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Thinking about Li Huan's purpose of coming to their Chen Mansion this time, Chen Zhe couldn't help laughing out loud while his face showed a sudden look, but there was a bit of madness in his laughter.

Chen Zhe's sudden laughter naturally attracted many people's puzzled looks, even those Jin Yiwei guarding Chen Zhe were a little puzzled.

It's just that Chen Zhe just laughed and didn't respond. Even if he was puzzled, but when Chen Zhe had no other changes, the Jin Yiwei who was in charge of guarding Chen Zhe just stepped forward and yelled at Chen Zhe to silence him.

At the same time, under Chen Yao's guidance, Li Huan walked into a study.

The location of this study in the Chen Mansion seems to belong to the study of Chen Wenliang, the owner of this mansion.

There are two or three spacious study rooms, and there are many classics in them, but what Li Huan is looking for is not the classics collected in this study.

At this time, a few elite members of Jinyiwei had gathered in the study, and in front of these people were more than a dozen account books and rosters.

When they saw Li Huan and Chen Yao approaching, several Jinyiwei officials hurriedly saluted Li Huan.

Li Huan waved his hand, but his eyes fell on the account books and roster in front of him.

At the same time, one of the officials said respectfully to Li Huan: "My lord, these are the rosters and account books that were found, which recorded in detail the collusion between the Lianghuai salt merchants and many officials in the court over the years. There are even more detailed money transactions."

A flash of light flashed in Li Huan's eyes, and he casually took one of the account books in his hand and began to look through it.

"In March of the 16th year of Hongzhi, Du Yuan, the servant of the household department, received 13 taels of silver... In the first year of Zhengde, Cheng Qi, the supervisory censor of Shanxi Province, received 5 taels of silver..."

As Li Huan looked through it, there were no less than a dozen officials involved in this account book alone, and the gold and silver transactions in it were as high as millions of taels.

And there are dozens of such account books. Even though many officials who have interests in the Lianghuai Salt Merchant Group recorded in these account books are repeated, the important officials of the DPRK and China involved in them are probably countless. There are as many as ten people, and the silver taels involved may exceed tens of millions.

Slowly putting down the account book in his hand, Li Huan's face was very calm, and he was not surprised by the contents of the account book at all.

Regardless of the officials and gold and silver involved, they were actually within Li Huan's expectations.

You must know that they are salt merchants in Lianghuai. As we all know, the benefits of salt and iron have been the most amazing since ancient times, but Daming failed to grasp the benefits of salt and iron in the hands of the imperial court. A group of merchants, thus creating a salt merchant group that is incomparably rich.

There are also various contradictions within the salt merchant group. In recent years, the Lianghuai salt merchants have exerted their strength and won the support of a large number of officials in the court, which has suppressed the Shanxi salt merchants.

Although the Lianghuai salt merchants said that they could not unify the supply of Daming salt, they still accounted for more than half of the salt market in Daming.

It is precisely because the Lianghuai salt merchants have almost monopolized half of the Ming Dynasty's salt industry market that the Lianghuai Group has rapidly expanded into a huge interest group. …

The public spokesperson of this interest group in the court is Chen Wenliang, who is the censor of Zuodu. You must know that Chen Wenliang was a minister of the household department at the beginning, although he later went to Nanjing to serve as the minister of the household department. , and transferred to Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate Inspector Censor, it can be said that from beginning to end he represented the entire salt merchant group in dealing with many vested interests above the court.

It was precisely because of the support of the Salt Merchants Group that Chen Wenliang was able to easily return to the capital from Nanjing, and even easily took the noble position of the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Li Huan originally had no intention of attacking the salt merchants of Ming Dynasty. After all, in Li Huan's view, the most important thing at the moment is to organize the Beijing camp well. With a [-] Beijing army in hand, it would be much easier to do anything.

It's just that Li Huan never expected that after a big victory, countless officials in the court would feel threatened, and even labeled him a rebel.

Since Chen Wenliang jumped out on his own initiative, Li Huan naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, so he took the opportunity (this chapter is not over!)
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Take Chen Wenliang down.

Even in the eyes of outsiders, Li Huan targeted Chen Wenliang entirely because Chen Wenliang impeached him for rebellion, not because of the salt merchant group behind Chen Wenliang.

To be honest, if it weren't for the salt merchant group behind Chen Wenliang, Li Huan really didn't take Chen Wenliang to heart.

In other words, Li Huan would not personally supervise Chen Wenliang's case at all, let alone bring people to Chen's house to search.

Putting down the account books in his hand casually, Li Huan said to Chen Yao: "Order someone to escort these account books back to the yamen. Be careful to keep them secret, don't disturb other people!"

Chen Yao nodded and said: "My lord, don't worry, the matter here will never be leaked."

Chen Yao is not an idiot either, there are so many officials involved in this account book, and the importance of their identities even him, a royal guard, would be shocked to see it.

In addition to some of the officials on these account books who have already retired, there are still a considerable number of officials in the court, and almost all of them are important ministers above the court.

After all, if you are not an important minister, you are not qualified to accept bribes from the salt merchant group, right?
If the contents of this account book were leaked today, Chen Yao can assure you that the official circles of Daming would be shaken by it, and what troubles would arise at that time.

Li Huan glanced at Chen Yao and said: "Remember to order someone to sort out the account books, it will be of great use to me."

Chen Yao nodded.

Speaking of which, Li Huan turned around and walked out of the study. When he reached the door, he paused slightly and said: "Release the news that the armor and strong crossbow were found in the Chen residence."

Chen Yao was just stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then his eyes lit up, and he reacted and said: "This subordinate understands!"

The purpose of Li Huan asking Chen Yao to search for taboos such as armor and crossbows in the Chen residence is very simple. It is to divert the attention and focus on the taboos such as armor and crossbows in the Chen family, instead of Reminiscent of Li Huan's real purpose and harvest. …

Jin Yiwei's work efficiency is quite reliable, but it only took half a day, when the big boxes were carried out from the Chen family, especially those armors and crossbows that were hidden by the Chen family were carried out in public. The situation of the Chen family was seen by countless people. I don't know how many people were shocked by it, but at the same time, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh my god, the Chen family actually hides such things as armor and crossbows. They are really brave. Could it be that they want to rebel?"

"The Jin Yiwei found out such taboo things, the Chen family is finished!"

"I really didn't expect that the Zuodu censors would hide big weapons like armor and crossbows. It can only be said that dogs can't change eating shit. Are salt merchants salt merchants?"

Lu Mansion looked at the armor and crossbow that Jin Yiwei found from Chen's house from a distance, but Lu Jing looked relieved.

To tell the truth, Lu Jing, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and even served as a servant in the Ministry of Household Affairs, is definitely a powerful figure in the court.

Lu Jing has benefited from the salt merchant group all these years.

Others may just be watching the Chen family's jokes, but Lu Jing is really worried about what problems Jin Yiwei will find out in the investigation.

Seeing that Jin Yiwei only found a bunch of contraband in Chen's house, it seems that he just searched for a bunch of gold and silver and nothing else, so Lu Jing felt relieved.

As night fell, several carriages slowly entered Maoyan Lane, and the leader was dressed as a member of a rich family. At this moment, he was handing a name card to the servant guarding the gate of Li's mansion with a smile on his face, and at the same time quietly handing over the A silver ingot weighing five taels was stuffed into the opponent's hand.

"This little brother, Xu Wenchang of the Xu family in Yangzhou is asking to see Mrs. Li. Please pass it on to him."

The servant glanced at the other party, then looked at the greeting card and said, "Your Excellency, wait a moment!"

In Li's residence, Li Huan left the Yamen early, and now he was having dinner with Feng Shi, Zhang Jin, and Zhu Lin.

After dinner, he sent Mrs. Feng back to rest. Li Huan sent Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin back to their residence.

Li Hu said to Li Huan: "My lord, there are people outside the house asking to see you, and they say they are from the Xu family in Yangzhou!"

Li Huan looked at the (this chapter is not over!)
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A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said: "Xu family from Yangzhou, so those salt merchants came here on their own initiative."

Li Hu chuckled and said: "I heard that the other party brought several carriages here, I'm afraid they are here to give gifts to the adults."

Li Huan walked towards the study with his hands behind his back, and said at the same time: "Take me to the study to see me!"

When Xu Wenchang walked into Li's mansion, his whole body seemed to become a lot more relaxed, and even his body seemed to be a lot taller in an instant.

Entering the mansion, Xu Wenchang looked at the layout of Li's mansion secretly. Although Li's mansion did not look luxurious, in Xu Wenchang's eyes, it revealed its extraordinaryness in its plainness.

Whether it's Zhang Jin or Zhu Lin, they are all from the background of princes and noble daughters, and they are not comparable to people from ordinary families in terms of vision and handwriting. …

As the hostess of a mansion, the layout of the whole mansion can naturally show the background and taste of the second daughter.

Besides, whether it is the wealth that the second daughter brought as a dowry, or the wealth that Li Huan accumulated over the past few years, it is enough for the second daughter to arrange the entire mansion according to her own wishes.

The more he looked at the layout of the Li Mansion, the more Xu Wenchang sighed in his heart. The layout of the Li Mansion was not as big as 10 taels, and it really couldn't be arranged.

While amazed in my heart, in Xu Wenchang's feeling, the image of Li Huan, a great general, also changed to a certain extent.

Soon Xu Wenchang saw Li Huan. At first glance, Xu Wenchang was really shocked by Li Huan's youth, but when facing Li Huan, Xu Wenchang seemed very low-key.

"The villain Xu Wenchang from the Xu family of Yangzhou pays his respects to the Taifu."

Sitting there, Li Huan was dressed in ordinary clothes, not angry and pretentious, he glanced at Xu Wenchang lightly and said: "Xu Wenchang, I don't seem to know you, I don't know why you asked to see me?"

Xu Wenchang hurriedly said: "The villain has long admired the name of the Grand Tutor, and today I come here to ask to see the lord. One is to fulfill my heart's desire to meet the lord, and the other is to have a small gift for the Grand Tutor!"

Li Huan raised his brows and said curiously on his face: "Gifts are given to others, and there must be demands. When you see what this official is doing, let's talk about it."

Xu Wenchang coughed lightly and said, "I, Xu, am a salt merchant in Yangzhou. I used to take shelter of Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu..."

Li Huan snorted coldly and said, "I never thought it was Chen Wenliang and his gang!"

Xu Wenchang hurriedly said: "Teacher Mingcha, my Xu family was only forced by that old thief and had to take shelter of him. Now that old thief has finally got his retribution, and your lord will be sent to prison. I, Xu family, are happy to hear that. Send a small gift as a thank you."

Li Huan's expression was indifferent, making it impossible to see what he was thinking, but Xu Wenchang secretly observed the changes in Li Huan's expression, and was very happy to see Li Huan's reaction like this.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Wenchang bowed to Li Huan Changji and said: "I, Mrs. Xu, would like to donate millions of silver every year, so that the Taifu can protect my Mrs. Xu."

Li Huan squinted his eyes, leaned forward slightly, stared at Xu Wenchang, and said in a deep voice, "Are you, Mrs. Xu, really willing to give a million dollars to this official every year?"

Xu Wenchang suppressed the joy in his heart and nodded: "How dare a villain deceive an adult, it is naturally true."

Li Huan looked at Xu Wenchang calmly. When Xu Wenchang felt a little uneasy, Li Huan said slowly: "I hope you don't let me down!"

In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, almost half a month had passed since the last great court meeting. During this half month, the most eye-catching thing in the capital was the discovery of taboos such as armor and strong crossbows in the residence of Zuodu Censor Chen Wenliang. The big case of things.

It was rumored that when Tianzi heard the news, thunder broke out, and he smashed the teacup on the imperial case, and ordered Jin Yiwei to investigate Chen Wenliang's case.

In half a month, Jin Yiwei sent troops south to Yangzhou to arrest members of the Chen clan. At the same time, most of the officials of Chen Wenliang's party in the imperial court were captured and thrown into prison. It seems that there will be many people because of Chen Wenliang's case. To follow bad luck.

But Jin Yiwei's movement seemed not small at all, but it made many officials in the court breathe a long sigh of relief.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jin Yiwei doesn't seem to be because (this chapter is not over!)
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Chen Wenliang's case was implicated wantonly, or Li Huan seemed to only investigate Chen Wenliang himself, and did not mean to involve the hidden salt merchant group behind Chen Wenliang.

Stone Hall

Xu Wenchang, Zhao Anmin and others were gathering in the guild hall. Compared with the oppressive atmosphere of the last gathering, everyone present this time seemed to be in a very good mood.

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