"Interesting! It's so much fun! I didn't expect that there were such rich and rival characters in this small Xuanfu rule, and I was a little strange when I fought with the Mongols before, why those Mongols' bows and arrows and armor were so sophisticated, no worse than my Ming soldiers, it turned out that these people were doing weird! In the private room on the top floor of a tall restaurant in the north city of Wucheng, Zhengde was drinking while looking at several mansions under the tall buildings, that is, the homes of Fan Yongdou and others.

"Your Majesty, the bottom brocade clothes and guards of these Jin merchants have been found out, these Jin merchants led by Fan Yongdou often trade with the Tatar royal court, and a considerable number of the goods traded are weapons and armor, in addition to the grain urgently needed on the grassland, in exchange for the Tatar acquiescence to their business in the grassland!" Qian Ning stood behind Zhengde, and was excitedly reporting to Zhengde what he had discovered.

Speaking of Zizi since he came to Xuanfu, Qian Ning rarely saw Zhengde, after all, he was just a Jinyi guard, not a soldier who did war, but Jiang Bin could mix with Zhengde every day, this time he finally seized the opportunity, and naturally wanted to perform well in front of Zhengde, so he almost checked the bottom of these Jin merchants in Wucheng clearly.

"Excellent! I almost died on the weapons made by these Jin merchants last time, but compared to my luck, those soldiers who died in battle were really wronged, did Shanxi do it? When Zhengde heard Qian Ning's report, his face was gloomy and hateful, if Zhou Zhong hadn't found out about it, he would probably still be kept in the dark.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, it is Wang Xun who personally led the troops to exterminate the family of the eight Jin merchants. It is said that these Jin merchants not only have weapon workshops at home, but also have a large number of courtyard thugs, plus they have bought off the local officials, so that these Jin merchants have already become the local overlords, but as long as Wang Xun's army arrives, these Jin merchant families do not resist It's okay, if they dare to resist, hehe, Wang Xun's Datong soldiers are afraid to make a fortune! Qian Ning reported with a sinister smile on his face, this time dealing with these Jin merchant families. It was out of his planning. And he also got Zhengde's approval, so he didn't have the slightest scruples about using the army this time.

"It's a good job, but you ask Wang Xun to restrain the soldiers of the border army, and I don't want them to take a penny. However, the eight Jin merchants are all rich and enemy countries. Their wealth is still of great use to the Ming Dynasty. So most of them have to be handed over to the treasury, if it is too much, he, the general soldier of Datong, will not want to do it! Zhengde also knew that the army would be used to raid the Jin Shang family. In the end, some of the benefits will definitely fall into the hands of the army, which is also a common problem of the army, at least there is no way to change it now, but Zhengde wants the ill-gotten wealth of these Jin merchants to be of great use, so he ordered Wang Xun to restrain some.

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister has already asked some Jinyiwei and Dongchang people to go to Wang Xun to supervise together, presumably no matter how tempting the wealth of the Jin merchants is, Wang Xun will not dare to take it!" Qian Ning really sold his strength this time, and thought about the whole thing very thoughtfully, after all, it is rare to seize an opportunity to perform, if Zhengde is not allowed to pay attention to himself again, then he will not be able to keep his position as the commander of the Jinyi Guard sooner or later.

"Haha~, okay, Qian Ning, you have done a good job, at the moment, there are only these Jin Shang minds left in Wucheng who have not been arrested, you must be careful, don't let one go!" Thinking of finally being able to eradicate this tumor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhengde couldn't help but feel very relieved, after he received the information sent by Zhou Zhong a month ago, he immediately asked Qian Ning to prepare to deal with these Jin merchants, and all the actions were in top secret, now it seems that the effect is good, at least now these Jin merchants are not aware of the abnormality, which shows that Qian Ning has also made great efforts.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your compliment, the minister has mobilized a large number of Jinyi guards from the capital, and now the entire Beicheng District has been surrounded, and we have received the exact news, today Fan Yongdou summoned the other seven Jin merchants to the Fan Mansion to discuss things, it just happened to be a good opportunity to wipe them out!" Qian Ning heard Zhengde's praise and reported again with a hundred times of energy.

"Very good, I'm just sitting here, watching you arrest the eight great Jin merchants, I want to see for myself these people, do they all have a black heart, and dare to do such an enemy's thing?" When Zhengde said the end, there was a hint of anger on his face again, if it weren't for these Jin merchants secretly providing weapons and food to the Mongols, the Ming would not have to face the suffering of the Mongols going south every year.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute, Weichen will go arrest someone!" Qian Ning turned around and was about to leave, but before he could walk out of the private door of the restaurant, he didn't expect that a brocade guard leader suddenly broke in in a hurry outside, and then whispered a few words to Qian Ning, but the more Qian Ning listened, the brighter his eyes became.

When the leader finished reporting and retreating, I saw Qian Ning turn around again and report to Zhengdeyu: "Your Majesty, Jinyiwei has just received the news that the eight major Jin merchants were just discussing how to deal with the imperial court's release of the ban on grassland trade, and in the end, these people reached an agreement, and they actually wanted to fund and support the horse thieves on the grassland, so that these horse thieves could rob the past caravans, so as to scare off those new caravans entering the grassland and keep their monopoly on the grassland business!" ”

"Shameless!" Zhengde slapped the table again, it was the first time he had seen such a shameless and disregard for human life, "Hurry up and arrest all these people and put them to death!" ”

Zhengde was also really angry, and even he felt that these Jin merchants were more hateful than those Mongols on the battlefield. But after Zhengde lost his temper, he was surprised to find that Qian Ning was still standing there, as if he had something to say, and at that moment Zhengde asked angrily: "What, Qian Ning, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Your Majesty, the reason why Jin Yiwei has such a clear control over the whereabouts of the eight Jin merchants is that some of the eight Jin merchants secretly surrendered to the imperial court, and it is he who constantly passes on the movements of the eight Jin merchants to us, so the ministers will know what they just discussed, although this person has also sold weapons to Mongolia and should be executed according to the law, but this time he also has merit, so the minister doesn't know how to deal with this person?" Channing bowed down to report.

Originally, Qian Ning wanted to catch everyone and then report this matter to Zhengde, the reason is that he accepted that person's money, and after he caught all the people, Qian Ning would give some credit to that person, and then use these credits to save that person's life, but now Zhengde wants to put everyone to death, if Qian Ning doesn't plead again, I'm afraid that person can only be executed, after all, Jun has no jokes, and when the holy decree is made, it is unlikely that he wants to change.

Hearing Qian Ning's words, Zhengde was also stunned, but he quickly said with a blank face: "Being able to surrender to the imperial court at this time shows that this person is still knowledgeable about current affairs, so let's do it, this person and his family can be spared, but all the family property will be confiscated!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister will do it!" When Qian Ning heard that Zhengde finally agreed to leave that person's life, he immediately retreated with a happy face, speaking of which Qian Ning is a bad character, but he has an advantage, that is, if he accepts other people's money, he will work hard to help others, which also makes his reputation in the officialdom much stronger than the previous Liu Jin.

Just when Qian Ning mobilized people to prepare to wipe out Fan Yongdou and others, there was a peaceful atmosphere in Fan's mansion, and after the eight Jin merchants agreed to support the horse thieves to fight other caravans, Fan Yongdou immediately ordered someone to prepare a banquet, after all, they usually rarely get together, and they naturally want to have a good time by solving a big trouble for everyone today.

The status of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty was low, in the early Ming Dynasty, the merchants were not even allowed to wear silk clothes, but in the Zhengde period, most of the prohibitions in the early Ming Dynasty were very relaxed, the merchants, especially some of the rich businessmen, their lives were luxurious, simply beyond the imagination of later generations, and the cost of a banquet was often as high as tens of thousands of taels, which could simply support a small-scale war.

In a huge pavilion in the back garden of Fan's mansion, the eight Jin merchants sat opposite each other, surrounded by the maiko and courtesans of Fan's mansion, and there were beautiful domestic prostitutes to accompany them, and the dishes on the wine table were also extremely luxurious, the seafood from all over the world gathered here, and even the fresh seafood that was very rare in the inland was also made into a delicacy by Fanfu and sent up.

There are singing and dancing to entertain people, there are beauties to accompany them, coupled with the wine and food in front of them, the eight Jin merchants led by Fan Yongdou are very happy, and even young people like Wang Dayu are even more profligate, and they move their hands and feet against the prostitutes around them, these prostitutes are originally used to serve people, so Fan Yongdou doesn't care at all.

However, just as the so-called happiness gives birth to sorrow, just when the eight Jin merchants were drinking and having fun, they suddenly heard a commotion in the front yard of Fan's Mansion, and then the people in the entire Fan's Mansion shouted and neighed, as if it had suddenly become a battlefield.

"What's going on?" Although Fan Yongdou drank a lot of wine, he was very angry when he heard the strange noise at home. He didn't think that anyone in his house would dare to break in, but he thought that there might be a problem with the horses raised in the house, so it caused the noise in front, and he was feasting here, if he disturbed everyone's interest because of such a trivial matter, his face would not look good.

However, as soon as Fan Yongdou's words fell, the noise in the front yard had begun to spread to the inner house of Fan's mansion, and there were even many screams of female dependents, and then they heard a rush of footsteps outside the garden, and then a team of brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives rushed into the garden. (To be continued......)