"What letter? You should know that Dai Shirong didn't tell you?" Zhang Bi asked.
"There is only a blank piece of paper inside." Jin Chang said, "That waste, what he got is a fake letter."
"Then you should know who wrote it to whom."
"Whether you know it or not, do you know that I have to die?" Jin Chang said, "Officials protect each other, regardless of whether they are officials or military attachés. I am just a small person. It is not just because of one thing that puts me on the stage. A letter is so simple.”
"oh?"
"Master Zhang, believe me, I know too much, and one day you will become an abandoned child like me."
"If that day comes, I should be called a martyr for my country. Only someone like you is called an abandoned son." Zhang Bi paused and then said: "Your adopted son, Dai Shirong, enjoys voyeurism and must know a lot. The big shot’s secrets, now that he’s dead, you’re the only one who knows those secrets, right?”
Jin Chang smiled bitterly and did not answer.
Zhang Bi didn't care and continued: "You accepted him as your adopted son because you took a fancy to his abilities, right?"
He had always wanted to elicit Jin Chang's true intention of being captured without mercy. As Lin Linyou said, this arrest operation was too smooth and Jin Chang was too cooperative and had absolutely other agendas.
Jin Chang said at this time: "My hometown is in Xunzhou Prefecture, Guangxi. I have a small piece of land on the mountain, and I can see the Wujiang River..."
"Is it Wujiang where King Chu committed suicide?" Zhang Bi couldn't help but answer.
"Probably not." Jin Chang said, "The Wujiang River in our hometown was named after the ancient Yuan Dynasty. If I say Dadeng Gorge, you should be familiar with it."
Of course I am familiar with it. Starting from the eighth year of Hongwu to the third year of Yongle a few years ago, Dadengxia was a place where uprisings, large and small, could be said to have continued... Oh, I'm sorry, to use Zhang Bi's tone, it should be a rebellion.
They were constantly suppressed and rebelled again and again...
Zhang Bi nodded: "Your accent doesn't sound like Xunzhou's..."
"I left my hometown when I was eleven years old and was taken prisoner... I remember it very clearly. It was the 28th year of Hongwu..."
In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the Yao and Zhuang people in western Guangxi rioted. The leader Huang Shitie gathered tens of thousands of people and used Gengwu, Lianhua, Dadeng and other villages as strongholds, and developed into the nearby capitals of Kangzhou, Xiangwuzhou, Shanglin and other places. power. The Ming Dynasty sent Yang Wen as the general to conquer the south and stationed his troops in the southeast of Fengyi Prefecture. Together with the Guangxi capital commander Han Guansuo, he led the army to suppress the uprising...
So Jin Chang is only twenty-seven years old this year, younger than Zhang Bi.
Judging from his appearance, I thought he was in his thirties or forties!
Probably because he is always worried and angry, he looks a little older.
"Do you know why we want to revolt?"
"Expression by chieftains, corruption in the garrison, collusion between government and businessmen?"
"You are right about these points," Jin Chang said, "but the most important point is salt."
"Our home on the mountain is surrounded by bananas, lychees and mountain peaches. At this time, the mountain peaches must be in bloom. However, when I was a child, my father cut down all the mountain peaches and planted bananas instead, because the banana leaves burned into ashes, which can Use it to pickle food and make up for the shortage of salt."
The overall policy of the Ming Dynasty's "salt policy" was that the production of salt was monopolized by the court, transportation was handled by merchants, and sales were monopolized by licensed merchants, implementing a system of off-site sales. The Ming Dynasty established agencies such as the Capital Transport Salt Envoy Department or the Salt Class Promotion Department to manage the production and sales of salt in various regions.
Guangxi does not produce salt and relies on Guangdong salt. Targeting ethnic minority areas, "salt" became a means of control.
Salt is a necessity. The Miao, Yao and Zhuang people in Guangxi who live in the deep mountains and old forests must overcome difficulties and obstacles to enter the plains and more populated areas. Therefore, the amount of salt has become a symbol of wealth in areas with dangerous terrain.
However, the Guangxi Provincial Government Envoy Department, the Capital Transport Salt Envoy Department, etc. responded with "equal treatment" of prices or even high prices or even embargoes. Anyone who is slightly dishonest will be punished with "forbidden salt".
"If the salt problem is not solved, the uprising will never stop." Jin Chang said, "And, I can guarantee that it will intensify."
"I can't believe that you are in prison and still care about the elders in your hometown." Zhang Bi sighed, "So, you are also a pitiful person, but why did you commit such a crime to the two fans in Nanshilou, the same miserable people? Evil deeds?”
"Evil deeds?" Jin Chang sneered, "In order to please those big shots, I learned tricks and illusions, changed hands several times, and lived an ignoble existence! Compared to those big shots, what do I mean?"
If my guess is correct, Jin Chang has been exchanging letters with the rebels in his hometown. The reason why he was nervous about getting the secret letter was because he thought that what fell into Li Rui's hands was their correspondence.
"You entered the imperial prison just to tell me about the salt?" Zhang Bi said, "You are Eunuch Hou's right-hand man. A word from my father-in-law can be heard in heaven. Why don't you tell Eunuch Hou?"
Jin Chang smiled from time to time, and after listening to Zhang Bi's words, he smiled even more heartily: "The current emperor cannot solve this matter. It's just your commander-in-chief who can handle it."
joke! The problem of salt in Guangxi cannot be solved by Wang Yangming, a sage who is a versatile civil and military man a hundred years later. Can a martial artist Ji Gang solve it?
Unless the salt production process is improved so that everyone in the world can afford salt...
The problem is that even if the salt production process is improved, vested interests cannot make salt cheap.
Ji Gang is a vested interest in salt. He owns many salt farms and has a lot of salt.
"People like us are called real rebels. Ji Gang will not rebel, because he will not eat without salt, he has a lot of salt. Normally, it is impossible for me to see him, but now, I finally have a chance. I want to make a deal with him," Jin Chang said.
"Okay, tell him!" Zhang Ben stood up and said, "Maybe he can really help you solve the salt problem."
"There is nothing worse than humiliation, nothing greater than punishment!" Jin Chang shook his head, "Master Zhang, do you think what I told you tonight is just about salt?"
"Are you going to start another uprising?" Zhang Bi leaned down, "Which of your Guangxi riots was successful?"
"Maybe we can do it this time!" Jin Chang said, "Guess who is in Guangxi now?"
There are too many people, how can you guess the name Zhang Bi?
Jin Chang smiled proudly: "If you want to know the answer, just ask me. Of course, this is a deal between you and me. By the way, I have another deal that I want to talk to your brother, Mr. Lin. , please convey it to Mr. Zhang.”
"What do you mean?" Zhang Bi felt completely passive now. He couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Jin Chang's gourd. He seemed to have fallen into this kid's trap step by step. What happened?
"Hasn't he been helping the little lady in the house find her brother? I know his whereabouts."
"I don't think there's any need to convey it. We Jin Yiwei are looking for someone, so we don't need you to do it for us!"
Jin Chang said: "It doesn't matter, I still have two transactions, one of which will make you reluctant to kill me."
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In the first month of the ninth year of Yongle, Xie Jin, the former chief minister of the cabinet and now the counselor of Guangxi, went to Beijing to report to the governor of Guangxi...
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