Chapter 172: A Trip to Shaanxi 3
"Liu Yuanwai, although this Luo Yangxing and Li Shuo both left Chang'an and went to the north, I still can't rest assured, otherwise, don't count me as one of them this time." Miao Yilong spoke in a very small voice, lest the wall have ears, of course, this kind of head killing charge, it is not surprising to be so careful.
"Outside the seedlings, this is your fault, usually, you are very positive, what's wrong now." Liu Wei looked down on this Miao Yilong a little, thinking that he was as timid as a mouse, how could he make a fortune.
"It's not the same time now, haven't you heard? After this, the Jin capital has been defeated, I heard my friend who was an official in the Yamen said that the imperial court is preparing to attack Liaodong and recover the whole territory, at this critical juncture, if we are caught, we will collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, and if we don't get it, we will punish the nine clans, you and I are big families, we must be very careful, but we dare not capsize in the gutter, Liu Yuanwai. “
Liu Wei chuckled: "Outside the Miao Yuan, Miao is in charge, your heart, you really think too much, even if you win a small victory, will the imperial court have the strength to recover the whole Liao?" Even if the Jurchens are defeated, what do they have to do with us, we are only doing some small business, how can we have the ability to mix up national affairs, who knows? “
On the one hand, Liu Wei really did not believe that the Jurchens would lose to the Liaodong Army, on the other hand, Liu Wei was also confident, even if the Jurchens were defeated by the Liaodong Army, they were just businessmen who did their duty, how could the imperial court investigate them, and the transactions with the Jurchens were not accounted for, and the Jurchens had no records, which was also a requirement of Shaanxi businessmen.
"Alas, Liu Yuanwai, for some reason, I am really a little restless, I also know that the Jurchens have suffered such a big defeat, and they need these things even more, and it has become inevitable to take goods, and I came to look for you at this time, just to seek peace of mind." Of course, Miao Yilong knew how much the Jurchens needed this material, and if they didn't take the goods, it would be small to cut off the trade route, and it might also lead to death.
"Liu guarantees that there will be no accident, and Miao can rest assured." Liu Wei said a little tirelessly, the business they do is the business of killing heads, and the most taboo thing is to be discovered, and this Miao Yilong kept saying that he was restless, which made Liu Wei feel uncomfortable.
After sending Miao Yilong away, Liu Wei began to write letters to merchants throughout Shaanxi, asking them to prepare supplies, gather together, and go out of the customs in three ways.
But Liu Wei and the rest of the merchants didn't know that Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Dezhang had already been eyeing them, and among the Liu Mansion, there was a manager of the bookkeeper, who had long been coerced by the government as an internal response, and this bookkeeper was the core personnel of the management of the Liu Mansion, so when Liu Wei began to let people complete the goods, the government got the news as soon as possible.
At this time, Li Shuo and Luo Yangxing were still inspecting the state capital.
Along the way, Luo Yangxing also knew what Li Shuo was worried about?
The imperial court spared no effort to treat the disaster relief in Shaanxi and appointed virtuous officials, but the disaster in Shaanxi was indeed too big, most of the people were yellow and thin, and the porridge shed was open every day, and the victims could not eat enough every day, just to maintain normal living needs, this is not to say, the government is stingy, just because no one knows how long this disaster will last, and the government's grain stocks must be planned and cannot be excessively distributed.
After Li Shuo received the secret letter sent by Cao Dezhang, he did not return to Chang'an Mansion, because he knew that Cao Dezhang and Lu Xiangsheng had captured these profiteers, which could be said to be handy, not to mention that they had made arrangements in advance and figured out their transportation routes.
Although Li Shuo did not go back, Luo Yangxing was the emperor's personal envoy, who specially supervised the Shaanxi government to solve the case, so he took advantage of the night to return to Chang'an City.
On the second day, Li Shuo, accompanied by the prefect, continued to inspect the disaster relief situation, and when the officials asked about Commander Luo, Li Shuo only replied that yesterday Commander Luo was an envoy who was accidentally cold and could not inspect it together today.
Li Shuo has been coming to Shaanxi for more than a year, although he has long found out that the businessman is collaborating with the enemy, but there has been no ironclad evidence, and he has endured so far, and today the prey is in front of him, but Li Shuo's heart is very calm.
He once witnessed the indispensable Wei Zhongxian's rebellion and death, and ended in disgrace, and in this year of grinding in Shaanxi, Li Shuo has long been more mature, and he looks at things so one-sidedly when he was in Beijing, he understands that the court situation controlled by Wei Zhongxian looks extremely dark and has created many unjust cases, but looking deeper, it is not difficult to find that most of the policies implemented by the eunuch party are aimed at the people.
Take Shaanxi as an example, the previous Cao Dezhang was a member of the eunuch party, Cao Dezhang has excellent ability, and has a heart loyal to the country, but why, it is related to the eunuch party, to put it bluntly, he was squeezed by the Donglin party in the court, and he had no strength to stand up at this time, Wei Zhongxian threw an olive branch to him, and Cao Dezhang, who was forced to be helpless, could only vote for him, but when he arrived within the eunuch party, he found one thing, the eunuch party did not interfere much with him, because of the support of the eunuch party in the court, Cao Dezhang gradually mastered the management of Shaanxi, and also did some good things for the people.
It is not difficult to find that although Wei Zhongxian is greedy, he is born poor and understands the people better, so although the government during the Apocalypse is dark, the world is very calm, and in the Chongzhen period, Chongzhen chose to be cabinet ministers with great prestige in Shilin, but these people represent the interests of the gentry, turning the world of the Ming Dynasty upside down, Li Shuo saw this matter very thoroughly, he understood that the emperor also saw through this, so after Wei Zhongxian's death, he did not convict him, In this way, the unjust cases in the Apocalypse period could not be reversed, and the Donglin Party group was isolated in politics, and the external forces of the Eunuch Party were preserved, so that they could still confront the Donglin Party in the local area.
If the emperor wants to take back the rights of the emperor, to revive Chaogang, and to make hundreds of officials submit, Wei Zhongxian can only die.
Thinking of this, Li Shuo was even more convinced that this Zhu Youzhen was a rare Ming monarch in a century, and he had infinite expectations in his heart that the Ming Dynasty, who went to the West seven times, conquered Mongolia five times, and aided Korea three times, would be able to reappear in the world.
For this reason, Li Shuo is willing to pay for his life, so even if Liu Wei and other illegal businessmen smuggle and collaborate with the enemy, in Li Shuo's view, it is not as good as disaster relief, so this time Li Shuo brought Wei Zhongxian to the hard-hit area to inspect, or because he was concerned about the victims, and brought Luo Yangxing to the palace, hoping that after Luo Yangxing returned to the palace, he could inform the emperor of what he had seen and heard.