Liu Sangen's address was on a quiet street, and when he arrived, he turned into an alley and stopped in front of a gate where the Yangzhou Hall was hung.

"Is this your rudder?" Besides, after getting out of the car, I took a closer look at the outside of this hall.

"No, this is just a foothold for friends and fellow villagers from Yangzhou." Liu San said with a smile.

The two of them walked in, and the servants all knew Liu Sangen, and when they saw him come in, they all bowed down and stood aside.

"It's very well built here, which shows that your gang is making a lot of money." Besides, I looked around as I walked, and it was not a small amount of money to build such a guild hall in Beijing.

"It's not our family's, the salt merchants in Yangzhou also made a lot of money, but it's under our management."

The two gossiped and went to one of the rooms inside.

There was a man inside who was sitting drinking tea, and when he saw them come in, he hurriedly stood up and said, "But what about it?" ”

Liu San bowed down and said, "Big dragon head, this is Lord Guo, my subordinates have invited you." ”

Moreover, looking at that person, who was only thirty-five or sixteen years old, there was an aura of recklessness and heroism.

"Your Excellency is the big dragon head, I haven't seen it in Fengyang back then." Besides, he laughed.

Although he only glanced at it, he was sure that it was not the big dragon head he had seen in Fengyang, and it was really a replacement.

"The grass people, Zhuo Maolin, bow to the lord." The great dragon head stepped forward to bow down.

Besides, he hurriedly grabbed him and said with a smile: "Big dragon head, if you want to make friends with me sincerely, don't come to this set, you should know that I hate these forms the most." ”

Zhuo Maolin said with a smile: "What you saw at the beginning was my master, my master was tired of the disputes in the rivers and lakes, and retired to enjoy happiness, and this stall was handed over to me." Although my master and Master Kuang were only one-sided, they were shocked, saying that Master Kuang would soar into the sky when he became an adult, and it was fulfilled. ”

Besides, he smiled bitterly: "What am I doing, I just want to stay on the ground, isn't this being forced to be in this position, who wants to do this if there is a way." ”

Zhuo Maolin and Liu Sangen both smiled, obviously they knew all the circumstances and knew that he was telling the truth.

Liu San quietly retreated, and only Guo and Zhuo Maolin were left in the house.

"There must be something important for the big dragon head to enter Beijing in such an extraordinary period, right?" Besides, get straight to the point.

"Indeed, I have a top-secret message, which is very important, so after thinking about it, I'd better tell you." Zhuo Maolin said with a solemn face.

"Sit down and talk slowly." Besides, he stretched out his hand.

"Haha, I forgot, I'm the master, rude and rude." Zhuo Maolin smiled.

"Let's not be polite about this, what's the important information?"

After sitting down across from each other, he asked.

"Besides, do you know that two important figures from the White Lotus Sect have entered Beijing?" Zhuo Maolin asked.

"Of course I know, now the imperial court is doing its best to arrest them." Besides.

"Capture them? Hard. They are not sure that they will not take risks. That's what I'm talking about the purpose of their trip. Zhuo Maolin Road.

"Are they coming for me?"

"Of course not, they don't send such a strong squad for personal vendettas. I also got this top-secret news by chance, and I was the only one in the gang who could see it, so I hurried here to report the situation. Zhuo Maolin Road.

"What the hell is the news?" Besides, the appetite is full of hanging.

"They came to Beijing this time to negotiate with the powerful families in the capital." Zhuo Mao Lin Road.

"Oh." Moreover, he was not surprised by this, and the bigwigs of the Qinwang faction also made the same judgment.

"They have made enough bets this time to persuade those powerful families to cooperate with them, cooperate with the outside world, and admonish the emperor with military advice."

"Soldiers?" Besides, I didn't understand.

"It's a soldier's advice. Their idea was to break through the border pass again, all the way to the city of Beijing, and then the powerful families in the city would use all their strength to paralyze Beijing's city defenses, delay the Qin Wang's divisions in various places, and force the emperor to sign an alliance with the Tatars and the White Lotus Sect when there were no rescue troops outside and the city defense was paralyzed. It is said that some marshals and some generals at the border pass were also rebelled by them. ”

"What?!" Besides, the news is too important, and it is too dangerous for the imperial court.

"My people only know this, which powerful families are involved in the plot, and which generals have been rebelled, these are not clear. However, this time the border will not be saved, this is certain. Zhuo Maolin said with a heavy face.

"Is the message infallible?" Besides, he actually already knew it in his heart.

"Absolutely reliable, for this news, this gang has lost thirteen people, all of whom are good at one in a hundred. Although we are smugglers of salt, we also have the heart of patriotism and serving the country. We don't want the country to be in turmoil, and we don't want to see the people living in misery. Zhuo Maolin said emotionally.

"Thank you, Brother Zhuo, if this news is true, I appreciate it, and the sea toll will be halved in the future." Besides, bow down.

"Thank you, Lord Kuang, but one yard is one yard, this is not a sale, it's just a little spirit that we should have as citizens, it's okay to break the law, but it's definitely not okay to commit treason." Zhuo Mao Lin Road.

Besides, the heart is hot, and the smugglers have this kind of patriotic feelings, which is much stronger than many of the corpse vegetarian officials in the imperial court.

"Do you know what conditions the Tatar and White Lotus churches put forward?" And then he asked.

"This is no secret for a long time, the Tatars want to open a mutual market with the imperial court, fair trade, and the White Lotus Sect asks the emperor to cancel the pursuit and persecution of them, and grant them the legal right to preach in the interior." Zhuo Mao Lin Road.

"So what do the powerful families want? They all made their fortunes on the state and the imperial court, what is in their interest in selling the country? "Besides, I don't understand.

"Of course, it is a sale, after the opening of the mutual market, they basically monopolized the business with the outside of the Saiwai, tea, salt and iron, grain, silk and satin were sold to the outside of the Saiwai, and the horses, cattle and sheep, wool and various animal skins, as well as rare medicinal materials and jewelry, etc., the benefits are endless. Now they are also doing business with Saiwai, but the scale is too small, and the profits are not enough to satisfy their desires. ”

"These damn bastards, all of them deserve to be exterminated." Besides, he was in a hurry, and suddenly he was angry.

Businessmen pursue profits, and the powerful will also pursue profits, but no matter how they pursue profits, the bottom line of the country cannot be broken, and it is no longer difficult to make a fortune by betraying the country to seek wealth.

"I've got to go back right now and find a way to stop them. Brother Zhuo be careful here, if the wind is not in the right direction, ventilate in time, and you can hide with me temporarily. "Besides, I can't stand up to it.

"It's okay, even though the adults are busy, although I am a small person, it is not so easy for anyone to want my life." Zhuo Maolin smiled heartily.

"That's good." Besides, he hurriedly walked out, and after getting in the car, he ordered to go straight to Zhang Juzheng's mansion.

Zhang Juzheng had just returned from the yamen and was discussing some affairs with his staff, and when he heard that he was coming, he was slightly surprised.

Besides, I come often, but lately I always come at night, and it's rare to come so early.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Juzheng saw it in the study.

Besides, he didn't have to say anything, and directly told the news that Zhuo Maolin told him.

"What, soldier? This is treason. Zhang Juzheng was also furious when he heard it.

"Where did you get this information, is it accurate?" Zhang Juzheng asked again.

"Exactly, but the person who provided the information only told me in good faith that they didn't want to cooperate with the court, and I couldn't name them. In addition, this kind of information cannot be confirmed for the time being. Besides.

"Well, as long as the message is accurate." Zhang Juzheng knew that some friends in the rivers and lakes were not small, and these people often did some illegal and forbidden things, so they were naturally unwilling to cooperate with the imperial court.

"The border generals have actually been rebelled, which is worse than the rebellion of the powerful family." Besides.

"You're wrong, it doesn't matter if those generals are plotted against them, it doesn't matter if a border pass is breached, if these powerful families really participate in the plot, the general situation will not be good." Zhang Juzheng gasped.

"Is it really so powerful, my lord, is there really a powerful family in the capital?" Besides, he asked.

"Of course you are, aren't you also a powerful person now?" Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.

"I ......" and smiled bitterly, what kind of powerful person is this?

However, with his recent domineering, it can be regarded as a powerful behavior, and it can even be said that the powerful do not dare to be so public.

"How did you find out about these things again? You've done it again. There's no way, you can write a note here right away, write the situation in, and I'll discuss it with Gao Xiang, and ask the emperor to summon me in the evening or tomorrow morning." Zhang Juzheng said.

Besides, he still smiled bitterly, indeed, the matter of the three assassins, the matter of the White Lotus teaching people to enter the capital, and this matter, he reported to the court first.

After he sat down, he calmed down first, and then wrote a letter in Gong Kai, Zhang Juzheng nodded after reading it: "Well, it seems that you don't need to find someone to transcribe it in the future, you can save a sum of money." ”

Besides, laughing, can you save this kind of expense, that's too picky. He's just used to writing in small letters, but it meets the standards of the upper fold, and it's out of the standard.

"I'm not going to entertain you for dinner, I'll have to leave right away." After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he sent him out, and then ordered the chariot and horse entourage to visit Gao Gong immediately.

In many major matters, Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong are still of the same mind, and their opinions are often strikingly similar.

Besides, after coming out, he didn't go home, but went to Liu Shouyou again and told him about it.

"Lord Zhang has gone to see Lord Gao, maybe tonight or tomorrow morning, I will ask the emperor to summon him to study this matter, do we also have to change the focus of surveillance and monitor those powerful families in the capital."

Liu Shouyou's face suddenly became more bitter than that of Coptis chinensis, and he muttered: "How does this involve the powerful family, this matter is not easy to do, it is too tricky." ”

"If there's anything unpleasant, monitor them closely, and as long as they find signs of collusion with the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, arrest them immediately." Besides, he was murderous.

He didn't hate the White Lotus Sect before, but when he heard that they were going to collude with the powerful families in the capital to carry out military admonitions against the emperor, he was really angry.

"That's not the case, the problem ......" Liu Shou grinned, as if his teeth were broken.