Chapter 467: The Great Duel (2)

"Is Elder Han Ge willing to vouch for the salt merchants? If Ge Lao is willing to guarantee the salt merchants of the world, I can not send Jinyi Guards to dispatch, in case it is really related, Ge Lao is willing to bear the crime of conspiracy and rebellion? Yang asked with a smile. {**}

As soon as this sentence came out, Han Yi, who was originally very confident, immediately suffocated, hesitated, he just flipped through this notebook, but the words in it were conclusive that there was indeed a problem with salt merchants, there were so many salt merchants in the world, and he didn't dare to guarantee that none of them had anything to do with Dongyu, if one of them had a relationship, then wouldn't he have condemned this black cauldron? Carrying the infamy of eternity? Since the emperor swears so much, I am afraid that there is still a backhand, otherwise, he will never dare to rashly move the salt merchant, is this salt merchant easy to move? Han Yi hesitated.

Han Yi hesitated, and many ministers who were ready to jump out and oppose loudly also stopped their steps, and the impulse to hear that the emperor was going to move the salt merchants just now began to cool down.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's a joke, most of the salt merchants in my dynasty are gathered in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, how can they be involved with the Jin merchants, and even more so with the eastern captives in Liaodong, Your Majesty, this is a bit too far-fetched, right?" Although many officials stopped, there were still officials who jumped out and began to fight for the salt merchants, and the emperor wanted to move the salt merchants, but he was the enemy of them!

"Hahaha......" Yang Reform laughed, laughing, with a burst of sadness, and said: "...... This secretary didn't even read what was said in this notebook, so he defended the salt merchant, are you an official for me Daming, or an official for the salt merchant? "Yang Reform is inexplicably sad, these vampires, for the sake of profit, this IQ has dropped so much, and it is really unreasonable for the Ming Dynasty not to die.

"This ......" The official who popped out immediately fell into an embarrassing situation.

"I heard that there is a saying in Lianghuai called 'Qin Dialect is full of streets and alleys', and most of the salt merchants in my dynasty are indeed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which seem to be far away from Shanxi and Liaodong, and have nothing to do with it, but these two Huai are engaged in the salt business, and there are many Jin merchants, so can we say that there is no relationship at all? Has this Qing family forgotten my court's opening of the Chinese law? The rise of Shanxi merchants is due to the opening of the Chinese law and the salt! How can you say that it doesn't matter? Now, looking at the transcripts, confessions, and letters, I am more and more convinced that some salt merchants have indeed had something to do with the Tongju case...... "Yang Reform is "sad".

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is definitely a frame-up, think that the salt merchants have been in our dynasty for 200 years, and the salt merchants in Shanxi have benefited from the opening of the Chinese law, thanks to the salt, but this just proves that the salt merchants and the Tongyu case have nothing to do with it. But this Dongyu has only been rising for a few years? This obviously doesn't make sense, so your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is definitely a false accusation...... "This minister has reduced your apologists for the salt merchants."

"Hahaha......" Yang Reform, who was originally scolding and angry, now has a cold expression, his face is a little detached, he laughed for a while, and said: "This Qing family, why is it that in me, when the imperial court needs silver the most, the salt merchants will owe four million taels of salt?" If there is still me in my eyes, and there is still the imperial court, not to mention donations, at least the promised tax has to be brought up, right? If it weren't for the fact that I had found another way to get silver for disaster relief, emigration, and defense against the Eastern Captives outside the border, could you imagine what my Ming would be like now? The beacon fire in the pass is full of fires, the people are hungry everywhere, the people are not happy, I and the imperial court are tired of running for their lives, tired of coping, unable to pay salaries outside the pass, the officers and soldiers have no intention of fighting, unable to support, and have lost the city and land, not to mention, the eastern captives have defeated Lin Dan Khan, the road to the west has been opened, and you can enter the customs at any time, and the land of Gyeonggi will immediately fall into fire and water, and my Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji may be destroyed in one fell swoop,...... Hahaha...... all these signs, I can't help but believe that the salt merchants are taking prisoners! …… Hahaha......" Yang Reform laughed out loud with a sad tone, it seemed that the emperor was a little "crazy".

Originally, many ministers who wanted to stand up and defend the salt merchants listened to the emperor's words and shrank their heads, this time, it seems that the emperor is determined to move the salt merchants, and he has not received much benefit from the salt merchants, so there is no need to speak to the salt merchants!

"Your Majesty, this is just Your Majesty's estimate, guess, the salt merchant owes the salt class, this is indeed the salt merchant's no, but His Majesty has imposed the crime of the salt merchant on the salt merchant, and wants to cure the crime of the salt merchant, Your Majesty, this is too ......, Your Majesty has always been sage, why is he so confused in this matter? There is indeed something wrong with the salt merchants, there is indeed something wrong, but Your Majesty, you shouldn't take the head of the salt merchant to the head! Once Your Majesty's charge is confirmed, the salt merchants in the world will be rolling! Your Majesty ......, hasn't Your Majesty always claimed to be merciful? I thought that the officials saw that the emperor had said "true" reasons and came out to persuade the emperor. The lethality of the emperor's statement is very great. ,

"Hahaha......" Yang Reform laughed for a while, and said desolately: "Did I impose the crime on them?" At that time, there were sixteen Han merchants who entered the customs with these seven hatreds, and opened their eyes for the chieftain, this is not my conjecture...... Wang Dengku of Zhangjiakou, Fan Yongdou and eight Han merchants sī Tongdong Yu, reselling military rations and weapons, these, everyone has heard some rumors, these are my conjectures? You may not know that in addition to the capture and reselling military rations, they also secretly communicated news to the Dongyu, collected the internal information of my Daming, and informed the Donglu of the strength and weakness of my Daming officers and army, troops, and equipment, so that the Donglu could kill the officers and troops outside my pass for xìng, and most of the fiascos outside my Daming Pass for so many years had something to do with them, and they were even more internal responses to the Dongyu, xiǎo to raise fire in the city, let go of rumors, and persuade the guards to surrender and force the city to open the city, these, can have their shadows,......" Yang Gai told the details of the Jin Shang Tong case in one go.

Previously, all the ministers only knew that the Jin merchants were captured, the matter involved the border generals, and the Jinyi Wei asked to send officers and soldiers, but they did not say in detail what kind of general law this case was, many ministers were still waiting for the news of the three law divisions, many people thought that the case was just to sell some things to the outside of the customs and the eastern captives, this matter, in the court, is by no means a new thing, many people know, many people think that the emperor is just to catch a few máo thieves, and by the way, the border generals who accommodate these people out of the customs are arrested. By the way, I know that the background of the Tongyu case is so complicated, and it actually involves many fiascos of the Ming Dynasty outside the Guan, if the Tongyu case in the emperor's mouth is like this, then this matter is really beyond the imagination of many people. Some people think more deeply and guess this possibility, but this kind of thing is too involved, and many people dare not think deeply.

The ministers exclaimed. This matter, beyond everyone's expectations, go sī something, this thing, it's not a new thing, the border army, the border generals are doing this, including máo Wenlong was also doing sī before, the court and the court, there is no one who doesn't know, they all think that it is the emperor's interface with the captivity, rectify the border pass, let everyone not be too presumptuous, make some money or something, there is knowing, this case of the captivity, but it is so deeply involved.

"Your Majesty! This, this can't be ......, why, the minister has never heard of it? A minister looked at the emperor dumbfounded and asked in disbelief.

"Hahaha......" Yang Reform smiled bitterly again, and continued: "Impossible? Do you think that this case is just an ordinary case? Back then, Fushun guarded Li Yongfang's persuasion to surrender, and there was a shadow of this group of people, but they pulled the strings from it, and now, Li Yongfang's traitor, but what kind of chief officers and soldiers are in the east, hahaha, impossible, I also expect it to be impossible, but this is all ......true, near Shenyang, haven't there been rumors in the city that there are people in the city? It was these merchants who entered the city of Shenyang in disguise in advance, and when the eastern captives attacked the city to a critical juncture, they spread rumors in the city, set fires, and made internal responses, and opened the city, otherwise, how could Shenyang be captured so easily? In the bloody battle of the Hunhe River that year, why did the Dongyu attack the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers? Countless casualties and still refuse to let go? For what? Isn't it because these thieves informed the Dongyu of every move, equipment, number, tactics, habits, etc. of my Ming officers and soldiers? Dongyu knew the weaknesses of my Ming Dynasty, and attacked these weaknesses to the death, so that the Qi family army of our dynasty and the white pole soldiers were all killed and wounded, and they were out of control outside the gate, and there were their shadows in it...... Hahaha......" Yang Gengai smiled sadly, tears laughing out of his eyes.

The ministers looked at the emperor in horror, this ...... was really beyond everyone's expectations, I didn't expect that a case of Jin merchants was actually involved in so many things, it was really incredible.

“…… Your Majesty, dare to ask, is this true? In the bloody battle of the Hunhe River back then, did someone really leak the news and weaknesses of my Ming official army? While the ministers were still stunned, Qin Liang had already stood up with tears streaming down his face.

"I am ashamed of your Qin family, if it weren't for my great Ming immorality and so many Han rebels, your Qin family would not have suffered so much...... Alas, the old lady of Qin must be sad, now, I have dug up this living man and traitor, and I will definitely seek justice for the Qin family......" Yang reformed the miserable way. ,

The ministers looked at Qin Liang with tears on his face in astonishment, this is the only NV person in the Manchu Dynasty! This will, but tears flowed down his face in the court, this ......

"Old Madam Qin, please also mourn ......," Yang said.

"Uh......h Woo, woo woo...... "Qin Liang yù was above this court, whimpering sadly, although crying extremely loudly, but, above the quiet court, everyone could hear it clearly, and many officials were ready to come out and say, looking at the sad Qin Liang yù, looking at the only NV above the court, thinking about what the emperor said just now, the Qin family died for the Ming Dynasty, and the words of impeachment could not be said.

"Old lady Qin, please mourn ......"

"General Qin, please mourn ......"

"Old lady, please mourn ......"

The ministers had no choice but to ask Qin Liang to mourn.

Qin Liang whimpered in a low voice, knowing that he had done almost enough, and he had already cooperated quite well with the emperor, so he stopped crying at the moment, wiped his tears, and said: "The minister has no form, and please ask Your Majesty to punish the crime......"

"Don't be sad old lady, how can I blame old lady."

Yang Gai breathed a sigh of relief, this Qin Liang really did not disappoint himself, he moved the salt merchants, he must have suffered a considerable backlash, but now, it is through the Jin Shang Tong Yu case, the atmosphere in the court has been pulled to the side of his favor, and he was even more cried by this, now, with many ministers want to defend the salt merchants, I am afraid that I have to weigh the consequences, the consequences of the Tong Yu case are extremely serious, but it is not the xiǎo fight xiǎo that everyone originally thought, then, the salt merchants who are involved in the Tong Yu case, do you want to protect it, Whether or not to speak for them, it is even more necessary to think twice, and if you don't have a heart, you will never recover.

The ministers stared at Qin Liang, watched Qin Liang put away his tears, and his mind turned rapidly, this, the matter is really a big deal, the emperor has made sufficient preparations for moving the salt merchants! If you intervene at this time, I don't know if it's worth it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is too unbelievable, it's not that the minister doesn't believe it, but before His Majesty didn't come up with enough evidence to prove these things, the minister didn't believe it anyway, the chief of the Eastern Captives would be so powerful, and he would be born to make Jiān fine, and I would play my Ming around, and the ministers didn't believe it, I would be willing to be a lackey for the Eastern Captives......"

Although Yang Reform's performance is quite touching, however, among the courtiers, there are still people who do not believe it, and firmly stand on the opponent side of the emperor.

"Hahaha...... I don't want to believe it, but it's true, Máo is handsome......" Yang Gengai shouted with a desolate wry smile.

"The minister is here!" Máo Wenlong hurried out.

"I heard you say that in Zhenjiang Fort that day, you used a clairvoyant mirror to observe the enemy's situation, and found that the captive chief was also holding the same clairvoyant mirror to observe you, can there be such a thing?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter is true, the minister was quite surprised at the time, why did the most advanced and powerful weapons in our dynasty fall into the hands of the chieftain, the minister's view is almost exactly the same as the minister's, the minister dares to guarantee that this is definitely from my dynasty......" Máo Wenlong said these to the emperor, convinced that he himself was doing business with the Dongyu, of course, not directly with the Dongyu Jiāo Yi, but through those merchants, naturally had some understanding of the situation, the emperor asked him about the clairvoyant, He immediately came out and replied that he no longer relied on trade with Dongyu to survive, so he naturally did not need to scruples.

Wow! As soon as Máo Wenlong's words came out, all the ministers were surprised! It's a good show......

"Your Majesty, this clairvoyant mirror is produced by Liulizhai, could it be said that Liulizhai is also a traitor?" Someone immediately asked back.

"Presumptuous, how can Liulizhai be a traitor? Liulizhai doesn't do business outside the customs, how can he sell Liulizhai's clairvoyant mirror to Dongyu? What's more, the clairvoyant mirror of Liulizhai has always been strictly controlled, and only people with a certain status can buy it, which is clearly a matter of some border generals, and through those merchants, this kind of treasure is passed to the east, which further confirms the case of the ...... "The military department Shangshu immediately stood up to defend the emperor.

The ministers began to discuss, and the case has become bigger and bigger, that is to say, the risk of endorsing the salt merchants is getting bigger and bigger, and many ministers are thinking about what to do again, whether to continue to endorse the salt merchants, or to unite against the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be thoroughly investigated, and we must not let go of the responsibility of causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries of officers and soldiers outside our customs, millions of casualties, and loss of cities and lands, and we must not let go of a single Han thief,...... All the salt merchants involved in the case of the arrest should also be strictly investigated...... "Someone came out to call for a strict investigation of this matter, and then swept the salt merchants into it." ,

However, there was an immediate backlash.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's in......appropriate" Although the emperor's words were convincing, Qin Liang performed a crying scene, and even Máo Wenlong came out to testify, but there were still many people who protected the salt merchants.

“…… The minister thought that even if the Jin merchants should die, they should not be involved in the salt merchants, this code is one yard, and the matter of the Jin merchants is requested to be severely punished by His Majesty, and the matter of the salt merchants, His Majesty may not have evidence to prove that they are involved in the captives...... "Some officials are deeply involved in the salt merchants, although the situation has been unfavorable to the salt merchants, but they are still the salt merchants.

"Hahaha......" Yang Reform laughed miserably for a while as usual, and then said: "I don't want to believe it, but I can't believe it, come on!" Open up that baggage......" Yang Gengai laughed miserably for a while, and then said.

There was a shì guard who came out and opened the big baggage, and after opening it, it was some gold and silver beads.

The ministers looked at the gold and silver beads suspiciously.

“…… I don't want to believe it, but in the face of the evidence, I also have to believe that these things are copied from those Jin merchants, do you know his origin? Yang Reform is still a miserable and miserable look, a sad look.

"Donglu is a gang of robbers, robbed my Liaodong plastered land, broken countless homes, these things, it is Donglu from my Daming Pass outside the people's house looted, after the Donglu snatched these things, can not be eaten, but these things through those Jin merchants to buy food, buy ordnance, buy intelligence, for those Jiān fine activities in the pass, those Jin merchants will these looted gold and silver beads yù to the salt merchants, from these salt merchants to the south of the Yangtze River, in order to make a profit, otherwise, these gold and silver beads stay outside the customs and cannot be eaten as food, It's useless than stones, so how can Dongyu survive? It is precisely because the Jin merchants exchanged these goods for food, weapons, and news for the Dong Yu, that the Dong Lu had the motivation and ability to rob the people of my Ming Dynasty, resulting in the death and injury of my Ming Dynasty, and the casualties of the officials and soldiers were heavy, these damn Jin merchants should be killed, and those salt merchants who sold these gold and silver beads for the Jin merchants were all accomplices. Yang Reform continued to break the news.

Yes! The courtiers exclaimed again! The emperor said this, it seems that the possibility of this salt merchant being involved is getting bigger and bigger, and the risk of this salt merchant is also getting bigger and bigger, and we have to think about it again.