The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 428 A steady stream of water
Pan Jun quickly scanned the text and then read it again from the beginning.

No, there is no beginning or end here. She left the beginning and end in Qu Le’s envelope, but... the essence of this letter should be on these two pieces of paper, right?
Pan Yun moved her mouth slightly, lifted the quilt, quickly put on her clothes and went to find Yin Song.

Yin Song had just finished boxing and was about to turn around and go back to the house when he saw Pan Yun running out without even wearing socks. He quickly said, "I'm going to wash up, eat, and then go to work."

Pan Yun handed him the letter and said, "Second Brother, there is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"

Yin Song: ...

In less than ten days!
Since his junior sister came, his life in the past ten days has been more exciting than the past year!

Yin Song tried hard to pull the corners of his mouth open, and said with a fake smile: "Bad news!"

“Actually, there are two pieces of bad news.”

Yin Song looked at her silently.

Pan Yun said quickly, "The bad news is that my stealing of the letter might be discovered, so I plan to go back immediately and return the letter. If I'm lucky and we're not discovered, we can just pretend that it never happened."

Yin Song: "What about the other one?"

Pan Yun sighed, "The other one, the wealthy disciple I had found for you ran away. He was a little petty, and I had said he wasn't suitable for cultivation. But now he's going to enroll in the Longhu Mountain Academy, and because his family is willing to spend money and resources, he seems to have a high status. I, your junior sister, may have another enemy in the academy."

Yin Song breathed a sigh of relief: "I believe that with your ability, Junior Sister, these things are not worth mentioning. What about the good news?"

Pan Yun: "The good news is that the Wulin League proposed to continue the cooperation model of Quanzhou last year, and unite with the Tianshi Mansion to fight against the Japanese pirates, wipe out the Japanese pirates along the coast, and cooperate with the imperial navy to attack the Japanese pirates' lair."

Yin Song looked at her steadily, "We're going to have a war, how can this be considered a good thing?"

"Why not?" Pan Yun said, "The Japanese pirates have been around for so long. If we can remove the rotten flesh and heal the wound, there is hope for the Ming coastal areas to be cured, and..."

She lowered her voice and said, "The treasure map incident is getting bigger and bigger. We can take this opportunity to go out to sea and bring back all the treasures. Isn't this a great thing?"

Yin Song: "Now that you have Wang Zhen's treasure, aren't you going to give up the treasure on the island?"

Pan Yun: "Wang Zhen's little money is nothing compared to the pirates' treasure. It's not worth mentioning at all."

Yin Song: "...In the past, Senior Brother always said that Senior Sister-in-law was fickle, and women were fickle. I didn't believe it, and thought he just said that because he was too lazy to coax Senior Sister-in-law. But now I think he makes sense."

Pan Yun said with a stern face: "No, Senior Brother is unreasonable. Second Brother, your original idea is correct. So are you too lazy to coax me now?"

Yin Song pinched his forehead and stretched out his hand, saying, "Let me see."

Pan Yun immediately placed the two pieces of letter paper respectfully in his palm.

Yin Song raised his eyes and frowned, asking, "Why is there no beginning to this letter?"

"Not only is there no beginning, there is no end either," Pan Yun said, "There are six pages in total for a letter. I took the two pages in the middle so that ordinary people wouldn't notice it."

Even if Qu Le discovered something and thought someone had entered his room, he would probably just open the envelope and take a quick look when checking the luggage.

Not everyone is Hu Jing. If they are Jinyiwei, they will really take out the letter and read it carefully again.

Yin Song: "You can also take it, just take the most important part."

The first sentence of the letter said that Ding Qule was going to enroll in the Longhushan Academy, and the rest of the letter specifically described the cooperation proposal between the Wulin Alliance and the Tianshi Mansion this year.

"This should be the letter that Alliance Leader Lin wrote to Master Zhang," Yin Song folded the letter back to her according to the traces. "Firstly, the Japanese pirates came ashore to slaughter the villagers and robbed them of their money last year, which was really annoying. Secondly, treasures are attractive, and the incident of the Japanese pirates' treasure map has already been exposed. Who wouldn't want to get this treasure now?"

Pan Jun's eyes rolled, and he began to think: "In other words, one of the reasons they are willing to cooperate is the treasure map?"

"That's the main reason," Yin Song emphasized. "The Japanese pirates would come ashore and rob from time to time. How come they never thought of cooperating in previous years, but proposed such a big goal this year?"

Pan Yun asked: "Will the court agree?"

Yin Song looked strange, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly shook his head, "It's hard to say."

"If we don't agree, the Jianghu people will be out of control, and I'm afraid that more people will secretly go out to sea to look for treasures in the future. If we agree, it will be suspected of lifting the maritime ban, and with more people entering and leaving the sea, the merchant ships that have been smuggling will be discovered."

Yin Song said: "Although most of the people who squeezed in are going for the treasure, the banner of destroying the Japanese pirates and serving the country and the people can still attract chivalrous people who are willing to serve the people."

"If they find out, the smuggling in the southeast coast will be exposed." Yin Song smiled and said, "Do you know who are the smugglers in the southeast coast?"

Pan Yun: "Who are they?"

"The most powerful person among the gentry, wealthy people, naval commanders, and nobles in the court on the southeast coast is named Zhu~"

Pan Jun looked puzzled. "I know, and then what?"

Yin Song: "You know?"

"I know, otherwise how could the maritime ban have been in place for so many years?" Pan Jun said, "Isn't it because they feel that the cake, oh, pie, the pie of maritime trade is so small, if it is opened, they will get less, so they can only impose a maritime ban to ensure that only they can share this pie."

"So, as long as we look at who insisted on the maritime ban, we can roughly figure out who the beneficiaries are now."

Yin Song: ... Pan Yun said: "During the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, he banned the sea. Perhaps it was because the treasury was empty and there were wars all over the country. He really had no energy to build coastal defense and was annoyed by the Japanese pirates. But by the time of Emperor Yongle, my Ming navy was so powerful. Why would he still be afraid of the Japanese pirates?"

"The Japanese pirates are only a small part of the reason for the maritime ban. The biggest reason is still because of profit, right?"

"Among those who engage in maritime smuggling now, are the royal family and nobles taking the lion's share? Do the local officials and gentry on the southeast coast also get a share?"

Yin Song came back to his senses, and then said meaningfully: "That's not necessarily true. They are a bunch of idiots. They think they got the lion's share, but they may not have."

When Pan Jun heard this, he also showed an expression that they were stupid, "No way, there is no account book? You have become a backer, how can you be cheated by a group of gentry?"

Yin Song said: "They are just backers, just talking. Have they paid a lot? The people in Jiangnan have contributed money, manpower and effort, so shouldn't they get a little more in private?"

Pan Yun said, "Second Brother, let's smash their plates and let the pie fall. People all over the world can scramble for a bite, and those who are capable can have a bite."

"You are quite courageous. Aren't you afraid that you will be beaten to death before the plate is broken?"

Pan Yun: "The emperor is interested in the pirates' treasure and has specially sent the Royal Guards to investigate. Do you think those people in Jiangnan, the royal family and the nobles, have any ideas?"

Yin Song: "You want to catch so many fish with just one bait, but the bait is just a shell and hollow inside. Aren't you afraid that these big fish will jump out of the water and bite you to death?"

Pan Yun snorted coldly and said, "What are you afraid of? If the sea ban can really be lifted, why can't I put enough bait?"

Yin Song was surprised: "Are you willing to do that?"

Pan Yun: "After a long and steady flow of food, I still know what is good and what is bad."

"If the maritime ban can be lifted and maritime trade can be opened, ordinary people along the southeast coast will have a way to survive. This is something that cannot be exchanged for any amount of treasure."

Pan Yun became more and more determined as he spoke. Even though he felt a little pain in his heart, he still said, "Giving a man a fish will always result in the fish being eaten up. But teaching a man to fish will give him an endless source of life."

Yin Song fell silent, looked at the little junior sister carefully, and said after a long while: "Little junior sister, I thought wrongly about you, and the second senior brother wants to apologize to you."

"What?" Pan Yun was confused for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and said with a straight face, "I knew it. Second Senior Brother, do you think badly of me? You misunderstood me so deeply. What are you going to give me to compensate me?"

Yin Song's expressionless face returned to her, and he handed the letter back to her. "Just tell me, what do you want me to do by telling you this 'good news'?"

Seeing that he was gritting his teeth when he spoke, Pan Yun did not dare to tease him anymore and immediately said with a simple smile: "Second Brother, I heard from the eldest brother that you have a very good handwriting, especially in imitating other people's handwriting. You can learn it just by looking at it, and you can even make it look real!"

Yin Song raised his chin slightly, suppressing the joy in his heart, "Did Senior Brother say that?"

Pan Jun nodded vigorously, "That's what Senior Brother said."

Yin Song touched his chin and said, "It's not impossible. Leader Lin's handwriting is not difficult to imitate. Give me two quarters of an hour and I can imitate about 70% of it. What kind of letter do you want to write and to whom?"

Pan Jun reminded: "Post~~"

Yin Song: "... Are you making such a big deal? Didn't you say that there are three idiots in the Wulin League who have a grudge against you? Are you going to frame them?"

Pan Yun said: "But their reputations are definitely not as useful as those of Alliance Leader Lin and Qu Le. But I have made two preparations. I have also found the letters of those three fools. Take a look."

Yin Song: ...

Pan Yun stuffed all the letters into his hands, "Second Brother, you are an official with a lot of experience, you must know how to write a post like the Wulin League, right? I'm leaving it all to you."

Yin Song: "...You are good at ordering people around. You even want me to write the original content for the post."

Pan Yun: "Don't bother two people with one thing."

Pan Yun pushed him into the room and said, "Come on, come on, Junior Sister, let me serve you with your writing brush and ink. What do you want for breakfast? I'll ask Yan Bai and Miao He to prepare it."

Yin Song: "I want to eat fried dough sticks."

Pan Yun immediately turned around and shouted, "Yanbai, go buy some fried dough sticks!"

Yin Song: "I also want to eat Su Ji's mutton soup and mutton buns."

Pan Yun continued to turn his head, "Yanbai, Su Ji's mutton soup and mutton buns!"

The sound woke Wang Cong up. He opened the door with sleepy eyes and shouted, "I also want fried dough sticks, mutton soup and mutton buns."

Pan Yun opened the door, stuck his head out, and shouted, "Qingjun, your master sprained his ankle. Go to the government office and ask for half an hour's leave for him. Then say he will go half an hour later."

Yin Qingjun, who was gargling: …

With a snap, Pan Jun cried out, covering her head with one hand and grabbing the book that had fallen from her head with the other. She changed the topic and said, "Qingjun, just say that your master's junior sister hit her head and needs to see a doctor, so I'm asking for half an hour's leave."

Yin Qingjun blew out bubbles and responded, "Oh."

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)