That's right, the work that Liu Jin has to do today is not only to raid Kong Daewoo's mansion, but also to arrest the transfer envoy and seal Kong Dayu's salt warehouse.

Liu Jin is the person in charge, so he naturally has to go to various places.

Such a big deal involves many places, and it can almost be said that it didn't take much time for almost the entire Yangzhou City to know that Jinyi Wei and the army had entered the city and were arresting people everywhere.

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Generally speaking, when Jinyiwei goes out on business, the manpower is definitely insufficient, and he needs to borrow from the local government. But this time, the army stationed outside the city, with the manpower, is all the army outside the city. None of the local manpower was used.

Therefore, those who heard about it at the beginning, especially the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture and the county order to which they belonged, did not believe it.

Not only did they not hear the news from their side, but they also did not ask for anyone.

However, the commotion outside was so great that it soon convinced them that this was the truth.

Suddenly, they were all dumbfounded.

Xingguo Gong is going to make trouble, he didn't say hello, what kind of song was he singing before, what was he singing that didn't disturb the people, but he didn't even have a day passed, so he couldn't wait? I believe in your wickedness!

After coming back to their senses, whether they were angry or not, in short, in the face of Xingguogong's soldiers and horses entering the city, they could only be helpless.

Even if later, someone came to the government office and transferred the envoy to the yamen for help, it would be useless at all?

Is it possible to send officials to arrest and resist the imperial court? Crazy! Not to mention, it is Jinyiwei who leads the team, who dares to go against Jinyiwei!

The only thing they can do is shout, to play, to impeach.

That's it, when Ma Delu was shouting, Jinyiwei came in with the infantry to "visit".

The majestic soldiers of the Inspection Department who are usually in Yangzhou City, as well as the officials of the Yamen of the Transfer Division, don't even dare to let out a fart, they can only watch their chief officer being arrested, and even let them do whatever they want.

About an hour later, when it was nearly evening, the matter of Jinyiwei's entry into the city slowly became clear.

Jin Yiwei arrested the big salt merchant Kong Dayu, raided his home, and sealed the warehouse.

The good thing is that most of the warehouses used by the major salt merchants to store salt are in the same area, that is, by the river, which is convenient for transportation. As a result, the army sealed off the area!

Although so far, the major salt merchants have not figured out, why was Kong Dayu arrested? But the warehouse was sealed, which also made them all anxious.

So, the timid ones hid, and the bolder ones hurried to the government office to find the prefect.

"My lord, why did Jinyiwei arrest Kong Daewoo? Will they arrest anyone else? ”

"My lord, you are the parent official of Yangzhou Mansion, but you have to make decisions for us!"

"Yes, my lord, you can't come by the brocade guard!"

“……”

In the face of the panic of the major salt merchants, Liu Renwen himself panicked, and said to them helplessly: "You shouldn't come to me, you should go to Xingguo Gong outside the city!" The transfer made Master Ma arrested, and I don't even know if the next moment is the Jinyi Guard! ”

"What? Why should I stop Jinyiwei? Do you think I'm not living long enough? ”

“……”

These salt merchants asked, and he retorted, there was really no way, which also made these salt merchants very disappointed.

So, seeing that some of the salt merchants had a fierce look on their faces, they immediately said, "Why don't we find some more men to encourage them to besiege them?" ”

During the Wanli period, Jiangnan dealt with the eunuchs and Jinyi guards sent by the Wanli Emperor, and the best thing was to incite the people's rebellion, and they hid behind the scenes to lead, so as to fight against the Jinyi guards and eunuchs, which they could not fight on the surface.

Generally speaking, these big salt merchants have people in their hands, and they sell illicit salt, and they themselves raise a group of thugs, and then these thugs take the lead, and then incite the ordinary people, and the momentum is bound to be huge.

However, at this time, when Liu Renwen heard this, he couldn't help but immediately scold: "Are you a pig brain?" Not to mention the large army stationed outside the city, just the army that has already entered the city can immediately suppress the biggest popular uprising! ”

Hearing this, the unscrupulous salt merchant came back to his senses, the killer weapon in the past, this time it didn't work!

They thought of several ways in a row, but in the face of the pressure of the army, none of them was useful.

Suddenly, a group of them were stupid!

What to do, what to do next? Can it only be reduced to fish?

When they were at a loss, suddenly a servant ran in in a panic, pointed behind him in panic and said, "No...... Oh no, Jinyiwei...... Jinyiwei is here! ”

As soon as they heard this, several of the people in the lobby collapsed to the ground.

All of a sudden, such a catastrophe is coming, and I really have no mental preparation at all!

Don't look at Liu Renwen is the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture and the local magistrate, but in the face of Jinyiwei's door, he has no way at all, and he is also stupid.

Don't ask what the reason is to come to arrest him, in short, being caught by Jinyiwei is a very terrifying thing.

At this time, Liu Jin strode into the lobby with a group of brocade guards, glanced at their ugly appearance, and had a refreshing feeling in his heart, and immediately shouted to them: "On the orders of the Duke of the Kingdom, the salt merchant Kong Dayu colluded with the transfer envoy Ma Delu, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and sold illegal salt, a huge amount, and has now been arrested." The new Lianghuai salt operation envoy Zhang Daren announced the new salt policy early in the morning, if you don't arrive, you will not be welcome at that time! ”

After finishing speaking, he ignored the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture at all, and led the brocade guard to swagger away.

It was only after he had been walking for a long time that the people in the lobby came to their senses. They look at me, I look at you, many people breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, they wonder.

"It turns out that this is the case, then it's strange, why did you just arrest Kong Dayu?"

"Why, do you want to be caught yourself? It's okay, you go to the barracks outside the city to turn yourself in, saying that you are also mixed with a lot of private salt, then you will have it! ”

"You just want to be caught! Anyway, who is this new transporter? What will happen to us tomorrow? ”

"Didn't you say just now, Yanzheng has a new strategy!"

"I understand, Xingguo Gong is killing chickens and monkeys, just to escort this new salt policy?"

"Isn't it all related to the Jingshi, as long as there is any movement, it can be transmitted back in an expedited manner for eight hundred miles, but I haven't heard a little movement, where is the new policy of salt politics?"

“……”

These salt merchants are not stupid, and they quickly guessed the truth of today's Jinyiwei rebellion, but they couldn't guess what this new salt policy was, and what Xingguo Gong would do with them in the end?

So, while they are a little relieved, they are also worried about tomorrow.

In fact, it's not just them. It can be said that the entire Yangzhou city is panicking because the army entered the city and arrested people everywhere.

Compared with them, Zhang Mingwei is happy.

Just raided one of Kong Dayu's main mansions, more than 100,000 taels of gold, more than 2 million taels of silver, and other silk silks, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., the value of which cannot be estimated.

It can be said that at this time, these big salt merchants in Yangzhou were richer than those Jin merchants.

Looking at the results of this inspection, Zhang Mingwei suddenly sighed and said: "It's a pity, I have to go to quell the thieves as soon as possible, if there is enough time, all these big salt merchants will be served in one pot, it will definitely be a huge fortune!" ”

It is because it is necessary to pacify the thieves as soon as possible, so it is impossible for Zhang Mingwei to stay here for a long time, so that if you want to stabilize the situation in Yangzhou and not cause chaos by raiding all the big salt merchants, you must maintain a smooth transition, and other salt merchants will still need to use it.

If they are not obedient, there will not be enough money for tomorrow's meeting, then Zhang Mingwei will not be polite, not to mention that all of them will be raided, and it will be no problem to pick up two more unpleasant copyists.

If there is a problem, it is okay to settle the accounts after the thieves are pacified.

Hearing Zhang Mingwei's words, Princess Kunxing was a little moved, and she thought about whether to stay by herself. However, she looked at Zhang Mingwei and finally decided that it was best to follow her husband.

Of course, this also has something to do with the reputation of some salt merchants.

They have money, and not all of them only know how to enjoy. Some of them will also do some good deeds, such as sponsoring poor students to study, building roads and bridges, and so on.

No, these big salt merchants have cement factories under their names, and in addition to using cement to repair their own houses, they also use cement for local road paving and flood prevention and water conservancy projects.

Although these things may also be based on the fact that it is more convenient for them to do business on their own, it is undeniable that these infrastructure projects are also beneficial to the local people, so they can get some good reputation.

If Zhang Mingwei quarrels with all the big salt merchants regardless of 3721, the crime is to sell illicit salt.

So, whether the local people will sell this account and what kind of money will be left in the history books are all up for debate.

Just like the Jin merchants, Zhang Mingwei only disposed of the eight Jin merchants, do you want to say that there are other people who are also doing this kind of smuggling business? Absolutely! But Zhang Mingwei didn't have a one-size-fits-all approach! The same is true for the disposal of salt merchants.

In order to implement the new policy as soon as possible and make a smooth transition, Zhang Mingwei can be said to have considered a lot and explained the main points to Zhang Huangyan.

It can be said that Zhang Huangyan has almost never slept all night, not only busy with the affairs he has just taken over, but also thinking about the next day's meeting. Fortunately, he is young, even if he stays up all night, he is still in good spirits when he encounters such a thing.

Early the next morning, when he ordered the door of the Yamen of the Transit Envoy to be opened, he saw that the major salt merchants were already waiting outside.