Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 93 I'm the Emperor's Man!
As the evening approached, the hustle and bustle of Yangzhou City did not stop.

Merchants from all over the world still live on the pier. Yangzhou City, the first town of salt class in the south of the Yangtze River, will hang up lanterns even when night falls to attract customers and show off its unique charm wantonly.

"The villain pays respects to Gong She, my master is already waiting quietly in the wind room on the third floor."

Jia Amnesty, who got off the carriage, frowned and raised his head. Isn't Pei Weisheng too big!
Although he has no real job now, Pei Weisheng was also taken care of by his father back then, how dare he put on airs like this with him?
Seeing Pei Weisheng's personal servant approaching Jia Cong, he whispered: "Mr. She, there are still distinguished guests in the private room, and the master cannot leave him!"

"who is it?"

"Master Thirteen!"

Liu Ke?Why did this guy come to Yangzhou?
Fengzijian is facing the street, and after the sound of silk and bamboo in the private room merges with the atmosphere of fireworks outside the window, it gives Jia She a different feeling.

"Why? Don't you say hello when you see old friends?"

Liu Ke is more than ten years younger than Jia She, and his luxurious attire can tell from a long distance that this master is not short of money.

With a snap, Liu Ke opened the folding fan in his hand, slapped it coquettishly, and smiled, "Brother Enhou is going to stand outside the door and accompany me to drink and listen to music?"

Jia Amnesty glanced at the guy, and said angrily, "Are you here to listen to the music?"

After speaking, he walked into the private room and sat directly on the free chair.

After Liu Ke's soldiers outside closed the door, Pei Weisheng had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Brother Enhou, the lord insisted that I invite you here. Originally, I planned to go directly to the Lin Mansion."

"Don't blame Mr. Pei, don't look at you killing a group of people, there are still people outside Lin's mansion watching secretly."

Liu Ke touched from his bosom, took out a gold order and placed it on the table in front of him.

Bang!

Pei Weisheng got up in a panic and brought all the chairs with him.

"Chen...Chen Pei Weisheng respectfully invites Shengan!"

Jia Amnesty also stood up, cupped his hands and bowed to the north: "I respectfully invite Shengan..."

"Hey hey hey, goodbye, goodbye, is there any outsider here, why are you making so many vain rituals?"

As soon as Liu Ke finished speaking, Jia Amnesty snapped back: "Courtesy cannot be discarded. His Royal Highness King Zhongshun has already taken out the golden order. Can I still sit?"

"Ahem... I made a mistake, I originally wanted to send you a secret letter to your brother."

This guy really deserves to sink into the river with a sack!

Jia Amnesty took the letter from Liu Ke, opened it and read it quickly.

Sure enough, the emperor was still impatient.

After finally recruiting such a great talent as Lin Ruhai, Liu Heng will never let anyone harm this great talent.

The power of the state is nothing more than two, wealth and people.

If he can't move people, he can only start with money.The Jiangnan salt department is an important pillar of the country's taxation, and the Jiangnan salt department is the first to pay attention to Yangzhou. Yangzhou must be firmly in its own hands, and Lin Ruhai must be kept.

"finish watching?"

Liu Ke looked at Jia Amnesty who was staring up at him, smiled and said: "I didn't expect such a mess to happen to your family. You won't be able to stay in Yangzhou for a few days. According to my opinion, cut the mess quickly and get rid of it first." Take Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. The Jinling side is more troublesome, and the father will definitely not let others get involved, so it will be better to wait and see."

"It's too late, King Wu has turned Jinling upside down, and the impeachment memorial from Jinling will be sent to the capital in a few days!"

Jia Amnesty packed up the secret letter and put it away, and said leisurely: "I came to the banquet to borrow troops from Brother Pei. Few of the Yan Ding under Xunyan Yushifu's hands are usable, Jiangnan Camp It is not suitable to move lightly. If you want to quickly and completely control Jiangnan Salt Class, you must have an army of no less than [-]."

"Oh!"

Pei Weisheng, who had been shrunk to the side and didn't dare to speak, yelled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on after hearing Jia She's words.

"Are you crazy? Are you kidding me? [-] troops? Brother Enhou, I used to use the excuse of suppressing bandits to mobilize an army, but now there are no bandits. What reason do you want me to use to block the mouths of state officials?" ? There is no order to send more than [-] troops, but they will be beheaded!"

Jia She chuckled, raised his finger and pointed to the golden order on the table: "Isn't this the imperial edict?"

Liu Ke was stunned, and Pei Weisheng felt the toothache hurt badly.

Lao Tzu is an overlord!
He really wanted to cry but had no tears. Why did he listen to Liu Ke's words and come to join in the fun?

"Brother Pei, do you still remember the two hundred water bandits you killed in the village outside the Huai'an mansion?"

Jia Amnesty suddenly changed the subject, making Pei Weisheng a little confused.

He nodded and asked, "Remember, what's wrong?"

"Their surname is Zhen!"

what?
Just listen to Jia Amnesty continue to explain: "This group of water bandits are just abandoned sons thrown out by the Zhen family. Those who actually robbed the salt and tax money have already fled. The leader is Zhen Yingyu from the Zhen family. You There should be an impression."

Pei Weisheng shook his head in horror: "Impossible, some of the salt tax money was sent to the Dragon Head Palace. Zhen Yingjia was so dazed that he dared to touch the saint's money!"

"I don't know if Zhen Yingjia is in a coma or not, but the old fourteen is really short of money!"

Liu Ke interjected with a chuckle and said, "I'm afraid you don't know that the old fourteenth is really promising. He has raised tens of thousands of private soldiers in the northwest. If the 200 million taels of silver are thrown in, it probably won't last for a few days. The time is idle and I want to build some star picking tower, and the Zhen family's money has been sent to the capital, so the old fourteen can only take the risk of raising the salt tax."

Pei Weisheng felt that he had heard something extraordinary, and now he really wanted to poke his ears deaf.

The bloody smell of Zhaowu's 49 years has not dissipated, and this day the brothers will start fighting each other again!

"So the Zhen family is not your friend at all, and even the officials and salt merchants who give you money are all just to stabilize you."

Liu Ke attacked Pei Weisheng's psychological defense again and again, and finally defeated his last persistence with one sentence.

"Master Pei, think about it, if the money from the salt tax cannot be recovered, will the Zhen family be affected, will Cui Xuanye be affected? What will happen to you and Lin Ruhai, Lord Lin?"

The silver was escorted by his Water Transport Yamen. Hundreds of soldiers were beheaded and thrown outside the Water Transport Yamen. Two million taels of silver were lost. Done.

The more Pei Weisheng thought about it, the angrier he became, Zhen Yingjia, you bastard, I treat you as a friend, but you want to hurt me...

Since you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous~
"My lord, Brother Enhou, what should I do?"

……

Lin Ruhai finished reading the autograph written by Jia Amnesty and hesitated before saying, "Brother, do you intend to come according to His Majesty's plan?"

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Although His Majesty's plan will bypass the Jinling Mansion, it is safer than our plan until we understand the attitude of the saint."

"Can……"

Just as Lin Ruhai said a word, Jia Amnesty interrupted his next words.

I only heard Jia She said: "I know you are unwilling, but don't forget that there are two masters in this summer, and your majesty's concerns are actually more in line with the current situation. If you anger the saint, your majesty will not be able to keep you. How much do you want?" Think about it for your niece, she has lost her mother, do you want her to lose her father again?"

Lin Ruhai was really unwilling. What he wanted was to clear up the chronic diseases of the entire Jiangnan Salt Class, even if he paid an unbearable price for it.

But the emperor's order forced him to abandon his original plan and let go of the Zhen family in Jinling and the three major salt merchants in Jinling, Wang, Li, and Jin who formed an alliance with the Zhen family.

These three general merchants account for one-third of Jiangnan's annual Yanyin.If the control of Jiangnan Salt Class by these three companies cannot be cut off this time, not only will it be difficult to do their best, but they will also startle the snake, and it will be difficult to take action against these three companies in the future.

Especially the Jin family among them, the Jin family has already produced a Beijing official, who knows if there will be another son of the Jin family outside the Donghua Gate in the future.

Officials, businessmen, officials and businessmen, if only the Chamber of Commerce has a solution.But with the official name on it, it's not so easy to make a move.

"Ugh!"

Lin Ruhai's expression darkened, and the candle on the table flickered slightly.

Jia Amnesty sighed and sighed with Lin Ruhai, and it took a while before he talked about what was planned.

"According to His Majesty's arrangement, Liu Ke will be in charge of the Caoyun Yamen. Tomorrow night, we will start from Yangzhou. Caobing will take over the defense of Yangzhou. Before dawn, we will take down all the officials and businessmen involved in the case in Yangzhou Prefecture..."

The plan is not difficult to say, the difficulty is to have enough soldiers and horses, control suspected officials and salt merchants as quickly as possible, and collect enough evidence.

For example, account books, letters, etc., complete the chain of evidence.Then based on these evidences, follow the vines, quickly radiate the surrounding areas, and completely wipe out the illegal salt merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou and the corrupt officials who colluded with salt merchants.

Then Liu Ke will use the golden order to arrange suitable replacements, including officials, emperors, merchants, etc., to grab the vacuum of the three prefectures before the Supreme Emperor.

Anyway, most of these officials are below the fifth rank, and the emperor's gold order is enough.

When the time comes, it will be done, and the Supreme Emperor will at most scold him as a rebellious son, so that he will not lose face of the new emperor who he personally helped to take over because of such a trivial matter.

After all, if the salt class is changed, the money sent to the Dragon Head Palace will not be less than one tael. As for these sesame officials below the fifth rank, just change it.

This plan was indeed the safest and safest, but Lin Ruhai felt aggrieved when he looked at the three words Jinling Mansion marked on the map.

Jia Amnesty patted his shoulder and shook his head silently.

The two sighed in unison, and finally put away the map silently.

"By the way, I'm afraid there will be chaos in Yangzhou for two days. Why don't you send Brother Cong and his niece to Liu Ke's place. This guy is a bit messy, but it's safer to let the children stay with him..."

Lin Ruhai raised his eyes to look at his uncle, opened his mouth and finally didn't speak out the complaints in his heart.

He nodded and said: "Tomorrow, let Yu'er go out of the city with the excuse of offering incense and praying for blessings, and go to the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport to avoid it first. By the way, let Lian'er go to Qinghua Building, tell Jinse, let her Also go out of the city to avoid it."

Speaking of Miss Jinse in Qinghua Building, Jia She was full of curiosity, and approached him and asked, "Ruhai, tell me the truth, do you have anything to do with this lady Jinse?"

Lin Ruhai replied quietly: "Jinse, she belongs to Min'er!"

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(End of this chapter)