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Chapter 206 It's okay to ask for money, but take His Majesty's imperial decree! 【order】
Chapter 206 It's okay to ask for money, but take His Majesty's imperial decree! 【order】
As he said that, Qiu Ju suddenly looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said subconsciously: "Your Majesty, you are not worried about Mr. Yang Ge's idea of taking those money, are you?"
Zhu Houzhao glared at Qiu Ju and said, "If Yang Ting and him really do that, what should I do?"
Qiu Ju suddenly showed a bit of distress.
Yang Tinghe had already grasped the righteousness in his hands before, and even Wang Yangming and Liu Yu dared not stand up against Yang Tinghe on this.
Because Yang Tinghe took out the signboard of righteousness to repair the river and rescue the victims, under such a big signboard, even Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor, had to cooperate.
If Yang Tinghe really used this sign to withhold the money, it's not impossible. In this case, who can stop it.
Anyway, from Qiu Ju's point of view, no matter how displeased Zhu Houzhao was in his heart, he couldn't stand up and object.
Qiu Ju couldn't help looking at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and said to Qiu Ju: "Quickly send a message to Li Qing, and tell Li Qing about the situation in Beijing."
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to pin his hopes on Li Huan.
But it is said that Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu left the imperial city and returned to the cabinet.
Yang Tinghe cupped his hands at several people, and went directly to the side hall where he was.
Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe, and couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Yangming and Liu Yu didn't say anything, they bowed to Li Dongyang, and then went back.
However, it didn't take long for Li Huan to kill hundreds of scholars and thousands of rioters in Yuyao County. The news spread in Beijing.
Even the civil and military officials have long been accustomed to Li Huan's style of killing at every turn, but their jaws almost dropped when they heard such news suddenly.
The previous turmoil stopped temporarily because of the assassination of the emperor, but this does not mean that the matter is over.
Among the civil and military officials, I don't know how many people are planning to impeach Li Huan again.
But what they didn't expect was that Li Huan slaughtered hundreds of scholars in Fujian, but he also slaughtered hundreds of students in Yuyao. Is this a match with their literati?
As for the thousands of rioters, to be honest, not many civil and military officials really take it to heart. In their hearts, the death of thousands of rioters is far less important than the killing of hundreds of literati.
It's just a group of rioters, and if they kill them, they will be killed. If it is not that Li Huan slaughtered hundreds of scholars, maybe they heard such news, at most they secretly said that Li Huan was bloodthirsty.
However, when Li Huan slaughtered hundreds of scholars, all civil and military officials swiped their pens, and impeachment memorials went straight into the emperor's study.
Of course, there was another piece of news that spread along with it, which also attracted the attention of all civil and military personnel.
That was the news that the money that Li Huan had confiscated was about to enter Beijing.
I don't know who actually exposed the amount of gold and silver that Li Huan confiscated from the Fei family in Qianshan County. It was a huge amount of two to three million taels. This number directly caught the eyes of countless officials. .
There is also the gold and silver confiscated by Li Huan in Fujian. Because there is no first-hand information, how much gold and silver Li Huan confiscated in Fujian. These people do not have an accurate figure, but it is estimated that at least There are also several million taels.
In addition to the millions of taels of silver that Li Huan obtained from confiscating Xie's mansion, the three sums of gold and silver alone would add up to nearly ten million taels.
Such a large amount of money is equivalent to the income of the imperial treasury for two years. It would be a lie to say that there are not many officials eyeing him for such a large amount of money.
And at this time, there was also news that Yang Tinghe begged the emperor to put the confiscated money into the treasury to repair the Huanghuai Waterway, relieve the victims of disasters in Shaanxi, and reissue the frontier army's arrears of salary and other expenses.
It can be said that once the news came out, it immediately won the approval of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
After all, all fools know that once the money enters the emperor's inner treasury, it will not be so easy for the emperor to take the money out.
But if it goes into the national treasury, how to spend the money is naturally up to them.
So there is no need to connect with each other, and soon all the civil and military officials reached a consensus, that is, no matter what, the money should be charged to the treasury.
Even this kind of voice temporarily overwhelmed the enthusiasm for impeaching Li Huan.
But when Yang Ting and the elder of the cabinet, the chief minister of the household department, left the cabinet and were about to leave, outside the imperial city, there were no less than dozens of officials, large and small, from the court.
Among these officials, there were almost a dozen officials from the household department, and all the left and right servants of the household department came, and even Chen Cang, the household doctor who chose to join Li Huan, was among them.
It's just that there were only one or two officials around Chen Cang talking to Chen Cang. Obviously, the matter of Chen Cang's defection to Li Huan had already spread to all the yamen of the imperial court after Liu Jin's uproar in the household department.
In the eyes of Chao Wenwu, Chen Cang is Li Huan's person. Although some officials have begun to take refuge in Li Huan, but after all, they are only a very small number. In private, those who choose to take refuge in Li Huan are called Li Dang.
Just by hearing the name Li Dang, you can tell that Chen Cang and his party have Li Huan as the core. Without Li Huan, there would be no Li Dang.
Unlike the Eunuch Party headed by Liu Jin, although the Eunuch Party has Liu Jin as its core, without Liu Jin, it can be replaced by other great eunuchs, and can successfully succeed the Eunuch Party's political legacy.
But Li Huan and Li Dang are different. If Li Huan is there, there will be Li Dang. If Li Huan is no longer there, then there will be no such name as Li Dang.
It is conceivable that in the environment where all the officials are yelling at Li Huan, Chen Cang and others who choose to join Li Huan are naturally in a bad situation in the court.
It's not that whoever keeps their positions will be targeted or suppressed.
After all, Li Huan is in charge, and Li Huan is investigating a major treason case, who would dare to trouble Li Huan's people at this time, isn't it okay to trouble yourself?
What's more, there is still an eunuch party in the court, and now the eunuch party headed by Liu Jin is desperately looking for trouble with the Wenchen Group.
In addition, the so-called Li Dang has only three or two big and small cats. The most famous one is Wang Yangming, but no one is sure whether Wang Yangming is Li Dang. Li Huan did not admit it, and Wang Yangming did not express his position clearly. Therefore, as to whether Wang Yangming is Li Dang or not, the officials do not have a conclusion.
If Wang Yangming belonged to the Li Party, then that's fine, if not, then the Li Party is really nothing, not even a servant-level official, if there is no Li Huan in the court, I'm afraid that few people will take it to heart.
At this moment, Chen Cang was among these officials, and all the officials present knew what he was up to.
It was nothing more than wanting to find out news for Li Huan. Many officials looked at Chen Cang with disgust, but Chen Cang seemed to have not seen the disgust of these people, just chatting and laughing happily, not paying attention at all.
Not to mention other things, just this thick skin is not comparable to ordinary people.
If it were other officials, they might have been reprimanded and left long ago, but now it is obvious that the officials of the household department are the main ones, and Chen Cang is also a doctor of the household department. Even if they want to drive people away, they have no reason what.
You can't just say nothing and just drive Chen Cang and the others away. If you really do that, it will be like tearing your skin apart.
So dozens of officials gathered together, but there was a rather strange situation, that is, the rest of the dozens of officials kept a distance from Chen Cang and the others, making Chen Cang and the others stand out all at once. come out.
When Yang Tinghe saw this scene from a distance, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Yang Tinghe, who was in charge of the Minister of the Household Department, naturally knew the situation of the Household Department very well, and Chen Cang was regarded as an official of the Household Department, so Yang Tinghe was no stranger to Chen Cang, but Yang Tinghe did not expect that Chen Cang would vote for Li Huan.
Of course, if Chen Cang hadn't voted for Li Huan, maybe Chen Cang wouldn't have the chance to still stand here at this moment, and he might have already been punished by Liu Jin and sent to prison.
Just glanced at Chen Cang and the others lightly, Yang Tinghe walked towards Bao Qing, the left servant of the household department, Hou Qiang, the right servant and others.
These officials gathered here to wait for Yang Tinghe, and when they saw Yang Tinghe approaching, they hurriedly greeted him.
"I've seen adults."
Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "Everyone is waiting for me here, is there something important?"
Although Bao Qing, the left servant of the household department, is not the one with the highest rank and the most important status among the officials present at the meeting, as the second in command of the household department, when Yang Tingping doesn't care about the affairs of the household department, he is the top leader The presence.
This made Bao Qing say to Yang Tinghe: "My lord, I came here to see you, and I just wanted to ask you, did your majesty promise to put the money confiscated by Li Huan into the treasury?"
As soon as Bao Qing said this, the rest of the officials all looked at Yang Tinghe.
If the emperor nodded, then everything would be easy to talk about, but they had vaguely heard rumors that the emperor didn't seem to want to put the money into the treasury, so they gathered together and waited to see Yang Tinghe, hoping that he could get money from Yang Tinghe. It's an accurate message, and I also want to see what countermeasures Yang Tinghe has here.
The emperor didn't want to put the confiscated gold and silver into the national treasury. In fact, Bao Qing and others didn't think it was strange at all. So much silver was put into the inner treasury, and the emperor could spend it whatever he wanted. Into the treasury ah.
Under the expectant eyes of the crowd, Yang Tinghe sighed softly and said: "Your Majesty did not agree."
Although they had guessed it a long time ago, after hearing Yang Tinghe's words, many people still showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes.
That's nearly ten million taels of silver. As long as it can be filled into the national treasury, all future expenses will definitely go through their hands. Everyone can share some benefits, right?
But the emperor insisted on filling it into the inner treasury, how could this not disappoint them.
Bao Qing was even more eager to say: "My lord, this is against the rules. For a long time, all the proceeds from house raids have been charged to the national treasury. I will not accept your Majesty's move."
Hou Qiang also said from the side: "Yes, there is not much money in the national treasury. The court is really short of money. If there is such a sum of money, how many things can the court do? How can your majesty cooperate with the country?" Fighting for profit!"
Seeing the righteous indignation of the crowd, Yang Tinghe coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, this old man also expressed his seriousness to His Majesty, saying that if the imperial court can't spend money to repair the Huanghuai River and relieve the disaster victims in Shaanxi, I'm afraid it will happen." Danger to the Ming Dynasty and the country."
Everyone already knew about this point from the news that had been circulated before, and now hearing Yang Tinghe's words, many people looked at Yang Tinghe with admiration.
"Elder Yang has a heart for the country. If he can really put money into the treasury this time, repair the river and relieve the victims, all people in the world will be grateful for the kindness of the old man."
Stroking his beard, Yang Tinghe showed a look of concern for the country and the people and sighed: "I don't think about whether the people are grateful or not. I just want to do more things for the people and Daming. As long as I think of the victims in Shaanxi Even if they are suffering from cold and starvation, the people in the Huanghuai area are always at risk of the river flooding and bursting its embankment, this old man can't rest in peace, and can't sleep day and night..."
After hearing Yang Tinghe's words, all the officials showed admiration.
Chen Cang on the side looked at Yang Tinghe and couldn't help but his face changed slightly. Yang Tinghe was a conspiracy, everyone could see this, and Chen Cang couldn't help worrying about Li Huan for a while.
Facing Yang Ting and this Chiguoguo Yang's tricks, how should Li Huan respond to keep the money?
Bao Qing shouted: "How can Your Majesty refuse such an act for the country and the people? If Your Majesty refuses to put money into the treasury, I will go and see Your Majesty."
"Yes, I will go to see His Majesty and plead for the people."
"Count me in, such a chance to leave history, how can I lose the old man."
All of a sudden, all the officials looked excited.
Such an opportunity is hard to find in a thousand years, and some officials even hope that the emperor will not agree, so that they can go to the palace and beg the emperor.
The more the Son of Heaven refused to agree, the more he could set off the mediocrity of the Son of Heaven. In turn, they were the loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty, and their mark will inevitably be left in the future history books.
Thinking about this, some officials can't wait to go to the palace to ask to see the emperor immediately.
But at this moment, Yang Tinghe coughed lightly and said, "Everyone, although His Majesty said he didn't agree, he didn't refuse either."
Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, obviously they didn't quite understand what Yang Tinghe meant.
One thing, either agree or refuse, how could they not understand what Yang Tinghe meant.
Yang Tinghe explained with a smile: "Your Majesty said that this matter needs to be discussed with Li Huan, and Li Huan must agree to it."
Someone heard the words and roared angrily: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. Whether His Majesty is the emperor or Li Huan is the emperor. Your Majesty can decide at a glance. Why should you ask Li Huan?"
"Yes, yes, such matters are not something that Li Huan can decide, so what is he?"
Bao Qing also said: "He, Li Huan, is not the Minister of the Household Department, how can he have the right to decide where to keep the money, His Majesty's move is very inappropriate."
Chen Cang frowned when he heard this, he was not a fool, he probably guessed the embarrassment of the emperor just by hearing Yang Tinghe's words.
Promise, and I'm not willing to let so much money fall into the treasury, but if you don't agree, people will definitely seize this opportunity and smear him and Li Huan as a foolish king who doesn't care about the life and death of the people Traitor.
The emperor obviously had nothing to do, otherwise, he would not have thrown such a difficult problem to Li Huan.
Chen Cang couldn't help secretly wry smile, although the emperor failed to shoulder this difficult problem for Li Huan, but being able to do so was already the limit of the emperor.
So when it comes to how to deal with this problem, Chen Cang can only hope that Li Huan can solve this problem perfectly.
Yang Tinghe looked at the righteous indignation of the crowd, stroked his beard and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty did not expressly object, which means that His Majesty has already agreed. The reason why I asked the old man to discuss with Li Huan is because of His Majesty." It’s just a step I found for myself.”
Many people's eyes lit up when they heard the words, and some even clapped their hands and exclaimed: "That's right, I didn't think of that."
Bao Qing stroked his beard and smiled softly: "Your Majesty is a young man after all, after all he wants to save face, doesn't he?"
"Hahaha!"
All of a sudden, there was a cheerful atmosphere here.
But Chen Cang couldn't help but frowned. Talking about the emperor behind his back like this, if someone read these people's books, it would be a crime of disrespect.
What's more, such a move, how can it be done by a minister.
While talking, someone suddenly said: "Mr. Yang Ge, we have received news that Jin Yiwei who went to Qianshan County to confiscate Fei Hong's family has returned with the money they confiscated, and will enter Beijing tomorrow at the most."
Hearing these words, all the people present were surprised.
All eyes were cast on Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "In that case, tomorrow, Bao Shilang will bring some officials from the household department to handover with the people from the Jinyiwei, and let the Jinyiwei deliver the money sent back to the treasury."
At this moment, everyone is full of confidence, with Yang Tinghe creating such a favorable situation for them, and with righteousness in hand, they really don't worry about not getting the money.
Many officials couldn't help but get excited when they thought that nearly ten million taels of silver would enter the treasury.
How many things can be done with so much money.
But Bao Qing listened to Yang Tinghe's instructions, his face showed joy, and he immediately cupped his hands to Yang Tinghe and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will bring the officials with me tomorrow morning and go to the pier to guard, and I will definitely take the money. A few miles will go to the treasury."
An official laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Tomorrow, I just have nothing to do, so I will go with Bao Shilang, which can be considered as a boost for the servant."
Not only one official spoke, but in the blink of an eye, several officials said they had time to go tomorrow, and Bao Qing bowed his hands to these officials to thank them.
Yang Tinghe slowly boarded his soft sedan chair and left under the respectful escort of a group of officials.
The scene that happened outside the palace gate was naturally spread to the emperor immediately.
People in Dongchang dare not say that it is everywhere, but in this capital, there are really few secrets that can be kept from Dongchang.
Even though Jin Yiwei's momentum has soared and faintly overwhelmed Dongchang, the strength of Dongchang in the capital should not be underestimated because of this.
At this time Ma Yongcheng was standing respectfully in front of the emperor, cautiously daring not to speak.
Zhu Houzhao, on the other hand, was looking at a secret note presented by Ma Yongcheng. The content of the secret note was the conversation between a group of officials and Yang Tinghe outside the palace gate not long ago.
Yang Tinghe did not say anything radical, but Zhu Houzhao was extremely annoyed by the attitude of some officials, and some even mocked him behind his back as the emperor, that is, Zhu Houzhao has a good temper, otherwise, he would have ordered him to be sent to prison in a fit of anger. Strictly done.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhu Hou took care of Ma Yongcheng and said, "Ma Daban, are you sure that the people from Jinyiwei will return to Beijing tomorrow with the stolen money?"
Ma Yongcheng nodded and said, "Return to Your Majesty, that's right."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning when he heard the words: "If that's the case, no matter how fast the speed is, Li Qing won't get any news. Could it be that we just let the money go into the treasury?"
Although it is said that only a decree from him, the emperor, can easily prevent those officials from taking that sum of money, but he, the emperor, really can't make an order, or even express his opposition.
It can be said that he did not directly send the money into the treasury, which is already the limit of what he can do, otherwise, the name of a foolish king who does not care about the life and death of the people will definitely be firmly attached to his head, and it will be difficult to take it off.
Ma Yongcheng naturally knew Zhu Houzhao's embarrassment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, should I send someone to send a letter to Du Guang of Jin Yiwei immediately, asking him to delay returning to Beijing..."
It's just that before Ma Yongcheng finished speaking, he saw that the emperor was looking at him with the eyes of a fool.
And Ma Yongcheng himself realized it all at once, wishing to slap himself, his idea is really bad enough.
That's millions of taels of silver, even if you can find an excuse to delay it for a day or two, can it be said that it can be delayed for more than ten days?
I'm afraid it won't take more than ten days, but if the sum of money cannot reach the capital tomorrow, you can see if the Chinese and Chinese military officials will jump out and send someone to meet it.
It was really hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but it was millions of taels of silver. I don’t know how many people are staring at that sum of money.
Even Ma Yongcheng's East Factory has received some news, and I don't know how the news was leaked out. Even some third-rate gangs above and below the rivers and lakes want to take that sum of money.
Even many of the officers and soldiers of the guard who were responsible for escorting and protecting the money all the way tried to do something to the money. If it weren't for the decisiveness of Du Guang, the thousand-household officer of Jinyiwei, who killed a few of them with brutal means Soldiers, the hearts of the people were calmed down, maybe those officers and soldiers would just grab that sum of money.
If such a large amount of money is not transported back to the capital, who knows what accidents will happen.
It is conceivable that at this time, he suggested that Jin Yiwei's people should suspend the escort of Yin Zi to Beijing, how bad this idea is.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "It would be great if Li Qing was here at this time, and I don't have to worry so much."
For some reason, Zhu Houzhao has a feeling that this kind of problem may be very difficult for others, and there is even no way to solve it, but for Li Huan, it is not difficult.
Qiu Ju, Gao Feng, Ma Yongcheng and others standing on the side are examples, all of them are frowning, and if they really want to make up their minds, they don't have a reliable idea.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Houzhao couldn't come up with an idea, so he waved his sleeves angrily at Ma Yongcheng and said, "Scatter all your subordinates to me, no matter whether the last sum of money goes into the treasury or Enter the inner vault, but absolutely no accidents are allowed."
It was almost at the door of the house, if there was any accident, it would be a slap in the face of the court and the emperor.
Hearing this, Ma Yongcheng immediately said to Zhu Houzhao: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this old slave will personally lead people to escort Yinzi all the way to Beijing."
Zhu Houzhao was a little relieved when he heard the words, but when he thought about the ownership of the sum of money, he couldn't help being upset for a while, and said to Ma Yongcheng: "Okay, buddy, let's go to work first."
Ma Yongcheng hurriedly bid farewell to the emperor, and then left the imperial city. Immediately, he ordered a group of people from the East Factory and left the capital.
Tonghui River is the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from Tianjin to Beijing, and it belongs to the last section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
At this time, Du Guang led hundreds of Jinyiwei to sit on several large ships, and came from Tianjin to the capital along the Tonghui River.
In order to escort these millions of taels of gold and silver all the way from Qianshan County to the capital, Du Guang and his group of Jinyiwei had exhausted their minds.
At the beginning, it was okay, because the secrecy work was still in place, and only these soldiers of the guard knew about the existence of millions of taels of silver.
However, under the intimidation of Du Guang and Jin Yiwei's vicious reputation, even the officers and soldiers of these guards were extremely honest and dared not do anything strange.
But as time went by, the sense of awe gradually diminished, and Du Guang could clearly feel that the guards and soldiers who escorted the money became restless.
If Du Guang hadn't been careful enough, some guard officers and soldiers might have stolen the money. For this reason, Du Guang killed dozens of guard officers and soldiers who participated in it, and only killed those guard officers and soldiers. .
This is also the case, this road can be regarded as coming over without any danger.
But at some point, the news spread that they escorted millions of taels of silver into Beijing, which immediately attracted many bandits, water thieves and the like.
It's a pity that these people are not the opponents of Jin Yiwei and the officers and soldiers of the guard at all, so Du Guang led people to resolve several crises.
Now that the big ship is sailing on the Tonghui River, there are only tens of miles away from the capital. It can be said that Du Guang's heart that has been hanging has finally let go.
You must know that he spent more than a month on this journey. It can be said that these days, he has not even had a peaceful sleep, and even when he sleeps, he always closes his eyes. , for fear of any accidents.
Chief Banner Officer Xun Le looked at Du Guang who was standing on the bow of the boat with a tired expression on his face, and said, "My lord, at most half a day's work, we can reach the capital, and then my lord can feel at ease."
Hearing this, Du Guang looked back at Xun Le and said with a slight smile, "Yes, when we arrive in the capital, we will be able to give a sum of money to Eunuch Gu, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, so we can rest assured."
As he said that, Du Guang said with a smile on his face: "This time, I have finally lived up to your expectations."
Xun Le smiled and said: "My lord has made such a contribution, and the commanding envoy will definitely reward you heavily. Previously, your lord was granted the title of Jinyiwei Thousand Households. This time, you will be promoted to another level and become Jinyiwei Town Fushi. Not impossible."
Du Guang couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words: "How can it be so simple, what is this little credit? Besides, I have only been promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu not long ago. Hard to get promoted."
While speaking, several ships suddenly appeared in front of them. Seeing this situation, Du Guang and the others changed their expressions slightly, and each of them raised their vigilance.
Especially as these ships were approaching them at a very fast speed, Du Guang rushed to the bow almost immediately, holding the handle of the Xiuchun knife, staring at those ships with a full face of wariness.
Suddenly a voice came from a distance: "Ahead is Du Qianhu, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, and Du Guangdu, a thousand households! In Xiadongchang, the head of the bandit Sanshan, ordered by the factory master, is here to protect you all."
The voice was extremely ethereal, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it showed that he had an extremely high level of internal martial arts. Even though Du Guang was conceited that his cultivation was not bad, he was obviously one level behind the other party.
Although Du Guang said he was slightly relieved, he didn't dare to really feel relieved, but shouted at the other party: "Kou Batou, what proof do you have?"
At this time, the leading ship was already approaching the big ship, and there was a man standing on the bow, who looked about forty years old, with a sword behind his back. When the eyes full of radiance met, it was a shock in the heart.
Seeing a stream of light flying out of Kou Sanshan's hand, Du Guang subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab it. It was a token. The token was heavy, and after only one glance, Du Guang recognized that it was the one from the Dongchang stall. token.
Du Guang was also from Jinyiwei at any rate, so how could he not understand Dongchang, who overwhelmed Jinyiwei at the beginning.
You must know that at the beginning of Dongchang, except for a very small number of eunuchs who came out of the palace, most of them were transferred from Jinyiwei.
That is to say, in fact, many fans in Dongchang are actually from Jinyiwei. With such a relationship between the two families, it is natural that there is no way to identify them.
Besides, there really aren't many people who would pretend to be Dongchang's identity, right?
Moreover, with the strength shown by Kou Sanshan, coupled with the fact that he is now tens of miles away from the capital, in such a land, there are really not many people who dare to rob the official ships of the imperial court on this canal, so All this has dispelled Du Guang's vigilance to a certain extent.
Taking a deep breath, Du Guang cupped his hands at Kou Sanshan at the bow and said, "Thank you so much Kou Sanshan."
But at this time Kou Sanshan said: "Du Qianhu, my factory owner wants to see you and has something to say to you."
Du Guang couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and subconsciously looked towards the boat behind Kou Sanshan. At this moment, he saw a figure walking out of the cabin. shock.
This is the governor of the East Factory, Ma Yongcheng.
Anyway, he was following Li Huan's confidant, how could Du Guang not recognize Ma Yongcheng.
When seeing Ma Yongcheng, Du Guang was completely relieved. Needless to say, he must have been sent by the emperor to meet them.
There are people from Dongchang, together with Jin Yiwei and the officers and soldiers of the guard, under the protection of layers, unless someone leads an army, otherwise, no one will even think about this sum of money.
Du Guang, who was relieved, turned to Kou Sanshan from afar and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to visit the factory owner right now."
While speaking, Du Guang lowered a small boat extremely quickly, and then jumped onto the small boat. In just a dozen breaths, he was already on that boat.
Turning over and jumping onto the boat, Du Guang saw Ma Yongcheng who was sitting smiling and looking at him, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute Ma Yongcheng, "Du Guang, an official of Jinyiwei Qianhu, has met the factory owner."
Ma Yongcheng smiled slightly and said: "You are the favorite general of the chief governor, confiscating Fei Hong's family's wealth this time, and transporting it to the capital smoothly and safely is a great achievement, and you will be promoted to a noble position just around the corner."
Ma Yongcheng quickly said: "The factory owner is joking, this is just the job of a subordinate."
Seeing Du Guang's neither arrogant nor impetuous appearance, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help secretly praising Du Guang, it was indeed remarkable that Du Guang could be favored by Li Huan and entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
After briefly asking Du Guang about the news about the silver boat, Ma Yongcheng suddenly looked at Du Guang solemnly and said, "Du Qianhu, do you know that because of your sum of money, the court has already turned upside down, Elder Yang Ge personally asked His Majesty to see His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to allow this sum of money to be transported to the treasury."
When Ma Yongcheng spoke, he stared at Du Guang. Du Guang was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he reacted and said with a smile: "Thank you for reminding me, Mr. Chang, thank you, sir."
Regarding Du Guang's reaction, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help showing some surprise and said, "Isn't Du Qianhu worried?"
Du Guang laughed and said, "The subordinates are all following orders, so there is nothing to worry about."
As he spoke, a solemn look flashed in Du Guang's eyes and he said: "Unless it is His Majesty's imperial decree, or my lord's warrant, otherwise, I will only act according to your lord's order."
Ma Yongcheng looked at Du Guang, and suddenly laughed loudly for a while and said, "Okay, it's a good one to follow orders."
To be honest, Ma Yongcheng admired Du Guang's courage, but he was not optimistic, because Du Guang didn't know what kind of pressure he would face at that time.
Those were the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the emperor couldn't bear such pressure, let alone him, a thousand households of royal guards in Du Guang district.
But even so, Ma Yongcheng looked at Du Guang differently, and even reached out and patted Du Guang on the shoulder and said, "Okay, no matter what the result is, based on what you said just now, if the governor blames you in the future, this governor I’ll definitely tell you something.”
Hearing this, Du Guang cupped his hands at Ma Yongcheng and said, "Thank you, sir, for your kindness."
Taking a deep breath, Ma Yongcheng said to Du Guang: "Go back, this big ship needs you, Jinyiwei Qianhu, to sit on it, and the people from my East Factory will be around to help you."
Du Guang bowed to Ma Yongcheng after hearing the words, then jumped into the boat and went back to the big boat.
Looking at Du Guang's tall and straight figure, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help saying to Kou Sanshan who was standing beside him: "Sanshan, do you think Du Qianhu can bear the pressure of so many ministers?"
Kou Sanshan couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and said without thinking too much: "This subordinate thinks he can't resist."
Ma Yongcheng nodded without any surprise and said: "Yes, he is just a small thousand household, how can he bear the pressure of so many important court officials."
At this time, there were countless eyes staring at the big ships loaded with millions of taels of silver, but no matter what, the big ships entered the capital smoothly.
Jishuitan Wharf, here is a wharf on the edge of the Grand Canal. Most of the ships that arrive at the capital on weekdays mostly stop at several wharves such as Jishuitan and Wenmingmen.
Because this place is relatively close to the household department, so early in the morning, the household department, headed by Zuo Shilang Bao Qing, dozens of officials, large and small, as well as labor labor launched by the household department, brought hundreds of vehicles. Prepare the carts for the silver.
Hundreds of people gathered on the pier, at least [-]% of them were officials, big or small, and some of them were not below Bao Qing. They were talking and laughing in low voices with Bao Qing while looking at the canal .
An official from Guanglu Temple stroked his beard and smiled at Bao Qing: "Bao Shilang, your household department is blessed this time. Millions of taels of silver have been put into the treasury. When the time comes, the person who handles it will be a little bit late when it goes into the treasury." Leak out that little bit, and everyone will be full."
Before Bao Qing opened his mouth, an official smiled and said: "Everyone has worked so hard, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, so there must be some benefits."
Bao Qing said with a reserved smile: "You guys are just kidding, our household department is in charge of the money in and out of the treasury, how can we do such things, but these labors are really hard, so we should give some money as a reward."
Everyone laughed loudly when they heard the words, and there was a look on their faces that I understood.
While talking and laughing, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Look, the big ship is coming, is it the big ship that Jin Yiwei escorted the money into Beijing?"
Many people immediately looked up the river and saw official ships approaching slowly, one after another. Just looking at the extremely deep draft of these big ships, one knew that the ships must be loaded with extremely heavy things.
Thinking of millions of taels of gold and silver loaded on these big ships, many people looked at these big ships as if they were looking at mountains of gold and silver.
Someone couldn't help sighing: "Millions of taels of gold and silver, today must be an eye-opener. I have never seen so much gold and silver in my life."
Bao Qing also had a look of anticipation in his eyes.
If these money are transported into the national treasury, then he will be a great hero of the household department, and even the Chinese, military and military officials will look at him differently.
As for whether the Jinyiwei officials who escorted the money to Beijing would hand over the money to him, is it worth considering? How brave is the other party, and dare to hand over the money to the court.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Bao Qing watched the big ships getting closer and couldn't help waving to an official beside him: "When the disembarkation stops, you go and tell the people in Jinyiwei to prepare for the handover. "
The official who was named immediately nodded at Bao Qing.
And Chen Cang, who was standing aside, glanced at Bao Qing and the others expressionlessly, then looked at the big boat that was slowly approaching the shore, and turned his eyes to the figures standing on the bow of the big boat.
The leading official was dressed in the official uniform of Jinyiwei, and it was Du Guang, Qianhu of Jinyiwei who escorted the confiscated dirty money to Beijing this time.
Now Du Guang's name can be said to be known to them. After all, even for the sake of the millions of taels of gold and silver, Du Guang's name must be remembered.
After all, the money is still in Du Guang's hands now, and the handover must be completed with Du Guang and Jin Yiwei before the money can be considered to have truly entered the hands of the court.
Standing at the bow of the boat, Du Guang looked at the dense figures on the shore and the continuous carriages on the shore from a distance, with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.
Du Guang whispered a few words to Xiaoqi, a Jinyi guard beside him, and the little banner officer clasped his fists at Du Guang and said, "Your Excellency, don't worry, this subordinate will do it now."
While speaking, the big ship shook slightly, and it was already docked on the shore pier, almost a few feet away from the shore.
A long board was laid between the big boat and the shore, and an official could not wait to get on the wooden board, and stepped onto the big boat on the rickety wooden board.
Du Guang looked at the other party with great interest.
With a bit of excitement and arrogance, the official walked up to Du Guang, cupped his hands at Du Guang and said, "Du Qianhu, this official is Wai Lang, a member of the household department. I have come here to meet Du Qian on the orders of my lord servant." account to complete the handover."
The official said to Du Guang: "Please also ask Du Qianhu to hand over the account books, so that I can wait for the account reconciliation and put the gold and silver into the warehouse."
It can be seen that the attitude of this member of the household department, Wailang, is very aloof, and he suddenly didn't take Du Guang to heart, and there was a sense of order.
At this moment, Du Guang looked at the other party with a calm gaze and said, "It's okay to want me to hand over the money, but do you have your Majesty's order? Or my commanding officer's warrant is also fine!"
Yuanwailang Tang Qing was waiting for Du Guang to hand over the account books to complete the handover with him, but suddenly he heard Du Guang's words and couldn't help but suddenly looked up at Du Guang with a bit of astonishment in his eyes.
Du Guang looked at Tang Qing calmly, with a faint disdain for Tang Qing in the depths of his eyes.
He just wants him to hand over millions of taels of gold and silver to the other party without any formalities. Do you really think he is a fool?
And Tang Qing obviously also noticed the sarcasm in Du Guang's eyes, and Du Guang didn't cooperate with him to hand over the account books and completed the handover with him. Words said: "Du Qianhu, do you know what you are talking about?"
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As he said that, Qiu Ju suddenly looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said subconsciously: "Your Majesty, you are not worried about Mr. Yang Ge's idea of taking those money, are you?"
Zhu Houzhao glared at Qiu Ju and said, "If Yang Ting and him really do that, what should I do?"
Qiu Ju suddenly showed a bit of distress.
Yang Tinghe had already grasped the righteousness in his hands before, and even Wang Yangming and Liu Yu dared not stand up against Yang Tinghe on this.
Because Yang Tinghe took out the signboard of righteousness to repair the river and rescue the victims, under such a big signboard, even Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor, had to cooperate.
If Yang Tinghe really used this sign to withhold the money, it's not impossible. In this case, who can stop it.
Anyway, from Qiu Ju's point of view, no matter how displeased Zhu Houzhao was in his heart, he couldn't stand up and object.
Qiu Ju couldn't help looking at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and said to Qiu Ju: "Quickly send a message to Li Qing, and tell Li Qing about the situation in Beijing."
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to pin his hopes on Li Huan.
But it is said that Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu left the imperial city and returned to the cabinet.
Yang Tinghe cupped his hands at several people, and went directly to the side hall where he was.
Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe, and couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Yangming and Liu Yu didn't say anything, they bowed to Li Dongyang, and then went back.
However, it didn't take long for Li Huan to kill hundreds of scholars and thousands of rioters in Yuyao County. The news spread in Beijing.
Even the civil and military officials have long been accustomed to Li Huan's style of killing at every turn, but their jaws almost dropped when they heard such news suddenly.
The previous turmoil stopped temporarily because of the assassination of the emperor, but this does not mean that the matter is over.
Among the civil and military officials, I don't know how many people are planning to impeach Li Huan again.
But what they didn't expect was that Li Huan slaughtered hundreds of scholars in Fujian, but he also slaughtered hundreds of students in Yuyao. Is this a match with their literati?
As for the thousands of rioters, to be honest, not many civil and military officials really take it to heart. In their hearts, the death of thousands of rioters is far less important than the killing of hundreds of literati.
It's just a group of rioters, and if they kill them, they will be killed. If it is not that Li Huan slaughtered hundreds of scholars, maybe they heard such news, at most they secretly said that Li Huan was bloodthirsty.
However, when Li Huan slaughtered hundreds of scholars, all civil and military officials swiped their pens, and impeachment memorials went straight into the emperor's study.
Of course, there was another piece of news that spread along with it, which also attracted the attention of all civil and military personnel.
That was the news that the money that Li Huan had confiscated was about to enter Beijing.
I don't know who actually exposed the amount of gold and silver that Li Huan confiscated from the Fei family in Qianshan County. It was a huge amount of two to three million taels. This number directly caught the eyes of countless officials. .
There is also the gold and silver confiscated by Li Huan in Fujian. Because there is no first-hand information, how much gold and silver Li Huan confiscated in Fujian. These people do not have an accurate figure, but it is estimated that at least There are also several million taels.
In addition to the millions of taels of silver that Li Huan obtained from confiscating Xie's mansion, the three sums of gold and silver alone would add up to nearly ten million taels.
Such a large amount of money is equivalent to the income of the imperial treasury for two years. It would be a lie to say that there are not many officials eyeing him for such a large amount of money.
And at this time, there was also news that Yang Tinghe begged the emperor to put the confiscated money into the treasury to repair the Huanghuai Waterway, relieve the victims of disasters in Shaanxi, and reissue the frontier army's arrears of salary and other expenses.
It can be said that once the news came out, it immediately won the approval of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
After all, all fools know that once the money enters the emperor's inner treasury, it will not be so easy for the emperor to take the money out.
But if it goes into the national treasury, how to spend the money is naturally up to them.
So there is no need to connect with each other, and soon all the civil and military officials reached a consensus, that is, no matter what, the money should be charged to the treasury.
Even this kind of voice temporarily overwhelmed the enthusiasm for impeaching Li Huan.
But when Yang Ting and the elder of the cabinet, the chief minister of the household department, left the cabinet and were about to leave, outside the imperial city, there were no less than dozens of officials, large and small, from the court.
Among these officials, there were almost a dozen officials from the household department, and all the left and right servants of the household department came, and even Chen Cang, the household doctor who chose to join Li Huan, was among them.
It's just that there were only one or two officials around Chen Cang talking to Chen Cang. Obviously, the matter of Chen Cang's defection to Li Huan had already spread to all the yamen of the imperial court after Liu Jin's uproar in the household department.
In the eyes of Chao Wenwu, Chen Cang is Li Huan's person. Although some officials have begun to take refuge in Li Huan, but after all, they are only a very small number. In private, those who choose to take refuge in Li Huan are called Li Dang.
Just by hearing the name Li Dang, you can tell that Chen Cang and his party have Li Huan as the core. Without Li Huan, there would be no Li Dang.
Unlike the Eunuch Party headed by Liu Jin, although the Eunuch Party has Liu Jin as its core, without Liu Jin, it can be replaced by other great eunuchs, and can successfully succeed the Eunuch Party's political legacy.
But Li Huan and Li Dang are different. If Li Huan is there, there will be Li Dang. If Li Huan is no longer there, then there will be no such name as Li Dang.
It is conceivable that in the environment where all the officials are yelling at Li Huan, Chen Cang and others who choose to join Li Huan are naturally in a bad situation in the court.
It's not that whoever keeps their positions will be targeted or suppressed.
After all, Li Huan is in charge, and Li Huan is investigating a major treason case, who would dare to trouble Li Huan's people at this time, isn't it okay to trouble yourself?
What's more, there is still an eunuch party in the court, and now the eunuch party headed by Liu Jin is desperately looking for trouble with the Wenchen Group.
In addition, the so-called Li Dang has only three or two big and small cats. The most famous one is Wang Yangming, but no one is sure whether Wang Yangming is Li Dang. Li Huan did not admit it, and Wang Yangming did not express his position clearly. Therefore, as to whether Wang Yangming is Li Dang or not, the officials do not have a conclusion.
If Wang Yangming belonged to the Li Party, then that's fine, if not, then the Li Party is really nothing, not even a servant-level official, if there is no Li Huan in the court, I'm afraid that few people will take it to heart.
At this moment, Chen Cang was among these officials, and all the officials present knew what he was up to.
It was nothing more than wanting to find out news for Li Huan. Many officials looked at Chen Cang with disgust, but Chen Cang seemed to have not seen the disgust of these people, just chatting and laughing happily, not paying attention at all.
Not to mention other things, just this thick skin is not comparable to ordinary people.
If it were other officials, they might have been reprimanded and left long ago, but now it is obvious that the officials of the household department are the main ones, and Chen Cang is also a doctor of the household department. Even if they want to drive people away, they have no reason what.
You can't just say nothing and just drive Chen Cang and the others away. If you really do that, it will be like tearing your skin apart.
So dozens of officials gathered together, but there was a rather strange situation, that is, the rest of the dozens of officials kept a distance from Chen Cang and the others, making Chen Cang and the others stand out all at once. come out.
When Yang Tinghe saw this scene from a distance, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Yang Tinghe, who was in charge of the Minister of the Household Department, naturally knew the situation of the Household Department very well, and Chen Cang was regarded as an official of the Household Department, so Yang Tinghe was no stranger to Chen Cang, but Yang Tinghe did not expect that Chen Cang would vote for Li Huan.
Of course, if Chen Cang hadn't voted for Li Huan, maybe Chen Cang wouldn't have the chance to still stand here at this moment, and he might have already been punished by Liu Jin and sent to prison.
Just glanced at Chen Cang and the others lightly, Yang Tinghe walked towards Bao Qing, the left servant of the household department, Hou Qiang, the right servant and others.
These officials gathered here to wait for Yang Tinghe, and when they saw Yang Tinghe approaching, they hurriedly greeted him.
"I've seen adults."
Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "Everyone is waiting for me here, is there something important?"
Although Bao Qing, the left servant of the household department, is not the one with the highest rank and the most important status among the officials present at the meeting, as the second in command of the household department, when Yang Tingping doesn't care about the affairs of the household department, he is the top leader The presence.
This made Bao Qing say to Yang Tinghe: "My lord, I came here to see you, and I just wanted to ask you, did your majesty promise to put the money confiscated by Li Huan into the treasury?"
As soon as Bao Qing said this, the rest of the officials all looked at Yang Tinghe.
If the emperor nodded, then everything would be easy to talk about, but they had vaguely heard rumors that the emperor didn't seem to want to put the money into the treasury, so they gathered together and waited to see Yang Tinghe, hoping that he could get money from Yang Tinghe. It's an accurate message, and I also want to see what countermeasures Yang Tinghe has here.
The emperor didn't want to put the confiscated gold and silver into the national treasury. In fact, Bao Qing and others didn't think it was strange at all. So much silver was put into the inner treasury, and the emperor could spend it whatever he wanted. Into the treasury ah.
Under the expectant eyes of the crowd, Yang Tinghe sighed softly and said: "Your Majesty did not agree."
Although they had guessed it a long time ago, after hearing Yang Tinghe's words, many people still showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes.
That's nearly ten million taels of silver. As long as it can be filled into the national treasury, all future expenses will definitely go through their hands. Everyone can share some benefits, right?
But the emperor insisted on filling it into the inner treasury, how could this not disappoint them.
Bao Qing was even more eager to say: "My lord, this is against the rules. For a long time, all the proceeds from house raids have been charged to the national treasury. I will not accept your Majesty's move."
Hou Qiang also said from the side: "Yes, there is not much money in the national treasury. The court is really short of money. If there is such a sum of money, how many things can the court do? How can your majesty cooperate with the country?" Fighting for profit!"
Seeing the righteous indignation of the crowd, Yang Tinghe coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, this old man also expressed his seriousness to His Majesty, saying that if the imperial court can't spend money to repair the Huanghuai River and relieve the disaster victims in Shaanxi, I'm afraid it will happen." Danger to the Ming Dynasty and the country."
Everyone already knew about this point from the news that had been circulated before, and now hearing Yang Tinghe's words, many people looked at Yang Tinghe with admiration.
"Elder Yang has a heart for the country. If he can really put money into the treasury this time, repair the river and relieve the victims, all people in the world will be grateful for the kindness of the old man."
Stroking his beard, Yang Tinghe showed a look of concern for the country and the people and sighed: "I don't think about whether the people are grateful or not. I just want to do more things for the people and Daming. As long as I think of the victims in Shaanxi Even if they are suffering from cold and starvation, the people in the Huanghuai area are always at risk of the river flooding and bursting its embankment, this old man can't rest in peace, and can't sleep day and night..."
After hearing Yang Tinghe's words, all the officials showed admiration.
Chen Cang on the side looked at Yang Tinghe and couldn't help but his face changed slightly. Yang Tinghe was a conspiracy, everyone could see this, and Chen Cang couldn't help worrying about Li Huan for a while.
Facing Yang Ting and this Chiguoguo Yang's tricks, how should Li Huan respond to keep the money?
Bao Qing shouted: "How can Your Majesty refuse such an act for the country and the people? If Your Majesty refuses to put money into the treasury, I will go and see Your Majesty."
"Yes, I will go to see His Majesty and plead for the people."
"Count me in, such a chance to leave history, how can I lose the old man."
All of a sudden, all the officials looked excited.
Such an opportunity is hard to find in a thousand years, and some officials even hope that the emperor will not agree, so that they can go to the palace and beg the emperor.
The more the Son of Heaven refused to agree, the more he could set off the mediocrity of the Son of Heaven. In turn, they were the loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty, and their mark will inevitably be left in the future history books.
Thinking about this, some officials can't wait to go to the palace to ask to see the emperor immediately.
But at this moment, Yang Tinghe coughed lightly and said, "Everyone, although His Majesty said he didn't agree, he didn't refuse either."
Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, obviously they didn't quite understand what Yang Tinghe meant.
One thing, either agree or refuse, how could they not understand what Yang Tinghe meant.
Yang Tinghe explained with a smile: "Your Majesty said that this matter needs to be discussed with Li Huan, and Li Huan must agree to it."
Someone heard the words and roared angrily: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. Whether His Majesty is the emperor or Li Huan is the emperor. Your Majesty can decide at a glance. Why should you ask Li Huan?"
"Yes, yes, such matters are not something that Li Huan can decide, so what is he?"
Bao Qing also said: "He, Li Huan, is not the Minister of the Household Department, how can he have the right to decide where to keep the money, His Majesty's move is very inappropriate."
Chen Cang frowned when he heard this, he was not a fool, he probably guessed the embarrassment of the emperor just by hearing Yang Tinghe's words.
Promise, and I'm not willing to let so much money fall into the treasury, but if you don't agree, people will definitely seize this opportunity and smear him and Li Huan as a foolish king who doesn't care about the life and death of the people Traitor.
The emperor obviously had nothing to do, otherwise, he would not have thrown such a difficult problem to Li Huan.
Chen Cang couldn't help secretly wry smile, although the emperor failed to shoulder this difficult problem for Li Huan, but being able to do so was already the limit of the emperor.
So when it comes to how to deal with this problem, Chen Cang can only hope that Li Huan can solve this problem perfectly.
Yang Tinghe looked at the righteous indignation of the crowd, stroked his beard and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty did not expressly object, which means that His Majesty has already agreed. The reason why I asked the old man to discuss with Li Huan is because of His Majesty." It’s just a step I found for myself.”
Many people's eyes lit up when they heard the words, and some even clapped their hands and exclaimed: "That's right, I didn't think of that."
Bao Qing stroked his beard and smiled softly: "Your Majesty is a young man after all, after all he wants to save face, doesn't he?"
"Hahaha!"
All of a sudden, there was a cheerful atmosphere here.
But Chen Cang couldn't help but frowned. Talking about the emperor behind his back like this, if someone read these people's books, it would be a crime of disrespect.
What's more, such a move, how can it be done by a minister.
While talking, someone suddenly said: "Mr. Yang Ge, we have received news that Jin Yiwei who went to Qianshan County to confiscate Fei Hong's family has returned with the money they confiscated, and will enter Beijing tomorrow at the most."
Hearing these words, all the people present were surprised.
All eyes were cast on Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "In that case, tomorrow, Bao Shilang will bring some officials from the household department to handover with the people from the Jinyiwei, and let the Jinyiwei deliver the money sent back to the treasury."
At this moment, everyone is full of confidence, with Yang Tinghe creating such a favorable situation for them, and with righteousness in hand, they really don't worry about not getting the money.
Many officials couldn't help but get excited when they thought that nearly ten million taels of silver would enter the treasury.
How many things can be done with so much money.
But Bao Qing listened to Yang Tinghe's instructions, his face showed joy, and he immediately cupped his hands to Yang Tinghe and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will bring the officials with me tomorrow morning and go to the pier to guard, and I will definitely take the money. A few miles will go to the treasury."
An official laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Tomorrow, I just have nothing to do, so I will go with Bao Shilang, which can be considered as a boost for the servant."
Not only one official spoke, but in the blink of an eye, several officials said they had time to go tomorrow, and Bao Qing bowed his hands to these officials to thank them.
Yang Tinghe slowly boarded his soft sedan chair and left under the respectful escort of a group of officials.
The scene that happened outside the palace gate was naturally spread to the emperor immediately.
People in Dongchang dare not say that it is everywhere, but in this capital, there are really few secrets that can be kept from Dongchang.
Even though Jin Yiwei's momentum has soared and faintly overwhelmed Dongchang, the strength of Dongchang in the capital should not be underestimated because of this.
At this time Ma Yongcheng was standing respectfully in front of the emperor, cautiously daring not to speak.
Zhu Houzhao, on the other hand, was looking at a secret note presented by Ma Yongcheng. The content of the secret note was the conversation between a group of officials and Yang Tinghe outside the palace gate not long ago.
Yang Tinghe did not say anything radical, but Zhu Houzhao was extremely annoyed by the attitude of some officials, and some even mocked him behind his back as the emperor, that is, Zhu Houzhao has a good temper, otherwise, he would have ordered him to be sent to prison in a fit of anger. Strictly done.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhu Hou took care of Ma Yongcheng and said, "Ma Daban, are you sure that the people from Jinyiwei will return to Beijing tomorrow with the stolen money?"
Ma Yongcheng nodded and said, "Return to Your Majesty, that's right."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning when he heard the words: "If that's the case, no matter how fast the speed is, Li Qing won't get any news. Could it be that we just let the money go into the treasury?"
Although it is said that only a decree from him, the emperor, can easily prevent those officials from taking that sum of money, but he, the emperor, really can't make an order, or even express his opposition.
It can be said that he did not directly send the money into the treasury, which is already the limit of what he can do, otherwise, the name of a foolish king who does not care about the life and death of the people will definitely be firmly attached to his head, and it will be difficult to take it off.
Ma Yongcheng naturally knew Zhu Houzhao's embarrassment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, should I send someone to send a letter to Du Guang of Jin Yiwei immediately, asking him to delay returning to Beijing..."
It's just that before Ma Yongcheng finished speaking, he saw that the emperor was looking at him with the eyes of a fool.
And Ma Yongcheng himself realized it all at once, wishing to slap himself, his idea is really bad enough.
That's millions of taels of silver, even if you can find an excuse to delay it for a day or two, can it be said that it can be delayed for more than ten days?
I'm afraid it won't take more than ten days, but if the sum of money cannot reach the capital tomorrow, you can see if the Chinese and Chinese military officials will jump out and send someone to meet it.
It was really hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but it was millions of taels of silver. I don’t know how many people are staring at that sum of money.
Even Ma Yongcheng's East Factory has received some news, and I don't know how the news was leaked out. Even some third-rate gangs above and below the rivers and lakes want to take that sum of money.
Even many of the officers and soldiers of the guard who were responsible for escorting and protecting the money all the way tried to do something to the money. If it weren't for the decisiveness of Du Guang, the thousand-household officer of Jinyiwei, who killed a few of them with brutal means Soldiers, the hearts of the people were calmed down, maybe those officers and soldiers would just grab that sum of money.
If such a large amount of money is not transported back to the capital, who knows what accidents will happen.
It is conceivable that at this time, he suggested that Jin Yiwei's people should suspend the escort of Yin Zi to Beijing, how bad this idea is.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "It would be great if Li Qing was here at this time, and I don't have to worry so much."
For some reason, Zhu Houzhao has a feeling that this kind of problem may be very difficult for others, and there is even no way to solve it, but for Li Huan, it is not difficult.
Qiu Ju, Gao Feng, Ma Yongcheng and others standing on the side are examples, all of them are frowning, and if they really want to make up their minds, they don't have a reliable idea.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Houzhao couldn't come up with an idea, so he waved his sleeves angrily at Ma Yongcheng and said, "Scatter all your subordinates to me, no matter whether the last sum of money goes into the treasury or Enter the inner vault, but absolutely no accidents are allowed."
It was almost at the door of the house, if there was any accident, it would be a slap in the face of the court and the emperor.
Hearing this, Ma Yongcheng immediately said to Zhu Houzhao: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this old slave will personally lead people to escort Yinzi all the way to Beijing."
Zhu Houzhao was a little relieved when he heard the words, but when he thought about the ownership of the sum of money, he couldn't help being upset for a while, and said to Ma Yongcheng: "Okay, buddy, let's go to work first."
Ma Yongcheng hurriedly bid farewell to the emperor, and then left the imperial city. Immediately, he ordered a group of people from the East Factory and left the capital.
Tonghui River is the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from Tianjin to Beijing, and it belongs to the last section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
At this time, Du Guang led hundreds of Jinyiwei to sit on several large ships, and came from Tianjin to the capital along the Tonghui River.
In order to escort these millions of taels of gold and silver all the way from Qianshan County to the capital, Du Guang and his group of Jinyiwei had exhausted their minds.
At the beginning, it was okay, because the secrecy work was still in place, and only these soldiers of the guard knew about the existence of millions of taels of silver.
However, under the intimidation of Du Guang and Jin Yiwei's vicious reputation, even the officers and soldiers of these guards were extremely honest and dared not do anything strange.
But as time went by, the sense of awe gradually diminished, and Du Guang could clearly feel that the guards and soldiers who escorted the money became restless.
If Du Guang hadn't been careful enough, some guard officers and soldiers might have stolen the money. For this reason, Du Guang killed dozens of guard officers and soldiers who participated in it, and only killed those guard officers and soldiers. .
This is also the case, this road can be regarded as coming over without any danger.
But at some point, the news spread that they escorted millions of taels of silver into Beijing, which immediately attracted many bandits, water thieves and the like.
It's a pity that these people are not the opponents of Jin Yiwei and the officers and soldiers of the guard at all, so Du Guang led people to resolve several crises.
Now that the big ship is sailing on the Tonghui River, there are only tens of miles away from the capital. It can be said that Du Guang's heart that has been hanging has finally let go.
You must know that he spent more than a month on this journey. It can be said that these days, he has not even had a peaceful sleep, and even when he sleeps, he always closes his eyes. , for fear of any accidents.
Chief Banner Officer Xun Le looked at Du Guang who was standing on the bow of the boat with a tired expression on his face, and said, "My lord, at most half a day's work, we can reach the capital, and then my lord can feel at ease."
Hearing this, Du Guang looked back at Xun Le and said with a slight smile, "Yes, when we arrive in the capital, we will be able to give a sum of money to Eunuch Gu, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, so we can rest assured."
As he said that, Du Guang said with a smile on his face: "This time, I have finally lived up to your expectations."
Xun Le smiled and said: "My lord has made such a contribution, and the commanding envoy will definitely reward you heavily. Previously, your lord was granted the title of Jinyiwei Thousand Households. This time, you will be promoted to another level and become Jinyiwei Town Fushi. Not impossible."
Du Guang couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words: "How can it be so simple, what is this little credit? Besides, I have only been promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu not long ago. Hard to get promoted."
While speaking, several ships suddenly appeared in front of them. Seeing this situation, Du Guang and the others changed their expressions slightly, and each of them raised their vigilance.
Especially as these ships were approaching them at a very fast speed, Du Guang rushed to the bow almost immediately, holding the handle of the Xiuchun knife, staring at those ships with a full face of wariness.
Suddenly a voice came from a distance: "Ahead is Du Qianhu, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, and Du Guangdu, a thousand households! In Xiadongchang, the head of the bandit Sanshan, ordered by the factory master, is here to protect you all."
The voice was extremely ethereal, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it showed that he had an extremely high level of internal martial arts. Even though Du Guang was conceited that his cultivation was not bad, he was obviously one level behind the other party.
Although Du Guang said he was slightly relieved, he didn't dare to really feel relieved, but shouted at the other party: "Kou Batou, what proof do you have?"
At this time, the leading ship was already approaching the big ship, and there was a man standing on the bow, who looked about forty years old, with a sword behind his back. When the eyes full of radiance met, it was a shock in the heart.
Seeing a stream of light flying out of Kou Sanshan's hand, Du Guang subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab it. It was a token. The token was heavy, and after only one glance, Du Guang recognized that it was the one from the Dongchang stall. token.
Du Guang was also from Jinyiwei at any rate, so how could he not understand Dongchang, who overwhelmed Jinyiwei at the beginning.
You must know that at the beginning of Dongchang, except for a very small number of eunuchs who came out of the palace, most of them were transferred from Jinyiwei.
That is to say, in fact, many fans in Dongchang are actually from Jinyiwei. With such a relationship between the two families, it is natural that there is no way to identify them.
Besides, there really aren't many people who would pretend to be Dongchang's identity, right?
Moreover, with the strength shown by Kou Sanshan, coupled with the fact that he is now tens of miles away from the capital, in such a land, there are really not many people who dare to rob the official ships of the imperial court on this canal, so All this has dispelled Du Guang's vigilance to a certain extent.
Taking a deep breath, Du Guang cupped his hands at Kou Sanshan at the bow and said, "Thank you so much Kou Sanshan."
But at this time Kou Sanshan said: "Du Qianhu, my factory owner wants to see you and has something to say to you."
Du Guang couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and subconsciously looked towards the boat behind Kou Sanshan. At this moment, he saw a figure walking out of the cabin. shock.
This is the governor of the East Factory, Ma Yongcheng.
Anyway, he was following Li Huan's confidant, how could Du Guang not recognize Ma Yongcheng.
When seeing Ma Yongcheng, Du Guang was completely relieved. Needless to say, he must have been sent by the emperor to meet them.
There are people from Dongchang, together with Jin Yiwei and the officers and soldiers of the guard, under the protection of layers, unless someone leads an army, otherwise, no one will even think about this sum of money.
Du Guang, who was relieved, turned to Kou Sanshan from afar and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to visit the factory owner right now."
While speaking, Du Guang lowered a small boat extremely quickly, and then jumped onto the small boat. In just a dozen breaths, he was already on that boat.
Turning over and jumping onto the boat, Du Guang saw Ma Yongcheng who was sitting smiling and looking at him, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute Ma Yongcheng, "Du Guang, an official of Jinyiwei Qianhu, has met the factory owner."
Ma Yongcheng smiled slightly and said: "You are the favorite general of the chief governor, confiscating Fei Hong's family's wealth this time, and transporting it to the capital smoothly and safely is a great achievement, and you will be promoted to a noble position just around the corner."
Ma Yongcheng quickly said: "The factory owner is joking, this is just the job of a subordinate."
Seeing Du Guang's neither arrogant nor impetuous appearance, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help secretly praising Du Guang, it was indeed remarkable that Du Guang could be favored by Li Huan and entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
After briefly asking Du Guang about the news about the silver boat, Ma Yongcheng suddenly looked at Du Guang solemnly and said, "Du Qianhu, do you know that because of your sum of money, the court has already turned upside down, Elder Yang Ge personally asked His Majesty to see His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to allow this sum of money to be transported to the treasury."
When Ma Yongcheng spoke, he stared at Du Guang. Du Guang was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he reacted and said with a smile: "Thank you for reminding me, Mr. Chang, thank you, sir."
Regarding Du Guang's reaction, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help showing some surprise and said, "Isn't Du Qianhu worried?"
Du Guang laughed and said, "The subordinates are all following orders, so there is nothing to worry about."
As he spoke, a solemn look flashed in Du Guang's eyes and he said: "Unless it is His Majesty's imperial decree, or my lord's warrant, otherwise, I will only act according to your lord's order."
Ma Yongcheng looked at Du Guang, and suddenly laughed loudly for a while and said, "Okay, it's a good one to follow orders."
To be honest, Ma Yongcheng admired Du Guang's courage, but he was not optimistic, because Du Guang didn't know what kind of pressure he would face at that time.
Those were the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the emperor couldn't bear such pressure, let alone him, a thousand households of royal guards in Du Guang district.
But even so, Ma Yongcheng looked at Du Guang differently, and even reached out and patted Du Guang on the shoulder and said, "Okay, no matter what the result is, based on what you said just now, if the governor blames you in the future, this governor I’ll definitely tell you something.”
Hearing this, Du Guang cupped his hands at Ma Yongcheng and said, "Thank you, sir, for your kindness."
Taking a deep breath, Ma Yongcheng said to Du Guang: "Go back, this big ship needs you, Jinyiwei Qianhu, to sit on it, and the people from my East Factory will be around to help you."
Du Guang bowed to Ma Yongcheng after hearing the words, then jumped into the boat and went back to the big boat.
Looking at Du Guang's tall and straight figure, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help saying to Kou Sanshan who was standing beside him: "Sanshan, do you think Du Qianhu can bear the pressure of so many ministers?"
Kou Sanshan couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and said without thinking too much: "This subordinate thinks he can't resist."
Ma Yongcheng nodded without any surprise and said: "Yes, he is just a small thousand household, how can he bear the pressure of so many important court officials."
At this time, there were countless eyes staring at the big ships loaded with millions of taels of silver, but no matter what, the big ships entered the capital smoothly.
Jishuitan Wharf, here is a wharf on the edge of the Grand Canal. Most of the ships that arrive at the capital on weekdays mostly stop at several wharves such as Jishuitan and Wenmingmen.
Because this place is relatively close to the household department, so early in the morning, the household department, headed by Zuo Shilang Bao Qing, dozens of officials, large and small, as well as labor labor launched by the household department, brought hundreds of vehicles. Prepare the carts for the silver.
Hundreds of people gathered on the pier, at least [-]% of them were officials, big or small, and some of them were not below Bao Qing. They were talking and laughing in low voices with Bao Qing while looking at the canal .
An official from Guanglu Temple stroked his beard and smiled at Bao Qing: "Bao Shilang, your household department is blessed this time. Millions of taels of silver have been put into the treasury. When the time comes, the person who handles it will be a little bit late when it goes into the treasury." Leak out that little bit, and everyone will be full."
Before Bao Qing opened his mouth, an official smiled and said: "Everyone has worked so hard, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, so there must be some benefits."
Bao Qing said with a reserved smile: "You guys are just kidding, our household department is in charge of the money in and out of the treasury, how can we do such things, but these labors are really hard, so we should give some money as a reward."
Everyone laughed loudly when they heard the words, and there was a look on their faces that I understood.
While talking and laughing, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Look, the big ship is coming, is it the big ship that Jin Yiwei escorted the money into Beijing?"
Many people immediately looked up the river and saw official ships approaching slowly, one after another. Just looking at the extremely deep draft of these big ships, one knew that the ships must be loaded with extremely heavy things.
Thinking of millions of taels of gold and silver loaded on these big ships, many people looked at these big ships as if they were looking at mountains of gold and silver.
Someone couldn't help sighing: "Millions of taels of gold and silver, today must be an eye-opener. I have never seen so much gold and silver in my life."
Bao Qing also had a look of anticipation in his eyes.
If these money are transported into the national treasury, then he will be a great hero of the household department, and even the Chinese, military and military officials will look at him differently.
As for whether the Jinyiwei officials who escorted the money to Beijing would hand over the money to him, is it worth considering? How brave is the other party, and dare to hand over the money to the court.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Bao Qing watched the big ships getting closer and couldn't help waving to an official beside him: "When the disembarkation stops, you go and tell the people in Jinyiwei to prepare for the handover. "
The official who was named immediately nodded at Bao Qing.
And Chen Cang, who was standing aside, glanced at Bao Qing and the others expressionlessly, then looked at the big boat that was slowly approaching the shore, and turned his eyes to the figures standing on the bow of the big boat.
The leading official was dressed in the official uniform of Jinyiwei, and it was Du Guang, Qianhu of Jinyiwei who escorted the confiscated dirty money to Beijing this time.
Now Du Guang's name can be said to be known to them. After all, even for the sake of the millions of taels of gold and silver, Du Guang's name must be remembered.
After all, the money is still in Du Guang's hands now, and the handover must be completed with Du Guang and Jin Yiwei before the money can be considered to have truly entered the hands of the court.
Standing at the bow of the boat, Du Guang looked at the dense figures on the shore and the continuous carriages on the shore from a distance, with a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.
Du Guang whispered a few words to Xiaoqi, a Jinyi guard beside him, and the little banner officer clasped his fists at Du Guang and said, "Your Excellency, don't worry, this subordinate will do it now."
While speaking, the big ship shook slightly, and it was already docked on the shore pier, almost a few feet away from the shore.
A long board was laid between the big boat and the shore, and an official could not wait to get on the wooden board, and stepped onto the big boat on the rickety wooden board.
Du Guang looked at the other party with great interest.
With a bit of excitement and arrogance, the official walked up to Du Guang, cupped his hands at Du Guang and said, "Du Qianhu, this official is Wai Lang, a member of the household department. I have come here to meet Du Qian on the orders of my lord servant." account to complete the handover."
The official said to Du Guang: "Please also ask Du Qianhu to hand over the account books, so that I can wait for the account reconciliation and put the gold and silver into the warehouse."
It can be seen that the attitude of this member of the household department, Wailang, is very aloof, and he suddenly didn't take Du Guang to heart, and there was a sense of order.
At this moment, Du Guang looked at the other party with a calm gaze and said, "It's okay to want me to hand over the money, but do you have your Majesty's order? Or my commanding officer's warrant is also fine!"
Yuanwailang Tang Qing was waiting for Du Guang to hand over the account books to complete the handover with him, but suddenly he heard Du Guang's words and couldn't help but suddenly looked up at Du Guang with a bit of astonishment in his eyes.
Du Guang looked at Tang Qing calmly, with a faint disdain for Tang Qing in the depths of his eyes.
He just wants him to hand over millions of taels of gold and silver to the other party without any formalities. Do you really think he is a fool?
And Tang Qing obviously also noticed the sarcasm in Du Guang's eyes, and Du Guang didn't cooperate with him to hand over the account books and completed the handover with him. Words said: "Du Qianhu, do you know what you are talking about?"
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