But this also benefited from Xu Guogong's timidity and caution! Liu Haojia was sure that Duke Xu would not send his true confidants to work, so he dared to adopt this method!
Xu Guogong's family is already a very popular minister, and now what they want is stability! As long as it is stable, the Xu family's wealth will be iron-clad! But now they have to get involved in the battle between civil servants and salt merchants, which is something they are very unwilling to do!
But with Emperor Wanli's decree and Zhang Juzheng's letter suppressing it, they had to do it even if they didn't want to! So according to Liu Haojia's guess, he will definitely only send some low-level officers here, just to prevent some low-level officers from being used as scapegoats when things happen again in the future!
But now his cautious approach played into Liu Haojia's hands, easily allowing him to seize control of the entire matter! Once this command power is obtained, it is not up to others how to act! When the time comes, everyone in the world will see Jin Yiwei arresting salt merchants and arresting officials, and they will all know that Jin Yiwei is out of trouble again!
Liu Haojia was very satisfied after hearing the following report! He directly ordered the Jin Yiwei below: "Well done! But the test for you is still to come! This time when we go out, we not only want to arrest the salt merchants and the officials who colluded with them. More importantly, we must give the Jin Yiwei the prestige Get out of here! Starting today, all officials will be frightened from the bottom of their hearts when they see the flying fish uniforms of our Jinyiwei! We are the emperor's own army, and we specialize in supervising all officials, so we have to let them start from the bottom of their hearts. Only if you are afraid of us!"
When these Jin Yiwei heard this, they were all excited and proud! They all expressed that they would definitely show off the majesty of Jinyiwei! Ever since Liu Shouyou defected to Zhang Juzheng, Jin Yiwei has been severely suppressed by the civil servants! Any violation of regulations will lead to a large number of impeachments, often leaving Jin Yiwei in disgrace!
But this is not surprising, because Jin Yiwei is inclined to the emperor, so he will naturally be suppressed by civil servants! However, they may not dare to quarrel with each other. After all, civil servants’ buttocks are not clean either. Once they offend the imperial guard and overturn the table, everyone will look bad!
But after Liu Shouyou defected to Zhang Juzheng, the Jinyiwei changed from the eagle dog of the emperor to the watchdog of the civil servants! So why should you be polite to your own watchdog? Beating the watchdog will weaken the emperor's authority and show your own abilities. Why not do it?
Therefore, with the support of Liu Haojia, these officers let go of their tempers and became murderous. They wished they could immediately handle a big case that would shock the world! And what Liu Haojia wants is this effect! If the Jin Yiwei were not feared by others, then why would they be called the Jin Yiwei!
At the same time, he was also full of contempt for Xu Guogong! Those who have been keeping things for the rest of their lives don’t even have the courage! Don’t you know that there is no immortal dynasty in this world? Could it be that when the new dynasty dominates the world, it will give you the wealth of Duke Xu's mansion? But he didn't say this in his heart, he just waited quietly for the time to come!
When night falls, the outside of the military camp is completely clean, and the door is finally opened! Groups of Jin Yiwei led the soldiers they selected to disperse in all directions! Some people went directly to various cities in the south, while others went directly north to the Yangtze River Wharf. The boats of the river navy are already in place, waiting for them to arrive!
When they arrived at the dock, there were indeed many large ships waiting there, and the one leading the team was Zuo Liqiu! Upon seeing this, Liu Haojia stepped forward and said, "Brother Zuo, why did you come here in person for such a trivial matter?"
Zuo Liqiu laughed loudly and said: "Is this still a small matter? In a few days, the world will be shaken! So brother, I will follow you to see the world! And I'm afraid you don't have enough manpower, so all the elites transferred this time are yours!" "
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "I'm afraid Brother Zuo is not afraid that I don't have enough manpower here, but he wants to make some money along with him, right?"
Zuo Liqiu clapped his hands and said, "Brother's guess is correct! The people arrested this time are salt merchants. They are probably the richest people in the world! If you can get a little bit of oil and water, you will be able to use it up!"
Liu Haojia said: "It doesn't matter to get some money, but you must obey the orders when you are sent, and don't mess around! In addition, the transportation of salt must not be delayed!"
As soon as Zuo Liqiu heard Liu Haojia agreed, he immediately cheered up and said loudly: "Don't worry, my brother will take it personally this time."
Anyone who disobeys them will be beaten to death! As for the matter of transporting salt, we have already handed it over to the people below, so it will definitely not delay the matter! There are three of us brothers on this Yangtze River, and we guarantee that we can transport it to places where others cannot transport it! "
The two chatted and laughed for a long time. Everyone had boarded the ship and then set sail north! And these sailors are indeed elite, and the fleet sails at night without any chaos! Moreover, Liu Haojia didn't know the situation of the fleet that dispersed upstream and downstream, but the ships he was on arrived at the entrance of the canal very accurately at dawn, and there were also ships ready to change ships for them. It seemed that Zuo Liqiu You really put your best effort into it!
Everyone immediately changed boats and rushed to Yangzhou without stopping! By the time they arrived outside Yangzhou City, it was already night three days later! Liu Haojia saw that there was not much time until dawn, so he ordered everyone to put on their robes and rush to Yangzhou City!
Sun Laoer is a general flag officer. He has been responsible for guarding the gates of Yangzhou for more than 20 years! Over the years, countless people have passed under his gaze! There are both dignitaries and barefoot commoners, so sometimes he has a sense of superiority! That is, no matter who you are, you can only come in after I open the door!
And over the years, his body has already adapted to the current routine! So before the rooster crows, he has already climbed out of bed! This has become a habit for more than ten years!
The place they are in is a small courtyard. According to the establishment, there should be more than thirty people here, but now there are only more than ten people! But what does it matter? Yangzhou is located in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty and is extremely peaceful! So as a junior officer, he also ate one person's free salary! The rest were naturally taken away by Shangguan!
After Sun Laoer got up, he put on his clothes and walked to the yard. He coughed first and then shouted loudly: "Everyone is getting up! Everyone is getting up!"
After hearing his shouts, there were sounds of activity coming from the rooms on both sides! Someone else yelled loudly: "Boss Sun, you wake up at this time every day, and you don't ask anyone to sleep a little longer!"
