Thunder and thunder!

When the Jiangnan commander learned what had happened, he felt as if he had been struck directly by thunder. He was so stupid!

But when he saw the captured military attache, his expression changed drastically. He did not become furious as Min Gui and others expected. He suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his heart and knew that the situation was worse than they imagined.

"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, I wonder where this person comes from?"

After the commander-in-chief imprisoned the military attache who led the troops out of the camp without permission, Min Gui asked him directly in the flower hall of the commander-in-chief's office.

As a scholar from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, he naturally saw the problem.

In this case, it is better to ask directly.

"It's okay to say it!"

The commander-in-chief was obviously upset, but he was still very considerate to Min Gui. He said with a helpless smile: "He is a collateral clan member of the Wu family in Taihu, Changzhou!"

"Taihu Wu family?"

Min Gui was surprised.

All scholars know that the Wu family in Taihu has a long history and is a direct descendant of a large Chinese family from the Ji family of the Yellow Emperor.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "exclusively respected Confucianism", the Wu family in Taihu has become a scholarly family that has lasted for thousands of years.

People often say that there were three major surnames in the Ming Dynasty, namely the Zhu family in the country, the Kong family in Qufu, and the Zhang family in Jiangxi.

But in fact, none of them can match the deep roots and long history of the Taihu Wu family!

Compared with the Wu family in Taihu, the Duke of Wei in Jinling City is simply no comparison with the real wealthy families. They have a decisive position in Jiangnan.

"The Taihu Wu family is also related to the salt merchants?"

Min Gui felt heavy. This thought flashed in his mind, but he did not say it out loud.

As a long-established family with thousands of years of history, their influence in the Jiangnan area can be said to be unparalleled. Naturally, they have operations in the Yangzhou salt merchants and are deeply involved!

Jiangnan General Soldier was a high-ranking official, but there were also people he couldn't afford to offend. In fact, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty faced a local emperor like the Wu family of Taihu. Except for Chen Zhao, who was astonishingly powerful, it was estimated that the cabinet elders would not care.

The factory guards all had a headache for a while, and they thought about it for a long time before making a decision.

Anyway, at this moment, his heart felt as if a huge stone was pressing down on him, and he could hardly breathe. He did not have the domineering attitude of his backer Chen Zhao who ignored everything.

Jiangnan General Soldier obviously wanted to remove himself from these things, so when facing an official like Min Gui who was far different in rank, he said everything he could say without reservation: "Yes, the salt profits are extremely rich.

, even a thousand-year-old family cannot turn a blind eye!"

"Hey, what a thousand-year-old family!"

Min Gui sneered, but his colleagues who were sitting next to him were so frightened that they turned pale and didn't say a word. It was obvious that the name of the Taihu Wu family had completely shocked them.

The attitude of the Jiangnan General Soldier was very clear. He would not easily interfere in the murky waters within Jiangnan. Min Gui was not disappointed, but he felt that there was a big problem in Jiangnan's military and political affairs.

Returning to the courtyard arranged by the Jiangnan General Soldier at the Yamen Office, the expressions of the several criminal attachés completely fell, and they expressed some despair that the situation in Jiangnan was too complicated and bad, and for the sake of safety it was better to return to Beijing.

"Will you continue to sit on the bench when you return to Beijing?"

Min Gui's words were like a basin of cold water that chilled the hearts of the attached officers of the Ministry of Justice.

"But the situation in Jiangnan is so complicated. We encountered several waves of attacks and killings, two waves of extremely vicious Japanese pirates, and finally even the army was dispatched. What if this continues?"

The worries of several attachés are also justified. It is true that they were fed a lot of ecstasy soup in Yangzhou before, but if they still fail to react after experiencing these dangerous situations, then there is really something wrong with their brains.

"It is precisely because the situation in Jiangnan is complicated that we should persist!"

Min Gui was unmoved. Seeing that the faces of several colleagues changed drastically and they wanted to refute, he waved and said directly: "I am too lazy to say more about the big truth. You know more than me. I will only say one thing. We are

The Ministry of Punishment can even be said to be the pioneer of the imperial court. Once we establish a firm foothold in Jiangnan and open up the situation, what do you think the reward will be from the imperial court?"

Of course he got promoted!

The future will be bright!

It is conceivable that before they reach the threshold of the third-grade official, their promotion path will be smooth!

Think about their current boss, Chen Zhao, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the Ming Dynasty.

He is only twenty years old.

But this official also gained it step by step and made extraordinary achievements.

Just like Huo Qubing back then.

A group of attachés from the Ministry of Punishment were excited. They had all been waiting for Jinshi candidates in Kyoto, and they were extremely enthusiastic about promotion in the officialdom. Only after experiencing the feeling of being left out did they become even more unwilling to continue living like that.

After easily convincing his colleagues to fight together, Min Gui breathed a sigh of relief. When his colleagues left, he said to Li Chishui, who had been silent, "Master Li, I didn't expect the situation in Jiangnan to be so complicated!"

"Yes, it is indeed complicated enough!"

Li Chishui was also shocked by the madness of the big salt merchants in Jiangnan and the intimidating power of the so-called thousand-year-old families.

He stayed in Xiandu Mountain for several years, wandering around the mountain frequently and experiencing world affairs. He also heard about the name of the Wu family in Taihu Lake.

But before I just heard it and forgot it, but now I will never forget it.

The dignified Jiangnan Commander-in-Chief, who was only one step away from becoming the Governor-General of Jiangnan, dared not attack the military attache who was illegitimately dispatching troops because of his name as the Wu family in Taihu. How ridiculous is this?

Apart from anything else, he had already written a secret letter and sent it to Kyoto through the channels of the General Affairs Department, but he didn't know what Zhu Jianshen's expression would be when he got the news.

"I didn't expect the powerful families in Jiangnan to be so terrifying!"

Min Gui smiled bitterly. In fact, he was also from Jiangnan. He came from a scholarly family and was very familiar with the Wu family in Taihu. However, he did not expect that the other party's power was even more terrifying than he imagined.

"Not really?"

Li Chishui said disapprovingly: "My eldest brother once said that the so-called influence is nothing more than power, money and soldiers. The so-called aristocratic families just have a monopoly on these three things, so they can have such momentum!"

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Min Gui smiled bitterly and said gloomily: "If we try to harm the interests of these aristocratic families, they will usher in their crazy revenge. How did those Japanese pirates come from? It's not like you and I don't know?"

"Hehe, Master Min didn't tell me the truth. I don't believe that my elder brother didn't explain it to you and told you the way to solve the trouble in Jiangnan!"

Li Chishui didn't take it seriously. To put it bluntly, everything in this world depends on the size of the fist. The fist behind him was definitely the biggest in the entire Ming Dynasty, bar none.

I don’t know how those salt merchants and the so-called aristocratic families farmed. Such a big thing as the Japanese pirates entering the county, and the military attache secretly leading troops out of the camp to surround and kill the imperial officials, happened quietly without any news.

outgoing.

This method allowed Min Gui and others to once again see the strength of the local snakes in the south of the Yangtze River.

But if they think they can cover the sky with one hand, then they are thinking simply.

"Master Li is really wise! This matter is very simple!"

Min Gui smiled coldly and said solemnly: "Since those big salt merchants dare to attack me, they will have to bear the wrath of the imperial court and the Ministry of Justice. It is imperative to open a new salt farm in the north. I'll see if I can wait for the salt profits.

When we were alone in Yangzhou, how could those big salt merchants have the confidence to challenge the imperial court!"

He didn't say the rest of the words. When Jiangnan Yanshang is no longer the only one family, there will be revenge and injustice for injustice.

A few days later, Li Chishui passed the report of the General Affairs Department and placed it on the imperial case of Emperor Zhu Jianshen.

Snapped!

Zhu Jianshen was so furious that he swept all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the imperial desk to the ground. Still unable to calm down the overwhelming anger in his heart, he jumped up and kicked all the imperial desks to the ground with a scream. All the eunuchs and maids were as silent as cicadas.

Not even daring to take a breath.

"Quickly convey that Zhongyong Hou has an audience!"

Reluctantly suppressing the raging anger in his heart, Zhu Jianshen gave instructions to his confidant, the eunuch Wan Yulou, with a gloomy face. His eyes flashed with sternness, which made Wan Yulou break into a cold sweat, but he did not dare to do anything unusual.

However, after he ran out, Zhu Jianshen looked at his back from a distance, with a flash of unhappiness in his heart.

If you let out a little bit of thunderous anger, this guy will be scared?

That won't work!

The eunuch he needs is calm, powerful, and knowledgeable, not the kind of eunuch who only relies on the emperor's favor to be powerful!

In a word, what I want is Zheng He! Not Wang Zhen!

When the emperor is angry, blood will flow everywhere!

In the south of the Yangtze River, there were Japanese pirates who repeatedly attacked and killed the imperial officials, and some military attachés secretly led troops out of the camp to surround and kill the imperial officials!

No matter what happens, it exceeds the limit that the emperor can tolerate!

The Japanese pirates attacked and killed Min Gui repeatedly, and they were able to pinpoint Min Gui's location every time. Who would believe that there was nothing fishy about it?

The most hateful thing is that in order to safeguard their rights, some forces in the south of the Yangtze River allowed Japanese pirates to rush into the county and plunder wantonly. What did they want to do?

There is also a military attache under the command of the Jiangnan General Soldier who secretly led his troops out of the camp to intercept and kill an imperial official. Who gave him such boldness and confidence?

What made Zhu Jianshen most angry, or rather frightened, was that the Jiangnan General Soldier did not dare to punish him with military law, but only dared to imprison him!

Is this still the world of the Ming Dynasty?

The situation in Jiangnan has collapsed to the point that Zhu Jianshen feels that he has lost control!

In fact, it has been a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been sixty years since the capital was moved from Yingtianfu to Youyan. Most of the officials were from Jiangnan. Over time, the number of dignitaries in Jiangnan increased day by day, and the government's control naturally declined year by year.

Chen Zhao rushed to the palace, and Zhu Jianshen drove the others out without saying a word. The two discussed secretly in the palace for a long time, and no one knew what they discussed...
To be continued...