When Zhu Ainao heard this, she couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked quickly: "Sir, who is causing trouble?"
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei did not reply immediately. Instead, he said to them: "Read the information provided by Zhou Wenzhen first, and then read the information about Shanxi merchants."
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Aolao naturally understood that the husband probably guessed that the Shanxi merchants were causing trouble. So, she and Fei Zhen'e quickly went to look through another pile of information.
After checking for a while, sure enough, Zhu Yulao pointed at some of the contents and said to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, please see, these Shanxi merchants are indeed purchasing grain and transporting it back to Shanxi."
"I have it here too. Shanxi merchants not only purchased grain from the capital!" Fei Zhen'e also found some information and quickly reported.
Afterwards, they both read out the relevant information. After reading, Fei Zhen'e asked curiously: "Why do these Shanxi merchants need so much food? Are they hoarding it?"
At this time, you buy all the grain and hoard it, and wait until the price of grain rises again to sell it and make more money. As a palace maid, she had naturally heard of things like this.
Because of this, the reputation of businessmen is generally not very good. Because they pursue profits, the bigger the better. Few businessmen know how to do charity to change this impression of the world.
Zhu A'ao knew better. After hearing Fei Zhen'e's words, she asked Zhang Mingwei a little uncertainly: "Sir, these Shanxi merchants collect grain, are they going to sell it to Liaodong?"
When Fei Zhen'e heard this, she was a little stunned: Sold to Liaodong?
Zhang Mingwei nodded after hearing this, and said with a serious expression: "In the Battle of Songjin, Jianlu used a siege method, and it was an action similar to the national military force, and then there were no seizures. The war needed it. At the beginning, they used the imperial officers and soldiers All their food and grass were burned. Therefore, they should be in urgent need of materials, especially food, and the slave chief Taiji is a capable person, so he will naturally not be stingy with money. They all robbed it anyway I don’t feel bad about spending the money.”
At this point, he paused and said with a bit of hatred: "Those Shanxi merchants naturally understand this, or Jianlu has informed the Shanxi merchants a long time ago. Therefore, they ignore the fact that the people in the pass are also in urgent need of food and that the people in the pass are hungry. Even if I die, I want to sell the grain to Liaodong where the price is higher!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuyao suddenly realized and said: "It is precisely because these Shanxi merchants often solve the big troubles of the Liaodong Jianlu that they are named the Eight Great Imperial Merchants?"
She knew a little about the history of later generations, so she made the connection.
"That's right!" Zhang Mingwei nodded affirmatively after hearing this, "If it was just a normal business, they would never be specially named as the Eight Great Imperial Merchants! Not only did they sell grain to the Liaodong Jianbu, they also sold other things that the Liaodong Jianbu were in urgent need of. , must also be included in their reselling cases. It even includes various news within the customs!"
Although Fei Zhen'e didn't understand these words very well, such as what the eight imperial merchants were, she did understand the general situation. Suddenly, she said angrily: "Master, do they only care about money?"
"You're right, they really only have money in their eyes!" After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei pointed at her and immediately nodded and said: "Businessmen are very profit-oriented, and they are most likely to be driven away by profit! Therefore, in the future I will advise the emperor to encourage small businessmen When doing business, we must limit the expansion of big businessmen.”
Having said this, he said to the two people in front of him: "You can check the news about various subway equipment."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Mingwei fell into deep thought.
If people of this era don't know about the Shanxi merchants, they are likely to be trapped in the fog, and they will not be able to dig out the cocoons from so many things and find out the Shanxi merchants' behavior of collaborating with the captives.
However, Zhang Mingwei, as a later generation, already knew the results, so he deduced the opposite and found that many things were easily solved. For example, he asked people to check grain prices and ironware sales, and immediately found out that Shanxi merchants were doing these things. If anyone else were to say that there were more than one Shanxi merchant doing these things, it would be impossible to think that they were colluding with the captives collectively.
Nowadays, it can be said that Zhang Mingwei is the most powerful person in Ming Dynasty, and the power he holds is unmatched by anyone else. It will naturally be much easier for him to deal with those Shanxi merchants who are still in the dark and don't know that they are being targeted.
The detection of grain ironware is one method, and the previous method of sending Luo Zujiao from Zhouwen Town to Shanxi to investigate the news is another method. Also, Ma Xianglin's Baigan Army, which has arrived in the capital, is actually planning to deal with these Shanxi merchants.
In other words, because they knew the outcome, the dragnet against Shanxi merchants had actually been laid out. At the moment, no one else knows except Zhang Mingwei.
Zhu A'ao and Fei Zhen'e quickly found out about the sale of ironware, including farm tools, and Shanxi merchants were indeed buying them.
After hearing their report, Zhang Mingwei suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Two-pronged approach, without any delay, to get rid of these Ming cancers as soon as possible."
Already having an idea in his mind, he said to the two people in front of him: "It's late at night now. You are all tired. I'll read the rest of the news tomorrow. Get some rest!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yuyao quickly said to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, you are the most tired."
Zhang Mingwei was indeed working hard, and he was not pretentious. He took a look at the fact that there was still a lot of information that he had not looked through, and he didn't pay much attention. He stood up, stretched and said, "Go and have a rest! Tomorrow will be another busy day."
Among those documents, there was a stack of lists of gifts he had come to give during his absence in the capital. These things are put at the end. Those who gave the gifts would probably cry to death if they found out.
The next day was indeed very lively.
After all, it was already dark when Chen Xinjia's family was arrested yesterday, and the news did not spread throughout the capital. After daybreak, the news really spread.
Some people came to Chen Xingjia's house to see what was going on, and found that they were all Jinyi guards who were checking property, confirming yesterday's news. So they all went back to report.
"When the Duke came back yesterday, he searched Chen Xinjia. What on earth did he commit?"
"I guess the reckoning after the fall has begun. I think Chen Xinjia was the one who took the lead in impeaching Duke Xing Guo!"
"Then the former Minister of Civil Affairs, why is there no movement?"
"Don't you know, I heard that people over there were frightened after hearing the news, and several servants ran away! Think about it, all of them will be arrested and thrown into prison, and I won't dare to stay any longer! "
"I think your guess is wrong. Chen Xinjia must have committed some serious crime, so he ransacked his house, right? Otherwise, at most, Chen Xinjia would be arrested!"
"Haha, with Duke Xingguo's power, I still need to tell you this, I am definitely killing the chicken and scaring the monkey!"
"..."
All of a sudden, there were all kinds of discussions. Most people think that Duke Xingguo is killing chickens to scare monkeys; a small number of others think that there is another hidden reason.
Some people sympathized with Chen Xinjia's experience, some were gloating about his misfortune, and some were concerned about other people's affairs. In short, there were all kinds of people.
In Tian's mansion, the left governor, Tian Hongyu, the father of Concubine Tian, naturally heard these rumors and had a deep understanding of Duke Xingguo's power, no matter what.
So, without saying a word, he immediately rushed to Zhang's Mansion with whomever he had collected from the south of the Yangtze River and thought he could live in a rare commodity.
Who knows, Zhang Mingwei is no longer in the house.
When Tian Hongyu heard this, he ignored it and forced himself to stay in Zhang's house and wait. On this day, I had to give this "gift" out and make friends with Duke Xingguo. Maybe it would be helpful to my daughter!
She was the father of Concubine Tian. Unlike other courtiers, she insisted on seeing Duke Xingguo before leaving. Since she was here to give gifts, of course she couldn't chase him away, so she had to treat him with a cup of tea.
At this time, Zhang Mingwei had already arrived at Jinyiwei Yamen. After some instructions, the Jinyi Guards School Captain took action.
Therefore, Zhou Yanru was a little surprised. He did not expect that the day after Chen Xinjia was imprisoned, the captain of the Jinyi Guards would take him out. What's happening here?
In fact, Chen Xinjia himself was also confused. Therefore, when he saw Zhang Mingwei, he quickly said in a low voice: "My lord, the common people know their mistake. The lord is the pillar of our Ming Dynasty. It was the common people who were confused for a moment." , Only when lard has deceived the heart will you impeach the Duke, and please ask the Duke not to remember the faults of villains..."
Thinking about Huang Yunfa's words, he quickly expressed his loyalty and wanted to be Duke Xingguo's dog to protect his glory and wealth!
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei couldn't help but be surprised by Chen Xinjia's face. Where is the backbone of the scholar?
In fact, if you think about it, this guy must have the backbone of a scholar, and he will not collude with Shanxi merchants.
Thinking of this, he shouted coldly: "The defeat of Songjin was caused by you ignoring the facts of the military situation and urging the 130,000 troops to attack hastily, which caused a great defeat. Can you plead guilty?"
This is a letter written by him, so you can't deny it even if you want to.
Chen Xinjia was stunned at this, and then quickly explained: "Master Guo, the battle between Songjin and Jinzhou has been going on for so long, and Jinzhou will be in danger if we don't rescue it! The common people had no choice but to do what they did in the first place!"
Of course he was guilty of this matter, but at most he just pretended to be an emperor resigning. As the emperor's favorite, he would definitely not agree to his resignation, so this matter would probably end like this.
Of course, this was before Zhang Mingwei appeared, so this was probably the case. But now, Chen Xinjia couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart.
"Then why did you privately send people to negotiate peace with the rebels?"
Chen Xinjia was stunned again after hearing this. He was doing this matter secretly, so he thought he had a clue so he could mention it with Emperor Chongzhen so that he could be more confident.
This kind of thing is considered taboo, especially now that he has lost power. Therefore, upon hearing this, Chen Xinjia's fear deepened.
It wasn't over yet, Zhang Mingwei suddenly leaned forward slightly and said to him in a cold voice: "I have already interrogated Huang Yunfa, and he has already arrested them all. As an official of the imperial court, what crime should you deserve if you work with them to liberate prisoners?" ?”
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