But with such a group of petty officials, Zhou Xian couldn't let them go easily.

Since ancient times, the officials of the imperial court have been corrupt, and the only thing that is bad is the officialdom environment of the imperial court and the capital.

However, those petty officials at the grassroots level are insatiable, which directly harms the core interests of the people.

Therefore, the tiger and the fly must be fought at the same time.

Flies, in particular, should be resolutely eliminated as long as they leak out.

However, this incident also gave Zhou Xian a wake-up call.

That is the core team under Zhao Huaiqing, and the members are all on the Jinling side.

What does this mean?

The reason why Jinling City became the capital of the Ming Dynasty was from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Di ascended the throne.

Although it is the Son of Heaven who guards the country.

However, in recent years, the emperor's relatives who have been second only to the Son of Heaven in the court have regarded Jinling City as their second power center.

Zhao Huaiqing was Emperor Wanli's son-in-law.

Emperor Wanli cultivated his own henchmen in Nanjing.

He wants to be able to take into account both the north and the south.

Since the fall of Wei Zhongxian.

The city of Beijing faced the attacks of Jiannu and the Mongols.

Political status is declining rapidly.

There was a talk in the court of moving the capital to the south.

After coming and going, the status of Nanjing, a big city in Jinling, was invisibly elevated.

Therefore, Zhao Huaiqing still used the group of favored officials during the Wanli Emperor's period.

However, why didn't Zhao Huaiqing go to Jinling?

Do you want to open up a route to Wucheng on the Beijing side?

Before Zhou Xian won the general of Wucheng.

It has changed the first and second leaders of Xuanfu Military Town.

Those officials involved in the case have long had an affair with Zhao Huaiqing.

Why not?

Everyone knows that Zhao Huaiqing is not clean, and they dare not testify against him even if a catastrophe comes.

It is conceivable how strong the foundation of this former dynasty horse is.

I'm afraid that the status of the old princess who is still alive is enough to suppress the Donglin Party.

Now things have exploded.

How to deal with Zhao Huaiqing? It has become the most concerned topic in the Ming Dynasty.

Kill!

Killed, of course.

This kind of traitor has no additional options in Zhou Xian's eyes.

Let's take a look at how many state-owned assets Zhao Huaiqing smuggled in seven years?

Just grain, seven million stone in seven years.

Every year, one million stones were sent to Huang Taiji for nothing.

Then he exchanged ginseng and mink skins worth only 10,000 taels of silver from Jiannu's hands.

Those things were not exchanged by Huang Taiji with him at an equal price.

but it was given to him in a beautiful name.

It's tolerable, it's unbearable!

But the most difficult problem in front of Zhou Xian now is not to dispose of Zhao Huaiqing as soon as possible, but to stifle the circulation of inferior silver as soon as possible.

If the inferior silver currently circulating in Beijing is not cleared and recovered in time, something will happen.

Imagine a country whose hard currency suddenly becomes all bad money.

Then the credibility of the country in the minds of the people will be completely lost.

In addition, many people nowadays are also thinking about using bad money.

Because one tael of official silver can be exchanged for two taels of bad currency.

However, the goods in private circulation are still at the same price.

As a result, bad money drives out good money, and they follow suit.

Therefore, this matter needs to be dealt with urgently.

For Zhou Xian, the best way is to put it all on the table.

Re-establish the credibility of the imperial court.

So, under the instruction of the eunuch of the dynasty, a public edict of the imperial court spread throughout the city of Beijing.

The above statement is for the circulation of inferior silver during this time.

However, the dangers of using inferior silver are not described above.

Because it is undoubtedly an offense to those ordinary people who can't read big words.

Today's Ming Dynasty no longer allows civil uprisings.

Otherwise, the peasant uprisings would have become the last straw that overwhelmed the Ming Dynasty.

After all, why did the peasants revolt?

That's naturally because normal channels can't survive anymore.

Now the official silver of the Ming Dynasty is almost monopolized by the Donglin Party.

There is not much real money circulating in the people.

If the common people want to survive, they can only make up their minds from inferior silver.

Therefore, the announcement issued by the imperial court is only a way to teach the people some inferior silver.

And strictly ordered the imperial court to conduct a thorough and vigorous investigation after three days.

This meant that the imperial court allowed the people to be given a little time.

As long as you hand over all the inferior silver in your hand within three days.

Then you can never blame the past.

Otherwise......

Although the announcement did not specify the consequences.

But when everyone saw that the person who paid the announcement was Zhou Xian, the concubine of the Imperial Prison State.

Then they don't dare to joke with their own lives.

I have to say that Zhou Xian's announcement did set off a great repercussion in Beijing.

In the following whole day, the amount of inferior silver confiscated from Yu Jinshan increased significantly.

All of this inferior silver was hoarded in the place designated by Zhou Xian.

It will be used for a long time in the future.

That's right, that is, after the case is thoroughly investigated, the inferior silver will be handed over to the Mint Division and all will be smelted.

Then the official silver of the imperial court was released.

The shrinkage of the silver tael itself is certain.

But is there any other way?

No!

After establishing public opinion, the next step is to check the smugglers on the transportation routes.

Zhou Xian will be the most important inventory strongholds, relics in Xuanfu and Hebei.

In addition, several additional secret posts were set up on the side of Jinling City.

Specially keep an eye on the merchant ships sailing from the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.

For a while, Jinyiwei and the secret agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were all busy.

But it's at this juncture.

On Zhou Xian's desk, a secret letter from the territory of Jiannu appeared.

The letterhead was sent by Yue Ling through a special channel set in the country.

In the entire Ming Dynasty Hall, the only people who knew about this arrangement were Zhou Xian and Hou Lianhui, the chief eunuch beside him.

Hou Lianhui is a person, Zhou Xian has a targeted temptation for him.

The final conclusion made Zhou Xian very satisfied.

In addition, Hou Lianhui had been working under Cao Zhengchun before that.

And Cao Zhengchun was Wei Zhongxian's number one horse boy back then.

Therefore, the two competed for favor during the Wei Zhongxian period.

It's just that Cao Zhengchun did things better than Hou Lian's perineal falcon, so he was reused by Wei Changgong.

Two people who were originally of equal status, one of them was promoted.

Naturally, it will suppress the other person.

In recent years, Hou Lianhui has been almost overwhelmed by Cao Zhengchun.

Now that he has finally survived until the master of the horse snubs Cao Zhengchun, he will naturally do things for the horse wholeheartedly.

Zhou Xian's arrangement for Yue Ling, who was abroad, was to deliver the news through Hou Lianhui's fireworks and willow lanes on the outskirts of Beijing.

As for the news escort channel on Yue Ling's side, there are core members within him to escort him all the way.

Therefore, when Zhou Xian saw the letterhead with a special pattern burned, he felt that something had happened to Jiannu again!

This is what Zhou Xian cares about the most.

Really!

In the letterhead, it is completely explained that Hazier, the second person of the Mongolian tribe, has a bad plan.