Chapter 680: Silver is king

A vigorous political campaign kicked off, Liang Shicheng Shi Xuehe was just the beginning, and then one after another officials were investigated, or degraded or beheaded, everyone in the court was in danger, for fear that one day Zhao Huan's knife would be waved on his head, and every official who was investigated was confiscated without exception.

Zhao Huan was very satisfied, the treasury was already very empty, and the amount of silver copied from the homes of these officials was unimaginable, and the requirements of the Jin people had already been opened, two million taels of silver, and six hundred thousand taels of gold, which was still the result of Dazai Zhang Bangchang's efforts, and Liang Shicheng's family alone was copied more than 500,000 taels of silver, plus Shi Xuehe and Zhu Conglong and others later, but more than a dozen officials made up this number.

But Zhao Huan would never have thought that while Zhang Bangchang collected the silver for him, most of the other half was sent to Duoqi Zhuoma's residence.

Seven million taels of silver, one and a half million taels of gold, and other treasures are not counted.

This is a terrifying number, the entire Great Song Dynasty Treasury can't receive so much in a year, but now it has flowed to Xu Zizhen's house, Mu Xianting and the Duan family brothers and sisters have left first, Duoqi Zhuoma and Yelufu have not left for the time being, and the gold and silver sent by Zhang Bangchang will be escorted by them to Xu Zizhen's house in Yingtianfu in turn.

This is the safest way, because now there is no pass that dares to inspect their envoys, just kidding, Liang Shicheng's precedent is there, who would dare not know whether they are alive or dead?

Of course, Zhao Huan didn't know this, he only knew that millions of taels of silver had been collected, and it was the best to solve the problem in front of him, and now he was being his "Ming Jun" with high spirits.

And Xu Zizhen, who was the initiator of all these events, is now on the way from Bianjing to Taiyuan, and he is in a good mood, because before he left, a large sum of silver was put into the account, which made him the happiest.

"Xu Zizhen, how could Zhang Bangchang do such a bold thing for you? Did you pinch him? ”

Su San was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.

Xu Zizhen laughed: "He is the Dazai of the dynasty, what handle can he pinch for me?" He did this for me willingly. ”

Su San said: "If you don't understand, isn't he afraid that the emperor will find out and cut off his head?" ”

"No, it won't." Xu Zizhen said with certainty, "First of all, Zhang Bangchang will not die so early, his prime minister has something to do, and ...... Zhao Huan would have had an accident himself before he found out about it. ”

Su San was taken aback, fortunately he was on the official road now, and there was no one around, otherwise Xu Zizhen would have been exterminated with this sentence.

Xu Zizhen leaned over on the horse and said in a low voice: "Zhang Bangchang didn't dare at first, but I just told him a word - the Jin people will soon break Bianjing, and they should send this silver to me first instead of being cheaper, as for Zhao Huan, hey, his emperor's life is only a few days left." ”

"Are you saying that the Jin people are about to attack Bianjing? That ......" Su San's eyes widened in shock, and suddenly he figured out one more thing, "Then you want to go to Taiyuan this time to let Wan Yan Ang prepare early?" ”

Xu Zizhen glanced at her in surprise: "Yo ho, you understand so quickly?" It's rare. ”

Su San chirped: "Phew! My aunt and grandmother are not so stupid. ”

Xu Zizhen said with a smile: "Say that you are fat and breathing, in fact, I am not looking for Wan Yanang, but Fifth Brother Han, you don't understand, he is our anti-gold chief in the next few decades, and it is not possible to do without him." ”

Su San felt that she couldn't understand Xu Zizhen anymore, she could firmly believe that Xu Zizhen would not lie to her, but where did Xu Zizhen's predictions come from? What is the basis? Saying that he is an immortal Su San will never believe it, how can there be such a fairy who has married so many wives and has so many confidants.

Xu Zizhen didn't say any more, there were some things that Su San couldn't understand, and it was not interesting to explain more, and Bianjing was the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was not a good thing to be attacked by the Jin people after all, it was always a big shame.

In addition, Xu Zizhen went to Taiyuan this time and had two things, one was to see the development of his caravan in Taiyuan, because he didn't care about it since it was handed over to Hu Qing, and he was a little embarrassed to do it, and the other thing was the whereabouts of Shui Liuli, Xu Zizhen vaguely had a bad feeling, although Zhao Gou kept saying that Shui Liuli would not be in danger this time, but he still felt that something seemed to be wrong, otherwise it would be impossible to come back without news for so long, which is not normal.

"Xu Zizhen, what did you say to the emperor? Hasn't he always been timid and cautious? Why did you degrade officials this time? Isn't he afraid of civil strife? ”

Xu Zizhen said: "I can't take care of the civil strife, Zhao Ji is not dead, Zhao Huan has just ascended the throne and is always worried that his foundation is unstable, and those old ministers rely on Zhao Ji's favor and trust not to put him in the eyes of the new emperor, everyone is angry, didn't he take advantage of Zhao Ji's absence in the capital to change his lackeys?" ”

He told Su San what he said to Zhao Huan, and then proudly waited for Su San's admiration for him, but he didn't expect to wait for Su San's disdain.

"Have you ever studied? What is it called? That is called the outside must first be safe, and if you want to say it, it can only be said to be an external trouble. ”

"Uh...... Is that wrong? Zhao Huan didn't say anything to remind Lao Tzu...... "Xu Zizhen scratched his head in embarrassment, fortunately it was Su San, otherwise Gao Pujun or Wen Xian might not be despised.

After a few days of unhurried travel, I finally arrived in Taiyuan, and I saw the gate of Taiyuan City open from a distance, and the flow of people in and out was very dense, and from time to time I could see a convoy, which was obviously a merchant assembled from all over the country.

Xu Zizhen is very satisfied with his handwriting, Taiyuan Mansion has been surrounded by the Jin people, and after Bianjing is broken, the Jin people will turn around and break here, but under his layout, he turned a Taiyuan that was originally in dire straits into a prosperous and lively free trade zone, which is rare even in his time eight hundred years later.

After entering the city, Xu Zizhen slowed down, sat on horseback and walked slowly, the street was bustling with people, and from time to time you could see merchants in exotic costumes, obviously driven by his caravan, it attracted many merchants from neighboring countries, such as Western Xia, such as Tibet, and even farther Uighurs, Goryeo, and Black Khan.

Xu Zizhen pointed to Su San in front of him and said, "Look, what's wrong with my brother's lack of study?" What's the most important thing in these years? Make hay! Silver is king, and you can study and use it as a bird. ”

Su San pursed her lips and ignored him, anyway, she knew that Xu Zizhen could break blindly, and the dead could be said to be alive, so she just knew.

But at this moment, a disdainful voice came from beside him: "Hmph, it's just nonsense!" ”

Xu Zizhen was stunned: "Huh? Is there anyone in Taiyuan City who dares to despise Lao Tzu? ”