Facing an incredible expression on Sun Chengzong's face, Zhang Heizi immediately explained.

"I heard from our village chief, who turned out to be a platoon leader of the Haw Par Army, who had to leave the Haw Par Army because he had a broken arm. Therefore, he was very familiar with the Haw Par Army who escorted us, and he learned from those Haw Par Army that we, the immigrants from Shandong, were all bought from the Shandong Patrol Yamen with silver ......from the Shanxi Governor's Office."

"Shandong patrols the Yamen, and for every five immigrants sent to the Shanxi Governor's Palace, you can get one or two pieces of silver."

"We were the first group of immigrants, and there were only 10,000 of them. However, in order to exchange silver from the Shanxi Governor's Palace, the Shandong officers and soldiers who escorted us forcibly pulled 2,000 people on the road and sent them to Shanxi with us, and exchanged a full 400 taels of silver from the hands of the Tiger and Leopard Army. ”

Hearing this, the shock and incredulity on Sun Chengzong's face had been unconsciously replaced by contempt.

Then, facing Zhang Heizi in front of him, he said with a self-deprecating face.

"Five people have only one tael of silver...... Shandong patrol yamen really did it, when did the people of the Ming Dynasty become so cheap, even the slaves in the hands of the Tartars are not as good as ......"

"In addition, if you send five immigrants to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, you can get one tael of silver, and all the one million immigrants add up, which is a full 200,000 taels...... Shandong Patrol Yamen is in a hurry to ask for so much silver, what do they want to do......"

At this time, because of the shock brought to him by the immigrants in front of him, Sun Chengzong was no longer in the mood and continued to stay in Shaanxi.

With all kinds of complicated feelings, he wants to return to Datong immediately. Question Wei Zheng well. What is the purpose of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion in doing this? Are there any hidden secrets?

As a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chengzong never wanted to see that the Ming Dynasty was declining little by little.

Datong Governor's Mansion, when Sun Chengzong walked into the lobby of the Governor's Mansion with a face full of anger. Zhou Lao, the Foreign Trade Department, was reporting to Wei Zheng the specific harvest of his trip to Jiangnan with a stern face.

When Sun Chengzong rushed in despite the guards' obstruction, he happened to hear the 'Water Master...... Ships of war...".

Whether it's against the Haw Par Army. Sun Chengzong, who was still curious about Wei Zheng, quickly suppressed the anger in his heart because of immigration. Facing Wei Zheng, who was sitting on the main seat, he asked with a puzzled expression: "Lord Wei, what kind of sailors and warships, is the Tiger and Leopard Army planning to form their own sailors......

Of course, Wei Zheng will not admit the matter of the water master, which may lead the court and himself to turn their faces directly.

Without thinking about it, he shook his head and denied: "How is it possible to form a water division...... Master Sun, you're thinking too much, we're just going to form a fleet. Specially between the coast of Shandong and Shanxi, the sea salt of the coast of Shandong. After being sent to Shanxi for processing, it is turned into refined salt, and then transported to Jiangnan for sale through the guò fleet......"

"In this way, we can at least save more than the average shipping cost...... After a year, there are still millions of taels of silver, so don't think too much about Lord Sun..."

"As for Zhou Lao, the foreign trade department who has just returned from Jiangnan, he is informing Ben Shuai about the procurement of merchant ships and the recruitment of sailors."

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. The nervous heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

Because, Sun Chengzong also knew the importance of whether the Haw Par Army formed a naval division to the relationship between the Haw Par Army and the imperial court.

Now that this question in his heart has been solved, Sun Chengzong's mind immediately thought of the purpose of his coming to the Governor's Palace.

In front of Wei Zheng, after expressing his incomprehension and doubts about immigrants, he stared at Wei Zheng with a pair of eyes, waiting for Wei Zheng to answer.

It's the same as the helplessness I felt when I faced Wei Zheng before.

In his opinion, very important things, after arriving in front of Wei Zheng, directly turned into a breezy sentence.

Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, Wei Zheng's expression did not change in the slightest and replied: "What Master Sun said is right, this commander is to immigrate through guò, further increase the population of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and increase the strength of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. ”

Seeing that Sun Chengzong was speechless with anger in his heart because of his answer, Wei Zheng's words changed sharply and continued: "Besides, Lord Sun, you just said that after these immigrants arrived in my Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, they have no regrets at all. ”

"Since they don't regret coming to our Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, it means that they are better off than Shandong after our Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces......"

"Since the Shandong Patrol Yamen and the imperial court have no way to relieve them. Ben Shuai took them to the two provinces of Shanxi and gave them food, shelter, and clothing, and did not let them starve to death...... Are you still doing something wrong......"

"Do you think that Lord Sun can only be regarded as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty when he sees more and more displaced people in Shandong being starved to death and frozen to death, for the good of the Ming Dynasty and for the good of the emperor......

"This ......" Under Wei Zheng's series of rhetorical questions, Sun Chengzong was once again suffocated by Wei Zheng and couldn't say how to bloom.

After a long tea time, Sun Chengzong, who was frightened, reacted.

After shaking his head, he replied, "Lord Wei, you are too worried, this official didn't say that...... It's just that if you immigrate to one million at a time, such a big thing, you should at least report it to the imperial court and let the imperial court agree...... Otherwise, where will the face of the imperial court be put ......?"

Wei Zheng followed and shook his head and replied, "Imperial court, Master Sun, you were sent by the imperial court...... Do you think that after Ben Shuai reported this matter to the imperial court, the imperial court, which had already become suspicious of Ben Shuai, would agree to this immigration plan to further increase the strength of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces? ”

"If the imperial court really wants to immigrate to Shaanxi, then the imperial court will not send Master Sun to take over as the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and give this marshal a donkey to unload the mill and kill the donkey."

"Besides, Lord Sun, don't forget that the current governor of Shanxi is you, not the marshal...... Even if you want to report to the imperial court, it should be Lord Sun, you should give the imperial court a ......"

Since there was no solution to the matter of emigration from Wei Zheng, Sun Chengzong then shifted his focus to the secret deal between the two provinces of Shanxi and the Yamen of Shandong.

frowned, and asked Wei Zheng......

"Lord Wei, this official still wants to know that the Shandong Patrol Yamen actually did such a stupid thing as exchanging immigrants for silver...... What is their purpose? Is there any secret between the Governor's Mansion and the Shandong Patrol Yamen......"

"Didn't the governor of Shandong know that he was violating the laws of the imperial court by doing so. If the imperial court knows, won't he even be able to keep the position of governor of Shandong? ”

Wei Zheng did not intend to conceal this transaction, which was impossible to keep secret for too long.

Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, Wei Zheng replied without thinking: "Silver, every qiē is for silver." As for the Governor's Mansion of Shanxi and the Yamen of the Governor of Shandong, there are no ulterior secrets......"

"There is a great drought in Shandong, and there are even signs of people turning into rebels step by step. Under such circumstances, the imperial court did not allocate a tael of disaster relief silver to the Yamen of Shandong......"

"And the governor of Shandong, as a parent official, wants to solve these problems, and the first thing to bear the brunt of is silver......"

"It just so happens that there are countless displaced people in Shandong who are in urgent need of relief, and my Shanxi Governor's Mansion has silver in my hand."

"For the sake of the tranquility of Shandong, the two sides cooperated with each other, Shandong patrolled the yamen, and used the rich population resources under its rule to exchange the silver they urgently needed from the governor's palace of Shanxi and Shaanxi, so as to alleviate the increasingly bad situation in Shandong......"

"Of course, in addition to being used for disaster relief, silver also has a very big role, that is, to form an army......"

"Our Ming Dynasty has become more and more chaotic now, and the army, because of the shortage of food, is becoming more and more vulnerable. If you can't control the army that has always been strong in combat, Lord Sun, do you think that the Shandong Patrol can sit firmly in this position under his ass? “

Sun Chengzong shook his head and replied: "Without the army, there is no right to speak...... And this is the reason why this official came here with 2,000 Beijing camps to take office. “

However, as soon as he finished saying this, two sharp eyes shot out from Sun Chengzong's eyes.

After a change of words, he continued: "The army is indeed very important, but this cannot be used as a reason for the Shandong Patrol to want to form a private army...... In this official's view, the ultimate purpose of the Shandong Patrol to form a private army is not to sit firmly in the position of the Shandong Patrol, but to be a warlord who holds military power and can bargain with the imperial court, just like Lord Wei......"

Facing Sun Chengzong, who was full of righteous indignation in front of him, Wei Zheng smiled, and smiled very happily.

Under such circumstances, Sun Chengzong's brows furrowed, and he asked incomprehensibly, "Lord Wei, what are you laughing at?" Do you think the official was wrong just now......"

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "No, on the contrary, not only did you not say it wrong, but you also said it very right......

"The reason why this official laughs is not because of you, Lord Sun, but because of the court, and the civil and military generals in the center of the court......"

"Because, even if they knew that the Shandong Patrol wanted to form an army and become a warlord...... They don't have any way to ...... either."

"Unless the imperial court wants Shandong, which has more than 10 million people, will also become the second Shaanxi ......"

"Because, without silver, without food, and even without the ability to take out the army, what the imperial court can do is to change the Shandong patrol. However, this kind of one-sentence approach from the center of the imperial court could not solve the problem of Shandong at all. ”

"In Ben Shuai's view, no matter how much the imperial court changes to the Shandong patrol, the Shandong patrol will also have the idea of becoming a warlord step by step under the influence of the bad situation in Shandong, and eventually become a warlord......"

"In addition, Ben Shuai can also tell you for sure that Lord Sun will not carry out a major change in the imperial court immediately. It won't be long before more than just a patrol in Shandong wants to become a warlord......"

"At that time, the entire Ming Dynasty will have countless warlords, and the imperial court's control over the local area will be weakened step by step because of this. At that time, God willing, the imperial court will become very dangerous......" (to be continued......