Tian Shenglan took a deep breath.

In fact, the smarter a person is, the more beneficial it is to Zhang Jingyi.

Because the smarter the person, the more he thinks, the more he thinks, and the more he thinks, is the most popular with Zhang Jingyi's trick.

This is like the more people have a richer association, the more afraid of ghosts.

Because of this thing, the richer your association power, the more terrifying it is.

When the civil servant heard that Tian Shenglan was willing to explain, he was already cheered up.

Zhang Jingyi looked at Tian Shenglan with a smile.

He was not in a hurry to speak immediately.

After a long silence, Tian Shenglan said: "The wealth of the Tian family is actually in the capital."

"Beijing?" Zhang Jingyi was stunned, and then couldn't help but say, "You are brave."

"It's not that you are brave." Tian Shenglan said: "It's that the light is dark. In the capital, there are mixed dragons and snakes, and there are many people buying and selling. It is the thoroughfare of the world. If this wealth is not hidden here, it will be unsafe."

Zhang Jing immediately understood.

Actually, it's right to think about it.

In ordinary prefectures and counties, there are few populations and few merchants. There are no large amount of gold and silver transactions on weekdays, and there are almost no strangers. Suddenly, a group of people came and bought a large number of houses... It is easy to be suspicious.

As for the old house of the Tian family, the other families also know that although they are secret, they have to cooperate with other merchants after all. Everyone knows where your Datong mansion is. If you are accidentally criticized by someone, it will be like a slaughter.

Since humans began to trade gold and silver, local rich people began to try their best to hide their money.

To a certain extent, what local rich people think about throughout their lives is one thing: hiding money, hiding money, hiding money.

Zhang Jingyi said: "Actually, I have guessed the place where you hide your money before, and I have thought it was the capital, but... the mansion that can hide a lot of money in the capital was investigated, but I found nothing. I just don't know where your Tian family is hiding?"

Tian Shenglan said: "There is a temple outside the city called Daruo Temple..."

Zhang Jingyi had no impression of this temple, but...it was impossible to be a big temple.

"In normal times, the incense in this temple is worshipped by our Tian family. Most of the monks in the temple are from the Tian family. As for the host, they are a distant brother of the Tian family, and people can trust them.

Every year, a caravan in the Tian family would arrive in the capital and send the gold and silver they received into the temple. The temple has a tunnel under it and is guarded by monks, so it is safe enough. Of course, the most important thing is that... it will not attract attention on weekdays."

"Only gold and silver?" Zhang Jing frowned.

“There are both gold, silver and jewelry, but mainly gold and silver.”

“Where is the land property?”

"There is not much land." Tian Shenglan said seriously: "It is the thing the gentry do to purchase land widely. The gentry pointed to more and more fields, and they could harvest them every year. To be honest, the Tian family looked down on the benefits from those fields. The annual income of tens of hectares of fertile land may not be as good as the caravans of the Tian family going to the outside of the pass."

This is convincing.

Zhang Jingyi said again: "Where is the mansion?"

"There are many mansions in the world. I can remember that there are more than 60 places in the world. Others may not be able to remember them. They are purchased by a name called Liu Yan. Of course, there are some other names. You also know that if there are too many houses, there will inevitably be mistakes in memory."

Zhang Jing thought about it and asked again: "There is gold and silver in only one temple?"

"Only one place." Tian Shenglan said: "Although the cunning rabbit has three holes, the cost of hiding is too high. If there are many places to hide, there will inevitably be a risk of being discovered. Instead of increasing the risk, it is better to just one place. This is how the ancestors do it, and their children and grandchildren will naturally follow Xiao Gui Cao."

Zhang Jingyi stared at him and measured, "How do I know the truth or false?"

"There are books of accounts." Tian Shenglan said: "There are books of accounts for the Tian family's income hidden in the temple. This is for reconciliation, to prevent mistakes."

Zhang Jing said again: "So how much gold and silver are there?"

Tian Shenglan was silent for a moment, and finally she thrust her face and shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know."

"have no idea?"

Tian Shenglan said: "I really don't know that for more than ten generations of business, the gold and silver hidden there were all decayed... After I took over the family business, I had no time to check it in the temple. Even if I had to calculate it, I couldn't calculate it clearly. The gold and silver there were only in and out of it... I had kept a lot of accounts before, but those accounts could be piled up more than the house and could not be checked. What's more, only those secret matters can be done by the Tian family's confidant. If I use outsiders, I will inevitably be worried and my manpower cannot be reached."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but look at Tian Shenglan with a strange look.

These people... live like this for generations?

Tian Shenglan said: "Now... can the Marquis promise to save my children's lives?"

Zhang Jingyi asked dyingly: "Who are the ministers you colluded with?"

Tian Shenglan said, "I will find a way to recall these... and remember them."

Zhang Jing raised her eyebrows and said, "Memories?"

Tian Shenglan said: "I was not responsible for contacting the capital in the past. Among the eight families, the Tian family was not a big family. The real big family was surnamed Fan. The Fan family was much larger than ours. They were in the capital and had the widest connections. When they came here, I was forced by the Fan family. He gave me a list and asked me to go to the capital. After the matter was completed, contact the people in the list."

"Where is the roster?" Zhang Jing said.

Tian Shenglan said: "After learning that the matter was defeated, it was burned."

Zhang Jingyi sneered: "You are not honest, and you are burning, so you must have memories of the people inside."

Tian Shenglan smiled bitterly: "Actually, I didn't look closely in advance."

Zhang Jing was suddenly murderous.

Tian Shenglan looked at the angry Zhang Jingyi, and seemed a little timid, and quickly explained: "The reason I didn't look closely was because I thought it was worth reading it. Before the event was completed, I was anxiously waiting for news. For insurance, the list... was not named directly, but was written by Yanwen from North Korea. These words were actually the Korean nobles themselves, and they were also very unfamiliar. You need to understand what Yanwen means, and you need to find a Yanwen from North Korea to translate it. But before the matter was completed, I didn't focus here."

Zhang Jing frowned and said, "If you say so, you don't know anything?"

Tian Shenglan said seriously: "I only know that those who have received our benefits can even go directly to the cabinet."

"Cabinet?" Zhang Jing's pupils contracted.

This information is a bit shocking.

"There are also ministers and ministers of various departments. There are at least two commanders in the Beijing camp, and there are many other ministers... and there are even more... Of course... it may not be that they are willing to make trouble with us. But every year, the Fan family will ask us to each take out a large amount of silver to buy civil and military officials in the capital and border towns. Giving gifts based on the appetite of different people, and then deciding how close they are to each other based on their appetites... The Fan family has always been wary of other families. He only asked us to pay the money, but refused to let us really contact and use these relationships. Everything needs to be through their Fan family..."

Zhang Jing was already gasping for breath in her heart.

But if you think about it carefully, can these eight families be stable for so many years? Will no one report it?

But why did these revelations never arouse the alertness of the court?

They gathered in Datong, and were so blatant that they were dispatched to a large-scale caravan. This was no longer a problem that could be solved by simply bribing ordinary military officers at the pass. Even if they bribed Duke Cheng, it would definitely not be possible to be so flawless.

Unless...there have always been people in the court who speak for them.

They must also have a method specifically for bribery and win over ministers, and finally achieve the goal of having people in the court at any time.

The Eight families have money and can do anything to avoid. There will always be someone in the civil and military ministers in this court.

When Tian Shenglan saw Zhang Jing's face flashing and dark, she naturally knew that Zhang Jingyi was guessing the truth of his words.

Tian Shenglan smiled bitterly and said, "I have even revealed the property of the Tian family. Do you still dare to deceive you here? In fact... there are many people who are in contact with us. There are ministers, military officers, and eunuchs. Even among you, there are many."

Tian Shenglan paused and said, "After all, who doesn't love money? But... if we are in the same group as them, it may not be. These people were just greedy for our benefits at the beginning, but that's how people are. If they greedy once, they will greedy for the second time, and in the end more and more, their appetite will grow bigger and bigger!"

"Actually, these people were just making friends with us at first, but later they were inseparable from us. But when we were in trouble, I'm afraid they were more anxious than us. After all... who knows what we will tell you after we are finished?"

Zhang Jingyi asked: "What you said is to go directly to the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, but it is to the current Grand Secretary of the Cabinet?"

Tian Shenglan said lightly: "Of course it is now, and there are also those in the past, but... since we have been sent to the teacher, it has nothing to do with us."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but sneer and said, "You are deliberately confusing the public and trying to trigger internal friction in the Ming Dynasty, right?"

Tian Shenglan said: "I have already said everything I can know. If I don't believe it, there is nothing to say."

Zhang Jing's expression was still the same as usual.

But at this moment, countless figures had passed through my mind.

The situation was obviously even more terrifying than he had imagined.

So much so that Zhang Jingyi couldn't even believe it was true.

Is this possible?

Or is this just a means to set up a suspicion array and make the Ming Dynasty unsteadily disrupt the situation?

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