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When the emperor's will came, Chen Xiaoting had been idle in Nan'an Mansion for nearly ten days.

During this period, the taxes and silver of the wealthy families have been paid, and the Jiangnan Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs has been calculating the tax and silver of the last quarter.

Now that I have received the emperor's approval, I can do the right thing next.

First of all, the case of Tian Yuanxi's assassination was officially solved, and Cai Shiquan and Shi Wenzhuo were convicted of death.

And all their family property was confiscated, and Chen Xiaoting handed over this matter to Niu Jingyun to do, but he couldn't make this guy happy.

"My lord, you can leave this matter to me for safekeeping, and you will definitely turn out their family wealth in the lowly position!" Because it was the first time to do this job, Niu Jingyun was very excited.

"Don't go up and down, be careful of taking the lifeless flower!" Chen Xiaoting reminded in a timely manner.

Although it was a half-joke, Niu Jingyun didn't think it was funny, and saw him say solemnly: "I understand my humble position!" ”

At this time, Feng Wengui walked in outside the lobby, he had just received news from Chen Xiaoting.

"Humble to your lordship!" Feng Wengui, who has passed the crisis, is in a lot of spirits.

I saw Chen Xiaoting pick up the emperor's approval, and then said: "What does the emperor mean, let's find out who is colluding with the Japanese invaders, what do you think about this?" ”

was suddenly thrown such a question, Feng Wengui was a little confused for a while, this matter is complicated.

"Hui Yu, my lord, this matter has also been ordered to be thoroughly investigated, but every time it ends without a problem, maybe ......"

Maybe Feng Wengui didn't say anything, but Chen Xiaoting helped him say it: "Maybe no one has colluded with the Japanese at all, right?" ”

Feng Wengui really wanted to prevaricate like this, but he definitely couldn't admit it at the moment.

"My lord, the humble position means that those who collude with the Japanese are hiding too deeply, and it will be difficult to find out in a short period of time!"

"But the emperor has already made a will, so this thing must be done, you just need to tell us now, what do you think!" Chen Xiaoting said indifferently.

Feng Wengui has been in Jiangnan for so many years, if he doesn't know anything, Chen Xiaoting doesn't believe it at all.

Sometimes, the so-called "not knowing" can be understood as inconvenient to say, because the answer can be very offensive.

But when Chen Xiaoting said this, Feng Wengui couldn't say it.

So he could only say: "I think that those who collude with the Japanese must be in order to gain benefits from them, so I ...... Whoever gets the benefit will be suspected of being a traitor! ”

"Who will benefit?" Chen Xiaoting then asked.

This is precisely the most difficult to say, and it is also the most offensive.

Under Chen Xiaoting's gaze, Feng Wengui could only stubbornly say: "The Japanese are rampant, disrupting the sea trade of my Ming Dynasty, but there are people who can rush to make a profit!" ”

The word sea trade was the first time Chen Xiaoting had heard it, and he didn't know that there was such a thing.

Listening to Feng Wengui at this moment, Chen Xiaoting is looking forward to the next content.

"What do you mean, tell me carefully!" Chen Xiaoting said with a serious expression.

Now that he has said it, Feng Wengui no longer hides and pinchs, and only listens to him: "Decades ago, when the Japanese were not yet strong, all the merchant ships of our Ming Dynasty could be loaded with goods and sent to the South Seas, and even more distant Western Oceans......"

"Silk, tea, and porcelain, these things are not available in other places, and every time my Ming merchant ships go to sea, they can bring back countless silver and goods!"

Speaking of this, Feng Wengui even said with a sense of remembrance: "At that time, Jiangnan was even richer than now, and the imperial court also set up a special city department to manage all kinds of merchant ships and collect taxes and silver!" ”

It is actually related to taxes and silver, and all problems are really economic problems.

"Later, when the Japanese appeared, they began to disrupt our Daming maritime trade, and merchant ships were repeatedly robbed and stolen, so the maritime trade deteriorated!"

"Therefore, now that I have no maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty, this is the ...... Who benefits? Chen Xiaoting asked in a deep voice.

At this moment in the lobby, Niu Jingyun and Liu Kui are also listening carefully, and the inside story is still very attractive.

However, Feng Wengui said: "My lord is just the opposite, although the sea trade is shrinking more and more, it has not completely disappeared!" ”

"Now in my Ming Dynasty, there are still three sea merchants active, and their fleets will go to sea every once in a while!"

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoting understood what Feng Wengui meant, so he asked, "So you think that the surviving families of them are very suspicious?" ”

Feng Wengui didn't answer directly, but said: "The remaining three sea merchants, at least twenty big ships, the wealthy families in Jiangnan want to do sea trade, all of them have to rely on these three to help transport!" ”

"Although they say that they are often robbed by the Japanese invaders, what makes the humble position strange is why the Japanese who were able to defeat the grand occasion of the sea trade back then have not defeated the three of them!"

Chen Xiaoting nodded, this did seem abnormal, and it also made Chen Xiaoting lock on to the target.

So Chen Xiaoting said: "Where are these maritime merchants?" ”

"Lord Hui, there is a big pier in Tongquan Mansion, and they are all in Tongquan Mansion!" Feng Wengui replied that he was not a thousand households in vain.

"Okay, let's carefully investigate these three maritime merchants!" Speaking of this, Chen Xiaoting couldn't help asking: "Are the people of Tongquan Hundred Households reliable?" ”

In fact, Feng Wengui was really unsure about this question, so he said: "My lord, in order to prevent leakage of news, it is better to use the people you brought from the capital to investigate!" ”

Chen Xiaoting nodded, then looked at Liu Kui and said, "Liu Baihu, how about you preside over this matter?" ”

For this errand, Liu Kui was more entangled in his heart, because he knew that this job was not so easy to do, otherwise the Jiangnan Thousand Households would have been done a long time ago.

But Chen Xiaoting ordered his general, if he resigned at this moment, the credit for leaving Beijing this time may be erased.

So Liu Kui said: "The lowly rank is ordered, but the lowly rank is not familiar with the place after all, and I am afraid that I will have to ask Feng Qianhu for help when the time comes!" ”

"This is natural, if there is anything you need help with, you just have to talk to Feng Qianhu!"

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaoting looked at Feng Wengui and said, "Feng Qianhu, you have to help in this matter!" ”

"Share worries for the emperor, this is what a humble duty should do!" Feng Wengui simply agreed.

Chen Xiaoting had a smile on his face, the errand was progressing steadily, he just needed to take the helm.

Standing up, Chen Xiaoting said, "Okay, let's go on our own errands, Feng Qianhu will stay for a while!" ”

Niu Jingyun and Liu Kui saluted and left, while Chen Xiaoting walked down the hall and came to Feng Wengui.

Feng Wengui bent down and expressed his respect for Chen Xiaoting.

"Let me ask you another question, after so many years, why can't thousands of households find out?" Chen Xiaoting said indifferently.

In fact, there are many entanglements in this, and Feng Wengui does not dare to answer rashly, because this may destroy the good situation in Jiangnan today.

Knowing what Feng Wengui was worried about, Chen Xiaoting said: "This is a private inquiry, you don't have to be too restrained!" ”

The big guy said this, how could Feng Wengui keep his mouth shut, and only listened to him say: "Lord Hui, the relationship between this is intertwined, and the wealthy families of all sizes in the south of the Yangtze River are ...... I'm afraid they are all connected with those three maritime merchants! ”

"After all, so many goods have to go to sea, someone has to provide them!"

Chen Xiaoting nodded, so that it could be explained, and sure enough, many problems did not exist in isolation.

Since these wealthy families can get a piece of the pie from it, they will naturally help hide it, but Chen Xiaoting can't pursue this.