That night, the eldest princess of Jinyang fell ill, Li Jingyi looked at the closed door and sighed, "Did mother drink the medicine?" ”

Aunt Zhu bowed her hands and lowered her eyes, "Your Highness refuses to drink, saying that she is fine,"

Li Jingyi has already seen Imperial Doctor Guo, and said that she fainted in a hurry, but fortunately, the eldest princess of Jinyang is not in bad health, and it will be fine if she faints, as for her refusal to see people now, Li Jingyi can also understand her state of mind, and she doesn't want to force her to embarrass her, "Mother doesn't want to see people, then I won't bother her, you ask people to guard outside the door, be vigilant,"

Aunt Zhu didn't know what happened to the mother and daughter in the house, but what the eldest princess of Jinyang was worried about was that Rong Hai was arrested, she looked at it coldly over the years, in the heart of the eldest princess of Jinyang, the position of the Rong family is only more important than An Guohou, but now the two in-laws are enemies, and the Rong family is still on such a big event, but the eldest princess of Jinyang is sick, she sighed lightly, "Yes, the slave maid is guarding it personally." ”

Li Jingyi nodded, "If you have anything, go to Chonghua Academy to find me at any time." ”

As soon as Yunchi people arrived in the capital, they handed over Rong Hai and his entourage to the Criminal Department, and after a simple freshening up, they entered the palace.

Emperor Longwu looked at the chart that Yun Chi laid out on the imperial case, and pointed to the island marked on the drawing, "This is what Rong Hai did?" How big is it? "Emperor Longwu doesn't know how to look at this, just with a dot, he really can't see anything.

"Yes, everyone there knows that the owner of this island is Ronghai, so call it Rongjia Island," Yun Chi nodded, "That place is more than ten days away from our Great Zhou boat, in fact, it is not far away, but our Great Zhou has always been forbidden to the sea, and there are not many people who dare to go to sea secretly, so it has not been discovered," that is, the fishermen who dared to go to sea found out, but I am afraid that they will not want to come back alive.

"As for the size, the island is huge, and the people sent by Ronghai only occupy a corner of it, and the ministers estimate that it is less than eleven, there are mountains, trees and trees on the island, and fresh water, it is actually an excellent place, if our court lifts the sea ban, we can move some people there, and it can also be used as a turnover place," Yun Chi took Yang Zheng to set foot on Rongjia Island, and they all gasped, Yang Zheng thought that this place could be used as an outpost of the Great Zhou, and he should simply send troops to station.

And Yun Chi lamented the area of Rongjia Island, "According to Weichen, it is enough to build a county." ”

Emperor Longwu tapped the sea chart, "The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, I asked myself if Rong Yingning is not thin, it is considered to be simple, but what does he repay me?" Expanding the territory behind my back? ”

Emperor Longwu flipped through the booklet that Yun Chi brought over, and he didn't bother to look at the dense gold, silver, beads and jade in front of him, and directly turned to the end to see the total: 50 million taels!

Emperor Longwu's eyes were dark, and the annual tax revenue of last year's Lunar New Year was only 25 million taels!

Rong Hai's family property, 50 million taels!

Even he, the emperor, can't take out 50 million taels in the inner curry, so he has to gather all the assets in his royal name! But who is he? He is the lord of the world! Rong Hai is just a courtier he pulled up, and his eagle dog has accumulated shocking wealth in just over ten years.

"These are not all copied from Rongjia Island, Rong Hai married his wife Hu family, and the Hu family is very good at business," Yun Chi explained that Emperor Longwu's fire arched upwards more and more, a merchant family, "No wonder people say that the Hu family is rich in the world!" ”

"Can you bring the Hu family's booklet?"

Yun Chi shook his head, "An Guohou is still liquidating, the minister estimates that the Hu family has been operating for several generations, and the whole clan is afraid that it will not be less than this number, but the minister thinks that Rong Haizi is a big matter, and the looting is also the sea ships of Jiangnan Dajia, and the Hu clan knows about it, and there will not be too many people involved,"

Yun Chi's words Emperor Longwu listened to it, and he also heard the Hu family sisters say that there are hundreds of people in the Hu family, although they are all attached to the Hu family's descendants, but many people can be a shopkeeper at most, and the stewardship is very good.

"The Hu family is just a merchant, Rong Hai is the first evil, and most of the goods and people that Rong Hai plundered at sea are also owned by the Rong family, and the Hu family has limited profits from it, this time it is also Hu Jiagui, the eldest of the Hu family, who stole the account books from Hu Jianan's study, and the ministers and others found out the action route and regularity of the Rong family's pirate ships."

At the beginning, Yunchi and Li Jingyi both promised to keep Hu Jiagui's house, and except for Ronghai, the Hu family did not have to worry.

Emperor Longwu bowed his head and said, "What you said is that the Hu family is evil, and it is enough to take down the principal, as for the others, it is up to the officials of the Criminal Department to discuss the guilt." ”

Half of the wealth of the Hu family is in the Yan branch, and as soon as the Rong and Hu families fell, Emperor Longwu's treasury was filled in an instant, and he was basically satisfied with this result, "As for the ban on opening the sea as you said,"

Emperor Longwu shook his head, "The previous dynasty was opened, but there were pirates everywhere in Shanghai, and there were people who wanted to escape from the Great Zhou, as for the sea trade," Emperor Longwu pointed to the booklet on the case, "The wealth is moving, if it weren't for the huge profits, those merchants would not have taken risks,"

Yun Chi didn't plan to say Emperor Longwu at once, how rigid he was Yun Chi knew better than anyone else, "The emperor is sage." ”

"Well," Emperor Longwu is the emperor who has been in power for many years, and the Jiangnan Ronghai case slapped him in the face and brought him huge wealth, but after this investigation, half of the Jiangnan officials are afraid that they will be involved, "I am short of talents now!" Ying Chu, you have done a great contribution to me, and you have also given me a problem! ”

Yun Chi came out of the imperial study and went to the Kunde Palace behind the clouds as usual.

Qingyang and Cuiliu were already waiting at the palace gate early, and when they saw Yun Chi coming over, they greeted him and saluted, "Master Hou is back, how many times has Niang Niang been chattering, and I'm worried that Master Hou is too busy to come over!" ”

Yun Chi nodded lightly, did not answer Qingyang's words, took a step with long legs, and went straight to Yunhou.

Yun Chi had already known the news of Yun Chi's escort of Rong Hai back to Beijing, but only when she saw her younger brother appear in front of her own eyes, her hanging heart really relaxed, "Thin, and dark, in the future, such an errand will be left to others to do, I just hope that you can be safe." ”

Yun Chi meticulously gave the Empress Yun a salute, and then sat down under her, "The minister is the emperor's courtier, so naturally he has to listen to the emperor's dispatch." ”

Yun Hou was choked by Yun Chi, and she was also a little unhappy, she knew that she was sorry for the Yun family, and she was sorry for this younger brother, but she had been cautious all these years hoping to save the relationship with her younger brother, after all, now the Yun family only has their sister and brother left, but Yun Chi is like a stone that can't be hot, "Yes, you are his courtier, but you are also my brother." ”

Yun Chi didn't want to entangle with Yun Hou as soon as he came back, "Who said it wasn't?" Who doesn't know that I'm Uncle Guo in this big week? ”

Yun Chi beckoned the little eunuch who followed him to come in, "This is some novelty that the minister found in Jiangnan, and brought some for my sister." ”

Bringing something to yourself? The haze in Yun Hou's heart was dispelled at once, "Okay, okay, take it and I'll take a look." "My brother has been out a lot of times, and it is the first time he has brought something to her.

"It's just some jade and silk, it's a new look in Jiangnan, it may not be as good as the progressive, my sister keeps it for appreciation," Yun Chi didn't plan to stay in the palace longer, and got up and said.

Empress Yun still wanted to leave her younger brother to eat together, but Yun Chi insisted on leaving, she also knew that she couldn't stay, and sighed, "Let's go, I'll send you out, and by the way, take a walk in the imperial garden." ”

"I have already asked Mrs. Xiuwu to choose a good daughter for the emperor again," no matter what Yun Chi's attitude towards her is, in Yun Hou's heart, Yun Chi is her dearest person and her greatest dependence.

Su Shuyan had already told Yun Chi the news in the letter, and he nodded, "It's all a trivial matter, just look at the arrangement." ”

Bagatelle? How could the matter of the royal heir be a trivial matter? Empress Yun sighed, "What you said is that there is not much difference between choosing six and choosing sixteen, no matter who can give birth to a son for the emperor, they are all heroes of the Great Zhou." ”

What Niangniang said was, "Yun Chi has nothing to do with Emperor Longwu's choice of concubines, whether the Zhao family will cut off children and grandchildren, and it has little to do with his surname Yunyou."

Yun Hou is full of things that no one can tell, even if she is her own brother, she can't wait to get as far away from her as possible, she pulled her face angrily, "Ying Chu, aren't you worried about your sister at all?" I'm not curious if I'm doing well in the palace? ”

Yun Chi glanced at Yun Hou strangely, "The emperor is a sister who is determined to marry, whether it is in the palace or in this harem, he respects you very much, what is there to worry about?" ”

Yun Hou was asked by her younger brother and didn't know how to answer, Yun Chi was right, Zhao Yu was chosen by her, she wanted to marry, not to mention that Zhao Yu, who is now the emperor, can't pick anything bad for her, it's not good, that is also the path she chose herself, "Ying Chu, when you were a child, you were closest to your sister." ”

"Niangniang also said, it was when I was a child, when I was a child, our Guogong Mansion, and the whole family was a relative," Yun Chi lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes, "The minister is going to retire, Niangniang is at her own convenience." ”

Every time! Yun Hou watched Yun Chi stride away, sighed in her heart, and lost the interest in visiting the garden, "Let's go, let's go back to the palace." ”

Yun Chi came out of the palace and did not rush back to the house, but directly asked someone to post to the Jinyang Eldest Princess's Mansion.

The eldest princess of Jinyang was sick, Yun Chi came to visit, and Gao Jin's identity was not enough, so Li Jingyi came out to meet the guests.

Yun Chi watched Li Jingyi come through the green vines, he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, Li Jingyi was a little plumper than before, and the sorrow at the corners of his eyebrows was also like night snow being illuminated by the sun, disappearing into invisibility, the whole person looked light and bright in the sun, his heart was full of swelling all of a sudden, looking at the person who came with a smile, he was reluctant to blink his eyelids, for fear of missing every step she took towards him.