The matter of drying salt is very important. Li Changshuo put aside all the official duties of the government office, and took Master Fu to guard the side of the opened salt field all day and all night, and lived in a shack next to it.

God help, the past few days have been sunny, after being exposed to the sun, snow-white salt crystals appeared in front of them, Li Changshuo held up the fine salt like snowflakes in both hands, and almost burst into tears.

"It's really done, the salt really comes out, it doesn't need to be boiled to become salt, Brother Fu, come and see."

Master Fu was also extremely happy: "Yes, my lord, the salt has really come out, and the large tidal flats on our Yaocheng side can be developed into salt farms."

"Yes, since the experiment is successful, we can start right away, Brother Fu, you and I have a lot to do next."

Thinking of his nephew's situation in the south of the Yangtze River, Uncle Li was eager to produce a large amount of salt as soon as possible.

The news of the salt production was quickly reported to the capital, and the emperor was relieved after reading it. With the guarantee from Li Changshuo, he could also start making arrangements.

At this moment, Wan Hongjing was still being escorted to the capital, and everyone in the capital was paying attention to this business, because the news they got was that, apart from officials like Wan Hongjing, there were also a large amount of property confiscated from Jiangnan’s house. The number was astonishing, Gu Mu was sent all the way to the capital so carelessly, and he was not afraid of being robbed halfway.

"Rob? Who dares to rob? This batch of gold and silver will go into the national treasury. If you dare to rob, don't you mean stealing money from His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty can forgive him lightly?"

"Yes, it's not hundreds of thousands or millions. Tsk tsk, I always know that Jiangnan is very rich, but I don't seem to know enough about their wealth."

"I heard that none of the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, Gu Mu, has moved. The real rich are those big salt merchants. Does Gu Mu dare not move if he leaves them alone?"

"Salt is so volatile, it's also related to those salt workers, and the salt production. If there is a move, those salt merchants take the opportunity to disrupt the salt market, so that the common people can't eat salt, then there will be big troubles. "

"It turns out that Gu Mu also has scruples. I thought he was fearless."

"Hey, Gu Mu moved those people. In the final analysis, it wasn't His Majesty's intention. Wan Hongjing shouldn't die. Liu Shilian, who was beheaded seven years ago, died for him. He took all the real stolen money. You guys Do you know where he hid the stolen silver?"

"I've heard it a long time ago. He used the stolen silver to build bricks for his old mother's temple. It's really filial. Back then, his reputation as a filial son spread to the capital, and many people praised him. This matter As soon as it came out, those guys all shut up."

Gu Mu ostentatiously asked people to send the confiscated property to the capital, but Master Tong didn't have the confidence yet. On the surface, Master Tong withdrew most of the troops from Jiangnan City and returned to his military camp. In fact, Master Tong changed This identity is hidden in the escort team, he has to watch these belongings in person before entering the capital, otherwise he will not even be able to sleep well if he stays in the barracks, and he will see someone robbing the money as soon as he closes his eyes.

However, along the way, no one on the Jiangnan side dared to make a move, and no one made a move on the way. When we approached the capital, the road was unimpeded. Master Tong, who was mixed in the team, almost doubted himself. Could it be that there is still a bigger battle ahead? wait for yourself?When the Jinwu Guards sent by the emperor came to pick them up, Mr. Tong almost thought that it was the robber who robbed them of silver, and it was the sign displayed by the Jinwu Guards that calmed his mind.

After the smooth handover, Mr. Tong returned to Jiangnan with the team. It is said that he was not allowed to leave the station privately, but before he left, he secretly sent a note to the emperor to explain the reason. The emperor also turned a blind eye to him and let him mess around. up.

Mr. Jin didn't dare to do anything on Jiangnan's side, because he knew that the relationship was too great, and he didn't know how many people were staring at him, so he hoped that the people in the capital would do it halfway, but until these properties were taken over by the Ministry of Households and entered into the national treasury, they were all gone. He was safe and well, Master Jin complained a few words in his heart.

Little did he know that the people in the capital had the same thoughts as him, so many eyes were on him along the way, who would dare to break ground at the age of Tai Sui at this time?Not only can they not do anything, but they also have to ensure that the money reaches the capital smoothly, so as not to cause the emperor to suspect them of something and give the emperor an excuse to do something to them.

Not only do you have to ensure that you can't do anything, but you also have to ensure that the people on the emperor's side can't do it, for fear that the emperor will frame it.

If the emperor knew what they were thinking, he would say that they really thought too much. Now the court needs too much silver. Although there is a glass business to support it, it is still not enough. This batch of silver came just in time. .

When the people in the Ministry of Accounting were counting these properties, their hands were trembling, because at the end of the statistics, the numbers were getting bigger and bigger, and the final summed up figures were reported to the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting.

"How much?" Rao was the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, his eyes widened when he heard it, and he suspected that his ears had heard it wrong.

The reporter swallowed his saliva, pursed his lips and said, "My lord heard that right, a total of 4908 million taels of silver."

With a sound of "gudong", Master Shangshu couldn't help swallowing his saliva, but he hasn't copied all of Jiangnan yet. If the national treasury is empty, it seems that as long as Jiangnan is copied once and a half times, it will be filled quickly. No wonder Your Majesty always dislikes Jiangnan officials.

It's really greedy, and there are other things such as fields, real estate and shops that are not counted among them. Otherwise, Wan Hongjing alone would be worth a national treasury.

In this way, some people pleaded with Wan Hongjing in the court, saying how much he has contributed to Jiangnan, and there is no credit but hard work. No wonder His Majesty endures so hard every time he hears it, and wishes to drag these officials out cut it.

Of course, although they were not chopped off, these few officials who spoke for Wan Hongjing are now left alone.

Hubu Shangshu took the account book to see the emperor, and the emperor couldn't help but close his eyes when he saw the number. As early as the next day, he announced the result against Wan Hongjing and others at the court meeting. cut.

For the sake of his unborn grandson, the emperor didn't punish the whole family. He had to accumulate blessings for his grandson. He only cut off all the males over ten years old, and only the main personnel for women and children. Like Mrs. Wan, that is absolutely Those who cannot escape, the rest will be exiled, and will not be allowed to take the imperial examination within three generations.

After seeing the truckloads of belongings, no one at the court meeting dared to speak for Wan Hongjing anymore.

"I beheaded Liu Shilian and the Liu family by mistake. It was my fault, and it was the court's fault. Fortunately, Liu Shilian's youngest son is still alive, so I still have a chance to compensate the Liu family."

As soon as the emperor admitted his mistake, all the ministers in the court immediately knelt down. Even the cabinet ministers like Yao Shoufu did not expect the emperor to admit his mistake so simply. In fact, how could the incident seven years ago be the fault of His Majesty alone? All the courtiers in this matter were wrong, if we really want to pursue it to the end, I'm afraid that half of the courtiers in the court will be involved, so the emperor will blame himself for the mistake?

Thinking of this possibility, Yao Shoufu's eyes flashed with emotion. His Majesty is a wise king. The reason why His Majesty wants to hand over the throne to Princess Yongfu is also because the members of the clan are too helpless. Look at that The various performances of the three in the Jiangnan incident, not to mention His Majesty, even he was very disappointed in them.

In front of all the officials, the emperor not only restored the official Liu Shilian who was wrongly beheaded back then, but also made him a bachelor. As for Liu Shilian's youngest son who was still alive, the emperor even gave a baron title and gave him a baron's mansion. All the ministers were surprised when they heard it.

Their emperor didn't confer titles earlier, only deprived them of titles, but he didn't expect that in recent years, three titles alone have been given out, and the three of them are still involved.

The news that Liu Shilian's youngest son is still alive has long since spread from Jiangnan. The dignitaries in the capital have thoroughly uncovered the details of Liu Shilian's youngest son, who is now named Liu Cong and nicknamed Xiao Shitou. His involvement with Gu Mu made all the officials suspect his Is the identity fake, otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Liu Shilian's youngest son fell into Gu Mu's hands?It also happened that he was the one who found out the unjust case seven years ago.

But some old servants of the Liu family recognized Liu Cong's background, and the emperor recognized him as Liu Shilian's son, so what could they do?

They couldn't ask the emperor to take back the emperor's order. The emperor admitted his mistake in public. If he wants to compensate the Liu family, can they stop it?In fact, some ministers are very guilty, afraid that if they stop the emperor, the emperor will chase them to the end, find out the people who were really wrong back then, and drag them into the water. Cong has only one title, he can never become Gu Zhao and Gu Mu's second, and he doesn't look like a promising person based on his experience.

When the court meeting was over, the news spread among the dignitaries in the capital, which caused quite an uproar. I heard that the youngest son of the Liu family had been a beggar for several years. Everyone wanted to meet this new baron. Legendary enough.

The news reached the ears of Liu Cong and Liu Chang, and they were also stunned. When they heard about Liu Shilian's posthumous title, Liu Chang knelt down and kowtowed towards the palace on the spot, with tears streaming down his face. Clearing up the grievances on my body, I will leave a name of innocence in the world from now on, and I will no longer have to bear a bad name and be cast aside by others.

Liu Cong was also very surprised. When the eunuch passing the decree came to his home, Liu Cong also firmly kowtowed several times to the decree.

Maybe his parents really blessed him in heaven. Except for the earliest period, he never suffered any hardships, and now he has won such an honor that he never dared to imagine. Liu Cong helped Liu Chang and said: "Wait We have moved into a new house, and then we will go back to the south of the Yangtze River, to the graves of our parents and elder brothers, and tell them the good news, and then we will show this edict to our parents.”

Before Liu Shilian was not rehabilitated, Liu Chang only dared to take his little master to visit the Liu family's grave secretly, but now with the emperor's golden words, they no longer have to hide it.

Liu Chang wiped his tears with his sleeve, nodded again and again: "Okay, it should be, the master and my father must be happy."

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