As evening approaches, the hustle and bustle of Yangzhou City has not stopped.
The pier is still full of merchants from all over the world. Even when night falls, Yangzhou City, the first town of Yanke in the south of the Yangtze River, will hang up lanterns to attract customers and show off its unique charm.
"I would like to pay my respects to the pardoner. My master is already waiting quietly in the wind room on the third floor."
Jia She, who got off the carriage, frowned and raised his head. Pei Weisheng was too naive!
Although he has no actual job now, Pei Weisheng was also cared for by his father back then. How dare you put on airs with him like this?
I saw Pei Weisheng's personal servant approaching Jia Cong and whispered: "Mr. Pardon, there are distinguished guests in the private room, and the master cannot leave me!"
"who is it?"
"Master Thirteen!"
Liu Ke? Why did this guy come to Yangzhou?
Fengzijian faces the street, and the sound of silk and bamboo in the elegant room merges with the smoke of fireworks outside the window, giving Jia She a different feeling.
"What? You don't say hello when you see an old friend?"
Liu Ke is more than ten years younger than Jia She. With his luxurious clothes, it can be seen from a distance that this man is not short of money.
With a snap, Liu Ke opened the folding fan in his hand, fanned it in a coquettish manner, and raised the corner of his mouth with a smile: "Brother Enhou, are you going to stand outside the door and accompany me to drink wine and listen to music?"
Jia She glanced at this guy and said angrily: "Are you here to listen to music?"
After saying that, he walked into the private room and sat directly on the free chair.
After Liu Ke's soldiers outside the door closed the door, Pei Weisheng smiled helplessly: "Brother Enhou, the prince insists that I invite you here. Originally, I planned to go directly to the Lin Mansion."
"Don't blame Mr. Pei. Even though you killed a bunch of people, there are still people outside the Lin Mansion secretly watching."
Liu Ke touched from his arms, took out a gold token and placed it on the table in front of him.
Bang!
Pei Weisheng stood up in a panic and brought all the chairs.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Pei Weisheng, respectfully sends your greetings!"
Jia She also stood up, bowed his hands to the north and said, "Blessings to the Holy Spirit..."
"Hey, hey, farewell, farewell, are there any outsiders here? Why are you doing so many false courtesy?"
As soon as Liu Ke finished speaking, Jia She retorted: "The etiquette cannot be discarded. His Royal Highness King Zhongshun has already taken out the gold token. How can I still sit down?"
"Ahem... I made a mistake. I originally wanted to give your brother a secret message."
This guy really deserves to be thrown into a river with a sack!
Jia She took the letter from Liu Ke, opened it and read it quickly.
Sure enough, the emperor was still impatient.
After finally recruiting a great talent like Lin Ruhai, Liu Heng would never let anyone harm this great talent.
The power of a country is nothing more than two things, wealth and people.
He can't move people, so he can only start with money. The Jiangnan Salt Course is an important pillar of the country's taxation, and the Jiangnan Salt Course's first priority is Yangzhou. Yangzhou must be firmly in his hands, and Lin Ruhai must keep it.
"finish watching?"
Liu Ke looked at Jia She who was staring up at him, smiled and said: "I didn't expect such a bad thing to happen to your family. You won't be able to stay in Yangzhou for a few days. According to my wishes, I'll cut the knot with a quick knife. Let's cut the knot first." Take Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou. The Jinling side is more troublesome, and my father’s side will definitely not let others get involved. Wait and see how things turn out.”….
"It's too late. King Wu has already turned Jinling upside down. It is estimated that the impeachment memorial from Jinling will be sent to the capital in a few days!"
Jia She packed up the secret letter and put it away, and said leisurely: "I came to the banquet because I came to borrow troops from Brother Pei. There are not many salt men under the patrol salt censor's mansion who can be used. Jiangnan Camp It is not advisable to move lightly. If you want to quickly and completely control Jiangnan Salt Class, you must have an army of no less than 20,000."
"Bang!"
Pei Weisheng, who had been cowering aside and not daring to speak, screamed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on when he heard Jia She's words.
"Are you crazy? Are you kidding? Twenty thousand troops? Brother Enhou, before I could use the excuse to suppress bandits and mobilize the army, but now there is no danger of bandits. Why do you want me to go there?
To silence state officials? If there is no order to mobilize more than three thousand troops, they will be beheaded! "
Jia She chuckled, raised his finger and pointed at the golden order on the desk: "Isn't this the imperial edict?"
Liu Ke was stunned, and Pei Weisheng felt the pain in his teeth.
I am a member of the Supreme Emperor!
He really wanted to cry without tears. Why did he lose his mind and listen to Liu Ke's words and come to join in the fun.
"Brother Pei, do you still remember the two hundred water bandits you killed in the village outside Huai'an Mansion?"
Jia She suddenly changed the topic, leaving Pei Weisheng a little confused.
He nodded and asked, "Remember, what's wrong?"
"Their surname is Zhen!"
ah?
Just listen to Jia She continue to explain: "This group of water bandits are just abandoned sons thrown out by the Zhen family. The ones who really robbed the salt tax money have long since escaped. The leader is Zhen Yingjun of the Zhen family. This person is yours There should be an impression."
Pei Weisheng shook his head in horror: "Impossible, some of the salt tax money was sent to Longshou Palace. Zhen Yingjia is so dizzy that she dares to touch the saint's money!"
"I don't know if Zhen Yingjia is dizzy or not, but the Fourteenth is really short of money!"
Liu Ke chuckled and interrupted: "I'm afraid you don't know that the Fourteenth is really promising. He has raised tens of thousands of private soldiers in the northwest. If you throw these two million taels of silver into it, it probably won't last a few days. Father. Some time ago, I was bored and wanted to build some kind of Star Tower, and the Zhen family’s money has been sent to the capital, so the fourteenth can only risk the idea of salt tax."
Pei Weisheng felt that he heard something extraordinary. At this moment, he really wanted to poke his ears to make him deaf.
The bloody smell of the forty-ninth year of Zhaowu has not yet dissipated, and the brothers of the Tian family are about to start killing each other again!
"So the Zhen family are not your friends at all. Even the officials and salt merchants who gave you money are just to stabilize you."
Liu Ke attacked Pei Weisheng's psychological defense again and again, and finally completely defeated his last persistence with one sentence.
"Master Pei, think about it, if the salt tax money cannot be recovered, will the Zhen family be affected, will Cui Xuanye be affected? What will happen to you and Lin Ruhai, Master Lin?"
His water transport yamen was responsible for escorting the silver. Hundreds of water transport soldiers were beheaded and thrown outside the water transport yamen. Two million taels of silver were lost. As the governor of water transport, he, at the very least, would not even think about taking a trip to Caishikou. Not anymore.
The more Pei Weisheng thought about it, the angrier he became, Zhen Yingjia, you piece of shit, I treat you as a friend, but you want to harm me...
Since you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust~
"Your Majesty, Brother Enhou, what should I do?"
…
Lin Ruhai read the imperial letter handed over by Jia She and hesitated before saying, "Brother-in-law, do you plan to follow His Majesty's plan?"
Jia She nodded: "Although His Majesty's plan will bypass Jinling Mansion, it is safer than our plan before we find out the saint's attitude."
"Can……"
Just as Lin Ruhai said one word, Jia She interrupted his next words.
Just listen to Jia She say: "I know you are unwilling, but don't forget that there are two masters in this summer. Your Majesty's concerns are actually more in line with the current situation. If you anger the saint, your Majesty will not be able to protect you. You want more Think about it for your niece, she has already lost her mother, do you want her to lose her father again?"
Lin Ruhai was really unwilling. What he wanted was to eliminate the chronic diseases in the entire Jiangnan Salt Class, even if he had to pay an unbearable price for it.
But the emperor's order forced him to give up his original plan and let go of the Jinling Zhen family and the three major salt dealers in Jinling, Wang, Li, and Jin, who were allied with the Zhen family.
These three general merchants account for one-third of the salt production in Jiangnan every year. If we are unable to cut off the control of these three companies over Jiangnan Salt Industry this time, not only will it be difficult to do our best, but we will also alert the enemy, making it difficult to attack these three companies in the future.
Especially the Jin family among them. The Jin family has already produced a Beijing official. Who knows whether there will be another Jin family son roll call outside Donghua Gate in the future.
official
Businessmen, officials and businessmen, if it is just a businessman, there will always be a way. But with the official name attached to it, it’s not that easy to take action.
"well!"
Lin Ruhai's expression darkened, and the candlelight on the table flickered slightly.
Jia She sighed and hissed with Lin Ruhai for a while before talking about what was planned.
"According to His Majesty's arrangement, Liu Ke will be in charge of the Cao Yuan Yamen. Starting from Yangzhou tomorrow night, the Cao soldiers will take over the defense of Yangzhou and capture all the officials and merchants involved in the case in Yangzhou City before dawn..."
The plan is not difficult to put together. What is difficult is to have enough troops and horses to control the suspected officials and salt merchants as quickly as possible and collect enough evidence.
Such as account books, letters, etc., completing the evidence chain. Based on this evidence, we followed the clues and quickly spread to the surrounding areas, completely eradicating the unscrupulous salt merchants and corrupt officials who colluded with the salt merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Then Liu Ke would use the golden order to arrange suitable replacements, including officials, emperors, merchants, etc., to seize the vacuum zone of the three mansions before the Supreme Emperor.
Anyway, most of these officials are below the fifth rank, and the emperor's golden order is enough.
When the time comes, the deal is already done, and the most the Emperor can do is scold him as a traitor, so that he won't tarnish the face of the new emperor who he personally helped to ascend to the throne over such a trivial matter.
After all, if the salt class is replaced, the money sent to Longshou Palace will not be less than one tael. As for these Sesame Officers below the fifth rank, just change them.
This plan was indeed the most stable and safe, but Lin Ruhai felt aggrieved no matter how he looked at the three words Jinling Mansion marked on the map.
Jia She patted his shoulder and shook his head silently.
The two of them sighed together, and finally put away the map silently.
"By the way, I'm afraid Yangzhou will be in chaos for two days, so why not send brother Cong and my niece to Liu Ke's place. This guy is a bit confused, but it is safer to let the child stay with him..."
Lin Ruhai raised his eyes to look at his uncle, opened his mouth and finally did not express the complaints in his heart.
He nodded and said: "Then let Yu'er go out of the city tomorrow on the pretext of offering incense and praying for blessings. Let's go to the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport first. By the way, let Lian'er go to Qinghua Tower and tell Jinse that she can Let’s go out of the city and take shelter.”
Speaking of Lady Jinse from Qinghua Tower, Jia She was full of curiosity and asked closely, "Ruhai, tell me, are you related to Lady Jinse?"
Lin Ruhai replied faintly: "Jin Se, he belongs to Min'er!"
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