The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 88 Returning to Beijing
Seeing Liu Hong's appearance, Mu Xu didn't understand that he had other plans.But he was not worried at all, because Wang An and Wang An brought a few palace guards with them when they came to Yangzhou to pass the decree.What they want to do, they can only find their own subordinates, and they will just greet them in advance later.

Seeing that the matter was almost finished, Mu Xu finally said, "Okay, the matter is settled like this. Also, bringing such a large amount of cash back to Beijing must attract attention. I will find a reliable one in a few days." The money bank, let it help everyone convert part of it into silver notes."

"That's it. After a few days of hard work, everyone should be tired. Go back and rest early. You can stay here for a while, I have something to tell you."

When the rest of the people heard what he said, they all left with a sense of humor.Seeing that everyone was leaving, Jia Lian asked, "My lord, do you want to ask me about Jinling?"

But Mu Xu shook his head, "Li He is in charge of Jinling now, so I'm not worried. I'm just worried about you and Xue Pan, and I want to remind you."

Seeing the dissatisfaction on Jia Lian's face, he asked, "You understand what's going on in your family. What will happen if your family finds out about your money?"

Hearing Mu Xu ask him this, Jia Lian's face suddenly turned ugly.He thought to himself, yes, how could he not know the virtues of his elders?Wang Xifeng's mother-in-law and his father Jia She said that even if they knew that they had so much money, they would do everything possible to keep it from their hands, but they would definitely keep it a secret for themselves.

If the old lady and the second wife knew about it, they would definitely ask themselves to put the money in the public house on the grounds that they were born in other countries and had different wealth.In this way, wouldn't it fall into the hands of Erfang?

Thinking of this, Jia Lian's excitement suddenly cooled down. Just now he was imagining that with this money, he would not have to look at the people in the house.Now it seems that this matter has to be concealed.He immediately made up his mind to hand over some to Wang Xifeng privately after returning home, and keep the rest privately.With Wang Xifeng covering for him, this matter can be concealed. If he spends money at that time, he will say it is Wang Xifeng's dowry.

Understanding Mu Xu's kindness, he said gratefully, "Thank you for reminding me, sir, I know what to do."

"Yeah." Seeing that Jia Lian understood what he meant, Mu Xu nodded in satisfaction, and then explained, "I just remind you, I'm not too worried about you. I'm afraid Xue Pan won't be able to control himself mouth, something bad happened."

"I didn't want to give him money at first. After all, his family is not short of money. But after thinking about it, I think it's not appropriate. Since he is also doing things for us now, we can't treat him differently. He should be a bowl of water. All right. But his virtue..."

Jia Lian also agreed with Mu Xu's evaluation of Xue Pan, so he asked, "Does your lord want me to do something?"

Mu Xu praised, "That's right, I want you to keep the money for him first, and then hand it over to his family in front of him after returning to Beijing. Then warn him, keep your mouth shut, if you dare to Even if I leak this matter, I can't keep him. You have explained to him the serious relationship between them. "

Jia Lian was startled, "Yes, I understand, I will explain this to him." Then he asked, "My lord, what else can I order?"

"After you go out, remember to tell Han Qi and the others. If Liu Hong instructs you to kill those scribes in private, just agree to it, and follow my orders in private." Mu Xu told him.

"Yes, I understand."

When he was the only one left in the room, Mu Xu thought about it for a while, making sure there was nothing missing, then got up and went back to rest.

In the next half month, the incident in Yangzhou began to ferment in the Jiangnan area.All officials who have contacts with those salt merchants, no matter what their purpose is, either in person or by sending cronies, come to Yangzhou Xingyuan.No matter who came to see Mu Xu, he couldn't avoid it, and handed over all these ghosts and monsters to Wang An and Liu Hong.

The two eunuchs handled this matter very well, they were either threatening or intimidating, or they were close to wooing.In the end, they burned those account books in front of countless people, and even declared that it was the will of the current emperor.In this way, those officials, big and small, who had ghosts in their hearts, slowly stopped.

Of course, Mu Xu was not idle.He is also extremely busy, because he still has to deal with the follow-up matters of this house raid.He kept a few of the houses and gardens copied from the salt merchants for his own use or as gifts.All the rest, together with those shops and land properties, are sold in a unique auction.

Because he secretly sent people to publicize the matter in the Jiangnan area beforehand, rich businessmen and tycoons from all walks of life gathered in Yangzhou.This even includes those officials who came to Yangzhou to inquire about the situation, and they also sent people over, explicitly or secretly, to prepare to participate in this wealth feast.

At the beginning, these people wanted to unite to lower the price, but Mu Xu came from later generations, so how could he not know these tricks, so he would naturally guard against their tricks in advance.During the auction, the embroidered clothes Wei Fanzi arranged by him kept raising the price, and finally successfully auctioned more than [-] million taels of silver.It can be said that Mu Xu's trip to the south of the Yangtze River has basically come to an end.

During this period, Emperor Jiading's will also reached Jiangnan.In the edict, he didn't say a word about Mu Xu's raid on the salt merchants.It's just that a military commander was dispatched from other places to Yangzhou to serve as the commander of the guard and rebuild the Yangzhou guard.He also ordered that those salt merchants and their families be dealt with on the spot according to law. As for Guo Zhen, the former commander of Yangzhou Guards, he was escorted back to Beijing for trial.Finally, Liu Hong was appointed as the new director of the Salt Administration to carry out the reform of the Salt Administration.

The eunuch who came to deliver the decree was naturally acquainted with Wang An and Liu Hong in the palace.With the two of them inquiring, Mu Xu naturally knew the situation in Beijing.Today, he is actually quite satisfied with the affairs of Yangzhou, but the Supreme Emperor is a little unhappy. It is estimated that there will be some twists and turns after returning to Beijing.

The most troublesome thing this time is the reform of the salt administration. When it was brought up in the court today, it was strongly opposed by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.Especially when news of Mu Xu's rampant raid on the salt merchants spread to Beijing, the ministers were outraged and unanimously demanded that Mu Xu and his party be severely punished.In the end, it was the Supreme Emperor himself who suppressed the matter and forcibly passed the reform of the salt administration.For this reason, today, the eunuch who passed the decree was specially instructed to bring the oral order, ordering Mu Xu to deal with the matter of Yangzhou as soon as possible, return to Beijing quickly, and don't make any more troubles.

After another five days, Mu Xu finally arranged everything properly, and Liu Hong and Lin Ruhai handed over the salt affairs.

At Yangzhou Wharf, under the farewell of a group of Jiangnan officials headed by Liu Hong, Mu Xu and his party finally boarded the boat and embarked on the road back to the north.

Compared with the team when they came, the lineup when they went back was even bigger, and there were as many as eight four-masted ships alone.In addition to the personnel brought by Mu Xu from Jiangnan, Lin Ruhai also brought everyone from Yangzhou's Lin Mansion back to Beijing along with Mu Xu's imperial ship.

Because there was a large amount of property to be transported, Mu Xu mobilized two thousand embroidered guards from all over the south of the Yangtze River to accompany him as guards.He deliberately arranged the four large ships containing property at the very center of the fleet to prevent accidents.He deployed [-] soldiers on each ship to patrol alternately day and night, and installed three defensive crossbows on the ship.

Even so, he was still worried, and sent out a group of sentries on both sides of the canal. Every time a ship docked, it had to go through a rigorous inspection to ensure that there was no risk before the ship docked to rest.The reason why he is so cautious is that the amount of this batch of property is too large, and it is impossible for someone to make a mistake and choose to take risks.

Stopping and stopping like this, plus sailing against the current when returning to Beijing, it took [-] days longer than when I came here, and it took nearly a month before the boat arrived at Shenjing Wharf without any danger.

Because the palace was notified in advance, martial law had already been imposed on the pier at this moment.The officers and soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division patrolled the outside, while the inside near the pier was guarded by soldiers of the Longxiang Army.

When the boat docked, Mu Xu and the others got off the steps, and saw a middle-aged general greet him.With Wang An's introduction, Mu Xu naturally knew the identity of this person, and it was Shi Chenting, the commander of the Longxiang Army.In addition, he has a more important identity, the younger brother of Empress Chen.

Several people met the ceremony, but Chen Ting didn't exchange greetings with them, and directly passed the emperor's oral order, asking Mu Xu, Lin Ruhai and Wang An to enter the palace immediately to meet him.As for the belongings on board, the Longxiang Army was responsible for transporting them back to the palace.

(End of this chapter)