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Chapter 444
Liu Wenju shook his head quickly. If the officer was fine, but if the soldier was a soldier, he would never allow the Liu family to do this.

"In the future, we want you to increase your purchases here, and guide the other party to act by purchasing different items. In the future, as long as cattle, horses and sheep, wool fur, big wood, mountain treasures, and these things that are around you, it will be better than thousands of miles away." You can still make money by robbing far away, I see how Nurhachi mobilizes these Jurchens to plunder everywhere."

"Okay, my lord, this subordinate understands." Fujian can completely digest these things, not to mention, he also knows that Xiaoliuqiu also needs a lot of cattle, horses and other large livestock.

"Okay, that's it, I'm leaving."

There are 2000 people stationed on the island, Wang Xuan is very relieved, considering the capabilities of the warships of the Ming army, it would be impossible to attack Juehua Island.

Changing to a warship, Wang Xuan went straight to Tianjin Port, which was not far from Juehua Island. Three days later, he arrived in the sea off Tianjin. The big ship stayed in a relatively hidden place on the shore, and put 200 guards on it.

A group of 15 people changed into small boats on the shore and went upstream directly into Tianjin.

At this time, Tianjin was still a large military garrison. Theoretically, there were [-] soldiers. As the key node of the Grand Canal connecting the north and the south, although it had no urban functions in theory, in fact, military households, artisan households, and businessmen made Tianjin Wei's population is not large, and the governor of Canal's yamen gate is in Tianjin Wei, so it is quite prosperous here.

But this kind of prosperity is not worth mentioning in Wang Xuan's eyes. Even the other people accompanying him, who are used to the new city of Fuzhou Prefecture, disdain this Tianjin Wei. Only the two brothers Fan Wencheng who accompanied him seemed very curious.

Along the way, looking left and right looked like bumpkins.

In the past few days, the Fan Wencheng brothers have also learned about Wang Xuan's general situation. What surprised him was that the person who could mobilize such a large army turned out to be a mere recruit, but he was rich, powerful, and armed. It is much easier to use than the government.

Of course, all of this is what other people said, and Fan Wencheng believed it [-]% at most.

After crossing Tianjin, without delay, we went straight up the canal and arrived in Beijing the next day.

It was only here that Wang Xuan became more interested. After all, it was the capital of the Ming Dynasty, with a population of one million. The city covers a huge area, far surpassing Fuzhou Prefecture. After all, there are no buildings in this era, and the area occupied by a million people far exceeds that of modern times. times.

After entering the city, he went directly to a house bought by his subordinates. The news of Wang Xuan's arrival was not known in advance. He just wanted to make a surprise attack to see if these guys were lazy.

Fortunately, the system is perfect and mutual supervision is not a major problem.

This time, Wang Xuan didn't have any big purpose, just to meet Li Shantang, by the way, to see if there is a chance to meet Zui Hongchen, and it would be even better if he could see the future Emperor Tianqi.

That night, under Fan Wencheng's astonished gaze, Minister of War Li Shantang came to the door in person, clasped his fists at Wang Xuan and said, "Zaizhi has actually come to Beijing in person, hurry up, please come inside."

Hong Chengchou was lucky enough to follow Li Shantang, and when he saw Wang Xuan, he immediately saluted respectfully, "I have met Mr. Wuzhou."

"Well, you have to study hard when you are with Mr. Li. I have been paying attention to you. If you study well, I will transfer you to a local real position in the new year."

As expected, it was entrusted by Mr. Wuzhou!
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou was overjoyed, bowed with a faint smile on his face, "Thank you, Mr. Wuzhou."

"Okay, let's go in."

A group of people came to Li Shantang's study, and Wang Xuan introduced Fan Wencheng beside him. As for the traitor, he didn't mention it, to save some face.

It's just... Wang Xuan seems to have forgotten about beating him in front of everyone a few days ago, but it doesn't matter, I believe Fan Wencheng won't care.

After all, thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king.

Moreover, Fan Wencheng was also very excited to meet the Shangshu of the Ministry of War of the dynasty today. He is a descendant of Fan Zhongyan, and he has always been proud of his ancestors in his heart, and wanted to reproduce their glory. Juren can't see the side, let alone Jinshi.

This is also the reason why he is willing to take refuge in the Jurchen. If he does not take the lead, he will never have the chance to climb to the top of the court in his life.

However, Fan Wencheng secretly glanced at Wang Xuan. He really didn't expect that he was caught out of the hands of the Jurchen for no reason. He thought his plan had completely failed, but he didn't want to meet such a master.

Violence... simply, but now, it seems that it is very popular in the Ming court, even the minister of the court, it seems that this master is the main one, not to mention the Jinshi next to him.

Being able to be next to such a person, in fact, is a pie that fell from the sky, but this pie is a bit hard, and it hurts so much...

Wang Xuan chatted with Li Shantang for half an hour, talking about the important affairs of the court. By the way, Wang Xuan also mentioned the matter of Liaodong to reassure Li Shantang that there will be no troubles there in the short term.

Regarding Liaodong's policy, Wang Xuan meant to strengthen the walls and clear the country, solid defense, and forget about taking the initiative to take the initiative to regain the territory. If you have that time, it is better to think about how to organize the military system of the Guanning Army.

The annual expenditure of 400 million taels is an imaginary number from top to bottom. If this pit is not filled, it will only sink deeper and deeper.

Li Shantang shook his head, and said a difficult word, there are too many people on the line of 'Liaoxiang', not only Guan Ningjun, but also in court and tax collection places.

Including the grain delivered to Guanning, the price is of poor quality, and a large amount of profit must be shared in the middle.

Wang Xuan sneered, "You think too far, the root is not in the place, in the Guan Ning Army, as long as the Guan Ning Army is rectified, the rest of the matter will be solved, this matter is not urgent for the time being, let's make a fuss about the grain transported to the Kanto .”

"Starting next year, Xiaoliuqiu will have a bumper harvest. It is very convenient to transport grain to Juehua Island by sea boat. In private, you can ask Guan Ning's army to only pay for money and not to buy food from Juehua Island. It is cheap and good. Cut off this After this line, the influence of the court on Guan Ning's army will be much less, and it will save them a few blind commands."

"The one surnamed Yang is dead, go up with someone who is obedient. The policy of your military department is to defend. Outside the customs are all aliens. It doesn't matter if people's heads are beaten into dogs. If Ye He's troops ask for help, they can provide money and food, let them let go A war, but sending troops is absolutely impossible. If anyone in the court objects, you say it may be a bitter plan. If you want to lure the army out of the customs, whoever dares to say that you send troops will be responsible. If you are in a hurry, you will resign. If something goes wrong It has nothing to do with you, Minister of the Ministry of War."

Wang Xuan knew that next year there would be a battle of Sarsh. Yang Gao was in command, and he was beaten into a dog. Now that Yang Gao is dead, everyone said that changing the coach is like changing a knife. Let's see if there is any change. .

It's best to have some changes, and it's not a big problem if there are no changes. As long as Li Shantang is kept, this kind of victory or defeat has no effect on the overall situation.

Wang Xuan said that these things were not hidden from Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng at all. Both of them were in Liaodong and the other was beside Li Shantang. Not many people.

Even if the Guanning line of defense is a bunch of idiots, attacking the line of defense will still cost lives. With the population of the Jurchens, it's not that they look down on them, they are not enough to fill the city wall.

When the chat was over, Wang Xuan took his leave from Li Shantang's residence, and didn't let the two of them go out again. It was not good for people to see, Wang Xuan is not suitable to go to the front desk now.

It feels good to be a big boss behind the scenes.

In the next few days, Wang Xuan wandered around the city of Beijing. He wanted to taste what he should eat and drink. good progress.

Especially a servant who has just entered the palace and has no rights, so it is difficult to have the opportunity to meet.

This time when he came to Beijing, Wang Xuan specially brought six young eunuchs with him. They were all brought back from the Tang Palace back then. He acted too hastily, the evil swordsmanship has only reached the third-rate realm, but other aspects are considered outstanding.

In the past few years, under Qinghongzaibai's hands, all kinds of knowledge, including medical classics, poison classics, ways of dealing with people, and cramming can be learned. As long as they are released to experience, they are all talents.

Wang Xuan was going to bring these little eunuchs into the palace, some of them were helping Zui Hongchen, and some of them were lurking in the palace.

Of course, this matter cannot pass through Li Shantang, Wang Xuan followed the path of Jin Yiwei.

Although Fujian Jinyiwei is local, it is somewhat connected with Beijing, and Wang Xuan has a pass, 'silver', so it is not difficult at all to send a few already cut ones into the palace.

In six days, these six people were all sent to the palace, Wang Xuan felt relieved towards them, their family members were found, and Wang Xuan treated them well.

From the beginning to the end, Wang Xuan didn't show up. Even the old eunuch who helped them didn't know who these six people belonged to. Of course, he didn't dare to inquire, knowing too much would not last long.

It will take a while to learn the rules in the palace, and then he can be assigned to work in each house. Wang Xuan didn't think it would be so troublesome earlier. He couldn't wait patiently, so he decided to visit the East Palace at night.

In the middle of the night, Wang Xuan and Qinghongzaibai followed silently among the alleys, and they arrived outside the palace wall not long after.

The palace wall was not high, about one zhang, Wang Xuan jumped lightly and grabbed the edge of the wall with his hand, looked inside to make sure no one was there, and jumped in after that.

Inside the palace, the path is extremely complicated, Wang Xuan only knows the approximate location of the East Palace, so he can only feel his way there.

It was pitch black all around, and he had to avoid the patrolling Imperial Guards. After turning around for a while, Wang Xuan lost his way.

Before coming here, Wang Xuan was confident, but now, he was a little bit blind, and there was a trace of suspicion in the red and white eyes beside him.

Oh shit!

Wang Xuan cursed inwardly, there was no failure in his dictionary, so he stopped looking for Donggong at all, and started to wander around randomly. If he couldn't find it, wouldn't he ask someone for directions?
I am such a kind person, can the other party not tell me when I ask for directions?

Certainly not!

After searching for a while, I finally saw an eunuch who was alone. He looked... pale and needless... Damn, it doesn't matter how old you are.

Wang Xuan jumped up behind the eunuch like lightning, grabbed the other's mouth, shook his other hand, and a round object slid into the eunuch's stomach.

(End of this chapter)