So the soldiers also sold enough strength when they fought! In particular, the soldiers of the guard station rushed forward with red eyes, and they were still counting on being selected into the army by the superior through this battle!

Yes, that's right, those guards are simply mixed in with a large number of military children! These military households only live by renting land and working as hired laborers on weekdays, and it is their life's hope to become real soldiers!

If they can become soldiers, it means that there is a son in the family who has a way out! When he retires, his son will be able to join the army! So why don't they work hard!

As for those bandits, they were not powerful characters in the first place, and they bullied the merchants along the way at most! Because the bandits who are slightly threatening have long been uprooted by the officials, and the rest are some bandits who are not high or low! Or even scum raised by local officers at all! In the face of the government's all-out encirclement and suppression, they shook twice like a broken candle in the wind and went out!

Therefore, from time to time there are bandits' cottages in the market that are breached, and the heads and prisoners are escorted down the mountain. As for the capture, there is none! How is it possible for a group of mountain bandits to save up? If you have savings, you won't be a bandit!

In the face of the military attachés who are full of words, the civil officials have no way to be more serious, so they can only pinch their noses and admit it! Whoever kept them from going to war in person, that is, there was no loot! And this is also one of the few benefits for military attachés, and they don't dare to push too much!

After these two events, the people of the world suddenly saw hope! Now the Ming Dynasty is full of river repairs, water conservancy, and road repairs! The people worked hard, the officials stood on a high place to guide the country, and the gentry and scholars wrote poems to record and praise!

In addition, in a remote place, a large number of soldiers surrounded the bandits' cottage and the sound of killing was shocking! The officers commanded the soldiers to storm the cottage again and again, and finally killed the bandits! After the war, the soldiers who have won will show off their heads, and the nearby gentry will bring the people to work the army, a harmonious scene!

And in the past year or so, Daming has miraculously not had any large-scale natural disasters! Even if a small disaster is just reported, a large amount of money will be allocated, and the victims will always receive relief in the shortest possible time! So now the Haiyan River is clear in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a prosperous scene everywhere!

Of course, in addition to officials, there are also those who have made a fortune, and naturally those five large-scale business groups! Among them, the Liu business group is the most profitable, and it can be said that it is full of oil!

Not to mention anything else, just the local government and merchants exchange bank bills through Liansheng Bank, so that Liu Haojia will receive a soft handling fee! In addition, Liu Haojia hoarded a large number of various materials in advance, and naturally made a huge profit when he released it!

Of course, there is no collusion between officials and businessmen to manipulate the quantity and price of materials! There is also a business of buying trophies in the hands of military attachés in full swing! So Liu Ji is simply black and white, and he makes a fortune!

At the same time, after more than a year, the prestige of Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng is extremely high among the people! Especially under the deliberate guidance of civil officials, Zhang Juzheng already has semi-mythological signs!

Now the folk are painting the legend of how Zhang Juzheng designed and collected the evidence of the salt merchants who sucked blood on the Ming Dynasty and the people, and finally wiped them out! Then use their family property to promote the construction of various parts of the imperial court! Even these things were made up into jokes by the storyteller and preached between teahouses! Now Zhang Juzheng has become the first virtuous minister in ancient and modern times!

Just when the people were rejoicing, there was an ordinary-looking courtyard in a village outside Suzhou. From the outside, this courtyard looks a little larger, but when you walk in, you know how luxurious it is inside!

At this time, the owner of the courtyard was angrily smashing things in the room! Pieces of fine porcelain have been reduced to pieces! The chair made by a master craftsman was also smashed and his leg was missing! There is even a Duan inkstone worth a thousand gold that has been broken into three pieces!

At this time, I only heard a "click", and a high-quality lake pen was completely broken into two sections! Then the man completely collapsed in his chair, snorting and panting! It turned out that this person was Qiu He, who had already escaped without a trace!

Since Qiu He escaped from Yangzhou City, he hasn't gone far at all! He's cooked in some

Under the cover of people completely hidden in. After Liu Haojia led people away, after he changed his identity several times, he made sure that no one could find him, so he came to this Zhuangzi in Suzhou City. This Zhuangzi was quietly purchased by him outside, and no one knew who the real owner of the Zhuangzi was! Everyone only knows that this Zhuangzi is under the name of a squire in Nanjing.

When the mess was finished and the questioning finally relieved, someone outside the door trembled and said, "Master, there is a letter!"

Qiu He took a long breath and said slowly, "Send it in!" Tell someone to tidy up the room."

Hearing Qiu He's kind words, the young housekeeper outside the door also breathed a sigh of relief! He entered the door, lightly placed the two letters on the table, and then went out to beckon the two maids to come in and begin to clean the room. Qiu He sat on his chair and opened the letter to read.

After reading the letter carefully, he snorted fiercely before slapping it on the table! It seems that the content of the letter made him very unhappy, but it was still expected.

The person who wrote the letter was Qiu and the salt merchants who had fled with him. These people also have their own backs, and after fleeing, they all disappeared into the sea of people. And now it seems that they can still communicate, which shows that they still have their own set of teams. After all, they also understand the truth of the three holes of the cunning rabbit! 「

The content of the letter was very simple, that is, Qiu He asked them to investigate why the imperial court suddenly attacked the salt merchants. If he wants revenge, he must find his enemy! As a result, many people wrote letters that clearly targeted Zhang Juzheng. These two letters are no exception.

This is not to blame the salt merchant for hearing the wrong news. First of all, although they have bought off many officials of the imperial court, they even have the handle of some officials. But that is only valid for low-level officials, and the real high-ranking officials are only interested in cooperative relations with them, and it is impossible for them to really buy them, let alone leave their own control in the hands of salt merchants.

Therefore, the source of their information can only come from low-level officials. Naturally, it was impossible for low-level officials to grasp the real news inside the imperial court, so they only gave feedback according to the news coming from the officialdom.