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Wu Shou's heart was pounding, and Tu Mi, a military general who had been on the battlefield, felt numb in his back.

They had heard of Dingguogong's ruthlessness, but they had never expected such a violent nature.

"Tu Mi, do you say it or not? If you don't say it, forget it, just say it. Ben Gong is not a very patient person, really. Zhang Ru looked at Tu Midao with a sincere face.

Tu Mi was defeated again.

If he could pretend not to understand Zhang Ru before, now he can't pretend to be stupid.

After all, he has already died as a probationary envoy, even if he is a military general, Zhang Ru can give him some face, and it is estimated that there are not many.

"Grandpa, the last move!" Tu Mi lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "The last general didn't dare to let Lord Wu continue because he received the money."

As for what they were transporting, the Admiral really didn't know, and the Admiral thought it was just some rare items from the sea. ”

Tax evasion!

If it is a rare item by sea, in order to avoid customs duties, some people do like to smuggle. Because the huge profits brought by shipping are fascinating, and the commercial tax is a big weapon for Zhang Ru to subsidize the imperial court's finances.

It can be said that twenty percent of the income of those maritime merchants in the southeast coastal area must be handed over to the imperial court for a trip to sea. And they work hard, and they may die at sea, and the profit they get is only 20%.

Some unscrupulous traders began to take risks, preferring to use 10% of their income to bribe officials rather than pay 20% of their income to the imperial court.

"How much did you collect?" Zhang Ruyin asked quizzingly.

Originally, he had already moved to kill, but now that Tu Mi has confessed, he can listen to the other party's explanation quietly.

Tu Mi said: "A total of 250,000 taels of silver treasure banknotes, 20,000 taels of gold, some jade, and some night pearls." ”

He didn't count, only an approximate number.

Zhang Ru said coldly: "Is there more than this number?" ”

With that, he raised a finger.

He said a million taels, Tu Mi also understood his gesture, hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Zhang Ru nodded and said: "Okay, put aside your affairs for the time being, Lord Wu, you are still the political envoy of the Zhejiang Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, do you say what he said is true?" ”

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and Wu Shouai naturally can't dismantle the stage in person.

He immediately replied: "Back to Grandpa, the criminal officer personally thinks that General Tu should not know what we are transporting. Master Zu is not a person who can easily trust others, and many things are arranged by him personally. Xia Guan is also because he is a civil official, so he can meddle in the transaction of Green Willow Villa.

General Tu was originally at odds with the criminal official, and Master Zu knew this, so the lower officials thought that it was possible for General Tu not to know the truth. ”

Zhang Ru threatened: "Wu Shouhui, don't forget, you are now a guilty person, and saying good things for an enemy may make you fall deeper and deeper!" ”

Wu Shouwei raised his hand and swore: "The criminal officer dares to swear that everything the criminal officer said is true." ”

There was no clue on his face, and Fan Tong, who was carefully observing Tu Mi's expression, also shook his head, Zhang Ru just gave up!

He asked Wu Shouwei to get up from the ground, and then asked, "Master Zu is dignified and dignified, and according to the envoy, there is no shortage of silver." If the local officials are corrupt, the court will not be angry.

But why, why do you have to get it on smuggled salt and iron?

Tu Mi doesn't know the real situation, my father can understand it, don't you Wu Shouai know the real situation? Could it be that his ancestor Yitao didn't understand the actual situation? ”

Wu Shouwei said: "Grandpa, it may have something to do with the little son of the ancestral family!" Lord Zu lived in that kind of place where filth and filth were hidden, mostly because of his son.

And he didn't do it to hide people's eyes, but he really couldn't live a sustainable life. On several occasions, Master Zu even offered to borrow money from the criminal officer, and the amount of silver borrowed from the criminal official alone was as high as 200,000 taels.

The son of the ancestral family has never seen it, but most of the silver that the ancestor got should have been handed over to a person named Xu Liang.

This Xu Liang may have something to do with the one in Nanjing, and Lord Yizu asked the people below to keep quiet when his grandfather came to Hangzhou. It's just that Xia Guan also couldn't understand why Ouyang Duanhong of Green Willow Villa suddenly became difficult. ”

Wu Shouwei didn't know, but Zhang Ru already knew it.

Although it is still unknown whether there is a shadow of Xu Li behind this, he can probably confirm that this matter is inseparable from the Wei State Mansion.

Xu Liang is not Xu Huaiyuan's henchman, but Xu Li's henchman.

With Xu Liang involved in this matter, it is no longer a simple matter of rectifying Jiangnan officialdom, but has risen to a question of the life and death of a country.

You must know that half of the country in the south is Xu Li's world, although it is not as commanding as the emperor, but it is not much worse.

If it was really Xu Li who was behind all this, with his current manpower, he would not be able to shake Xu Li's status in Jiangnan at all.

Even if he has 100,000 sailors in Fuzhou, even if he has 2,000 Xuanfu veterans around him.

"First of all, please go down and rest." Zhang Ru's face was pale and he rode towards Soaring Clouds.

Subsequently, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the capital, asking the capital to send 100,000 troops to Jiangnan in case of emergency.

At the same time, he was afraid that Zhu Yong would make trouble in the middle, so he wrote a letter and sent it to Xuanfu and Datong.

This is not his Zhang Wenxuan's business alone, if Zhu Yong is unwilling to help, then Ma Zhang's side should be able to take care of the overall situation.

After writing a letter, he blew the ink dry, sealed the clay himself, and wrote another letter.

This is a very harshly worded letter, addressed to Xu Li, the Duke of Wei.

In the letter, he said: Since the elder brother dominates the salt and iron business in the south of the Yangtze River, why don't you talk to the younger brother first, and the younger brother can make a way.

The matter of shipping can be passed down for generations, why does the elder brother take care of one and lose the other?

Now Wenxuan is going south alone, there is no way back, the elder brother wants to kill or chop, the younger brother listens to the convenience, and only hopes that the elder brother can treat the younger brother's family well.

If the younger brother dies in battle, it is better for the elder brother to raise the anti-flag as soon as possible, so as not to anger His Majesty and ruin the good thing of the elder brother seeking to usurp the throne.

I want to be so wise when the first generation of Wei Guogong **** Zu Xu was so wise, how did he get into the hands of the elder brother, but he had a heart of disobedience?

After the letter was written, he asked people to make a special copy of the account book that Ouyang Dehou brought and the elders that Wu Shouwei had hidden, and handed it to the messenger.

The two letters were sent one after the other, but according to the distance, Xu Li should have received the letter first.

After doing everything, Zhang Ru seemed to have collapsed, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before asking Fan Tong to call all the others over. (To be continued.) )