Chapter 204 If you want money, you can take your Majesty's imperial decree!
As he said this, Qiu Ju suddenly looked at Zhu Houzhao and said subconsciously: "Your Majesty, are you worried about Mr. Yang Ge's plan to steal the money?"
Zhu Houzhao glared at Qiu Ju and said, "What do you think I should do if Yang Ting and him really do that?"
Qiu Ju suddenly looked a bit troubled.
Yang Tinghe had already grasped the right to justice before, and even Wang Yangming and Liu Yu did not dare to stand up against Yang Tinghe.
Because Yang Tinghe took out the righteous sign of repairing the river and relieving the victims, even Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, had to cooperate with such a big sign.
If Yang Tinghe really used this sign to intercept the money, it is really possible. In this case, who can stop him.
Anyway, in Qiu Ju's view, even Zhu Houzhao couldn't stand up and object no matter how unhappy he was.
Qiu Ju couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said to Qiu Ju: "Quickly send a message to Li Qing and tell Li Qing the situation in Beijing."
At this time, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to place his hope in Li Huan.
But Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu left the imperial city and returned to the cabinet.
Yang Tinghe bowed his hands to several people and returned directly to the side hall where he was.
Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Yangming and Liu Yu didn't say anything, they bowed their hands to Li Dongyang, and then went back.
However, it didn't take long for Li Huan to carry out a massacre in Yuyao County, killing hundreds of scholars and massacring thousands of rebels.
Even though the civil and military officials had long been accustomed to Li Huan's killing style, their jaws almost dropped when they suddenly heard such news.
The previous turmoil temporarily subsided because of the emperor's assassination, but this does not mean that the matter is over.
Among the civil and military officials, I don’t know how many people are making plans to impeach Li Huan again.
But what they didn't expect was that Li Huan just massacred hundreds of scholars in Fujian, and actually massacred hundreds more students in Yuyao. Was this against them, the literati?
As for the thousands of rioters, to be honest, not many civil and military officials really took it to heart. In their hearts, the death of thousands of rioters was far less important than the killing of hundreds of literati.
They were just a group of rioters, and if they were killed, they would be killed. If Li Huan hadn't massacred hundreds of scholars, they might have secretly said that Li Huan was murderous after hearing such news.
But Li Huan massacred hundreds of scholars, and all the civil and military officials wrote a letter of impeachment directly into the emperor's study room.
Of course, there was another news that spread together with it, which also attracted the attention of many civil and military officials.
That was the news that the money confiscated by Li Huan was about to enter the capital.
I don’t know who it was, but he actually exposed the amount of gold and silver that Li Huan confiscated from the Fei family in Qianshan County. It was a huge amount of two to three million taels. This number directly made countless officials stare.
Bright.
There is also the gold and silver confiscated by Li Huan in Fujian. Because there is no first-hand information, these people do not have an accurate figure on how much gold and silver Li Huan confiscated in Fujian, but they can estimate that at least
There must be several million taels.
In addition to the millions of taels of silver that Li Huan gained from confiscating the Xie Mansion, the total of these three gold and silver gains alone amounted to nearly ten million taels.
Such a large amount of money is equivalent to two years' income of the imperial treasury. If there are not many officials keeping an eye on him with such a large amount of money, that would be an absolute lie.
Moreover, news came out at this time that Yang Tinghe begged the emperor to put the confiscated money into the national treasury to repair the Huanghuai Waterway, relieve the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi, and repay the arrears of the border troops and other expenses.
It can be said that once the news came out, it immediately won the approval of the civil and military officials of the entire court.
After all, all fools know that once the money enters the emperor's inner treasury, it will not be that easy for the emperor to take the money out.
But if it goes into the treasury, they have the final say on how the money is spent.
Therefore, there was no need for any connection. Soon all the civil and military officials reached a consensus, that is, the money must be transferred to the national treasury no matter what.
Even this kind of voice temporarily overshadowed the enthusiasm for impeachment of Li Huan.
And when Yang Ting and the cabinet minister, the important minister in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, left the cabinet and were about to leave, there were no fewer than dozens of officials from the court, large and small, gathered outside the imperial city.
Among these officials, there were almost a dozen officials from the Ministry of Hubu. Among them, all the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Hubu came, and even Chen Cang, the doctor of the Hubu who chose to join Li Huan, was among them.
However, there were only one or two officials around Chen Cang who talked to Chen Cang. It was obvious that Chen Cang's defection to Li Huan had already spread throughout all the yamen of the imperial court after Liu Jin made a big fuss in the household department.
In the eyes of the civil and military officials of the DPRK, Chen Cang was Li Huan's man. Although some officials now began to seek refuge with Li Huan, they were only a very small number. Privately, those who chose to seek refuge with Li Huan, such as Chen Cang, were called Li Party members.
Just by hearing the name Li Party, we know that Chen Cang and his party have Li Huan as the core. Without Li Huan, Li Party would not exist.
Unlike the Eunuch Party headed by Liu Jin, although the Eunuch Party is said to have Liu Jin as its core, without Liu Jin, other eunuchs can still be replaced and the political legacy of the Eunuch Party can be successfully succeeded.
But Li Huan and Li Dang are different. As long as Li Huan is here, there is Li Dang. If Li Huan is gone, then there will be no such name as Li Dang.
It is conceivable that in an environment where almost everyone wanted to beat Li Huan, officials like Chen Cang and others who chose to take refuge with Li Huan were naturally in a bad situation in the court.
It's not that Chen Cang and others will be targeted or suppressed.
After all, Li Huan is in charge, and Li Huan is investigating a conspiracy. Who dares to cause trouble for Li Huan's people at this time? Isn't this just causing trouble for himself?
What's more, there are still eunuchs in the DPRK. Now the eunuchs headed by Liu Jin are desperately trying to cause trouble for the civil servant group.
In addition, the so-called Li Party only has three or two kittens, big and small. The most famous one is Wang Yangming, but no one is sure whether Wang Yangming is Li Party. Li Huan has not admitted it, and Wang Yangming has not clearly stated his position.
Therefore, Baiguan has no final conclusion as to whether Wang Yangming is considered a Li Party member or not.
If Wang Yangming belongs to the Li Party, that's fine. If not, then the Li Party is really nothing. There is not even an official at the level of a minister. If Li Huan does not exist in the court,
I'm afraid not many people will take it to heart.
At this moment, Chen Cang was among these officials, and all the officials present knew what he had planned.
They just wanted to get some information for Li Huan. Many officials looked at Chen Cang with great disgust, but Chen Cang didn't seem to see the disgusted looks of these people. He just talked and laughed without paying attention at all.
Apart from anything else, this cheekiness alone is beyond comparison with ordinary people.
If it were other officials, they might have been scolded and left long ago, but now it is obviously dominated by officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Chen Cang is also a doctor from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Even if they want to drive people away, they have no reason.
ah.
You can't just say nothing and just drive Chen Cang and the others away. If you do that, you'll be breaking your skin.
Therefore, when dozens of officials gathered together, a rather strange situation occurred, that is, the other dozens of officials kept a distance from Chen Cang and the others, suddenly highlighting the Chen Cang and others.
come out.
When Yang Tinghe saw this scene from a distance, the corner of his mouth twitched.
Yang Tinghe, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, naturally knew the situation of the Ministry of Hubu very well, and Chen Cang was considered an official of the Ministry of Hubu, so Yang Tinghe was no stranger to Chen Cang, but Yang Tinghe did not expect that Chen Cang would vote for Li Huan.
Of course, if Chen Cang hadn't surrendered to Li Huan, Chen Cang might not have been able to stand here right now. He might have been retaliated by Liu Jin and been sent to prison.
Yang Tinghe just glanced at Chen Cang and others indifferently, and walked towards Bao Qing, the left servant of the household department, Hou Qiang, the right servant, and others.
These officials gathered here to wait for Yang Tinghe. When they saw Yang Tinghe approaching, everyone hurriedly greeted him.
"I have met my lord."
Yang Tinghe smiled and said: "Everyone is waiting for me here. Is there something important?"
Although Bao Qing, who is the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is not the highest-ranking and most important official in the meeting, as the second-in-command of the Ministry of Household Affairs, when Yang Tingping does not care about the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is the first-in-command.
The presence.
This made Bao Qing say to Yang Tinghe: "Sir, I came here to see you just because I wanted to ask you, has your majesty promised to transfer the money confiscated by Li Huan to the national treasury?"
As soon as Bao Qing said these words, all the other officials turned their attention to Yang Tinghe.
If the emperor nodded, then everything would be easy to say, but they had vaguely heard the rumors. The emperor didn't seem to want to put the money into the treasury, so they gathered together and waited to see Yang Tinghe, hoping that he could get it from Yang Tinghe.
An accurate news, and I also want to see if Yang Tinghe has any countermeasures here.
The emperor did not want to put the large amount of confiscated gold and silver into the treasury. In fact, Bao Qing and others did not find it strange at all. With so much money put into the inner treasury, the emperor could spend it however he wanted. Anyone who is not a fool would naturally not agree to put the money into the treasury.
Go into the treasury.
Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Yang Tinghe sighed softly and said: "Your Majesty did not agree."
Although they had already guessed it, when Yang Tinghe said this, many people still showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes.
That's nearly ten million taels of money. As long as it can be put into the national treasury, all future expenditures will definitely pass through their hands, and everyone will be able to get some benefits, right?
But the emperor actually insisted on filling it into the inner treasury. How could this not disappoint them?
Bao Qing said even more eagerly: "Sir, this is against the rules. All the proceeds from confiscation of homes have always been put into the national treasury. We are dissatisfied with your Majesty's move."
Hou Qiang also said from the side: "Yes, there is not much money in the treasury anymore. The court is really short of money. If there is such a sum of money, how much can the court do? How can your majesty compete with the country?"
Fighting for profit!"
Seeing everyone's expressions of indignation, Yang Tinghe coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, I also expressed my serious relationship to Your Majesty. If the imperial court can't come up with money to repair the Huanghuai River and relieve the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi, I'm afraid there will be a disaster."
Crisis in the Ming Dynasty and the country."
Everyone already roughly knew this from the news that had been circulated before. Now when they heard what Yang Tinghe said, many people looked at Yang Tinghe with admiration.
"Mr. Yang Ge cares deeply about the country. If he can really put money into the national treasury, repair rivers, and relieve the victims, all people in the world will definitely be grateful for Mr. Ge's kindness."
Stroking his beard, Yang Tinghe sighed with a look of concern for the country and the people: "I haven't thought about whether the people are grateful or not. I just want to do more for the people and the Ming Dynasty. As long as I think of the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi
Not only are they suffering from cold and starvation, but the people in the Huanghuai area are always at risk of the river overflowing and bursting its banks. I can't rest in peace and can't sleep day and night..."
After listening to Yang Tinghe's words, all the officials showed admiration.
Chen Cang looked at Yang Tinghe and his expression changed slightly. Yang Tinghe was conspiring. Everyone could see this. For a moment, Chen Cang couldn't help but worry about Li Huan.
Faced with Yang Ting and Yang's tricks, how should Li Huan respond to keep the money?
Bao Qing shouted: "How can your Majesty refuse such an act for the country and the people? If your Majesty does not agree to deposit the money into the national treasury, we will go and see your Majesty."
"Yes, I will go to see Your Majesty and ask for orders for all the people."
"Count me in. How can I miss this opportunity to leave such a name in history?"
All the officials looked excited for a moment.
This kind of opportunity is rare to find in a thousand years, and some officials even wished that the emperor would not agree, so that they could go to the palace to beg the emperor.
The more the emperor refuses to agree, the more it can set off the emperor's stupidity. In turn, they are the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and their marks will inevitably be left in the history books of the future.
Thinking about this, some officials were eager to go to the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor.
But at this moment, Yang Tinghe coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, although His Majesty said he did not agree, he did not reject it either."
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, obviously they didn't quite understand what Yang Tinghe meant.
Either agree to something or refuse it. Why can't they understand Yang Tinghe's meaning?
Yang Tinghe smiled and explained: "Your Majesty said that I need to go to discuss this matter with Li Huan, and Li Huan must agree."
Someone heard this and couldn't help but yelled about filial piety: "It's ridiculous, it's simply ridiculous. Is Your Majesty the Emperor or Li Huan is the Emperor? Your Majesty can decide such matters at a glance, so why should you ask Li Huan?"
"Yes, yes, it's not something that Li Huan can decide, so who does he matter?"
Bao Qing also said: "Li Huan is not the Minister of Household Affairs, so how can he have the right to decide the whereabouts of the money? Your Majesty's move is very inappropriate."
Chen Cang raised his eyebrows after hearing this. He was not a fool. Just by hearing Yang Tinghe's words, he roughly guessed the emperor's embarrassment.
Agree, and I don’t want to let so much money fall into the treasury, but if I don’t agree, someone will definitely seize this opportunity and smear him and Li Huan as a coward who doesn’t care about the lives of the people.
Traitor.
The emperor obviously had no other solution, otherwise he would not have left such a difficult problem to Li Huan.
Chen Cang couldn't help but secretly smile bitterly. Although the emperor failed to solve this problem for Li Huan, being able to do so was the emperor's limit.
So when it comes to how to deal with this problem, Chen Cang can only hope that Li Huan can solve this problem perfectly.
Yang Tinghe looked at the indignant looks of the crowd, stroked his beard and chuckled: "Your Majesty did not express any objections, which means that your Majesty has already agreed. The reason why I asked me to discuss with Li Huan is just that your Majesty
It’s just a step you have found for yourself.”
Many people's eyes lit up when they heard this, and some even high-fived and exclaimed: "That's right, I didn't think of that."
Bao Qing stroked his beard and chuckled: "Your Majesty is a young man at heart, and you want to save face after all, right?"
"Hahaha!"
Suddenly, there was a cheerful atmosphere here.
But Chen Cang couldn't help but frown, talking about the emperor behind his back like this. If anyone read a book about these people, it would be a crime of great disrespect.
Besides, this kind of behavior is not the behavior of a human minister.
While they were talking, someone suddenly said: "Mr. Yang Ge, we have received news that the Jin Yiwei people who went to Qianshan County to confiscate Fei Hong's family have returned with the confiscated money, and they will enter Beijing tomorrow at most."
Yang Tinghe said with a smile on his lips: "In that case, tomorrow, Shilang Bao will take some officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to hand over the money to the Jinyiwei people, and let the Jinyiwei transfer the money they escorted back to the treasury."
At this moment, everyone was full of confidence. With Yang Tinghe creating such a favorable situation for them and having great righteousness in hand, they really didn't worry about not getting the money.
When they thought that nearly ten million taels of silver were about to enter the national treasury, many officials couldn't help but get excited.
How many things can be done with so much money?
After listening to Yang Tinghe's instructions, Bao Qing showed joy on his face. He immediately raised his hands to Yang Tinghe and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will bring the officials to the dock early tomorrow morning to guard, and I will definitely take the money."
Several miles of solution will be sent to the treasury."
An official laughed loudly after hearing this and said, "I happen to have nothing to do tomorrow, so I will accompany Shilang Bao to go there, which can be regarded as a way to build up the reputation of Mr. Shilang."
Not just one official spoke, but in the blink of an eye, several officials said they would be free to go tomorrow, and Bao Qing thanked these officials.
Yang Tinghe slowly got into his sedan chair and left as a group of officials respectfully escorted him off.
The scene that happened outside the palace gate was naturally reported to the emperor immediately.
People in Dongchang dare not say that they are everywhere, but in this capital, there are really few secrets that can be hidden from Dongchang.
Even though Jinyiwei's popularity has increased greatly now, and it is faintly surpassing Dongchang's, we can't underestimate Dongchang's strength in the capital.
At this time, Ma Yongcheng was standing respectfully in front of the Emperor, cautiously not daring to speak.
Zhu Houzhao looked at a secret report presented by Ma Yongcheng. The content of the secret report was exactly the conversation between a group of officials and Yang Tinghe outside the palace gate not long ago.
Yang Tinghe didn't say anything extreme, but the attitude of some officials made Zhu Houzhao extremely angry. Some even mocked him behind his back as the emperor. That is to say, Zhu Houzhao had a good temper. Otherwise, he would have been so angry that he would have ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned.
It's strict.
Taking a long breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhu Hou looked at Ma Yongcheng and said, "Ma Daban, are you sure that the people from Jinyiwei will return to Beijing tomorrow with the stolen money?"
Ma Yongcheng nodded and said: "Your Majesty, that's right."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but frowned when he heard this and said: "If that's the case, no matter how fast the speed is, Li Qing won't get the news. Could it be that we just let the money go into the national treasury?"
Although it was said that he, the emperor, could easily stop those officials from pursuing that sum of money with an edict, but he, the emperor, really could not issue an edict, or even express his objection.
It can be said that he did not directly issue an order to send the money to the treasury, which is the limit of what he can do. Otherwise, the name of a faint king who does not care about the life and death of the people will definitely be stuck on his head, and it will be difficult to take it off.
Ma Yongcheng naturally knew Zhu Houzhao's difficulty, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, would you like me to send someone immediately to send a message to Du Guang of Jin Yiwei, asking him to postpone his return to Beijing..."
But before Ma Yongcheng finished speaking, he saw the emperor looking at him as if he were a fool.
And Ma Yongcheng himself reacted immediately and wanted to slap himself. His idea was really bad.
That's millions of taels of silver. Even if we can find an excuse to temporarily delay it for a day or two, is it possible that it can be delayed for more than ten days?
I'm afraid it won't take more than ten days, but if this sum of money cannot arrive in the capital smoothly tomorrow, do you think the civil and military officials of the DPRK will jump out and send someone to help.
I really thought it was hundreds or thousands of taels of silver. It was millions of taels of silver. There are countless people staring at that sum of money now.
Even Ma Yongcheng's Dongchang had received some information, but he didn't know how the information leaked out. Even some third-rate gangs in the world wanted to take advantage of that sum of money.
Even among the officers and soldiers of the guard station who were responsible for escorting and protecting the money along the way, many people tried to take action on the money. If it were not for Du Guang, the official of Qianhu, a member of the Jinyiwei Qianhu, who was decisive enough, he killed several people with fierce means.
Soldiers, if you calm people's hearts, maybe those officers and soldiers will directly steal the money.
If such a large sum of money is not transported back to the capital, who knows what accidents may happen.
One can imagine how bad of an idea it was at this time that he asked the people of Jin Yiwei to postpone escorting the money to Beijing.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "It would be great if Li Qing were here at this time, and I wouldn't have to be so worried."
For some reason, Zhu Houzhao had a feeling that this kind of problem might be very difficult for others and might even have no solution, but for Li Huan, it was not that difficult.
Qiu Ju, Gao Feng, Ma Yongcheng and others standing nearby are examples. They all have sad faces. If they really want to make up their minds, they don't have any reliable ideas.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Houzhao couldn't think of an idea. He just waved his sleeves angrily and said to Ma Yongcheng: "Spread all your people out, no matter whether the last sum of money goes into the treasury or not.
Enter the inner vault, but absolutely no accidents are allowed."
This is about to arrive at the doorstep. If there is another accident, it will be a slap in the face of the imperial court and his emperor.
Upon hearing this, Ma Yongcheng immediately turned to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will personally escort the money all the way to Beijing."
Zhu Houzhao felt a little relieved after hearing this, but when he thought about the ownership of the money, he couldn't help but feel upset for a while, and said to Ma Yongcheng: "Okay, I'll go ahead and do your work first."
Ma Yongcheng hurriedly bid farewell to the emperor, and then left the imperial city. He immediately ordered everyone in Dongchang to leave the capital.
Tonghui River is the section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from Tianjin to Beijing, and is the last section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
At this time, Du Guang led hundreds of Jin Yiwei people to sit on several large ships and came from Tianjin to the capital along the Tonghui River.
In order to escort these millions of taels of gold and silver all the way from Qianshan County to the capital, Du Guang and his army of royal guards worked hard.
It was okay at first, because the confidentiality work was quite good, and only these guardsmen knew about the existence of millions of taels of silver.
However, frightened by the vicious reputation of Du Guang and the Jinyi Guards, even these guards officers and soldiers were too honest to dare to do anything strange.
But as time passed, his awe gradually diminished, and Du Guang could clearly feel that the officers and soldiers of the guard station who were escorting the money were becoming impetuous.
If Du Guang hadn't been careful enough, the money might have been stolen by some guards officers and soldiers. For this reason, Du Guang killed dozens of guards officers and soldiers who participated in it, and only those guards were frightened to death.
.
It is precisely because of this that we have made it through this journey without any danger.
But at some point, news spread that they were escorting millions of taels of silver into Beijing, which immediately attracted many mountain bandits and water thieves.
It's a pity that these people are no match for the Jin Yiwei and the officers and soldiers of the guard station, so several crises were resolved by Du Guang and his people.
Now that the ship was sailing on the Tonghui River, and only a few dozen miles away from the capital, it could be said that Du Guang's anxious heart was finally relieved.
You must know that he spent more than a month on this journey. It can be said that he has not even had a peaceful sleep these days, and even turned a blind eye when sleeping.
, for fear that something unexpected might happen.
Flag Officer Xun Le looked at Du Guang, who was standing at the bow of the ship in trance, with a look of exhaustion on his face, and said, "Sir, we can reach the capital in half a day at most, and then you can feel at ease."
When Du Guang heard this, he looked back at Xun Le and smiled slightly: "Yes, when we get to the capital, we will hand over a sum of money to Mr. Gu, the Royal Horse Supervisor, so we can rest assured."
As he spoke, Du Guang said with a bit of a smile on his face: "This time I finally lived up to your expectations."
Xun Le said with a smile: "Your Excellency has made such a contribution, the commander will definitely reward you generously. Previously, you were awarded the title of Jinyiwei Qianhu. This time, you will be promoted to another level and become the Jinyiwei Town Envoy."
It’s not impossible.”
Hearing this, Du Guang couldn't help but shook his head and said: "How can it be so simple? What does this little credit mean? Besides, I have only been promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu not long ago. Unless he has made great contributions in a short period of time, he will be really good in just a few years."
It’s hard to get promoted.”
While he was talking, several ships suddenly appeared in front of him. Seeing this situation, the expressions of Du Guang and others changed slightly, and they all became more vigilant.
Especially since these ships were approaching them at an extremely fast speed, Du Guang rushed to the bow of the ship almost immediately, holding the hilt of the Xiuchundao in his hand, staring at the ships with a wary face.
Suddenly a voice came from a distance: "In front of you is Du Guang, Du Qianhu, a member of the Jinyi Guards! Kou Sanshan, the head of the Xiadongchang Stall, is here to protect you all on the order of the factory owner."
This voice was extremely ethereal, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he revealed his extremely advanced inner martial arts. Du Guang was proud that his cultivation was not bad, but he was obviously a level below his opponent.
Although Du Guang said he was a little relieved, he didn't dare to really feel relieved. Instead, he shouted at the other party: "Touchou Kou, what proof do you have?"
At this time, the leading ship had already approached the big ship, and there was a man standing on the bow. He looked about forty years old, with a sword on his back. At first glance, there was nothing surprising, but when Du Guang and the other man's
When his eyes filled with brilliant light met, his heart was shocked.
He saw a stream of light flying out of Kou Sanshan's hand. Du Guang subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab it. It was a token. He took the token and it was heavy. After just one glance, Du Guang recognized that it was the one from the Dongchang stall.
Token.
After all, Du Guang was born in Jinyiwei, so how could he not understand Dongchang, who had overpowered Jinyiwei in the past.
You must know that at the beginning of Dongchang, except for a very small number of eunuchs who came from the palace, most of them were transferred from the Jinyi Guards.
In other words, many fans in Dongchang are actually from Jinyiwei. With such a connection between the two families, it is natural that there would be no means of identification.
Besides, there are really not many people who would pretend to be Dongchang, right?
Moreover, with the strength that Kou Sanshan has shown, and the fact that he is now dozens of miles away from the capital, in this area, there are really not many people who dare to rob the imperial ship on this canal, so
All this has dispelled Du Guang's vigilance to a certain extent.
Taking a deep breath, Du Guang cupped his hands towards Kou Sanshan at the bow of the boat and said, "Thank you so much, Kou Dutou."
But at this time Kou Sanshan said: "Du Qianhu, my factory owner wants to see you and has something to say to you."
Du Guang couldn't help but froze for a moment when he heard the words, and subconsciously looked towards the boat behind Kou Sanshan. At this moment, he saw a figure walking out of the cabin, wearing the python suit of a factory owner from the East Factory. Du Guang was shocked when he saw it.
shock.
This is none other than the governor of Dongchang, Ma Yongcheng.
After all, he was Li Huan's confidant, so how could Du Guang not recognize Ma Yongcheng.
When he saw Ma Yongcheng, Du Guang was completely relieved. Needless to say, this man must have been sent by the emperor to take care of them.
There are people from Dongchang, plus the Jinyi Guards and the officers and soldiers of the guard station. Under layer of protection, unless someone comes with a large army, no one can even think of taking advantage of this sum of money.
Du Guang, who was relieved, immediately said to Kou Sanshan from a distance: "I will go to see the factory master now."
As he spoke, Du Guang put down a small boat at a very fast speed, then jumped onto the boat. In just a dozen breaths, he was already on the boat.
Turning over and jumping on the boat, Du Guang saw Ma Yongcheng who was sitting and looking at him with a smile. He quickly stepped forward and saluted Ma Yongcheng and said: "Du Guang, the official of Jinyi Guards, Qianhu, has met the factory master."
Ma Yongcheng smiled slightly and said: "You are the governor's favorite general. This time you confiscated the Fei Hong family's property and transported it to the capital smoothly and safely. It is a great achievement. You will be promoted to an official rank soon."
Ma Yongcheng said quickly: "The factory boss is joking, this is just the duty of a lower official."
Seeing Du Guang's neither arrogant nor impetuous appearance, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help but secretly praise him. It was indeed remarkable that Du Guang was favored by Li Huan and entrusted with an important task.
After briefly asking Du Guang about the news about the silver ship, Ma Yongcheng suddenly looked at Du Guang solemnly and said: "Du Qianhu, do you know that because of your money, there has been a quarrel in the court?
Mr. Yang Ge personally requested to see His Majesty and asked for Your Majesty's permission to transport this sum of money to the national treasury."
Ma Yongcheng stared at Du Guang when he spoke. Du Guang was just stunned when he heard this, and then he reacted and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Factory Master, for reminding me. Thank you very much."
Regarding Du Guang's reaction, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help showing a bit of surprise and said: "Isn't Du Qianhu worried?"
Du Guang heard this and said with a smile: "I will act according to my orders, so there is nothing to worry about."
As he spoke, a solemn look flashed in Du Guang's eyes and he said: "Unless it is His Majesty's imperial edict or my lord's order, otherwise, I will only act in accordance with your lord's order."
Ma Yongcheng looked at Du Guang, and for a while he suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Okay, what a man to follow orders."
To be honest, Ma Yongcheng admired Du Guang's courage, but he was not optimistic about it because Du Guang had no idea what kind of pressure he would face.
Those were all the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty. Even the emperor could not withstand such pressure, let alone a thousand households in Duguang District.
But even so, Ma Yongcheng looked at Du Guang in a different light, and even reached out and patted Du Guang on the shoulder and said: "Okay, no matter what the outcome is, based on what you just said, if the governor blames you in the future, I will
I will definitely explain it to you."
When Du Guang heard this, he cupped his hands at Ma Yongcheng and said, "I would like to thank you, Mr. Factory, for your kindness."
Taking a deep breath, Ma Yongcheng said to Du Guang: "Go back, this big ship still needs you, the Qianhu of Jinyiwei, to guard it. I, the people from the East Factory, will be plundering the formation for you all around."
Hearing this, Du Guang bowed to Ma Yongcheng, then jumped on the boat and went back to the big ship.
Looking at Du Guang's tall and upright figure, Ma Yongcheng couldn't help but said to Kou Sanshan who was standing next to him: "Sanshan, do you think Du Qianhu can withstand the pressure of so many ministers?"
Kou Sanshan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and said without thinking too much: "My subordinates think he can't resist."
Ma Yongcheng didn't feel surprised at all and nodded: "Yes, he is just a small Qianhu, how can he withstand the pressure of so many important officials in the court."
At this time, countless eyes were staring at the large ships carrying millions of taels of silver, but no matter what, the large ships entered the capital smoothly.
Jishuitan Wharf is a wharf on the edge of the Grand Canal. On weekdays, many ships arriving in the capital mostly dock at Jishuitan, Wenmingmen and other wharves.
Because this place is relatively close to the Ministry of Revenue, early in the morning, the Ministry of Revenue, headed by Zuo Shilang Bao Qing, and dozens of officials of all sizes, as well as laborers mobilized by the Ministry of Revenue, brought hundreds of vehicles
Prepare the carts to carry the silver.
Hundreds of people gathered on the pier, at least 30% of whom were officials of all sizes, and a few of them were not lower than Bao Qing. At this moment, they were looking at the canal with Bao Qing, talking and laughing in a low voice.
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An official from Guanglu Temple stroked his beard and smiled at Bao Qing and said: "Shilang Bao, your household department is very lucky this time. Millions of taels of silver have been put into the treasury. When the time comes, the person who handles it will be put into the treasury a little later."
If you leak just a little bit, everyone will be full."
Before Bao Qing could speak, an official smiled and said: "Everyone has worked so hard. The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, so he must give us some benefits."
Bao Qing said with a reserved smile: "A few of you are joking. Our Ministry of Accounts is responsible for the money coming in and out of the treasury. How can we do such a thing? However, these labors are indeed hard, and they still have to be rewarded with some money."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, with a "I understand" look on their faces.
While they were joking, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Look, the big ship is coming. Is it the ship where the Jin Yiwei escorted the money into the capital?"
Many people immediately looked up the river and saw official ships approaching slowly, one after another. Just looking at the extremely deep draft of these large ships, they knew that they must be carrying extremely heavy things.
When I think of the millions of taels of gold and silver loaded on these large ships, many people look at these large ships as if they are looking at mountains of gold and silver.
Some people couldn't help but sigh: "There are millions of taels of gold and silver. Today is definitely an eye-opener. I have never seen so much gold and silver at once in my life."
Bao Qing also had a look of expectation in his eyes.
If he transports these coins into the national treasury, he will become a great contributor to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and all the civil and military officials in the court will look at him differently.
As for whether the Jinyiwei official who escorted the money to Beijing will hand it over to him, does it still need to be considered? How courageous does the other party have to not hand over the money to the court?
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Bao Qing watched the big ships getting closer and closer and couldn't help but wave to an official beside him: "When the ship stops, go tell the Jinyiwei people and let them prepare for the handover.
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The official who was named immediately nodded to Bao Qing.
Chen Cang, who was standing aside, glanced at Bao Qing and others expressionlessly, then looked at the big ship slowly approaching the shore, and turned his eyes to the figures standing on the bow of the big ship.
One of the leading officials was wearing a royal uniform, and it was Du Guang, a royal guard of Qianhu, who escorted the confiscated dirty money to the capital.
Now it can be said that Du Guang's name has been known to people like them. After all, even for the sake of those millions of taels of gold and silver, they still have to remember Du Guang's name.
After all, the money is still in Du Guang's hands, and the handover must be completed with Du Guang and other royal guards before the money can truly be considered in the hands of the court.
Du Guang stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the dense crowds of people on the shore and the continuous carriages on the shore from a distance, with a strange smile on his lips.
Du Guang whispered a few instructions to Xiao Qi, a guard next to him. Hearing this, the flag officer cupped his fists at Du Guang and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will take care of it now."
As he spoke, the ship swayed slightly and was already docked at the pier on the shore, almost several feet away from the shore.
A long plank was laid between the ship and the shore, and an official was seen eagerly boarding the plank and walking onto the ship on the rickety plank.
Du Guang looked at the other party with interest.
With a bit of excitement and arrogance, the official walked up to Du Guang, raised his hands to Du Guang and said: "Du Qianhu, I am a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and on the order of my family's servant, I came here to talk to Du Qianhu."
The account has completed the handover.”
As he spoke, the official said to Du Guang: "Please also ask Du Qianhu to hand over his account books so that we can wait for the reconciliation and put the gold and silver into the treasury."
It can be seen that the attitude of this household member, Wailang, is very aloof. Suddenly he does not take Du Guang to heart, and he has a commanding tone.
At this moment, Du Guang looked at the other party with a calm look and said: "It's no problem if I want you to hand over the money, but do you have His Majesty's will? Or my commander's order will do!"
Tang Qing, the foreign minister, was waiting for Du Guang to hand over the account books to complete the handover, but suddenly after hearing Du Guang's words, he couldn't help but raised his head and looked at Du Guang, with a bit of astonishment in his eyes.
Du Guang looked at Tang Qing calmly, with a hint of disdain for Tang Qing hidden deep in his eyes.
You just want him to hand over millions of taels of gold and silver to the other party with empty words, without even completing the formalities. Do you really think he is a fool?
Tang Qing obviously noticed the trace of ridicule in Du Guang's eyes. In addition, Du Guang refused to cooperate with him in handing over the account books and completing the handover with him. Tang Qing immediately stared at Du Guang and spoke every word.
The words were: "Du Qianhu, do you know what you are talking about?"
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