Chapter 036: Can't Stop

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Zhu Yanrong had planned to discuss it privately with Chen Cao first, but it was obvious that Chen Cao had no plan at all, and he still pulled Wu Chun to sing the double reed together, and now the opportunity is not bad.

There are only Zhu Yanrong and Chen Cao in the back hall, Wu Chun is not there, Zhu Yanrong has ideas.

"Lord Chen," Zhu Yanrong waved his hand and motioned for Chen Cao to drink tea: "I hope that Lord Chen will not take it to heart." ”

Chen Cao was lying on his stomach, and it was very difficult to drink tea, and he felt that this old thing was humiliating himself: "Baoguo Gong, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

I am the prince of the country anyway, and when Chen Cao replied in this tone, I naturally felt unhappy in my heart, and I had a plan at the moment, and said in a cold tone: "Chen Cao, this father decided to restore your official position first, what do you think?" ”

"Hehe..." Chen Cao sneered: "Bao Guogong, what did you do to Chen, when Wei Guogong comes back, Chen will return it little by little." ”

"Presumptuous..."Zhu Yanrong scolded: "You are a mere Jinyi guard, and you dare to threaten your father?" ”

"Baoguo Gong is only the commander of the five military battalions, and today he has become a messenger, which is just a fluke." Chen Cao raised his eyes with contempt.

Zhu Yanrong was so provoked by Chen Cao, he was furious at the moment, and pulled out the Shang Fang sword hanging on the wall to stab Chen Cao to death.

Chen Cao smiled contemptuously: "Duke Baoguo doesn't think carefully about so many dukes in the capital, who is not good to choose you?" ”

Zhu Yanrong has been a national prince for so many years, and just wanted to scare Chen Cao just now, but he was choked by Chen Cao's words.

Chen Cao said: "Grandpa Guo didn't figure it out, then Chen will help Grandpa Guo answer," said and supported his body with his hands and half-stood up: "The so-called robbery of relief materials this time is the private revenge of Li Weihan's old dog, the widows on Daqushan Island a few months ago are not fake, if this matter is confirmed, Li Weihan is an adulteration with the widows, Grandpa Guo has been in Beijing for a long time, you should know that after the three major expeditions of Wanli Lord are over, there will be no money in the imperial treasury, and Taichang Ye and His Majesty have exhausted the last money when they ascend the throne, how much money is given by the household department, Grandpa Guo should be clear.

Of course, Grandpa Guo should also know that after the end of the extermination of Daqushan Island, Chen privately handed over 500,000 taels of silver to His Majesty's inner treasury, which was much larger than the income of the Emperor's Village, and it was more real. ”

Chen Cao has been popularizing science for a long time before he came, the reason why the three major expeditions of the Wanli Emperor fought so hard, especially the Korean War, was because he had money in his inner treasury, and he himself bore more than half of the money of the soldiers, and the money from the household department was only a few, and the source of the money was the Huangzhuang, and the Huangzhuang under the emperor's circle was the most fundamental cause of the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty.

Chen Cao didn't wait for Zhu Yanrong to reply, and said: "Now it's almost the end of the year, and the grain after the autumn harvest has to be sold before you can get money, so much Huangzhuang, the money obtained, Chen is estimated to be eight or nine hundred thousand taels of silver, hehe..." ”

"You don't have to be a fool..."Zhu Yanrong interrupted Chen Cao's words sharply.

Chen Cao shook his head and smiled: "Let's say again that this time, Li Weihan is the younger brother of Wanli Ye's favorite concubine, and belongs to the emperor's relatives, that guy took bribes in the governor of Liaodong, and when he was impeached, he must have known that Baoguo Gong still wants to be in the same league with him?" ”

One sentence touched the bottom of Zhu Yanrong's heart, he couldn't know who Li Weihan was, and he could not be impeached to get mixed with the right capital Yushi also gave money to Emperor Wanli, otherwise he would have been pulled off the horse a long time ago.

"Baoguo Gong..."Chen Cao let out a sigh: "The so-called disaster relief materials are all silk, tea and porcelain from Zhejiang, just ask Baoguo Gong, how can the homeless people who are already hungry can use these high-end things, hahaha..." Chen Cao couldn't help laughing: "Baoguo Gong, if you don't talk to me alone today, I promise to pull you into the water, fortunately, you found Chen today, otherwise..."

Saying that, Chen Cao stared at Zhu Yanrong with a murderous face: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth about Baoguo Gong, the matter of sea trade, it is not only Wei Guogong who participates, but also Wei Zhongxian, the current master of ceremonies, although the court is forbidden to the sea, but..." We are Jinyiwei, do you guess Chen knows? ”

Zhu Yanrong's body trembled obviously, and in an instant, like a deflated ball, he slowly sat down on the chair and muttered, "No wonder... The matter involves the Duke of Wei, let Dingguo Gong not choose, His Majesty chose me..."Then stared at Chen Cao and said: "Isn't it a matter of sea trade, Your Majesty knows?" ”

The murderous aura on Chen Cao's face was gone, in exchange for a mocking face: "Jinyi Wei does things, you must know what you want Your Majesty to know, of course, what you don't want Your Majesty to know, Your Majesty will definitely not know, just like the dirty things between Baoguo Gong and Bai Shilang in private..."

Zhu Yanrong raised his head violently, and said after a long time: "You Jinyi Wei dare to check this father?" ”

"Forgive me..."Chen Cao said with a smile: "That's the matter of the Beizhen Fusi, Chen is in the Nanzhen Fusi, and the investigation is also the matter of the Nanzhili, and the matter of the Beizhili is not daring to stretch out his hand." ”

Everyone knows that the words in the officialdom are seven points true and three points are false, since Chen Cao dares to bring it up, then he must know the hidden truth.

Zhu Yanrong is a noble and rough person, and he doesn't take the routines of literati, so he gave up his hand immediately: "I hope Lord Chen won't tell this ugly thing." ”

Chen Cao nodded: "Grandpa Guo, don't worry, we know those things that we should say and what we shouldn't say." ”

"My father was abrupt before, Lord Chen forgive me." Zhu Yanrong suddenly changed his temperament, and then apologized to Chen Cao: "I don't know what Lord Chen will do next?" ”

Chen Cao is sure that Zhu Yanrong will be a transsexual, his previous words are too threatening, and now that the Ming Dynasty has not yet fallen to the time of the country, it is a trivial matter for the emperor to cut off your hereditary prince.

"Baoguo Gong, we are all martial artists, martial artists don't talk like literati, they like to go straight" Chen Cao raised his head and smiled: "Let's make a deal directly, so as not to embarrass everyone..."

"It's okay..."Zhu Yanrong exhaled very easily, Chen Cao didn't chase after him, but there was room to turn around: "This time..."

"It's better to let Chen make a decision for Guogong this time." Chen Cao directly interrupted Zhu Yanrong's words: "The benefits obtained by Grandpa Guo's sea trade are only one percent, which is too much worse than those insatiable civil officials, Chen Mou helps His Majesty do things, in addition to secret, the most important thing is to make money;

The four major chambers of commerce in Zhejiang, there are three movable ones, and the interests of these three are all under Chen's name, and the interests of the civil officials in the past are equivalent to being in the hands of Chen, and the maritime trade wealth of the entire Zhejiang and Nanzhili will be concentrated together, plus the protection of the river sailor, hehe...

Grandpa Guo, do you want to come to our circle and make money for Your Majesty, when the time comes, we will share it together, compared to dividing those leftovers in the hands of civil officials, it is much more real, everyone is a martial artist, at least it will not pit you. ”

Zhu Yanrong's heart lit up, but he also knew that Chen Cao would definitely not give it in vain, so he asked, "Lord Chen is so confident, I don't know what to ask for?" ”

Chen Cao nodded: "Xungui is good at talking, it's very simple, we robbed the interests of civil officials, they will definitely retaliate, just like Li Weihan, what Bao Guogong has to do is to be on the same line with us." ”

Zhu Yanrong nodded: "I understand what you mean, what else?" ”

"There is also the fact that Baoguo Gong is in charge of the five military camps, enters and exits the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and is qualified to go to the court.

Zhu Yanrong thought for a while: "This matter is simple, my father knows." ”

"One last thing." Chen Cao said and stared at Zhu Yanrong: "Although Chen is unwilling to get involved in Grandpa Guo's family affairs, he is entrusted by others, and he hopes that Grandpa Guo can make it convenient." ”

"You mean Magnolia, that slut?" Zhu Yanrong scolded.

Chen Cao nodded: "Chen Mou knows the cause and effect, Chen Mou is not willing to care about the past, and hopes that the Duke of Guo will give a clerk a convenience, and Chen Cao will marry the woman one day." ”

Zhu Yanrong was confused, but he reacted a little, and nodded in a daze: "I understand what you mean, the letter of resignation is at home, and I will give it to you in a few days." Saying that, Zhu Yanrong looked at Chen Cao with a convincing look and said: "The woman in Magnolia is not a good stubble, this woman can hook the soul, my government can't tolerate her, not to mention that the son in the family has to inherit my title, and there can't be any mistakes in this kind of thing." ”

"Chen knows," Chen Cao smiled jokingly, and then became serious: "Li Weihan must suffer this time, so please don't protect Li Weihan after Grandpa Wei comes back, it's not worth it." ”

Now that the words have been explained, Zhu Yanrong also has his own concerns, so he said very bluntly: "Li Weihan, as the imperial history of the right capital, has a lot of handles, if he is provoked and turns his face, I am afraid that his father will also be involved." ”

"Hey," Chen Cao felt that Zhu Yanrong was a little worried: "Baoguo Gong, now we are our own people, let's be honest, after this incident, Li Weihan will take off a layer of skin if he doesn't die, if he is not the emperor's family, hehe, it is inevitable to destroy the family;

Besides, now that the DPRK and the Central Committee are still in power, those righteous gentlemen look down on Gonggong Wei who is in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, and secondly, Li Weihan is involved in too many secrets, if he wants not to die, then he has to keep secrets, but Chen is a little curious, and dares to ask Baoguo Gong, who is the easiest to keep secrets? ”

Zhu Yanrong trembled when he heard this, took a deep breath and said, "Naturally, it's a dead person, but? ”

Chen Cao continued: "That's right, but that guy is a relative of the emperor, according to the etiquette system, no death penalty, so, Li Weihan only has two ways, first, honestly carry the black pot to keep the secret and then live, second, reveal the secret, and then be raided and exterminated, which is why Chen said that the guy will shed his skin if he doesn't die, let me ask Baoguo Gong, if it's you, how do you choose?" ”

"He is involved in too many shady scenes of the Donglin Party, so if he wants to survive, he has to rely on these people, and then what he has to do is to help keep the secret, and these people will save him, if not?" Zhu Yanrong looked at Chen Cao with some horror: "They will attack behind his back and let the emperor execute him." ”

"Ran..." Chen Cao nodded: "These Donglin Party members live in the so-called righteous people and gentlemen, but what they do is not done by righteous people and gentlemen, it's ridiculous, the Ming officialdom fell into the hands of these people, and I don't know what it will be like." ”

For the first time, Zhu Yanrong felt that he could still worry about the Ming Dynasty, but now he was doing something for his own benefit: "Lord Chen, what should I do next?" ”

Chen Cao looked up at him: "Bao Guogong knows, just watch it next, don't care about anything, oh yes, I also hope that Bao Guogong will raise his noble hand to Bai Yu Bai." ”

"That old thief," Zhu Yanrong said angrily, but because of his dignity, it was not easy to attack directly: "For the sake of Lord Chen's face, my father will let him go back." ”

Chen Cao arched his hand with difficulty: "Chen Cao thanked the Duke of Baoguo..."

...

"Check it out," Zhao Xin was handing oranges to Chen Cao: "Bai Xinlan heard that she is very charming, but she is not the kind of ostentatious, compared with Zhang Chunyao in the adult's mansion, the two are almost the same, but Bai Xinlan heard that she is highly educated and quiet; Bai Shilang scolded Baoguo Gong in front of the emperor in the Qianqing Palace, how ugly it sounded, how ugly it sounded, Baoguo Gong couldn't help but move, and then Bai Shilang and the officials of the six departments impeached Baoguo Gong;

In fact, these are trivial things, the key is that Bai Shilang went out to spread the word that the son of the Duke of Baoguo is not good, you say, which noble can endure such a thing, so just..."

"I know..."Chen Cao nodded, thinking in his heart: "By the way, how is Zhao Tianlin now?" ”

Asking about the right thing, Zhao Xin put down his things and said seriously: "I have withdrawn from the Yangzhong sandbank, blocked the canal for four days, Wei Guogong mobilized the guards around Yangzhou and some garrisons in Nanjing to encircle and suppress, Zhao Tianlin has the iron cannons of the Wa Kingdom and our muskets to help, those guards are not opponents, and the subordinates have arranged a lot of rumors along the way, just wait for Wei Guogong to catch those dead soldiers, and the matter will be done." ”

"How's the bereavement arrangement?" Chen Cao was trying to sit down, but when he sat down, he grinned in pain, and he didn't let Zhao Xinfu him: "By the way, how is Pang Zhifan's arrangement?" ”

"My lord, please okay, we have given the highest treatment to the dead, each of them will be given a settling-in allowance of five hundred taels first, and then they will be replaced by people on death row, and then one hundred taels will be given; Pang Zhifan also knows how to do it, he has a lot of handles, and he also got on the adult's boat, didn't he? Zhao Xin said with a wicked smile.

...

Three days later, Xu Hongji "won" and returned, and successfully caught a few pirates who were "too late" to escape on the Yangzhong sandbank; on the fifth day, rumors of Nanzhili were flying all over the sky, all of which were that the pirates blocked the canal and waterway this time because of the private instructions of Li Weihan, the imperial historian of the right capital, and the reason why the pirates were able to successfully avoid the various guards along the Yangtze River was also because someone instructed them in advance.

On the ninth day of November, Pang Zhifan was detained in Nanjing and questioned about the responsibility for the defeat.

Li Weihan is the most unhappy, Zhao Tianlin has something to do with him, he knows, but this time he is really wronged, but there is no way to find someone to talk about this kind of thing, and the thing that annoys him the most, Xu Hongji reported the whole matter to the capital at the beginning, and the eunuch of the Beijing master also arrived in Nanjing yesterday, thinking that there must be something big this time.

"My lord," Li Weihan's henchman Ding Li Chong ran into the hall in a panic: "My lord, the big thing is not good, Pang Zhifan of the Thousand Households of Hengzhou Thousand Households has just said in front of the officials of the Beijing Division and the eunuchs who passed the decree that they accidentally obtained the goods of Huiyuan Trading House from the pirates, and the rumors of the past few days have spread that the reason why the pirates were able to enter the Yangtze River was all at your behest of your lordship. ”

"Bastard..."Li Weihan almost scolded his mother, but he was trembling with anger, which made it clear that someone wanted to fix him.

"Lord Li," Chen Cao smiled and walked into Li Weihan's hall with a large group of brocade-clothed guards, and then arched his hand rather mockingly: "Lord Li is fortunate to meet..."

Li Weihan restrained his thoughts, and when he saw that Chen Cao was not good, he said, "What? Lord Chen's injuries healed? ”

Chen Cao laughed twice, and then said: "Thanks to Lord Li's blessing, Chen's injury is almost healed," and sneered: "I can't wait for a long time, and let Master Li taste the taste of the board." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Weihan said angrily.

Zhao Xin walked out from the side and shouted at Li Weihan: "Li Weihan, the right capital imperial history, your incident happened, come back with us to Zhenfu Si Yamen, this is a driving post, Master Li, are you going by yourself?" Or did the lower officials send someone to help you? ”

"You..."Li Weihan pointed his finger at Chen Cao, and then said: "When Concubine Li is the sister of the official, and the official is the imperial history of the right capital of the three grades, what qualifications do you have to arrest the official?" Besides, this official is an official of words, that is, the triage of the three law divisions, and he is also innocent. ”

"Master Li, are you leaving?" Chen Cao looked at Li Weihan coldly: "The Three Law Divisions are waiting for you at the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, who are you going to delay the time for?" ”

Li Weihan really didn't know that the few pirates who were captured all confessed that Zhao Tianlin was the mastermind behind them, and Zhao Tianlin entered the Yangtze River to close the canal according to Li Weihan's instructions, with the purpose of blaming the river sailor.

It's a big sin...

The key is that the current commander of the Caojiang Navy is still Xu Hongji, and Xu Hongji is the most annoyed about the whole thing, and the eunuch conveyed the emperor's will to seriously punish Xu Hongji, which made Xu Hongji make up his mind to do official business.

In the yamen of the Zhenfu Division, Xu Hongji is the leader, Zhu Yanrong, the Duke of Baoguo, is the auxiliary, and the chief officials of the Nanjing Three Law Divisions are all there, Li Weihan is the imperial history of the right capital of Beijing, although the official position is a little smaller than the people present, but the real power is indeed the largest of all the people present, so the person who presides over the trial has become Xu Hongji.

"What is the crime of this officer?" Li Weihan looked at everyone present proudly.

Because of his identity, he even sat in the hall and faced everyone.

The officials of Nanjing and Jingshi are basically either members of the Donglin Party or affiliated members of the Donglin Party, but the chief officials of the Three Law Divisions are also from the Donglin Party, and all of them are nervous about Li Weihan's accident.

Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, spoke first: "Wei Guogong, is there room for turning around this matter?" ”

All the officials present were high-ranking officials, and even the officials were outside the hall, Qiao Yunsheng dared to ask Xu Hongji in front of Chen Cao, and naturally he also knew that Chen Cao was Xu Hongji's person.

Xu Hongji turned his head to look at Qiao Yunsheng on the right, and then said seriously: "This matter is no longer up to Nanjing, this duke has already sent someone to send a letter to Jingshi for eight hundred miles urgently, and there will be news in five days, but at the moment in front of several fathers-in-law, the matter must be resolved clearly, otherwise this duke, as the garrison of Nanzhili, will be to blame." ”

Qiao Yunsheng felt that he was deflated, and turned his head to look at Cao Yubian and motioned for him to speak.

Cao Yubian was about to speak, but Zhu Yanrong suddenly said: "Lord Li, the matter is not so simple, this duke has been appointed as a messenger and has the right to supervise, and if the severity of this matter is not reported, there will be a big disaster in the future." ”

Li Weihan looked at Zhu Yanrong in surprise, he didn't know why Zhu Yanrong would say such a thing, but this kind of treacherous person quickly understood, even Zhu Yanrong dared to say this, indicating that something really happened that he didn't know.

Li Weihan took a deep breath and said: "If you don't give an explanation to this official today, he will definitely impeach you one by one in front of His Majesty when he returns to Beijing one day." ”

Xiong Mingyu's face was not good-looking at the moment, he obviously wanted to protect you, but you said this kind of thing, if it weren't for Li Weihan's identity, Xiong Mingyu would definitely scold his mother in court.

Xu Hongji didn't speak, but Zhu Yanrong said: "Lord Li, before we start again, as Qincha, we should first interrogate Chen Cao's matter clearly, and in front of the three law divisions, some things can be better proved." ”

Li Weihan's eyes looked like he was about to kill, stared at Zhu Yanrong and said, "Baoguo Gong, you'd better think about some things clearly, lest you do it in the future..."

"See you in the future?" Chen Cao directly interrupted Li Weihan's words, and then bowed his hand to Zhu Yanrong: "Baoguo Gong, when I interrogated Xia Guan a few days ago, because of piracy, the matter was broken because of piracy, and today Chen Cao will make it clear in front of the adults of the Three Law Divisions here;

Ladies and gentlemen, Chen Cao still said the same thing, what kind of relief is used to help the victims? asked Bao Guogong that day, Bao Guogong did not answer, but Wu Gonggong next to him answered. ”

Wu Chun smiled and nodded, and Zhu Yanrong said solemnly: "Relief for the victims is naturally with food and clothing. ”

"It's on..."Chen Cao looked at Li Weihan loudly and said: "The materials intercepted by the Caojiang Shui Master from the pirates are all porcelain, tea, silk and other products from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even porcelain from the Longquan official kiln. ”

Everyone didn't speak, Chen Cao looked around, couldn't help sneering, and then looked at Zhu Yanrong again, Zhu Yanrong said, "How can homeless people use these things?" ”

"That's right," Chen Cao said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, listen up, this batch of materials was taken by the pirates and pirates when the subordinate took the Caojiang Naval Division to attack Daqushan Island, and it was left in the Caojiang Naval Division as a trophy, and this matter is known to the Nanjing Military Department, and Your Majesty also knows;

Let me ask Lord Li, you keep saying that Chen Cao robbed the merchant ship belonging to Lord Li, hehe, the things on it prove that they are not food, so may I ask Lord Li, where does Lord Li plan to transport this batch of materials? ”

"Presumptuous..."Li Weihan refuted very calmly: "You actually dare to steal the dragon and turn the phoenix, and this official will definitely participate in the impeachment of you when he returns to Beijing." ”

"You are presumptuous..."Xu Hongji shouted: "Come on, bring all those people up." ”

The dead soldier came up to perform very well, all kinds of begging for mercy, and his head was bleeding, Xu Hongji pointed to a person: "Say, who are you instructed by?" ”

One of them said: "Back to the adult's words, we were originally Zhejiang fishermen, the imperial court forbids the sea, the little ones followed Zhao Tianlin to Daqushan Island as pirates, that day the official army broke through Daqushan Island, Zhao Tianlin took us to the Wa Kingdom to help Zhejiang merchants do business, in order to escape the encirclement and suppression of the official army, but..."

"Nonsense..."