All of this is a game laid by Yang Zhen for Yan Huan and his Cao Gang!

Because the relationship between Yan Huan and the Huating Xu family has always been a mystery, and they were worried that if they retaliated against Yan Huan with the usual methods used in the rivers and lakes, they would cause dissatisfaction and interference from the government, so Luo Chengzhang and others accepted Yang Zhen's proposal to deal with Yan Huan and them with more concealed and targeted means. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After finding out the embarrassing situation of the Yangzhou Cao Gang, Yang Zhen dug such a big hole for them. used a large amount of silver as bait to induce Yan Huan to take a risky approach to the idea of official salt. and then bring them to justice on justifiable grounds. Among them, he can also use the power of the government to exterminate the Yanhuan party.

Moreover, this kind of robbery of official salt is almost a rebellion, even if Yan Huan has a big backer, no matter how close the relationship between the Xu family and him is, I am afraid that he will not dare to speak for him. At that time, the Cao Gang in Yanhuan and Yangzhou can be uprooted and never suffer in the future.

And the development of the facts is indeed as Yang Zhen expected. Because of the lack of funds in the gang, Yan Huan and his subordinates could not resist the temptation and lobbying of people with ulterior motives, and decided to attack those official salts shipped to the north.

But his thoughts and actions were completely unable to hide from Yang Zhen, who had already sent people to pay attention to all their actions. When Yan Huan offered to escort the salt merchants' ships for free in the name of the Cao Gang, Yang Zhen had already vaguely guessed his purpose. So he came up with a plan, let his Jinyi Wei Qianhu pretend to be a salt merchant, and broke away from the brigade to rush overnight to lure the snake out of the hole.

And in this way, it also bought a certain amount of time for his own family, and replaced the original ship with a large amount of salt for a ship with a lot of brocade guards. This is the result of the Jinyi Guard's big thieves on the canal and killing them all.

And when these guys fall into the hands of Jinyiwei, facing all kinds of cruel and varied punishments, no matter how loyal they are to Yan Huan, they can only explain everything at this time. This allowed Yang Zhen to have conclusive evidence in his hands, which was enough to justifiably make a move.

After listening to Yang Zhen's narration, Luo Chengzhang couldn't help but be a little stunned, and only looked at his son-in-law for a while and said, "Zhen'er, I didn't expect that in just a short period of time, you could actually get everything done." It seems that no matter how great Ren Na Yanhuan's ability is this time, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape the catastrophe. ”

In addition to sighing, he was also relieved. In the past, these people in the rivers and lakes have not taken the imperial court and government too seriously, and they feel that they are far away from the temple, and the court will take them seriously. But now he understands that compared with those officials who hold great power and have rich resources, the scheming and power of his gangster are too small.

Yang Zhen didn't know that his father-in-law still had such a fearful heart, so he just smiled: "Since he wanted to be my enemy before, he should be mentally prepared to be counterattacked by me." All of this is only to blame for his own greed, and he can't complain about anything else. By the way, the father-in-law, the son-in-law plans to rush to Yangzhou tomorrow to get him, so as not to have too many dreams at night. Where would you be interested in going together? ”

"Do you want to see Yan Huan's final fate?" Luo Chengzhang pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Although he tried to kill me several times, he is the heir of the old gang leader after all, and I really don't want to see him die with my own eyes." I won't go, and I'll leave everything to you. ”

Yang Zhen also understands his father-in-law's thoughts, after all, he is a Jianghu man who values love and righteousness, and he may feel embarrassed because of his old love. So he nodded: "Since this is the case, then let the son-in-law finish all this." At that time, the father-in-law will send someone to Yangzhou again to get all the affairs of the Cao Gang, so that the Cao Gang can be reunited. ”

In this regard, Luo Chengzhang naturally did not have any objections, and immediately agreed.

Next, the two sons-in-law chatted casually, and just as Yang Zhen was about to get up to say goodbye, he saw Hu Ge hurriedly walking outside the hall.

Because of Yang Zhen's current identity, the status of his powerful subordinates in the Cao Gang has also risen, although they are only outsiders, they can be unimpeded everywhere, and they don't need to be reported, so they came straight to the two of them.

Seeing this brother's somewhat anxious appearance, Yang Zhen was a little curious: "What's going on?" How did you get here? ”

"Your Excellency......" Hu Ge hurriedly saluted, and then explained his intention: "My subordinates are here to invite my lord back to receive the order." ”

"Order?" Yang Zhen was even more surprised at this time: "Didn't I tell Your Majesty for half a year's leave, this day hasn't come yet, why did I come to the Holy Decree?" However, Hu Ge in front of this question naturally couldn't answer it, Yang Zhen stood up at the same time as he spoke, and said to his father-in-law: "Father-in-law, since it is the will of the Son of Heaven, then the son-in-law must leave." ”

"Go ahead, take care of everything." Luo Chengzhang naturally didn't know much about these officialdom things, so he could only advise with concern.

More than half an hour later, Yang Zhen rode his horse to the Jinyi Wei Hangzhou Thousand Households, threw the stirrup and dismounted, and entered the gate, and then saw a dusty messenger in the lobby behind the wall, this person was actually he knew, it was Sun Hai's godson, and he was also the father-in-law of Ying Zhouying, who had gone out of the palace to warn Yang Zhen before.

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Yang Zhen's heart relaxed a little, and a smile appeared on his face, and before he entered the door, he bowed his hand to Ying Zhou again and again: "It's too late to come out of something else, but I told Father-in-law Ying that you have been waiting for a long time, forgive your sins." ”

Faced with Yang Zhen, the big leader of Jinyi Wei who could bring down Feng Bao and won the trust of the emperor and the close value of his godfather, Ying Zhou naturally did not dare to hold it up. Seeing him come in, he hurriedly put the tea bowl in his hand on a few places, quickly stood up, and returned the salute: "Lord Yang is serious." You're here to take a leave of absence, so we're bothering you. ”

"Haha, I don't dare to do anything if I say what Father-in-law says. By the way, what is the will? Yang Zhen snorted, and then quickly turned the topic to business.

Ying Zhou turned his face solemn at this time, put on the appearance of an angel announcing the decree, and said loudly: "There is a will." ”

Yang Zhen also habitually put his face on the board, and then knelt down as soon as he lifted the placket of his robe: "Minister Yang Zhen took the order...... "No way, although he is not used to kneeling with people casually, but this is the rule in this officialdom today." Fortunately, with his current position of power, few people are qualified to let him kneel.

Only then did Ying Zhou take out a piece of bright yellow silk and read it: "The system said: Today, Huating County ordered Peng Ze to sue the local wealthy Xu family for embezzling the fields, ignoring human life, and ignoring the laws of the country. The special Jinyi guard sent Yang Zhen to inspect and make a district, and admired this. ”

This will be a little shorter, but its content is very clear and very interesting. After listening to the will, Yang Zhen was stunned, and then remembered the etiquette, quickly kowtowed, said to obey the will, and then reached out to take the will from the other party's hand.

And after receiving the inconspicuous holy decree, Yang Zhen was stunned again, and sighed lightly: "This ...... Is it the middle purpose? ”

In the eyes of later generations and the vast majority of people in this era, the orders issued by the emperor were holy decrees, which officials must unconditionally obey or carry out, because they thought that the emperor was so high that there was no room for disrespect.

But this is not the case, not to mention other dynasties, just the Ming Dynasty, the emperor has to promulgate a will to be approved by the courtiers, the six branches of the corridor and the cabinet have this power, once you feel that the emperor's will is wrong, you can return it, called a refutation. And in daily government affairs, there are many such things.

When encountering such a situation, the emperor's heart must be quite unhappy, but he is helpless. So I don't know when it began, there was a kind of will that was sent out without the approval of these courtiers, which was called the middle decree, which was only the emperor's seal, but there was no important imperial court seal such as the cabinet.

In a sense, it is illegal, but because it is indeed the emperor's will, it depends on the officials' consciousness whether they do the errand according to the will or not. Of course, generally speaking, the officials who can be passed on by the emperor are people who are close to him, but he is not afraid that they will not do things with their hearts.

Yang Zhen has also been in the Ming officialdom for a few years, and he still knows a lot about this situation, so as soon as he saw this obviously very rudimentary will, he discovered the mystery.

Ying Zhou smiled reluctantly: "Yang Zhen caress his eyesight, this is indeed a central purpose." ”

However, with the relationship between Yang Zhen and the emperor, even if this is the central decree, it is impossible for him not to obey it, so he still nodded: "I will try my best to investigate." By the way, I wonder if Father-in-law Ying can tell me more details so that he can know what is going on? ”

"Actually, if you don't ask, Lord Yang, the slave and maid will also explain the matter to you, which is also what our godfather meant." Ying Zhou hurriedly agreed.

When Yang Zhen heard this, his heart was even more moved, knowing that the will this time was not simple. In fact, as long as you know that this matter is actually related to the Huating Xu family, you can know that this is not an easy errand to deal with.

Seeing that Ying Zhou was about to speak, Yang Zhen suddenly waved his hand and smiled: "Father-in-law, you came all the way from Beijing, and you must have suffered a lot of hardships on the way. Now that the will has been conveyed, let it go. Come on, prepare wine and food, I want to pick up the wind for my father-in-law. After many years of experience in officialdom, Yang Zhen is no longer the same as he was at the beginning, and he is also much more tactful in dealing with people.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard Yang Zhen's words and arrangements, Ying Zhou's face also showed a satisfied and happy smile. Although he didn't dare to say anything, looking at his appearance, he didn't mean to refuse. He really needs some good food and wine to comfort himself.