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Zhang Yanling was restless, and later it was estimated that he couldn't wait, and from time to time he slapped the book in his hand on the table, making a "pop" sound.

Zhang Heling's housekeeper really couldn't see it, so he mustered up the courage to walk into the study and persuaded: "Second Marquis, if you can't wait, you can go back to your house first, and when the master comes back, I will tell him, and then you can come back again!" ”

Zhang Yanling was furious, and smashed the "Golden Plum Bottle" in his hand: "My brother is the master of this mansion, isn't Ben Hou?" Tell you, if my brother doesn't come back today, he won't leave, go and prepare dinner, serve the best wine, and clean up the room in the backyard! ”

The butler was hit on the forehead by the thick thread-bound book, and he turned a large red. But he didn't even dare to cry out in pain, and ran away with his head in his arms.

Zhang Yanling's domineering made the Shouning Marquis Mansion extremely indignant.

This is clearly the Shouning Marquis Mansion, but Zhang Yanling treats it as his own home, and he doesn't even sleep in the wing room but in the backyard. Although Zhang Yanling is still inspected at his brother's house on weekdays, how can he say that Mrs. Shouninghou and her concubine are not very old, and they were broken into the backyard by their brother-in-law, even if they are not in the same room, their reputation is not good.

When Mrs. Shouning Houfu heard the housekeeper's urgent report, she couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly sent someone to inform Zhang Heling that her second master was playing prestige in the mansion, and he seemed to be stimulated by something, and he couldn't speak calmly at all.

It wasn't until nightfall that Zhang Heling hurriedly returned to the Shouning Marquis Mansion.

Entering the main hall, Zhang Heling looked at his younger brother with an unkind expression, Zhang Yanling also had a belly of anger at this time, and the two brothers looked at each other coldly.

Zhang Heling asked: "Let me ask you, these days when martial law is under martial law in the capital, how many people have you looted in the capital?" ”

Zhang Yanling Huo Ran stood up and cross-examined dissatisfiedly: "Big brother, what are you talking about?" The flesh and blood of the people? I'm just making a little money! ”

"I have already honored you for thousands of taels of silver before, and I also helped the emperor levy 60,000 taels of silver for military expenses, do you think that all this money is blown by the wind? Or are those businessmen in the capital willing to break their wealth for no reason to avoid disasters? To put it bluntly, it wasn't my brother who I managed to get it? ”

Zhang Yanling knew that some things could not be concealed forever.

Zhang Heling was not completely unaware of it before, but at that time things were not too big, Zhang Heling just turned a blind eye, but now Zhang Heling is obviously under pressure, and this pressure is likely to come from the imperial court, and the focus is on the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

In the past, there was no result in the war in the northwest, even if Xungui knew that the Zhang brothers had made money, he didn't dare to say anything, because the emperor was in a state of restlessness, and it was likely that the matter would come to the front of the emperor, not only would it not work, but he would lose himself.

But now that Liu Daxia has won the battle at the border pass and Emperor Hongzhi has regained his rationality, he must take care of people's livelihood issues and worry about the influence of public opinion. These nobles are jealous that the Zhang brothers have made a lot of money under martial law, and they want to put pressure on the two brothers to obey obediently, if the Zhang brothers don't break the bank, they will make a fuss, and in the end see who is unlucky!

"Any idea what you're doing? I, Zhang's family, a collection of His Majesty's favor, have food, drink and fiefdoms, and my status in the court is increasing day by day, you are good, you don't even care about righteousness for the sake of silver! Do you know how embarrassing it is for my brother to be forced to ask in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies? Why don't you know how to think about your brother! ”

Zhang Heling's chest was also full of anger, and he shouted at his younger brother when he came up.

Originally, Zhang Yanling came to his brother to discuss how to extend the martial law period in Jingshi, so that he could continue to use the power at hand to seek huge profits, but now that Zhang Heling is so angry, Zhang Yanling knows that it is a little difficult to continue this business.

Zhang Yanling explained: "Brother has thought about one thing, the nine cities are under martial law, and they will be open for an hour in the morning and evening, how much food and daily necessities can be transported in from outside the city? Those unscrupulous traders took the opportunity to hoard Juqi, and when the people could not afford to eat food, they would sell the grain at hand, and the price of rice grain, which was originally a few pennies a catty, soared to dozens of cents later. ”

"But with our channels, grain from outside the city can be brought into the city in a steady stream, and the new grain shocks those profiteers can only obediently lower the price and sell, and many people lose all their money for it...... I am doing things for the emperor and the court, not looting the people's fat and ointment as you said. ”

"Now you go and ask the people in the city, if I hadn't brought food into the city from outside the city, I don't know how many people would starve to death now, would I be a criminal or a hero?"

Zhang Yanling thinks about the problem, he always thinks about his own good side first, and in the matter of smuggling, Zhang Yanling feels that he has done nothing wrong, and he also said a certain reason.

"If my brother thinks it's wrong, then let me ask, does my brother know what the price of rice and grain is in the city now? Or do the people who questioned the elder brother know this? They are eating dry food, and they don't even understand the people's livelihood, but they use the righteousness of the family and the country to embarrass my two brothers! ”

"We don't know that we are helping the people of the city, not just for personal gain. Martial law in Beijing, that is a decision made by His Majesty, there is a war in the northwest, Your Majesty is not in good health, martial law in Beijing will help the people to be stable, and help the imperial court to successfully complete the handover in the case of what three long and two short......"

"What evil consequences did I bring grain into the city, except for allowing the people in the city to eat rice at a lower price? Could it be that the safety of the Kyoshi is threatened? Or is there someone who is plotting against the government and wants to usurp the government? ”

"Actually, it's just that those princes think that my two brothers are young and have little qualifications, and they are relatives in the army, so they don't accept my two brothers. In fact, how can they themselves not be hereditary and reckless, in terms of merit, it is also set up by their ancestors, including Zhang Mao's old horseman, what has he done to make contributions to the court over the years? ”

The more Zhang Yanling spoke, the more he felt that he was acting with great reason, and he was attacked and criticized this time, which was simply unjustly humiliated, and he was sad for a while, almost out of control.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Heling felt that what his younger brother did didn't seem to be too wrong.

The Zhang brothers only think in the direction of their own benefit when considering problems, Zhang Heling listened to Zhang Yanling's analysis, and wanted to reprimand, but he couldn't even say a heavy word.

Zhang Heling changed the subject and asked, "Then you...... Tell me honestly, how much silver has been looted in the past two or three months? ”

This question was asked to the point, Zhang Yanling looked a little evasive, and hesitated for a long time before replying: "It's not much, it's ...... Tens of thousands of taels of silver! ”

"Tens of thousands of taels of silver? I'm afraid it's ten times more! If you only got tens of thousands of taels of silver, would you be willing to take out 60,000 taels of silver to raise military expenses for Your Majesty? The people of the capital complained about the court, I am afraid it is also related to your clever robbery, you said that those illegal profiteers hoarded Juqi, I think those profiteers are you conniving! ”

The more Zhang Heling spoke, the more angry he became, and he pointed at Zhang Yanling and said: "Now I don't ask you anything else, immediately write a petition for guilt, and I will bring it into the palace now, and ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." Otherwise...... Even being a brother can't protect you! ”

Zhang Yanling was not happy when she heard this, and raised her neck and said, "Big brother, we are brothers, are you going to help me speak?" It's okay to see the emperor, but to make it clear, our two brothers are now in the same boat, and others don't think that the eldest brother has confiscated the benefits in this matter......"

"Including my sister-in-law, I have given gifts, my eldest brother has lived a comfortable life in the past few months, the more than 8,000 taels of silver spent in the house are basically paid by me, in addition to the 50,000 taels of silver, that is my brother, I am filial to you, are you really ready to let go?"

"You!?"

Zhang Heling realized that he couldn't get off his brother's thief ship, "You...... What do you really want? ”

Zhang Heling thought of what happened in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies before, and it was obvious that others regarded their brothers as wearing the same pair of pants, and did not say anything about him Shouning Hou or Jianchang Marquis alone, but they all talked about things together, because they were originally a family and were both the younger brothers of Empress Zhang.

Zhang Yanling had momentum at this time, and said confidently: "If you want to say something wrong, there are mistakes, and the mistake is that the Tatars are wrong, and the martial law in Beijing has brought us convenience, and we just use the rules to act." Now that martial law has not been lifted, my two brothers can still continue to earn money. ”

"If those people stab the matter to the emperor, the emperor will definitely take into account our brother's hard work and will not pursue it, even if we are investigated, we can take out the silver to give it to the emperor as military expenses or rewards, the emperor is too late to be happy, where will he punish us?"

"Now that the emperor is not in good health, even his sister has just given birth, and her body is not good, can the court count on Old Man Liu and Li Hemorrhoids to take care of them? The martial law of the Beijing division is an extremely wise decision for the emperor, and we must support it! ”

Zhang Heling said angrily: "You...... Why do you still advocate martial law? The war in the Northwest is over! ”

"It's not over at all!"

Zhang Yanling said disapprerovingly, "Brother, even if that's the case, I won't hide some things from you...... In fact, Shen Xi's kid has played the imperial court many times, and encountered the main force of the Tatars in Xuanfu, as well as the prison army Zhang Yong, and he also sent several secret reports, saying that there was a fierce battle with the Tartars in Tumu Fort, and he won the good result of destroying 4,000 enemies! ”

"I tried to withhold the military reports of both of them, and the messenger also managed to send them away...... I mainly think that this matter is too unreliable, what kind of goods are the Jingying soldiers, how many men and horses did Shen Xi bring, and how could it be possible to annihilate the four thousand Tartar army with that rabble? Must have lied! ”

"In order to verify the truth of the matter, I sent the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp to investigate, but unfortunately there were not many people who came back to report, and they all said that soon after leaving Juyong Pass, they were attacked by Tartar rangers and had to flee back to the pass in embarrassment. Therefore, I judge that although Shen Xi and Zhang Yong have elements of false reporting, the Xuanfu is indeed not peaceful now. ”

"According to my estimates, Xuanfu has at least thousands to tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers and horses, and these people are currently under the nose of the capital, and they may invade Gyeonggi at any time."

"In the first few days, the prince had spoken about this matter in front of the emperor, the emperor was extremely angry, at this time it was Liu Daxia's old horseman who preached the Ningxia great victory boiling against Yingtian, if others did not mention this matter, after the martial law of the Beijing division was lifted, the Tatar cavalry would drive straight in at any time, and offend my Beijing division, if the city gate is lost, then our brother will not become the sinner of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhang Heling was shocked and asked, "What, you secretly withheld the military report of Shen Xi and Zhang Yong from the imperial court?" What if His Majesty finds out? ”

Zhang Yanling sneered: "The guards of the four gates are all our henchmen, those messengers have also been properly resolved, and the letters have also been burned by me, and no one else knows about this matter." In fact, at the beginning, I hoped that Shen Xi's kid would die in the northwest without a place to be buried, but now that I think about it, the safety of the Xuanfu involves the safety of my Ming Dynasty, so it is better to tell Your Majesty truthfully. ”

"However, it is better for us to say under the guise of others, we only advocate that Jingshi continue to be martial law, which is not only conducive to the stability of the court, but also allows our brothers to earn more money and make enough political capital."

"Even if the emperor doesn't need silver now, what about the crown prince after he ascends the throne? What do you do without money? We just do what we have to do, so why not? ”

After listening to Zhang Yanling's words, Zhang Heling was silent for a while, repeatedly considering the feasibility of the matter, and finally nodded helplessly.

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