Kyoshi, evening.

Wu Heng, the right attendant, rushed back in a hurry, and did not go to the yamen of the military department, but turned around and went to the mansion of Yang Hong, the left attendant.

During this period of time, Yang Hong has been sick, and the emperor is not in Beijing, so no one cares about it at all.

The housekeeper Yang Gui had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Wu Heng, he hurriedly saluted and said, "Lord Wu, my lord is invited!" ”

Wu Heng nodded and followed Yang Gui into the inner courtyard.

If you were a bystander, you would be surprised to find that there were more than a dozen guards standing in an ordinary-looking Sanjin courtyard, all of whom were carrying knives.

Wu Heng didn't hesitate, as if he had known it for a long time.

Yang Gui knocked lightly on the door and said, "Master, Lord Wu is here." ”

Soon, a voice came from inside: "Come in!" ”

Yang Gui pushed open the door and made a gesture of please, and after Wu Heng entered, he closed the door.

Immediately after, he returned to the front yard and instructed the two guards: "Go outside and have a look, if you find a suspicious person, ...... directly."

As he spoke, he placed his palm flat on his neck and gestured lightly.

The two guards understood, turned and walked out of the door.

Wu Heng clasped his fists and saluted: "Lord Yang, the humble post is back!" ”

"Well, how's it going?"

There was an oil lamp in the room, and I saw Yang Hong with his hands behind his back, staring closely at the map on the wall.

Wu Heng said: "Sure enough, as expected, the emperor is in Mobei, and he only brings a small number of brocade guards with him!" ”

Yang Hong slowly turned around and asked, "Where are the Tatars?" ”

Wu Heng stepped forward and pointed at the map.

Yang Hong showed a hint of joy on his face and said, "Has Mo Beiwei's problem been solved?" ”

"It's going well, Gula has taken Qiqike according to the plan, mastered the military power, just wait to fight the Tatars back and forth, the emperor will definitely have no way out!"

Yang Hong nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's start!" ”

That night, a large number of horse-drawn carriages and sedan chairs were parked on the street in front of Yang's house.

Among these people, there are various positions below the six Shangshu, in addition, there are Yang Hong's eldest son, Yang Jun, the governor of the capital, Yang Jie, the second son, the guerrilla general, and his son-in-law, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Qiu Dinglong.

If you look through the resumes of these people, you will find that except for Yang Hong's family, all of them are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and all of them have been operating for several generations and have a lot of money.

Everyone looked solemn, nervous and excited.

Yang Hong counted a few people, and then said: "I have been planning for a long time, and the time is finally ripe today, whether I can turn over or not depends on tomorrow's battle!" ”

Wu Heng immediately stood up and said: "The faint monarch is incompetent, he will only compete with the people for profit, the people of the world have long been miserable, we are waiting to do this big thing, it is for the sake of the common people in the world, and then die!" ”

Chang Xuegong, the director of the Ministry of Rites, then said: "It's not just a faint king, I have never seen such a brutal Son of Heaven in the land of China for 5,000 years, and he has never seen such a brutal son of heaven, who raids his family and exterminates his clan at every turn, which is simply unheard of!" ”

"Yes, even in the Hongwu period, he wouldn't kill like this, he didn't treat people as human beings!"

"Today's saints are murderous and extremely greedy, if the country is not easy to master, no one's money can be saved!"

Everyone is slandering Zhu Qizhen, a faint monarch and tyrant, for a very simple reason, after a series of reforms, it has seriously touched the foundation of the gentry class.

First of all, open the sea, can this thing be opened?

Who doesn't know that maritime trade is highly profitable, otherwise, where would the landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang get their money?

Daming's goods are extremely popular, shipwrights of porcelain, silk, cotton cloth are shipped out, and then foreign spices, cane sugar and other scarce materials are transported back, a trip down is ten times a hundred times the profit.

As the saying goes, the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish!

The more forbidden the court was, the more profitable the smuggling would be.

Now that the imperial court has returned to the West, this is not just a piece of the pie, but even the pots and pots are taken away.

After eating the meat, there is no soup left!

Speaking of Annam, the topography of this country is very strange, to put it bluntly, it is a coastline.

Before the sea ban, Annam could be used as an important route for smuggling fleets to enter the South Seas, not only for dumping goods, but also as a transit for replenishment, which was very important.

The imperial court took Annan into the pocket again, which was not enough, so he beat the rabbit with grass and took the city by the way.

At this moment, the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang completely lost their overseas strongholds, and the smuggling industry was completely cut off.

If you want to trade at sea, you can also go through the normal procedures, report what should be reported, and pay taxes that should be paid.

In this way, not only can it not be monopolized, but because trade is liberalized, it is impossible to form a monopoly, and profits will fall.

Over the years, everyone has become accustomed to monopoly, and naturally cannot accept this result.

Even those mud legs who were originally digging in the field joined in the fun, got a few small boats and went to sea to do business.

What grade is it worthy of doing business with us?

In the past, if they wanted to kill these fart people, each of them had at least a hundred methods, but before they could do it, the emperor actually showed the butcher knife first.

By plotting against the gentry, thoroughly investigate the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

Tens of thousands of people were affected, and the entire Jiangnan was bleeding, and during that time, when the official went to duty in the morning, he didn't know if he could go home at night!

Those who are lucky enough to survive can only keep this account in their hearts secretly and wait for the opportunity.

For thousands of years, the Jiangnan gentry have held the greatest power in the world.

Regardless of the dynasties, they can control the government in different ways.

Even during the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols invaded with iron cavalry, their strength was not greatly impacted, and they were relatively well preserved.

However, this time the blow was too great, as long as it was found that there was smuggling, whether it was personally involved or the umbrella that received the money, it was all swept to the end.

So, they chose to lie dormant and forbear.

It's been five years, and finally, here's the opportunity!

Yang Hongnai was the former commander of Datong, and was later promoted to the left servant of the military department, and his two sons were the governor of the left capital and the guerrilla general, who were in charge of the former military governor's mansion and the Shazhou guard.

Not long ago, Shazhou Wei was found to have a huge deficit by the inspector Yushi, suspected of reselling military supplies and even weapons!

The army of the Ming Dynasty is invincible, in addition to excellent military quality, there is also advanced equipment.

The flintlock pistol has been upgraded to the third generation and is now called a semi-automatic rifle.

However, this new type of equipment was too advanced and difficult to manufacture, and only 3,000 battalions and part of the 5th army battalion were equipped.

As for the second generation of flintlock muskets, they have already been mass-produced and equipped to various health posts.

However, after the inspector found out the problem, he didn't have time to return to Beijing to play, and he was inexplicably gag.

Yang Hong was secretly operating, preparing to suppress the matter, but who expected that the backyard would catch fire, and the former military governor's mansion would be found to be in deficit!

Only then did he realize that the two things were not a coincidence, and that someone was trying to kill him.