Datong Gaoshanwei, Ma Yihuai pushed open a door, picked up the hot tea on the stove and poured it into his stomach.

In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, he was brought to Datong by Yang Shangyi, a general at that time, and then in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the two Tatar borders, they were all promoted because of their combat bravery, and his current position is already the original position of Yang Shangyi.

Gao Shan Weiding was at the forefront of the defense of the Tatars, and Yang Shangyi put him here.

And his two, even more courageous sons.

Now they were all nervous, because in June the Tatars led their troops to attack, and camped thirty miles on the border of Datong and Xuanfu.

At that time, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to conquer in person, but he was still persuaded by Liu Daxia.

“…… Dad, I heard that there are also Tatar invasions in the northwest, and it has been a few years since then, when will it be a head? ”

His eldest son Ma Rong was still a little young a few years ago, but he has grown up slowly in the past few years, and when he is twenty years old, the young energy in his body has begun to be unstoppable.

The youngest son, Ma Sheng, only came to Datong in the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, and he also came out of the military academy, and he is only seventeen years old now, and he is still a little immature.

"We can't control the affairs of those big officials in the court. You two little cubs have your eyes wide open, just don't leave your life here. ”

Because the crown prince advocated that military attachés should also read, mainly military books and history books, so people like Ma Yihuai, who have a little ambition, usually work hard in this regard.

It is said that the group of people who came out of the military academy all knew a few big characters, and if you want to say that this reading also has power, after understanding history, it is like opening the mind, and those who hit the north are ruthless.

His youngest son has a little such patience, and he is quite good at reading books at the military academy, so he also sat by the stove at this time and said, "Big brother, you don't have to worry." The crown prince will not endure the Tatars for much longer. ”

"How do you know?"

"Because in the military academy, the prince taught us that what happened in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Hongzhi was a shame of the Ming Dynasty, and if the north was not clear, the shame could not be washed away. That's why I came to Datong to become a young general like Champion Hou! ”

Ma Yihuai squinted at his second son, turned over and continued to lie down, "If you read too many books, can you really change your brain?" How do you say that? ”

"Dad, don't laugh at me." Ma Sheng said hatefully: "The Tatars burned, killed and looted all over the border passes, isn't it a shame?" What is hateful is that some officials and masters, every time General Yang asks for battle, they say that the overall situation is the most important. The son just doesn't understand, isn't the fate of the people at the border the overall situation? ”

The eldest son didn't understand anything else, so he understood the part of the military department, and said, "Yes, you should let us fight out!" ”

"Alright, alright!" Ma Yihuai's head hurt when he heard it, "Day by day, I don't know what I've learned, the battlefield, is it what you think?" ”

The eldest son, Ma Rong, went through some battles.

But Ma Sheng, although he was the most aggressive, he did not know what the Tatar cavalry looked like

However, in Datong Mansion, there are indeed many people like Ma Sheng under Yang Shangyi's account.

And in the past few years, it has become more and more obvious, that is, they are very martial and radical, and they are the glorious history of Taizu Taizong's northward drive to Dayuan at every turn.

I don't know how to teach it.

The situation in the north is becoming more and more tense day by day, and the army is not stopping on the road from Datong to Beijing.

And Jiangnan is not calm.

As soon as Wang Hua arrived in Zhejiang, many people wanted to ask to see him, but the first person he saw was the person the prince wanted to protect, Mei Kejia. At least what the situation is to understand first.

In the Chamber of Secrets.

Mei Kejia said: "Starting with Xu Ruoqin, the prefect of Huzhou, Zhejiang, the officials in Zhejiang are all playing to the imperial court, and the eunuch Wei Bin is greedy for ink. ”

Wang Hua thought of what Wang Ao said before he came, and he felt that he had guessed correctly.

"If something like this happened to Wei Bin, even if the court didn't participate in his recital, he wouldn't be able to get along with His Royal Highness. Let's talk about you. In a few days, another group of people sent by His Royal Highness should also arrive, after Wei Bin was taken away, where did you mainly be affected? ”

"Supply." In the face of Wang Hua, Mei Kejia was more respectful than in front of Wei Bin, after all, this was a popular person in front of the prince. It is also his future reliance in Zhejiang.

"Source?"

"Although doing business is complicated, in fact, the steps are just to receive and sell goods. The process of selling goods is carried out overseas, and they can't intervene, but the receipt of goods is in Daming. I can't make tea or weave silk, and the silk machine is usually protected, so as long as you are careful, there will be no problems. But the source of goods is not easy to say, like raw silk is purchased from the people who grow mulberry fields in Huzhou. All the businessmen have the background of the government, and if Gonggong Wei leaves like this, I believe that he will soon not be able to receive raw silk. ”

Once the merchant's protection is gone, it is really simple for the government to deal with him.

Wang Hua has never done business, but Mei Kejia's explanation is also popular, he nodded slightly and asked, "Like you, how much profit can you make by going to sea once?" ”

Mei Kejia replied: "It depends on the cost. Judging from the experience of going out in the next few times, silk will not lose anything, as long as it is transported to Luzon, the price will increase tenfold. ”

"Ten times ...... No wonder so many people flock to it. ”

"You have to be lucky, because if you encounter a storm at sea, it's not fun. I lost a shipload of goods in the next place. ”

"Accidents are inevitable. So how much profit do you make every year now? ”

"When Grandpa Wei was here, it was about one million taels a year in the past few years. If it's Zhongcheng, I think it will be more. ”

Wang Hua was shocked when he heard this,

In this way, His Highness has now accumulated at least four or five million taels of silver.

That's a lot of money.

Once it is really like what Liu Daxia and those people think, the prince is ready to use this as military resources to use troops against the north. That's not a small scale.

In fact, it is also explained from another angle,

Why do the people in Zhejiang hate Wei Bin and Mei Kejia so much, such a big benefit should have belonged to them.

At this moment, Wang Hua also made up his mind.

"This financial road can't be cut off, otherwise the official's head won't be saved."

None of them could stand the prince's anger.

"And the head down there." Mei Kejia chimed in.

Wang Hua asked again: "Then what next, do you want the official to cooperate with you to protect the source of goods?" ”

Mei Kejia smiled slightly.

"Zhongcheng, you fight for me in the shopping mall, although it is for a few taels of silver that cannot be put on the table, but it is also a king and a loser, and the means or something, will be used in the next place. To put it simply, there has never been a reason for someone to beat me and I don't fight back. So if Zhongcheng doesn't mind, maybe he can cooperate with Zaixia and hook out those merchants who want to deal with Mei Ji. ”

Wang Hua didn't say he disagreed, he asked first: "What do you want to do?" ”

"When Zhongcheng first came, everyone in Zhejiang knew that you were the prince's person, but Zhongcheng was a civil official, unlike Gonggong Wei, as long as you didn't have a particularly obvious posture of supporting me, they would soon be suspicious and then test your attitude."

"You want to have an invitation to the urn."

"Not bad."

Wang Hua thought about it for a while, and slowly shook his head, "No one will fall for this, I am out of Beijing as the right Yude of Zhan Shifu, and when I come to Zhejiang at this time, no one will treat me as a person who is not the prince." Moreover, there are some risks, in case they really take action, cut off your supply of goods, and affect this year's sea trade, what if something goes wrong? delayed His Highness's affairs, you and I can't afford it. ”

Mei Kejia persuaded: "If Zhongcheng doesn't push me out, then they will target you." ”

The same routine again,

How did you get rid of Wei Bin,

Just how to get rid of Wang Hua.

"I know that Zhongcheng wants everything to be the same in Zhejiang as before, but Wei Bin is defeated, and the other party's arrogance can't be stopped, so it can be stable for a while, but it can't be stable for a lifetime."

Mei Kejia means, still to show fangs,

Rise up and suppress those people.

Wang Hua got up and put his hands behind his back, and he thought about it very carefully.

“…… If so, let's see how they do first? ”

Mei Kejia frowned, although the civil official is more 'good-looking' than the eunuch, but at the same time, he does things a little according to the rules, if it is Wei Bin, as long as it is beneficial, what does he dare not do?

But he can't let Wang Hua be so conservative.

After thinking about it in his heart, Mei Kejia said: "Zhongcheng, do you really think that a Huzhou prefect can participate in the eunuchs of Zhejiang?" Although His Majesty has restricted the factory guards several times since he ascended the throne, a four-grade prefect is nothing in the eyes of the father-in-law in the palace, right? ”

Wang Hua frowned, "What do you want to say?" ”

Zhongcheng didn't know if he had thought about it. When you weren't there, the backer below was Gonggong Wei, and Gonggong Wei was the eunuch of Zhejiang, so what about the other party, who was their backer? A few businessmen can't get into the eyes of Grandpa Wei. ”

If you continue to say this, you will shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

But when Wang Huaren was in the capital, the prince had an explanation, asking him to clearly know who the merchants of Zhejiang and Fujian were colluding with.

So he didn't stop Mecojia.

"The interests of maritime merchants are not only eaten by businessmen, but also by their peers. At the provincial level, which of the political envoys and the yamen does not take silver? When they have taken the money, they dare to put it in their own pockets, and will they not send a little to the north? ”

Wang Hua's fists tightened.

The state affairs are like this, which really hurts his heart.

"Then you also sent these two yamen?"

"I sent it, but I didn't send it." Mei Kejia also told the truth, "Cashiering is a science. They don't know what the number of roads there is for this man who suddenly came from out of town. Therefore they offended people by giving too little money, and they did not dare to accept too much. When they find out the number of roads below, they will not dare to accept it. ”

"Then do you think Liu Daxia will accept Zhejiang's silver?"

"I don't dare to say that."

In the Ming generation, the official income is very low, if the ancestors of the family are not rich, and they are still doing well, they must have received it, as for whether it is the silver of Zhejiang, then who knows.

Wang Hua smiled bitterly, "The princes of the court...... Finally, I asked you to watch a big joke. ”

Mei Kejia didn't dare to accept this, "Zhongcheng is serious, this is not a joke or a joke, but what Shu said in Zhejiang is actually like this to compete with the people." If Your Highness does not fight, this silver will not reach the hands of the 'people'. They told His Highness not to compete with the people for profit, but to give it to themselves. ”

Wang Hua suddenly remembered that he had also told Wang Wei in the capital whether His Royal Highness was competing with the people for profit, and he didn't think that there was another understanding at that time.

After taking a few deep breaths, he gritted his teeth and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are they?" ”