Lin Xian said: "They are all under the orders of Weichen, and whatever happens, it is the responsibility of Weichen." I beg your Highness not to embarrass them. ”

Zhu Bai raised his eyebrows slightly.

said that he was treacherous and shameless, but he still had some responsibility.

At this time, most people will choose to "sacrifice their pawns to protect their commanders".

Zhu Bai raised his chin slightly: "This king cherishes the generals, and advises you to rein in the precipice, and never obey someone's orders and disobey the holy decree." Get out of the way. ”

Lin Xian hesitated for a moment and waved his hand at the soldier.

The soldiers immediately got out of the way.

Zhu Bai entered, and the grain on the ship had been unloaded and left the port.

Zhu Bai sat down in the center of the accounting room.

Lin Xian and the warehouse chief stood in front of him with their hands down.

Zhu Bai asked Zhang Yu to wait outside, leaving Fugui by his side, and asked Lin Xian: "Tell me, where did you get it from?" save the king, and let men judge you. ”

The warehouse manager glanced at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know, Lord Hu only promised to transport the grain, and didn't say where it was." ”

Zhu Bai laughed: "This king admires the two of them, other military granaries are all transporting grain out, at most pressing their own grain to prevent others from moving." You actually have the ability to ask Hu Weiyong to transport grain from the official granary to make up for your shortage. ”

Lin Xian knelt down on one knee: "Your Highness forgives your sins." Weichen dared to ask someone to stop His Highness from entering the Taicang Army Granary that day, because Master Hu promised to return all the grain that was empty from the Mingzhou Army Granary. ”

Zhu Bai held his chin: "This king inquired, you have a good reputation in the army." Today, I see you leading the troops, and you are also a person who loves the people like a son. Hu Weiyong transferred you out of Yangzhou at a critical time, thinking that you must not have completely joined him in the same stream, so he has to guard against you. What is your trouble, now say it, and this king may be able to save you. ”

Lin Xian glanced at Zhu Bai and hesitated for a while before gritting his teeth and saying, "By the emperor's grace, the minister has been serving as the commander of the guard in Mingzhou. The Japanese were rampant, and we fought at sea for more than 200 days a year, and there was no time to cultivate the fields. In order to be able to pay the military salary, Weichen could only quietly do business with some Ryukyu merchants to make money to make up for it. However, Weichen only sold some silk and porcelain to them. I have never bought copper and iron, which are needed to make weapons. ”

Zhu Bai suddenly realized: the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, and he was similar to the later "smuggling".

Lin Xian said: "Master Hu didn't know where he knew about this, so he used it to blackmail Weichen. Weichen had no choice but to obey him. In the year when he transferred Weichen to Yangzhou Wei, he asked Weichen to give some artificial false identities and run a road guide. asked Wechen to help him introduce the merchants of the Ryukyus, and then Lord Hu himself contacted them, and Wechen didn't know what they were planning, and he never participated in the affairs of the Ryukyu. ”

Zhu Bai looked at him coldly: "You are so clever that you can leave yourself clean in just a few words." But do you know who you are leading the way for? ”

Lin Xian glanced at Zhu Bai and lowered his head: "Weichen doesn't know." ”

Zhu Bai said: "They are all widows. I don't know how many salt merchants in Yangzhou have been robbed and killed, and how many people have lost their fathers, husbands and sons because of you. ”

Lin Xian was dumbfounded for a while before saying, "I see." ”

His face was full of remorse, and he froze. Hu Weiyong only said that it was his relative and committed a crime. Although he is not so naïve, he believes Hu Weiyong's nonsense. But he never imagined that Hu Weiyong would be so bold and help the Japanese robbers. thought that Hu Weiyong had just received the money.

After all, there are too many deserters and generals who have made mistakes and been demoted, and they all want to be "reborn" through Hu Weiyong's operation.

Zhu Bai said: "The person who rescued Xiang'er and set fire to the Yangzhou Mansion was not the person you sent?" ”

Lin Xian shook his head: "No, no, no." At that time, Weichen had already arrived in Mingzhouwei. I never left in the middle, except for the time in Taicang, and I never sent anyone out. ”

Zhu Bai pursed his lips and sat for a while.

Also, even if Xiang'er is rescued, he still has to go out of Yangzhou City, and he still has to cooperate with the people in Yangzhou City.

That is to say, the mole has still not been found.

"Put this aside." Zhu Bai said, "Take the book." ”

The warehouse manager hurriedly sent the ledger over.

Zhu Bai called Fugui and they began to check and count the granary, and he stood in the port and looked into the distance silently with his hands behind his back.

Lin Xian came over and knelt down on his legs in front of him, crying bitterly: "Weichen's crime deserves death, the catastrophe has been brewed, I am willing to accept the guilt, but Weichen's subordinates are all obeying Weichen's orders, I don't know the reason, I beg His Highness to let them go." Weichen's family is also innocent, and he begs His Highness for forgiveness. ”

"You do business with Ryukyu merchants, this king can understand. But other things. Zhu Bai shook his head slightly, "You ask those who died unjustly if they are willing to forgive you." ”

Lin Xian kowtowed again: "Weichen begs His Highness to let the ministers kill a few more widows to atone for their sins and then come to accept their crimes." When the time comes, His Royal Highness will ask the minister to pay for his life, and the minister will never live. ”

Zhu Bai said: "Yes, but this king has one condition, Hu Weiyong tells you to do anything in the future, you must report to this king, and follow the king's instructions." ”

Lin Xian: "Now that the minister wants to come and want to slash the thief, he will never help him again." ”

After they checked it, they said that there was no mistake.

Zhu Bai looked at Lin Xian: "Guard your granary, don't ask anyone to take it away." The king will come from time to time to check. If there is another mistake, it will not be spared. ”

Lin Xian kowtowed: "Obey." ”

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In less than ten days, Zhu Bai checked them all.

returned to the palace, presented the results of the investigation directly to Lao Zhu, and also told Lin Xian about it.

Lao Zhu pondered for a long time and said, "We also plan to leave him alone for the time being." Let's see what he did later. ”

Each granary has different degrees of losses, and generally speaking, the losses of military granaries are more serious than those of official granaries.

Fortunately, except for the Changzhou military granary, the losses of other granaries are within a controllable and acceptable range.

Lao Zhu was completely relieved.

Replaced all the thirty granary chiefs with people from the Bureau.

Moreover, it provides for a biennial rotation in the future.

At the time of each rotation, the previous one should be clearly handed over to the next one. It means that in addition to patrolling the imperial history, the next one also assumes the responsibility of supervising the work of the previous one.

After all, after counting, signing and stamping to confirm, any mistakes in the future will be the next responsibility.

The original thirty warehouse managers disappeared overnight.

The chief officer of Wei who had lent horses to Hu Weiyong was also transferred out of Yingtian and sent to Xifan or Dingliao.

Anyway, where to suffer, where to go.

Hu Weiyong and the others were frightened, waiting for Lao Zhu to make a big move.

Lao Zhu was silent again.

It was as if after the lightning and the thunder, there was a drizzle.

It's weird.

Hu Weiyong became more and more sure of his guess.

Lao Zhu's habit has always been: eat one bite at a time, and do things one by one. Playing it safe.

And now Xifan is still fighting, and Chenzhou is also fighting, so Lao Zhu will not move him for the time being.

Because as soon as he moves, the entire court will be turned upside down.

However, when Xifan and Chenzhou are finished, if there is nothing else, it will be his turn.

So, he's going to step up too.