After Emperor Xuande allowed Li Yuntian to thoroughly investigate the Lianghuai Salt Road, Li Yuntian recommended Xie Heng and Han Liang as his assistants and became the deputy envoy of the salt patrol.

No one would have thought that in order to persuade Emperor Xuande to make up his mind to rectify the Lianghuai Salt Road, Li Yuntian could be said to have worked hard and scheming.

In the eyes of the outside world, the reason why Emperor Xuande asked Li Yuntian to investigate the Lianghuai Salt Road was because he was angry by Zhang Gui's escape and the fact that he had a million-dollar fortune.

This is not without reason, because Emperor Xuande played a good show for the civil and military officials of the Taihe Hall in the subsequent dynasty, and he was furious about Zhang Gui's matter, and scolded the first two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial Historians for a bloody dog, so frightened that the two of them did not dare to take a breath, and knelt on the main hall with their heads bowed.

Emperor Xuande's anger was for a reason, the Jinyi guards who went to arrest Zhang Gui acted quickly, and rushed to Yangzhou City without stopping, but who wanted to pounce on it, Zhang Gui actually ran away with his family within half an hour before his arrival.

Obviously, someone secretly reported to Zhang Gui, you must know that this is the imperial case that Emperor Xuande personally interrogated, which is undoubtedly a provocation to Emperor Xuande's authority.

What's more, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not expect Zhang Gui to be so rich, it can be said that he has a million family fortunes, which is enough to be worth one-third of the annual tax of the Ming Dynasty, how not to annoy Emperor Xuande.

No one would think that Zhang Gui's million-dollar net worth came from the righteous business, and from the tax records of the household department, the tax silver of the two Huai Salt Dao was less than one million taels a year, and Zhang Gui, a small salt merchant, could earn from selling salt every year, and besides, he must have a lot of expenses on weekdays.

In this way, everyone will know why Emperor Xuande, who has always been mild-mannered, is so angry, and the tax silver that is lost from the Lianghuai Salt Road every year is probably millions of taels, and these should be the money of the imperial court.

"Check, you must check it out for me, what should be closed, what should be killed, I want to see who is so bold in the future!" After a burst of anger in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, Emperor Xuande looked angrily at Li Yuntian who was standing in the queue of civil officials on the left side of the main hall, "Marquis Zhenwu, I will hand over this errand to you, you go to inspect the Lianghuai Salt Road, if you can't do it, you don't have to come back!" ”

For Li Yuntian's position in the imperial court, the officials of the Ministry of Rites consulted a large number of classics and historical materials, after all, an official with prominent civil and military positions like Li Yuntian was the first after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ministry of Rites did not know whether he was standing in the queue of civil officials or the queue of honorables.

After some complicated research, the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not have a clue, let Li Yuntian stand in the queue of civil officials, he was the dignified Marquis of Zhenwu, and it was inappropriate to do so.

Let's let Li Yuntian stand in the queue of honors, not to mention that Li Yuntian is from the orthodox imperial examination, just his status as a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy looks out of place in the queue of honors.

Due to the struggle between the Daming civil official group and the Xungui group, this is no longer just a matter of Li Yuntian alone, and Li Yuntian's special status makes it inappropriate for him to be classified as either a civilian official group or a Xungui group.

In the end, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, who were anxious, thought of a compromise solution, that is, Li Yuntian stood in the civil official queue during the Great Dynasty in odd-numbered months, and he stood in the honorable queue during the Great Dynasty in even-numbered months, so that both the civil official group and the Xungui group were satisfied.

"Commandment." Hearing that Emperor Xuande handed over the task of thoroughly investigating the two Huai Salt Roads to himself, Li Yuntian hurriedly walked out of the queue and came to the front of the palace and bowed to Emperor Xuande.

Seeing this, the civil and military officials at the scene couldn't help but shake their heads secretly, even Li Yuntian, who was the most trusted by Emperor Xuande's side, was implicated by Emperor Xuande's anger, so it seems that this time Lianghuai Yandao will inevitably drop a batch of black yarn this time, otherwise how to calm Li Yuntian's anger.

However, because Xuande neglected Li Yuntian to investigate the case, this made the officials of the six departments in the hall feel a lot more at ease, Li Yuntian has always been steady, and usually leaves room for it, presumably he will not chase and fight the two Huai Salt Road, stirring up the two Huai Salt Road chickens and dogs.

The cabinet members also secretly felt happy in their hearts, Li Yuntian was Yang Shiqi's protégé, and the standard cabinet lineage would definitely give a powerful blow to the two Huai Yandao under the jurisdiction of the six camps this time.

As a result, Li Yuntian can not only get the full support of the cabinet, but also have a lot less resistance in Jiangnan because of the pull of the six ministries, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Fusheng, you said that the peanuts, sweet potatoes and other things grown by the Wutang military household are very popular in the capital, and the oil squeezed from peanuts tastes very fragrant, and has become a hot commodity on the market." Xie Heng peeled off the peanut shell in his hand, threw the peanut kernel into his mouth and chewed it with relish, and said with a smile while chewing.

After four years of planting, the farms in the capital have entered the formal, specially used to grow peanuts, corn and sweet potatoes transported from the Americas, and now have formed a systematic planting scale, and the peanuts and other things planted by it are deeply loved by the people of the capital.

The oil that Daming eats now is mainly animal oil and vegetable oil, animal oil such as lard, sheep fat, etc., vegetable oil is castor oil and vegetable oil, etc., peanut oil is still the first time, the taste is pure and beneficial to human health, so it is welcomed by the market once it is launched by the martial arts.

It is worth mentioning that the military households of the Jiangwutang not only implemented farm-based management in planting, which greatly improved the production efficiency, but also established a complete set of sales system, and the crops planted by the Jiangwutang Department were uniformly sold to the outside world, thus ensuring the interests of the military households to the greatest extent.

According to Li Yuntian's plan, in the next step, he will promote crops such as sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes throughout Daming to increase the rations of the people of Daming.

"If you and Brother Han like it, when you return to the capital, I will give you dozens of catties every month." Li Yuntian immediately laughed when he heard this, now that the agricultural cultivation of the Wutang military household is thriving, and the profit has grown rapidly in recent years, which makes him quite satisfied.

"A few dozen catties is too much, a dozen catties is enough." Xie Heng also laughed, the current peanut oil can be said to be priceless in the market, all of which are taken over by the dignitaries and nobles in the capital, and even if there is money on the market, it cannot be bought.

Moreover, because peanut oil can generate huge profits, Li Yuntian has already asked for a favor from Emperor Xuande, and the cultivation and sale of peanuts will be monopolized by Jiangwutang.

Emperor Xuande definitely wants to give Li Yuntian this face, after all, the peanuts are also found by Li Yuntian from overseas, so it is reasonable to hand them over to Jiangwutang.

Li Yuntian had already decided to expand the scale of peanut cultivation, and it was obvious that the production of peanuts by the military households of Jiangwutang alone would definitely be far from enough to meet the market, so he was ready to authorize those military households in Jingwei to grow peanuts, and at that time, Jiangwutang would carry out the planting guidance and purchase in a unified manner.

Although it was difficult and dangerous to go to the Lianghuai Salt Road this time, Li Yuntian, Xie Heng, and Han Liang's mentality was very relaxed, and they didn't seem to take the matter of the Lianghuai Salt Road to heart at all, which not only showed the good psychological quality of the three of them, but also directly affected the entourage, making the atmosphere on the ship extremely light.

"Master Hou, there is Jining Mansion ahead." Just when Li Yuntian was talking and laughing with Xie Heng and Han Liang, a brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu wearing a flying fish suit and carrying a Xiuchun knife at his waist walked in, bowed his hand at him, and said in a deep voice.

This Jinyi Wei Qianhu is none other than Li Yuntian's confidant Li Manshan, who is now one of the five thousand households in Fusi, Jinyi Weibei Town, who has really handled some big cases over the years, and is also a well-known No. 1 person in the capital.

Li Manshan was naturally asked by Li Yuntian to Emperor Xuande, and his trip to Yangzhou this time was under the imperial order of Emperor Xuande, so it was only natural that he would have Jinyiwei to accompany him.

Jin Yiwei has independent judicial authority, and it belongs to a different system from the Three Law Divisions, so it will be much more convenient for Li Yuntian to arrest people at that time.

What is especially important is that Li Yuntian trusts Li Manshan, this thorough investigation of the Lianghuai Salt Road involves a wide range of interests, and the entanglements of interests in it are complicated, in case Jinyiwei sends other thousands of households, it is difficult to guarantee that the news will not leak, and then Li Yuntian will be passive, so he naturally wants to use the people he trusts.

"Let's spend the night in Jining City tonight, and I invite you to eat authentic Shandong cuisine." Li Yuntian still had the peanut shell in his hand on the table, and said to Xie Heng and Han Liang with a smile, Xie Heng and Han Liang are both southerners, and they have never been to Shandong on an errand, so naturally they have no chance to taste Shandong dishes.

It stands to reason that due to Emperor Xuande's anger, Li Yuntian should have rushed to Yangzhou day and night to thoroughly investigate the yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Road, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry, and every time he went to a state capital along the canal, he would go into the city to rest and have a drink with those state officials who came to visit.

This not only slowed down the southward movement, but also gave the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the salt merchants in Jiangnan time so that they could calmly deal with Li Yuntian's thorough investigation of the Lianghuai Salt Road.

It was precisely because of Li Yuntian's loose attitude that the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, who were originally noisy and full of soldiers, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone could see that Li Yuntian had no intention of making a big move in the Lianghuai Salt Road, otherwise he would have rushed to Yangzhou at night.

However, the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Road and the salt merchants in Jiangnan would never have thought that the reason why Li Yuntian showed a slack posture was actually an illusion to confuse them.

There is a good saying, if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, since Li Yuntian has already made up his mind to strictly investigate the shady scenes of the Lianghuai Salt Road, then he will definitely find out all the dirty things in the Lianghuai Salt Road.

In order to encounter less resistance in the thorough investigation of the case, and also to transfer or even destroy the incriminating evidence in the hands of the officials and salt merchants of the two Huai Salt Provinces, he deliberately showed weakness to the enemy and dealt a fatal blow to those salt officials and salt merchants when they were lax.