The strategy has been sent to Yangzhou!

Almost as soon as the official ship approached the dock, the salt merchants inside and outside Yangzhou City were inquiring about the news. The salt merchants even took the initiative to donate as much as 2 million taels of military funds, and they would offer silver pay when the military commander was received.

For the salt merchants in Shanxi and Shaanxi in Yangzhou, they had a different intention, and the result of the victory of the Zhongyi Army in Suqian had already made the people who were still eager to "rescue the king" put away the three-point luck, hoping to buy peace with money.

At this time, whether it is the Salt Censor's Office or the Salt Transportation Office, there will always be salt merchants visiting each other. These salt merchants are extremely generous in their actions. For Wu Weiye, who is the Salt Censor, even if he claims to be honest, he will inevitably be moved when facing the calligraphy and paintings of famous masters.

Wu Weiye, who was in the study and holding a teacup, faced the painting of Tang Bohu that had just been sent to the mansion, his brows were sometimes frowning and sometimes loose, sometimes thinking deeply, and sometimes sighing.

This was sent to the mansion by Zhang's orders. As a literati, Wu Weiye naturally likes calligraphy and painting, but he knew what the purpose of the other party's gift was.

"Just to meet the manager..."

Wu Weiye sighed while talking to himself.

"This Jiangbei really only knows the principles but not the Ming Dynasty!"

While secretly mocking the salt merchants, Wu Weiye finally said.

"But just want to meet again. As the salt inspector, Wu introduced this salt merchant to you, what's the point?"

After making this decision, Wu Weiye put away the calligraphy and paintings of Tang Bohu in front of him, and then ordered the servants.

"Prepare a sedan chair, I'm going to go to the park!"

The Zheng family's resting place was where Zhu Mingzhong stayed after he arrived in Yangzhou, and thus he was also sending a signal to the outside world that he trusted Zheng Xiaru, the salt transport envoy.

"... Since he came to Yangzhou, he has been using the identity of the salt inspector and sent officials to sit in the salt transportation yamen to investigate the salt instructor, and used this to calculate the salt tax. Although the officials repeatedly ordered people to drive the officials he sent out of the mansion, they could not stop him from checking the salt tax. According to the views of the officials below, if the Wu surnamed was not driven out of Yangzhou, they would probably cause trouble sooner or later. Now, they have secret letters with Nanjing every day, so the officials hope to ask him to leave Yangzhou..."

Listening to Zheng Xiaru's complaints, Zhu Mingzhong just savored the tea silently. From the first day Wu Weiye became the salt inspector, he had long expected all this today.

"Please leave Yangzhou?"

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong still rejected Zheng Xiaru's suggestion.

"He can't make any waves!"

The reason why he was so sure was because Zhu Mingzhong knew very well that after the Suqian War, the relationship between Jiangbei and Nanjing would only become more subtle, and it would definitely not intensify the relationship between the two. Even the civil servants led by Qian Qianyi would temporarily restrain themselves.

For Jiangbei, now is a rare period of calm.

During this calm period, Zhu Mingzhong naturally did not want to interrupt it. After all, Jiangbei now needs stability and a stable period to develop.

"But, the strategy, Wu Weiye is a secret line sent by Nanjing to Yangzhou. If he cannot stop him from interfering in the salt affairs, I wonder what else he will do next!"

Zheng Xiaru's tone seemed helpless. After all, he was the salt transporter, who was the only one person, and above ten thousand people, and was in charge of the salt affairs of Lianghuai, but who would have thought that Wu Weiye would be more than one, and he would have tried his best to restrain him all day long.

"He doesn't, and he doesn't dare!"

Zhu Mingzhong's tone seemed very confident. He had never had any concerns about such a civil servant.

"Although in the battle of Suqian, we destroyed Dasu's Annan army, the more than 200,000 troops led by the Qing chief commander had already gone south. For now, for Nanjing, under the heavy pressure of the Qing emperor, we will definitely restrict them from acting rashly. After all, for Jiangnan, we are a barrier, and Yanping will not allow others to cause trouble to the north of Jiangbei no matter what!"

This confidence is because Zheng Chenggong was the one who presided over Jiangnan, not others. If it were other civil servants, Zhu Mingzhong would not have confidence in this regard. The reason for his confidence is that Zheng Chenggong's temper makes it impossible for him to indulge his subordinates in trouble with Jiangbei when the enemy is in the face of a great enemy.

Of course, there is another reason, because although Zheng Chenggong looked up to those civil officials on the surface, he was a military man and despised literati. Throughout his life, Zheng Chenggong was always inferior to literature and military officials. For him, literati were just a tool to use.

"If someone really does this, Yanping will do it for us without waiting for us to take action. As for Wu Weiye..."

While sneering, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"With him here, you can share some things for us, such as that matter, how about Shisuke, what is the mentality of those salt merchants during this period?"

"After returning to the court, after his great victory, the salt merchants were all in panic. When they heard that the court inspected Yangzhou, they immediately raised 2 million taels of silver to help their money in the name of the chamber of commerce..."

When talking about the two million taels, Zheng Xiaru sneered,

"At the time when they were asked to take the silver, none of them were willing to take it. Now, after a big battle over the management side, they immediately offered the silver one by one. In the past two days, they have repeatedly asked the officials to recommend it to him and can personally give the silver pay to the management team. The management team will you see, are these people meeting or not?"

Zheng Xiaru's tone had a tentative scent. After all, he knew that today was not the same as before. Whether the manager still intends to "kill sheep" in Yangzhou, it is not something he, as a junior, could make the decision.

"See!"

Nodding vigorously, Zhu Mingzhong said in a deep voice/

"Since people come to deliver the money, of course they have to meet them. Otherwise, how can they be worthy of them? Not only do they have to meet them, but they are also seeing them with great fanfare! Otherwise, how could the people in the world know that I have met these salt merchants?"

But then Zhu Mingzhong changed his mind and looked at Zheng Xiaru and said.

"However, this kindness cannot be given by you. This kindness will fall on other people!"

Zheng Xiaru was surprised by the answer from the wise man, and then hurriedly asked back.

"The ruler means to make Wu Weiye... I think since they have been seeking a senior official, they must have also requested Wu Weiye. Does the ruler want to leave this favor to him?"

Just when Zheng Xiaru couldn't figure out why the Jingrui had to put this favor on Wu Weiye, someone reported that "the salt inspector Wu Weiye asked for a meeting".

"Talk Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!"

In the words of Jinglei, Zheng Xiaru only saw the corners of Jinglei's lips slightly raised.
Chapter completed!