At the beginning of October of the 14th year of Hongji, it snowed in the capital.

Yan Chengjin estimated that the big ship returning from Hainan would bring back a large amount of autumn grain.

The cultivated land of the entire Qiongzhou Mansion can at least harvest tens of thousands of stone of grain.

It can alleviate the famine of the Ming Dynasty, and the construction of the Great Wall is the time when food is needed.

Yan Chengjin walked on the snowy road, and the little eunuch of the Divine Palace Supervisor had not had time to clean up, and it was a little slippery.

"Nephew, what are your recent projects? You can talk to my brother. Zhang Heling rubbed his hands.

Zhang Yanling stood next to him with a smile, entrusting Yan Chengjin's blessing, their entertainment industry has earned a lot of money in the capital.

"Shouninghou can make ice cream." Yan Chengjin said casually.

Before the bell rang, there was a little time for small talk, so I took the time to talk about business with the Zhang brothers.

Zhang Heling snorted coldly: "You are a fool for us, in this cold weather, everyone will die of cold, can popsicles be sold for money!" ”

"Brother, don't talk to him, let's go to the hall first."

Before they could knock the bell, the brothers secretly walked into the palace, causing dissatisfaction among the surrounding ministers.

It was snowing heavily, but it was warm inside the hall to hide from the snow.

But if the bell hasn't been rung yet, it means that His Majesty has not yet arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion, and everyone has to wait outside.

Yan Chengjin felt that it was better to stay comfortable in the sedan chair.

"Lord Wu is sick, very serious."

"I heard that Li Mengyang impeached Yan Chengjin, but he was rebounded and sent to Hainan."

"It's an eventful autumn, but after this heavy snowfall, next year will be another good year."

Several ministers chatted with each other.

Yan Chengjin listened on the sidelines, not caring at all.

I don't know if Li Mengyang's body is good, he may not be able to reach Hainan after a long journey.

A moment later, Emperor Hongzhi walked into the Dongnuan Pavilion and saw the Zhang brothers who had walked in before the golden bell was ringed, and his face was a little angry.

At this time, the celebrant

Xiao Jing made a cup of ginseng tea, the cold weather replenished his body, and the old ginseng was honored by his descendants.

After drinking this cup, I went to Kunning Palace to serve His Majesty in the early court.

"Master Xiao, Miao Dadao is back." The little eunuch hurried in to report it.

When Emperor Hongzhi visited on WeChat, he liked others to call him Zhu Ye.

Xiao Jing privately likes his children and grandchildren to call him Xiao Ye, not grandpa.

It sounds more like a man.

Although he is disabled, he still has the idea of becoming a complete man in his heart, just like a person who has broken his feet and hopes to have a pair of legs that can walk.

Xiao Jing sat up on the chair, his eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Hainan's summer grain, brought back?" ”

Before the little eunuch could reply.

Suddenly, a figure crashed in and knelt down in front of him, Miao Kui cried heartbreakingly: "Master, I met a thief in Songjiang Mansion, the ship is gone, and the food is gone." ”

Seven large ships were resupplied for the last time in Songjiang Province.

But I didn't know that there were robbers at night, and there were more than 1,000 of these people.

Miao Kui's fleet is only about 500 people, and most of them are sailors.

If he hadn't escaped by jumping into the sea, he wouldn't have survived.

After landing on the shore, he hurried to the capital.

The corners of Xiao Jing's mouth twitched fiercely: "How much grain is there?" ”

"3,000 stones of rice grain, more than 46,000 stones of corn, and more than 57,000 taels ......of money and silver," Miao Kui counted.

Xiao Jing raised his leg and kicked Miao Kui to the door: "Why don't you die outside!" ”

If the summer grain is lost, it will be a capital crime at the worst.

It depends on what the civil servant says.

The most important thing is that the two large ships of the imperial court were lost, which were built by the Qingjiang Shipyard, and each cost more than 20,000 taels of silver, which is very small.

This adds up to more than 100,000 taels of silver.

"Master, help......" Miao Kui also knew that he had a big disaster.

"If you die outside, we might as well explain to Your Majesty." Xiao Jing showed a murderous gaze: "Now you're back!" ”

When a person dies, His Majesty will not blame the celebrant for this sake.

But when the man returns, the blame for the sin is the Lord.

Miao Kui kowtowed again and again, shouting spare his life.

From the previous dynasty to the present, Xiao Jing has stayed by the side of the two emperors for more than 20 years, and quickly calmed down: "Get up and talk to me carefully." ”

"Not only the ships of the imperial court, but also the five big ships of the Liangxiang caravan have also been robbed, and those Japanese robbers are the ...... who came to rob the ships," Miao Kui said aggrievedly.

Yan Chengjin's ship was also hijacked?

What a good thing!

The most important thing at the moment is to track down the whereabouts of these widows.

But in this vast sea, where can I find a boat?

Yan Chengjin's ship was also looted, this kid has a lot of ideas, maybe there is a way.

When the ship and the silver are recovered, everything will be fine.

"Go, come with me!"

Outside the East Warm Pavilion, the bell echoed.

The minister entered the hall, took out something from his cuffs, and held it.

"It's cold, from tomorrow onwards, let's push back half an hour in the morning, and the princes will sleep a little longer." Hongzhi Emperor Longyan Dayue said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yan Chengjin thought to himself, it would be good to cancel the early dynasty.

The affairs of the court are discussed in the early dynasty, and the afternoon dynasty and the evening dynasty are nothing.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Hainan's summer tax should be shipped to Tianjin Port quickly, right?" ”

In His Majesty's heart, he is worried about Hainan's summer tax.

After all, Yan Chengjin said at the beginning that after Hainan opened up wasteland, the grain grown was comparable to that of Jiangnan.

The summer tax is only August, and now it is October, and only the summer tax in Hainan has not been returned.

Li Dongyang nodded: "It should be soon." ”

The power of HNA mainly relies on the monsoon and ocean currents, and in March it can follow the monsoon all the way south.

In July and August, you can take advantage of the northward monsoon to return to the capital.

But it's October, and there are no monsoons or currents to help.

Yan Chengjin estimated that it would be there soon.

"Your Majesty, the 580,000 stone grains transported to the capital from Guangdong Cao can't be collected in Jingcang, and the minister wants to change it to Tongzhou Cang." Han Wen reported happily.

It is said that it is a matter of reporting, but in fact, it is showing off the abundance of the treasury.

Jingcang, specializing in collecting tax grain and tax silver transported from all over the country.

If the tax grain cannot be put down, it means that there is more tax money.

The ministers were overjoyed, and the household department had silver, and when their departments stretched out their hands, they did not need to pick and search.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Yes." ”

At this moment, two figures suddenly walked into the hall, Xiao Jing took Miao Kui into the hall and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the slave has something important to report!" ”

Ministers are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the court, and now it is an early dynasty, how can Gonggong Xiao not know.

I'm afraid it's a big deal to rush in like this......

Emperor Hongzhi said: "What do you want to play?" ”

"The grain ship of the imperial court was robbed by the Japanese in Songjiang Mansion, and it was robbed together, and ...... Five large ships of the Liangxiang caravan. ”

Needles can be heard in the main hall.

Xiao Jing trembled, not daring to look up at His Majesty's face.

Miao Kui knelt on the ground: "The slave and maid are not effective, please give your majesty death!" ”

Only then did Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers notice that the person around Xiao Jing was Miao Kui.

The ship was robbed?

And the tax grain brought back from Hainan was also robbed?

Han Wen just reported a great news, and Emperor Hongzhi and his ministers were still immersed in joy, and for a while, they didn't react.

"I have entrusted the master of ceremonies with a heavy responsibility, and you can't even look down on a few ships!"

Emperor Hongzhi was a little angry.

"Slaves and maids die!"

Xiao Jingsheng has eaten Miao Kui's heart, and he has served conscientiously for fourteen years, when was he not cautious, when did he make such a big mistake.

Liu Jian frowned: "How many are these pirates?" ”

"There are thousands of ......"

Xiao Jing reported a few thousand more, otherwise, it would seem that the celebrant was too incompetent.

Yan Chengjin fell into deep thought.

Such a large-scale gathering of pirates must have been recorded in historical records, but he did not remember that there was such a huge gathering of pirates.

Could it be that Xiao Jing dared to nest dolls in the early dynasty?

During the Hongzhi period, there were continuous infestations by Japanese pirates.

The two largest of these were in the sixth year of Hongzhi, when the Japanese invaded Nangang in Lingshui, Guangdong, killing people and slaughtering villages.

In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the Japanese invaders landed in Danzhou, Guangdong, and plundered the people.

Although I didn't catch it.

But they rarely move north.

There is only one possibility, Liangxiang makes the trade of Beizhili prosperous, Tianjin Port and Songjiang Port, the degree of commerce is comparable to that of Guangdong, and there are often ships overseas, so it attracts pirates and pirates.

Poof.

It seems that someone has fallen.

"Gong Li! Why did Li Gong faint? ”