Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 459 Chaos in the Southeast Coast
There was only the sound of hurried footsteps, hundreds of local county soldiers, led by the majestic and murderous embroidered envoys in brocade embroidered clothes, surrounded a gorgeous and rich mansion live.

Hearing the movement, the guards in the mansion hurried out, looked at the local soldiers outside, frowned, and shouted loudly:

"This is the mansion of a senior official Jia. Who are you under the command of someone who is so ignorant of etiquette? Let me tell you, a letter from my senior official, you never..."

Before the guard finished speaking, the embroidered emissary in the team leader suddenly drew his knife and chopped it down.There was only a sound of "噗嗤", and the mansion guard who took the lead in shouting was killed with a knife.

The embroidered emissary snorted coldly and shouted sharply:

"Jia Tao, a wealthy businessman in Hailing County, with a heart of rebellion, colluded with and funded Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the bandit. The evidence of the crime was convincing! The embroidered clothes envoy was ordered to arrest and question the crime, but anyone who stopped him would be killed without mercy!"

The stern scolding sound immediately made the guards who went out to stop him tremble, and quickly looked carefully at the clothes of the person in front of him.

He wears a black gauze hat with wings on his head, holds a sword in his hand, and wears a gold medal in embroidered clothes on his waist, especially a brocade embroidered dress, which is gorgeous and conspicuous.It is the most prestigious and fearsome embroidered emissary in Xia Kingdom!
This group of guards who had been hired with high salaries saw clearly the identity of the leader's embroiderer at this time, and they lost all courage. They were not worthy of the money given by the master's family in the past, and none of them even thought of resisting for a while.

The embroidered emissary, who was like a wolf like a tiger, kicked open the gate of the mansion in front of him, and rushed in with a group of county soldiers.

All of a sudden, there were panic and screams in this gorgeous mansion.The family in the mansion hadn't reacted yet, and they were immediately grabbed and taken out.

Outside the mansion, Zhong Zizhuo, who was wearing a second-grade embroidered official robe, looked exhausted, opened his mouth and yawned, then asked the people around him:

"How many more?"

Yang Xun, the third-rank embroidered clothing envoy of Hailing County, hurriedly replied:
"Return to your lord, this Jia's mansion in Zilang County is the last one. Now all the salt merchants in the counties of Jianling Mansion have been taken down by your lord."

Under Hailing County in Xia Kingdom, there are two prefectures, namely Jianling Mansion and Haiyang Mansion.

Zhong Zizhuo sighed slightly when he heard the words, and said:
"This is really not a good job!"

At this time, Zhang Shicheng rebelled in Hailing County. With the secret support of the salt merchants who were dissatisfied with the salt tax policy of the Xia Kingdom, he coerced the people and occupied half of the county.

Zhong Zizhuo came here under the order of Emperor Xia. On the one hand, he thoroughly investigated the salt merchants who secretly colluded with the rebels, and on the other hand, he took the opportunity to eradicate all those who opposed the new government policy.

Hailing County is near the sea, and there are many big salt merchants.Therefore, after Zhong Zizhuo was ordered to come to Hailing County, he had been running around for several months, which was very hard.As a result, I can't help complaining a few words.

Yang Xun, the head of Hailing County at the side, rolled his eyes at this moment, and a flattering look appeared on his face, and said:
"Your Majesty has been running around for days. Your Majesty has always seen this hard work. Your Majesty will naturally know your loyalty. Therefore, as long as Your Majesty returns to the capital, His Majesty will definitely reward you!"

When Zhong Zizhuo heard the words, he nodded casually and said:
"Your Majesty has clear rewards and punishments. As long as you do well in your errands, I will report the truth to you!"

When Yang Xun heard the words, he quickly said happily:
"Then I will replace my brothers, thank you, my lord!"

At this time, an embroidered envoy quickly walked out of Jia's mansion, came to Zhong Zizhuo, handed over an account book, bowed and said:

"My lord, the gold and silver goods in Jia's mansion are already being counted. This is the original account book of the mansion, please read it first, my lord."

When Zhong Zizhuo heard the words, he regained his energy immediately, reached out and took the account book, looked through it carefully, and then couldn't help but clicked his tongue twice, and sighed:
"These salt merchants are really rich! The gold and silver hidden in Jia's mansion alone is more than 30 taels!"

"In addition, this Jia family, after confiscating the family assets of thirteen salt merchants in Jianling Mansion, unexpectedly collected more than 200 million taels of gold and silver. The rest of the land, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were sold for a huge sum of money! Tsk tsk ..."

However, it is Jianling Mansion, one of the two mansions. Zhong Zizhuo has not taken advantage of it yet, but confiscated the property of thirteen salt merchants who had conclusive evidence to prove that they had colluded with the traitors.But even so, there is still a huge sum of two or three million taels!
You must know that Yu Zhaoling had scraped the national treasury before, but he only collected 80 taels, which was transferred to the front line as military funds.But now, it is just some salt merchant families who have confiscated a whole family, and they have obtained several times the gold and silver.Only from this, we can see how rich these salt merchants are!

As soon as this remark came out, Yang Xun, who was on the side, rolled his eyes cunningly, and immediately moved to Zhong Zizhuo's ear, and said softly:

"My lord, this Jia family is no better than the others! 200 years ago, the ancestors of the Jia family set foot in the salt industry, with a deep foundation, and the family has continued to this day, and its momentum is unbeaten. Although the 30 taels is a lot, it is by no means the family property of the Jia family. All of them should be just the gold and silver in the treasury of the Jia Mansion for the funds of the merchants and caravans under his command..."

Hearing this, Zhong Zizhuo stared and exclaimed:
"Honey, is it just part of it?"

Seeing this, Yang Xun hurriedly said:

"If my lord trusts my subordinates, and my subordinates are willing to lead people to search Jia's mansion again, they will definitely find the place where Jia's family hides gold and silver..."

Speaking of this, Yang Xun paused for a while, lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only two people could hear:

"As long as my lord is willing, I guarantee that no one else will know about these gold and silver! Take it as it is, this is my lord's vote..."

This so-called vote of honor means that Yang Xun revealed that he intends to serve Zhong Zizhuo's subordinates.

Speaking of which, today's Zhong Zizhuo is in the position of the second-rank embroiderer, and he was born in the former courtier of the Emperor Xia's hidden residence. He is deeply trusted, and he is even ordered to inspect and check the embroiderers in various places. Embroidered clothes make the second person in real power.

It is only reasonable for Yang Xun to intentionally approach such a high-ranking and powerful person.

Zhong Zizhuo narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, and took a slight look at Yang Xun, the embroiderer of Hailing County, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, nodded and said:
"Alright!"

Hearing Zhong Zizhuo's nod, Yang Xun was overjoyed immediately, he clasped his fists in a salute, and excitedly led people in to search in person.

Seeing Yang Xun leaving excitedly, Zhong Zizhuo's smile became more obvious.

"I still had a headache at first, how can I find an excuse to get rid of the master of embroidery in Hailing County and arrange it as my own person. But it turned out that Yang Xun brought the handle himself!"

Although Yang Xun intends to join forces, Hailing County is no different than other prefectures. It is the place where His Majesty in Zhongqing City made his plans.In order to complete the tasks assigned over there, the trustworthy guards at the sticky pole must be in charge.

How can Zhong Zizhuo feel at ease with this person who comes here casually?
Zhong Zizhuo said, then turned his head to look at the embroiderer next to him, and said:

"If Emperor Xia finds out about today's matter, shouldn't he trust me even more?"

The guard at the sticky pole dressed as the embroidered clothes envoy hastily lowered his head and said in a deep voice:

"My lord is wise! Now that Emperor Xia is short of gold and silver, my lord takes advantage of the situation to offer such a huge amount of gold and silver, and his status in Emperor Xia's heart will definitely be improved!"

Zhong Zizhuo smiled triumphantly when he heard the words.

At this time, another guard at the sticky pole dressed as an embroidered envoy walked quickly to Zhong Zizhuo's side and said in a low voice:
"My lord, the news has just come from Beijing. The 'Chaotic Sea' plan, start!"

As soon as this remark came out, Zhong Zizhuo, who was a little lazy at first, straightened up immediately, with serious eyes.

The "Jingzhong" mentioned here is naturally not Jinling City, but Zhongqing City, the capital of Yunguo!This order was obviously sent by Xiao Cheng.

"My lord, my lord!"

Yang Xun was full of excitement at this time, shouting loudly, while running out of Jia's mansion, he came to Zhong Zizhuo reluctantly, his face was full of excitement, and he said in a low voice:
"My lord, I found it! Sunk in the lake in the backyard of Jia's mansion, more than a dozen gold and silver balls were melted and cast into the size of pumpkins, estimated to be one hundred and one hundred thousand taels..."

At this time, Zhong Zizhuo smacked his lips again when he heard the words, and said:
"One hundred thousand taels, so much..."

"Yang Xun, you will work by my side from now on, and go and confiscate all the salt merchant families in Hailing County!"

Zhong Zizhuo's reaction stunned Yang Xun, who was originally excited, and couldn't help but say:
"But my lord, haven't all the salt merchants who colluded with the thieves been copied? Next, who else will be copied?"

Zhong Zizhuo looked directly at Yang Xun and said:

"However, after robbing thirteen houses, there is so much gold and silver. If all the salt merchants in Hailing County were confiscated, the treasury's financial distress would be relieved from then on. How could His Majesty not reward such a great achievement?"

Having said that, Zhong Zizhuo narrowed his eyes, couldn't help but slightly bent down, and said in a low voice:
"The remaining soup and water are enough for us to eat. It is a good thing for the country and ourselves, why not do it?"

At this time, Zhong Zizhuo seemed to be fascinated by gold and silver, and wanted to continue to make money greedily.

When Yang Xun heard the words, his face showed excitement, but still with a trace of hesitation, he said:
"My lord, in this way, is the movement a little louder?"

"What are you afraid of? According to the newly promulgated national policy, these salt merchants are clearly yellow flowers after autumn... Besides, even if we don't do anything, these people will be eaten up by local officials sooner or later. If this is the case, why not let them do it for the court?" How about doing your part? Something happened, and I have to bear it, what are you afraid of?" Zhong Zizhuo said with a light smile.

Yang Xunlue hesitated, but in the end he couldn't resist Zhong Zizhuo's instigation. He was full of thoughts of promotion and wealth, so he immediately bowed his hands and said in a loud voice:
"Then I am an official, thank you for your support!"

Zhong Zizhuo smiled even more when he heard the words.

He suddenly made up his mind to attack all the salt merchants in Hailing County. He was talking about serving the country, filling the empty treasury, getting promoted and getting rich, all for Yang Xun.

Zhong Zizhuo intentionally made this matter bigger, in order to force these wealthy and powerful salt merchant families to completely stand on the opposite side of the Xia Kingdom court.Cooperating with Zhang Shicheng, Xia Guo completely lost control of Hailing County, and even brought the turmoil to the four counties of Qi...
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At this time, hundreds of nautical miles to the east along the sea trading road in Hailing County, a large island hangs in the sea.

This island was previously called Danluo Kingdom.But now, although it is still called the Danluo Kingdom to the outside world, in fact, it has been brought under the rule of Dayun Henghai General Wang Zhi.

In a huge house made of wood and stone on the island, General Henghai Wang Zhi was carefully studying the chart in front of him.

At this time, several people of different shapes and costumes from Korea, Bohai, Fusang and other countries all walked into the house, knelt down, and shouted in unison in an unfamiliar Mandarin:
"I have seen the king!"

At this moment, General Henghai Wang Zhi frowned when he heard the names of his subordinates, and said unhappily:

"Didn't you say that, call me a general. You can't mention the name of the king anymore!"

After occupying the Danluo Kingdom, Wang Zhi's pirates recruited from various countries began to call him the lord of the country, and from time to time secretly persuaded him to reward his subordinates.

But Wang Zhi sneered at this.

He is General Henghai, who was conferred by Emperor Dayun, and he is the title general of the fourth rank.In the future, with military merits, he can go one step further, maybe he can get some kind of title.

For the sake of Danluo Island, which has a population of only [-], has not yet developed the wisdom of the people, is worthy of a mansion, and is still barren, has it given up a good official career?He doesn't want to!
Today's Heng Navy has tens of thousands of people, entrenched on Danluo Island, criss-crossing the sea trade routes, and all countries are avoiding it.This kind of power is all developed by Wang Zhi, so he has a high prestige in the army.

Seeing the displeasure on his face, all the subordinates naturally did not dare to disobey, so they could only change their names and say:
"I've seen the general!"

Wang Zhi nodded, and then said:

"Before the military order was passed down, were you ready?"

As soon as this was mentioned, all the subordinates suddenly became excited and said one after another:
"Please country... please rest assured, the general, I am waiting for the crew of the ships under my command to be ready!"

"Just wait for the general to give an order, and we will immediately send troops to the southeast coast of Xia Kingdom!"

Hearing what his subordinates said, Wang Zhi nodded slightly, then sharpened his voice, and warned sharply:
"What you will fight in the future is my flag of the navy, not ordinary pirates. If you follow the military rules and regulations, you must also obey them! Otherwise, don't blame me for not remembering the past!"

Henghai is also the flag of Yunguo's army, how can it easily ruin its reputation?

When everyone heard the words, they immediately became silent, and hurriedly said:
"Please don't worry, general, we have many brothers who are from the coastal people of Xia Kingdom under our command. Naturally, it is impossible to harm the local people!"

Hearing this, Wang Zhi calmed down a little, and nodded silently.
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At the same time, Zhang Shicheng in Haiyang Mansion in Hailing County, and Chen Youliang in Taishan County in Qidi, who had just become the military captain of Taishan County, both received secret orders from Zhongqing City.

When Xia Guochaotang couldn't detect it, the southeast coast was already shrouded in dark clouds...

(End of this chapter)