Xu Guogong nodded and said: "Yes, it is precisely because of these two things! Although I have made a lot of preparations, I still have some hesitation in my heart! After all, this matter is not a trivial matter!"
Liu Haojia said: "Then let this junior explain it to you, and you will naturally understand the inside story! In fact, these people are just grasshoppers after autumn, they can't dance for a few days!"
When Xu Guogong heard this, he laughed loudly and said, "Although this country slang is vulgar, it describes it appropriately! I listen to you!"
Liu Haojia said: "Let me talk about the first thing first! That is that I have built a large number of salt fields in Shandong. These salt fields produce a large amount of salt every day! And because the salt fields are always being expanded, how much salt can be produced every day? Even juniors can’t count how much salt there is! But what is certain is that the salt stored by juniors in Shandong in the past two years is 30% more than the amount of salt sold in previous years, which is enough for the people of Ming Dynasty! And this time juniors The people they bring will directly control the salt field and will never affect the continued production of the salt field! At the same time, the inland water navy will also cooperate with the transportation of salt, so as long as the navy ships can reach places, there is no need to worry about the shortage of salt! As for other remote areas You don’t have to worry about other regions, because the price of salt has been lowered, and everyone can traffic salt. Those merchants will naturally sell salt to all parts of the Ming Dynasty in order to make profits!”
Xu Guogong was greatly surprised when he heard what he said, and asked many questions in succession! And Liu Haojia answered them one by one, very fluently, and Xu Guogong nodded repeatedly! Finally, he said: "It seems that you have really worked hard! In that case, please tell me the second question!"
Liu Haojia said: "This second question is actually simpler! Long live the Lord has already agreed with Prime Minister Zhang that he will come forward to handle official matters, and the focus will only be on the salt merchants! As for the officials from various places who were bribed by the censor, at most It’s to kill the culprit and it won’t affect too many people!”
Eunuch Zhang stroked his beard and said, "If this is the case, it will be easy to handle!"
Liu Haojia continued: "And the Duke of the country should also know that in recent years, due to the implementation of laws such as the Compilation Law and the Examination Law, the national treasury has been gradually enriched, giving the people of the world a chance to breathe and making the world more peaceful! But! When the world is at peace, I’m afraid it’s time for the cabinet to fight for power! I’m afraid Prime Minister Zhang will take this opportunity to do something, right?”
After hearing the second half of Liu Haojia's meaningful words, Xu Guogong immediately understood and said with a smile involuntarily: "That's it! It seems that Zhang Siwei and others are going to be unlucky this time!"
When Liu Haojia saw that Xu Guogong had made his words clear, he let go and said, "That's right! That Zhang Siwei covets the position of chief minister is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it! He has also established his authority in the court many times. This move! One by one, I think Prime Minister Zhang is also aware of it. I’m afraid he will take this opportunity to clean it up this time!”
Xu Guogong nodded repeatedly and said: "That's great! This second problem is solved! With Zhang Shouxu's ability, cleaning up the officialdom has turned into an internal struggle among civil servants. It is both justified and the intensity can be controlled! It is really amazing!"
At this point, he changed the topic and said: "In that case, I don't have to worry anymore! All the manpower was deployed four days ago, in the name of drill! At this time, they are in the military camp outside the city! What are you preparing? Time to take action?"
Liu Haojia said: "According to the plan, the navy's ship will dock at the Nanjing pier at night in two days, and you can board the ship then. Today we can just send the people brought by the juniors to the camp, and organize the soldiers by the way. Just this matter I still need a handwritten letter from the Duke!"
Xu Guogong nodded and said: "It's easy! You settle here first, and I will host a banquet for you to wash away the dust! Then I will write you a letter, and you can send someone directly to the military camp! I just don't know if four thousand people are enough. ?」
Liu Haojia Liansheng said: "Enough, enough! To deal with some salt merchants, each team only needs more than a hundred people! There may not be a fight. The biggest problem is how to prevent the gold and silver from being stolen!"
When Xu Guogong heard this, he also laughed loudly, and then said: "You are right, it is the truth! But you can't let these soldiers of mine go in vain, right?"
Liu Haojia said understandingly: "Don't worry, Lord, I still understand the rules! It's better to ask brothers to go all the way in vain!"
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Hao Jia said that Duke Xu was even more satisfied! It seems that this year I can save some military pay and put it into my pocket! So I immediately wrote a letter and gave it to Liu Haojia. Liu Haojia called two servants who were following him to hand them the letter and gave them some instructions before sending them away! He himself stayed in Xu Guogong's mansion to receive hospitality.
The two servants took the letter and returned to the dock. They waited until the city gate was closed before arranging for a large number of royal guards on the ship to disembark and rushed to the military camp outside the city overnight! After arriving at the military camp, the two men sent a letter from Duke Xu, and several officers immediately let them into the camp to rest.
At dawn the next day, the officers ordered the soldiers to organize! These Jin Yiwei were not polite and selected the soldiers according to the tasks assigned on the ship!
In fact, Liu Haojia had already figured out the situation of the people who needed to be arrested, so he directly assigned each team of Jin Yiwei to lead a team of soldiers to arrest them. Now that the preparations are complete, we can wait for the navy to arrive and send out troops to arrest people!
In the evening, Liu Haojia also arrived at the military camp outside the city! At this time, his Jin Yiwei had become one with the soldiers, and officers at all levels had regarded these Jin Yiwei as superior officers, completely seizing the leadership of each team!
At the beginning, Liu Haojia and Zhang Juzheng discussed that the Jin Yiwei would follow the team that ransacked the house as a witness! The reason why he gave in in advance was because he knew that Zhang Juzheng would not give Jin Yiwei a chance to establish his authority! So he took the initiative to avoid it, which made Zhang Juzheng very satisfied!
But as the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below! Then Liu Haojia told his subordinates that they must gain control of the team, in order to establish their authority! Jin Yiwei has been silent for a long time, and many officials are no longer afraid of them. This time, let them recall the fear brought by Jin Yiwei! As for how to deal with those soldiers, there is only one word, money!
These Jin Yiwei naturally understood the orders they received! After they arrived at the military camp and were organized into groups, they described to them in a quibbling manner how the Jinyiwei raided homes in the past and how much money they got. Tell these officers and soldiers, subtly and implicitly, that you can get money by following my command! Don't listen to instructions! Can't get a penny!
Needless to say, the soldiers below are all scared of poverty! I heard that there is money to be taken, so naturally I will listen to whoever gives the money! Those officers don't have high official positions. Although they can drink some soldiers' blood and eat some free money on weekdays, they just maintain a well-off life. There is no way to get rich! Now, after being fooled by these royal guards, they gave up their command power one by one!
