I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 886 The Temptation of Heavy Money

"That is to cooperate with our Mu family.

Our Mu family will always stay in Nanjing, and this business will continue.

As long as our merchant ships are still on the water for a day, our support for you will never stop.

With our support, you Yizhen Qianhusuo can continue to grow!
Suppressing bandits is a very long-lasting task, no matter who it is, it is impossible to completely solve it overnight.

Not His Royal Highness, even if His Majesty came in person.

Only you, Jiang Haoqianhu, can really decide whether you or the pirates will have the final say on the river. "

After hearing these words, Jiang Hao's heart also began to shake.

He also understands that this is actually the best solution, and it is the guarantee that Yizhen Qianhu can always exist.

But he still couldn't make a decision just like that.

After all, this is an important decision related to what Yizhen's surname will be in the future and whether she can really realize her ideal of cleaning the waters of the south of the Yangtze River.

He had to repay the prince's kindness.

But if you let the waters of the south of the Yangtze River continue to rot, just to repay your kindness, isn't it a bit too selfish.

He let out a long sigh, closed his eyes, and began to struggle violently in his heart.

"Brother Cheng, needless to say, I...I really can't make up my mind..."

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Cheng Yan thought for a while, and then dropped another blockbuster.

"As I said before, all the large-scale water villages on the river are secretly supported by someone behind the scenes.

Even if it is not a direct cooperation, there are still many connections.

After being robbed by water thieves for so many years, our Mu family has gained nothing.

Who are the biggest pirate forces on the river and who are the masters behind them? In fact, we have already investigated in detail. "

"I'm not afraid to tell Brother Jiang, in fact, every water village has our Mu family's spies in it.

The information they obtained is absolutely accurate and reliable. "

"If you want to really smash these water villages, I think this information should be very helpful to you!"

"Brother Jiang, cooperate with us. As long as you nod your head now, I will present this list right away!"

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Hao's heart trembled again, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly,

"Brother Cheng, what you said is true. Do you really have such important information?"

Cheng Yan shook the folding fan in his hand comfortably, and said confidently,
"That's natural. If we can't even do this, how can we have the confidence to eradicate them completely!"

This information is too crucial.

Why are the water pirates in the south of the Yangtze River unable to be wiped out no matter how they are cleared?

One of the most important reasons is that some officials in Nanjing are in cahoots with them.

At that time, Yizhen Qianhusuo was very beautiful. At its peak, there were nearly 5000 people and hundreds of large and small warships.

When it drove out of the port in a mighty manner, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it can block out the sun.

At that time, not to mention water pirates, they dared not show their faces, and even merchant ships doing business had to stop on the spot when they encountered them, and only dared to move on when they passed by.

But now the Yizhen Thousand Households House has collapsed into what it is today. It is entirely the fault of those officials who extorted money without limit.

Without the cover of officials, Yizhen Qianhusuo would not gradually fall into disrepair, nor would it condone the lawlessness of water bandits.

The imperial court will not ignore the situation here.

It can be said that the current corrupt situation is entirely caused by the greed and inaction of those officials.

What Cheng Yan said was correct. If you want to really clean up the pirates from the waters of the south of the Yangtze River, you must first clean up those officials in Nanjing who shielded them and even cooperated with them secretly.

As long as the black sheep in the court are cleaned up, the pirates on the water will naturally disappear without attack.

But is it really that simple?

Is the Mu family not powerful enough? Since they hate water pirates so much, why have they been unable to solve this problem after so many years, and finally rely on supporting themselves to help them solve their troubles?
Indeed, no matter how powerful the Mu family is, they can't defeat it, and the entire Nanjing honorable group can't defeat Ma Dazhong, who almost covers the sky with one hand.

Under their extreme repulsion and suppression, the Mu family is already very good at protecting themselves, so there is no room left to make a move.

But things are different now.

The prince directly participated in it, and with the big banner of the prince supporting them in front, they finally had the strength to fight back.

In the eyes of the prince, the people that the Mu family could not deal with before were no better than a fart. They were all arrested and chopped up, and no one dared to utter a word.

This was actually one of the main reasons why Cheng Yan approached Jiang Hao at this time.

Indeed, their initial idea was to support Jiang Hao and help them solve their problems.

But now the situation has changed.

Jiang Hao became the prince's man in a blink of an eye. If they were blatantly poaching people from the prince, even if Jiang Hao could agree, what would the prince think in the future.

In order to achieve the purpose, in order to let this matter once and for all.

The Mu family can only put all their eggs in one basket now.

Establishing a cooperative relationship with Jiang Hao is only their first step.

The next thing they have to do is to establish contact with the prince. It would be even better if they could get on the prince's boat.

But there is also a very important premise in this, that is, nobles are absolutely not allowed to contact people like princes and princes in private.

Therefore, the Mu family directly approached the prince's friends to discuss cooperation with him. Unless the Mu family was tired of work, or the prince had lost his mind, otherwise this matter would never be realized.

This is actually true, the prince has been in Nanjing for so long.

He seldom gets in touch with the nobles, and the nobles also think that he does not exist, and the main reason why they dare not take the initiative to get close to him.

From the prince's point of view, this kind of thing is called fornication, and it means conspiracy.

From the side of the nobles, it means that the subordinates are committing crimes against the superiors, and there are signs of rebelling against the superiors and overthrowing the court.

No matter what the crime is, it is a major crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the family. Even if the prince is not careful, he may be deposed as the prince and banned for a lifetime.

If the Mu family wanted to raise the crown prince's banner, they could only start with Jiang Hao, the middleman.

Let Jiang Hao be a bridge in the middle. If you have any words, he will convey them, and if you have any plans, let him implement them.

In this way, they can not only achieve their respective goals without making any mistakes, but also use this method to consolidate their existing positions.

(End of this chapter)