Daming heir

Chapter 490 Zhu Yunqi Worth 30 Taels

Been an officer all his life.

Qiu Fengzhen, the magistrate of Fengyang, never thought that one day she would find it so difficult to be an official.

The letters in my hand at this moment are not ordinary things.

This is a knife that chases life and soul one after another!

These bastards are really like that tarsus worm, pervasive.

Qiu Fengzhen no longer dared to look down.

The more he watched, the more he felt that sooner or later the country's victory and defeat would be at the hands of these people. There were bursts of cold sweat on his back, and the cold was oozing from the cracks in his bones.

Zhu Yunxi leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes were indifferent: "White Lotus Sect? Sure enough, this group of Yin people also participated."

As he spoke, he raised his legs, and gently raised Erlang's legs, his gaze squinted at Gao Yangzhi and Bai Yuxiu.

Gao Yangzhi frowned, and glanced at Qiu Fengzhen lightly.

The majestic prefect of Fengyang, the central capital, was so frightened into such a state by so few letters, it is really a shame for the officials of the country!
But Bai Yuxiu said in a low voice: "If I remember correctly, when His Highness was called to seek relief for the disaster in Henan, when he arrived at Xuzhou Mansion, there was a rebellion and an ambush, and members of the White Lotus Sect participated in it."

Qiu Fengzhen raised her head sideways, and took a deep look at the young head of the official department.

His Highness has already fought against the White Lotus Sect.

Then did His Highness know in advance that there is a letter from the White Lotus Sect in this box?

Qiu Fengzhen hesitated for a moment.

Zhu Yunxi said instead: "Prefect Qiu, what do you think of the White Lotus Sect? If I remember correctly, the imperial court had issued a decree in the first year of Hongwu to ban the White Lotus Sect and other underground religious organizations."

Qiu Fengzhen nodded again and again, faltering and saying: "Yes... there is this... the imperial court has always cracked down on the White Lotus Sect..."

"Then..." Zhu Yunxi's voice hung halfway, paused for a moment, and then continued: "Then why, Fengyang City, the central capital of my Ming Dynasty, will there be a letter from the White Lotus Sect?"

Waves of accountability came in waves.

Qiu Fengzhen was so overwhelmed that she was almost speechless.

"Sir...Sir..."

"Chenchen..."

Gao Yangzhi rolled his eyes, and after thinking about it, he still had to explain this fool.

He turned to look at Zhu Yunxi, and said softly: "White lotus teaching in our Central Plains is like a tarsus worm. Since the former Tang Dynasty, it has been banned repeatedly. The world was in chaos in the former Yuan Dynasty, and the local people were in dire straits. In this dynasty...

Although the imperial court has been strictly investigating the members of the White Lotus Sect over the years, the government is in the open, while the members of the White Lotus Sect are in the dark.The central capital is located between the state capitals, and there has never been any turmoil, and it is even more difficult to distinguish.

The members of the White Lotus sect fled into Zhongdu and entered the imperial city of Zhongdu privately, outside the responsibility of Fengyang Mansion, although they committed the crime of negligence, it was also justifiable. "

The cabinet ministers begged for mercy.

Qiu Fengzhen was unexpected, but she couldn't help but calm down.

Although the prefect of Fengyang prefecture in the central capital is of the same rank as the prefect of Yingtian, he is from the third rank.But I, the magistrate of Fengyang, are really happy to do it?

There is also a left-behind department in Fengyang City. Although it is in charge of the Central Capital Guard, the left-behind department is not a star and a half higher than Fengyang Mansion in terms of rank.

Let’s just say that Fengyang City was closed today, and the people staying behind at the Si Yamen blocked Fengyang City by themselves without giving the prefect’s Yamen a chance.

Besides, where is the Imperial City of Central Capital?
That is the forbidden area of ​​the royal court.

As the magistrate of Fengyang Prefecture, can he manage the affairs of the Imperial City of Zhongdu?

The yamen of the prefect of Fengyang is just something to be caught in the middle and get angry!

However, Gao Yangzhi, who was still explaining to Qiu Fengzhen and Fengyang Mansion just now, snorted coldly.

"Of course! The ministers guard the land and have the responsibility of guarding the land. The people who have been ruined have lived in the middle for several years, and the White Lotus Sect will never write a letter just now.

Before the ruined people, the White Lotus Sect must also have channels to communicate with both inside and outside the capital.

I don't know how many years ago, the White Lotus Sect entered Fengyang, the central capital, as if entering a no-man's land, regardless of whether the government was there, they entered and exited wantonly.

The yamen of the prefect of Fengyang, are you aware of it?
As a courtier, he is no less than a treacherous sycophant, but he is guilty of losing the city! "

Qiu Fengzhen was so frightened that she was about to pass out.

Well done, originally it was just a mistake of oversight, how could this young old man say that he has become a serious crime for losing the city.

"Down... down, down, down, official... minister... minister..."

Qiu Fengzhen couldn't speak at all, she trembled when she opened her mouth.

Snapped.

Zhu Yunxi patted the armrest with his palm: "Whether the city is lost or not, the court has its own decision. Prefect Qiu, you haven't read the letter in your hand yet."

"what……"

Qiu Fengzhen opened her mouth wide and looked down at the letter in her hand.

He raised his head and looked at Zhu Yunxi in front of him, hesitatingly said: "Yes... yes yes yes... I'll just see!"

Qiu Fengzhen lowered her head and looked at the remaining unread letters in her hand.

Now it has been confirmed that the White Lotus Sect fled in Fengyang City and had contact with Wen Feiren.The latter letters exposed a huge group to him.

The prefect of Fengyang lowered his head tremblingly to read these treacherous letters.

Zhu Yunxi tilted his head and looked at Gao Yangzhi who was on the side: "Tell me, what kind of surprises will these letters give us next?"

The imperial court has moved the interests of many people in the past two years.

A pervasive sect like the White Lotus Sect will get involved even if nothing happens.And those whose interests have been touched will be even more nervous about the future.

They are used to betting in advance and preparing their backhands in advance.

Even if it will be a loss-making business in the end.

Gao Yangzhi frowned, and he went through all the reforms and decrees of the imperial court in the past few years, as well as all aspects involved.

The young cabinet minister couldn't help being surprised.

There are so many enemies in the imperial court!

"North."

After searching for a while, Gao Yangzhi gave a rough direction.

After finishing speaking, Gao Yangzhi lowered his head and glanced at Qiu Fengzhen in front of him. Seeing that the other party was stunned for a moment, but stopped when he wanted to raise his head, he knew that he had never said it.

Zhu Yunxi smiled: "It's just like my guess."

"I... the minister also knows!"

Bai Yuxiu let out a low cry from the side, her eyes widened, realizing that her grandson was right in front of her eyes, she immediately closed her mouth, and muttered softly, "Hongwu started the middle school three years..."

Zhu Yunxi and Gao Yangzhi looked at each other, with smiles on their faces.

25 years ago, that is, the third year of Hongwu.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had just been founded for three years, and the world had not yet settled down, even the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty were still entrenched in several roads in the south.

In order to stabilize the country and guarantee the local military and horses, especially the newly established Nine Frontier Defense Army, the imperial court reached an agreement with merchants in Shanxi Road and other places that would run through the entire future of Ming Dynasty and affect the entire empire.

open middle system.

The original intention of the open-center system is to guarantee the grain and grass supplies of the nine-side army and horses through the merchants of Shanxi Road near the nine-side.

Jingshi Yingtian is located in the south of the Yangtze River, far away from the Nine Sides, and the road is far away.

Every time the imperial court transports grain, grass and military equipment, more than half of it will be lost on the road, and perhaps only half of a stone of grain will be left when it is transported to Jiubian.

In order to ensure that the army will not be hungry when guarding on the nine sides, and reduce the burden on the court.

The imperial court took out the legal status of selling official salt and gave it to merchants in Shanxi Road.

The merchants of Shanxi Road used this to obtain Yanyin from Hedong Yanchi to replace the role of the imperial court and transport grain and grass materials to border towns such as Datong and Juyongguan on the nine sides.

Since the implementation of the three-year opening system in Hongwu, the imperial court has been able to save more than 500 million deniers of expenditure on grain, grass, and materials for the Nine Frontiers every year, and can ensure the supply of food and grass for the Nine Frontier Army in a timely manner.

The original intention of the agreement reached between the imperial court and merchants in Shanxi Province was good.

However, in the specific implementation process, there are countless opportunities for opportunism.

And the merchants in Shanxi Road have a long history and a long history.

Japan and China are the market, to the people of the world, praise the goods of the world, trade and return, everyone gets what he wants
Merchants in Shanxi, Dao, and southern Jin areas have been doing business since the pre-Qin period.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, large-scale commercial towns appeared in Jinzhou, Luzhou, Zezhou and other places.

Li Tang raised troops in Taiyuan, and designated Taiyuan as the northern capital, crossing the banks of the Fen River, and the business flourished.

Han Yu has a poem that says: Hearing the street drums aloud, wake up in the morning as if in the morning.

In the former Song Dynasty, due to the military defense needs of the country's borders, the imperial court needed a large number of war horses to ensure the combat power of the army. The former Song Dynasty purchased a large number of war horses from the Liao Kingdom.At this stage, the merchants of Shanxi Road once again played an important role.

The frontier state discusses the market, trades with the vassals, and the merchants along the border go deep into the border and foreign trade.

Although the former Song Dynasty worried that connivance would endanger the court regime, and repeatedly ordered the prohibition of mutual market and border trade, but the localities have long been entrenched, and everyone only cares about immediate interests.

In this dynasty, the open middle system has been implemented for 20 years.

The merchants of Shanxi Road have already extended their tentacles from the Hedong Salt Pond, which the imperial court allowed at the beginning, to the Jianghuai Salt Field and other places.

Moreover, these big merchants who were already wealthy, after the end of the turmoil in the late Yuan Dynasty, accumulated a huge amount of wealth again in just 20 years.

We must know that money touches people's hearts.

Merchants in Shanxi Province who have money, in order to earn more money, will naturally use various means to ensure the wealth in their hands now, and also to ensure that they earn more wealth.

And the Shanxi Taoist merchants, who hold the hundreds of thousands of troops supplying food and grass in the important town of Nine Borders, will use their power to the extreme.

"Lead troops into the pass!"

Qiu Fengzhen suddenly exclaimed, his hands trembled, and the letters in his hands fell to the ground, and his whole face was already full of horror.

The imperial prefect finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground.

Zhu Yunxi and the others looked over indifferently.

As for Qiu Fengzhen, the magistrate of Fengyang, her mind was full of the letter she just opened and read.

The paper is full of rebellious words.

Qiu Fengzhen raised her head, but her eyes were empty.

"They... how dare they..."

"How dare you do that?"

"This is treason... This is treason..."

Zhu Yunxi sneered.

For these people, there is no time when they dare not, and what they dare not do.

Gao Yangzhi looked around: "This matter should be sealed off, and no news will be leaked!"

The relationship is too great.

The case that was exposed was not something like Henan Road.

This is a major military case involving hundreds of thousands of troops from the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty!
If you are not careful, you will lose everything, and the now impregnable Nine Frontiers of Ming Dynasty will receive a heavy blow from the inside.

At that time, how would the Mongolian Tatar tribes and Oala tribes outside the Great Wall of Nine Sides choose?

Will they give Daming a chance to take a breather and handle his internal affairs well?

The answer is clear and clear.

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Let's order some property here."

Sun Cheng on the side had long disliked Qiu Fengzhen, the magistrate of Fengyang, for a long time. He immediately waved his hand when he heard Taisun's words.

Immediately, two Jin Yiwei stepped forward and dragged Qiu Fengzhen aside, but instead of leaving, they stood behind each other.

Obviously, this is what Mr. Gao Ge said, and we must strictly prevent what happened here today from being leaked.

Sun Cheng personally led the people and began to count the belongings in the box.

Gao Yangzhi moved his steps and came to Zhu Yunxi's side.

"This matter is of great importance, involving the army, the country, and the country. A little carelessness may cause chaos. I believe that you should send a letter to report to His Majesty, and then slowly plot."

Zhu Yunxi tapped the armrest lightly with his fingers, and said softly, "What do you think?"

"Originally, they planned everything in secret, and the court didn't know about it. Now with these things, the court is in the dark, and they surface."

Gao Yangzhi straightened his wording, and continued: "When two armies are facing each other, we must also know where the enemy is. Now, all kinds of things in Shanxi Road have surfaced, and we should eliminate them as the most important thing.

The minister thought that the most urgent task of the imperial court was to stop and take back the food and supplies of the Nine Frontier Army.

Now the imperial court controls the Jiaozhi Road, the big ships cover the sea, and the freight is endless.Grain and grass can be transported from Jiaozhi Road, sent directly to Peiping, and transferred to various places on the nine sides.

In the past, our dynasty could only rely on merchants from Shanxi Road to supply food and supplies for the frontier army, but now it is different.Negotiations like that at the beginning were a helpless move, and it was precisely because of this that it gave some people confidence and made them feel that they could use this to gain authority that they shouldn't have.

In this matter, the imperial court only needs to take back the right of negotiation that was given at the beginning step by step.Cutting off the supply of food and supplies to the frontier army by merchants in Shanxi Province made the frontier army no worries.

If there is no shortage of food and grass for the frontier army, the morale of the frontier army will be stable.If the frontier army is stable, then the nine sides will not make mistakes.

There is nothing wrong with the nine borders, and there is no opportunity outside the borders.With the stability of the nine sides, His Highness will have more opportunities and choices to calmly deal with the rebellion of Shanxi merchants in Shanxi Province.

At that time, whether it is to mobilize the army and horses of the capital of Henan Province nearby, or to mobilize the Beijing Army under the command of Liang Guogong and Xipinghou to go north, they will be able to shake up the situation in Shanxi Road.

At that time, the matter of one place in Shanxi will not affect the nine sides, let alone cause turmoil in the Central Plains. "

After Gao Yangzhi finished speaking, he put his hands together and watched Zhu Yunxi quietly.

In his plan, the imperial court is to completely replace the grain and grass shipped to the frontier army by Shanxi merchants from Shanxi Road step by step.

As long as the imperial court stabilizes the hundreds of thousands of frontier troops, the influence of Shanxi merchants in these years will disappear.

The frontier army is not chaotic.

The imperial court had countless ways to rectify the Shanxi merchants in Shanxi Province.

Zhu Yunxi groaned softly.

It has to be said that Gao Chunfeng's solution in such a short period of time is the most appropriate solution for the court.

Just when he was about to speak.

Sun Cheng, who was counting the belongings in the box, raised his head and shouted.

"Your Highness, the inventory has been completed."

"Including treasures, there are no less than 30 taels of property here!"

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