"According to this, this guy is planning to frame and accus the salt merchants in Lianghuai, solve the matters of the salt merchants and nobles, and then help his own deficit accounts with the recovered silver to smooth out the money?"

In the study, when Zhu Youjian summoned Cui Yingyuan, Li Ruolian and Lu Wenzhao, Cui Yingyuan quickly found Wei Zhongxian's motives.

"According to Yang Huan's news, Wei Zhongxian has embezzled about 1.2 million taels from the treasury in the past few years, and collected more than 500,000 taels from the salt merchants in Lianghuai..."

Cui Yingyuan said humbly when facing Zhu Youjian.

Lu Wenzhao and Li Ruolian beside him took a breath when they heard that Wei Zhongxian was greedying for more than 1.2 million taels.

However, Zhu Youjian lowered his head and took a sip of tea without hesitation:

"The things he is greedy for will be made up sooner or later. Isn't this the case now?"

"It just so happened that Lianghuai Salt Merchants, I had no plans to deal with them."

"Since Wei Zhongxian was afraid that Lianghuai salt merchants would tell him about his affairs, he would go and deal with Lianghuai salt merchants."

Zhu Youjian’s idea was very simple. Wei Zhongxian was a matter of the eunuch party, and all officials knew it.

Now Wei Zhongxian directs Yang Huan to search the salt merchants in Lianghuai, so just sit and watch the show yourself.

Even if Wei Zhongxian could make things bigger and attract everyone's attention to him, Zhu Youjian's battle to sweep the north would be very relaxed.

"It would be better to hand over all the evidence of the crimes of the salt merchants in Lianghuai over the past few years to Wei Zhongxian, so that he could make things worse."

Zhu Youjian ordered Cui Yingyuan and he obediently responded.

After dealing with Wei Zhongxian's affairs, Zhu Youjian looked at Lu Wenzhao and Li Ruolian and said:

"We and the Governor's Office of the Five Army have already discussed the battle of sweeping the north. On the seventh day of the third month, Wuxiang, Tengxiang, Shence, and the four guards of Jinwu took the lead in the north."

"At the same time, Sun Yingyuan went to Liaodong and waited for an opportunity to move with Xiong Tingbi."

"If the old slave learned that the troops were sent by Baima Pass and did not support Hu Tudun and others, the troops from Liaodong would recruit them as the people when the victims of Shandong arrived in Liaodong and went out to Kaiyuan to fight the Northern Expedition on March 15th.

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"The Jinyiwei will find a way for me. There are some tribes in Korchin who are dissatisfied with Nurhaci, so I will win them over."

"Yes!" Lu Wenzhao and Li Ruolian responded immediately, and Zhu Youjian also waved his hand to signal them to retreat.

After they all retreated, Zhu Youjian also leaned on the chair and closed his eyes and calmed down.

However, within a few seconds, he heard very light footsteps. After a few seconds, his fingertips hit the top of his head and began to slowly knead.

The smell of sachet was introduced into the nose, and Zhu Youjian raised his waist slightly to make the owner of his hands better knead.

After handling military affairs, this rare relaxation made him feel very comfortable. After a cup of tea, the owner of his hands spoke:

"Your Highness, are you still having meals in the study today?"

"Well..." Zhu Youjian responded, and Yang Yuanai, who had both hands, also picked up the hot towel next to him and applied it to Zhu Youjian's face. At the same time, she looked at her niece holding a tray beside her.

"Call the chef to prepare meals. Your Highness will go on a war in a few days, prepare more."

"Yeah!" Yang Ai responded, turned around and ran out of the study.

It is necessary to take the battlefield as a general to keep a fat body. Not to mention preventing cold arrows, fat can both remove strength and store energy, so most generals eat more before the war.

Before Zhu You was found to be in Hetao, his weight soared to 140 kilograms, which was equivalent to more than 160 kilograms in later generations. He was like a fat man.

As a result, the battle ended and he lost more than 20 kilograms and has been maintained until now.

The battlefield changes unpredictably, especially in the pursuit battle, it is simply whimsical to want to have a full meal.

After experiencing this once, Zhu Youjian also knew why some generals are prone to illness in their elderly years.

However, judging from the genes of the Zhu family, Zhu Youjian still thinks that as long as he doesn’t take any pills, don’t take too many drugs, it’s not a problem to live to the age of sixty.

Fifty years later, maybe the medical system of the Ming Dynasty will be several levels ahead of the present, so there will be no need to worry about it.

While he was thinking this, Yang Yuanai, who was helping with massage, suddenly spoke:

"In recent days, it has been rumored in the capital that the Queen is going to choose a concubine for you."

"Well... I heard..." Zhu Youjian responded without saying a word.

Seeing this, Yang Yuanai asked curiously: "Are you not curious about your princess?"

"General..." Zhu Youjian responded lazily, because he really didn't care about the so-called princess.

When he became Zhu Youjian and entered politics, he knew that love would be impossible for him to get it.

Since he became the King of Qi and took charge of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, he has become even more unfamiliar with the so-called independent love.

A lot of things are waiting for him, and in his opinion, as long as the princess can see it well.

Besides, as long as he wants...what woman can't get it?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian stopped talking, and Yang Yuanai also shut up.

In the days that followed, Zhu Youjian either practiced basic martial arts or went to the palace to train equestrians with Zhu Youjian.

The court was very strangely quiet. Perhaps it was because of Zhu Youjian's existence that the parties in the capital dared not do too much.

In short, spring comes and autumn comes, and a month and a half passes quickly, and Zhu Youjian also ushered in the moment of going to Baima Pass.

On February 17th, when the eight guards and 300,000 civilians in the Northern Zhili area were transferred to Baima Pass, Zhu Youjian also set out on the road to Baima Pass early in the morning.

The reason for choosing early in the morning was very simple. He was afraid that his brother would come over to greet him again, and when the two of them chatted, they would not be able to end in one or two hours.

Therefore, when he arrived at Deshengmen, he immediately took the cavalry of the cavalry guards to march north.

However, he could predict Zhu Youxiao's idea, and Zhu Youxiao could naturally predict his idea.

When he rode his horse north, Zhu Youxiao did not appear in the palace, but appeared on the city gate tower of Deshengmen. Behind the female wall, he looked at Zhu Youjian's back as he was gradually moving away from the city, and finally sighed

In one breath:

"well……"

"Long live, Yang Huan has already brought his people to Yanzhou Prefecture. I guess when Your Highness swept the north, there will be something happening to the two Huaihe Rivers..."

Zhu Youxiao was sighing, while Liu Ruoyu was whispering about Wei Zhongxian behind him.

Zhu Youxiao, who has the Jinyiwei, was almost very clear about what Wei Zhongxian did. The only thing that was not as clear as Zhu Youjian was about how much money Wei Zhongxian had consumed.

But even so, Zhu Youxiao knew that Wei Zhongxian was very greedy.

But in the same way, he also felt that people who are greedy for money were the best to control...

"The salt merchants in the Huaihe River are very powerful in Jiangbei. I sent someone to tell Cui Yingyuan, be careful not to arouse public anger..."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Liu Ruoyu slightly, and Liu Ruoyu nodded and responded.

Seeing Liu Ruoyu's actions, Zhu Youxiao turned his head and looked at the cavalry guards who had disappeared from the sky, muttering to himself:

"When my brother leaves, I'm afraid the party struggles in the court will begin again."

Zhu Youxiao knew very well the difference between his younger brother in the capital and not in the capital.

In the capital, he did not dare to do anything too much among the five parties in Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and a group of small parties, as well as Donglin who was surviving.

But now he left, and he opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty and stabilized the border.

But the frontier is stable, but what about the court...

Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and Liu Ruoyu behind him also looked at the emperor's back thoughtfully.

The behavior of the master and servant was a little inexplicable. It was not until a quarter of an hour later that Zhu Youxiao turned around and this strangeness came to an end.

The two returned to the palace under the guard of the Han general. However, while they returned to the palace, the old port tens of thousands of miles away also welcomed a group of people who were either rich or noble.

"put!"

"Bang bang bang--"

The climate in South China in February is pleasant. Under the white clouds and blue sky, above the blue sea waves, the twelve cannons from the Old Port Province and Palembang Mansion Wharf make the atmosphere of Palembang much more festive.

A cargo ship of nine thousand materials landed on the dock, then lowered the stairs, and then a man in silk disembarked in an orderly manner.

On the dock, Huang Long did not meet the group of people in person, but sent Li Dan, who is currently the governor of the Navy and the fourth-rank assistant, to greet him.

More than a year has been enough to change many things. As the Malay Peninsula, which originally had millions of natives, once the Palembang government unites these millions of natives, it is easy to build a prosperous city.

Palembang County, the capital of Palembang, is located in Ji*po in later generations.

After construction by millions of people, a big city with a wall of more than 40 miles circumference stood along the coast here.

There are nearly 60,000 mu of land in the city, and some flat land has been initially reclaimed and cleared on the east and west sides of the city.

But what is strange is that from the dock to the flat ground, all the flat ground are Han people, and the number of Han people is only a few thousand.

"Li Dan, the assistant of the Navy Governor's Office, welcome all the chiefs and historians..."

When hundreds of royal officials were still surprised by the prosperity of Palembang, Li Dan's sudden speech instantly broke their surprise and bowed and returned their greetings.

Among the vassals, the powerful vassal king Changshi was still standing in the front. When Li Dan reported to his house, a Changshi who didn't know much about him spoke:

"Sun Yu, the chief of Qin Fan, whose courtesy name is Jianxin, dare you ask where the Huanglong Governor is now? When can I set out to the Little West?"

Sun Yu asked the questions that the chiefs of the vassals concerned, and Li Dan said slowly with a smile:

"Governor Huang is still organizing the encirclement and suppression of rebels in Dongshan Prefecture. The current voyage to the West will be temporarily responsible for my official."
To be continued...