Chapter 509: Overnight in Kaifeng
The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, although it belongs to the same solar term from west to east, but along the way, it seems to go through three seasons.
After the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the climate begins to warm, and the further north you go, the weather is as cold as a day.
In order not to delay the trip, when Ye Xun went down to the plateau for the first time, he had already asked Xiao Luo and Yun Niang to take Xiao Ru first.
The New Year is approaching, and there is one word to describe Ye Xun's thoughts, that is, to return to his heart like an arrow.
But despite Ye Xun's superb internal skills, there must always be a time to rest, right?
When Xiao Luo and his party arrived in Kaifeng, Ye Xun finally caught up from behind, and then ordered a day off, at this speed, they could rush to the capital in two more days, and there was no need to rush so desperately.
As Ye Xun stopped, reports from all sides also came.
Ye Xun first took He Guangxian's report, because of religious beliefs in Tibet, it can be said that the difficulty of governance is far greater than that of Shuzhong, so although Ye Xun left, he has been thinking about it in his heart.
Because the journey is so far away, the report about the Tibetan area can only be transmitted once every three days, but the eagle letter can be transmitted every day, but the content of the eagle letter is too small after all.
It can be said that the bloody massacre of Tanjin Wangpo and others before played a certain warning role, especially once the proclamation of the abolition of serfdom was posted, although there were contradictory nobles and monasteries, first, with the cooperation of Ngawang Lobsang, and secondly, the previous killings did kill some restless people.
And most importantly, as the news spreads more and more, more and more slaves have come to He Guangxian on their own and ask for the protection of the army.
For He Guangxian, this situation can be said to be unwanted, and he immediately sent troops to protect these serfs who took the initiative to stand up, and at the same time sent troops to suppress those nobles who were still stubborn.
Based on this information, Ye Xun's heart gradually relaxed, I have to say that he chose the right person, if this matter is replaced by Cao Bianjiao, I am afraid that there will be a big mess, because this kid is easier to kill.
Put down the Tibetan recital, the second recital came from Jiangnan, Cheng Yu has always been Ye Xun's most trusted person, and this trust began in Liaodong.
Jiangnan has always been an important place for the imperial court's taxes, whether it is industrial and commercial or agricultural trade, are very developed, especially after the opening of the sea ban, the commercial development is a thousand miles a day, half a year, planed out the silver taels needed for naval construction, and still paid more than 3 million taels of silver to the imperial court, and this is just the beginning.
You must know that when Ye Xun was just rising in Liaodong, the total annual income of the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was only four or five million taels, and now Jiangnan only has a sea trade, and it takes half a year to complete the income of most of the previous half a year, which is not counting the income of Liaodong Bay.
It can be said that the entire development situation in Jiangnan is very good, and the first treasure ship of Longjiang Bao Shipyard has been assembled, and the first sea trial will be carried out after the Spring Festival, and it is hoped that Ye Xun can come to participate in person.
Okay, it's time to talk about the problem, some landlords and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River disobeyed the new land policy of the imperial court, these people colluded with the local government, first pretended to divide the land to the people, and when the imperial court inspectors left, they immediately took back the land, and in order to appease the people, they also appropriately reduced the land rent of the people.
After Cheng Yu learned of the situation, he really dealt with some officials who violated discipline, but the officialdom in Jiangnan was too large, and the officials were intertwined and the officials protected each other, which made Cheng Yu feel that he had nowhere to go.
After reading this report, Ye Xun's brows tightened again, the biggest problem in Jiangnan is the Xu family, the father and son of the Xu family have repeatedly found someone to plot against themselves, and they have repeatedly endured them again and again for the sake of Jiangnan's stability, they are obedient to themselves on the surface, but they have intensified in secret, and have even begun to obstruct the new deal, it seems that it is time to teach them a lesson.
There are many newspapers, including those from Liaodong, some from the grasslands, and some from Korea and Japan, but none of the above contents are important.
took a cursory look at it, and when Ye Xun saw the report that King Xin had been kidnapped, Ye Xun couldn't help but be stunned.
Strictly speaking, compared with other intelligence, Zhu Youzhen's disappearance is really not a big deal, after all, his age is there, and he doesn't have the strength to make waves, but why is such a seemingly useless person missing?
Ye Xun still agrees with Hu Jiucheng's handling method, because no matter who kidnaps Zhu Youzhen, he must think that he has use value, and if the court has already announced that this person is dead, then no matter who brings Zhu Youzhen out in the future, the court can deny it on the grounds that the other party is fake.
The skills of the Japanese samurai, who did not say a word during the period, were able to disappear without a trace in the Daming Jingshi afterwards, from these points, it is enough to explain the problem.
Obviously, there has always been a hidden force against Ye Xun in the capital.
The army is cleaned, and the princes and nobles are almost cleaned up, even if some of the ministers don't like Ye Xun, they don't have the ability to fight Ye Xun, so who will it be?
He shook his head with a wry smile, it's hard to be a good person, but is it easy to be a bad person? If all those who have offended remember it, they must not die of exhaustion!
Unconsciously, the sky was dark again, in fact, the reason why Ye Xun chose to rest in Kaifeng was mainly to let his subordinates rest, although he was also a little tired, but he didn't have to stop.
Anywhere in the Ming Dynasty, there is a post station specially prepared for court officials, if there are not so many guards around, Ye Xun will definitely go to the guest house, there are too many officials coming and going at the post station, and it is inevitable that there will be some officials who want to take the opportunity to get close.
Resting at this post station, Ye Xun did not report his name, but just asked Koermu to go to register and negotiate.
Although the post manager of the post station didn't see Ye Xun, the sign of the West Factory was enough to scare him half to death, especially seeing that the leader of Kormu, who was respectful to several men and women, he didn't dare to slack off, and he waited very well in terms of food.
After handling official business, he stretched his waist, Ye Xun also planned to rest early, and he had to hurry tomorrow.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise outside, and then someone shouted "Kill!" ...”
The post station is very large, Ye Xun and his party live in the west courtyard, and there are many courtyards in the east and back, and the sound should come from the east.
Ye Xun couldn't help frowning, everyone knows that the post station is opened by the government, and there is a murder case here, isn't it for himself?
It seems unlikely to think about it, he is in a hurry, and it is impossible for others to know his whereabouts except for a few henchmen.
Thinking of this, he pushed open the door and said to the guards outside, "Go and see what's going on!" ”
The guard said yes and walked away quickly.
The guards were very quick to do things, and they turned back in a short time, but their faces were a little solemn.
"Father-in-law, the East Courtyard is home to three officials and masters from the Liaodong Arsenal who were transferred to Jiangnan, and for some reason, they were all killed in the room"
This guard has also been with Ye Xun since he was in Liaodong, and of course he knows what it means that the official master of the Liaodong Arsenal was killed...