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Wei Zhongxian severed contact with Huziqi, and Wang Zizi knew that the matter was very serious.
I wrote the secret letter overnight and gave it to Wang Shanyuan to send back to Datong.
Wei Zhongxian has always been half of the Tiger Flag's backer in the capital. Because of Wei Zhongxian's presence, it is much more convenient for the Tiger Flag to do some things.
Similarly, Tiger Flag will pay a large amount of money to Wei Zhongxian's house every year as a reward.
Wang Ziren is not an official in the court, but he knows the situation in the court well.
In the past two years, Wei Zhongxian's market has surged, and he is almost able to compete with the power of the Donglin Party. Cutting off relations with Wei Zhongxian at this time is a great loss for Tiger Character Banner.
It's a pity that Wei Zhongxian's status is getting higher and higher. Since a year ago, he has not been qualified to contact Wei Zhongxian directly. Every time he sees it, it is Eunuch Li.
His status is no longer enough to have direct contact with Wei Zhongxian.
If he wanted to preserve the relationship between Tiger Character Flag and Wei Zhongxian, he knew that he could only ask his own master to come forward.
Regardless of Tiger Character Banner's reputation as the largest trading house in the north, or his status as a former Datong guerrilla general, he was only barely qualified to meet Wei Zhongxian.
Of course, this does not include those things hidden by the tiger flag.
Although there are some things that can prove the strength of the Tiger Flag, once it is known to the court, it will not be a good thing for the Tiger Flag.
In the eyes of the imperial court, today's Tiger Flag is a large-scale Datong company, and Liu Heng himself is just a guerrilla general recruited by the imperial court.
In addition, the court did not understand some things about the Tiger Flag.
The messenger sent to Datong changed horses but not people along the way.
Although there is no post station in Hu Zi Banner, there is a mule and horse team to ensure that the messenger can send the news back from the capital as quickly as possible.
Wang Shanyuan is from the Foreign Intelligence Agency.
The secret letter he brought back would not be delivered directly to Liu Heng, but would need to be handed over to the Foreign Intelligence Agency first.
"Is your lord here?"
Yang Yuan came to Liu's house and asked a soldier standing guard outside the door.
The Liu House in front of me is where Liu Heng lives now.
This used to be the residence of the general, and later it became the residence of the guerrilla general. After Liu Heng resigned, the door plaque was changed to Liu's residence.
"The proprietor is inside, my subordinates will go in and report." The soldier in front of the door turned around and went inside.
Yang Yuan called to the other party and said, "No need, I'll go there myself."
After saying that, he stepped inside.
He has been to this place many times and is very familiar with everything here. Although the Guerrilla General's Mansion has been transformed into Liu's House, everything is still the same as before.
When he arrived at the door of the custody room, Yang Yuan handed the gun to the guard on the side and walked in.
"I have met you, sir." Yang Yuan bowed and saluted.
Liu Heng raised his head, put down the charcoal in his hand, and asked, "Is there any news from the capital?"
As soon as he received the news that someone in the capital was spreading the news that the Tiger Flag was about to rebel, he wrote a resignation letter and sent it to the capital.
In the officialdom, as long as someone is caught making a mistake, whether it is a real mistake or a false mistake, he will write a resignation letter to show his innocence.
Many times, resignation in the officialdom may not necessarily mean that one really wants to resign.
However, Liu Heng is different this time. He really wants to resign.
Conspiracy was a major crime against the Nine Tribes, and he was a bandit recruited by the imperial court. He was not welcomed by the imperial court. If the imperial court retained him and refused to allow him to resign, it meant that the imperial court was about to take action against the tiger-character flag. If allowed, His resignation showed that the court did not take seriously the rumors about the Tiger Flag in the capital and allowed him to resign and become a rich man.
"My lord, I expected it to be true. The king himself sent someone to deliver the secret letter." Yang Yuan took out the secret letter from his sleeves and presented it to the table in front of Liu Heng with both hands.
After placing it, he took a step back and spread his hands aside.
Liu Heng picked up the secret letter, tore open the seal and took out the paper inside.
After opening it, he put it in front of his eyes and looked at it.
There are two pieces of paper inside.
Before he finished reading the content on the first page, Liu Heng showed a sneer on his face.
After reading it, he threw the two pages on the table.
"Sir, did something happen over there in the capital?" Yang Yuan, who had been paying attention to Liu Heng, noticed the change on Liu Heng's face.
Liu Heng said: "The imperial court has approved my resignation. The news will be sent to Datong soon. From now on, you don't need to call me Sir anymore. You should call me proprietor!"
"The proprietor is better than the adults." Yang Yuan smiled.
Resigning from office proved that the court believed that the Tiger Character Banner would not rebel, and that the matter was over.
Liu Heng pointed to the letter on the table and said, "This is a secret letter sent from the capital by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. You are the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. You should read it too."
"Yes." Yang Yuan stepped forward and picked up the letter from the table.
Liu Heng leaned back, leaned back on the chair, picked up the teapot on the table, put it in his mouth and took a sip of water.
Yang Yuan frowned deeply as he stood reading the letter.
He said: "Master, Wei Zhongxian is trying to kill the donkey. When he was not taken seriously in the palace, we gave him a large sum of money to help him smoothen his relationships. Now he is so powerful. Seeing that Our tiger flag is of little use to him anymore, so he wants to cross the river and burn the bridge, without any faith in his heart."
"It's something that was expected." Liu Heng said calmly.
Although it was a bit surprising to see that Wei Zhongxian was going to sever his relationship with Huziqi in the secret letter, it was also what he expected.
Yang Yuan asked in surprise: "Have you guessed, proprietor, that Wei Zhongxian would sever ties with our Tiger Flag?"
Liu Heng nodded.
Just listen to him say: "Today's Tiger Flag is the most famous and powerful business name in the north of the Ming Dynasty. The little money given to Wei Zhongxian every year is no longer enough to satisfy him."
"He still wants to occupy our Tiger Flag's industry!" Yang Yuan's face sank.
The Tiger Character Flag is their foundation. Everything he has now is brought by the Tiger Character Flag. As a member of the Tiger Character Flag, he will never allow anyone to have the idea of Tiger Character Flag.
Liu Heng sneered and said: "You are right. Wei Zhongxian is now in control. If the Donglin Party was not still in power, I am afraid that he would have taken action against the Tiger Flag."
"My subordinate requested to go to the capital and kill this person with my own hands." Yang Yuan bowed and asked for orders.
Liu Heng raised his right hand and waved it, and said: "His enemy is not us, but the Donglin Party members in the court. If you kill him, wouldn't you be fulfilling the wishes of the Donglin Party people."
"If those people from the Donglin Party were really capable, they would have dealt with the eunuch Wei Zhongxian long ago. How could they wait until now to give Wei eunuch a chance to increase his strength." Speaking of the Donglin Party, Yang Yuan curled his lips disdainfully.
When Tianqi first ascended the throne, Wei Eunuch was at most a little eunuch with a little power in the palace. On the other hand, the Donglin Party can be said to be full of righteousness and have the merit of following the dragon.
