In the capital of the Ming Dynasty, in terms of the magnificence of the house, the first place is definitely the royal family that owns the entire Forbidden City, but this second place is quite controversial. Some people say that it is the famous Wang family, and some people say that it is definitely the Zhao Mansion that is in power. The Wang family is naturally the Wang family of the Jingshi, and the Zhao Mansion is naturally Zhao Hongshou's house.

A pair of majestic stone lions at the door show the noble identity of the owner here, and in a study in the courtyard, Zhao Hongshou is sitting in his place, looking up at his son Zhao Mingyi. There was something wrong with the atmosphere between the two people, and there seemed to be a hint of gunpowder......

"Just this afternoon, His Majesty personally issued an order for Jinyiwei and Dongchang to jointly investigate the misappropriation of ammunition......" Zhao Hongshou looked at his son and said coldly about the matter that he had just heard from His Majesty the Emperor in the court. He was amazed at the level of corruption in the military system that even national security dared to joke about it -- and it was no wonder that he had lost a lot of foreign wars: fighting with one-third of the ammunition to achieve the current situation was already the blessing of his ancestors.

"The purge of corruption in this civilian system has been quite effective, but these martial artists who don't know anything actually make such an unseemly thing at such a time...... "Zhao Hongshou doesn't know much about military affairs, and his military position is actually against Wang Jianfeng. Although he didn't realize how big the impact of the ammunition problem could be, he instinctively realized that it was definitely not an easy matter.

He looked at his son and slowly asked, "I heard that you are very close to those Jin merchants?" And recently I got the news that these Jin merchants are selling a lot of arms and materials in Japan and Ceylon! Can you tell your father what role you played in this? ”

Zhao Mingyi stood there disapprovingly, and when he heard his father's question, he hurriedly replied: "I have some dealings with Jin merchants, but this is all a business matter, and it has nothing to do with illegal and criminal matters...... As for the smuggling of arms by the Jin merchants, I didn't get too involved in it, but the Japanese buyers would give some dividends, and there was no actual participation. ”

"How else are you going to get involved? Now the emperor is furious and investigates the matter thoroughly. And I heard that the Wang family is holding on to this matter, if it is really found out that it has something to do with you, do you think they will not attack the father? After Zhao Hongshou heard Zhao Mingyi's words, he frowned and scolded sharply.

Zhao Mingyi defended slightly: "Father, you don't have to worry about this, the Japanese people I work with are very secretive and will not involve children...... That Jiliao is the place where the Wang family rises, and now the child will destroy it and give it to the Jin Kingdom, which is a blow to the Wang family, which can definitely be regarded as a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle. ”

Zhao Hongshou, who was sitting there, was obviously stunned when he heard his son say this, and then suddenly stretched out his hand and beckoned to Zhao Mingyi: "Come here!" ”

Hearing his father's call, Zhao Mingyi hurriedly walked over and lowered his head in front of Zhao Hongshou, but as soon as he walked over, he was slapped by Zhao Hongshou with the sound of breaking wind.

He clutched his flushed cheeks and looked at his father in shock. Since he took over the family's business and became the money bag of the Zhao family, his father Zhao Hongshou has never beaten himself again, and today's slap was so suddenly slapped in his face, how could he not be shocked?

"Father, father?" Zhao Mingyi covered his cheeks and asked with some fear. As the first assistant of the entire empire, the kind of power that Zhao Hongshou has accumulated over the years suddenly exuded, and even Zhao Mingyi was a little overwhelmed, and he didn't know how to speak: "Why, why?" ”

"You still have the face to ask why?" Zhao Hongshou stared at his eyes, and said coldly: "You still have the face to ask such a stupid question? The Zhao family is the Zhao family of the Ming Dynasty! It's not him Uesugi Anda! I, Zhao Hongshou, the elder of the Ming Dynasty, am not a dog raised by the Japanese! ”

While scolding, he slapped the table, and the spit even splashed on Zhao Mingyi's face: "Didn't His Majesty the Emperor give you the benefits that the Japanese promised you?" Give you that little bit of profit, and you think people will see you as your heart? How much does it cost me to spend on the Jiliao defense line every year? You gave it away like this? How can you be worthy of your fathers and ancestors? ”

Zhao Mingyi hung his head, but he was dissatisfied in his heart. He really wanted to tell his father that the benefits given by the Japanese were not a little bit, but the money and grain invested by the imperial court in the Jiliao defense line did not fall into his pocket at all. Jin Shang and the Japanese want to give him Zhao Mingyi a year, he himself has not counted, in short, he Zhao Mingyi's extravagant life, if without the support of these "friends", he will definitely not be able to live.

In fact, the exchanges between him and Japan have long crossed the last bottom line, and a few years ago, he even took out some crucial military deployment news to sell for money, and even got tens of millions of gold coins at a time. From that time on, he Zhao Mingyi forgot whether he was a courtier of the Ming Dynasty or a Japanese detail.

"You rebel." Zhao Hongshou finally cried, pointed to his son's forehead and scolded: "Our family has been deeply favored by the country for generations, so we have today's status, you actually forgot why you have everything you have now for your own selfish desires!" ”

Zhao Hongshou scolded while sighing, the same son, the youngest son of the Wang family is only in his 20s, and he is so smart that he has the posture to replace Wang Jianfeng; But his son is almost 40 years old, but he is still just such a brainless idiot.

Although the Wang family said that it was gaining momentum in Jiliao, it has already become an authentic Jingshi gate valve. Even if Ji Liao is destroyed into ruins, how much can it hit the Wang family? So he didn't believe Zhao Mingyi's excuse to attack the Wang family at all, and directly analyzed this matter thoroughly.

"Immediately cut off contact with the Japanese and the Jin merchants. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid the sky of the Ming Dynasty is going to change. Zhao Hongshou finally suppressed his anger, pointed to his son and instructed: "Recently, I have been thinking about it behind closed doors at home, and I am not allowed to leave for a moment!" ”