Shi Kefa, the first assistant of the cabinet, was already angry and sick at home.

Now presiding over the work of the cabinet is Deputy Assistant Takashi Hongtu.

On this morning, Gao Hongtu summoned Zuo Guang, the imperial historian of Zuo Yudu, to his duty room first.

"Xiaguan Zuo Guangxian, see the second assistant." Zuo Guang first respectfully bowed to the ground.

Zuo Guangxian was able to be promoted six levels from the seventh grade and thirteenth road patrol according to the imperial history, and was directly promoted to the fourth grade Zuo Yudu, relying on the strong push of the second assistant Gao Hongtu.

For this reason, I almost turned against Shi Kefa.

Therefore, Zuo Guangxian is also grateful to Gao Hongtu.

This time, Gao Hongtu asked Zuo Guang to find Ma Mingluo's stubble first, and Zuo Guangxian was also very hardworking.

"Get up." Gao Hongtu continued to write the bill, and asked without raising his head, "How did you check the accounts of the Internal Affairs Office?" What fallacies have been found? ”

Good guy, Gao Hongtu didn't listen to Shi Kefa at all.

At the beginning, Shi Kefa asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to suspend the investigation of the accounts of the Internal Affairs Office, but Zuo Guangxian did not stop at all.

"Second assistant, I haven't found any fallacies yet." Zuo Guang first lowered his voice and said, "But Xiaguan believes that it is impossible for the accounts of the Internal Affairs Office to be without problems, and the expenditure of millions of taels of silver, I don't believe that Ma Mingluo can hold back and not peck at it, so as long as you insist on pursuing it, you will definitely be able to find out the problem." ”

Gao Hongtu's brush couldn't help but stop in the air.

Is this the problem not detected? Ma Mingluo really didn't stretch out his hand?

After a while, Gao Hongtu asked again: "Ma Mingluo is okay, but what about the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Zuo Guangxian didn't understand what Gao Hongtu meant for a moment, and was immediately stunned.

Gao Hongtu's face immediately fell, and he said angrily: "There are more than 100 people in the Internal Affairs Office now, and there is no problem with Ma Mingluo, the deputy director, and there is no problem with the officials, palms, and records below?" ”

"With so much money and grain bonds, everyone can be as honest and self-disciplined as Ma Mingluo?"

"Even if everyone is honest and self-disciplined, is there no problem of overpayment of salaries and annual expenses by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Saying this, Gao Hongtu hated iron and steel, and said: "Do you also need to be taught by the cabinet department about these things?" ”

"Understood, Xiaguan understood!" Zuo Guang's eyes lit up first, and he turned away impromptuly.

Before going out, Zuo Guangxian thought to himself, in the end, he was the elder of the pavilion, his vision was higher than him, and he could see farther than him, and he found the breakthrough of the Internal Affairs Office at once, Ma Mingluo, Ma Mingluo, this time you can't run away.

As soon as Zuo Guang walked with his previous feet, Xie Xuelong entered Gao Hongtu's room with his hind feet.

"Gao Ge Lao." Xie Xuelong asked in a low voice, "Zuo Guangxian is still checking the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

"It turned out to be the old Xie Ge." Gao Hongtu put down the brush, took off his reading glasses from the bridge of his nose, and sighed, "Since you are sitting in this position, you have to take on this responsibility, and you can't do it if you don't check it." ”

is also the chief assistant of the cabinet, how can Xie Xuelong not hear Gao Hongtu's voice?

Don't look at them as cabinet assistants, the political authority of the entire Ming Dynasty is from the hands of the four of them, but in fact, like people drinking water, they know their own warmth and coldness, and there is also a lot of helplessness hidden under the scenery of the pavilion elders.

The whole officialdom is like a big net, and they are just people in the net.

But some things can be done, some things can't be done, there has to be a lightness of relief, right?

At that moment, Xie Xuelong persuaded: "Elder Gaoge, it is a bit too hasty to act like this. ”

"What's that your name?" Gao Hongtu frowned and said, "Punishing corruption and eliminating evil should only seize the day, how can we delay the plan?" ”

Xie Xuelong didn't know how to answer, and wanted to say that the gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan were no longer of the same heart, but he was afraid that Gao Hongtu would not listen, and even doubted his position in turn.

Well, the fact is that Xie Xuelong's position has indeed changed.

The gentry and businessmen in the entire Jiangnan are no longer as monolithic as before.

Although the market exchange and bond trading carried out by the saint have caused many gentry and businessmen to go bankrupt, there are also many gentry and businessmen like their Xie family who have made a lot of money from it.

That's why many people now recite holy things.

Because the Holy One can bring more wealth and opportunity.

In recent days, he has made old friends, fellow villagers and even classmates in the same year to come to him to catch up with him, and his words can be said to be undisguised and even implied warnings about the protection of the saint.

Xie Xuelong, the meaning of these people, naturally understands it.

They had apparently sensed something, too.

So I hope that he Xie Xuelong can come forward to stop it.

But looking at Gao Hongtu's attitude, Xie Xuelong knew that it was useless to say more.

Obviously, Gao Hongtu and the group of people behind him have made up their minds that for them, changing the emperor is nothing, and even the country name can be replaced, but their vested interests cannot be touched.

The saint wants to share acres of land, that is, to dig up their roots, and he categorically does not allow it!

At that moment, Xie Xuelong turned around and withdrew from Gao Hongtu's duty room.

……

"Sir? Master! ”

The sleeping Kang Million was awakened.

When I got up to look, I found that it was the old butler Kangfu.

"Fauber, what's the matter?" Kang million yawned.

"In the middle of the night, you still don't let people sleep?"

The old housekeeper said in a low voice: "Master, the third prince Xie is coming to visit." ”

"Xie Sangongzi?" Kang Million frowned and said, "Which one is the third son?" ”

The old housekeeper continued: "The third son of Xie Ge's hometown, Xie Xianyou. ”

"The third son of Xie Ge's hometown?" Kang Million was stunned at first, and said in his heart that I have no friendship with Xie Ge's hometown, what is the third son of Xie looking for me to do? Do you want to buy bonds? But the Xie family didn't lose any money.

By the way, the market of the market has been completely reversed.

After the news of Yan Yingyuan's killing of nearly 10,000 Jiannu in the Battle of Shanyang came back to Nanjing, the gentry and businessmen who were crying and shouting for the city to buy back the bonds were really repentant.

And now it's crying and shouting to redeem the bonds.

But this does not include the Xie family, who had already been cleared out before the avalanche of bond prices, and it was said that they had earned more than 100,000 taels of silver.

The old housekeeper said again: "The third prince said that there are 100,000 urgent matters. ”

"100,000 urgent?" Kang Wanwan's expression suddenly froze, and he said, "Please go to the flower hall and wait." ”

At that moment, Kang Million changed his clothes, washed his face again, and then entered the flower hall through the side door.

I saw a young man in his early twenties sitting and drinking tea.

Seeing Kang Million, the young man hurriedly got up and said, "I've seen Uncle Guo." ”

"You're welcome." Kang Million replied, "The third prince came to visit at night, I don't know what is important?" ”

Xie Xianyou glanced at Kangfu, and Kangbo consciously withdrew from the flower hall.

Xie Xianyou said in a low voice: "Uncle Guo, hurry up and find Shi Ge Lao and ask him to come back to see things, go now, otherwise there will be a big incident in the court!" ”

"What's the big deal?" Kang Million said awe-inspiringly.

Xie Xianyou said: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to raid the Internal Affairs Office!" ”

"What?" Kang Million was suddenly startled, "You want to raid the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

What does it mean to raid the Internal Affairs Office, Kang Million knows better than anyone that it is to dig up the roots of the saints!

The food, equipment, gunpowder, lead, cotton armor and other baggage on the Xuzhou front line were all prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs from Nanjing, and then hired caravans to be continuously transported to Huai'an Province, and then transferred from Huai'an Province to Xuzhou through the fleet of sailors.

If the Metropolitan Procuratorate really raided the Internal Affairs Office, the food and salary sent to Xuzhou would be immediately interrupted.

If this is the case, what will the more than one million soldiers and civilians trapped in Xuzhou City by Jiannu eat? With what? It is estimated that there will be no problems in two or three months, and once it is more than four months, there will be big problems.

To make matters worse, once Jiannu learns the news, it will be even more troublesome.

This is not to raid the Internal Affairs Office, but to bury the saints, bury the Ming Dynasty, and bury the Zongmiao Sheji!

Thinking of this, an inexplicable anger rose from Kang Wanwan's chest, and he said angrily: "Do they really dare? ”

Xie Xianyou just shook his head when he heard this, got up and said: "Uncle Guo, the next word has been brought, you better hurry up and find Shi Ge Lao, only Shi Ge Lao can stop them at the moment." ”

After a pause, Xie Xianyou said again: "I haven't been here tonight." ”

Seeing Xie Xianyou leave, Kang Wanwan's face fell, and he shouted: "Fu Bo! ”

The old butler Kang Fu walked in quickly and said respectfully, "Master? ”

Kang Million said in a deep voice: "Prepare the car!" ”

……

At this time, at the Swallow Rock Pier.

A batch of bird guns and tiger squat cannons just produced by the Daming Arsenal are busy loading the ship.

There are a total of 1,000 bird guns in this batch, and 50 tiger squat cannons, ready to be sent to Huai'an Mansion.

Also sent to Huai'an were 300 barrels of gunpowder produced by the gunpowder factory and more than 100,000 pieces of lead.

According to the supply plan of the arsenal, this batch of bird guns, tiger squat cannons, and gunpowder and lead should have been sent to Huai'an Mansion to deliver to Xiangyong two months ago, but it has been delayed until today.

So Zhan Yangzhi's face looked a little anxious.

"Hurry, move faster." Zhan Da saw that Zhan Yangzhi was very anxious, so he also began to be anxious, and then kept urging the porter on the dock.

"What are they doing?"

"Didn't eat? Don't you want to be paid anymore? ”

After yelling at the porter, Zhan Da said to Zhan Yangzhi again: "Master, the wind is strong by the river, you can go back first." ”

"Leave me alone." Zhan Yangzhi waved his hand and admonished, "Ah Da, this batch of ordnance is related to the safety of Huai'an Mansion, and no errands are allowed, you must be careful." ”

"Don't worry, sir." Zhan Da said with a serious face.

"The small ones must deliver their ordnance to Shanyang City on schedule."

While the two were talking, the porter over there finally finished loading the goods.

Zhan Da immediately said: "Master go back, the little one will leave." ”

After speaking, Zhan Da immediately took the hundreds of men from the Zhan caravan on the ship.

Soon, more than a dozen of Zhan's merchant ships galloped away from the Yanziji wharf and disappeared into the river.

It wasn't until more than a dozen merchant ships could no longer be seen that Zhan Yangzhi left the dock with a heavy heart, preparing to return to Zhan's mansion.

But I don't know why, Zhan Yangzhi always felt his right eyelid beating wildly, is there something bad going to happen? It shouldn't be, Jiannu didn't hit Jiangnan, what disaster could happen? Odd.

When I went to the Jinchuan Gate to call the door, I was told by the city gate guard that there was a curfew and I was not allowed to enter the city!

"Curfew?" Zhan Yangzhi was stunned when he heard this, what is the situation? What is the curfew at the end of the day?