The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Naturally, Zhu Ying didn't know about the affairs of the capital.

However, Zhu Ying knew in her heart that it was easy for the old man to miss her when she was away from home like this.

So every four or five days, I will write a letter, telling what I have heard recently, as well as my views and opinions on some things.

Then let Jin Yiwei take it back.

The most recent letter was written two days ago, and in two days' time it should almost arrive.

As the saying goes, people do not fight with officials.

A situation like Zhu Ying's now is completely a dimensionality reduction blow.

"Why do I suddenly feel like a villain?"

Zhu Ying was a little self-deprecating. Isn't this unreasonable method now the villain who manipulated power in some film and television works in her previous life?

Well, it can be said without sticking to the details.

After Mr. Li was arrested, the businessmen in Suzhou City suddenly seemed to have lost their backbone, and they were worried.

Even Mr. Li, who has a reputation as a scholar, will be arrested, let alone businessmen with low status like them.

"Old Li, he is a scholar in the fourth year of Hongwu. With such a reputation, how dare the public security officer be so bold and not give him any respect?"

"I heard that someone has already gone to the magistrate's side. The magistrate will never sit idly by on this matter."

"Let's wait for the news first, I always feel that the visitor is not good this time."

The businessmen gathered many times to exchange news, and they were very anxious. Some businessmen who were worried even ran to the magistrate's yamen to squat in person.

Just want to know how to arrange after this.

The old housekeeper of Li's mansion before entered the prefect's gate in a hurry and staggered.

Although the magistrate no longer has the power to rule the yamen and judge cases.

But the yamen servants on duty as guards still have some reservations.

The yamen servant at the door saw that it was the old housekeeper of Li's house, so he didn't stop him.

As the leader of the local chamber of commerce, Mr. Li is also a well-known scholar and the patriarch of the local clan.

Almost all the people in the magistrate's yamen, more or less, have received benefits from Mr. Li.

After the old butler entered the gate, he was very familiar with him and went to the hall behind Tongzhi Song Xin.

There was a servant on duty at the door, and the old housekeeper hurriedly bowed: "I don't know if Mr. Song is in the hall. I have an urgent matter here, and I want to ask Mr. Song for help."

When the servant saw him, he said with a smile: "Steward Li is here, Mr. Song will meet you later, please wait a little while. There is no one in the hall at the moment. Mr. Song is studying in it. I will report first."

Butler Li bowed to thank him, and then the servant opened the door and went inside to report.

Of course, the housekeeper doesn't know what's going on in the Department of Public Security, but these days, if you enter a cell, how can you get any benefits, and the master's health is not very good, so how can you suffer in the cell.

If it was a little later, half of his life might be gone.

In the hall, Song Xin, the acquaintance who heard the report, didn't think much, and let the butler come in.

After the old butler entered the door, he saw Song Xin and immediately fell to the ground: "Master Song, please save my master."

Song Xin was startled, and quickly got up and said, "Get up quickly, something happened to brother Shuming."

The old housekeeper cried: "I don't know what happened, but the servant of the Department of Public Security suddenly came to the door and took the master away."

Song Xin frowned when he heard the Secretary of Public Security, and then asked: "Do you know what crime the yamen servant took away, Brother Shuming?"

The old steward said: "I don't know, I don't know, neither does the master. At that time in the mansion, those yamen servants came here to arrest people. The master questioned them and asked what crime they committed, but the yamen servant didn't say anything, just wanted to arrest people."

"They didn't even have an approval document, so they just said it was an explanation from above."

Hearing this, Song Xin became thoughtful.

For Li Shuming, the relationship in recent years has always been relatively friendly, and he helped buy many things in the house.

On the surface, no property has been collected, but from my wife's side, what I get is basically in the form of a gift.

When I was down and down, it was Li Shuming who helped me make up for it, and this is how Song Xin is today.

So Song Xin is naturally obliged to help.

It's just that it's more difficult to handle when the Secretary of Public Security is involved.

After thinking for a while, Song Xin asked: "Recently, there has been any movement, or some discussions that have been participated in, do you know?"

The old housekeeper said: "It's always like this on weekdays, and I haven't seen anything special."

After finishing speaking, he recalled: "If there are more things going on recently, it is the matter of the shipyard. The master's thoughts recently are all on this."

Hearing about the shipyard, Song Xin frowned even deeper.

The shipyard was involved in the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, and Lan Tian, ​​the commander of the Public Security Department, was also in the direct line of the grandson. The support of the Public Security Department to the Chamber of Commerce was obvious to all from the magistrate's office.

"I know about this matter, Brother Shuming treats me well, I will certainly not sit idly by."

"However, it is not easy to deal with the matter related to the Secretary of Public Security and even the Qunying Chamber of Commerce."

"You go back first, I'll go to the magistrate to see if there is any news, and then communicate with the Department of Public Security. If the other party takes someone for no reason, Song will definitely not allow it."

After thinking for a while, Song Xin said to Butler Li.

Butler Li quickly kowtowed: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

Song Xin was also unambiguous in his work, so he got up and went straight to the hall of the magistrate Yang Youwen.

Seeing this, Steward Li felt anxious, but at least he had hope and hope.

Yang Youwen is currently sorting out some documents in his hall.

The current magistrate's yamen, after removing the yamen servants and the power to arrest and maintain stability, their own responsibilities have become clearer.

Grasping survival and protecting people's livelihood, including multiple developments in Suzhou City, has now become the main direction of the magistrate's office.

And political achievements are reflected in taxes.

Like this, Yang Youwen felt that he was much busier than before.

According to the latest order issued by the imperial court, no matter it is a county, prefecture, or county, its local officials must have a record of going to the countryside once a month.

This is to force all officials not to just stay in their own yamen to do business, but to really go to the local area.

In the current years of Ming Dynasty, although the city is prosperous, most of the population is still concentrated in the countryside.

If the chief executive wants to really do practical things, he absolutely cannot do without the familiarity with the countryside.

"My lord, Mr. Song Xin Song said that he has something important to discuss with his lord in detail."

Yang Youwen heard the words and said: "Master Song, please come in."

As soon as Song Xin entered, Yang Youwen asked with a smile, "What is it that makes Mr. Song so anxious?"

Song Xin bowed, smiled wryly and said: "To tell the truth, Mr. Yang, Li Shuming, a good friend of yours, was suddenly taken away by the Department of Public Security today."

"That's why I came here abruptly and wanted to ask my lord for advice, but I knew something was wrong here, and the Department of Public Security suddenly took someone away."

The two have worked together for many years, so there is no need to go around some words.

Yang Youwen also knew about Li Shuming.

In many things, even the government needs the help of some big businessmen below to be able to complete some errands smoothly.

Especially when collecting taxes.

The reason why Song Xin came to Yang Youwen to inquire about this matter was because according to the rules, if the public security officer is an ordinary person, naturally there is no need to notify the magistrate's yamen.

But if it involves scholars, it will be different, not to mention still has the reputation of a scholar.

On this point, the Secretary of Public Security will come over and talk to the magistrate's yamen first, even if they are forcibly arresting people, they will not say that they will arrest people at will.

The Secretary of Public Security itself also needs to be supervised by the government.

If the operation is violated, the magistrate's yamen can also report to the court and ask for punishment.

Yang Youwen shook his head and said, "The Public Security Department didn't tell me about this, but the Public Security Department must know Li Xiucai."

"Recently, I haven't heard anything about him offending Commander Lan."

"Besides, Liu Xiucai is a calm person. It stands to reason that even if something happens, he won't be thrown into a cell."

Speaking of this, Yang Youwen hesitated for a moment and said: "I also know that you and Li Xiucai were from the same hometown back then, so I feel a little anxious."

"It's just this matter, I don't have time to come forward, how about this, you take the carriage in the yamen, go to the Department of Public Security first, and see what the other side has to say."

"If it's just a misunderstanding, it's not a big deal. If there are other things, let's see how to deal with them."

When Song Xin heard the words, he hurriedly bowed and thanked him.

Then he went out in a carriage and went straight to the Yamen of the Department of Public Security.

The Yamen of the Public Security Department.

Zhu Ying sat in the office hall of Lantian, watching the information sent back from the Wa country.

Uncle Zhang said from the side: "Master, King Yan is now very powerful. General Wei said that he has sent someone to contact Master Daoyan."

"Although we didn't negotiate too much, the old slave feels in his heart that there must be some hidden connection."

"Although the situation on King Jin's side is good, it's still a little worse than King Yan's."

"Should we increase our support for King Jin, or let Goryeo strengthen contacts with King Jin?"

As Zhu Ying's confidant for many years, Zhang Bo will also put forward his own views when discussing some matters.

After reading the information in his hand, Zhu Ying shook her head and said, "The key now is not the battle between King Jin and King Yan."

"If we make a move, it is inevitable that some thoughts will grow in King Yan's heart."

"The primary goal now is to attack the Wa country first, and the rest can only be sidelines."

Although Zhu Ying still suppressed King Yan and supported King Jin in some respects.

But for the Wa country, there is no need to provoke these personal grievances.

No matter what Yao Guangxiao thinks or does, Zhu Ying doesn't care, what he cares about is how to win the Wa Kingdom better and faster.

It is even said that even if Yao Guangxiao joins forces with the King of Yan to gain credit, in Zhu Ying's view, there is no problem.

If Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao are united, it will really play a big role.

There is no problem in getting them together again.

"The old slave understands." Zhang Bo responded.

Now that the owner has made a decision, the Chamber of Commerce will naturally implement it.

"Boss, there seems to be something wrong with our chamber of commerce in the country of Wa."

"A lot of Japanese merchants seem to have betrayed the chamber of commerce. The goods over there have stopped settlement since the Ming Dynasty crusade against the Japanese kingdom."

Of course, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce has a little foundation in Japan.

Similar to the model in other regions, the Japanese branch is also dominated by Japanese people.

Snowflake salt is a very popular commodity in Japan, and it also involves the transfer of many interests.

Through this connection, the status of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce in the country of Wa is not low.

Unlike the situation in Ming Dynasty, as far as the Wa Kingdom is concerned, the status of merchants is quite high, and most of the merchants who can go to sea to trade are themselves nobles of the Wa Kingdom.

Even some big businessmen have a very good personal relationship with the Emperor of Japan.

Because of the special geographical environment, Japan's demand for sea trade is very large, and many goods cannot achieve self-sufficiency at all.

Often the merchants of the Wa country will have a large number of warriors following them.

For example, Japanese pirates, in many cases, are played by Japanese merchants.

"Now my identity is not a secret outside, but anyone who cares will naturally know."

"Now that we are attacking the Wa country, even if those businessmen want to gain some benefits from it, they won't get involved with us. These are harmless."

"The key now is to try to get in touch with the previous dark line, so as not to let our court's army suffer too much loss."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ying paused slightly and said, "You should write a letter to Wei Guang at that time, and if you get in touch with a dark line, don't hide it too much from King Yan."

"If there is an opportunity, when it's time to cooperate, we should focus on cooperation. After all, we are all Han Chinese. When we go out to the outside world, don't make small moves."

Hearing the boss's order, Uncle Zhang also understood what action should be taken with regard to the Wa country.

At the same time, I admire my boss very much.

From Beiping to the capital, Zhang Bo can be said to have been a follower.

At the beginning, King Yan coerced Dong's family to come to the capital, although objectively, it contributed to Dong's becoming a grandson.

But in fact, in many respects, the king of Yan earlier used his master completely.

Looking at it now, it is very clear what King Yan wanted to do.

As for the Dong family's ability to really let go of this matter, as far as Uncle Zhang is concerned, it is the pattern.

At this time, there was a noise outside.

It was Lan Tian who came over.

"Your Highness, the person from the prefect's yamen is Song Xin, the prefect. He should want to ask about Li Shuming."

After entering the door, Lan Tian cupped his fists and bowed, and then reported.

His Highness the Grandson is here, so the Secretary of Public Security is naturally His Highness the Grandson.

Zhu Ying heard the words and said, "It seems that Li Shuming has a good relationship with the magistrate's yamen. It's only been a while, less than an hour, and even the magistrate can be moved."

"Go ahead and do it. Don't let him know that Ben Gong has come. If he asks about the crime, you can just talk about collaborating with many businessmen. Just interrogate the case and see what he says."