Zhu Cijiong knew that there were also six yamen in Nanjing, but he didn't know exactly what the situation was, just like the transaction tax imposed this time, the three richest provinces only collected more than 200,000 taels, and they were clearly perfunctory, or they didn't take him Chongzheng Emperor in their eyes at all!

Whether perfunctory or contemptuous, this matter must not be left as it is, and if they are allowed to continue like this, the transaction tax will become a joke, and all the merchants will run to these three provinces. At that time, the military expenses of Liaodong and Northwest China will not be paid, the Houjin and the peasant rebel army will become stronger and stronger, the tragedy of history will be repeated again, and he Chongzheng will become another Chongzhen!

"Hmph, if you want to turn me into the king of the dead country, I will let your family be ruined first!" Zhu Cijiong was already a little angry, and he said directly to Cao Huachun on the side: "Father-in-law Cao, arrange more people, and let me check what is going on with the six departments in Nanjing, and dare to perfunctory me, I am really a child!" ”

Cao Huachun secretly thought in his heart when he heard this, aren't you just a child, as soon as he got excited, he forgot to say that I am, of course, he only dared to tease in his heart, although the emperor did not treat him as an outsider, but at least the respect and humility should be paid attention to, he hurriedly replied: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Of course, such a big thing can not be found out in a few days, the Ming Dynasty did not have a telephone, nor a train or plane, and it was necessary to send people from the capital to Nanjing to investigate, and the results could not be found out in a few months.

The transaction tax of the three provinces south of the Yangtze River does not know when it will be made up, Zhu Cijiong can only temporarily extinguish the idea of encircling and suppressing the peasant rebel army, and the Beijing camp has not thought about expanding in the past few months, the new flintlock pistol is one hundred taels of silver, and if you want to equip the existing more than 50,000 people in the Beijing camp, Zhu Cijiong will have to put three or four million taels upside down.

Fortunately, the branches of the provinces have been built, the silver deposits have reached 20 million taels, and the jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings have also been sold for millions of taels. It just so happened that the newly recruited workers of the Wang Gong factory had also completed their training, and the more than 10,000 old people and newcomers combined could barely make 10,000 new flintlock pistols a month, and by the beginning of next year, more than 50,000 Beijing camp guards would be fully equipped.

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August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival, the full moon is rounder, this day is a good day to reunite with the family, wine and enjoy the moon, but Chang Wei is alone in the capital of Nanjing Rixinglong branch busy feet do not touch the ground!

No way, the business is too good, this Jiangnan is rich, it has only been less than half a month since the opening of the Nanjing branch of Rixinglong, and the jewelry, calligraphy and painting have been sold for millions of taels, and the first batch of valuables he prepared has basically been bought!

Now it is the second batch of sales, it is Jinyiwei sent over quickly, the estimated price is not less than 20 million, look at this hot situation, it is estimated that it will not take a month to sell out again, I don't know how much money can be sold this year, and at the end of the year, this dividend is estimated to exceed the principal!

He was thinking about dividing the dividends beautifully, when a general wearing chain mail suddenly led a bunch of soldiers to rush in, and without saying a word, he directly tied him up and threw him to the ground.

Chang Wei hadn't been bullied like this since he made his fortune, and he couldn't help but be angry: "What are you doing? Is there any royal law left? ”

The general who led the team couldn't help but sneer: "Wang Fa? Then I will follow you to the royal law, and now I suspect that you have stolen the jewels of the Rongguo Mansion and sold them here, come here, and present the stolen goods to him. ”

A small soldier ran up in response and opened a cloth bag and placed it in front of Chang Wei.

Chang Wei took a look, it was jewelry, yes, but he had never seen such inferior goods, how could it be that they were searched from the business, this is clearly a planting!

At this time, there was a shouting and scolding outside, and a brocade guard Qianhu led a bunch of brocade guards to rush in, and when he saw this situation, he was directly angry, pointing at the general's nose and shouting: "Who are you?" Dare to lead the troops to do nonsense! ”

The general glanced at him disdainfully, and said slowly: "What is nonsense? I'm arresting bandits, and not everyone has caught all of them. ”

The brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu glanced at the jewels on the ground suspiciously, what kind of things are these, the jewels of Rixinglong were all escorted by him, and there is no such garbage at all. He couldn't help but be furious: "Whoever has taken the stolen goods, you are framing them." ”

The general's face was blank, and he said coldly: "Are you trying to shield the bandits?" ”

"You ......" The words of the brocade guards couldn't be said, they were the only ones who wronged others, when had they ever been wronged like this!

The general stopped being verbose, and shouted directly: "Someone is coming." ”

An earth-shattering response immediately sounded outside: "Yes." There were at least a thousand people listening to it.

The Jinyi Wei Qianhu looked at this posture and knew that they had been planning for a long time, so he couldn't help but turn his face and asked coldly: "What do you mean?" ”

The general said proudly: "Hmph, what do you mean, I don't ask who is here, I dare to come to Yingtianfu to grab business, and I am impatient." Go back and tell your big boss to take a ransom of 10 million taels, otherwise all the property will be confiscated and all the bandits will be cut down! ”

That Jinyi Wei Qianhu knew that it was planted this time, but they brought thousands of people over, and his one hundred and ten people were not enough for people to stuff their teeth, he looked at Chang Wei's pleading eyes on the ground and said calmly: "You can hold the property first, but this Chang Wei is the big shopkeeper of the general number, and without him, he can't make up 10 million taels of silver, so we have to bring him back." ”

The general said indifferently: "It's good to go, don't send it." ”

The brocade-clothed guard Qianhu didn't say much, and directly stepped forward to untie the rope on Chang Wei's body, and then led Chang Wei and left the Rixinglong branch with a group of subordinates.

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Five days later, Chang Wei followed Luo Yangxing to the palace and reported to Zhu Cijiong what he had encountered in Nanjing, the capital of the company.

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, these dogs are too unspeakable, let them pay taxes, they will pay tens of thousands of taels casually, and when others go to their territory to do business, they will play hooligans, frame them, not only force people to leave, but also collect ransom, is this a group of court officials or a group of bandits who occupy the mountains as kings!

He hated that iron could not be made of steel and asked Luo Yangxing: "Won't you send people to arrest them all?" You have 50,000 or 60,000 horses under your command, and you are afraid that thousands of soldiers will not succeed? ”

When Luo Yangxing heard this, his old face turned red, and Nuo Nuo replied: "This, this, I sent someone to check, they are the subordinates of Zhao Wenlong who stayed in Nanjing, that is not a few thousand soldiers, but 50,000 regular soldiers!" I can clean them up if I gather all the brocade guards, but as soon as we leave, what will the emperor do and what will happen to the security of the capital? ”

He is putting gold on his face, even if he gathers all 50,000 or 60,000 horses, he can't do 50,000 regular troops, the current Jinyi Wei is no longer the elite army of the Taizu period, more than 200 years of pampering, they all regard themselves as the emperor's honor guard, standing a post or something like that, once the war starts, they can't put it on the table at all.

Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard this, Nanjing stayed behind, 50,000 regular troops, wouldn't it be necessary to send all the more than 50,000 Beijing Camp Praetorian Guards over to have a chance of victory!

Those people are already lawless, and Zhu Cijiong will naturally not let them go, but the battle of more than 100,000 people will definitely not end in a day or two, and they will definitely not be able to clean up the gang in Nanjing.

What if all the more than 50,000 Beijing Janissaries were transferred to clean up Zhao Wenlong, and Houjin took the opportunity to sneak attack the capital?