After understanding the purpose of Li Huan's visit to their Chen Mansion, Chen Zhe had a look of surprise on his face and couldn't help laughing loudly, but there was a bit of madness in his laughter.
Chen Zhe's sudden laughter naturally attracted many people to cast doubtful glances. Even the Jinyi guards who were guarding Chen Zhe were a little confused.
It's just that Chen Zhe just laughed and had no reaction. Even though he was confused, but when Chen Zhe made no other changes, the Jin Yiwei who was responsible for guarding Chen Zhe just stepped forward and yelled at Chen Zhe, telling him to silence.
At the same time, under the guidance of Chen Yao, Li Huan walked into a study room.
From its location in the Chen Mansion, this study belongs to Chen Wenliang, the master of the manor.
There are two or three spacious rooms in the study room, and many classics are placed in them, but what Li Huan is concerned about is not the classics collected in this study.
At this time, several elite Jinyiwei personnel had gathered in the study, and in front of these people were placed more than a dozen account books and rosters.
When they saw Li Huan and Chen Yao approaching, several Jinyiwei officials quickly saluted Li Huan.
Li Huan waved his hand, and his eyes fell on the account books and rosters in front of him.
At the same time, one of the officials was heard saying respectfully to Li Huan: "Sir, these are the rosters and account books that were found, which record in detail the collusion between the Lianghuai salt merchants and many officials above the court over the years.
There are even detailed financial transactions."
A flash of light flashed in Li Huan's eyes, and he casually took one of the account books in his hand and started to read it.
"In March of the 16th year of Hongzhi, Du Yuan, the minister of household affairs, collected 130,000 taels... In the first year of Zhengde, Cheng Qi, the censor of Shanxi Province, collected 50,000 taels..."
As Li Huan looked through it, he found that there were no less than a dozen officials involved in this account book alone, and the gold and silver transactions in it were as high as millions of taels.
There are actually dozens of such account books. Even though many of the officials with interests related to the Lianghuai Salt Merchants Group recorded in these account books are duplicated, there are probably countless important officials in the DPRK involved.
There are ten people, and the silver involved may exceed tens of millions.
Slowly putting down the account book in his hand, Li Huan's face looked very calm, and he was not surprised at all by the contents of the account book.
Regardless of the officials and gold and silver involved, they were all within Li Huan's expectations.
You must know that they were Lianghuai salt merchants. As we all know, the benefits of salt and iron have been the most amazing since ancient times. However, the Ming Dynasty failed to control the benefits of salt and iron in the hands of the court. Instead, it was handed over to the court through the salt introduction system.
A group of businessmen thus created a salt merchant group that was extremely wealthy.
There are also various conflicts within the salt merchant group. In recent years, the Lianghuai salt merchants have exerted their efforts and received support from a large number of officials in the court, suppressing the Shanxi salt merchants.
Although the Lianghuai salt merchants cannot monopolize the supply of salt in the Ming Dynasty, they still occupy most of the salt market in the Ming Dynasty.
It is precisely because the Lianghuai salt merchants almost monopolized most of the Ming Dynasty's salt market that the Lianghuai Group quickly expanded into a huge interest group.
The public spokesperson of this interest group in the court was Chen Wenliang, who was the censor of Zuodu. You must know that Chen Wenliang was once a minister of the household department, although he later went to Nanjing to serve as the minister of the household department.
, and was transferred to the position of Inspector-General of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. It can be said that from beginning to end, he openly represented the entire salt merchant group in dealing with many vested interests above the court.
Precisely because of the support of the Salt Merchant Group, Chen Wenliang was able to easily return to the capital from Nanjing, and even easily assumed the position of leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Li Huan originally had no intention of taking action against the salt merchants of the Ming Dynasty. After all, in Li Huan's view, the most important thing at the moment was to reorganize the capital camp. After thoroughly organizing the hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital camp of the Ming Dynasty, there were countless
With the 100,000-strong Beijing army in hand, anything you want to do will seem much easier.
But Li Huan never expected that after a great victory, countless officials in the court would feel threatened, and even label him as a rebel.
Since Chen Wenliang jumped out on his own initiative, Li Huan naturally would not miss such a good opportunity and took advantage of it at that time (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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Capture Chen Wenliang.
Even in the eyes of outsiders, Li Huan targeted Chen Wenliang entirely because Chen Wenliang impeached him for rebellion, not because of the salt merchant group behind Chen Wenliang.
To be honest, if it weren't for the salt merchant group behind Chen Wenliang, Li Huan really didn't take Chen Wenliang seriously.
In other words, Li Huan would not personally supervise Chen Wenliang's case, let alone bring people to search Chen's house.
Li Huan casually closed the account books in his hands and put them down, and said to Chen Yao: "Order someone to escort these account books back to the Yamen. Be sure to keep them secret and don't alert other people!"
Chen Yao nodded with a serious look on his face and said, "Don't worry, sir, what happened here will never be leaked."
Chen Yao is not a fool either. There are so many officials involved in this account book and their status is so important that even he, the royal guard, is shocked when he sees it.
In addition to some of the officials listed in these account books who have already entered official positions, there are also quite a few who are serving as officials in the court, and almost all of them are important ministers in the court.
After all, if you are not an important minister in the court, you are not qualified to accept bribes from the salt merchant group, right?
If the contents of this account book are leaked today, Chen Yao can guarantee that the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will probably be shaken by it, and who knows what trouble will be caused by then.
Li Huan glanced at Chen Yao and said, "Remember to order someone to sort out the account books. It will be of great use to me."
Chen Yao nodded.
After speaking, Li Huan turned around and walked out of the study. When he reached the door, he paused slightly and said, "Let the news about the armor and crossbow found in the Chen Mansion be released."
When Chen Yao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he reacted: "I understand, I understand!"
The purpose of Li Huan asking Chen Yao to search out the armor and strong crossbows in Chen's residence was very simple. It was to divert people's attention to the Chen family's possession of armors, strong crossbows, and other forbidden items.
Think of Li Huan’s true purpose and gains.
Jin Yiwei's work efficiency is quite reliable. It only took half a day for large boxes to be carried out from the Chen family, especially the armors and crossbows hidden by the Chen family. They were openly loaded into vehicles and taken out.
The situation of the Chen family was seen in the eyes of countless people, and many people were shocked. At the same time, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh my God, the Chen family actually hides armor and crossbows. They are so brave. Could they be rebelling?"
"If the Jin Yiwei found such taboo items, the Chen family is doomed!"
"I really didn't expect that the Zuodu Censor would actually hide armor and powerful crossbows. I can only say that dogs can't change their eating habits. A salt merchant is just a salt merchant!"
Lu Mansion, looking at the armor and crossbows that the Jin Yiwei had found from the Chen family from a distance, Lu Jing looked relieved.
To be honest, Lu Jing is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and served as a minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs. She is definitely a powerful figure in the court.
Lu Jing has received many benefits from the Salt Merchant Group over the years.
Others may just be watching the Chen family's jokes, but Lu Jing is really worried about what problems Jin Yiwei will find when investigating the case.
Now seeing that Jin Yiwei only found a bunch of contraband in the Chen family and seemed to have plundered a bunch of gold and silver and nothing else, Lu Jing felt relieved.
As night fell, several carriages slowly entered Maoyan Alley. The leader dressed up like a member of a wealthy family. At this moment, he handed a name card to the servant guarding the door of Li's Mansion with a smile, and at the same time quietly handed it to the servant.
A silver ingot weighing five ounces was thrust into the opponent's hand.
"This little brother, Xu Wenchang of the Xu family in Yangzhou specifically wants to see Taifu Li. Please help me pass the message."
The servant glanced at the other party, then at the greeting card and said: "Your Excellency, please wait a moment!"
In the Li Mansion, Li Huan left the office early and was dining with Feng, Zhang Jin, and Zhu Lin.
After dinner, he sent Feng back to rest. Li Huan sent Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin back to their residence. Before they returned to the study, they saw someone coming in a hurry.
Li Hu said to Li Huan: "Sir, there is someone outside the house asking to see you, saying that he is from the Xu family in Yangzhou!"
Li Huan looked at the (this chapter is not finished yet!) in Li Hu's hand.
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The famous post, that famous post was made of gold, it was really extraordinary, just one famous post was worth two taels of gold.
There was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth and he said: "Mr. Xu from Yangzhou, so those salt merchants came to us on their own initiative."
Li Hu chuckled and said, "I heard that the other party brought several carriages. I'm afraid they are here to give you gifts."
Li Huan walked towards the study with his hands behind his back and said at the same time: "Take people to the study to see me!"
When Xu Wenchang walked into Li's house, his whole body seemed to become much more relaxed all of a sudden, and even his body seemed to stand up straighter in an instant.
Entering the mansion, Xu Wenchang secretly looked at the layout of Li's Mansion. Although Li's Mansion did not look luxurious, in Xu Wenchang's eyes, it was ordinary and extraordinary.
Both Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin were born into noble families, and their vision and writing skills were not comparable to those from ordinary families.
As the mistress of a mansion, the layout of the entire mansion can naturally reflect the background and taste of the two daughters.
Moreover, whether it is the wealth brought by the two daughters in dowry or the wealth Li Huan accumulated overtly and covertly in the past few years, it is enough for the two daughters to decorate the entire mansion according to their own wishes.
The more he looked at the layout of Li's Mansion, the more Xu Wenchang sighed in his heart. The layout of Li's Mansion really couldn't be laid out if it didn't cost hundreds of thousands of taels.
While he was amazed in his heart, Xu Wenchang also felt that the image of General Li Huan had also changed to a certain extent.
Soon Xu Wenchang met Li Huan. At first glance, Xu Wenchang was really shocked by Li Huan's youth, but when facing Li Huan, Xu Wenchang seemed very low-key.
"The villain Xu Wenchang of the Xu family in Yangzhou pays homage to the Grand Tutor."
Li Huan was sitting there, dressed in regular clothes, showing no anger or authority. He glanced at Xu Wenchang lightly and said, "Xu Wenchang, I don't seem to know you. I wonder why you asked to see me?"
Xu Wenchang said hurriedly: "I have admired the great name of Taifu for a long time. Today I came here to see you. Firstly, I want to fulfill my heart's wish and meet you. Secondly, I have a small gift to offer to Taifu!"
Li Huan raised his brows and said with a bit of curiosity on his face: "When you give gifts to others, you must ask for something. If you see what I am doing, please tell me."
Xu Wenchang coughed slightly and said: "I, the Xu family, am a Yangzhou salt merchant. I used to take refuge in Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu..."
Li Huan snorted coldly and said, "I never thought it was Chen Wenliang and his group!"
Xu Wenchang said hurriedly: "Master, you are aware. I, Mrs. Xu, was forced by that old thief and had to take refuge with him. Now that old thief has finally received his retribution and your Excellency will be imprisoned. I, Mrs. Xu, heard that I was very happy, especially
Send a small gift as a token of appreciation."
Li Huan's expression was indifferent, making it difficult to tell what he was thinking. However, Xu Wenchang secretly observed the changes in Li Huan's expression, and was very happy to see Li Huan's reaction.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Wenchang saluted Li Huanchangji and said, "I, Mrs. Xu, would like to be given a million dollars in silver every year in order to ask Taifu to protect me, Mrs. Xu."
Li Huan squinted his eyes, leaned forward slightly, stared at Xu Wenchang and said solemnly: "Is your Xu family really willing to pay me one million dollars in silver every year?"
Xu Wenchang suppressed the joy in his heart and nodded: "How dare a villain deceive an adult? Of course everything is true."
Li Huan looked at Xu Wenchang calmly. When Xu Wenchang felt a little uneasy, Li Huan slowly said, "I hope you will not disappoint me!"
In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, almost half a month has passed since the last imperial meeting. During this half month, the most eye-catching thing in the capital was the discovery of armor, crossbows and other forbidden items in the palace of Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu.
A major case of things.
Rumor has it that when the emperor heard the news, he was so furious that he smashed the tea cup on the imperial case and ordered the Jin Yiwei to investigate Chen Wenliang's case.
Within half a month, Jinyiwei sent troops south to Yangzhou to arrest the Chen clan. At the same time, most of the officials of Chen Wenliang's party in the court were also captured and thrown into prison. Judging from the situation, because of Chen Wenliang's case, I am afraid there will be a lot of people.
Bad luck will follow.
However, the movement of Jin Yiwei seemed not small at all, but it made many officials in the court heave a long sigh of relief.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jin Yiwei does not seem to have any reason to do so (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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In other words, it seems that Li Huan was only investigating Chen Wenliang himself and did not involve the salt merchant group that existed behind Chen Wenliang.
Sitong Guild Hall
Xu Wenchang, Zhao Anmin and others were gathering in the guild hall. Compared to the last time everyone got together in a depressing atmosphere, everyone present this time seemed to be in a very good mood.
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