As soon as the morning dawned, the soldiers who searched the Zeng clan mansion spread the news that nearly one million taels of silver ingots, 20,000 taels of gold, and countless jewels and jade were found in the underground warehouse of the Zeng clan mansion.

After dawn, the news that Zeng Xiulin was arrested and Zeng's mansion was raided spread far and wide, Zeng Xiulin had been an official in Chengdu Mansion for many years, prices had soared, the people's taxes were heavy, and the people's grievances had been deep, and the news of his arrest made everyone in Chengdu Mansion applaud, especially the huge wealth that had been copied has become the focus of discussion among all parties in Chengdu Prefecture.

Early in the morning, the transfer envoy Zhang Ji rushed to the government to surrender and confess, Li Yanqing did not embarrass him, invited him to sit down in the inner hall, Zhang Ji was the governor of Hezhou, Zhao Kai was deposed two years ago before he took over as the Chengdu Fulu transfer envoy, he himself has little to do with Zeng Xiulin's case, but he shielded Zeng Xiulin and concealed the court for Zeng Xiulin, which is his major negligence.

"Zhang Zhijun did have a major dereliction of duty in the case of Zeng Xiulin's unauthorized taxation, which is undeniable, and a certain amount of culpability must be admitted, but the size of the culpability depends on Zhang Envoyjun's attitude, if I can cooperate with the Jingluo Mansion to handle the Zeng case, then I can intercede for Zhang Zhijun, although it will be light, of course, if you continue to fight against the case, continue to shield Zeng Xiulin, and conceal the responsibility for him, then Zhang Zhijun will also become the main culprit in this case, which is more important, please Zhang Yuanjun choose for himself!"

Li Yanqing spoke very politely, and his tone was as soft as possible, but the content of his words was very heavy, Zhang Ji wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said sincerely: "The humble position is not willing to collude with Zeng Xiulin, and he has done a lot of things against his will before and is also forced, Zeng Xiulin's power in Bashu is too strong, and those who dare to argue with him will not end well, and the humble position can only wait for the opportunity. ”

After speaking, he handed over a thick stack of documents to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing flipped through it, and Xu Qinghui also gave him a record of exposing Zeng Qinglin's crimes, which was similar to what Zhang Ji said.

Li Yanqing nodded, and said to Zhang Ji: "Xu Tongju also wrote an indictment against Zeng Xiulin's various crimes, I suggest that he change it to a fold and report it directly to the court, and you are the same, change it to a fold and report it to the court, so that you can clear up a lot of things, in addition, if you have any improper income related to the sale of tea, wine and salt in the past two years, please hand it over to the government immediately, and I will not pursue it." ”

Zhang Ji was awe-inspiring in his heart, he suddenly understood Li Yanqing's true purpose, Cha Zeng Xiulin was just a means, his real goal was the reform of the tea and wine sales system, no wonder he would bring Zhao Kai with him.

"There is no improper income from the lowly position, but the lowly brother has also opened a brewing shop, and he has made a lot of wine money in the past two years, what should I do?"

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment, this Zhang Ji is a fellow villager of Deputy Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei, and the two are also sons and daughters, Zeng Xiulin was originally to win over Zhu Shengfei, who was then a servant of the Ministry of Officials, to recommend Zhang Ji as a transfer envoy, and if he wants to achieve his goal, he can't put the attack too big, and Zhang Ji has quickly stood in line with himself, assisting him in fighting Zeng Xiulin, and he should be protected.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing said with a smile: "This income is not obtained by bribery, but a loophole in the system that makes some people get rich quickly, I will plug this loophole in the future, let your brother improve his wine-making skills, and in the future, he will have to rely on his skills to eat." ”

Li Yanqing's implication was not to pursue the past, Zhang Ji breathed a sigh of relief, he knew in his heart that this was because he had taken refuge in Li Yanqing in time, the Zeng family would not be so lucky, and the benefits obtained in the past were estimated to be recovered with interest.

At this time, the soldier reported in the hall: "Qi Yu is the capital, General Yan has urgent news to report." ”

"Let him in!"

Li Yanqing said to Zhang Ji again: "Go back and write a recital immediately, the sooner the better, it is best to report in duplicate, one to the imperial court, and the other to Zhang Yushi, I will intercede for you in the final report and try to exonerate you." ”

Zhang Ji was grateful in his heart, and left with a thousand thanks, at this time, Yan Qing hurriedly walked up to the hall, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Qiyu Dutong, the brothers who are monitoring the Zeng family have sent a message, the Zhuang Ding of the Zeng family is rapidly assembling, I am afraid that they will come to Chengdu to rob people." ”

Li Yanqing sneered, the Zeng family is really talented! Lest Zeng Xiulin not die, he is still thinking about the excuse for Jing Zhaojun to go south, won't this be sent to the door?

He immediately said to Yan Qing: "Let them come, and when they are killed under the city of Chengdu, they will annihilate me in one fell swoop." ”

Yan Qing suddenly understood, Du Tong hoped that the Zeng family would make things bigger, and he said in a low voice: "Either you will preach for them in the city and preach for them, and the people will know that the Zeng family's army is coming." ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "This is not your business, you just need to pass on the information and prepare for the battle in time, and the affairs in the city will be arranged by the government." ”

Yan Qing knew that she was reckless, and hurriedly admitted her mistake, "Humble and wrong!" ”

"Go ahead! Keep me informed of their movements. ”

"Obey!"

Yan Qing left in a hurry, and Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Please come to see me!" ”

After a while, Xu Qingwei hurried over and saluted: "Please be instructed by the envoy!" ”

"Xu Tongju, I'm afraid there is something a little troublesome, and I may need your assistance."

"What's the matter? Please be instructed to do so. ”

Li Yanqing sighed and said: "I didn't expect the Zeng family to be so frustrated, I just got the news that the Zeng family is gathering Zhuang Ding, I'm afraid they will come to Chengdu Mansion to rob people." ”

"What!"

Xu Qinghui was stunned, "Is the Zeng family crazy?" ”

"The Zeng family is not crazy, they trained a large number of Zhuang Ding I'm afraid it's just for this day, now the Xiang army on Chengdu Fulu has gone north to send grain, I only have five hundred soldiers under my command, the situation is very critical, I want to immediately recruit 10,000 militia groups in the city to defend the city, I don't know if it's feasible?"

Xu Qinghui is so shrewd, he immediately realized that Li Yanqing was ready to make a fuss about this matter, once the Zeng family Zhuang Ding was killed, it would be confirmed that the Zeng family had rebelled, and the so-called recruitment of the militia was just to make a noise, or to make an excuse for the Jingzhao army to go south.

"There should be no problem, there are millions of people in Chengdu Mansion alone, and almost every household has a sword, so as long as those who have military experience are recruited, let them bring their own weapons."

"Then this matter will be handed over to the various security guards in the city to do, they are familiar with the situation of each family, and they will be able to complete the recruitment soon."

"Xiaguan will arrange it!"

Xu Qinghui hurriedly went down, Li Yanqing came to the front of the lobby steps with his hands in his hands, looked at the gloomy sky, and said to himself: "Let the storm come more violently!" ”

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Zeng Xiulin was arrested, and the news that the Zeng family's mansion in Chengdu was raided was transmitted to the Zeng clan mansion in Chongning County after an hour through a pigeon letter, which made the Zeng mansion up and down, and the first tiger Zeng Huaiwu, the second tiger Zeng Huaiqiang, and the third tiger Zeng Huaibiao among the ten tigers of Zengmen strongly requested to lead Zeng's family Zhuang Ding to Chengdu Mansion to rescue Zeng Xiulin, while another group of people led by Zeng Xiulin's cousin Zeng Huaiyu advocated the transfer of property and rushed to the capital to open up relations.

Six tigers Zeng Huai was killed, three hundred Zhuang Ding were slaughtered by the Song army in their sleep, 50,000 taels of gold were robbed, and everything broke through the bottom line of the Zeng family, and finally the Zeng clan reached a consensus to rescue Zeng Xiulin in the least influential way, so as not to be killed by Li Yanqing, and at the same time let Zeng Huaiyu rush to the capital with 10,000 taels of gold to open up relations.

The Ten Tigers of Zengmen are not all of the same generation, the first three tigers are the elders, the last seven tigers are the younger generations, the Xiaotian Tiger Zeng Huaiwu, the Sea Tiger Zeng Huaiqiang and the Cloud Swallowing Tiger Zeng Huaibiao are the leaders of the Ten Tigers of Zengmen, and they are also the leaders of the Zeng family's armed family.

For the three of them, the clan elder meeting of the family actually has no meaning, before the clan elder council made a decision, Zeng Huaiwu ordered the family members of each manor to urgently assemble in Chongning County, regardless of whether the other clansmen of the family oppose it or not, they must take someone to the head of the family, Zeng Xiulin, to snatch it back.

But the only thing they need to convince is Zeng Xiulin's third brother Zeng Xiufang, Zeng Xiufang holds the financial power of the Zeng family, and Zeng Huaiwu needs silver to reward the army, so he must get Zeng Xiufang's support.

"Third brother, I am calmer than ever before, no matter whether we fight or not, Li Yanqing will never let go of the head of the family, and will never let go of the Zeng family, the killing in Minghe Villa has already proved his determination......."

Zeng Huaiwu is about forty years old, and he is actually in the hands of the Zeng family's armed family, and the reason why Zeng Xiulin asked him to master the Zeng family's armed forces is mainly because of his decisiveness, and he can make major decisions at critical moments.

Of course, Zeng Xiulin's major decision refers to the fact that when the Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin State, Zeng Huaiwu was able to resolutely support his establishment of the Zeng Dynasty in Bashu, but today's Zeng Huaiwu's decision is to mobilize all the forces of the Zeng family to confront Li Yanqing.

In fact, Zeng Huaiwu is not stupid, he knows that the head of the family will not survive, and the Zeng family will be deprived of everything.

"Third brother, now is our only chance, Li Yanqing only has hundreds of people in his hands, as long as we can take back the family master, and then get the support of the Emperor, our Zeng family still has a chance to turn the tables, otherwise you and I will end up miserable."

Zeng Xiufang sighed, "Do you know what it means to lead troops to Chengdu?" ”

"I know, the winner is the king, the loser is the coward, we win, that is the Qingjun side, and the head of the family will become the new Sanchuan Economic Envoy."

"But what if we lose?"

"Third brother, even if we don't send troops, the result is the same, we have a thousand soldiers, and we have so many armor and crossbows, this is the evidence of rebellion, in Li Yanqing's eyes, what is the difference between sending troops and not sending troops?"

Zeng Xiufang was shocked, Zeng Huaiwu said again: "We are not without a chance of winning, third brother, don't forget, we still have a secret army in Chengdu Mansion, led by Uncle Ning, they are currently hiding in the city, and they will cooperate with us inside and outside, I believe there will be a chance." ”

After a long time, Zeng Xiufang finally nodded, "Okay!" I don't care about you, you can open your mouth as much as you want, if you want to take a risk, then go for it! ”

Zeng Huaiwu wants this sentence, if you want the soldiers to work hard for themselves, the incentive of money must be indispensable, "I want 70,000 taels of silver!" "Zeng Huai Wudao.

Zeng Xiufang took out a jade plate and handed it to him, "With this jade plate, you can withdraw 100,000 taels of silver." ”

Zeng Huaiwu took the jade plaque and turned around and left quickly.

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In the afternoon, Zeng Huaiwu rewarded 700 heavily armed family members, and then took the other Zengmen Eight Tigers and 700 soldiers to kill in the direction of Chengdu Mansion.......