Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Appreciate further details?"

Mr. Wu has lived in the house for ten years, but after all, he is just a typical Ming Dynasty civil servant who knows nothing about common affairs.In fact, the civil official groups of the Ming Dynasty all had the problem of high-mindedness and low-handedness.The bureaucrats who came from the imperial examinations talked about the words of the sages, one after another, but they were blinded when they were asked to deal with complicated affairs.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, he usually talked about his heart with his hands, and died to report to the king.

Personal qualities are admirable, but they are useless to the nation.

After hearing what Su Mu and Zong Zhen said, he immediately realized that Changlu Yansi was a nest of rats from top to bottom, and there must be a big problem inside.

He was originally a standard civil servant with a strong sense of justice, so he naturally couldn't tolerate this group of corrupt officials who would harm the country and the people.

But he couldn't think of a practical solution, so he could only look at Su Mu with his eyes.

Sometimes the conduct of his prospective son-in-law made him very dissatisfied, and he felt that he was not a gentleman who strictly followed the words of a sage to regulate his behavior.But there is a kind of blind confidence in his action and means.

Su Mu said slowly: "Actually, the key to this matter is to keep the armory."

"Oh, tell me."

Su Mu: "According to the analysis of the mansion report, the catastrophe was really determined. The imperial court ordered the three major salt transportation envoys, Qi Kuyin, to return to Beijing to help the victims. If I guessed correctly, the Changlu Salt Division should have lost a lot of money. Now, the treasury is so empty that it can run. If the imperial envoy arrives in Changlu, and the salt department cannot pay the money, it will be a shocking case. And in order to explain to the court in the future, the Changlu salt department will put money in the armory. Started a fire, and then lied that all the money in the treasury was purchased for armaments."

"Once the ordnance is burned, it is up to them to report the loss. Therefore, the current armory is empty just like the silver vault. We just need to take the armory and see how the Yan Division can hide the deficit?"

After speaking, Su Mu laughed: "I really want to see the expressions on the faces of those corrupt officials."

"That's a good idea!" Wu Tuiguan applauded: "Then, I will lead the troops to take down the armory tomorrow night."

"No." Su Mu shook his head: "Old Mr. Wu, you are an official from Yangzhou, not Cangzhou. Moreover, the local government can't control the Yansi. If they break into the arsenal, there will be a lot of weapons and armor in it. At that time, Master Wu was rebellious."

"This..." Mr. Wu's complexion changed.

Su Mu: "So, just to be on the safe side, Su Mu really has to go to the armory tomorrow. If the warehouse inside is full of ordnance, just pretend I didn't say anything and immediately leave the armory and go to your lord. Come on board and leave Cangzhou."

"Is there no ordnance inside?" Mr. Wu asked urgently.

"If there is no ordnance, it means that there is a big problem with the Yan Division." Su Mu said in a serious manner: "When the time comes, I will set off a firework inside, and Mr. Wu, you should immediately lead the troops into the armory. By the way, follow the schedule Forget it, when will Yang Tinghe arrive in Cangzhou?"

Su Mu asked again.

Officer Wu made some calculations and replied, "Hurry up and arrive in the morning the day after tomorrow, and slow down at noon."

"Okay, at that time, you only need to wait for four to five hours, and the group of thieves in Yansi will be finished." Su Mu immediately stood up, walked to the case, picked up a pen and wrote quickly: "I write in my own name. Send a letter to Lord Yang Tinghe to report the situation of Cangzhou Governor Lu Yansi, and ask him to come here as soon as possible. Also ask Lord Wu to send a boat so that his confidants can take the letter there."

Tuiguan Wu nodded, and said: "Xueshi Yang was Su Mu's tutor during your rural examination. I believe he will believe what you say."

Su Mu smiled wryly in his heart. It could be seen that the future Yang Shoufu had a lot of prejudice against him, and he would not admit that he was his disciple at all. If he handed this letter over, Master Yang might not believe it, but would scold him harshly. Looking for trouble when there is nothing to do, meddling in local government affairs.

However, in order for me, Su Mu, to be able to return to the capital earlier, and to wipe out Ma Quan, I had to do it.

As long as this shocking case is settled, as a party involved, he, Su Mu, will naturally go back to Beijing to explain the case to the Three Law Departments. At that time, Queen Mother Zhang still has no reason to stay in Cangzhou.

Who cares about Princess Taikang's affairs, Her Highness, she can't blame me.

While speaking, Su Mu had already written a short message and handed it to Officer Wu: "Master Wu, please have a look."

Officer Wu Tui glanced at it, nodded repeatedly, but didn't talk about the content of the letter.Reversely: "Su Mu, your handwriting has improved again, and there are faint signs of establishing a sect. It can be seen that it will be of great benefit to you to go out and practice for a few days."

Su Mu is master of Dong Qichang's style, and he writes hundreds of thousands of characters every day, and his calligraphy skills are becoming more and more sophisticated.If time passes, it may not become a generation of calligraphy masters.

Zong Zhen was also literate, so he took a sneak peek at the side and was horrified: How could Master Su's handwriting be so good... It's even more beautiful than the plaques in the temple.

Su Mu and Wu Tuiguan discussed again. Tomorrow, Su Mu will enter the armory, and if he finds something wrong inside, he will use fireworks as the name.

As soon as he saw the signal, Officer Wu Tui led his men in and occupied the entire arsenal.

The two had discussed all the details, and it was already midnight.

Su Mu didn't intend to go back to the inn, so he spent the night on Wu Tuiguan's official ship.

After all, the woman at the inn had nothing to do with him, so he couldn't be responsible for her.

Besides, when he saw Mei Niang's hateful face, Su Mu couldn't help feeling sad, he really didn't know how to face the two of them.

However, he still had one very important thing to fetch, but he had to leave now.

After getting off the boat, Zongzhen's younger sister was happy and shy at the same time, she just lowered her head and followed behind Su Mu and brother.

On the other hand, Zongzhen treated Su Mu with respect. ,

After knowing that Su Mu was Wu's second brother-in-law, and his sister married into the Wu family, it is said that he and Su Mu are relatives of the same generation.He also disdains Su Mu's evil deed of stopping his wife from marrying, Zong Zhen is already very dissatisfied with Su Mu.

But now it is discovered that not only is Su Mu not surnamed Mei, but he is also a master.

No matter what kind of person Juren is, he can directly become an official. Even Mr. Wu is only a famous person.

In other words, Su Mu and Mr. Wu are at the same level.

In order to dig out the corrupt officials of the Yan Division, Mr. Su even demoted himself and came to Cangzhou to investigate the case under a false name, and suffered a lot of grievances during the process.

For him, Zong Zhen was surprised and admired.

"Master Su, I have offended you so much earlier, I hope you will forgive Zong Zhen once." Zong Zhen strode forward and gave a long bow.

Su Mu smiled, and helped him up: "You and I may be relatives in the future, and one family does not speak two languages, so there is no need to do so."

Zong Zhen: "I don't know if I should say a word or not."

"Hero Zong, tell me."

Zong Zhen: "What is Master Su's status, but tomorrow he will personally risk himself to go to the armory, so he is not afraid of being killed by Ma Quan?"