Jinyi champion

Capital.

Yang Tinghe received a letter from his son Yang Shen, and learned that Zhu Hao had seized a large amount of pig iron from Jinyiwei.

It was night now, and Yang Tinghe immediately called for Yang Ping, the "adopted son" in the house who was in charge of doing chores.

Yang Ping was in his early twenties, younger than Yang Shen and Yang Dun, tall and tall, he looked like a martial arts practitioner, Yang Tinghe immediately ordered: "Go and call Yong Xu."

Yang Ping said: "Master, I'm afraid the second son is not in the room."

Although Yang Ping is Yang Tinghe's adopted son in name, he is actually a domestic slave who runs errands. Seeing that he is honest, honest and skilled, Yang Tinghe gave him the surname Yang. No disrespect.

What Yang Ping meant was that Yang Dun was looking for flowers and asking Liu outside now, how could he find him?
Yang Tinghe's expression was ugly, he thought for a while and said: "Then you go and invite Uncle Huairou."

"Yes!" Although Yang Ping didn't know what Yang Tinghe was going to do, he quickly took Yang Tinghe's famous assassin and went to Huairou Bo Shi Zan overnight.

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Shi Zan belongs to the nobles of Nanjing's defense system.

After Xu Pengju's position as a garrison in Nanjing was stabilized, Shi Zan's transfer of Nanjing to Nanjing's coordinated garrison has been delayed. Shi Zan had talked to Yang Tinghe about this matter many times before, but up to now Shi Zan is still only idle in the Five Armies Commander's Mansion. A noble like him cannot get a formal job, and it is difficult to realize the power at hand, and even the status of the entire Earl's Mansion among the nobles has declined rapidly.

But no matter what, the chief assistant Yang Tinghe called overnight, Shi Zan could only come to the appointment eagerly.

When Shi Zan arrived at Yang Tinghe's study under the guidance of Yang Ping, Yang Tinghe had already written a "note".

After seeing the ceremony, Shi Zan said bluntly: "Zhongtang, do you have an urgent military order?"

Yang Tinghe belonged to the civil servant faction, if he hadn't had a problem involving the army, he would never have come to him.

It stands to reason that Yang Tinghe can't directly dispatch soldiers and horses across the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.

Yang Tinghe said: "The old man has an important matter, and I want to use your relationship to handle it."

When Shi Zan heard it, he really wanted to do something with him.

If it were an ordinary person making such an unreasonable request, it would be fine if Shi Zan didn't just spit on him, but Yang Tinghe said so, Shi Zan had no choice.

"Hey! Zhongtang, you should be clear that I am now in the capital, and I am in an embarrassing situation. Even if I want to help Zhongtang, I am afraid that I will be powerless."

What Shi Zan said was not only complaining, but also telling Yang Tinghe that if you ask me to do something, you should make an offer, right?

Yang Tinghe directly asked Yang Ping to pass the note to Shi Zan, Shi Zan took it and read it, his expression changed.

Yang Tinghe said: "The new acting commander of Yongpingwei, Li Tong, has some friendship with you. Now I need him to help Quanzi do something in the territory of Yongpingwei. It should be fine, right?"

"This……"

As soon as Shi Zan heard this, he knew that this matter must not be leaked to the outside world.

If this matter can be made public, Yang Tinghe can handle it directly through the court. Why did he secretly ask Shi Zan to pass on the message?
In this way, this is not a "official matter", but a "private matter".

It is equivalent to Yang Tinghe's private use of public equipment, using Yongpingwei's military power to assist him in a personal matter, and it is still through the hands of Shi Zan, so that even if the matter is exposed later, the person responsible is Shi Zan who passed the message. Not Yang Tinghe.

This is the purpose of Yang Tinghe looking for Shi Zan.

Shi Zan said, "I don't know what the matter is in Zhongtang? If it's a trivial matter, such as escorting a few criminals to the capital, it's not a problem, but if it involves mobilizing too many troops, I'm afraid..."

Yang Tinghe said: "We don't need too many people. The dog and the local prefect here will provide help, but Yongpingwei needs an excuse, and with the assistance of the officers and soldiers of the guard, transport a batch of things to Yongpingwei City for safekeeping. Strictly keep the secrets, and don't leak the slightest news, especially not for Jin Yiwei to know."

Yang Tinghe said everything, but he didn't say exactly what to transport.

Shi Zan felt that this was a game between Yang Tinghe and the emperor, and now he was going to be involved in the party struggle between the new emperor and Yang Tinghe's faction.

This is not a good thing for Xungui. After all, Xungui is naturally close to the emperor, rather than serving any courtier. Although he also knows that going to Nanjing for the joint defense cannot be done without Yang Tinghe's decision.

"As for the matter you mentioned about returning to Nanjing, I have already discussed it with people from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. Perhaps within the next month or two, it will be possible. Everything depends on you."

Yang Tinghe's meaning couldn't be more obvious. If you help me once, I will agree to let you go to Nanjing to serve as a co-defender. Otherwise, you can only stay in the capital and do nothing. It's up to you to choose.

Shi Zan said: "If Li Tong doesn't listen to me..."

"Then he will probably be transferred to the Southwest Remote Guard Station to be the commander. It's up to him to choose!"

Yang Tinghe was not polite at all.

Nominally, Shi Zan took the lead in this matter, but this is for me, the chief assistant, do you really think that the chief assistant has no skill and energy to play games with the emperor?
Isn't it easy to deal with a commander of Yongping Weidu?Even if you don't demote your official position, you will be transferred directly or even promoted, but it will let you go to a place where you don't want to shit, and let you know what will happen if you offend the powerful!

When Shi Zan heard this, he was threatening both Li Tong and Shi Zan.

Shi Zan nodded emphatically. He knew very well that even if Yang Tinghe stepped down, most of the people who took over as chief assistant would be recommended by Yang Tinghe. Under firm control, what qualifications does a Huai Rou Bo have to challenge the chief minister of the dynasty?

Even if this Chief Assistant might retire soon, it's not something he, a nobleman with little real power, can afford to provoke.

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Yang Tinghe wrote the note himself, and Shi Zan took it away, and then notified Li Tong, asking him to assist Yang Shen in handling affairs.

Yang Tinghe's thinking is very simple.

It is unrealistic to transport this batch of pig iron directly to the big warehouse of the capital's household department, because the project is too large and involves too many people, and it will almost certainly be tracked down by Jin Yiwei.

If you want to turn this batch of pig iron into the imperial court's possession, it is better to stuff it directly in Yongpingwei.

Yongpingwei is a military station, and if the pig iron enters the military station, even if you Jinyiwei wants to transport it away, you have to report it to the court, and once you start arguing, it can be inferred that this batch of pig iron was mined by the local guard itself, rather than Jinyiwei controlling the iron mines. When the batch is produced.

Iron is a dead thing, and it is not named, so it belongs to whoever has it.

Under the government's control, maybe Jinyiwei has a way to punish Zhu Hao, but if it is in the hands of the local garrison, what can you Jinyiwei do?

As long as Yongpingwei's people accept this batch of goods, it will be difficult for Jinyiwei to take it back.

Moreover, Yang Tinghe wants Yongpingwei to do things in a low-key manner. It is best that Jinyiwei can't find out and digest it on the spot. In this way, he can advance, attack, retreat and defend. What trains and railways.

Inside the palace.

Zhu Si learned about the current situation in Yongping Mansion from Huang Jin's report.

Zhu Si was used to being stingy, and he was very sad that a large amount of pig iron was missing out of thin air. He frowned and asked, "Millions of catties of pig iron are very valuable, right?"

Huang Jin didn't know how to answer this question.

Zhang Zuo replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, the price of pig iron in Ming Dynasty is less than one cent per catty of silver, that is, less than ten yuan, and the price of wrought iron is only twenty yuan."

Zhu Si asked: "How much iron does that iron pot use?"

Zhang Zuo thought for a while, and replied: "The iron pots used in the north cost more than [-] catties of wrought iron per bite. Even if this is not counted as the craftsman's fee, it will cost more than half a tael of silver."

"Oh. I see. Then these millions of catties of pig iron are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, right?" Zhu Si's ability to manage accounts is not bad.

Zhang Zuo smiled and said yes.

He was a little ashamed, and now the little emperor was more difficult to be fooled, asking the bottom of everything, if he didn't have a level, he really couldn't be fooled.

In the past, Zhang Zuo really couldn't handle it, but as time went by, he gained a lot of experience, and there is no problem in dealing with such things. It is really necessary to do some homework for him, a eunuch who is a supervisor of etiquette, to pay attention to the folk daily necessities. .

Zhu Sidao: "Tens of thousands of taels of silver are used as bait, won't it... be a bit expensive?"

Zhang Zuo smiled again: "Your Majesty, such a large amount of iron cannot be sold to the people. It is either used for military supplies, or used for building railways or ships. Right now, Mr. Zhu is opening a mine in Yongping Prefecture. The iron is not counted." What."

"Okay, I understand. It is said that it is worth tens of thousands of taels, but if the market can't digest it, then there is a price but no market." Zhu Sidao.

Huang Jin added: "Your Majesty, this batch of iron should have been transferred to the Ministry of Accounts..."

Zhu Si felt much more comfortable when he heard this.

"I asked Jingdao to open the mine. The iron and steel he obtained from the mine was not originally used to make trains, but also to supply the imperial court with military supplies, that is, to make weapons. Now he gave a batch of things that were supposed to be given to the imperial court to Yang. I thought it was a private seizure for nothing, and then let him not follow the rules and transfer the transportation in a private way, so he gave up his excuses and criminal evidence. In the end, I sent this batch of iron directly to the imperial court with a swipe of a pen, and hit the prestige of the surname Yang by the way, so that the world Knowing that he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal... Tsk tsk, it really serves multiple purposes."

Zhu Si was even happier.

Not only can it deal with Yang Tinghe, but also use this batch of iron for the actual use of the court, it is simply not too cool.

Zhu Si laughed and said, "Tell me, does this count as playing Yang as a monkey?"

Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin couldn't answer the emperor's question directly.

See what this says...

Even if that's the case, you can't say that, but it's your chief assistant, no matter how bad the relationship is, you have to maintain a face-friendly manner.

"What is Yang doing now?"

Zhu Si asked.

Huang Jindao: "The people below reported that Yang Ge Lao sent someone to invite Uncle Huai Rou to his residence, probably to discuss this matter."

Zhu Si asked again: "What about Jingdao?"

Huang Jin took out something from his bosom, and said: "This is Mr. Zhu's secret melody, written in cipher text. The servant has been proofread by someone. Knowing Mr. Zhu's meaning, he guessed that Mr. Yang would use the place The guards transported the iron away, and Luo An, Lu Song and other Jinyi guards have been notified to intercept and investigate with all their strength."

Zhu Si nodded: "Can you obtain the criminal evidence that the surname Yang is implicated in this case?"

"It's not clear yet."

Huang Jin replied respectfully, "It all depends on the results of the interception."