Sun Chengzong glanced at Li Yiqi, and also took the food, he was also hungry.

Looking around, Sun Chengzong found that the others were similar to the two of them, so he smiled and withdrew his gaze. The two of them walked together to a table and sat down and began to eat. The food is silent, and no one in the whole canteen speaks, all of which are the sounds of eating.

After eating, everyone went out of the dining hall, and some people went back to the dormitory to rest, and they were quite tired after tossing in the morning.

Sun Chengzong and Li Yiqi also went back to the dormitory, but they just cleaned up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then the two of them went to the classroom with baskets together. The two of them had already come here yesterday afternoon, and they were familiar with the road.

The classrooms are large, with long desks and special chairs.

Finding a place to sit down, Sun Chengzong and Li Yiqi were both looking forward to the arrival of the first class.

When the gong sounded, a man in black walked in from outside, holding a book in his hand. Placing the book in his hand on the table in front of him, the man in black swept his gaze over everyone.

This is a man who doesn't look very old, with a strong body, bright eyes, and a black beard, and he looks like a master, but he is different from the master in his impression.

"I've seen sir!"

Sun Chengzong stood up with the others and bowed.

"Excuse me!" Mr. smiled and said: "My name is Li Qi, you can call me Mr. Li, from today onwards, I will be your Mr. Arithmetic, here are arithmetic textbooks, come, you send them to everyone." ”

Glancing at Sun Chengzong, Li Qi said with a smile.

In the interval between Sun Chengzong's textbooks, Li Qi turned around and wrote two words on the blackboard behind him: arithmetic!

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair expressionlessly and flipped through the folds, and after reading a few copies, he casually put the folds aside, and stood up a little irritably. Big things are going on in the northwest and Yangzhou, and Zhu Yijun really can't stand these twists and turns.

Yangzhou City, Qin Cha Xingyuan.

Zhang Whale glanced at the man standing in front of him, and said with a smile: "From the inner factory? ”

"Back to Father-in-law Zhang, Qi Ying, the commander of the Bird Department of the lowly factory!"

Qi Ying hurriedly bowed down and replied.

Although Qi Ying is from the inner factory, and his status is not low, he needs to maintain enough respect in the face of Zhang Whale. After all, Zhang Whale is the factory director of the East Factory, and his status is very high. Among the eunuchs, it is also an old qualification.

Zhang Jing nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and said slowly: "You came here at night, then let's talk about the current situation in Yangzhou." ”

Qi Ying hurriedly said: "Yes, father-in-law, in fact, the matter of Yangzhou should start from the news of the arrival of the Qin mission, or from the case of the Qian family in Hejian Mansion. After the case of the Qian family in Hejian Mansion was reported, some people in Jiangnan began to worry. ”

"Most of these salt merchants have sent people to Beijing, first, to find out the news, and secondly, to prevent the imperial court from investigating the salt policy."

Zhang Whale listened to Qi Ying's words and nodded, these were all expected by him, and it was estimated that he would soon know about it in Yangzhou as the capital. It is estimated that impeachment or something must be indispensable, but there is an emperor over there, and Zhang Whale is not worried at all.

If his errand is not done well, Zhang Whale may still be worried, and the rest does not need to be cared about at all.

"Among these salt merchants in Yangzhou, there are seven at the head, including four Jin merchants and three Hui merchants." Qi Ying explained: "The four Jin merchants are Zhang Wang Li Fan, but the four are not deeply involved with the local officialdom in Yangzhou. ”

Zhang Jing glanced at Qi Ying and said with a smile: "You found these in the inner factory?" ”

In fact, before Zhang Whale came, he had already figured out these things, you must know that he Zhang Whale is the factory of the East Factory, and the East Factory is not blind, and their intelligence ability is not weak. Especially after the rise of the factory in the past few years, Zhang Whale has made great efforts in this regard.

"Father-in-law Zhang forgives his sins!" Qi Ying hurriedly bowed down and said, he knew that he was not interested in these things Zhang Whale said.

"After the news of the imminent arrival of the imperial court reached Yangzhou, Yangzhou officialdom and salt merchants quickly reached a consensus to give the imperial court an explanation."

This time, Qi Ying did not introduce, but went straight to the topic.

Zhang Whale smiled, took a sip of tea leaves, and said with a smile: "I think very well to give an explanation to the imperial court, but the explanation they gave is not the explanation that the emperor wants, then it is not what they say." ”

Qi Ying knew that this time the imperial court would definitely make a big move, otherwise he would not have sent their bird department to make a move.

At that time, among the three departments of the inner factory, none of them were dispatched.

"Who are they trying to push out as a scapegoat?" Zhang Whale glanced at Qi Ying and asked with a smile.

"Yangzhou transfer envoy Yan Huaiyuan!" Qi Ying hurriedly replied: "Since Yan Huaiyuan came to Yangzhou Zhizhou, the Qi family has attacked Yan Huaiyuan, and the beauty and money have directly turned Yan Huaiyuan into their person. ”

"After Yan Huaiyuan came to Yangzhou, Xinna's concubine was arranged by Qi Heng."

"Qi Heng has a Lichun Courtyard in Yangzhou, which is used to collect and cultivate beautiful women, and then use it to give gifts. According to the lowly investigation, these women basically have a handle in Qi Heng's hand. With these favored women, Qi Heng has a lot of things to do. ”

Zhang Whale smiled again: "Pillow wind, men are like this!" ”

Listening to Zhang Whale's sigh, Qi Ying didn't know how to answer, talking about men in front of eunuchs, isn't this looking for death?

"Let's talk about Yan Huaiyuan!" Zhang Whale put down the teacup in his hand, glanced at Qi Ying, and said with a smile: "Our family is interested in this Yan Huaiyuan." ”

"In fact, the Qi family is interested in the official position of Yangzhou Transit Envoy, not Yan Huaiyuan himself." Qi Ying thought for a while, and said with some embarrassment: "The Qi family doesn't care who is the transfer envoy, but this transfer envoy must be their person." ”

Zhang Whale glanced at Qi Ying and said with a smile: "So they abandoned Yan Huaiyuan, and there was no hesitation in their hearts!" ”

"Back to Father-in-law Zhang, that's it, a salt merchant who beats with iron, and an official who runs water." Qi Ying nodded and said, "The Qi family has been persecuting Yan Huaiyuan these days, wanting him to take all the blame for his crimes, and admitting that he blackmailed the salt merchants and forced them to do illegal things. ”

When Zhang Whale heard this, he immediately laughed: "Why is this method so much like those shameless civil officials!" ”

"Tsk, it's really a good way, if this Yan Huaiyuan does this, this matter will be troublesome." After laughing, Zhang Whale became serious: "If all those dirty things are carried down by Yan Huaiyuan, if you can't get these salt merchants, you will really get out." ”

Of course, Qi Ying also knew that what these salt merchants were doing was actually obvious.

Mastering the salt farms, selling illegal salt, embezzling the money and grain of the imperial court, turning official salt into private salt, and driving up the price of salt, these things do not need to be checked. In other words, if you just pull a salt merchant to investigate, these charges can be settled.

Zhang Whale knew what the emperor meant, that is, to start with corrupt officials, investigate the crimes of the salt merchants, and then rectify the salt merchants.

If corrupt officials resist the responsibility of the salt merchants, then the purpose of investigating the salt merchants will not be achieved. This is a strategy to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and from Zhang Whale's point of view, he will never let such a thing happen.

Among the officials in Yangzhou, Yan Huaiyuan, the Yangzhou transfer envoy, is the key point of the whole thing.

Glancing up at Qi Ying, Zhang Whale asked in a deep voice, "Then do you have anything to do in your inner factory?" ”

"The Qi family has been persecuting Yan Huaiyuan, but Yan Huaiyuan has some letters in his hand, the specific content is unknown, but he let Qi Heng throw a mouse bogey. The Qi family wanted to get these letters back through Yan Huaiyuan's concubine Yunniang, but they haven't succeeded yet. ”

"But Yan Huaiyuan is afraid that he won't be able to hold out for long, and Qi Heng will try his best to make him confess."

"We're trying to get the letters, but we haven't gained much yet."

Zhang Jing nodded: "Then speed up the progress, this gap will be opened from Yan Huaiyuan's body." ”

Qi Ying left, Zhang Jing stood up and walked to the room next to him, sat on the chair, glanced at the person in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Tell us about it, is what Qi Ying said true?" ”

In front of Zhang Whale, a man in his thirties stood respectfully, this man was a typical Jiangnan man, and his figure was not tall. After listening to Zhang Jing's words, he hurriedly said: "Back to the factory, what he said is true." ”

"But our people inquired about some news, I don't know if that Qi Ying didn't say it, or if they didn't hear it from the internal factory."

Zhang Jing became interested when he heard it, in fact, he still trusted his East Factory, and this person was the manpower of the East Factory in Yangzhou arranged by him. Now I heard that the east factory found the news that the inner factory did not find, and I was naturally overjoyed.

"Yan Huaiyuan not only has letters in his hand, but also an account book."

"This account book is the account book of salt merchants bribing Jiangnan officialdom, and there is a list of officials who Qi Heng bribed, basically including the officials of the entire Jiangnan, and even the officials of the six departments of Nanjing and the capital."

Listening to the words of his subordinates, Zhang Whale suddenly became excited: "What you said is true?" This Yan Huaiyuan still has this kind of thing? ”

"Back to the factory, I don't know the truth of this news for the time being, and it is also the wind that has just been revealed."

Zhang Whale stood up excitedly and said to his subordinates: "Hei Qi, we don't care about anything else, you get this booklet for our family, with this booklet, our family, our family!" Speaking of this, Zhang Whale did not continue, but his eyes became more and more eager.

"The humble position understands that if Yan Huaiyuan has this account book, the humble position will definitely get it back to the factory father."

Lee Kee Pawnshop.

Qi Ying walked into the back hall of the pawnshop, sighed, and then found a chair to sit down. Glancing at the black pigeon who served him tea, he said, "Tell the white pigeon and the magpie to speed up and find out the authenticity of that booklet as soon as possible." ”

The black pigeon hurriedly agreed: "Yes, Commander!" Glancing at Qi Ying, Hei Ge asked cautiously: "Commander, is it from Gonggong Zhang of Dongchang?" ”