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Late February to early February. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info stationed in Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu Wang Liquor and to the palace worm, once gold and silver, a total of 120,000 taels.

This is indeed a miracle, the middle government, can pay 100,000 taels to the imperial court a year, then the imperial court will definitely send officials to see if the place has dug up mountains of gold and silver, or whether the local officials are expropriating.

Tianjin is just a city guard by the sea, and it is prosperous by the convenience of the transportation hub, but after all, it is just a city, and it has to be compared with the locality, that is, a county.

But Wang Tong went over there, and the incident of about half a year had already presented more than 800,000 taels of gold and silver to the imperial court.

Wang Tong is just a teenager who has not studied any practical university questions, and he just opened a restaurant in Beijing to make money.

What is he capable of, can he earn so much just by collecting taxes from passing ships and collecting taxes from sea-to-sea trade?

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan industry and commerce has been prosperous for almost a hundred years, and the north-south exchanges have been there since the founding of the country, and the maritime trade has been cut off from the sea on the initiative to be cut off, and now it is also heavy

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The treasury of the Ming Dynasty has been embarrassed and empty almost since the year of Jiajing, and the court and the local government are making a fuss about the fields, but there are so many ways to collect money in front of them, and they have to make a fuss about the poor peasant households, I really don't know what to think. For the miracles made by Wang Tong, many people in Xiaojing are pondering and thinking, Taizu and Chengzu's neglect and leniency of commercial taxes and related taxes may have made sense back then, but it is still not useful now!?

However, these sober understandings are not the mainstream of public opinion, and what Qingliu said in Jingshi Fengyan Guan is quite astonishing, Wang Tong guarded private soldiers and beggars in Tianjin, disguised as loud horse bandits, and lurked out of the city at night. Plundering merchants in the upper and lower reaches of the Tianjin Acropolis, what even reached Linqingzhou.

What Tianjin Wei local people are miserable, the tax has been received by Wanli for 40 years, there are often brocade guards armed with sharp knives to break into people's homes and loot and search their tongues, and countless merchants from the south were robbed and killed, stuffed with stones in their stomachs and thrown into the sea. Then they colluded with the Kou and plundered the coast of Goryeo and Gangnam. And then sold stolen goods in Tianjin Wei, etc., which is indeed appalling. ”，

Such presentations are also made by each pound; The spy yamen reported to the desk of the big guys, and the Wanli Emperor had a rare spirit after seeing it, and it is said that he had asked such words in the imperial study:

"Zhang Banban, why did Xiao Panda and Wan Dao meet Wang Tong for the first time, and saw that Wang Tong was simple. After more than ten days to see, Wang Tong Qiu Fuzhen played all over the room, everyone was surprised and asked, Wang Tong said indifferently, "Erlang went to Jinghai yesterday to hunt and get it", how can the joint look so familiar? ”

Zhang Cheng pondered for a moment and replied with a smile:

"Long live the Lord, this is an allusion to the ancestor selection in "The New Language of the World" "When the ancestral car rode across the river, the public and private were thrifty, and there was no good service to play." Wang and Geng are the ancestors of the public; Suddenly, I saw that the robes were overlapping, and the treasures were lined up. The public monsters asked, and the ancestors said: Last night, Fu Nantang came out. Zu Yu Shiheng made the athletes drum and rob money, and the people who were in charge did not ask. "Wang Tong is incompatible with Panda, Wan Dao and others in Tianjin, so what will be the surprise and inquiry."

The celebrant is in charge of the important matters of the inner court. Erudite and strong memory is not inferior to the cabinet bachelor, Zhang Cheng is also easy to come to such allusions, and Emperor Wanli pondered for a while, and also laughed:

"Lian understood, what is dressed as a bandit and robbing merchants, but also uses the allusion of the two Jin Dynasty, isn't this Shi Chong? .

Now Da Ming is not in charge of the Son of Heaven and Zhang Cheng. Therefore, what does the Son of Heaven know about the boiling public opinion of the Jingshi, it has no effect.

After the unanimity of the officials and the clear streams, coupled with the solidarity of the Jingshi people, it is also a force that cannot be ignored, not to mention that there are people who are still behind the scenes, and even more merchants whose interests are damaged are making a big noise.

You must know that although there has not been a single shipload of goods transported into Tianjin Wei by sea and Caoyun, and the inventory used in Jingshi and Beizhili is still last year's inventory, the price has fallen by more than 20%.

With the joint efforts of all aspects, the investigation of Wang Tong is ready to be dealt with, and it has to be done.

A team composed of the yamen of various ministries and the inner court went to Tianjin Wei, originally in the name of investigating the case. Since there is a word "case", it means that what Wang Tong did in Tianjin Wei was all kinds of illegal acts, and he should be convicted and questioned.

However, the selection of each ministry is still in the process of being decided. Sun Dahai escorted Jinhuayin into Beijing again, and after the palace accepted the silver, the Empress Dowager Li said a word:

"Wang Tong's kid has done a lot of things in Tianjin Wei, right or wrong, first, he has no selfishness, secondly, he is tossing for the expenses in the palace, at least there is a hard work"

This sentence quickly spread from the mouth of the female official to the mouth of the eunuch, and then quickly spread to the ears of people in all aspects outside the palace.

When the Queen Mother said this, everyone immediately changed their tone, and the original investigation quickly became an investigation.

As usual, when Jin Huayin entered Beijing, Wang Tongna

After reading the letter, Li Wenyuan of the 100 households of Jinyi Wei on South Street. Immediately went to ask Shuntianfu to judge Lu Wancai and the Ministry of Justice in the palace to come to discuss, but I never thought that the Ministry of Justice did not arrive for the first time.

The report is that there are too many things in the palace. I couldn't leave for a while, but the matter on Wang Tong's side was also urgent. Li Wenyuan didn't care so much, and sent someone to urge him again, and this time he came over.

It was already the beginning of March, and the three people of Zhenxing Building sat down. The atmosphere is not as relaxed and harmonious as before, a few simple drinks and dishes, no one moved, Li Jianyuan said in a deep voice:

"There is news from Lord Wang's side, what should be done here by Li will be done immediately, and there are still a lot of people who need to do it here, give Li a time limit, let the sea wait in Beijing, and then return to Tianjin Wei quickly."

Chang Wancai nodded, but Bu Yi didn't react there, muttering and not speaking, and waited until the eyes of the two people looked over before he spoke:

"In the past, our family talked privately, and the people on Sun Hai's side of the Imperial Horse Supervisor were arrogant and wanted to inquire about it. It's not easy to do anything, it's really difficult to do here in the palace. ”

Li Wenyuan and Lu Wancai were stunned, Li Wenyuan's face suddenly sank, and Lu Wancai "brushed." Unfolded the folding fan in his hand and shook it a few times. Buyi looked left and right, coughed and got up and said:

"There is still something in the palace, let's go back first. Let's talk about it another day! ”

Li Wenyuan's face changed color and stood up suddenly, but Lu Wancai stopped him with the folding fan in his hand, and said leisurely:

"Father-in-law and walk slowly, brother has a few words to say

Buyi looked at Lu Wancai, nodded and sat down in silence, Lu Wancai clenched his fists and said with a smile:

"Everyone has known each other for many years, Lu Mou's words are a little straightforward, and I hope it is not strange, Gonggong, who will you be prosperous and rich in the future? .

Bu Yi raised his eyes to look over, but Lu Wancai had a smile on his face and continued:

"Is it the Holy One, or is it Gonggong Zhang? Zou Gonggong. If there is no Lord Wang of Tianjin Wei, do you think that after being caught, Gonggong Zhang will still let you do this errand of the Public Security Division? The father-in-law may think that the Department of Public Security is now the same as the Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and has its own system in Beijing, and does not need to be taken care of by Lord Wang, so Lu Mou said, it is Lord Wang in Tianjin Wei, the inner court and the outer court, and the officials and scholars are staring at Tianjin Wei, if Lord Wang's side loses, everything is scattered, do you think we can do this to collect people's money and check how long people can do short-term work. Even the favored ministers of the Son of Heaven have been taken down, what are you and me. Can it last long? ”

These words were said fiercely, and the ministry subconsciously retorted:

"This security secretary has become His Majesty's most intimate ear and eye steward, how can it not last long?.

The smile on Chang Wancai's face turned into a sneer. The folding fan was closed and knocked on the palm of his hand, and he said:

"Lord Wang is down, the Department of Public Security, this is a position of power and money, and it can still be your turn to me, so why doesn't Sun Hai do it, looking at the father-in-law of the ministry, a sinner with no grade, standing up here."

The words are ugly, whether public or private, this is already the most offensive to people, and the face of the righteous person over there has changed. began to be angry, and in the end, it was all ashamed and frightened, and after staying there for a while, he lowered his head and clenched his fists and said:

"It's the ministry that doesn't know the depth, and the ministry will go back to the palace to do it, no matter what, three days later. Will definitely give an answer here. ”

Chang Wancai put away the sneer on his face, and also got up and hugged his fists and said:

"Fang Cai's words are offended, and I hope that the father-in-law of the ministry will not be surprised

Buyi's mood changed quite quickly, his face had returned to normal, and he smiled and waved his hand, laughing at himself:

"Our family feels that we can see things clearly, but we have repeatedly made mistakes in such small places, and we can't make big things, and we can't take on big responsibilities!"

Li Wenyuan's expression did not change, and when he saw the two sides sitting down, he continued:

"This time I went to Tianjin to investigate the errand, all the adults in the DPRK and the Central Committee have explained, and the old man of the auxiliary Zhang Ge explained that it was "impartial investigation and handling", and the military department and then the secretary Zhang explained the "strict investigation", while the household department Shangshu Ma Ziqiang confessed to "careful investigation, I don't know why this is so?" ”

Lu Wancai shook his head and smiled, and said:

"Lu Mou's side of contact with the people, some people heard You Qi said, Zhang Ge Lao and his own staff occasionally mentioned, in addition to Tian Fu, there is indeed another world, but there are too many people who dare to touch it, Tianjin Wei has some nonsense, but it has opened up a few situations. It's better to do it in the future, but it's just a rumor, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Buyi nodded, and also said:

"Gonggong Zhang said that Wang Tong was attacked by Yanguan Qingliu this time, and he touched the salt, but this time it came to this point. With those who speak clearly, but they can't do this, there must be someone behind the instigation, if you can find out who this person is"

Li Wenyuan frowned and waved his hand, and said:

"These things are all afterthoughts, first do a good job of the things assigned by Lord Wang, and Miss Song of the Qin Pavilion must also know the present as soon as possible

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