Hu Li's expression changed slightly, he took a deep breath and looked at Qin Weiye and said: "The leader asked me to inquire about the saint aunt, so I won't disturb Brother Qin."
Qin Weiye looked at Hu Li who was hurried away, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
Champion House
With Li Huan's return, the huge Hou Mansion naturally fell into joy.
After all, in the past few years, although the Li family has taken root in the capital, especially after Li Huan got married, the huge mansion has gained some popularity.
But who makes Li Huan travel around all year round? It can be said that almost half of the year is spent away from home on official business.
Now that he is finally back, everyone in the house is naturally happy about it.
After having dinner with Li Fengshi, Zhang Jin, Zhu Lin, and Forsythia, he personally sent Li Fengshi back to the backyard to rest. It was not until night fell that Li Huan came to the side courtyard where Zhang Jin was.
The candlelight in the room flickered, and Li Huanren had already alerted the maids and servants in Zhang Jin's yard before he entered the yard.
Zhang Jin's personal maid Haitang held a lantern in front of her pretty face with a hint of joy and said: "Madam has been waiting for me!"
Li Huan just smiled when he heard this and walked into the room. A faint fragrance hit his nostrils. Zhang Jin came to meet him. He stepped forward and took the cloak from Li Huan's hand, handed it to the maid beside him, and then smiled and said to Li Huan:
"My husband is going south to investigate the case this time. It must have been a smooth journey!"
Born in a British royal family, Zhang Jin is naturally not comparable to ordinary women.
Li Huan sat down, took the tea from Zhang Jin, took a sip and said with a chuckle: "They are just a group of corrupt officials and local powerful people, what kind of trouble can they cause!"
After hearing this, Zhang Jin sat next to Li Huan, with a hint of worry in his eyes and said: "I heard from the British Duke that my husband went on a killing spree in Yangzhou Mansion, killing nearly ten thousand people at once..."
This kind of thing has spread, but because the time is too short, only a very few well-informed people know about it. It is said that it is impossible for someone like Zhang Jin to know.
But who knew that the British government of the Ming Dynasty was behind Zhang Jin? Such news could not be hidden from ordinary people, and definitely not from the British government.
Naturally, Zhang Jin knew such news. It was precisely because of this that when he saw Li Huan, Zhang Jin, who was worried about Li Huan, spoke up about it.
Li Huan put down the tea cup in his hand, looked up at Zhang Jin who had a worried look in his eyes, stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Jin's slim body, half pushed and half pushed, the pretty Zhang Jin with a red face sat in Li Huan's arms
.
Wrapping Zhang Jin's body in his arms, Li Huan chuckled and said: "It doesn't matter, even the civil and military officials of the whole court can't get hold of my husband in this matter. At most, they will smear my reputation secretly. As for Your Majesty,
Not to mention, this matter itself is because I, husband, have brought a bad reputation for Your Majesty, do you think Your Majesty can still punish me?"
Feeling Li Huan's big, not very honest hand, Zhang Jin's body trembled slightly, her pretty face turned red and she said: "Lun'er said, husband, you are too reckless, and you shouldn't get involved in such matters. If you push it to the court,
, then husband, you have nothing to worry about this time, but now you have killed so many people without asking your majesty. It is okay for your majesty to favor me now, but what if one day..."
Li Huan's hand disappeared under the palace clothes at some point. Feeling the warmth between his palms, he couldn't help laughing after listening to Zhang Jin's words: "The British government's concerns are indeed somewhat reasonable."
Zhang Jin, who was paralyzed in Li Huan's arms, couldn't help but widen his moist eyes, with a hint of surprise in them.
Since Li Huan thought what Zhang Lun said was reasonable, why did he still do it? If Li Huan didn't know the stakes involved, Zhang Jin would never believe it.
Li Huan straightened his expression, looked down at Zhang Jin who was panting slightly, and looked at the two Zhang Jin's personal maids standing beside him.
These two maids are Zhang Jin's personal maids, and they can be regarded as the same as the maids in the same room. At this moment, their pretty faces were blushing, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Li Huan and Zhang Jin.
Noticing Li Huan's gaze, Zhang Jin coughed slightly and said to the two women: "Haitang, you guys, please go down first."
The two women felt as if they had been granted amnesty upon hearing this. They quickly responded and pushed out. With a creak, the door closed, hiding the spring scenery in the room.
Her moist eyes fell on Li Huan, Zhang Jin's red lips opened slightly, her slender hands pressed on the big hand that was causing trouble on her body and said: "Husband..."
Li Huan looked at Zhang Jin with some seriousness in his eyes and said: "Husband, you are blaspheming yourself. There is a saying that great achievements shock the master. Although my current achievements will not reach that level, there are some things that I should be prepared for in advance.
For good."
After speaking, Li Huan paused for a moment and looked at Zhang Jin and said: "Later, two million taels of gold and silver, as well as more than a dozen boxes of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings will be added to the account. You and Lin'er just need to make arrangements."
"What!"
Even with Zhang Jin's determination, when he suddenly heard what Li Huan said, he couldn't help but exclaimed and looked at Li Huan with a look of astonishment on his face.
Li Huan lowered his head and kissed Zhang Jin's delicate pretty face, and said with a chuckle: "Isn't it just a few million taels of gold and silver? Our Li family is no better than those noble families with a century-old family business.
With such a fortune in the account, it can barely be compared with some nobles."
Zhang Jin, who was a little unable to react, looked at Li Huan and said: "With so much property, if His Majesty knew about it..."
But before he finished speaking, Zhang Jin reacted, looked at Li Huan and said tremblingly: "Is this also one of the husband's means of self-destruction?"
Li Huan laughed heartily, picked up Zhang Jin's delicate body, strode towards the back bedroom and said, "Madam is really smart, just put those things away, Your Majesty will not be angry."
Li Huan had no intention of hiding anything from the emperor. He transported the property into the palace through the people of Jin Yiwei, so the emperor would definitely know about it.
Originally, Li Huan deliberately let the emperor know about it. Otherwise, with Li Huan's methods, if he wanted to swallow up a batch of gold and silver quietly, to be honest, there would really be no problem in hiding it from the emperor.
The confiscated property this time, if you include the fixed assets, is probably close to 100 million taels. It is really nothing for him, the imperial envoy, to swallow several million taels.
Knowing Li Huan's intention, Zhang Jin became more and more worried. This was Chi Guoguo's handle. If the emperor did not care as Li Huan expected, the emperor would be furious and it would be a serious crime to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.
ah.
Unfortunately, before Zhang Jin could speak again, his whole body was already submerged by wave after wave.
After a silent night, the sky brightened, and Li Huan reluctantly left Wenrou Township and had breakfast with Li Fengshi and Zhu Lin.
In the study, Li Huan was looking through the large and small news that Jin Yiwei had collected over the past few months.
There was a sound of footsteps, and Cao Yu's figure appeared at the door of the study and said: "Master Marquis, Mr. Wang Yangming is here."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows, nodded towards Cao Yu and said, "Please come over quickly."
In the court, although Li Huan and Wang Yangming were not in the same party, in the eyes of outsiders, they were in the same party. However, regardless of whether they were in the same party or not, they still cherished each other and could be considered to have been friends for many years.
After all, Wang Yangming is now in his forties, while Li Huan is only in his twenties. To put it into perspective, there is a full twenty-year age difference between the two, a generation difference.
Although Wang Yangming was not a frequent visitor to the Li Mansion, it was not his first time here. He walked into the yard where Li Huan was, and saw Li Huan standing at the door of the study to greet him.
Seeing Li Huan's figure, Wang Yangming stepped forward, smiled at Li Huan and cupped his hands and said, "I have seen the champion."
Upon seeing this, Li Huan smiled and stepped forward to welcome Wang Yangming into the study room and said, "Sir, you are joking. Come in and talk."
After inviting Wang Yangming to sit down, Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming and said, "Sir, you came to see me so early in the morning. Is there something going on?"
Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and suddenly said: "Your Majesty promised to transfer three million taels of gold and silver from the inner treasury to the national treasury. I think the Marquis must know this news."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows, looked at Wang Yangming and nodded slightly: "Isn't this a good thing? The imperial treasury is empty, and your Majesty is willing to allocate a sum of gold and silver from the treasury to replenish the treasury. It can be said that everyone is happy."
Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan, as if he wanted to see through Li Huan, and suddenly said: "I wonder how much gold and silver the champion has confiscated from Yangzhou Mansion this time!"
When Li Huan heard this, he looked at Wang Yangming with a straight face and said, "Even if the elder knows about it, does he still want to persuade your majesty to transfer those properties into the national treasury?"
Li Huan said with a bit of disdain: "It's not that I look down on those people, it's the corruption of officials up and down. I dare say that if such a sum of money is really added to the national treasury, I'm afraid that in the end this wealth will be at least
Most of them will fall into the hands of these people."
Wang Yangming smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "It is precisely because I know this that when I met with Your Majesty yesterday, I did not insist on asking Your Majesty to agree to add that sum of property to the national treasury."
While speaking, Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said: "It's just that your majesty agreed too readily yesterday and deposited millions of taels of silver into the national treasury at one time. I'm afraid that the other cabinet ministers are sending people to find out whether you have confiscated anything during your trip south."
How much property did you get?"
Li Huan was not surprised at all. He brought back such a large amount of property. Although he had tried his best to block the news, there is no airtight wall in the world. It is simply unrealistic to completely block the news. Being known to others is nothing more than
Sooner or later.
As long as these properties are sent to the emperor's inner treasury before these people can find out the general information, it will be fine. After entering the inner treasury, it is not that easy to transfer it to the national treasury.
Looking at Wang Yangming, Li Huan chuckled and said, "Then Mr. came to see me this time just to inform me of this, right?"
Stroking his beard, Wang Yangming put down the tea cup and said with a slow smile: "Wang is also curious about how much property the Marquis has stolen. Does the Champion believe it?"
Li Huan smiled and said: "Since Sir said so, why doesn't Mr. Li believe it?"
Li Huan stretched out his hand to dip his hand into the teacup and dipped some tea in it, then gently wrote a few sets of numbers on the table. Wang Yangming, who was sitting there, originally looked indifferent, but when he saw the sets of numbers on the table
At that moment, even with the mental concentration he had developed over the years, he couldn't help but shrink his eyes, his face changed, and he exclaimed: "This... how is this possible?"
Li Huan stretched out his hand and pressed it on the table. The next moment, the water stains on the table evaporated and disappeared. Looking at Wang Yangming's shocked look, Li Huan couldn't help but smile: "I have always been able to do nothing in this world."
I made you lose your composure. I never thought that I would see you look so moved today."
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm down the turmoil in his heart, Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan solemnly and said: "Wang is not a sage. There are countless things in this world that can move Wang. Is what the Marquis just wrote true?"
Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "Of course you are serious, or do you think that with the prosperity of Yangzhou Prefecture, Li will not be able to steal so much property?"
It can only be said that the amount of property Li Huan confiscated and confiscated was beyond Wang Yangming's imagination. Previously, Wang Yangming had actually thought that the amount of property Li Huan confiscated must have been astonishing, otherwise the emperor would never be so easy to talk to.
But even with Wang Yangming's imagination, he could only guess that what Li Huan confiscated in Yangzhou Prefecture was worth about ten million taels.
However, the huge numbers written by Li Huan just now shocked Wang Yangming. He never dreamed that so much property could be confiscated from a mere Yangzhou Prefecture.
Looking at Wang Yangming's shocked look, Li Huan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Maybe Wang Yangming was indeed a sage-like figure in this era, but he was living in this era, but it was impossible for him to know those who were attached to the Ming Dynasty like him.
How crazy and extravagant are the crazy and blood-sucking officials and gentry on the behemoth of the empire?
After more than a dozen breaths, Wang Yangming finally regained his composure and looked up at Li Huan with a sigh on his face: "Xu Lin and others really deserve to be killed."
Li Huan knew why Wang Yangming would sigh like this. If Xu Lin and others were honest officials, even if Li Huan had extraordinary means, he would not have been able to confiscate so much property.
Since no such astonishing wealth was recovered from these people, even Wang Yangming found it unjustifiable to say that these people should not be killed.
Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and said, "If this news spreads, I'm afraid the civil and military officials in the court will cause some trouble again."
Li Huan said indifferently: "So what, as long as those things are put into the inner treasury, no matter how much trouble they make, they will never take them out again."
Li Huan certainly understood what Wang Yangming meant. After all, if it was really just about tens of millions of taels of property as Wang Yangming thought, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty would know about it. Seeing that the emperor had put so much gold and silver into the treasury, they would
It won't cause any fuss.
However, property worth nearly 100 million has been put into the inner treasury. Once this figure, which has increased ten times, becomes known, the safekeeping will make countless people in the court jealous. If there is not a large number of people in the court,
It would be weird if people jumped out and made a scene.
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