Chapter 17: The troops leave Liaodong (1)

"After the residence of Wu Lian, deputy director of the Salt Course Department who was burned to white ground, after careful search, a corner of the receipt was found, with the name "Liu Ji Rice Shop" on it.

The subordinates ordered people to follow the clues and first checked Liaodong. They found that there was only one "Liu Ji Rice Shop" in Liaodong. However, this rice shop, together with the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper, had a total of three people. The annual transactions were only a few hundred taels of silver bills, and they did not have the ability to do big deals at all.

Subsequently, his subordinates investigated more than 300 stoves from Jinzhou Salt Field. One of them reflected a clue. The businessman who came to sell salt had accent from the Peking area.

At the beginning of this spring, my subordinates sent people to Beiping and other places to explore and discovered that there were nearly twelve rice shops with this name in the areas of Peking, Baoding, Yongping and Hejian Prefecture.

As a result, all the clues were concentrated on the rice shop run by Liu Shuang, because only the scale of this rice shop has the strength to trade private salt, and they have always had the record of hiring ships to Liaodong.

Later, in order to ensure insurance, my subordinates ordered people to investigate several private salts near Beiping Prefecture, all of whom were fetched from this store. Evidence from multiple sources confirmed that the store must be undoubtedly the store. Your Highness, this fact is too great, and my subordinates dare not decide without authorization, so I ask your Highness to instruct you.

"Zhao Yu finished the trial of the royal palace and watched Zhu Zhi nervously

Zhu Zhi handed Zhao Yu’s report to Yang Rong with a dark face: “Mianren, look at this.”

After reading the report from beginning to end, Yang Rong frowned and said, "Your Highness, it seems that 80% of the person behind the scenes are him."

Seeing that the palace came down to Liaodong, he was afraid that these activities would be exposed, so he killed people early to silence them and destroy evidence."

Zhu Zhi said: "If the information is true, then the fourth brother will definitely not be able to escape the relationship."

After half a year of investigation by Zhao Yu, the Liaodong Salt Farm Taxation Department finally found a glimpse of the case. His report and infinite report really shocked Zhu Zhi. The information showed that the end of this private salt route was a shop in Peking using grain sales as a cover.

The owner of this store was Liu Shuang, the nephew of Liu Heng, the prince's mansion Dianshen under Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

In the past five years, there have been 1.2 million jin of salt every year, worth nearly 100,000 taels of silver in the private salt market, which is sold to Mongolian grasslands, Shanxi, Hebei and other places through this rice shop.

Yang Rong instructed Wujian to investigate the boss behind the rice shop and finally dug out this huge private salt sales group associated with Zhu Di.

Who has the ability to organize such a huge amount of manpower and material resources, and who has the ability to escort such a large-scale sales of private salt. If Zhu Di does not support him in this way, Zhu Zhi would not be able to believe that he would be beaten to death.

Zhu Zhi said: "Mianren. Look at how to deal with this matter? Do you need to collect favorable evidence and study it with your father?"

Yang Rong glanced at Zhao Yu and said, "This matter involves too much. Maybe you can contact the King of Yan. Rong Chen thinks about it carefully."

Zhu Zhi understood, his face relaxed, and he said to Zhao Yu: "Yun Han, it took more than half a year to find such a big case. It's really hard work and great contributions. From beginning to end, Yun Han is most familiar with this case. I want to hear it. What do you think should you do?"

This question was extraordinary. Zhao Yu took a sip of water and thought for a long time. He said, "I wish I could tell you that my subordinates have a brief understanding of the relationship between Your Highness and the King of Yan. If I had to use this matter to defeat the King of Yan, I felt that at most there was only 30% chance of winning.

"Zhu Zhi and Yang Rong looked at each other.

Zhao Yu continued: "If you want to do it, you have to report it to the emperor secretly and send the Jinyiwei to use thunder to seize all accounts and silver bills of Liu Ji Mipu, and then trace the whereabouts of such a large amount of stolen money every year.

If you are lucky, you may be able to lead the big tiger of King Yan, but according to your subordinates' opinions, you only have 30% chance of success in doing so.

My subordinates thought that they had reported to the emperor and the Jinyiwei to handle the case for such a long time.

The news is inevitable. If the news is leaked, there will be enough time for Peking to destroy the evidence, and once the evidence is destroyed, it will become a headless case; in addition, this case may only be investigated in the end, and it is difficult to say whether there is any relationship between him and Liu Heng, let alone what is the relationship with the King of Yan.

Secondly, even if it is proved that Liu Shuang was responsible for selling private salt because his uncle protected him and had no clear evidence that the stolen money was collected by the King of Yan. At most, Liu Heng could only be punished for condonation and shelter. At most, the King of Yan was also a crime of inattention.

At that time, there will be heavy thunder and little rain, and it will even be left alone."

Zhao Yu analyzed it and made Zhu Zhi nod frequently. Yes, on the surface, the shocking case of private salt worth 100,000 taels of silver is likely to be such a ignorant and vague ending.

Zhu Zhi woke up from his meditation and said to Zhao Yu: "Yun Han, you go down first. Please don't tell anyone about this case. Oh, wait, there is a new position to hand over to you."

Zhao Yu lowered his head slightly and said, "Please give me instructions."

Zhu Zhi said: "The Liaodong Salt Picking and Exercise Department is about to be rebuilt. I think Yunhan may be the most suitable candidate. I want to recommend you and Exercise. Is Yunhan willing to share my worries?"

Zhao Yu looked solemn and said, "Your Highness has entrusted you to serve, but you don't need to discuss this with the Ministry of Revenue? The Yankee Department has always been a position that everyone is slandering..."

Zhu Zhi waved his hand and interrupted him, saying, "It is precisely because of this that I want you to take on this important position. Yun Han should not refuse. I will negotiate with the Ministry of Revenue in person. Before the official appointment, Yun Han will take on these errands first.

Yang Changshi will explain to you later on the innovation of Liaodong's salt industry. Let's go and rest first." Zhao Yu bowed and left.

Zhu Zhi still looked at Yang Rong with a serious expression and said for a long time: "Yun Han's opinion, what do Mianren think?"

Yang Rong shook his head at Zhu Zhi and said, "Yun Han is right, things cannot be done. It is not in the interests of Your Highness. I remember that last time in the capital, Rong told Your Highness that it would be of no benefit to Your Highness when he overthrew the King of Yan.

Besides, their route to selling private salt from Liaodong has been cut off and they can no longer make huge profits. Therefore, it is best not to cause any trouble.

However, Rong had a plan to use this case to do something. Rong once thought that if King Yan knew that His Highness had some evidence that was unfavorable to him in this case, would he still sleep peacefully?"

Zhu Zhi didn't understand very well and said in confusion: "Are you saying that you are threatening the fourth brother?"

Yang Rong said: "It's not a threat, but just letting him know. Instead of pursuing the responsibility of the King of Yan in vain, it's better to throw a stone into his heart so that he can't sleep at night.

Your Highness, if you knew that you were doing something shameful and were known by someone who was disagreeing with Your Highness, what would your Highness feel and what would you do?"

Zhu Zhi said: "I will be very worried, and I will think of killing people to silence me."

Yang Rong said: "But it is impossible for King Yan to do this to Your Highness. So for him, he will always have a knot in his heart.

Your Highness will never expose the case, but the King of Yan will always worry about it, and will even retreat to Your Highness forever."

Zhu Zhi said: "Will the Fourth Brother destroy the evidence immediately? Then he doesn't have to be afraid of me."

Yang Rong said: "It is possible to destroy evidence, but he cannot tell how much His Highness knows and how much evidence he has. He always worrys whether the evidence has not been completely destroyed and whether the witnesses are controlled by His Highness. This is what is called guilty of being a thief."

Zhu Zhi thought to himself, there is only more treacherous, no more treacherous than you, Yang Rong. This is like a small thorn that was stuck in Zhu Di's throat. Although it won't kill him, it will make him uncomfortable from time to time.

Although Yang Rong has never learned psychological field tricks, isn’t this strategy just a psychological war? It’s really hard to be unable to sleep.

Zhu Zhi said: "How should I let the fourth brother know?"

Yang Rong said: "Then I would like to ask Your Highness to write a handwritten letter saying that there is a case like this in Liaodong. If there is a problem, I will send someone to Peking to investigate. I found out that the perpetrator of the crime, the King of Yan was related to it. However, Your Highness does not believe that the King of Yan would do such a thing. Since all the people who committed the crime in Liaodong are dead, they can no longer sell private salt.

Therefore, Your Highness is unwilling to report to the court, so as not to blame King Yan for his father. What do you think?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Okay, that's it."

...

Just after the first update, Tie Hyun hurried into the military tent, and Zhu Zhi was whispering to Guo Xiu. Xiao Chenzi knocked on Zhu Zhi's tent: "Your Highness, urgent military information." Zhu Zhi muttered, not letting people sleep, put on his clothes and went out to the front tent.

"Your Highness, on the third day of the seventh month, Shenyang Zhongwei reported urgently that more than 10,000 Jurchens were involved in Fushun Pass.

He said that he had lost a hundred good horses and falsely accused me of a border ganging his horse, but did not pay the reward, and his troops were stationed at the gates. On the same day, the Liaohai Guard urgently reported that the Jurchens, ten thousand cavalrymen, and Zhenbei Pass, also falsely accused me of accepting the Jianzhou Jurchens and condoning the Jianzhou Jurchens to take their horses.

"Tie Xuan reported in one breath.

Started? It came so fast.

The Liaodong Dusi gradually accepted the Jianzhou Jurchens from the spring and set up 30,000 guards in Anlezhou. In addition, from Liaohaiwei to Shenyang Zhongwei, a total of four "limited guards" sites were opened, including Fanhe, Yilu, Puhe, Fushun, etc. About 30% of the Jurchens were willing to farm, and the government distributed 50 acres of farmland and distributed them to farming tools. The others were engaged in animal husbandry, and each household was divided into 100 acres of wilderness pastures, and they specifically raised military horses for the Liaodong army. It was stipulated that each household should pay a horse to the government as a tax every year.

Zhu Zhiyin sent a small group of cavalry stationed in Tieling to dress up as Jurchens, and the Jianzhou Jurchens were guided by the Jurchens, and infiltrated the territory of the Jurchens in Haixi and stole their good horses.

This kind of small group attacked several times, which really aroused Zahaqi's anger. He sent people to complain to the Liaodong Dusi several times. Zhu Zhi was perfunctory on the one hand, and ordered the border guards to step up preparations.

Unexpectedly, Zahaqi was so anxious that he was finally furious. Zhu Zhi was secretly happy and slapped the table and said, "I'm too bullying. I won't cause trouble for him, so I'll come to the door by myself.
Chapter completed!