Investigating the affairs of the eight Jin merchants, the apocalypse was handed over to Wei Zhongxian and Luo Sigong.

Tianqi even directly stated that he knew that there were many powerful people in the court who were involved with these eight families, but he believed that their original intention was not to sell the interests of the Ming Dynasty to Jianyu, but they were deceived by the eight Jin merchants.

Therefore, he will not hold the courtiers accountable for any crimes, but the eight tumors of the eight Jin merchants must be eliminated without reservation.

If anyone dares to shield it, he is an enemy of me and the entire Ming Dynasty.

That time when he came out of the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian only felt a chill all over his body, because his entire back was soaked.

Without him, the eight Jin merchants and his eunuchs were deeply involved, not to mention anything else, Hei Yunlong, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, was a member of the eunuch party, and the fort (Zhangjiakou Fort) where the eight Jin merchants were located belonged to the Xuanfu.

If the eight Jin merchants want to hide from the world, they naturally have to have a good relationship with the general army of Xuanfu, otherwise they will not be able to get out of the side wall.

If you want to liquidate, Heiyun Long will not be able to run first, and then a large number of people will be implicated, can he Wei Zhongxian not be afraid?

What's more, today's Banzai is no longer the easy to fool Banzai at the beginning, not only is it much more shrewd, but also the methods are more ruthless.

King Fu is a long-lived uncle of the emperor, just because there is money in the palace, he found an excuse to frame him for rebellion, cut his knighthood, copied his palace, not to mention, and didn't even leave him a small life.

Because of this, even if Wei Zhongxian heard the Apocalypse promise that he would not pursue the people involved in the eight Jin Shang families, he still couldn't bear it and didn't dare to say that he knew the eight Jin Shang families.

After all, this is not an ordinary crime, this is a heinous treason that involves betraying the Zhu family.

Once Banzai repents in anger, he will lose trust at least and lose his head at worst, no matter which one it is, he Wei Zhongxian can't afford it.

But after he came out, he was very nervous in his heart, for fear that Banzai already knew, but he was deliberately testing his loyalty.

If you don't take the initiative to explain truthfully, you will be punished for the crime of bullying the king, and the consequences will be very serious.

Therefore, since the apocalypse handed over the task of investigation to him and Luo Sigong, he has been in a panic all day, and the older he gets, the more afraid he is of death.

However, he still had to do enough, and he asked Wu Biao to go out and cooperate with the Jinyi guard to infiltrate the castle to investigate.

It took almost a month for Wu Biao and Jin Yiwei to return from Xuanfu and bring back good news, and finally found out which eight they were.

In fact, Wu Biao, Hei Yunlong, and Wei Zhongxian all knew who the eight Jin Shang families were, but no one dared to openly say that they knew, otherwise it would be difficult to explain their relationship with the Jin Shang Eight families.

Luo Sigong didn't know much at first, but after investigating in the fort, he found some problems, and the eight Jin merchants seemed to be in collusion with the eunuchs.

Although Wu Biao tried his best to cover it up, he Luo Sigong had served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard for many years, and compared with his experience and scheming, how could he be half a point weaker than them?

However, he didn't want to be an open enemy of the eunuchs, and through the matter of the Hakka family, he also knew that Banzai didn't seem to want to attack the eunuchs too much.

So, he has been quiet.

After returning to Beijing, Luo Sigong and Wei Zhongxian entered the palace together and reported the results to the apocalypse together.

"Long live, Ergeng and Jinyiwei have cooperated seamlessly, and finally found out the details of these tumors."

With that, Wei Zhongxian handed the results of the investigation to Tianqi with both hands.

Tianqi took it, and then looked at it seriously, and saw the familiar name of Fan Yongdou, but the other seven names were not impressed.

But presumably it shouldn't be wrong, after all, these people are not in contact with Jianyu for a day or two, and their actions seem to be secretive, but with such a big movement of transporting materials, how can they really be completely concealed? If you want to look it up, it's not difficult at all.

If you take 10,000 steps back, even if there are one or two people in this list, or a few people who have mistakes or omissions, it will not have much impact.

Because in addition to removing these tumors outside of the apocalypse, another important purpose of the apocalypse is to find a suitable reason to cut off the supply of materials and intelligence to Jianlu in the fort, and first poke one of Jianlu's eyes.

Therefore, as soon as Tianqi groaned, he directly ordered: "Since the evidence has been conclusive, this matter will continue to be handed over to the two of you to deal with, and you must not omit any of them." ”

"But I also know that these Jin merchants have been trading with Mongolia and Jianyu for many years, and they are all extremely wealthy."

"These days have to build cities, buy Hongyi cannons, and make all kinds of ordnance, which consumes a lot. The money and property obtained by looting the fat and ointment of my Ming people and selling my Ming interests should be returned to the treasury for our Ming Dynasty's resistance to captivity. ”

"The two of you must carefully check and help me get it back safely."

Sure enough, again for the money.

The two didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, long live." ”

Tianqi thought for a moment, and then added: "As for the eight families, there is no need to escort them back to Beijing, just correct the Fa in the fort." Yiqi Nine Clans, let those businessmen see, dare to be with the enemy, this is the end. ”

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, his heart was overjoyed, and a big stone in his heart also fell to the ground.

He was afraid that after escorting these people back to Beijing, he would be implicated in the eunuch party, and the consequences would be too serious.

If they were all disposed of in the fort, there would be a way to cover them up.

So, he hurriedly said: "What Long Live said is extremely true, the slave maid and the Luo Commander will never spare a single person, and they will also collect all the property obtained by the eight families who sold my Ming Dynasty and transport it back to the national treasury." ”

"Good. After this is done, I will give you a great credit and set up a celebration banquet. ”

"Long live thanks."

The two did not dare to delay, and immediately left the palace to arrange matters.

However, Luo Sigong had just left the palace not far away, and quickly turned back, and then went to the Qianqing Palace to ask for a summons.

Tianqi guessed that Luo Sigong should have something bad to say in front of Wei Zhongxian, so he made such a big detour, so he took him to Dongnuan Pavilion alone to report.

"Back to Long live, Weichen noticed that the eight Jin merchants seemed to be in collusion with the eunuch party."

After that, Luo Sigong seriously told some of his discoveries, but he didn't seem surprised to see Banzai's expression immediately.

Apocalypse paced in front of him and sighed softly, "Why don't I know? However, Jian Prisoner is about to enter the prison, and I don't want to make a big move to mess up the court, so I will stop this matter for the time being. ”

"Yes, hooray." Luo Sigong did not have the slightest intention of admonishing, because he further confirmed that Banzai did not want to move the eunuch party.

Tianqi immediately said with relief: "Luo Liao has done a good job, I will remember it in my heart." ”

"Long live thanks." Luo Sigong said excitedly, his purpose is to make Banzai feel his loyalty.

And this attitude is also what the apocalypse wants to see.

In the afternoon of the same day, Jinyiwei and Dongchang each sent a team of elites, and went straight to Xuanfu after leaving Beijing.

Wei Zhongxian, who was in the capital division, was not idle, and after they left for a few days, he immediately mobilized the officials of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and quickly dispatched to wipe out the eight strongholds of the Jin merchants in Beijing, all the industries were sealed, and all the personnel were arrested.