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Chapter 398
Hu Li's complexion changed slightly, he took a deep breath and looked at Qin Weiye and said, "The leader ordered my younger brother to find out about the saint, so I won't bother Brother Qin."

Qin Weiye looked at Hu Li who was leaving in a hurry, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Champion House
With Li Huan's return, the huge Hou Mansion naturally fell into joy.

After all, in the past few years, although the Li family has taken root in the capital, especially after Li Huan got married, the huge mansion has gained some popularity.

But who made Li Huan travel around all the year round, it can be said that almost half of the time in a year was spent with his grandfather.

Now that he finally came back, everyone in the mansion is naturally happy for it.

Accompanied Li Fengshi, Zhang Jin, Zhu Lin, and Lianqiao for dinner, and personally sent Li Fengshi back to the backyard to rest. It was not until night fell that Li Huan came to Zhang Jin's side courtyard.

The candles in the room were flickering, and Li Huan had already alarmed the maids and servants in Zhang Jin's courtyard before he entered the courtyard.

Zhang Jin's personal maid, Haitang, had a pretty face with a bit of joy, holding a lantern and said in front of her: "Madam has been waiting for the master!"

Hearing this, Li Huan just smiled, and when he walked into the room, a faint fragrance wafted his nostrils. Zhang Jin came towards him, stepped forward to take the cloak in Li Huan's hand, and handed it to the maid beside him, then smiled and said to Li Huan: "My husband went south to investigate the case this time, and the journey went smoothly!"

Born in the British government, Zhang Jin is naturally not comparable to ordinary women.

Li Huan sat down, took the tea from Zhang Jin's hand, took a sip of tea and said with a light smile, "It's just a bunch of corrupt officials and local tyrants, what troubles can they cause!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jin was sitting next to Li Huan, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes, and he said: "I heard from the British Lord that my husband has killed nearly ten thousand people in Yangzhou Mansion this time..."

This kind of thing has spread, but because of the short time, only a very few well-informed people know about it, and it is impossible for people like Zhang Jin to know about it.

But who told Zhang Jin to be behind the British government of Ming Dynasty, such news can be hidden from ordinary people, and it is absolutely impossible to hide the news from the British government.

Naturally, Zhang Jin knew the news, and it was precisely because of this that the first time he saw Li Huan, Zhang Jin, who was worried about Li Huan, spoke about it.

Li Huan put down the teacup in his hand, looked up at Zhang Jin who had a worried look in his eyes, stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Jin's slender body, half-push and half-pushed, Zhang Jin with a pretty face flushed sat in Li Huan's arms .

Embracing Zhang Jin's body in his arms, Li Huan chuckled lightly and said, "It's okay, even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty can't catch my husband in this matter, at most it's just smearing my reputation behind my back. Not to mention there, this matter itself is my husband and I have carried the notoriety for His Majesty, do you think His Majesty can still punish me?"

Feeling Li Huan's not-so-honest big hand, Zhang Jin's body trembled slightly, her pretty face flushed and said: "Lun'er said husband, you are too reckless, you shouldn't touch such things, if you push it to the court , then Husband, you have nothing to worry about this time, but now you have killed so many people without asking His Majesty, it's nothing that His Majesty favors you now, but what if one day..."

Li Huan's hand disappeared under the palace clothes at some point, feeling the warmth between his palms, he couldn't help laughing after hearing Zhang Jin's words: "The British Duke's concerns are indeed somewhat reasonable."

Zhang Jin, who was limp in Li Huan's arms, couldn't help but widen her moist eyes, which were vaguely surprised.

Since Li Huan felt that what Zhang Lun said was reasonable, why did he still do that? If Li Huan didn't know the stakes, Zhang Jin would never believe it.

Li Huan straightened his expression, looked down at Zhang Jin who was panting slightly, and looked at the two personal maids of Zhang Jin standing beside him.

These two maids are Zhang Jin's personal maids, and they can be regarded as housemaids. At this moment, their pretty faces are flushed, and they dare not look down at Li Huan and Zhang Jin.

Noticing Li Huan's gaze, Zhang Jin coughed lightly and said to the two women, "Haitang, you guys go down first."

The two women heard the words as if they had been pardoned, and quickly responded and pushed them out. With a creak, the door closed, covering the room with spring scenery.

Moist eyes fell on Li Huan, Zhang Jin's vermilion lips parted lightly, and her slender hand pressed the mischievous big hand on her body and said: "Husband..."

Li Huan looked at Zhang Jin with a bit of seriousness in his eyes and said, "My husband is degrading himself. There is a saying called meritorious deeds. Although I can't reach that point with my current achievements, there are still some things that I should take precautions against." For good."

As he spoke, Li Huan paused for a moment, looked at Zhang Jin, and said, "200 million taels of gold and silver, as well as more than a dozen boxes of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings will be credited later, and you and Lin'er should make arrangements."

"what!"

Even with Zhang Jin's concentration, when he heard Li Huan's words suddenly, he couldn't help exclaiming, and looked at Li Huan with astonishment on his face.

Li Huan lowered his head and kissed Zhang Jin's delicate pretty face, and said with a light smile: "Isn't it just a few million taels of gold and silver? Our Li family is no better than those noble families with a century-old family business. With such a wealth in the account, it can barely be compared with some nobles."

Zhang Jin, who couldn't react, looked at Li Huan and said, "If Your Majesty finds out about so much property..."

But before the words were finished, Zhang Jin came to her senses, looked at Li Huan and said in a trembling voice, "Could this be one of the husband's self-defilement methods?"

Li Huan laughed loudly, picked up Zhang Jin's delicate body, strode towards the inner bedroom and said: "Madam is really smart, just put those things away, Your Majesty won't be angry there."

Li Huan did not hide the intention of the emperor at all, he transported those belongings into the mansion through the people of Jinyiwei, then the emperor would definitely know about it.

Originally, it was Li Huan who deliberately let the emperor know about it. Otherwise, with Li Huan's means, if he wanted to quietly swallow up a batch of gold and silver, it would be no problem to tell the truth if he wanted to hide it from the emperor.

The property he confiscated this time, if counting those fixed assets, is probably as much as nearly [-] million taels. It is really nothing for this imperial envoy to swallow a few million taels.

Knowing Li Huan's intentions, but Zhang Jin became more and more worried. This is Chi Guoguo's trick. If the emperor doesn't care as much as Li Huan expected, the emperor will be furious, and it will be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family. what.

It's a pity that before Zhang Jin could speak again, his whole body was already overwhelmed by wave after wave.

There was nothing to say all night, the sky was bright, Li Huan reluctantly left Wenrou Township, and had breakfast with Li Fengshi and Zhu Lin.

In the study room, Li Huan was flipping through the big and small news that Jin Yiwei had collected over the past few months.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Cao Yu's figure appeared at the door of the study and said, "Master Wang, Wang Yangming's palace is here."

Frowning, Li Huan nodded towards Cao Yu and said, "Quickly invite elder Ge to come here."

In the imperial court, although Li Huan and Wang Yangming are not in the same party, in the eyes of outsiders, they are in the same party, but no matter whether they are in the same party or not, the two still cherish each other, which can be regarded as a year-end friendship.

After all, Wang Yangming is now in his forties, while Li Huan is only in his twenties. To be honest, there is a full 20 years difference between the two, a generation difference.

Although Wang Yangming was not a frequent visitor to Li's residence, it was not the first time he came here. He walked into the courtyard where Li Huan was familiar with, and saw Li Huan standing at the door of the study to greet him.

Seeing Li Huan's figure, Wang Yangming took a step forward and smiled at Li Huan, cupping his hands and saying, "I've seen the Champion."

Seeing this, Li Huan stepped forward to welcome Wang Yangming into the study with a smile and said: "Mister is joking, come in and talk."

Greeting Wang Yangming to take a seat, Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming and said, "Sir, you came to see me this early in the morning, isn't there something going on?"

Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty promised to transfer 300 million taels of gold and silver from the internal treasury to the national treasury. I think the Marquis should know about this news."

Li Huan frowned, looked at Wang Yangming and nodded slightly: "Isn't this a good thing, the imperial treasury is empty, and His Majesty is willing to transfer a sum of gold and silver from the treasury to replenish the treasury. It can be said that everyone is happy."

Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan, as if he wanted to see through Li Huan, and suddenly said: "I don't know how much gold and silver wealth the Champion has confiscated from the Yangzhou Mansion this time!"

When Li Huan heard the words, he looked at Wang Yangming and said, "Even if Mr. Ge knows about it, does he still want to persuade His Majesty to put those properties into the treasury?"

As he said that, Li Huan said with a bit of disdain: "It's not that I look down on those people. Up and down, officials are greedy for money. I dare say that if they really put such a sum of money into the treasury, I'm afraid that the wealth will be at least in the end." Most of it will fall into the hands of these people."

Wang Yangming smiled bitterly when he heard the words: "It is precisely because I know this that when I met Your Majesty yesterday, I did not insist on asking Your Majesty to agree to put that sum of property into the national treasury."

While speaking, Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said, "It's just that His Majesty promised too readily yesterday, and put millions of taels of silver into the treasury at one time. I'm afraid the other senior elders are sending decent people to inquire whether you have copied it or not during your trip south." How much money did you have?"

Li Huan was not surprised at all. He brought back such a large sum of property. Although he said that he had blocked the news as much as possible, there is no wall that does not leak. It is simply unrealistic to really want to completely block the news. Sooner or later.

As long as these people find out the general news, it doesn't matter if these properties are sent to the emperor's internal treasury. After entering the internal treasury, it is not so easy to transfer them to the national treasury.

Looking at Wang Yangming, Li Huan smiled lightly and said, "Then Mr. came to see me this time, maybe it's just to inform me of this point."

Stroking his beard, Wang Yangming put down the teacup and said with a slow smile, "If you say that Wang is also curious about how much property the Marquis didn't copy, does Champion Marquis believe it?"

Li Huan said with a smile: "Since Mr. said so, why doesn't Li believe it?"

Li Huan dipped his hand into the teacup, and then lightly wrote a few sets of numbers on the table. Wang Yangming, who was sitting there, looked calm at first, but when he saw the sets of numbers on the table, At that time, even with the concentration of mind he had cultivated over the years, he couldn't help shrinking his eyes, his face changed, and he exclaimed: "This...how is this possible."

Li Huan stretched out his hand and pressed on the table case, and the next moment the water stains on the table evaporated and disappeared without a trace. Seeing Wang Yangming's stunned look, Li Huan couldn't help laughing: "I have been doing nothing in this world for a long time. Let the gentleman lose his composure, never thought that today he would be so moved."

Taking a deep breath, trying to calm down the turmoil in his heart, Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan solemnly and said: "Wang is not a sage, there are countless things in this world that can move Wang, and what Master Hou just said is true?"

Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "Of course it's true, or do you think that with the prosperity of Yangzhou Prefecture, Li can't copy so much property?"

It can only be said that the amount of property that Li Huan copied for nothing was really beyond Wang Yangming's imagination. Wang Yangming actually thought that the amount of money Li Huan copied for nothing must be astonishing, otherwise the emperor would definitely not be so easy to talk to.

But even with Wang Yangming's imagination, at most he guessed that Li Huan's confiscated gains in Yangzhou Mansion were worth about ten million taels.

However, the large numbers written by Li Huan just now shocked Wang Yangming directly. He never imagined that a mere Yangzhou mansion would not confiscate so much property.

Seeing Wang Yangming's shocked appearance, Li Huan couldn't help sighing in his heart. Maybe Wang Yangming is indeed a sage-like figure in this era, but he is in this era, but it is impossible for him to know those who are attached to Daming like him. Just how crazy and extravagant are the crazy blood-sucking officials and tyrants on the behemoth of the empire.

After more than a dozen breaths, Wang Yangming finally managed to stabilize his mind and looked up at Li Huan, with a sigh on his face, "Xu Lin and the others really deserve to be killed."

Li Huan knew why Wang Yangming made such a sigh. If people like Xu Lin were honest officials, it would be impossible for Li Huan to confiscate so much property even if he had all-powerful means.

Since no such astonishing wealth was copied from these people, even Wang Yangming felt that it was impossible to say that these people should not be killed.

Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said, "If this news gets out, I'm afraid that the civil and military officials in the court will cause some troubles without knowing it."

However, Li Huan said indifferently: "So what, as long as those things are put into the internal storage, no matter how they make a fuss, they will never want to take them out again."

Li Huan understood what Wang Yangming meant. After all, if it was really just about tens of millions of taels of property as Wang Yangming thought, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would have known about it. Seeing that the emperor had put so much gold and silver into the treasury, they would have It won't be noisy either.

However, property worth nearly [-] million has been put into the internal treasury. Once this figure has been doubled by ten times, it will make countless people in the court jealous. If there is not a large number of It would be weird if people jumped out and made a scene.

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