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Chapter 458 Liao Zuo collaborates with the enemy
In his previous life, Zhu Youxiao despised the Eight Imperial Merchants, who were traitors to their country and sought glory.

Now after hearing this, he suppressed his anger even more, looked at Luo Sigong and continued to ask:
"Zhangjiakou was originally set up by the imperial court as a place for mutual trade with Mongolia. Ironware and other items were prohibited by imperial order. According to common sense, they could never be taken out of the customs. But Fan Yongdou and others were able to travel unimpeded, so they must have relied on something. .”

Luo Sigong had long seen that the emperor was furious, and quickly lowered his head and replied:
"What your Majesty said is true. Fan Yongdou and others are selling prohibited goods wantonly in Zhangjiakou, and they rely on General Wang Daoheng of Zhangjiakou Fort. According to the information obtained by Jin Yiwei, this person is greedy. As long as he is bribed, he will give orders. You can leave customs without spot checks.

In addition, in order to make it easier for him to accept bribes, he also stipulated that five taels per vehicle were allowed, with no upper limit. The more he transported, the more bribes he accepted, regardless of what goods were transported. "

As Luo Sigong spoke, he took out a question book from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao had a headache after reading it. It recorded in detail what Jin Yiwei saw and heard in Zhangjiakou, including the amount of Wang Daoheng's embezzlement, which amounted to no less than hundreds of thousands of taels.

Thinking of this, he looked at Luo Sigong and couldn't help but ask:

"Is there no report for such a big event, and Wang Daoheng is allowed to be greedy?"

Luo Sigong saw this and said quickly:
"Your Majesty, yes. As far as I know, Zhangjiabao Guard Heiyunlong is an upright man and has always been at odds with Wang Daoheng. However, he is under Wang Daoheng, so he has always been suppressed by him. There is no way."

Hei Yunlong, this person Zhu Youxiao seems to have heard of. In history, Jianlu broke through the Great Wall and entered. His army, King Qin, was defeated and captured. However, Jianlu would rather die than surrender, and finally escaped back to the Ming Dynasty.

"It's really putting the cart before the horse. People like Fan Yongdou and Wang Daoheng should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others!"

Zhu Youxiao said a few words and then shook his head. He knew that this kind of corruption could not be eradicated. All he could do was to severely punish them without giving them credit.

Thinking of this, he stopped saying anything and continued to ask:

"What about Liaozuo? The war in Liaodong is tense now. Xiong Tingbi has strictly ordered trade with Jianlu. Is the situation there okay?"

Luo Sigong suddenly showed bitterness when he heard this. He just mentioned Zhangjiakou first because the situation there was better, while the situation there in Liaozuo was extremely corrupt.

Zhu Youxiao originally hoped that Yi Luo Sigong would give him some good news, but when he saw Luo Sigong like this, he suddenly said helplessly:

"Just tell me, I have already prepared for the worst."

Seeing that the emperor had said this, Luo Sigong slowly breathed a sigh of relief, sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said:

"Your Majesty, since Wanli, the imperial court has successively opened mutual markets in Tieling, Kaiyuan, Shenyang, Guangning Zhenyibao, Jinzhou Dafubao, Ningyuan Baitayu Fort and Qiantunwei Gaotaibao to trade with Jianlu or Mongolia. .

However, after the Battle of Saarhu and the fall of Tieling and Kaiyuan, the imperial court banned trade with Jianlu and closed all trading sites in Liaodong.But this is only limited to Liaodong. There are still five mutual trading places in Liaozuo that have not been closed down, and they usually have trade relations with the Mongols. "

The Liaodong Dusi is bounded by Liaoze, and Liaoyang is the center in the east, which can be called Liaodong. The governor of Liaodong is appointed by Yang Lian; the west is centered on Guangning, which is called Liaoxi. The governor of Guangning is appointed by Wang Huazhen.

"I remember that the Chahar tribe of Lin Dan Khan is in the north of Liaozuo. I must be doing business with them." Just after Luo Sigong finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao immediately analyzed it and became even more uneasy.

Since Fan Yongdou and others can go to Nekarkha via Chahar, it is estimated that merchants from Liaozuo can also go directly to Nekarkha through the customs, and the distance is shorter and more convenient.

"Your Majesty even said that although these merchants were nominally doing business with Chahar, after Wei Chen sent people to Nekalka to follow up and investigate, it was found that many merchants were from Liaozuo, and most of these merchants were from Liaozuo. Local general.”

After Luo Sigong said these words, he did not dare to speak anymore. He knew that the consequences of these words were very serious. Basically, he told the emperor that the generals of Liaozuo had no laws and had an affair with Jianlu for money.

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, his expression suddenly tightened, and then he looked at Luo Sigong and said slowly:
"Do you have any real evidence for what you said? If there is no evidence, then it is a false accusation against the court minister. If so, I can't protect you."

Luo Sigong was prepared, and when he saw this, he took out a question book from his sleeve.

"Your Majesty, I naturally know how serious it is to frame a court official, but I have repeatedly confirmed that the information found is accurate. Failure to report it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor."

As he spoke, he raised the question book high above his head. Upon seeing this, Zhang Chang took the question book and handed it to Zhu Youxiao. Seeing this, Luo Sigong continued:

"Weichen received a report from Liaodong as early as last year, saying that Liaozuo's generals secretly sold weapons to Jianlu. Therefore, Weichen has been sending people to investigate secretly, and only now do we have some clues. The title book details Liaozuo's I would like to ask Your Majesty to see the evidence of the general's affair with the captives."

When Zhu Youxiao saw Luo Sigong's decisive answer, he knew that Luo Sigong had come prepared. He immediately took the question book from Zhang Chang and read it slowly.

Luo Sigong's inscription was very detailed, but Zhu Youxiao's face became more and more solemn as he looked at it.

It is recorded in detail that Liaoxi generals secretly accepted bribes, and even privately formed caravans to trade with Mongolia. Among them, there were many caravans below that were nominally trading with Mongolia, but in fact they were secretly communicating with the Jianlu, and mutually traded with each other. Connected.

Moreover, Luo Sigong investigated very carefully. In order to convince Zhu Youxiao, he specifically listed in the title book the evidence he had found about the trade between the generals of western Liaoning and Jianlu.

Among them, the confidant of Guangning Governor Wang Huazhen, Sun Degong, the guerrilla guerrilla in Guangning City, was the largest. There were five caravans under him. They often transported grain and iron out of the customs privately. They had a close relationship with the Jianlu and made a lot of profits from it.

Guangning guard Shi Tingzhu and Chinese army guard Zhang Shiyan were also involved. These two people had a close relationship with Sun Degong and worked together in collusion.I heard that these two people also held shares in Sun Degong's caravan.

What's more, there is Jin Li, the chief minister of Zhenyi Fort. This person was originally responsible for thousands of households in the center right of the Yulin avant-garde. During the Wanli period, he became a military official with military status. It happened to be the opening of the market.

Therefore, just like Wang Daoheng, the guard of Zhangjiakou Fort, he was wanton and greedy. He could leave the customs as long as he paid money, without reading the documents or what was inside. As a result, the Zhenyi Fort became an important place for secret trade with Jianlu.

The above are only the main personnel, and there are more than 20 people including Li Zongqian, the garrison of Xining Fort, Yu Hongjian, the garrison of Tiechang Fort, Zhu Shixun, the garrison of Xixing Fort, Lang Shaozhen, the guerrilla of Guangning Guard, Lu Guozhi, Qianzong, Shi Tianzhu, etc.

These people either bought shares in the caravan, or blatantly accepted bribes to let merchants carrying food and weapons out of the customs, allowing these materials to help build captives. This was a blatant violation of the court's laws.

(End of this chapter)