an eye on Li Wenjin, a key person.Not only must he be kept under surveillance in his mansion outside the palace, but especially after he enters the palace.

For example, Chen Ju, Wang An, and Liu Ping have all received highly pragmatic instructions that once Li Wenjin enters the palace, they must send someone by his side to watch.And once he goes to Kunning Palace, it is even more important that all the "three lines of defense" in Kunning Palace enter a state of "preparation" in an emergency, and make every effort to limit Li Wenjin's activities. What kind of demon moth did he make.

Regarding the huge amount of capital flow in Jinghua Bank, Gao Yushi finally got some clues when he returned home from get off work.Gao Guoyan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Ming Dynasty and president of Jinghua Bank, personally came to Nanning Houfu to report the situation to his cousin Gao Wushi.

"Rixin, the sources of these funds have been largely locked up. They mainly come from the wealthy chaebols in Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. Most of the money owners have quite strong political backgrounds." Gao Guoyan looked very serious report.

"How powerful?" Gao Wushi asked.

"The Xu family in Huating is far away, the Shen family in Changzhou, the Wang family in Taicang, the Zhu family in Shaoxing, the Pan family in Xinchang, etc. are all nearby."

"The Zhu family in Shaoxing refers to Zhu Jinting? The Pan family in Xinchang...could it be Pan Shuilian?" Gao Wushi asked with a frown.

"Yes, both of them are involved. The former accounted for about 8 taels in this fund flow, and the latter accounted for about 6 taels."

Zhu Jinting is Zhu Geng, Pan Shuilian is Pan Cheng, and Jinting and Shuilian are both their nicknames.Among them, Zhu Geng is an incumbent minister, and now he is the left servant of the Ministry of Rites; Pan Cheng has retired long ago, and currently has no heirs who are officials in the court, but he has a grandson named Pan Zhixing, whose name is Lu, and is famous for his good paintings.This person is good at ink and wash flowers, and also works with orchids and bamboos. He is especially famous in the Jiangnan area, and he can be regarded as a romantic and talented person.

As for the Xu family in Huating, it was the Xu Jie family. Of course, Xu Jie had passed away fifteen or sixteen years ago. His three sons all had Yin officials, but none of them held real power.

A more successful grandson is Xu Yuanchun, who was a Jinshi in the second year of Wanli.This person became the Minister of Taichang Temple in the 11th year of Wanli—but he is still in this position, and he has become a nail.

Of course, this is also because Taichang Temple is relatively a yamen with little real power, and it is in charge of various sacrifices, rituals and music.Because the emperor Zhu Yijun was very lazy, many priests did not go there in person, but just let a group of nobles take turns to perform sacrifices, so the sacrifice work was not valued by the court.

In addition, the high-practical person is as his name suggests, very "pragmatic", and the allocation of funds for sacrifices is relatively harsh, resulting in very limited money passed by Taichang Temple every year, even if there is no way to make money, so no one covets him. The duties of the minister of the temple.

But even so, Taichang Temple Minister is still a senior member of the imperial court, and Xu Jie was also the old chief assistant with former disciples and officials all over the world, so the political status of the Xu family can still be preserved, especially in Jiangnan Shilin. General prestige.

As for Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, there is no need to introduce them. It has not been a few years since they stepped down, and the tea can't cool so quickly.

However, Gao Yushi still felt that something was wrong. Even if each of these companies had 8 taels of silver, it was far from reaching the scale of more than 140 million taels of capital activities.

After asking, Gao Guoyan's expression became more serious, and he said: "That's the problem. On the surface, these families are the main ones, but the trouble is that there are too many families attached to them."

"How many?" Gao Wushi asked with a frown.

Gao Guoyan said: "There are 42 in Yangzhou, 75 in Suzhou, and 53 in Hangzhou. The amount of funds remitted by these followers is variable, ranging from tens of thousands of taels to hundreds or thousands of taels, which is not conspicuous in isolation. However, after our analysis, we found that these families are almost all Shilin families, and there are very few pure merchant families."

As soon as he said this, Gao Yushi realized the seriousness of the problem: this was indeed a political incident, and it was not even closely related to economic interests.
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PS: This chapter is to make up for yesterday.By the way, these chapters are a bit difficult to write, as they will affect a lot of the plot, so I took a look at the outline... There are only two sentences in the outline, and I burst into tears, Zhuo.