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"Master, it's not good, Ying Longjun has captured the governor and the salt envoy at the city gate, and is killing here!" A gray-clothed servant rushed into the inner hall of the Han family and reported to Han Ming, the head of the Han family.

"How so!" Han Ming was shocked and couldn't believe it.

Could it be that the emperor already has absolute evidence, otherwise how could Ying Longjun arrest the governor and the salt envoy as soon as he arrived at the city gate, and directly kill his family, there is no warning at all.

Han Ming didn't know that in fact, the emperor didn't have any absolute evidence at all, even if there were some, it was just a record of which ones were involved and which ones were not involved, as for the stolen goods, human and material evidence, etc., there was absolutely none, and the emperor didn't need those, because the current Ming Dynasty, the salt administration had already been corroded to the point of incurability, and the annual loss of at least seven million taels of salt tax was lost, thousands of people can pull out a large piece of the back, and then follow the vine to involve all the people involved.

In fact, after Emperor Chongzhen eradicated Wei Zhongxian, he also discovered the erosion of the salt administration, and wanted to start in this regard, although at that time because many noble ministers who heard the rumors were involved in the secret obstruction, but Emperor Chongzhen after recent years of investigation, but also found out a corner, but after seeing the breadth of the salt government, he was immediately taken a big jump, very clear that the stakes are important, and it is not something that can be moved at once, so he temporarily endured it. Subsequently, Shaanxi and Shanxi were in drought, and the Qing soldiers knocked on the customs every year, and then the displaced people were in turmoil in the world, and Emperor Chongzhen had no energy and ability to do it in this aspect of the salt administration, which allowed the erosion of the salt administration to continue to develop for more than ten years again.

It is precisely because of these more than ten years of freedom that those profiteers and corrupt officials along the coast have become more unscrupulous, and finally let the salt government erode to such an unprecedented state.

When Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, he also saw the erosion of the salt administration, but at that time, the Donglin Party and Wei Guogong controlled the government, and after solving the Donglin Party, they had to deal with Zuo Liangyu who was preparing to rebel, and then they had to face the first southward movement of the Manchu Dynasty.

Now, after the defeat of the new and the reform of the military system, Zhu Cihong has completely controlled the military power, and the Ming Dynasty has controlled the area for at least a few years to stabilize the situation, which is the most suitable time.

In fact, the most important point is that Zhu Cihong has no money!

When the Donglin Party and the Wei State Mansion were destroyed, hundreds of officials were confiscated, and Zhu Cihong obtained more than 27 million taels of silver, which supported Zhu Cihong to defeat Zuo Liangyu and expand the Yinglong army, which was also the basis for the Ming Dynasty to achieve the victory in the first decisive battle with the Manchu Qing.

There is this precedent, so that Zhu Cihong can see in the profiteers and tycoons the same huge hidden treasury as the corrupt officials of the Donglin Party.

Zhu Cihong has been holding back until now, why don't he have the idea of raising fat sheep first and waiting for the need to slaughter them.

The black-bellied emperor can't afford to be hurt, and the corrupt officials and profiteers don't know that in the eyes of the current emperor Zhu Cihong, they have already become synonymous with hidden fat sheep.

Han Ming also didn't know that Zhu Cihong had already made arrangements, and he wouldn't let a fat sheep like them run away anyway, but this didn't prevent Han Ming from making a final move.

"Send a signal quickly, let the men and horses outside the city enter the city to escort us out!" Han Ming's heart was like ashes, and from then on, they could only flee overseas.

If the current Ming Dynasty was still the stormy Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period, Han Ming might still have a hard time raising the flag to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, but since the 800,000 Manchu army was still defeated and retreated in the south, not only Han Ming, but no one in the entire Ming control area dared to have such an idea.

"Boom!" Red signal fireworks shot into the sky from the Han family's compound.

At the same time, the Wang family and the Xu family also transmitted signals.

Outside the city, the eldest sons of the three families, Han Bixuan, Wang Chule, and Xu Ning, all changed their faces when they saw the signal in Suzhou City.

"It's over, the matter is revealed, I can only make a last stand, and immediately enter the city!" Han Bixuan gritted his teeth, his eyes were full of fierceness!

"Kill"

Under the joint leadership of Han Bixuan, Wang Chule, and Xu Ning, the eight thousand dead soldiers rushed towards the east gate of Suzhou.

What was shocking was that the guards at the east gate of Suzhou were unhindered, and even rushed into the city with 8,000 dead soldiers.

It turned out that the city defense of Suzhou was infiltrated by the three major families, the governor of Suzhou, and the salt transportation envoys.

Since the mansions of the three major families were closest to the east gate, when Ying Longjun killed the three mansions, the forces of the three families had already been united, with a full 4,000 men and horses, protecting hundreds of families of the five families, including the governor of Suzhou and the salt transport envoy, to fight and retreat towards the east gate, and soon joined the other 8,000 people who rushed in.

12,000 dead soldiers, nearly 4,000 infiltrated Suzhou garrison soldiers and horses, a full 16,000 people, because 12,000 dead soldiers have undergone special training, and the combat effectiveness of these 16,000 people is comparable to an ordinary Ming army of 35,000 people.

Of course, this strength is still not enough compared to the regular army of Ying Longjun.

The Ying Long army formed an attack formation to engage the salt merchant army, and continued to advance, showing a strong combat effectiveness that greatly exceeded the expectations of the three major families.

"Bang Bang Bang" Ying Long's army was neatly shaped, moving quickly and well, like harvesting wheat, and the army of dead soldiers of the three major families fell in pieces.

"Nope! How could the strength of Ying Longjun be so strong! Han Ming, the head of the Han family, screamed in fright.

Although they have all heard of the prestige of the Ying Long Army, it is not the same thing as having heard of it with their own eyes, and the combat power of the Ying Long Army is even eclipsed by the Eight Banners that have swept thousands of miles, which is what some rich businessmen and tycoons who can only oppress the people can imagine.

The dead are just the internal name of the three major families, in fact, they are a group of outlaws who are supported by money, the combat effectiveness of a single is indeed very strong, it is not a problem for one person to kill two to three ordinary Ming soldiers, and it is also very strong when they gather together, but they have not experienced real combat in the end, and it is the first time they have gathered together, if it is a 20,000-person ordinary cold weapon Ming army, they may still be able to win, but now they are facing the powerful Ying Long army, and they can only be pushed sideways.

"Ahhh

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