The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Shouning Marquis's Mansion,

The housekeeper opened the door, and three servants came out, sweeping the fallen leaves in the gate with brooms.

The first and second masters have passed away for half a year.

When Madam Jin also passes away, the court will take back the mansion, and I don't know how many servants will be dismissed.

Thinking of finding another way out at the age of 80, the housekeeper sighed.

Zhang Heling stood in front of the mansion, so excited that he could not speak.

He went through hardships, fought wits and courage with the Japanese, and was forced to be a Japanese pirate for a while.

But now he is finally back.

Yan Chengjin made my two brothers suffer so much, this time he comes back, he must be killed.

"Where did the refugees come from? This is the Marquis's Mansion."

"Quick, throw him out."

The housekeeper turned around and called three servants, but Zhang Heling slapped him in the face: "This Lord will throw you out first!"

This familiar feeling... The housekeeper covered his face, as if he had seen a ghost: "You... are you the master?"

Zhang Heling pushed aside a few strands of long hair in front of his forehead, revealing a dirty face and a beautiful beard that had not been trimmed for a long time.

The three servants were so scared that they even dropped their brooms.

Seeing a ghost in broad daylight!

Seeing the housekeeper stunned, Zhang Heling kicked him again angrily: "Dead? If not, prepare lunch for me!"

"Where is the second master?"

Zhang Heling was about to say it, but if he said it, wouldn't the silver mine be exposed overseas?

Having lunch in a hurry, he changed into a casual dress and entered the palace holding a plaque.

In the warm room,

Emperor Hongzhi yawned with his hands covering his mouth, and was about to take a nap.

At this moment, the eunuch hurried in: "Your Majesty, Shouning Marquis is back."

The Zhang brothers disappeared for more than half a year, and people were sent to search the capital but couldn't find them. They thought they were dead.

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi was slightly surprised: "Order him to come in."

Zhang Heling changed into a casual dress. He was much thinner and the casual dress seemed a little loose.

After he was in pain, he knelt on the ground and cried.

"Your Majesty, I am miserable! Yan Chengjin wants to kill me. My brother is still overseas. He was captured by the Japanese to wash clothes, cook and burn night incense.

Every time I think of this, I can't sleep or eat well."

He threw the plaque on the ground and clutched his chest tightly, as if something inside was broken, and he was heartbroken.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and asked: "How did Yan Qingjia harm you?"

"I went through a lot of hardships to send him a message, but this dog official pretended not to know!"

Intentionally murdering princes and ministers?

Although Emperor Hongzhi did not like the Zhang brothers, they were the brothers of the Queen and the royal family in the court.

Emperor Hongzhi cast an inquiring look at Mou Bin on the side.

Mou Bin hurriedly said: "I have not heard that the Jinyiwei monitored Yan Chengjin. Maybe it has been too long..."

As long as it is not related to court affairs, he usually does not report it unless Emperor Hongzhi asks.

Some of them can't be remembered.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhang Heling, his eyes revealed a sharp questioning intention.

Based on his understanding of Zhang Heling, he is much smarter than Zhang Yanling, so how could he send a letter to Yan Chengjin.

This matter, as soon as you think about it, there is something fishy.

"Why send a letter to Yan Chengjin when your life is at stake? Instead of sending a letter to me."

This...

Zhang Heling looked at Emperor Hongzhi woodenly, hesitating whether to say it.

When he was in the island country, his life was threatened, so he wanted to send a letter to the court.

But now that he is back, he does not want the court to find out that the island country has silver mines. With your majesty's frugal nature, he will not give him a penny.

"I have a friendship with Yan Chengjin."

You brothers are hated by everyone, who are you trying to deceive?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing and said, "Summon Yan Chengjin."

In the Censorate,

Yan Chengjin is compiling the household law in the Ming Dynasty Law, which stipulates that the betrothal money shall not exceed fifty taels of silver.

For the families of ordinary people and gentry, the betrothal money shall not exceed two taels.

After the promulgation of this law, it should be conducive to the population prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

The little eunuch trotted in: "Lord Yan, the majesty summons you, Shouning Hou is back, and he is suing you in front of the emperor."

Yan Chengjin was a little surprised. The island country was in constant war and had reached the point where everyone was cannibalistic.

There were Japanese pirates on the sea again. How did Zhang Heling come back?

However, he had burned the letter, and the only person who could prove it was He Neng.

If Zhang Heling wanted evidence, he could only go through the Jinyiwei who were guarding outside the courtyard.

Soon, he came to the outside of the warm room and heard the grief-stricken crying in the hall.

When Zhang Heling saw Yan Chengjin, he was as jealous as if he were an enemy, and his eyes shot out hatred.

Emperor Hongzhi asked first: "Mr. Yan, did Shouning Hou write you a letter for help?"

"I received a letter from the Japanese pirates. A crane was tied to a gold ingot, and there was a paragraph saying that my nephew would first support us with 50,000 pieces of silk and would definitely repay us in the future.

I don't know if it was written by Shouning Hou."

"Yan Chengjin, who are you kidding! I wrote it clearly, how could you not know?" Zhang Heling cried to Emperor Hongzhi: "This boy is usually very smart, why did he become stupid when he met my letter for help? I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

Emperor Hongzhi felt that it made sense.

Yan Chengjin seemed cautious on weekdays, but if you think about it carefully, he is quite smart.

Ancient poems and lyrics emphasize the meaning of the text. After reading the books of sages for many years, guessing the meaning of the ancients is as easy as eating.

This letter is extremely simple, how could he not guess it?

"Yan Chengjin?"

Yan Chengjin thought about it carefully and said: "I have indeed suspected it, but I can't guess what the gold ingot is. Besides, I have to pay 50,000 pieces of silk. I feel that it is more like a fake blackmailer, so I haven't..."

There are even people pretending to be Queen Mother Ji’s clan members, let alone the Duke of the country.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes fell on Zhang Heling again: "I was just going to ask you, what exactly is this gold ingot mountain, and why did you specifically write to Yan Qing's family?"

When Yan Chengjin saw Zhang Heling hesitating, he knew that he wanted to monopolize the Shijianyin Mine.

The island nation has three huge silver mines.

Iwami Silver Mine, Sado Silver Mine, Ikuno Silver Mine!

The amount of silver stored in each of these silver mines is equivalent to the total amount of silver mined by the imperial court. You will know how huge they are.

The Ikuno silver mine would not be discovered for decades.

Because there are so many silver deposits, it is also called Ikuno Silver Mountain.

But he couldn't tell Emperor Hongzhi openly.

Zhang Heling's eyes flickered, he thought for a long time, and then he insisted: "I have a relationship with Yan Chengjin, and have done business. In private, we treat him as uncle and nephew."

"Don't joke, Marquis Shouning. This is a serious crime of having an affair with a relative of the state." Yan Chengjin clarified the relationship seriously.

Emperor Hongzhi squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Zhang Heling.

Although I knew he was hiding something, I couldn't guess what he was hiding.

"Where's Uncle Jianchang?"

"He is in the island country...traveling overseas. He will come back after a while. Your Majesty does not need to worry."

"I don't want to sue Yan Chengjin anymore."

Emperor Hongzhi felt strange, and so did Yan Chengjin.

According to the temperament of the Zhang brothers, if they can't sue His Majesty, they have to go to Queen Zhang.

But today, he was so reasonable.

After coming out of the hall, Zhang Heling hurriedly walked up a few steps and said with a smile on his face: "My dear nephew, Shibo wants to rent you five large ships."

The five twelve-masted ships were all equipped with red barbarian generals.

If we recruit another 10,000 refugees, we can go to sea to collect money.

Yan Chengjin knew that Zhang Heling wanted to go to sea and swallow up the silver mines.

The reason why Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes have no credibility is because the money banks only issue treasure banknotes but do not have corresponding reserves.

Once a large number of runs occur and the money bank cannot exchange the money, the treasure banknotes will be worthless.

The Ming Dynasty's silver mines are barren. If you can get three silver mines into your pocket...

The Zhang brothers want to monopolize it, but how should they tell His Majesty?