Daming Junior Scholar

By August, it was the hottest time of the year in the capital, and most of the ice storage in the palace had already been exhausted. Now, apart from the rooms of Emperor Zhengde and the Empress Dowager, there were very few ice cubes in the rest of the rooms. Existence, especially the women in the leopard room, can only shake the small fan in their hands desperately to relieve the heat.

Probably because of the hot weather, Zhengde seemed a little depressed. Recently, there have been more troubles in the world. Everyone has a good reason. After all, it is not for money.

But I don't have any silver in my hands, don't be angry if you say so.

Except for He Jia'an, these ministers only knew how to ask for it. When I asked them how to make money, these people actually said that the people's taxes were too heavy, and some should be exempted.

My God, I'm starving to death, and you still want me to be exempted from taxes?It really doesn't make sense.

Zhengde was in a bad mood, and Zhang Yong was not in a good mood. Ever since he took the risk of handing over a Fran cannon to Zhu Yi to take away last time, he had been worried about being discovered by others, and waited three months. After a month, no one went to find out where the artillery was. On the contrary, people from Nanchang came again. The letter actually said that the Fran cannon was too difficult to imitate. It will be faster.

When Zhang Yong heard this, he almost lost his temper. He took such a big risk to give you cannons. Even though you couldn't even imitate them, you still asked yourself the craftsman who made the cannons.

Those craftsmen were dragged to Paju by He Jiaan, where did they go to find them.

However, when Zhang Yong rolled his eyes, it really reminded him of a person. He remembered that after the Bingzhanju corruption case, those people who originally belonged to the Bingzhaoju had already dispersed, and it should not be difficult to find them again, although they did not I have cast the Franco cannon, but presumably the tiger crouching cannon and the Franco cannon should have similarities in purpose.

I made up my mind to do this in my heart, and I will go to work on this matter after the emperor rests. At this moment, someone outside suddenly came forward, and when he arrived, he handed a letter to Zhang Yong and said: "Zhang Yong Father-in-law, Mr. He in Guangzhou has an urgent document sent from eight hundred miles away."

"Who is it? He Aiqing's letter, bring it to me quickly." Zhengde, who was resting with his eyes closed, immediately became much more energetic when he heard the word He Jia'an.

Chapter 1317 News Leak

Chapter 1317 News Leak

Zhengde knew about He Jiaan's going to Guangzhou.

It's just that when he thought about it, with He Jiaan's prestige, he would be able to deter those big families who dared to smuggle, and let them obediently hand over the tax money to the Shibo Department, so when he received He Jiaan's official document, he thought it would be like this situation.

It's just that after he read the official document from beginning to end, his eyes obviously lit up. He blinked his eyes as if he couldn't believe it, and quickly re-read his belief word by word. Zhu Chang let out a sigh of relief in his chest, even the weather seemed to be much cooler, and he couldn't help shouting: "He Aiqing is really my lucky general."

"My lord, could it be that Master He has won another battle?" Zhang Yong asked with a surprised expression seeing that Zhengde was so happy.

"You won the battle." Zhengde handed the official document to Zhang Yong as soon as he waved his hand, and he couldn't wait to read: "He Aiqing smashed the five major smuggling families in Guangzhou, and sold all the rest except for the destroyed smuggling ships. , together with more than [-] million taels of silver that was confiscated, all of them were shipped to the capital, and they will arrive in a few days, my God, what a gift this is."

More than [-] million taels were confiscated just by ransacking the house?

Seeing the above figures, even Zhang Yong was stunned. One must know that Daming's annual tax is less than 3000 million taels, and He Jia'an almost covered half of the country's tax just this time.

This is indeed a happy event. Even Zhang Yong wanted to blackmail He Jia'an. He didn't know where to start. He calculated the time when the fleet arrived in Tianjin Wei. It is estimated that it will be about 20 days. If the news leaks out , but dangerous, after all such a large amount of money, if the Tatars know the news, they might dare to take huge risks to rush over.

Hearing Zhang Yong's worry, Zhengde also felt that this kind of thing is not impossible. After thinking for a while, he suddenly ordered Zhang Yong to lock up all the eunuchs and maids in this room. Don't see anyone other than yours.

Zhang Yong understood that this was the meaning of sealing, and these people cooperated and were obediently locked in a room, waiting for when the money arrived in the capital and when they could be released.

At the same time, Zhengde ordered someone to find Su Can. The minister he trusts most now is naturally He Jiaan, and it is precisely because of this relationship with He Jiaan that even Su Can is more and more favored. Now the whole The safety of the palace and the Leopard House depended on him alone. As soon as he heard Zhengde's request, he immediately came to Zhengde.

For Su Can, Zhengde naturally had nothing to keep. He first showed He Jiaan's official documents, and then asked himself: "What good strategy does General Su have to escort all the gold and silver back to Beijing?"

Thirteen million taels?

Just like Zhengde, when he saw the number above, Su Can's eyes were straightened. It wasn't until Zhengde asked again that he came back to his senses, blinked his eyes and thought about it, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty still Do you remember going to Datong the year before last?"

Go to Datong?

Of course Zhengde can remember this. At that time, Jiang Bin went to Datong under the pretext of practicing in the Beijing camp in order to have fun for himself. After blinking, Zhengde seemed to understand something: "Su Aiqing means...drilling?"

Su Can nodded, pointed to the time on the official document and said: "There are about 20 days before the fleet arrives at Tianjin Wei. In about ten days, the Beijing camp will be fully assembled. Then we will go to Tianjin under the pretext of practicing. It's only a delay of two or three days, and the rest of the time is used for defense, I believe it will be safe."

"Well." Zhengde nodded: "In this case, then I will leave this matter to Su Aiqing, and all the money must be brought back to the capital."

"The last general respects the order."

Except for a few people, the news of the silver boat going north was strictly blocked. After leaving the leopard room, Su Can began to reorganize his armaments, preparing to take each of the three major battalions of the Beijing camp, a total of 3 horses. Tianjin Wei.

The [-]-strong army set out, and naturally it took a while to prepare. All kinds of news spread in the capital, and it was unknown who was telling the truth and who was telling the truth.

Less than a hundred miles away from the capital, there is a small county town called Huacheng County. On the third day of the army's rectification, a man of travel and dust came to the city gate. The officers and soldiers guarding the city looked at him and said casually Asked: "Where did you come from?"

"Guangzhou."

"Guangzhou?" The gatekeeper was also taken aback. Those who can come here from Guangzhou these days are not ordinary people. He continued to ask, "What are you doing here?"

"Passing by." As the man said, he took out the road guide opened in Guangzhou, handed it over and explained: "The business at home is in some trouble in the capital, so the shopkeeper asked the younger one to go and deal with it. I just passed by Huacheng, and I plan to come in to have a rest, and then go to the capital tomorrow."

Seeing that what the man said was the same as that of Lu Yinshang, the soldiers guarding the city immediately lost interest, and after collecting a few pennies, they let him into the city.

After the man entered the city, he seemed to be a little familiar, and disappeared into the crowd without much effort. When he reappeared, the man and the horse had already stopped in front of an inn in the city, tied the horse to In front of the door, he walked in, looked around cautiously, and came to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I want to stay in the shop."

The shopkeeper looked up at him, and asked casually: "What kind of room does the guest officer plan to live in? We have private rooms, upper-class rooms, middle-class rooms, and lower-class rooms."

"Is there a cross-court?"

When the man said these five words, the face of the shopkeeper suddenly changed slightly, his eyes glanced around casually, and then continued: "There is a room in Kuayuan, but the price is a bit more expensive."

"How expensive is it? You should rent it for ten taels of silver for one night, right?"

The shopkeeper nodded: "That's enough, guest officer, please follow me."

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper called a waiter and asked him to feed the guest officer's horse first, and then he led the man around to the back door. After opening the door, several small courtyards appeared in front of him After the two arrived at the entrance of the small courtyard in the middle, the shopkeeper carefully looked around, pushed the door open, and waved: "Come in."

As soon as the two of them entered the yard, two sharp steel knives suddenly appeared from behind the gate of the yard, and they were placed on the man's neck, asking in a low voice, "Where are you from, brother, why do you look at me like that?" live?"

"Brother is following Lord Bai Sidao of Guangdong, Guangxi and Bai. He just got a big news in Guangzhou a few days ago, so he came here in a hurry, ready to tell the news to the saint."

Seeing that what he said didn't seem to be fake, and the incisions were all right, the tension on the faces of several people suddenly subsided a lot, and they waved their hands to tell the shopkeeper to go back first, and the remaining two people pressed one left and one right. The messenger went into the house.

Compared with what you saw from the outside, the inside of the house is indeed much larger. In fact, all three rooms have been opened up. As soon as the three of them entered the house, a girl flashed out from the hiding place and asked coldly: "What is he?" people?"

"Sister Qiqiao, he belongs to Lord Bai, and there is very important news."

"Oh?" Someone in the room suddenly responded in a low voice, and then asked curiously, "What news?"

Chapter 1318

Chapter 1318

"Several big smugglers in Guangzhou have already been planted. The officers and soldiers confiscated tens of millions of taels of silver from their houses. They were escorted by the newly established navy of Ming Dynasty and came all the way north along the waterway. In more than ten days, You should be able to reach Tianjin Wei."

After the man finished telling the news, almost everyone in the room began to erupt. This is a big deal worth tens of millions of taels. With this amount of money, the White Lotus Sect will definitely develop even more. If some congregants say it, maybe it can change the world.

The eyes of everyone who was in the excitement suddenly gathered at one place, and someone asked impatiently: "Saint, this opportunity is rare, you can't let it go."

The saint sitting in the middle was none other than Lin Shuying, her eyes were on the ground, and she didn't know what she was thinking. When someone asked her, she slowly raised her head and nodded. : "Elder Xie is right, why can't we get back the silver that those dog officials robbed, by the way, did you find out about the fleet that escorted the gold and silver?"

When asked, the man quickly said: "I have found out clearly that the fleet has a total of 36 ships. In addition to [-] merchant ships, there are also [-] warships, and six of them are owned by the newly established navy of the Ming Dynasty. The sailors who escaped from the Chen family said that the cannons of the red-haired ghosts on those warships are really powerful."

"What did you say, Ming Navy?" These two words immediately attracted Lin Shuying's attention, and a different brilliance bloomed in her eyes.