Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Shi Kefa, was so angry that he was sick at home.

Now presiding over the work of the cabinet is Second Assistant Gao Hongtu.

This morning, Gao Hongtu called Zuoqian capital censor Zuoguang to his room first.

"Under the official Zuo Guangxian, see Cifu." Zuo Guangxian bowed respectfully to the ground.

Zuo Guangxian was able to advance from the censor of the seventh rank and the thirteen dao censors to six ranks in a row, and directly promoted to the censor of Zuoqian capital, the fourth rank, thanks to the strong push of the second assistant Gao Hongtu.

For this reason, he almost turned against Shi Kefa.

So Zuo Guang is also grateful to Gao Hongtu first.

This time Gao Hongtu asked Zuo Guang to find fault with Ma Mingpao first, and Zuo Guangxian worked very hard.

"Get up." Gao Hongtu asked without raising his head while continuing to write the bill, "How did you check the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Did you find any mistakes?"

Good guy, Gao Hongtu didn't listen to Shi Kefa at all.

When Shi Kefa asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to suspend the investigation of the internal affairs accounts, Zuo Guangxian did not stop at all.

"Cifu, I haven't found any errors yet." Zuo Guang said in a low voice, "But I believe that the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't be without problems, and the expenditure of several million taels of silver, I don't believe Ma Mingpao I can refrain from pecking at it, so as long as I keep on investigating, the problem will definitely be found."

Gao Hongtu couldn't help but pause in the air with the brush in his hand.

Is this the problem not found?Ma Mingpao really didn't reach out?
After a while, Gao Hongtu asked again: "Ma Mingpao is fine, what about the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"The House of Internal Affairs?" Zuo Guangxian didn't understand what Gao Hongtu meant, and immediately froze there.

Gao Hongtu's face immediately collapsed, and he said in a bad mood: "There are now more than a hundred people in the House of Internal Affairs. Ma Mingpao, the deputy head, is fine, and the subordinate officials, palm guards, and recorders are also fine?"

"With so much money, grain and bonds in hand, can everyone be as clean and self-reliant as Ma Mingtao?"

"Even if everyone is clean and self-sufficient, doesn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs have problems with overpaying salaries and annual regulations?"

After talking about this, Gao Hongtu hated iron for being weak and said: "Do you need to be taught by the cabinet department about these things?"

"Understood, I understand!" Zuo Guangxian's eyes lit up, and he turned and left impromptu.

Before going out, Zuo Guang thought to himself, after all, it is Mr. Ge, his vision is higher than him, and he can see farther than him, so he immediately found the breakthrough of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Mingpao, Ma Mingpao, you can't escape this time .

As soon as Zuo Guang left, Xie Xuelong entered Gao Hongtu's room.

"Old Gaoge." Xie Xuelong asked in a low voice, "Zuo Guangxian is still investigating the House of Internal Affairs?"

"So it's Mr. Xie Ge." Gao Hongtu put down his writing brush, took off his reading glasses from the bridge of his nose, and sighed, "Since I'm sitting in this position, I have to take on this responsibility. I can't do without checking."

As the prime minister of the cabinet, how could Xie Xuelong fail to hear Gao Hongtu's implication?

Even though they are the ministers of the cabinet, the entire political power of the Ming Dynasty is from the hands of their four cabinet ministers, but in fact, they are like people who drink water, knowing whether they are warm or not, and there is a lot of helplessness hidden under the scenery of the elders.

The entire officialdom is like a big net, and they are just people in the net.

But some things can be done, and some things can't be done. There must be a relief, right?
...

At that moment, Xie Xuelong persuaded: "Mr. Gao Ge, it's too hasty to act like this."

"What's your name?" Gao Hongtu frowned and said, "Punishing corruption and eradicating evil should only be seized, how can we delay the plan?"

Xie Xuelong didn't know how to respond. He wanted to say that the gentry and merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are not of one mind, but he was afraid that Gao Hongtu would not listen to him, and even doubted his position.

Well, the fact is that Xie Xuelong's position has indeed changed.

The gentry and merchants in the entire south of the Yangtze River are no longer as monolithic as before.

Although many gentry and merchants went bankrupt through the stock exchange and bond trading conducted by the Holy One, there are also many gentry and merchants like Xie Jia who made a lot of money from it.

So now many people recite the Holy Spirit's goodness.

Because the Holy One can bring more wealth and opportunities.

In recent days, old friends, old friends from the same year, and even classmates from the same year came to him to reminisce about the old days. They made no secret of their efforts to protect the Holy One, and even implied warnings.

Xie Xuelong naturally understood what these people meant.

They have obviously noticed something.

So I hope that Xie Xuelong can come forward to stop him.

But looking at Gao Hongtu's attitude, Xie Xuelong knew it was useless to talk too much.

Obviously, Gao Hongtu and the people behind him have made up their minds. To them, changing the emperor is nothing, and even the country name can be changed, but their vested interests cannot be touched.

If the Holy Majesty wants to equalize the acres of land, that is to dig their roots, which is absolutely not allowed!
At that moment, Xie Xuelong turned around and exited Gao Hongtu's office.

……

"Master? Master!"

Kang Wanwan, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened.

He got up to look, only to find that it was Kang Fu, the old housekeeper.

"Fu Bo, what's the matter?" Kang Wanwan yawned.

"It's the middle of the night, are you still letting people sleep?"

The old butler said in a low voice: "Master, Third Young Master Xie is coming to visit."

"Young Master Xie?" Kang Wanwan frowned, "Which Young Master Xie?"

The old housekeeper continued: "The third son of Xie Ge's hometown, Xie Xianyou."

"The third son of Xie Ge's hometown?" Kang Wanwan was stunned for a moment, thinking that I have no friendship with Xie Ge's hometown, why is the third son Xie looking for me?Are you looking to buy bonds?But the Xie family did not lose money.

By the way, the stock market has completely reversed.

After the news that Yan Yingyuan beheaded nearly ten thousand Jiannu in the battle of Shanyang spread back to Nanjing, those gentry and merchants who cried and asked the stock exchange to buy back their bonds really regretted it.

And now it's the other way around, crying and wanting to redeem the bonds.

But this does not include the Xie family. The Xie family had already been liquidated long before the avalanche of bond prices, and it is said that they earned more than [-] taels of silver.

The old housekeeper said again: "Mr. Xie said that there is an urgent matter."

"Is it urgent?" Kang Wanwan's expression became concentrated immediately, and he said, "Please solve the third son and go to the flower hall to wait."

Immediately, Kang Wanwan changed his clothes, washed his face, and then entered the flower hall through the side door.

I saw a young man in his early twenties sitting and drinking tea.

Seeing Kang Wanwan, the young master hurriedly got up and bowed: "I have seen Uncle Guo."

"You're welcome." Kang Wanwan replied, "The third son Yinye is here to visit, what's the matter?"

...

Xie Xianyou glanced at Kang Fu, and Kang Bo consciously withdrew from the flower hall.

Then Xie Xianyou said in a low voice: "Uncle Guo, hurry up to find Elder Shi Ge and ask him to come back and watch over the matter. Go now, otherwise something big will happen to the court!"

"What's the big deal?" Kang Wanwan said awe-inspiringly.

Xie Xianyou said: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate is going to search the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

"What?" Kang Wanwan was startled, "You want to inspect the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Kang Wanwan knows better than anyone what it means to inspect the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is to dig up the roots of the Holy Spirit!
The food, equipment, gunpowder, lead, and cotton armor on the front line of Xuzhou were all prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs from Nanjing, and then hired caravans to continuously transport them to Huai'an Mansion, and then transferred from Huai'an Mansion to Xuzhou through the navy fleet.

If the Metropolitan Procuratorate were to raid the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the delivery of food, salaries and supplies to Xuzhou would be interrupted immediately.

If this is the case, what will the more than one million soldiers and civilians trapped in Xuzhou City by Jiannu eat?for what?It is estimated that there will be no problems in two or three months, but once it exceeds four months, there will be big problems.

To make matters worse, it would be even more troublesome once Jiannu was informed of the news.

This is not to search the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but to bury the Holy Majesty, the Ming Dynasty, and the ancestral temple!
Thinking of this, an inexplicable anger surged from Kang Wanwan's chest, and he said angrily, "Do they really dare?"

Xie Xianyou just shook his head when he heard the words, got up and said: "Uncle Guo, the next message has been brought, you should hurry to find Elder Shi Ge, at present only Elder Shi Ge can stop them."

After a pause, Xie Xianyou said again: "I haven't been here tonight."

Watching Xie Xianyou leave, Kang Wanwan's face collapsed, and he shouted: "Uncle Fu!"

The old housekeeper, Kang Fu, walked in quickly, and said respectfully, "Master?"

Kang Wanwan said in a deep voice, "Prepare the car!"

……

At this time, at Yanziji Wharf.

A batch of bird guns and tiger crouching guns just produced by the Daming Arsenal are busy loading.

This batch of bird guns totaled [-] pieces and tiger crouching guns [-] pieces, and they were going to be sent to Huai'an Mansion.

Three hundred barrels of gunpowder and hundreds of thousands of pieces of lead produced by the gunpowder factory were also sent to Huai'an.

According to the supply plan of the arsenal, this batch of bird guns, tiger squat guns, and gunpowder lead should have been sent to Huai'an Mansion for delivery to Xiangyong two months ago, but it has been delayed until today.

So Zhan Yangzhi looked a little anxious.

"Hurry up, move faster." Zhan Da, his personal follower, saw that Zhan Yangzhi was very anxious, so he also became anxious, and then kept urging the porters on the pier.

"What is everyone doing?"

"Didn't you eat? Do you still want to get paid?"

After yelling at the porter, Zhan Da said to Zhan Yangzhi: "Master, it's windy by the river, you should go back first."

"Leave me alone." Zhan Yangzhi waved his hand, and warned again, "Ada, this batch of ordnance is related to the safety of Huai'an Mansion, and no mistakes are allowed. You must be careful."

"Master, don't worry." Zhan Da said with a serious face.

"The young ones must deliver the weapons to Shanyang City on schedule."

While the two were talking, the porter over there finally finished loading the goods.

Da Zhan immediately said: "Master, go back, the younger one will go now."

After finishing speaking, Zhan Da took a hundred or so fellows from Zhan's caravan onto the boat.

Soon, more than a dozen of Zhan's merchant ships left Yanziji Wharf and disappeared on the river.

It wasn't until the dozens of merchant ships could no longer be seen that Zhan Yangzhi left the pier with a heavy heart and prepared to return to Zhan's residence.

But for some reason, Zhan Yangzhi always felt his right eyelid twitch wildly. Could something bad happen?Ordinarily it shouldn't be, Jianu didn't hit Jiangnan, what disaster could happen?strangeness.

When I went to Jinchuan Gate and called for the door, I was told by the city gate guards that there was a curfew and they were not allowed to enter the city!
"Curfew?" Zhan Yangzhi was stunned when he heard the words, what's the matter?What's a good curfew?
Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain