Jinyi Night Walk

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Xia Xun rushed all the way to Beijing, first asked someone to send Xiao Ying back to the post house, and then rushed directly to the palace.

The Emperor's Palace is the original Yanwang Mansion, which was also the Great Yuan Palace.The future Daming Palace is here, but there is no need to tear down all the buildings and completely rebuild it. The main purpose is to expand and rebuild the main hall of the front palace. There are not many parts in the back palace that need to be demolished and rebuilt, so this is the first part to start construction. Now it has already been built here. After the emperor arrived in Beijing, he lived here.

When Xia Xun entered the palace to meet the emperor, the emperor was surrounded by many accompanying ministers, discussing some issues of building Beijing and transporting grain from the south to the north.When he heard that Xia Xun had arrived, Zhu Di was overjoyed, and immediately stopped the discussion and called him to see him.

As soon as Xia Xun saw Shengjia, he left his post without permission and went to Oala to plead guilty to His Majesty the Emperor. Zhu Di had no intention of punishing him, so he replied with a smile: "Wenxuan has made great achievements in the strategy of northern Xinjiang, but Shegong is private. There have been, but the merits and demerits will be offset, so we will not be held accountable."

Since the emperor took the initiative to excuse him, it was difficult for others to say anything. Zhu Di gave Xia Xun a seat and asked him about the situation in Liaodong.

Through the collection of memorials and various information, Zhu Di actually already had a considerable understanding of the situation in the north, but of course it was not as detailed and comprehensive as Xia Xun's detailed introduction.

Zhu Di listened very attentively, and from time to time, he put forward his own opinions on some issues that need attention now and policies that need to be adjusted according to changes in the current situation, and asked people to write them down so that he can ask the ministers to discuss these issues when he comes back. way out.

It took about an hour and a half for this report, before the emperor said happily: "The matter of the northern border has now opened up the situation. Wenxuan has worked hard and made great achievements. The future transformation and construction will not be achieved overnight, and there is no need to rush for a while. You have just rushed back, and you are tired all the way, go back to the post to rest first, come to see me tomorrow, and accompany me to see the construction of the Temple of Heaven!"

Xia Xun bowed to answer, and Zhu Di said to the ministers in the hall: "All the lovers are gone!"

All the ministers agreed and bowed to the emperor to say goodbye. Although Xia Xun agreed, he stayed there until everyone else had left. Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Zhu Di couldn't help asking: "Why, Wen Xuan still Have something to tell me?"

"Yes!"

Xia Xun made up his mind, bowed deeply to Zhu Di, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there are so many people talking about it, it is inconvenient for me to ask. Before I decided to go to Wala to save people, I didn't know whether I could return safely from this trip, so I went to the post office Leave a tactic letter, I wonder if the emperor has seen it?"

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, and replied: "I already know what you want to say. The court has laws and regulations, but laws and regulations need evidence. I can't just punish ministers based on your words!"

Xia Xun said: "Then, if I request an order to investigate this case, I will definitely find out the truth of this case and return justice to the Liaodong army and people!"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, and said: "I have ordered this matter to go down and sent someone to investigate. Wen Xuan is just waiting for the news!"

Xia Xun had no choice but to cup his hands and said, "Yes, if that's the case, then...the minister will leave!"

Looking at Xia Xun's figure slowly retreating, Zhu Di sighed softly.

Of course he had read Xia Xun's letter explaining the funeral, he didn't need to investigate at all, he knew that it was most likely true.

Xia Xun, who rushed to Oala with the ambition to die, would never utter nonsense in his "suicide note". Xia Xun and Ji Gang have no personal enmity. How can you falsely accuse others.Furthermore, with Ji Gang's character and personality, it is very possible to do such a thing.He knew very well that Xia Xun was full of grievances, and he was complaining about the many soldiers who sacrificed for no reason.

However, until now, he still trusts and relies heavily on Ji Gang. The incident has already happened, and the overall situation in northern Xinjiang has not deteriorated to the point of uncontrollable. The ending is still quite perfect.Is it necessary to pursue this matter again and kill yourself?Ji Gang is sincere in asking for credit, but if none of the courtiers is willing to ask for credit, how can the emperor encourage the courtiers?

What Zhu Di was even more worried about was that Ji Gang was also a well-known important official in the government and the public. If he wanted to kill him, he would have to announce his crimes. To the public?

Furthermore, once the news that sacrifices could have been avoided, but because the minister asked for credit, the situation of the war worsened and many soldiers were unnecessary casualties spread, would the families of the dead soldiers and the disabled soldiers themselves be chilled by it?If there are any orders from the imperial court in the future, the soldiers will have doubts, and the prestige of the imperial court will be shaken. Wouldn't it be that the foundation of the country has been shaken?Can killing Ji Gang make up for such a terrible consequence?

What if someone uses this incident to instigate dissatisfaction between the army and the people of Liaodong against the imperial court?This kind of thing is very possible. How could those Tatar nobles who have been deprived of their military power and moved to Liaodong miss this opportunity?At that time, rumors will spread everywhere... The situation in Liaodong is too complicated, and too many Tatar people will be accepted at once. At this time, the army will not hide, and the consequences will be worrying.

Zhu Di didn't want to chill Xia Xun's heart, but out of various considerations, he didn't want to kill Ji Gang and cause even greater shocks. Now Liaodong must be stable.Furthermore, both Xia Xun and Ji Gang were his most trusted courtiers, and he didn't want to cut himself off. In a dilemma, he had no choice but to use the word "drag" to suppress the matter first.

Everyone thinks that the emperor can take life and death, but the emperor can't do whatever he wants!

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Xia Xun came out of the palace and looked up to the sky with a long sigh: "The emperor still has a lot of trust in Ji Gang!"

In order to protect himself, he arbitrarily killed the officials of Jinyiwei, which was a capital crime, but the emperor tolerated him. Now that Ji Gang has adopted radical methods to claim credit, which caused many unnecessary sacrifices for Liaodong soldiers, the emperor naturally tolerated him.

The emperor is also a human being, so how could he be able to keep his six emotions indifferent and completely uphold the public.

If there is no accident, the problem of the nomads outside the Great Wall should be resolved smoothly. Even if there are changes in the future of Oara, as long as the Tatars are completely in the hands of Ming Dynasty, Oara will no longer be strong enough to bring disaster to the Central Plains as it was in history.His only unfulfilled wish now is to kill Ji Gang.

This person will not die, and the country will have no worries, and will not cause any major disasters. In fact, without him in the original history, Xia Xun, Ji Gang's ending is still unsatisfactory, and did not cause much harm to Daming.

But the affairs of northern Xinjiang are jointly in charge of by him and Ji Gang. Those soldiers who don’t have to sacrifice but have turned into bones are a responsibility to him. Others can ignore it, but he can’t. It is his responsibility to be fair, and only by fulfilling this responsibility can he live with peace of mind.

Xia Xun walked up and walked, thinking in his heart: "I don't know how far Muen's investigation of Ji Gang has progressed!"

When Ji Gang stepped back from His Royal Highness, he realized that Xia Xun did not want to leave on purpose, and he was immediately alert, but no matter how slow he walked, there would always be a time when he walked out, so how could he know what Xia Xun wanted to say to the emperor?

Ji Gang had ghosts in his heart, so he was naturally guilty. He was afraid that Xia Xun would tell him something bad, and he didn't know what the emperor thought, so he was quite disturbed. He was hesitating and wanted to leave. Coming out, seeing Ji Gang at a glance, he laughed and said: "Master Ji, your steps are slow, what's on your mind?"

Ji Gang looked up and laughed quickly: "It turns out to be His Royal Highness Zhao, please ask His Highness, I have been feeling cold these days and my body is weak, so I don't have much energy!"

Zhu Gaosui said with a smile: "The seasons in the north are no better than those in the south. Don't think that the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, so you should immediately change out your winter clothes. It's cold in the spring and the autumn is cold. See, what you're wearing now is a bit flimsy. There are some excellent anti-cold medicines in the palace. , you can come to my palace to get some back later!"

Ji Gang was moved and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern!"

After answering, watching Zhu Gaosui leave, Ji Gang looked at his back and smiled sarcastically.

He was very clear about Zhu Gaosui's intention to solicit him, but his response to Zhu Gaosui was nothing more than hypocrisy.

In his view, although Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu failed, he did have the capital to compete with the crown prince, and in fact threatened the position of the crown prince several times. (Download the full text e-book for free) And this Zhu Gaosui is far less talented than the King of Han. He has been in Beijing for ten years. The ability is evident.

Probably Zhu Gaosui thought that his place of residence was Beijing, and the emperor wanted to move the capital to Beijing, which made him have rich associations and felt that he had a chance.However, Ji Gang concluded that once the emperor moved the capital to Beijing, he would definitely drive Zhao Wang away from Beijing immediately, and change another place to be a stubborn vassal state. He, Ji Gang, would not pledge his allegiance to such a waste.

Because of Zhu Gaosui's interruption, Ji Gang couldn't stay in the palace anymore, so he could only walk outside the palace, thinking to himself, Ji Gang couldn't help sighing secretly: "The emperor still has a lot of trust in Yang Xu!"

Yang Xu was going to Liaodong by order, but he turned to Oala halfway. Is this some kind of abandonment of public affairs?This is simply against the imperial decree!Even if the emperor was just pretending, it would be fine to reprimand him verbally, but in the end the emperor didn't even have a harsh word. Before all the ministers pleaded for Yang Xu, he himself excused Yang Xu.

Ji Gang thought to himself: "In this way, even if I sent people to Liaodong to collect evidence that Yang Xu acted arbitrarily and powerfully in Liaodong, it would be difficult to defeat him. Well, what Yang Xu said in Liaodong , has already angered the world's scholars, and now the raging crowd is just for my use. I have to immediately ask Shen Wendu to contact Jiangnan scholars, fund and help, stir up the fire, and make this matter more noisy. When Shilin moves, It can influence civil and military officials!"

Ji Gang's eyes narrowed slightly: "Arutai from Tatar and Wansongling from Wala, these two people already hate Yang Xu to death, I can use them to create some Yang Xu to attract the hearts of nomadic tribes and develop private Evidence of force. First use the power of Shilin to force Yang Xu to hand over power to reduce his influence in the court, and then use the evidence collected from the Tatars, Oirats, and Liaodong to arouse the emperor's fear of him. At that time... "

Ji Gang sneered twice, and his feet suddenly accelerated!

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When Xia Xun returned to the post, Sai'er was already waiting at the door.

When Xiaoying came back, Qiaoyun and Sai'er naturally knew that he was going back to Beijing. Qiaoyun was his concubine, so it was inconvenient to wait at the gate of the posthouse, but because they didn't know when he would come back, they felt restless for a while. Yes, when Sai'er saw this, he volunteered to go to the gate of the posthouse and wait.

As soon as Xia Xun got off his horse, Sai'er, who was standing under the porch, cheered and ran back quickly, which stunned Xia Xun for a moment.

Xia Xun stepped into the posthouse, and saw Tang Sai'er galloping to the courtyard where he lived like a little magpie, shouted something inside, then turned around, looked at him with a smile, for a moment , Qiaoyun came out happily, and Xiaoying followed her with a smile.

"master!"

When Qiaoyun saw Xia Xun, she wept with joy, and wanted to throw herself into his arms, but she was afraid of breaking the etiquette and calling the master to blame, so she couldn't help hesitating and stopped.

Although she is Xia Xun's concubine, she still regards herself as a little girl in her bones, so she is always a little bit reluctant in front of Xia Xun.It was the first time for her to act so forgetfully just now.Seeing Xia Xun open his arms, with an encouraging and gentle smile in his eyes, Qiaoyun paused slightly before throwing himself into his arms.

Xia Xun laughed and said, "Come on, let's talk in the hall."

Xia Xun stepped forward, but the hand holding Qiaoyun's waist did not let go.Qiao Yun is Ming'er's dowry girl, she is from a low family background, but she is not only pretty, but because she has served Ming'er since she was a child, and accompanied her to read and write, not only is she proficient in poetry and writing, but also shows her demeanor in dealing with people, If it weren't for this inherently limited maid status, no matter her talent, learning or appearance, how would she be worse than others?

Precisely because of her predestined status as a maid, although she has a beautiful face, although she is talented, she has a first-class gentle and well-behaved temperament, and she is always humble in dealing with others, so Xia Xun likes her very much, and has a kind of pity for her Well, men always feel more pity for petite and timid little girls.So seeing her rare true feelings revealed today, Xia Xun deliberately used this behavior to show his love for her.

As a result, Qiaoyun was a little apprehensive.

Sai'er followed Xia Xun, and reported happily: "Your foster father knows that Mrs. Yun is pregnant with a baby, hehe!"

"what?"

Shocked and delighted, Xia Xun hurriedly stopped, looked at Qiao Yun and said, "Is it true?"

Qiaoyun originally wanted to tell the master the good news when there was no one else, but she didn't want to be told by Sai'er, a fast-talking girl, she nodded shyly and happily, and said in a soft voice: "Well, my concubine invited the doctor Those who have their pulse checked are pregnant!"

Xia Xun was overjoyed, and laughed loudly: "Okay! Okay! My family is going to import again. If this continues, one day, sir, I will be able to create a nation by myself, hahahaha..."

After hearing this, Xiaoying laughed "puchi", she didn't know what she thought of, and she blushed suddenly, probably because she thought of "As far away as you are, Wenxiu Wuyan!"

Tang Sai'er didn't think too much about it, and interrupted again: "I just told Sister Xiao Ying that Mrs. Yun will definitely give birth to a boy this time."

At this time they had already stepped into the main hall, Xia Xun wondered: "How do you know that Qiaoyun will be a boy?"

Sai'er said: "Lazy is a girl, but Mrs. Yun has never been lazy. You see, she is still walking briskly and vigorously, without any heavy meaning. Those who give birth to girls, once they are pregnant, walk and eat. Ah, talking, it's all lazy."

Xia Xun laughed and said, "This is impossible."

Turning her head to Qiaoyun, Xia Xun said seriously: "However, it doesn't matter if you have a boy or a girl, they are all my flesh and blood, and I will love them equally. Don't worry too much about it. In fact, I like girls more. Some more."

Sai'er blinked at Xiaoying, made a grimace and said, "How about Miss Xiaoying, am I right?"

Xia Xun asked: "I didn't say anything...Huh? Sister Xiaoying? Haha, Sai'er, you can no longer call her Sister Xiaoying. It's almost the same if you want to call her Aunt Ying."

Sai'er said in amazement: "It's for no reason, why did I become a generation?"

Xiaoying's face turned red. She hadn't told Qiaoyun and Xiaoying that she was Xia Xun's woman after she came back. How could she say such a thing? When Xia Xun said it, she felt a little embarrassed , but Xia Xun didn't care, and said with a smile: "Sai'er, it's not that you're a descendant, but Xiao Ying is a senior. Hehe, what do you call your aunt if you don't call her?"

"Longer? What's the point?"

Sai'er hasn't figured out the key point yet, but Qiaoyun has already figured it out. Seeing Xiaoying's shy expression, there is no need to ask again.Qiaoyun has such an obedient temperament, she immediately held Xiao Ying back and said hi, which made Xiao Ying even more ashamed, and hurriedly found an excuse and escaped.

Sai'er stood aside and pouted, but became resentful.

Although she is young, but because of her father's high status in the teaching circle, she was very senior when she was in Potai County.Later, she became Granny Qiu's disciple, and her seniority was even more frighteningly high. Granny Qiu had so many apprentices in Jinling, all of them were older than her, but no one should call her Senior Sister?It's good now, it's just another generation shorter.

well!Who told me to recognize him as a foster father...

Sai'er regretted it more and more.

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Liaodong, Tingshan Academy.

Numerous scholars and Confucian scholars sat cross-legged on the futons, and rows of students stood behind them respectfully.

Liu Jingting, the head of Tingshan Academy, stood at the head, with a strong heart, and gave a generous speech: "Speaking of it, the war between the nomads outside the Great Wall and the farming in the Central Plains has a long history. This kind of thing has been recorded in the annals of history during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It's just that at that time, the princes of the Central Plains stood side by side and disputes continued, and there were still very few records of the alien race in the history books.

Later, when Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he sent general Meng Tian to chase the Xiongnu north. Qin Shihuang started from Lintao in the west and Liaodong in the east, and made great efforts to build the Great Wall for more than [-] miles to prevent the Xiongnu from going south.Ladies and gentlemen, the First Emperor unified the six kingdoms and had a powerful force, but he still wanted to build the Great Wall to defend against the Xiongnu. This shows the threat of the Xiongnu to the Central Plains.

Afterwards, Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty was trapped in Baishan Mountain, and was forced to adopt the policy of peace, marrying the princess to the Xiongnu Shanyu to escape the danger. At this time, the ghosts of the North frequently appeared in the Central Plains.In order to recuperate and accumulate strength, Han Gaozu, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Jing have always adopted a humiliating "marriage" policy, and sent a large amount of property every year, but even so, they could not satisfy the endless greed of the Xiongnu. They would invade south from time to time, Take my people captive, harm my people.

By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he had finally accumulated enough national power. In order to get rid of the insatiable extortion of the Huns, he launched a counterattack and expelled them to the north of the desert.But at the time of the Three Kingdoms, Wuhuan invaded again, and Cao Cao defeated Wuhuan in the north, and the wolves finally died down for a while.When the eight kings rebelled at the end of the Jin Dynasty and the Central Plains became weak, they came again.

The Xiongnu invaded and captured Chang'an, and the northern nomads successively established sixteen dynasties in our Central Plains. They not only enslaved our Han people, but even exterminated them. Our Han people almost died!At this time, it was Ran Min who issued the "Order of Tuhu", calling on the men of the Central Plains to fight against the Hu Kou who entered Saisai without a month or a day, and finally expelled millions of Di, Qiang, and Huns from the Central Plains! "

Like a storyteller, the head of Liu Shan talked about the danger of the Han nationality facing the extinction of the race at that time, and talked about the great achievements made by Ran Min at that time and the tragic situation of the war at that time. Everyone's blood is boiling, these old masters are so excited, let alone those young students.

When he said that Di, Qiang, and Huns escaped from the Central Plains, Xianbei, who took the opportunity to rise, took the opportunity to come again and attacked Ran Min. Surrounded by 14 troops, Ran Min led his troops to fight bravely. He alone killed more than [-] people in a row. Finally, due to exhaustion of fighting power, he was thrown off and captured. None of the soldiers in the army surrendered. They fought until the last man. , All the masters and students of Tingshan Academy burst into tears.

Liu Jingting also said that Ran Min was killed in Yexing Mountain.After Ran Min's death, the grass and trees on the left and right sides of Yexing Mountain were all withered, and the locusts swarmed. From May to December, there was no rain from the sky.Murong Jun, the lord of the Yan Kingdom established by the Xianbei people, was shocked when he heard the news. He hurriedly sent people to the place to worship Ran Min, and made Ran Min the King of Wu Mourning. As a result, it snowed heavily that day, as deep as his knees (this is the official history record) , not fabricated by the author), and everyone was fascinated by it.

Liu Jingting said awe-inspiringly: "After Ran Min's death, the ministers of Ran Guo hanged themselves one after another, and none of them surrendered to Yan State. Since Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, there has never been a martyr minister who committed suicide because of subjugation. It started with Ran Min. Hundreds of thousands of Han people were unwilling to be enslaved by the Yan people, and fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and defected to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty failed to arrive in time, hundreds of thousands of people were intercepted by the Yan army and died. The Jin general committed suicide to thank All under heaven, everyone, this is our Han blood and Han integrity!"

Wan Shiyu, who was sitting between the two pillars under the side porch, leaned slightly and gave Ding Yu a wink. The two looked at each other and smiled.

The head of Liu Shan, who gave a generous speech on the stage, once scolded Wan Shiyu in front of Xia Xun for his refusal to give free relief to the Wara people, causing mourning. He is a cold-blooded butcher and a cruel executioner, but Xia Xun scolded him bloody.

Xia Xun didn't yell at him to vent his anger. After that, he asked people to take these stubborn old masters around to listen to the aspirations of the surrendered Mongolian shepherds and the persecuted Han people, and let him witness with his own eyes. Those Han serfs who were rescued from the Mongolian pastoral tents during the process of household registration and resettlement listened to their bloody and tearful complaints.

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, let them go out of the study, go to the people in person, witness the bloody reality with their own eyes, let them wake up, this old master who is dedicated to "love the world, the benevolent is invincible" Brainwashed by Xia Xun, he has since become an extreme nationalist.A person like him, passionate, impulsive, and simple, can easily go from one extreme to another.

There are many similar people, belonging to different academies and county schools, prefecture schools, and state schools, and similar lectures are being carried out in various places.Under the instruction of Xia Xun, Wanshiyu sent a large number of scholars and monks to brainwash the Tatars who surrendered to Liaodong while agitating the national sentiment of Liaodong people. It can be described as a two-pronged approach.

The old master on the stage went on to talk about the fall of Chang’an to Tubo during the Tang Dynasty, Shatuo split the world during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the rise of the Khitan, and the confrontation with the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, the Jurchen established the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty. The annihilation of the Southern Song Dynasty, all the way down, are all examples of foreign races endlessly invading our Central Plains.

Finally, Liu Shanchang said: "Prairie people are like wolves, but they are ten times more ferocious than wolves. When wolves are full, they will not ask for more, but people know how to reserve and enjoy, so their greed will never end. Only us Only when the Han people are strong can they deter them! Show them kindness blindly. When you are strong, he will pretend to be convincing. Once you are weak, even if it is only for a moment of weakness, they will pounce on you. Bite you hard. For thousands of years, it has been like this. Therefore, when we have the opportunity, we should completely pull out their spikes and cut off their sharp claws. Any act of condoning adultery is a sinner for the nation! "

Amidst the warm applause, Liu Jingting stepped aside and said loudly: "Now, I invite a commoner whose family was taken captive to Tatar as slaves when he was 14 years old and suffered all kinds of persecution. , Tell everyone about his personal experience!"

Wan Shiyu smiled slightly, and said to Ding Yu: "Here, some students can be asked to continue giving lectures instead of the master, and some master professors like Liu Shanzhang will be selected to enter the customs for 'study tour' recently."

Ding Yu nodded slightly in agreement.

How could Xia Xun not know the reaction of Jiangnan Shilin?He thinks this is a good thing. If there is no intensification of this incident, the scholars there will always live in their fantasies. After such a debate, they will draw their attention to Saibei and ask them to learn more about what happened in The real situation in the frontier of Ming Dynasty can change the thinking of some scholars.

Of course, Xia Xun will not blindly rely on their self-awareness. When he left Liaodong, he had already instructed Wanshiyu to arrange for a large number of Liaodong masters and scholars to go to the Central Plains to give lectures. The persecuted people, the scholars reasoned, and the common people presented the facts, fighting against Mr. Dong Hong, who advocated the way of benevolence and forgiveness among scholars in the Central Plains.

He doesn't believe that all the scholars in the Central Plains are people who don't understand the past. As long as some of them can be changed through this kind of hard work, the Ming Dynasty will undergo earth-shaking changes in the future, not to mention that this process itself will strengthen Liaodong. Shilin's influence.

A culture and an idea are bound to be affected by its living environment. Although the rise of Liaodong Shilin is also inherited from Confucian culture, it will definitely form a unique cultural system different from the Central Plains Shilin, that is Daming's hope for the future!

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When Wan Shiyu was going to send Liaodong scholars to go to the customs in the name of a study tour, the people arranged by Ji Gang also went on the road. Before that, he arranged for people to secretly go to Liaodong to get Xia Xun's black materials. This time, in order to ensure success, they They also sent people to Shenyang Wei to contact Arutai, and Wala to contact Wan Songling, trying to create more criminal evidence and take Xia Xun down in one fell swoop.

At the same time, he naturally would not give up the Jiangnan scholars who could be used. He wrote a personal letter to Shen Wendu, asking Shen Wendu to use the Jiangnan scholars to create greater public opinion that was not good for Xia Xun.

After Shen Wendu took refuge in Ji Gang, he used Ji Gang's power and cooperated with his shrewd mind to earn Ji Gang countless wealth.During this process, Shen Wendu himself also made a fortune. Although he is still not as rich as his father Shen Wansan, he is already one of the few richest people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Huaibei Salt Field, Pan Family.

Mr. Pan Qiren sat in the main seat, but in the guest seat sat a white-faced, beardless young man, and under him sat a middle-aged man with an unremarkable appearance, with a harmless smile on his face.The white-faced, beardless young man crossed his legs and drank his tea slowly, talking to the middle-aged man at the bottom of his head.

"Mr. Pan, Shen Wendu has repeatedly blackmailed you and caused you huge losses. We have found out about this matter. The Lianghuai Salt Factory respects Mr. Pan. We know how smart Mr. Pan is. I believe you will not disobey." Leaving a little evidence, so willing to be blackmailed by others. Hehe, leaving evidence, of course, is to have a big effect one day. Now, our factory supervisor comes here in person, is this sincerity and weight enough?"

Pan Qinian remained silent, Chen Dong leaned slightly, his eyes gleamed with a chestnut light: "Master Pan thinks that our Dongchang can't deal with Jinyiwei?"

Pan Qinian has always taken good care of himself. Now that he is over seventy years old, his face is still as moist as his five-year-old, but most of his hair and beard are white.

Pan Qinian sighed softly, and said: "Lord Qianhu, it's not that the old man is unwilling to help, there is really no evidence, Shen Wendu's asking for salt under the banner of Ji Gang is just a matter of one sentence, how dare I Ask him for a warrant? If you want to use witnesses, you only need to make a false accusation. I can't afford it at such an old age!"

Mu En frowned, faintly angry.

Pan Qinian stroked his beard, took a quick glance at Mu En and Chen Dong, and said to himself, "I heard... that our Daming took advantage of the conflict between the Tatar and Oirat tigers in the north to sneak in. Subdued these two fierce tigers. Ji Gang has made great efforts and made great achievements in it. The factory owner and the master of a thousand households are loyal to the country and single-mindedly eliminate rape. Don't take it..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

When Mu En heard that this was what he was worried about, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Our company is on a business trip from Jinling to Beijing, and we passed by here, thinking of visiting Mr. Pan, maybe we can provide our company with some more things to bring down the powerful traitors." It seems that Mr. Pan still doesn't quite trust me!"

Pan Qinian hurriedly leaned forward and said, "The factory owner's words are serious, how dare you be an old man!"

Mu En gave Chen Dong a wink with a smile, and said, "Take that thing out and show it to Mr. Pan!"

Chen Dong hesitated and said, "Master?"

Mu En nodded, gently flicked the tea leaves, and lowered his head to take a sip.

Chen Dong hesitated for a moment, then took out something from his bosom, which was wrapped in several layers of tanned soft cowhide and tied with silk ribbons.Chen Dong tore apart the silk sash, peeled off the cowhide layer by layer, and took out something from it.

Pan Qinian looked at it curiously, not knowing what they were going to bring out, when he saw it, it was a letter.

Chen Dong took the letter in his hand, looked at Mu En, Mu En slightly raised his chin, and said, "Tell Mr. Pan to take a look!"

Having served as the factory supervisor for so long, even a pig should have cultivated the aura of a superior person, not to mention that Mu En can serve in front of the emperor, and has Zhu Di's trust in running the East Factory. Now every move has its own dignity.Chen Dong didn't dare to disobey, so he presented the letter to Pan Qinian with both hands.

Pan Yanshang took it curiously, looked down at the cover, was startled, stood up abruptly, and said in a daze, "This... this is a secret performance presented to the emperor! How dare the grassroots look at it, please take it back quickly , Take it back quickly!"

Mu En waved his hand and said: "Hey! The boss of the factory asked you to read it, so you just read it. This memorial has not been delivered to the emperor yet, look!"

"This……"

Pan Qinian was still terrified, but Mu En stopped looking up at him.

When Chen Dong saw it, he said: "The factory owner asked you to read it, so you can read it. Write this memorial in advance, how to word it, and what crimes and evidences to enumerate. The factory owner and I waited for a group of Dongchang stalls to discuss it carefully. When this memorial was written, it was written by Master Chang Gong’s master, how many people have read it? Now that the memorial has not yet entered the palace, the Chang Gong asked you to read it, just read it!”

Pan Qinian, the largest salt merchant in the Lianghuai River and Huaihe River, who was wealthy beyond rivals, welcomed many high-ranking officials. He was a well-informed person. Although he was a little apprehensive when he saw the memorial to the emperor, he did not look like a bumpkin. The fuss and fuss, the flustered appearance was probably intentional, but now that Chen Dong said that, he no longer persisted.

Pan Qinian opened the letter, took out the notebook, held it in his hand, looked at the sky and bowed three times, and then unfolded it, squinting his presbyopic eyes to read it carefully, old man Pan read it very quickly, after reading a few lines of text, his face changed slightly Well, read a few more lines, "Ah" softly, but I stopped, looked at Mu En, then at Chen Dong in amazement, and said in a stuttering way: "So... there is such a thing?"

Chen Dong smiled slightly, and said, "We have obtained conclusive evidence, what do you think?"

When Pan Qinian heard this, his face suddenly became cloudy.

Mu En said slowly: "Based on this alone, he can be sentenced to death! However, since he has committed many crimes, he must reveal all his crimes to the world, so that all the subjects in the world know that he deserves to die! What's more, These crimes can kill Ji Gang, but they can't kill many of his henchmen, at least Shen Wendu has slipped through the net, but if you, Mr. Pan, give evidence, then it won't be the case!"

There was only a quick flash in Pan Qinian's heart, and then his expression became resolute, and he shouted loudly to the outside of the hall: "Come here!"

The steward of the Pan family came in from the outside, Pan Qinian brought him in front of him and whispered a few words, then took out a bunch of keys from his waist and handed them to him, the steward nodded and walked out quickly.Mu En and Chen Dong looked at each other with joy on their faces.

After a while, the steward of the Pan family hurried back from the outside with a brocade box in his hand. Seeing that he was out of breath, he must have been running back and forth. Pan Qinian took the brocade box, put it on the table, and took it off from his waist. A goldfish reached out and pressed the fish eye, and a hook-shaped key popped out from the fish's mouth. Carefully opened the brocade box. The box was empty, only a piece of paper folded in half was placed at the bottom of the box.

Pan Qinian took out the paper from the box, opened it for a glance, then held it up respectfully, and said, "This warrant has been carefully preserved by this old man for six years, and I will hand it over to the factory owner today!"

Chen Dong took the paper and looked at it, his face became more joyful, he turned around and presented it to Mu En, Mu En laughed loudly after reading it, stood up with a smile on his face, and said to Pan Qinian: "Mr. The evil karma has not yet manifested its retribution, it is because the time has not yet come, and when the time comes, the retribution will naturally come! Don’t worry! From now on, this person surnamed Shen will never come to bother you again, hahahaha..."

Mu En turned around and left, followed by Chen Dong Fu Dao, Pan Qinian smiled and cupped his hands, he also believed that that Shen Jialang who came to Pan's house from time to time to suck a few mouthfuls of blood and eat a piece of meat would never come to disturb him again him.

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Muen lives in a local inn, which is the concentration of Lianghuai salt fields. Salt merchants from all over the country, big and small, gather here all the year round, so the inn business is very prosperous. There are dozens of the most high-end inns. Live in one of them without attracting anyone's attention.

As soon as we got back to the inn, a fan from Dongchang came in and reported: "Mr. Chang, we were ordered to monitor Shen Wendu, and we found that someone from afar came to visit us!"

Shen Wendu is currently in Lianghuai Saltworks. He manages a lot of business for Ji Gang, but the biggest source of income is the saltworks, so he spends more than half of a year here. Don't dare to offend him.

Now he has bought a house here and married a foreign wife.Since Mu En received Xia Xun's secret letter, he has deployed all-out reconnaissance on Ji Gang, and Shen Wendu has long been under their close surveillance.

After hearing the report, Mu En asked: "Have you ever checked the identity of the person who came?"

That fan smiled slightly and said: "The guest came from the north, judging from his behavior, it is most likely to be a member of Jinyiwei!"

After Mu En heard this, he paced up and down in the room. Chen Dong followed his figure, saw that he had been silent for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Factory, what do you think we should do? Is it pretending not to know?" ,still……"

Mu En stopped and said in a deep voice, "Catch it!"

Mu En opened one hand into a claw, and then clenched it into a fist: "Catch them all, not one will be let go!"

Chen Dong reminded: "Mr. Chang, the emperor has not issued an order. In case something goes wrong, see if it is..."

Mu En shook his head, and said coldly: "Jin Yiwei has always been domineering, and now it's our turn to be proud! Go! Take all the snakes, insects, rats and ants in Shen Wendu's house to the owner of the factory! With his all Such evil deeds, even if Ji Gang is a mountain of incompetence, he will be knocked down this time!"

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