Lu Zhen took 2,000 Praetorian Guards and 3,000 garrisons borrowed from Lin Jiang to escort the money and silk worth more than 6,255,000 taels on the road.

Lin Jiang and Lin Qingwan personally sent people out of the city gate, and the officials of Yangzhou and the representatives of the Jiangnan families who were still here all came to join in the fun.

Lu Zhenzhi walked more than 500 steps and looked back, Lin Jiang leaned on the carriage, stretched out his hand and waved at him, and his heart was inevitably sad, "This farewell, it is really going to be separated forever." ”

The brother and sister watched Lu Zhen walk away, and only then did they turn around and enter the car until the convoy completely disappeared, and the officials and representatives of various families who had been waiting on the side came forward to salute one after another.

Except for Sun Huai and Liu Pei, everyone else saw Lin Jiang for the first time since the last Shengji Restaurant, and seeing that his face was pale and his body was weak, they secretly said that the rumors were indeed true, and Lin Jiang was indeed getting weaker and weaker.

I'm afraid that my life will not be long.

But if the emperor's will is not granted, he will be the highest governor in Jiangnan one day, so no one dares to snub him.

Lin Jiang didn't have so much energy to deal with them, he bowed slightly to everyone, thanked them for their help these days, and then got into the carriage, only calling Sun Huai and Liu Pei into the carriage.

The carriage of the Lin Mansion went slowly towards the city, and the others did not dare to rush to the road, so it came to the first place before slowly catching up, and that was the case, and the distance between them was not short.

And behind the carriage of the Lin Mansion was the carriage of Sun Huai and Liu Pei, so the people in the carriage were not afraid of the people behind hearing the conversation.

Lin Qingwan poured a cup of tea for each of the three of them, and then sat in a corner with the cup that belonged to her, listening to them quietly.

"The candidate for the Yangzhou Assassin History has been decided," Lin Jiang looked at Liu Pei and said: "It's you, Boze, although the will has not yet been made, but I am fully sure, you start to prepare to take over." ”

Liu Pei's heart was excited, he straightened his back and raised his hand to Lin Jiang and saluted: "Xiaguan, thank you for your cultivation." ”

Lin Jiang stretched out his hand to support him and said with a smile: "You have enough qualifications and ability, even if I don't recommend you, you can sit in this position in time." What's more, you've been with me for ten years. ”

Sun Huai on the side was quite calm, but he still couldn't help but look at Liu Pei with envy, "Congratulations to Brother Boze." ”

Liu Pei couldn't help but be happy for a while, and seeing that Sun Huai's face was a little lonely, he couldn't help but say: "My lord, this Yangzhou assassin has been decided, what about the Jiangnan Observation Envoy, didn't you recommend Zixiao in a book?" ”

Sun Huai's character is filial piety, and Liu Pei's character is Boze, both of them are Lin Jiang's left and right hands, and the relationship is not bad.

Now that he has landed, he is a little worried about Sun Huai, the recent movements of the Zhao family are too big, and the two of them can't pretend not to hear it. Now even in the official office, there is gossip that Zhao Jie is going to serve as an observer in Jiangnan.

Lin Jiang didn't hide it from the two of them, and said: "Originally, I recommended it, and Zixiao's qualifications and abilities are enough, plus you have been in Jiangnan for more than ten years and are familiar with Jiangnan, so this matter is not very accurate, and there is a possibility of eight points." But Chen Shangshu mentioned Zhao Jie, he is a military general, His Majesty has long wanted to weaken the rights of the envoys to observe and control the envoys in various places, and it is possible to separate the military and government in Jiangnan by mentioning Zhao Jie. And Zhao Jie is from Jiangnan, he is no less familiar with Jiangnan than you, and the two of you have also seen the recent situation, the Zhao family is menacing. ”

Sun Huai frowned and said: "I'm afraid that when Zhao Jie arrives in Jiangnan, not only will he not be able to separate the military and the government, but he will also make him grasp the military and political power and cover the sky with one hand." ”

Over the years, Lin Jiang has been very restrained in this regard, except for some times, most of the time the governors have been delegated to handle the local civil affairs and finances, and he is more to supervise the local magistrates to prevent them from corruption or tyranny.

Therefore, Lin Jiang and the Lin family he represents are very gentle, but the Zhao family is diametrically opposed. In just these two months, Zhao Sheng spent a lot of money in order to make his brother an observer in Jiangnan, and connected the major families in Jiangnan to oppose Sun Huai.

Regardless of whether these tandems have any effect or not, anyway, Sun Huai looked at it and was very disgusted in his heart, such a domineering and powerful way of doing things really made Zhao Jie an observer in Jiangnan, and the other party was still willing to let go of civil affairs and finances and only manage military power?

Liu Pei nodded again and again, and said in a low voice: "My lord, although there are wars in Daliang from time to time, Jiangnan is very comfortable, in the final analysis, what the people here need most is the officials who are guarded, not radical people like Zhao Jie." Now that the Zhao clan is aggressive, we can't sit still. ”

And Sun Huai is Lin Jiang's confidant, and there is no one more suitable to implement Lin Jiang's policies than him.

Lin Jiang smiled slightly: "I have the opposite opinion from you. ”

A glint flashed in his eyes and said: "Now they are bound to win, so we don't need to compete for their strengths and weaknesses, it is better to retreat and avoid the edge." ”

"This ......" Liu Pei and Sun Huai glanced at each other, both hesitated, and avoided it now, just afraid that the DPRK and China would decide on the candidate.

Lin Qingwan couldn't help but say on the side: "Don't worry, two adults, at least Your Majesty will wait for Lu Duhu to return to the capital before making a decision." ”

Sun Huai's eyes lit up, "My lord and Lu Duhu have a deep friendship?" ”

Lin Jiang was silent and said, "We studied under Mr. Lu Yang, the former Guozi Priest, and we have known each other for more than 20 years. ”

Isn't there a rumor that the two are at odds?

Sure enough, the rumors are not credible.

Sun Huai and Liu Pei instantly raised a new level of friendship between the two in their hearts, and both of them calmed down, "Don't worry, my lord, we will restrain the people below and not compete with the Zhao family for the time being." ”

Lin Jiang bowed his head with satisfaction, "When this batch of property is put into storage, Your Majesty will inevitably ask me again about the candidate for the Jiangnan Observation Envoy." ”

Sun Huai and Liu Pei comprehended, don't look at the Zhao family now jumping happily, the initiative is actually still in the hands of Lin Jiang.

With such a large amount of property entering Beijing, the emperor must rely more on Lin Jiang, and he will trust Lin Jiang more in the matter of his successor.

And Sun Huai, with Lin Jiang's support, won half of the victory first.

Zhao Jie noticed this earlier than Zhao Sheng, so he wrote a letter to his younger brother and sister in Jiangnan, and also sent a letter to his brother-in-law in the capital, asking them to say that Lin Jiang was on his side.

Even if it doesn't work, he must not be allowed to speak on Sun Huai's side again, and it is best to remain silent, so that his chances of victory are still very good.

After Mrs. Shang got the letter, she felt aggrieved for a while, and stayed in the house for a long time to do psychological construction before going to find the old lady.

She has a bad direct relationship with Lin Jiang's uncle, and she has to find the old lady to come forward, and her son and nephew can also go to a letter.

Zhao Sheng was more able to bend and stretch than the second wife of Shang, and after receiving his brother's letter, he brought a gift and went to visit the Lin family with a smile.

Lin Jiang is seriously ill and doesn't see guests?

It doesn't matter, then I'll see my nephew, Zhao Sheng stayed at the Lin family for a long time, and there were rumors outside not long after he left.

The Lin family and the Zhao family are interested in cooperating, and Lin Jiang appreciates the Zhao Sheng brothers very much, focusing on the brothers.

Lin Qingwan sent someone to collect information outside, so she knew about the rumors from the beginning. However, she thought about it and didn't stop it, but sneered: "Let them go, how is the situation of opening the warehouse and releasing grain?" ”

Steward Lin bowed down and said, "Except for Suzhou, there are still some that have not been dispatched, and other places have been finished one after another. ”

Lin Qingwan bowed, "Let them send all the account books, and start to release them after they are verified, just do what we agreed before, release people in groups, and I'd rather slow down than make mistakes, so as to ensure everyone's whereabouts." ”

Steward Lin sighed and nodded, "Miss, this time, most of the Lin family will be dispersed, have you really thought about it clearly?" ”

"The property has been sold, and we can't afford to keep people," Lin Qingwan comforted him: "Besides, these people have been with our Lin family for so many years, and the family business of this dynasty is gone, and what our Lin family can do for them in the last place is to let them go." ”

Steward Lin's mouth opened, and finally he sighed and retreated, forget it, the names have been reported, and it is not okay to regret it at this time, it is better to do it simply and do things beautifully.

There were rumors outside, and even the Zhou Xie family had some belief that the Lin and Zhao families were going to form an alliance, but Sun Huai still sat down like a mountain to observe the envoy, no matter how much trouble was made outside, how to sing about him, he didn't do one more thing.

was waiting to catch Sun Huai's pigtails and Zhao Sheng, who was waiting for him to fall out with Lin Jiang's suspicions, and his face was blue, and he didn't wait.

can only ask people to keep staring at the Lin Mansion while keeping running, making the rumors more ferocious, and trying all kinds of ways to see Lin Jiang and talk to the other party.

But at present, it seems that this goal has not been achieved, he has been "lost" three times to enter the backyard by mistake, but every time people are stopped at the second gate, no matter how he coerces and tempts, the old woman guarding the door is not allowed to cross the second door.

He also asked his nephew Shang Mingjie to lead him to the backyard, or pretended to guide the other party inadvertently, but either his nephew refused, or he couldn't fool him.

Zhao Sheng has reason to believe that he must have been focused on by the Lin Mansion, otherwise why would he be stopped every time?

No matter how many tricks he tries to do without success?

Lin Qingwan presided over the release of good work, while sitting and watching Zhao Sheng's various tosses, during which she received a letter from Mrs. Shang, two letters from Shang Ping in the capital and a request from Mrs. Shang Mingjie relayed by Shang Mingjie, and a letter from Mrs. Shang Mingyuan to him.

She always suppressed the letters, and only mentioned the contents of these letters to Lin Jiang when there was no one, and sat back and watched the chaos between all parties.

Time ran faster than a horse, she didn't even notice the passage of time, half a month passed in a flash, and Lu Zhen escorted the more than six million taels of money back to the capital.

The emperor couldn't help but secretly ran out of the palace to see them enter the city, and then ran back to the palace to change his clothes, waiting for onlookers at the treasury in the bright light.

The household department transferred enough manpower from the six departments, first opened the box to confirm that it was all money and silk, and then began to count and put it into the warehouse.

It's much simpler, they don't have to count the money bit by bit, most of them just open the box, weigh the silver/gold/copper coins inside, and feel the weight to know if it's real or not.

There is a number of money in each box, as long as you make sure that there is no fake money or short money in it, and the foreigner of the gold department with vicious eyes can roughly know how many taels of gold and silver are in it as long as he glances at the box.

The other seconded officials were worse, but they started counting them, and they were quick to find out the pattern later.

Today, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not go to the Yamen, but came to the treasury to watch here with various excuses, which is the largest amount of money received by the treasury since the establishment of the Great Liang Dynasty.

Although it is not their own money, everyone is also enthusiastic about it.

Feel like the air is much better? I am happier than I earned 100,000 taels from my own family.

The emperor was also very happy, and he spent it in the treasury until dark before returning to the harem, and halfway through it, he remembered that Lu Zhen had not come to report, so he turned to the Qinzheng Palace, and asked people to call Lu Zhen, and by the way, let Gonggong Liu go to the queen's palace to report the good news, "The silver has arrived safely, go and report the good news to the queen first, so that she can rest assured." ”