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Looking at the angry Wei Guogong, Wei Fu's face also became serious, and he said respectfully: "Master Guo, this matter is not very clear, but the third young master just talked to me about it. If Guogong If you want to know more, you should call the third young master in! The third young master is outside."

"Master Guo, the matter is already like this, how to solve it is the key, let's call the third young master in and ask!" Mu Tianbo frowned at this time, and said with a bit of hesitation on his face.

Slowly nodding his head, Wei Guogong regained his emotions, and told Wei Fu: "Let that traitor come in, and I'll see what kind of trouble you have caused me."

Not long after, a young man in Huafu followed Wei Fu in, knelt down in the middle of the hall, and said respectfully: "Father, it is my son who did something wrong this time, please punish him!"

Seeing his son's attitude, Wei Guogong nodded, and said expressionlessly: "This is not bad. I dare to admit my mistakes. I haven't lost the integrity of Wei Guogong's mansion. After all, I want to see who it is. They are plotting against our Duke Wei's mansion!"

Xu Wenwu, who was kneeling on the ground, sighed softly. Jiang was still hot, and his father knew that he was being plotted against.But just as he was about to speak, another person walked in outside.

This is a man in his 30s, wearing Ming-style armor and a bright red cloak behind him, with a resolute look on his face.Taking off the saber from his waist and handing it to Wei Fu, the young man saluted Wei Guogong respectfully: "My child has seen my father!" He turned around and cupped his fists at Mu Tianbo, and said with a smile: "Mu Xiandi!"

Mu Tianbo hurriedly got up to return the salute, and said with a smile: "My little brother has met Brother Wenjue!"

The one who came was none other than Xu Wenjue, the son of the Duke of Wei, who is now the governor of the Chinese Army.Unlike other brothers, Xu Wenjue received a very good education since he was a child.Whether it is martial arts or a subset of poetry and books, he can be said to be an all-rounder in civil and military affairs.

Looking at his son with satisfaction, Wei Guogong said in a deep voice, "Why are you back? Is there nothing going on in the yamen?"

"Go back to father, Uncle Fu sent someone to tell me that something happened at home, let me come back!" Xu Wenjue gave Wei Fu a helpless look.Honest way.

Seeing Duke Wei looking at him, Wei Fu hastily said: "Let's leave first, little one!" After speaking, he turned around and left quickly without taking Duke Wei to answer.

Instead of questioning Wei Fu, Wei Guogong snorted coldly, glared at Xu Wenwu, and said: "It's not because of you, a good brother, who didn't learn well all day long, and was tricked by others and still didn't know. "

"Father, the third brother is sincere. He does not treat others with the heart of a villain. He has inherited his father's merits. This time, the third brother is also doing it for the good of the family. If he encounters people who are not nice, the father should not blame the third brother. But Those who schemed against the third brother are quite courageous, and they dared to stroke the tiger whiskers in Duke Wei's mansion, so they must not be able to eat them and walk around!" Xu Wenjue looked helplessly at the third brother who was kneeling on the ground, and a flash of light flashed across his face. With a touch of pity, he persuaded Wei Guogong.

The position of the eldest son of Wei Guogong's mansion was booked early.Xu Wenjue is also very good, and he has a good relationship with his brothers.Especially with the third brother Xu Wenwu.The relationship has been good since childhood, and it is natural to be very protective when speaking.

Although he was angry with Xu Wenwu, it was his own flesh and blood after all. Now that the eldest son pleaded again, Wei Guogong said nothing more.With a dignified expression on his face, he said, "Speak! What's going on?"

"My son has a lot of friends in Nanjing, but most of them are wine and meat acquaintances. Usually, there are only a few who keep in touch. After the earthquake in Yangzhou, someone found his son, but it was not the son who was looking for, but someone who took care of him. Xu Ren from the restaurant. Xu Ren told his son that someone could get a large amount of grain and sell it in Yangzhou!" Xu Wenwu knelt on the ground.He narrated slowly, but the grief and indignation in his tone could be heard no matter what.

Listening to his son's words, Wei Guogong still had some impressions of Xu Ren, who was a bookboy he had arranged for his son.In order to meet the daily expenses and train his son, he handed over a restaurant at home to his son. It seems that Xu Ren is in Dali.

"My son also suspected at first, how did such a good thing find his head? But my son met that person once, and he seemed to be a very good businessman. He also said at the time that now the earthquake in Yangzhou has brought food Selling it in the past will definitely fetch a good price. But the magistrate will definitely find trouble, so I want to protect my son. Besides, it takes a lot of money to buy food, and he needs some people to pay for it."

"At that time, my son didn't believe him, and asked him to talk to a few people, but that person really found someone. Among these people was Zhao Yi, the son of Zhao He, the governor of the Left Army, and Liu Yin, the military commander. Liu Li, the son of Liu Li, and some sons of officials. The son felt that this matter was still unreliable, but later that person revealed another identity. He was Wu Xin, the son of Wuyang, the governor of Nanzhili. This time Wu Xin also took the lead in this matter, and most of the people here were found by Wu Xin." Seeing his father's face getting darker and darker, Xu Wenwu immediately closed his mouth.

Hearing this, Wei Guogong had already guessed that this matter was probably caused by Wu Yang.The people who cooperated with him must also be from the father's generation of these children, and letting these boys out is just a deception.Since I wasn't in Nanjing at the beginning, these people set their minds on Wei Guogong's mansion.Once the Dongchuang incident happened, and tied Wei Guogong's mansion to his side, there would be room for change.

Glancing at his son, Wei Guogong went on to say: "Next, I'll tell you that you hit it off, each raised a lot of money, and you really bought food. It's really true that you hand over the food to your subordinates to sell. Made a lot of money!"

"Yes, father! But my son didn't know at the time that Yangzhou hadn't received any relief food for so long. One day Xu Ren was arrested by the prefect of Yangzhou, and the 20 dan of grain we took to Yangzhou was also detained. Yes, my son didn’t realize that something was wrong at that time, after all, he had expected it a long time ago. Later, the governor Wuyang came forward, and the prefect of Yangzhou went home to wait for the visit. The people were released and the things were brought back. The food was sold out soon , we pooled our money together to buy a large batch of grain, totaling [-] dan! But this time, we are not selling it in Yangzhou, and we are planning to transport it to various disaster-stricken places." Xu Wenwu said with a bit of helplessness on his face, with some hesitation .

"It seems that the source of this grain is the treasury of Nanzhili. The governor of Nanzhili and those officials sent the grain out in the name of disaster relief, and then sold it all to you. Wuyang is really courageous! This It’s time for death.” A flash of hatred flashed in Wei Guogong’s eyes, wishing to tear Wu Yang’s corpse into thousands of pieces.

"The food was indeed from the Nanzhili government treasury. Ying Zhen, the imperial envoy for disaster relief, asked the Nanzhili government treasury to take out 30 dans of grain for disaster relief, but there was no more in the government treasury. Wuyang didn't dare to tell the truth, so he went to other places to raise money." The food people haven’t come back yet, they didn’t expect the court’s disaster relief minister to come so soon. Wu Yi wanted us to bring the food back for emergency, so he told us the truth. But my son found out that those people who deal with the food business are all Shanxi accent!" Xu Wenwu knelt on the ground, respectfully waiting for his father's punishment.

After pondering for a while, Xu Wenjue said, "Father, I don't think this matter is for money. Those Shanxi merchants are not short of money."

"Although the main purpose is not for silver, but silver is also a very important reason. Shanxi people have two main businesses, one in the northwest and one in the southeast. The northwest is a smuggling business, but the emperor killed a group of people, and After reorganizing the army, they can no longer do business there. In the southeast, there is salt. They have salt in their hands. If they don’t have salt, they still transport salt, or simply sell salt. But now the salt in Yangzhou is in the hands of the Longchang. Here, these people are in a hurry!" Wei Guogong analyzed calmly, his face was no longer full of atmosphere, but a faint sarcasm.

Xu Wenjue nodded, and then asked, "Since it's not about money, what else is there?"

"Weifu has not yet arrived in Beijing, and the reform of the military system in the six northern provinces has already begun. It is too easy for these people to get this news. Since then, they have started to make arrangements. This matter is probably a big one. It’s a big game! Through this food case, many officials in Nanjing can be tied to them. You must know that this case is a big case, and no one dares to expose it! No matter what they want to do, things will be much easier !” Wei Guogong explained to Xu Wenjue, while glaring fiercely at Xu Wenwu who was kneeling on the ground.

Nodding his head, Xu Wenjue's face flashed with surprise, but he still frowned and said: "The reform of the military system is the general trend, what can they do? What's the benefit of doing so?"

"They didn't do it for any benefit, but they had to do it! There are too many nasty things here in the southeast, and the Hangzhou Mutiny is just a microcosm. Although the emperor didn't pursue the private occupation of farmland, he didn't say nothing about military pay and ordnance. These people were frightened, the emperor killed a lot of people in Liaodong, they all ransacked their families and exterminated their clans!" Wei Guogong sighed, with a complex look on his face.

Although Emperor Tianqi's iron-blooded methods shocked many people, it also forced many people to a dead end.They will use various means to force Emperor Tianqi to give up the military system reform. What Wei Guogong did not say is that those smugglers in the southeast will not agree with the military system reform.Once the reform of the military system is successful, it will be very difficult for the entire southeast to find loopholes. Besides, many people have officials in their families. If they are found out, their families may also be implicated. (To be continued..)