Yang Fan looked through the ledgers expressionlessly. This box of ledgers only contains this year's accounts. There are so many.
The accounts were kept very detailed, and even the items worth several coins were clearly recorded.
The more Yang Fan looked at it, the more solemn his expression became. Familiar names appeared in the account book one by one. Every time he saw one, Yang Fan's expression became more solemn.
Dongjiang Town is some kind of military town, it's simply an import and export company.
Many shareholders invested in Dongjiang Town, which also brought huge benefits to shareholders.
Jiannu traded the stolen money from the killings and plunders in Liaodong with Dongjiang Town to buy the medicinal materials, grain, cloth, iron ingots, and even Su Steel and Fujian Iron they urgently needed. At the same time, they also used precious medicinal materials and furs that were special products of Liaodong.
, alluvial gold, Dongzhu and other transactions.
These things were shipped from Dongjiang Town to the richest areas in the south of the Yangtze River to be sold as stolen goods. They then purchased supplies and sailed back to Pi Island to continue trading. Each round trip was a net profit of more than 100,000 taels.
Every name in the court is shocking.
These people are humans during the day and ghosts at night. They inflict blood transfusions on their enemies.
At first, Yang Fan saw the names of officials from the regions under the jurisdiction of the two governors of Shandong and Denglai. Then, Yang Fan saw a familiar name, Zhang Shize. Who does he represent? Needless to say, there was a long list of nobles behind him.
There are also many relatives, including Zhang Guoji, the father of Queen Zhang Yan, Zhou Kui, the father of the current queen, and brothers of Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan.
Seeing Yang Fan's expression, Wen stood there calmly without saying a word. The atmosphere in the room seemed to have solidified. You could hear a needle drop.
Chen Xi didn't dare to express her anger. From behind, she saw the master's hanging left hand trembling.
She has never seen the master so angry.
Looking through these account books in depth, everything is shocking and even makes people feel suffocated.
Yang Fan discovered with a heavy heart that investigating Mao Wenlong was the key to unlocking the dark politics of the late Ming Dynasty.
In the chain of interests of Pidao smuggling guns, ammunition, food, and cloth to gold, Mao Wenlong was just a pawn and agent.
The operators behind the entire Dongjiang smuggling are actually the nobles and relatives of the imperial family in the capital. They are so powerful that they can even control the direction of the entire political situation.
In the face of huge interests, the royal relatives in the imperial court were not only Mao Wenlong's protective umbrella, but also became Hou Jin's protective umbrella in disguise. They also had a share in the heavy blood debts of the people of Liaodong.
Many events have been eroded by wind and rain over the past six hundred years, and are mottled. It is difficult to see the truth of the past. At this time, Yang Fan understood everything.
In the past, when he read history, he couldn't understand why the most absurd scene in Chinese history occurred in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. All important officials in the court who accused Mao Wenlong of collaborating with the enemy, no matter how big or small their contribution, ended miserably. All loyal and good people who were determined to resist the Jin Dynasty,
All of them died badly, and most of them died at the hands of the Ming Dynasty's own people.
But now, there is no longer any cover for all this. The underlying logic of all these bizarre and bizarre images in the late Ming Dynasty is actually that killing people's money is like killing their parents.
The royal relatives of the Ming Dynasty are the products of the family and the world, and are the masters of the twenty million living beings on this land. However, they only care about the enjoyment of the family and ignore the foundation of the country and the nation. The royal family is fundamentally rotten, and the nobles and local officials
The generals are all terrible. What can the emperor do if he wants to make a difference?
The reason why Yuan Chonghuan did such weird behavior that we later generations cannot understand is because we don't know what happened at that time. He was executed in Lingchi, in fact, to make a warning to others.
Because he killed Mao Wenlong, the biggest smuggler in Dongjiang, a relative of the emperor, and subsequently destroyed Dongjiang Town through a series of bizarre operations, completely cutting off the trade activities between Dongjiang and Houjin.
Yuan Chonghuan did a great job, so he was retaliated most thoroughly.
Of course, Mao Wenlong was a sworn enemy of the Eunuch Party and Dong Lin in his previous dynasty, and there is also a shadow of party struggle in this.
Originally, Yang Fan planned to try to save the Ming Dynasty. After all, he was the only one who wanted to revitalize the country during Chongzhen. Although Yang Fan
I have deep prejudices and opinions about him, but I also sympathize with his experiences.
But now, Yang Fan has changed his mind. He deeply knows that Daming is hopeless.
Yang Fan was thinking about whether he should talk to Chongzhen. But he immediately stopped laughing. Why did Chongzhen stop the military pay in Dongjiang Town this year? Did he really not know anything?
This year Chongzhen also killed the eunuch Wang Guoxing in the palace. Yuan Chonghuan was so scared that he wanted to resign. He was not a fool. Why did the emperor send him to supervise Liaodong? He also saw that Chongzhen planned to use him as a spearman.
The power behind Mao Wenlong made him frightened. The identity of his teacher Sun Chengzong was involved, and he was involved in this matter. If he was involved in this matter, he would probably die without a burial place.
While Yang Fan was flipping through the pages, he was thinking at high speed about how to deal with this matter.
Yang Fan quickly flipped through the account books, and suddenly a familiar seal appeared in front of him. On the rectangular seal, there was a scene of a window, with small silver hooks hanging diagonally on the horizon, and two flower branches twining outside the window, dotted with a few alstroemeria flowers.
This seal was very familiar to him, because it was carved by himself after he took his concubine Lin Yueru, and gave it to Lin Yueru as a gift. It was a fine Tianhuang stone seal. Lin Yueru always carried it with him.
Yang Fan's hand stopped turning the page. There was silence in the room.
As if Mrs. Wen already knew the result, she knelt on the ground calmly.
"Concubine, Wen Xiu has met the master." Wen bowed down and bowed.
Yang Fan let out a long sigh and searched again and again until he found his inner chamber.
"Are you from Lin Yueru?" Yang Fan asked.
"Mao Shuai is originally from the line of Duke Wei. It was Wei Gong who gave Mao Shuai his concubine. I have been in single-line contact with the lady. The account book you are looking at now is sent to the lady for reconciliation every year.
The account book. After the lady confirms that it is correct, Miss Yu will print it and send it back."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yang Fan sneered and said: "No wonder you are so confident. You should have known that this matter would be traced to Lin Yueru. Wei Governor is already a thing of the past, you should
He must be from Concubine Zheng. No wonder, your Majesty killed the eunuch Wang Guoxing this year."
Wenshi did not answer this question, but said: "Master, you are an honorable lady, and you are my husband. He is one of our own. I have never had the opportunity to meet the master. Today I have this opportunity. I am overjoyed. Why?"
Be afraid."
Chen Xi felt cold all over when he heard that the Second Madam was actually so deep in the water. She is still running Wei Du Gong's family and has such amazing financial resources. And the old Mrs. Zheng and Prince Fu's family, who have long been retired, actually still have such power.
Big force.
This struggle in the middle Wanli period is still going on.
"Master, are you still checking? I have nothing to say to you." Wen said with a smile on her face and a wry smile.
Yang Fan felt annoyed and said coldly: "What a check. If I had known it earlier, I would ask Lin Yueru why he was wasting time here."
Wen smiled seductively and said, "Sir, what you said is that you can go back and ask the lady, and everything will be clear. You can return this account book to the slave family."
Yang Fan waved his hand angrily, telling her to leave quickly. He turned around and entered the inner room.
After a while, Wen came out carrying the box proudly and returned to the ship. The Jin Yiwei withdrew one after another.
"Second Madam, is this okay? It's okay." Mao Da asked with a sarcastic smile.
Mrs. Wen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Humph, a bunch of trash, let's sail the boat." Then she walked over and took her son's hand into the cabin.
Mao Da was overjoyed immediately. He was worried before because he was afraid of telling the truth here. Uncle Dingyuan's power was well-known in the Ming Dynasty, and he could stop children from crying at night. For such a big matter, the second lady's intervention was unexpectedly overwhelming, and she suppressed it just like that.
Already.
"Quick, raise the sails on the front and rear masts. By the way, cut off the damaged main mast and let's set sail. Hahaha."
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