At noon the next day, a convoy of salt-transporting ships came from the west of the Yangtze River and arrived at the wharf outside Wuchang City through Hanshuikou. Because of the greetings in advance, the huge wharf stopped operating at this time, and the empty wharf greeted the salt ship that returned from Yangzhou with a full load.

Shen Yuanzhen, the left chief of the Chu Palace, was a jinshi in Chenghua for eight years, and it seemed to have ended from the moment he stepped into his career, but he had been staying in this palace.

He is nearly fifty years old this year, and he has long lost hope for the future, and is leading the officials and eunuchs of the palace to watch the salt ship that is docking.

This batch of salt is the living guarantee of the Chu Palace, and it is also a boatload of shining gold. Wangfu salt first appeared in the early period of Taizu, but Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang quickly realized that the supply of salt for the kings was detrimental to the salt policy, so it was abolished in the later period

"No salt is given". During the Xuande period, King Han played to beg for salt, and the household department was trained

"There is no example of giving salt to the ancestors, and the kingdom of Guo does not produce salt, and it is easy to send people to other places", the opinion of the household department was adopted by Xuanzong.

In the orthodox years, the king of Zhou asked for salt to be in the nearby waterway salt field, and this time he finally got the permission of Yingzong.

It was precisely because of this opening that the vassal kings appeared to beg for salt in large quantities. In the sixteenth year of Chenghua, the salt of each royal palace became a common practice, giving 300 citations of salt to the natural color every year, and some palaces with a large number of people took the opportunity to ask for 1,000 citations.

For example, Yingzong thanked King Xiang for his intercession during the Jingtai period, and at the request of King Xiang, he gave him 300 citations per year, and then increased to 1,000 citations.

After Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first line of the King of Chu was getting farther and farther away from the bloodline of the Great Sect, but after so many generations of reproduction, the population was already one of the best in the domain, so he successfully asked for a thousand citations.

It is a thousand catties, and every 400 catties is 400,000 catties of salt, and so much salt is not at all something that a small Chu royal family can digest.

In fact, the two generations of Chu kings naturally knew this, but after all, salt was rewarded, and this should not be in vain.

In addition, salt is now a hard currency comparable to silver, and there is no need to worry about not being able to exchange it for silver taels.

Ten salt ships approached the wharf one after another, and with an order, the workers hurriedly unloaded the salt from the ships into the granary next to the wharf, taking advantage of the good weather.

Just when the sweat was raining and unloading salt, the entire Wuchang City was like a frying pan.

"Didn't Wang Yue, that old horseman, go to Yangzhou?"

"What is he doing in Wuchang City? Isn't this nonsense? ”

"To ...... Got to the docks? This...... This is really not a way to live! ”…… Everyone originally thought that Wang Yue had hurried to Yangzhou to rectify the salt administration, but it turned out that Wang Yue's guard of honor suddenly appeared in Wuchang City and headed towards the dock, which was nothing less than a thunderclap that suddenly exploded.

Li Qingzheng, the political envoy of Zuo Bu, who was the first to get the news, followed the concubine who was bought back from Shixian Lou, and when he learned the news that Wang Yue appeared and headed towards the dock, he was so frightened that the whole person withered.

The same situation happened in other yamen, after learning that Wang Yue played such a hand, everyone was angry and angry, but they couldn't wait to eat Wang Yue raw.

This officialdom was originally peaceful, but the new monarch continued to favor the eunuchs, and now he has released a mad dog like Wang Yue, which makes their Huguang officialdom stormy again.

After reading the news, Jiang Hong and Yang Jizong, the inspector of Huguang, learned the news, but no matter how much they hated Wang Yue at the moment, they had to go to meet Qin Cha in person.

The sails are swaying in the air, and the clear stream is smooth to the wind. Poetry is preached, and wine is a sword singer. To the dancing prostitute, the white jade boy with a double beard.

Go to the clouds and don't go, stay in the palace of Chu drunk. …… The most noble position in Wuchang City is not the governor or Zuobu political envoy, but the king of Chu who lives here, Zhu Yuanzhang's sixth son, Zhu Zhen.

The current fifth-generation Chu King Zhu Junjun is a very lucky Chu king, and it can even be said that he is the chosen Chu king.

In the sixth year of Tianshun, the fourth generation of Chu King Zhu Jiqi died, and Zhu Jiqi left only an eight-month-old concubine behind him.

After careful consideration, Yingzong decided to let Zhu Jiqi's younger brother, Zhu Jiyan, the king of Dong'an, preside over the funeral of the king of Chu, and asked him to take care of his nephew with his heart, and wait for his nephew to become an adult before he became a prince.

However, providence made people, and Zhu Jiyan, the king of Dong'an, died not long after, and the king of Zhun Chu also died in the same year.

The second generation of Chu Zhuang King Zhu Mengyan had four sons, the eldest son Chu Xian Wang Zhu Jiyan, the second son Chu Kang Wang Zhu Jiqi, the third son Dong'an Gongding Wang Zhu Jiyan, and the fourth son Daye Mourning King Zhu Jiyan.

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"Brother to brother", but the fourth son, Daye King Zhu Jiyan, has passed away and has no queen, so the King of Chu can only be selected from the lineage of Zhu Jiyan, the king of Dong'an.

Because Zhu Jiyan, the king of Dong'an, had no son-in-law, Zhu Junjun, the eldest son of the concubine, was naturally the king of Chu, but he was also faced with the problem of how to determine the status of Zhu Jiyan, the king of Dong'an.

In April of the first year of Chenghua, the imperial court finally came up with a set of plans, and Zhu Junxuan, the eldest son of the prince of Gongding of Dong'an, entered the king of Chu, and Zhu Junxuan, the second son of the concubine, attacked the king of Dong'an.

This is the special situation of the first small sect succeeding the big sect in the Ming Dynasty, but the court did not force Zhu Junjun to recognize Zhu Jiyun or Zhu Jiqi as his father, and also did not canonize Zhu Jiyan, the king of Dong'an, as the king of Chu, which can be regarded as a relatively proper solution to the problem of the heir of the king of Chu.

The scale of the palace of Chu was built during the Taizu period, and the scale is naturally far beyond today's customization, and the palace here looks magnificent.

Zhu Junjun has always felt that he is the chosen son, the eldest uncle has no queen, the second uncle has no queen, the fourth uncle died early, and the father has no son-in-law, so the throne of Chu smashed on his head so bizarrely.

Since the first year of Chenghua, he has been the king of Chu at a young age. Zhu Junjun, like many princes, drank and had fun in the palace every day, and was enjoying the singing and dancing performances in the palace, but he thought that even if he raised enough silver to buy the first beauty in Jingchu, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

Now he is no longer plotting against this Ming dynasty, and now he can inherit the throne of Chu and be a happy prince, and he can also get the first beauty of Jing Chu, but this life is not in vain.

Unlike his uncle, he Zhu Junjun wants to build a big harem, and he must not let himself be the heir of this line, so as to give up this good Chu throne to others.

"Lord Wang, it's not good, it's not good!" At this moment, a eunuch ran in in a panic.

Zhu Junjun saw that the singing and dancing performance in the hall was disturbed, and his face suddenly said unhappily: "Ang Li, what are you doing in such a panic, can the sky still collapse?" ”

"Lord Wang, Lord Qin sent to the dock to check the salt!" Li Anxin knew that the matter was extremely urgent, and even reported with a sad face.

Zhu Junjun looked confused and said, "Qincha? Where did the Chin Cha come from? ”

"Wang Yue, the king is here!" Li An saw that Zhu Junjun didn't seem to have reacted yet, so he said anxiously and loudly.

Just as the chickens and dogs were jumping in the entire Wuchang City, Wang Yue's guard of honor had already come to the dock and came to the dock that was in full swing.

Ten ships of salt were working at the same time, and now almost all of them have been unloaded, and they are temporarily stored in the nearby granary for fear of rain.

Seeing the appearance of the chincha, the busy workers stopped their work one after another, and seemed to kneel respectfully to behead the king of the chincha, who can now make a three-year-old child dare not cry.

Finished! When Shen Yuanzhen, the king of Chu, saw Wang Yue appear, they immediately knew that a catastrophe was coming.

It's just that this matter can't be stopped, not to mention that they are just small palace officials, even if the governor of Huguang is here, he can't stop Wang Yue.

"Greetings to Lord Qincha!" Although Shen Yuanzhen, the left chief of the king of Chu, knew that the other party was not good, he still knelt down to greet him in a proper manner.

Wang Yue got down from the sedan chair, pointed directly to the mountain of granaries over there and ordered: "Come on, count, I'm afraid there are more than three hundred salt here!" Shen Yuanzhen, the left chief of the king of Chu, was about to stop him, but when he saw Wang Yue's stern gaze, he swallowed back the words that he spit out to his mouth.

It was at this moment that a hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the direction of the city gate. When the people around saw that it was the King of Chu who was the leader, their faces couldn't help but flash a touch of surprise, this unprovoked departure from the city was to be held accountable by the imperial court.

Even if you go out of the city to worship your ancestors, you have to report to the court in advance. Zhu Junjun couldn't care about so much at this time, and brought his prince's guards to stop him: "This is the palace salt that His Majesty gave to this king, you dare to touch it and try it, don't you want to live?" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, if this is the common practice of the imperial court to give salt, why do you need to be so nervous? It's just that you took salt four times this year, and the last one at the end of this year was only 200 citations, but there are far more than 200 citations here, right? Wang Yue also didn't expect the King of Chu to dare to come in person, so he asked without a smile.

Zhu Junjun knew that he was at a loss, so he said with a cold face: "Whoever dares to touch the salt of this king, take it all directly to this king, and if something happens, this king will bear it with all his might!" ”

"King Chu, can you afford it? I am the envoy of His Majesty, and now I am in charge of rectifying the salt administration, and all illegal salt matters are known and verified! Wang Yue didn't expect the King of Chu to be so domineering, even when he emphasized his identity.

"King Chu, please think twice!" Zuo Changshi Shen Yuanzhen knew that the matter had been exposed, so he also stood up to dissuade him.

Zhu Junjun has always felt that he is the true son of heaven, and he didn't put this world-famous Wang Yue in his hand at all, so he waved his hand and said: "This person wants to take the salt of this king, take it for this king, and this king will explain to His Majesty!" ”

"Please Shang Fang Sword! Whoever dares to stop Ben Qincha from being ordered to inspect and inspect will be killed! Wang Yue saw that the situation had developed to this point, and immediately instructed his grandson Wang Yu.

Burst! At this moment, a cold arrow came from a distance and flew straight towards Wang Yue's heart.

This...... Li Qing, the political envoy of Huguangbu, Yang Jizong, the envoy of Huguang, and Jiang Hong, the inspector of Huguang, who had just heard the news, got down from the sedan chair, and when they saw this scene, they were completely stunned.

The king of Chu shot Qin Cha, isn't this a rebellion?