eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 73 The Key to the Northwest

The northwest wind is full of dust and sand.

Wang Yue felt familiar all the way along the way. Over the past so many years, this place has not changed much.

There are high mountains above the earth, and the loess flies over the high mountains. On the loess, the chariots and horses move forward in a long snake against the wind.

Every time Wang Jia stroked his beard, he could squeeze out a few grains of sand.

However, this kind of windy and sandy situation in the wild will be slightly better in the city of Gansu Town.

Of course, the mental outlook of the people here is not as good as in the capital,

Many soldiers have incomplete armor, either only wear the upper part or only the lower part. It seems that they are both soldiers and civilians. These people have dry lips and rough skin. Even women are completely different from the Jiangnan gracefulness of Wang Jia's hometown.

Stopping in front of a fairly grand mansion,

Even if their group has arrived at the place.

Wang Yue also saw Zhu Mingzhi, the chief soldier whom he had only seen in letters.

"Pass my order, ordering the commanders and deputy commanders of the three towns of Gansu, Ningxia, and Yansui to come here to meet me. Don't forget the governor, and ask him to come here."

Zhu Mingzhi originally prepared 'good things', but Wang Yue only talked about business when he came in, which made him quite helpless.

In fact, Wang Yue is also conscious,

First of all, he is 72 after all, what else has he not enjoyed, why come to this set at this time.

Second, the Wang Jia who was traveling with him is a real gentleman, deeply trusted by the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, Wang Yue is also a person with pride in his heart, I have great military exploits, what do you rely on, Wang Jia?
Therefore, he is not reconciled to some of Wang Jia's styles.

Of course, Wang Jia didn't know these words.

All he knew was that the crown prince had asked him to be an imperial envoy and asked him to come to this northwest land. One important point was that he didn't care about how Wang Yuezhan fought, so it had nothing to do with him what orders were issued there.

He still wants to work on the issue of Gansu Town itself.

Not long after entering the mansion, someone knocked on his door that night. It was a man who looked like an ordinary soldier.

"My lower official, Yuan Ye, pay my respects to the Imperial Envoy."

Wang Jia sized him up and found that he was short in stature, with broad shoulders, single eyelids, and a small scar at the corner of his eye, which was left by some weapon.

"you are?"

"The next official is the official of Jinyiwei Hundred Households. The letter from Jingli ordered the villain to wait until Lord Wang Ji, and hand over the results of Jinyiwei's investigation in Gansu Town to Lord Wang."

Wang Jia thought about it, and His Highness really arranged it properly.

That day in the East Palace, the prince had already said that he had asked Jin Yiwei to investigate the situation here, but the journey was so far away that it was too late to know in Beijing at that time.

"Okay. Tell me what's going on in Gansu Town."

"Yes."

Under the candlelight in the room, Yuan Ye knelt down and said calmly, "The commander-in-chief of Gansu Town is named Zhu Mingzhi. He is from Jiangxi. He is proficient in literature and ink, but he is not a scholar. After his death, he took over his post to command Tong Zhi. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong, the imperial court won several great victories in the north. Zhu Mingzhi has been promoted to the present General Army of Gansu through his efforts. There is also a guarding eunuch here, a man in the palace. He is very greedy for ink. ..."

"You say Zhang is greedy for ink?"

"No, Zhu Mingzhi and Zhang Di are both. Logically speaking, Zhang Di is the person who supervises Zhu Mingzhi. But Zhu Mingzhi has the heart to hunt, and his methods are superb, while Zhang Di is not determined and greedy for enjoyment. Over the years, the two have grown up. Raccoons of the same feather. Your lord...should meet you soon too."

Wang Jia was taken aback for a moment, but couldn't help laughing.

He is quite contemptuous of these things.

"What can they do?"

Yuan Ye said: "This kind of thing is nothing more than doing what one likes. Those who love money donate money, and those who love sex offer sex."

Speaking of the latter, Wang Jia thought he had to pay attention to Wang Shouren. After all, that kid is young and doesn't know the dangers of society, so don't get involved in these things as soon as he comes out.
It doesn't matter if he becomes depraved at that time, all the painstaking efforts of His Highness will be in vain.

"Is there evidence for what they did?"

Yuan Ye kept his composure, and looked straight ahead, without looking at Wang Jia, "My lord, this is an important border town. Zhu Mingzhi has soldiers in his hands. Some things should wait for General Wang..." And take action. As for arresting people, there is Jin Yiwei, and the evidence can be found slowly. But there is one adult who needs to be rescued as soon as possible."

"Who?"

Yuan Ye took out something from his pocket and presented it.

"Mei Kejia, a businessman from Shaanxi." Yuan Ye continued to explain the reason, "Mei Kejia was originally from Zhang Di, and he was engaged in the trade of goods inside and outside the customs. Naturally, he couldn't get through if he had nothing to do with it. Zhang Tian arrested him and convicted him that Mei Kejia had prohibited items in the trade with the Tatars. But Mei Kejia was not a simple person, and he did not die. The officials spent a lot of time and asked many times. Only then did I realize that this businessman had a clever plan ahead of him, and he had already expected that Zhang Tian would do something to him, so he transferred the family wealth out in advance."

Wang Jia's brows had already started to wrinkle.
There seem to be two kinds of fighting here and in the palace,
Here is the shadow of swords and swords, if you are not careful, you will die!

"Where is he now?"

"Being imprisoned by Zhang Di, the officials estimate that torture is indispensable. But as long as Mei Kejia doesn't speak, he should still be alive. Zhang Di still counts on his family's wealth to make up for the shortfall. But a businessman... I'm not sure if I can stand the subordinates... Besides, the day my lord came here is already the third day since he came in."

Wang Jia thought about it,
It seems that what Yuan Ye said is correct, this businessman is indeed the key.

He was a member of Zhang Di, so he knew very well what Zhang Di and Zhu Mingzhi had done.

"It's the third day... where are they locked up?"

Yuan Ye stopped talking here.

Wang Jia is a smart person, and he gave the answer on his own, "It seems that I don't know..."

"Zhang Di is not a person who doesn't know the importance. The capital sent Wang Zongzhi and you two as envoys. At this pass, he also detained Mei Kejia. Naturally, it is extremely secretive."

In this case,

Although Wang Jia is an imperial envoy, there is no good way.

If you ask him to release him, he can pretend to be stupid with you and say that he is not with me. Even if you force him to ask where he is as an imperial envoy, it is just a scholar's question.

Mei Kejia has legs himself, who knows where he went?
You said that I arrested him. That is nonsense. Is there any evidence?
Thinking about it this way, Wang Jia felt that it was difficult, but he had to solve this matter no matter what, otherwise, how would he deal with the crown prince who had such high expectations for him in the capital?

Official struggle,
He didn't expect that he just arrived, and he just got the general idea of ​​things, and suddenly he was in such a hurry. If there was no good way, he wouldn't be able to sleep well this first night.

"Is there anything else?"

"Return to the imperial envoy, there is no more."

"Okay. Then you go back first." Before leaving, Wang Jia remembered, "After that, how can I contact you?"

"My lord, if you have anything to do with your subordinates, you just need to ask someone to go to Yang Ji on the street to buy some mutton soup."

"it is good."

Wang Jia sent Yuan Ye away, but before he could sit down and carefully read the note Yuan Ye gave, he heard someone knock on the door again, and when he opened the door, it was Wang Shouren who was outside the house, and smiled at him.

"Master Wang, the junior is bothering you."

"It's okay. What's the matter with Bo'an?" Wang Jia turned sideways to let him in.

Wang Shouren didn't play tricks, anyway, they got to know each other well enough along the way, Wang Jia was an upright gentleman, in line with Wang Shouren's standard of a 'good man',

So he scratched his head and said, "If there's anything to say... it's that the lower officials have a way to find that... Mei Kejia."

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The last time it was put on the shelf was my nonsense.

Then I went to talk to the editor in charge, and it will be on the shelves after 12 noon tomorrow.It is not nonsense to say that there will be outbreaks and there will be.

real.Liars are kittens.

(End of this chapter)