Gao Pragmatic was silent, lowered his head slightly, and carefully analyzed in his heart.

When Lu Bing was in charge of Jinyiwei, due to the special relationship between Governor Lu and Emperor Jiajing, Jinyiwei's power expanded dramatically, almost reversing the situation that Dongchang in the Liu Jin era regarded Jinyiwei as a lackey.

However, with the death of Lu Bing in the 39th year of Jiajing, Jinyiwei was transferred to Zhu Xixiao, the younger brother of Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo. Zhu Xixiao was born in a top noble family in Jingnan, and his brother Zhu Xizhong's temperament is extremely similar, he does not seek merit but no fault, and his exercise of power can be described as well-behaved, and he strives to be stable in case of trouble, never expands the situation, strictly abides by the rules, and is more cautious in the handling of various affairs.

At the same time, the two brothers Zhu Xizhong and Zhu Xixiao are partners with Gao Pragmatic, and the private related interests of both parties, according to the current development situation, may reach 20,000 or 30,000 taels per year - and his two brothers do not have actual shares, but only dry shares dividends, in other words, if Gao Pragmatic collapses, they will not be able to get half of their son.

Because of the relationship between the above two points, Gao Pragmatic would never believe that Zhu Xixiao would quietly send someone to investigate him - unless he Gao Pragmatic was involved in rebellion and the evidence of the crime was conclusive, Zhu Xixiao could hide Gao Pragmatic from him in order to extract himself.

But if even Zhu Xixiao, the governor of the brocade guards, doesn't know, then where did these brocade guards come from?

Gao Pragmatic told Gao Guoyan this question, and Gao Guoyan was also a little puzzled when he heard it, but although he was good at calculation, he was only a mathematical calculation, and his level was actually far inferior to Gao Pragmatic on these political issues, so Gao Wu was obviously blind to ask.

Gao Guoyan thought for a long time, and finally only held back one sentence: "I think, just if you don't do anything, you can get a huge amount of money of 20,000 or 30,000 taels a year, if it is me, even if you are suspected of rebellion, I will definitely notify you quietly." ”

Nonsense, you can't climb out of the money hole.

Gao Shi scolded for a moment, and analyzed to himself: "We might as well assume that Zhu Xixiao really doesn't know, then there are only two possibilities for the origin of this batch of Jinyi guards. ”

Gao Guoyan was stunned: "There are still two possibilities for this?" ”

Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued to analyze himself: "The first possibility is that the Jinyi Wei expatriates inadvertently found that we bought a lot of land near Kaiping, they felt that this situation was very abnormal, and privately thought that there was a problem here, so in order to make meritorious contributions, they decided not to report it for the time being, and checked it first, in case they really found something, they could get a great success." ”

"Oh......" Gao Guoyan thought about it along this line of thought, and suddenly asked: "We're just buying land, what can be abnormal?" ”

Gao pragmatic glanced at him helplessly, and said weakly: "Yes, we just buy land, but have you ever seen anyone buy land not to buy good land, but to buy rotten land dozens or even hundreds of miles in a circle below?" What's more, not to mention the bad land, the purchase was very anxious, so anxious that even the commander of the local guard post personally came forward to forcibly force the local residents to relocate? ”

"Well, that's a little weird." Gao Guoyan agreed.

Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said, "This is just a 'little' strange?" In my opinion, in the eyes of Jin Yiwei, I am afraid that it is very strange. Even, because these brocade guards have always looked at people with the greatest malice, they may still feel that the migration of Kaipingwei itself is a conspiracy. ”

"Conspiracy?" Gao Guoyan asked confusedly: "What kind of conspiracy can this be?" ”

"It doesn't matter what 'what' conspiracy can be, what matters is the word 'have'." Gao Pragmatic's face was cold, and he narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "At the very least, there is a very likely issue of collusion between officials and businessmen here, right?" Or, Kaipingwei, Yongping Bingbeidao and even Jizhen General Soldier Yamen, can the yamen at all levels get a lot of benefits from this relocation? Otherwise, why would the good ones suddenly have to migrate? Moreover, the relocation of the entire Kaiping Zhongtunwei cost nearly 300,000 taels before and after, which is almost one-tenth of the imperial court's annual income, such a huge amount of money, it is actually a private person who came to buy rotten land, and he was responsible for ......"

"Besides, if it weren't for the yamen at all levels taking benefits, but simply the Wei Commander, the Deputy Commander of the Army, and even the General Soldier of Jizhen himself accepting bribes, wouldn't it be a great credit to the local Jinyi Guard?"

Gao Guoyan was stunned, looking at Gao Pragmatic, and said after a while: "Pragmatic, are you full of conspiracies and tricks in your head?" When you say that, even I think it's abnormal! ”

Gao pragmatic said helplessly: "If this is the case, then it is not a small problem, after all...... No matter how they check, no problem is no problem, even if there is this kind of incident made by Xue Cheng, it is great that Xue Cheng does things by himself, even if he knows, it is nothing more than a pleading, at most a slight punishment, and there is a Hou Ye in his family, this matter is not a big deal for him at all. ”

"As for the report of this matter to Zhu Xixiao, it is estimated that most of it will be a stone sinking into the sea, and Zhu Xixiao will either not return at all, or he will simply warn them unmistakably not to make trouble with the rain...... So if the expatriates of Jinyiwei make their own decisions, then this matter basically doesn't have to be bothered. ”

"Oh, that's right." Gao Guoyan nodded, agreeing with this judgment, but he immediately asked again: "You said that there are two possibilities, what is the other possibility?" ”

Gao Shishi's face was gloomy, and he subconsciously picked up the teacup, turned the lid of the cup, and said in a deep voice: "There is another possibility that cannot be ignored......

Gao Guoyan was also nervous by his expression, and hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

Gao Pragmatic said coldly: "There is another person who can even use Jinyiwei's manpower to do things without going through Zhu Xixiao." ”

"Huh?" Gao Guoyan was taken aback, and his voice trembled with fright: "What are you talking about...... Emperor? ”

"Emperor?" Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes angrily: "I said Brother Sanhuai, the emperor wants to use Jinyiwei, of course, through the governor of Jinyiwei, I think that the two Zhu Xixiao brothers have been favored by the emperor for generations, and the emperor's trust in them is almost the same as his trust in Sanbo, how can it be possible to bypass Zhu Xixiao?" ”

Gao Guoyan put his mind at ease, reached out and wiped a handful of unwarranted sweat on his forehead, and asked, "Oh, that's okay, that's okay...... So who are you talking about? ”

"Hehe......" Gao Pragmatic suddenly showed a smile, gently turned the lid of the teacup, leaned back on the chair, and said with half-squinted eyes: "Admiral of Dongchang, Feng Bao." ”