"It's kind of interesting."

Yang Xin stood in front of the big pit blasted by two thousand catties of gunpowder and said with interest.

"It is said that a thief went in to set fire to the powder magazine in order to cover the others, and a cavalry post of the reinforcement army, which was about to wipe out the thieves, was killed by the explosion and more than 100 were seriously injured, and the Beijing camp besieging them died more than 40 dead, and the thieves fled 14."

Xu Xianchun said with fear.

If this is detonated underground in the Academy of Sciences, I am afraid that it will be almost razed.

"Where's Admiral Nanhaizi?"

Yang Xin said.

"Hejian Hou, the little ones really don't know that they are against the party, Ke Guangxian has been using this place as his family's warehouse all these years, all kinds of goods come in and out, and the small ones have never asked about the face of Mrs. Fengsheng, and the little ones really didn't expect them to hoard so much gunpowder here."

Admiral Nanhaizi eunuch Meng Zhong wanted to cry and said without tears.

"Tell Your Majesty about this!"

Yang Xin said.

"Gonggong Meng, brothers, it is not difficult for you, you can enter the palace to find the long-lived lord by yourself.

This explosion was heard throughout the capital, and it is estimated that even the Long Live Lord was disturbed at this time, Ke Guangxian and Hou Guoxing were already in prison, and Mrs. Fengsheng was said to have been locked up by His Majesty, and I don't know how to deal with it for the time being, so what do you say when you go to the palace. ”

Xu Xianchun said.

What he means is that if you should fall into the well, you should fall into the well.

However, the Ke family has indeed been locked up, and the apocalypse is still hesitant about what to do with her, but no matter what happens in the end, this woman is finished, at most, which temple to throw it into for a lifetime to recite the scriptures, so at this time, the smartest thing is to fall into the well, and then hug the queen's thigh. But this doesn't need to be taught, these eunuchs in the palace are all leaders in this regard, Meng Zhong is strictly said to be a person from the Hakka family, but because of this, he is extremely anxious at this time.

Of course, Yang Xin was not interested in this.

But the combination of Zhang Mingzhen and Xu Du surprised him.

To make these dead soldiers so loyal, these two can be regarded as some real skills.

"The enemy is growing fast!"

He muttered to himself.

Indeed, the new generation of opponents is no longer the weak chickens of the past, these people have learned to really use force to fight.

The distant sky showed the glimmer of dawn, and the chaotic night of the Ming Dynasty finally passed.

The mess here is none of Yang Xin's business.

Tian Ergeng was in charge of the pursuit of Zhang Mingzhen and the others, and Jinyiwei learned from Ke Guangxian about the hiding place of gunpowder, and it happened that Nanhaizi also reported the abnormality here, Tian Ergeng immediately mobilized men and horses to arrest him, and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he also borrowed a sentry to help the cavalry of the Korean army. Obviously, he didn't have confidence in Jingying, but in the end, there was an accident, and Apocalypse, who was already angry, had to trouble him, and after this incident, it is estimated that Apocalypse's determination to carry out a police plan is even stronger.

When Yang Xin returned to the capital, it was already dark, and martial law was lifted with the arrival of a new day, and the people of the capital who were frightened by the explosion had also returned to normal life, but it was obvious that they were also frightened, after all, from yesterday to now, the entire capital has been in the wind. Those who are well-informed have long known about the conspiracy to kill the king, and with the lifting of martial law, the whole city is talking about this matter, and the fall of the Hakka has made those who have close contacts with the Hakka on weekdays panic......

In fact, the arrests did not stop.

Especially those Hakka henchmen, there are still people who are arrested by Jinyiwei.

These people may not be involved, but for Jinyiwei, this kind of case must be made big, and it is better to kill three thousand by mistake than miss one, this is a tunnel and an explosion, the capital is about to become a battlefield, in this case, it must be ruthless, even those troops who enforce martial law have not withdrawn, and the cavalry of the reinforcement army is still constantly patrolling the streets.

In this atmosphere of panic, Yang Xin entered the Xuanwu Gate, but then he saw his eldest brother Fang Shihong waiting for him here.

The latter invited him directly to the house.

This place is still under the care of Jinyiwei, but on the edge of the big pit in the courtyard, a group of old guys are watching.

"Elders, second uncle!"

Yang Xin stepped forward and saluted.

"Hejian Hou!"

Gu Bingqian hurriedly returned the salute.

"What's going on outside the city?"

Fang Congzhe asked.

"Second Uncle Hui, it is a group of thieves who escaped from the city to hide Nanhaizi, and when they were encircled and suppressed, they lit two thousand catties of gunpowder hidden there in order to escape, and at present, Tian Zhangyin has been continuing to pursue, led by Xu Du, the nephew of Xu Honggang, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Zhang Mingzhen, a native of Jiangning, both of them have fled, and the nephew will notify the government to arrest them along the way."

Yang Xin said.

However, Xu Honggang should not be involved.

Xu is his nephew, and his layer is not implicated, but the official is definitely lost.

"What about Wen Zhenmeng and the others?"

Fang Congzhe said.

"Wen Zhenmeng, Chen Renxi, and Li Yingsheng must have participated, but they have not confessed so far, Wu Changshi should be the mastermind, Keguang has already confessed, it was they who instigated him to dig a tunnel to blow up my house, and the person who dug the tunnel was Wu Changshi and Xu Du were responsible for finding it, so Wu Changshi must be the mastermind, but he has not confessed so far. The Hakka were used by them, and the Hakka first thought that the tunnel was dug to my house, but he didn't know that it was turned to the imperial city here, and the gunpowder outside was prepared by the Hakka.

Leaving Huang Zunsu, Yao Ximeng and the others knew the same as Ke Guangxian.

Fang Fengnian didn't know, he only knew that Xu Du and these people went to Beijing to assassinate me, although he didn't know about it, but it couldn't be regarded as a reverse case, and it would be handed over to the Criminal Department for processing. ”

Yang Xin said.

"Since there is no confession, how can it be concluded that he participated?"

Zhu Yanxi said.

"Yun Xiugong, because none of us are stupid."

Yang Xin said with a smile.

Zhu Yanxi was speechless.

Indeed, everyone is not stupid.

If Wen Zhenmeng and these people don't participate in this kind of thing, it will be abnormal!

"Hejian Hou, this case still needs to be cautious, Jiangnan suffered two major changes last year, the Red Turban Army and the flood, the current situation is not stable, if there is another big prison is afraid of causing trouble, Su Song is a heavy tax place, once there is a mess, it will be difficult to clean up."

Ye Xianggao said slowly.

"That junior really wants to see what kind of incident will happen."

Yang Xin said.

"Hejian Hou, it's not good for the court to make a big fuss."

Zhu Guozhen said.

"Not necessarily, I think after the last big trouble, it was very good for the imperial court, the flowing water does not rot, our Daming pool of stagnant water has to be stirred from time to time to prevent it from continuing to rot, so that the sludge that sinks in the water will come out and dry in the sun. His Majesty has just made a new discovery with a microscope, which will kill many bacteria when exposed to sunlight, so sunlight can sterilize, and our daily quilts are not without scientific basis, and we also need to use sunlight to sterilize. ”

Yang Xin said.

"Hejian Hou, Daming can't stand the toss."

Ye Xianggao said.

"On the contrary, if you continue like this, Daming will be finished sooner or later."

Yang Xin said.

"The Marquis of Hejian thinks he has everything under control?"

Zhu Yanxi said.

"At least so far, there has been no escape from the grasp, Yang's other skills are hard to say, but these fists are harder, and they can beat jackals, tigers and leopards, and they can also fight charming, but when they are wearing human skin, Yang is very difficult to do, so Yang hopes that they can take off human skin."

Yang Xin said.

"And what is this? Hejian Hou thinks that he has everything under control, so what is going on? If it weren't for the accidental discovery, in another month, it would not be Nanhaizi who exploded, but the Academy of Sciences in the imperial city, Hejian Hou's fist is indeed hard, not only is the fist hard, but also can't be killed, but have you ever thought about the safety of Your Majesty? Hejian Hou really doesn't care about anything, the bullets are unscathed, but Hejian Hou thinks His Majesty can do the same? They can't kill you, but they can kill you.

In the end, there is nothing you dare not do if you force people into a hurry.

Daming does have some things that need to be changed, but not in this way, let alone forcing people to a dead end, and forcing people to a dead end will be desperate.

In that case, why can't we sit down and discuss? ”

Zhu Guozhen said.

"Okay, call the Anjushi, can you go and gather the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, let them declare all the hidden fields, register the population under their names, including the number of slaves and maids, and then the gentry will pay the grain as an errand and all the slaves and maids will also pay Ding Yin and the levy silver? Even if their slaves and maids violate the rules, but it is too much for the slaves and maids to not pay taxes. ”

Yang Xin said with a smile.

Zhu Guozhen was speechless for an instant.

"You see, you know that it is useless to negotiate, the year before last, the Qian family of Qimen in Suzhou collected 900,000 stones a year in rent, which is the same as the amount of land collected by the Ming Dynasty in the entire Suzhou Mansion in a year, can you go and discuss with them and let his family take out 100,000 stones to pay taxes? I guess they will sink you into the Taihu Lake, but I can take the army with a knife, I put a human head on the wine table, and tell them how much food they must donate to disaster relief, how much food they must sell at a fair price, and they all honestly complied.

Your counsel is useless, but my knife does.

Zhaoyi City was originally recorded in the imperial court, all the private land added up to 4 million mu, and when the land was redivided, it was verified that there were nearly 1 million mu, and the original land added up, the field was not more than 500,000, and even if the militia suffered floods, those militias still handed over more than 2 million stones. Originally, the average land levy of one acre of land in Zhenjiang Mansion was less than one bucket, plus Ding silver and forced labor were only more than one bucket of silver, and the common people had a full meal was a luxury, but now they paid an average of three or four buckets per acre of land, but they had enough food and clothing, and cheered for the peaceful and prosperous times.

Why don't you say it?

Now, then, I would like to ask you to convey to the gentry that they are willing to give a little more, even if only a little, so that the court can be more comfortable, so as not to force me and my uncle to use some special means? ”

Yang Xin said.

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