Jinyi Wei turned the Hami palace upside down, and found 7.3 million taels of silver, more than 5,000 jars of fine wine, 370 Dongzhu, 7,000 steel knives, 20,000 round shields, 500 muskets, and countless bows and crossbows and arrows from the palace.

Mountains of weapons and mountains of silver were laid out in front of everyone so nakedly, and Hashed's face turned pale.

When he saw those silvers, he didn't panic in the slightest, but when he saw those weapons, his psychological defense completely collapsed.

You are a foreign vassal king, and it is understandable that you have collected so much silver, and the court will not punish you for your greed for money. The top of the sky is that the emperor issued a decree to reprimand, and there will be no other follow-up actions. But you are a foreign vassal king, and there are so many weapons hidden in the backyard of the palace, this is not a simple matter of greedy ink.

Rebellion has never been tolerated by a monarch.

"Take down all the people in the palace, interrogate them one by one, sign and draw them, and then send the evidence to the capital with King Hami." Zhang Ru coldly ordered: "By the way, go to the guards to check and see if the military salary has been paid according to the head as scheduled, if it has not been paid, all the generals who are greedy for military salaries will be taken, and the silver will be temporarily sealed in the Yinchuan treasury, and the Jinyi Guard can be deployed at any time." ”

Yu Zijun looked at the already sluggish Hashed with sympathetic eyes, it may be that things hurt him, and he sighed in his heart when he saw Hashed, who was also the chief soldier of his own army, fall off the horse.

Due to time problems, Zhang Ru only roughly dealt with the big problems of Ningxia Town, and as for the small problems such as those chaotic people, he handed over all the power to He Ping, the prefect of Yinchuan, when he left.

After two days, under the send-off of the middle-aged prefect, Qin sent back to his home.

Along the way, Yu Zijun's 30,000 horses were personally escorted, and the officials along the way did not accept Zhang Ru, and he was now in a hurry to return to the capital. Once the emperor dies, the capital will definitely set off a bloody storm.

Although he had made a lot of efforts in the border town, he didn't know if those chief officers would stand firmly on the side of the prince before the real thing happened.

For his own sake and for the sake of the crown prince Zhu Youjiao, he must prepare for the worst and make the most adequate preparations.

The mighty team gradually decreased after entering Shanhaiguan, and in the end, only nearly a thousand Jinyi guards were left under Zhang Ru's command.

Back in the capital, it was already the middle of July, and the sun was scorching the earth like fire, and the horses' hooves were everywhere, bringing up bursts of dust. The pedestrians on the pipeline hurriedly dodged and cursed at the same time, and after seeing the clothes of the cavalry on horseback, whether it was a big man with five big shapes and three thick, or a country shrew with thick limbs, they all kept silent.

Jinyi Wei is not something that these small people can afford to provoke.

Of course, if these ordinary people knew that the knights on horseback had no time to trouble them, they would have to go to great lengths to scold them.

Outside the Desheng Gate, Zhu Laoguogong, the head of the northern nobles, led the team, and Li Dongyang, a scholar in the East Palace, and other officials sent by the prince were all present to greet them.

Although he didn't have much intersection with the old prince Zhu Yong when he was in the capital before, as soon as they met, Zhang Ru immediately turned over and dismounted and gave Zhu Yong a junior salute: "Senior Zhang Ru, I have seen the old prince Zhu." ”

As soon as they met, they saluted, and they did the junior ceremony, Zhu Yong was very happy to pretend to be displeased with Zhang Ru and his wife: "Nonsense, where is the old man of my country." ”

Zhang Ru sneered and said: "Yes, yes, the old man is not old at all." ”

Zhu Yong smiled and patted Zhang Ru's shoulder: "You are a little narrow ghost, you say that your country is not old, but you are an old countryman." What did you gain from this visit to the nine sides? ”

Zhang Ru said with a smile: "It's nothing more than running around for Daming Sheji, the harvest is naturally not small, and I have collected no less than 300,000 taels of silver along the way, which is not considered a harvest." ”

The officials of the East Palace faction, including Li Dongyang, are in the inner fighting, what's going on? Zhu Laoguo has always disliked dealing with officials, how did he become familiar with Governor Zhang like this?

Especially Li Dongyang, as a bachelor in the East Palace, he can be regarded as half of Zhu Youzhang's teacher, and he has followed the prince for so long, he never knew that the relationship between Zhang Ru and Zhu Yong was so iron.

In fact, the most curious person should be Zhang Ru, he himself doesn't know why Zhu Yong is so familiar with him, if he hadn't seen Zhu Yong appear, he would never have behaved with Zhu Yong's junior courtesy.

No matter what position he stands, Zhu Yong is worthy of his respect. This old prince fought with his father Zhu Qian in his early years, and when Emperor Yingzong returned from his release, Zhu Qian took Zhu Yong to see Emperor Yingzong.

Later, the change of seizing the door was personally summoned by Emperor Yingzong, and then Tianshun patrolled the frontier for four years, and Tianshun led three thousand battalions in seven years, and also led the Shenji battalion, and the limelight was unrivaled for a while.

After Zhu Jianshen succeeded to the throne, he supervised the 12th regiment battalion, but the 3,000 battalion was still in his hands, and in the first year of Chenghua, the monk Shangshu Baigui led the troops to Pingjing and Xiangbao rebellion, and in the sixth year of Chenghua, he went out again to fight against the Maoli children in Gansu Province.

In the fourteenth year of Chenghua, he was crowned the prince Taibao, and in the fifteenth year of Chenghua, he was hung in the eastern expedition of the general of Jingyu, and after the victory returned to the dynasty, he entered the prince to protect the country.

Eight times before and after hanging the general's seal to go to the war, if the military merits on the body are placed in the Yongle period, it is the existence of the king. Although this old prince was branded as the East Palace by Emperor Zhu Jianshen of Chenghua from the beginning, in fact, the old prince has always maintained a neutral attitude and has never been biased.

This time he suddenly appeared in the team to greet Zhang Ru, and he was the leader, followed by a group of nobles, which was undoubtedly a signal to the courtiers that Baoguo Gong, who controlled the twelve regiments and battalions of the forbidden army in the capital, had completely fallen to the East Palace.

The two entered the city side by side, followed by a large group of high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty in scarlet robes.

Bao Guogong took Zhang Ru's hand and lowered his voice and said: "Boy, you sold the old man a face in Yansui, and this time the old man has sold enough of your face." ”

Zhang Ru also lowered his voice and said: "Grandpa Guo is so short of money, the border town is heavy, and the silver there is not so easy to take." ”

Zhu Yong showed a mysterious smile: "If there is no silver in his hand, there is no one, no one has no power, and without power, we nobles are the moths of the Ming Dynasty." Besides, for the sake of 10 million taels of silver, you can still weigh the support of 100,000 soldiers of the 12th regiment and battalion to lose the support of 100,000 soldiers of the 12th regiment. To tell you the truth, in the future, when the crown prince ascends the throne, you, the governor of the nine sides, will have to hand over the handsome seal sooner or later, and you will inevitably be made a marquis when the time comes.

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty are not all waste raised by the imperial court, and the annual military expenditure of the imperial court costs millions of taels of national funds. We are all people with military merits, if we don't find some other way out, with our Ming treasury, where can we afford such a huge noble group. ”

Zhang Ru muttered dissatisfiedly: "The military expenditure also comes from the treasury, and it is still silver from the treasury." ”

Zhu Yong explained: "We are also helpless, it is much better than being greedy for all the military expenses by those generals." You are only the governor of the Nine Sides now, and when you become a noble one day, you will know the hardships. ”

"Grandpa Guo is so clearly on the side of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, isn't he afraid that His Royal Highness the eldest princess will blame?" Zhang Ru belongs to a typical pot that does not open which pot.

Zhu Yong rolled his eyes: "It's just a woman, even if you really have the majesty and strategy of the martial queen, it is simply a fool's dream to turn over the rivers and seas in the Ming Dynasty." What do you think the Nine Guards of the Heavenly Gate in His Majesty's hands are for? Do you think Your Majesty doesn't know about Gu Lun's small actions? Your Majesty is just too lazy to bother with the woman because of family affection. ”

Zhang Ru said lightly: "No one has ever said these words to the juniors. ”

Zhu Yongdao: "It's not too late for the old man to tell you now, anyway, you will know sooner or later, we have many channels for these nobles to get money, for example, the one in Nanjing, his money channel is not military salary, and the rich businessmen and giants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have to bow down to that one nine times out of ten." Many of the things obtained from maritime trade also had to enter the private treasury of Wei Guogong in Nanjing. Those soldiers at the border, unless they are too ruthless for the military generals, are generally able to ensure their lives. Most of the tuntian in Liaodong has gone into the pockets of the border soldiers, you say that woman can give the soldiers better things? What does she give? And the little silver that you get from the sea every year? Or by virtue of the property under its name? ”

"It seems that Grandpa Guo is not worried about the eldest princess at all!" Zhang Ru said with a smile.

Zhu Yong said this, he had seen some from the history books in his previous life, but it was not comprehensive, and after coming to the Ming Dynasty, he didn't know anything about some things in the Xungui Group.

Today, the old man suddenly told him so much, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart about the old man's intentions, why did the old man tell him this? Isn't he afraid of Jinyiwei's people checking?

Unconsciously, the two had already entered the inner city, and Zhang Ru did not go back to his dilapidated small mansion, but went directly to the palace.

He carries the palace tooth card with him, so that he can enter the palace at any time, and for a close minister like him, holding the palace tooth card is nothing new.

Successfully entered the palace, a little eunuch took him into the Dongnuan Pavilion, as soon as he entered the door, he smelled the strong smell of herbs, Liang Fang, who was already quite old, stood beside the bed, and on the bed was the emaciated and gray-faced emperor Zhu Jianshen.

After seeing Zhang Ru, Liang Fang bowed down and whispered in the ear of Zhu Jianshen, who had his eyes closed: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang is back." ”

Zhu Jianshen opened his eyes suddenly, but his eyes were no longer sharp, he sat up with great difficulty under Liang Fang's support, and beckoned to Zhang Ru weakly: "Huzi is back, come, come, come to me." ”

Zhang Ru did not step forward, but knelt down on one knee and saluted first: "Minister Zhang Ru, see Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Jian panted and didn't speak, his eager gaze swirling on him. Liang Fang, who could be regarded as a roundworm in the emperor's stomach, whispered: "Lord Zhang, Your Majesty asked you to come forward." ”

Zhang Ru stepped forward according to his words, looked at Zhu Jianshen carefully, and found that the emperor at that time no longer had a trace of his familiar appearance, and he couldn't help but want to cry as soon as his nose was counted.