But things still developed as Liu Han expected, just a short hesitation, Yu Wen first agreed, and then Zhang Xing also agreed, after these two people defected, Lu Qiao no longer insisted.

Sheng Huai was abandoned by Lu Yu and Zhang Sansanjiangnan.

But Liu Han always had a question in his heart, why couldn't the emperor stop Sheng Huai? Even if Pan Lian protected Sheng Huai, but now that Pan Lian had retracted, why couldn't he stop Sheng Huai?

Returning to Qinchaxingyuan, he went to see Juyi with this question, and asked tentatively.

"The people still don't know about our Great Jin," Ju Yi smiled, but in his heart he was very satisfied: "Our Great Jin, rule the world with filial piety, Pan Lian is the father of the Queen Mother, if the emperor wants to move Pan Chain, the Queen Mother will inevitably intervene, and the emperor wants to remove Sheng Huai, he must get Pan Lian's consent, without the holy decree attached to Pan Chain, it has no effect." ”

When the sentence said this, I was also slightly surprised in my heart, how did the bones of this Pan Chain harden, the emperor's meaning was so obvious, he was still resisting.

Liu Han felt unbelievable, Lao Huang seemed to have said similar things before, but he still felt incredible, the emperor's attitude was so clear, why did the Queen Mother still obstruct it!

Ju Yu looked at him and didn't say anything more, he was optimistic about Liu Han, but Liu Han knew too little about the officialdom of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it would take time to precipitate if he wanted to have greater development.

Liu Han also asked Ma Ye the same question, and his answer was similar to the sentence, but he had to be more direct.

"Pan Lian was very surprised this time, Pan Lian gave people the impression that this was not the case before, why is he so firm this time, there must be a reason behind this. ”

Ma Ye's explanation has some truth, but this is not what Liu Han is most concerned about, he has now received an order from the palace, on the one hand, to solve the financial difficulties of the imperial court, simply put, to use the family assets of these corrupt officials to fill the imperial treasury, on the other hand, to stabilize Jiangnan, not to affect the implementation of the new tax system.

Liu Han thought about it for two days and decided that he still had to discuss with Ju Yi and sell it well.

"Since they have agreed, then what do you want to do about Jiangnan Hui and deal with Wu County?" asked Ju Yi, when Liu Han came up with this plan, Ju Yi was very surprised, such a difficult matter was actually solved like this, and the entire Wu County was divided, to be honest, he didn't have the courage.

"I've checked the situation of the Jiangnan Society, the Jiangnan Society is actually a loose gang merchant clan of the clan, to defeat the Jiangnan Society, we must first find out its members, and then we can arrest people according to the roster. ”

Ju Yu was very surprised, Liu Han was so casual, he didn't take Jiangnan Club in his eyes at all, but Jiangnan would use the power of a county to resist the Cao Gang, Lu Yu and Zhang, these Jiangnan giants, have been for several years, and their strength should not be underestimated, but here in Liu Han, it is not a matter at all.

"Now that the people are ready, when will we act?" asked with a smile.

Liu Han smiled, did not answer, understood the sentence, and also smiled slightly.

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Xu Wei always felt that his eyelids were jumping, his heart was uneasy, and he always felt that something was happening, but when he thought about the bits and pieces of his return, there was nothing wrong.

Kure is calm, probably the calmest period of the last decade.

Fang Zhen died, the biggest threat to the Cao Gang had been eliminated, and Fang Jie took over as the Cao Gang, but he hadn't taken this little lion in his eyes yet.

Xu Wei, the president of the Jiangnan Society, has only recently returned from overseas and brought back a large number of curiosities, but this time it was relatively smooth, and he did not lose a boat.

The Jiangnan Association is located in Wu County, but the center of his activities is in Yuhang County, and he has only returned to Wu County for three days, and this time he came back to report to shareholders the income from this overseas trip.

The Gangnam Society was a loose organization that included the largest merchant houses in Wu County, the clan lords of Wu County, and the leaders of the She tribes scattered in the south.

Wu County's gate lord clan is not strong, there is no millennium family, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wu County still belongs to the barbarian land, the Great Weekend year, the war is endless, the Central Plains displaced people move south, the population of Wu County is slowly increasing, the Jin Dynasty 800 years, the Jin people and the She people fight, which lasted hundreds of years, and finally drove the She people to the southern mountains, after that, the Jin people and the She people reached a peace agreement, the two sides ceased war, and lived in peace.

After hundreds of years, now the Jin people of Wu County and the She people get along well, and the trade and marriage are continuous, and the She people can be seen everywhere in Wu County, even if they govern Wu County.

The master who stayed in Wu County reported to Xu Wei a series of recent events, especially the Wei Zhen case in Yangzhou.

Xu Wei's eyes flashed, and he felt that he had grabbed something: "Wei Zhen was arrested, have you inquired, and how did the imperial court deal with it?"

"The person in charge of trying Wei Zhen's case is Hu Benwei's fake school captain, named Liu Han, this person is meticulous, and outsiders don't know about the trial of this case, even the adults don't know about it. ”

The master looked worried, Jiangnan would have taken a lot of goods from Wei Zhen, this case should be asked shallowly, that is, Wei Zhen and the officialdom matter, but if you ask deeply, it will be big, I am afraid that the whole Yangzhou will be chaotic.

"Is there any news from our rudder in Yangzhou? Cao Gang and Lu Yuzhang are these old bastards, have you made any moves?" Xu Wei asked thoughtfully.

The master shook his head, and the dark rudder was in Yangzhou to monitor the Cao Gang and Lu Yuzhang and other gate valves, as long as they made a slight move, it was difficult to hide from them.

"The Cao Gang is concentrating on Cao Yun, and Lu Yu and Zhang Sanjia are busy dealing with Gu Wei and the new tax system, and they have not moved. ”

In other words, it is safe and sound. Xu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, is the Liu family embroidery workshop okay?"

"It's good, as soon as Wei Zhen's matter came out, I instructed the side to pay attention to the Liujia Embroidery Workshop and the Duanjia Cloth Village, which are all fine and operate as usual. ”

The Liu family embroidery workshop and the Duan family cloth village are Wei Zhen's big customers, and the Lu family is behind them, these two are fine, which shows that Wei Zhen's case is only limited to officialdom, but it is just a confrontation in officialdom.

"It seems to be fine," Xu Wei was full of relief: "Wei Zhen, this guy has made a lot of money, and he deserves to be unlucky." ”

The master shook his head: "President, even if we are lucky enough to pass the test this time, we can't do this kind of business in the future." ”

Xu Wei smiled heartily: "Without Wei Zhen, even if you want to do it in the future, you won't have to do it." ”

"By the way, is there any news for Zhou Yu. ”

Zhou Yu is the head of the Zhou family in the city, and the Zhou family is the largest scholar family in Wu County, but it is not a high-grade scholar family, at most it is a middle-grade scholar family, but with this identity, he is one of the few people in Wu County who are related to the Lu Yu Zhang family in Yangzhou.

"I inquired at home last week, but there is no news, alas, this case, let's be cautious. Master said.

"You're right, we can't mess around with our things on Dongshan Island, that's our old foundation. Xu Wei nodded.

On the same day, Jiangnan will feast on the guy who walks the sea according to the tradition, every time he walks the sea is a big risk, nine deaths, after coming back, he wants to thank the god of the sea, and then the big guys get together to drink and celebrate.

A man stood in the shadows, looking at the drunk, lively courtyard, and after a while, a man in a green coat and a small hat quietly came out, stood at the door, patted the smoke and dust on his body, and nodded in the direction of the man.

The man turned around and left, passing through several alleys, the man walked into a small courtyard, and not long after, he took out a bird from the room and threw it into the sky.

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In the evening, the bird fell from the sky, Li Qiao took off the small bamboo tube on the bird's leg and sent it to Liu Han's room, Liu Han checked the wax seal of the bamboo tube and then opened the bamboo tube.

"Tell the brethren to go. ”

Liu Han crumpled the note with internal strength as he spoke, raised his head and ordered Ma Ye and Han Cheng, the two of them had already prepared.

After Han Cheng came back, Liu Han didn't hide it from him, and told him all the plans for how to deal with Wei Zhen's case.

To Liu Han's surprise, after Han Cheng thought about it for a while, he expressed his support and didn't say a word of opposition.

The three of them and the five Wei Bao brought a hundred tiger guards, which was already ninety percent of the strength of the Qin Chaxing battalion, from the west gate out of the city, to the shore, the sailor's ship was ready, and when Liu Han got on the boat, the sailor immediately raised the sails.

More than a dozen boats sailed south, and more than a dozen more were joined halfway up, and these boats were obviously not the ships of the sailors, they flew all kinds of flags, and some carried a small amount of cargo.

"Is it feasible to sail at night?" Liu Han stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the river in front of him, and according to the plan he discussed with Captain Man Tong, he sailed overnight, striving to reach Wu County at noon.

In this plan, Liu Han's biggest concern is night flights, which are very troublesome in this era, whether on land or on water.

"Don't worry, my lord, I have to walk this waterway several times a year, and now I can walk to Wu County with my eyes closed. Man Tong is full of confidence, not only in himself, but also in the sailors he trains himself.

Liu Han is very satisfied with Man Tong, he has been to the handsome tent of this water division general, and has inspected the water division soldiers, there is no doubt that there are many children of the family in this water division, but Man Tong has been very effective in controlling them, in short, this water division is well-trained.

"Will they be able to keep up?" asked Liu Han again.

Man Tong glanced at the stern of the boat, and said lightly: "I can't guarantee this, but, my lord, with our two thousand sailors, we can completely control Wu County." ”

"Control Wu County? What I want is to control Wu County, including Wu County and Yuhangning County. Liu Han said: "Three thousand people, not enough." ”

Yuhang is the largest port in Wu County, and Ning County is the second largest port, and according to the information that Liu Han has, the cargo volume of these two ports is not small.

Overall, foreign trade in this era is very profitable, but the amount of foreign trade is relatively small.

Man Tong didn't answer, and shook his head slightly after a long time: "My lord, Taizu used 100,000 horses and fought for nearly three years before he defeated Wu County, and it was already very fast for us to occupy Wu County in three days." ”

"This and that, it has been eight hundred years since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty," Liu Han shook his head, looked at the river surface that was gradually darkening, and was silent for a while: "Send someone to Jiankang, notify the county guard, gather the county soldiers, and immediately go to Wu County." ”

"My lord, I think it's better to forget it, Jiankang, Lu Qi's kid, their soldiers, my soldiers, sailors, one beat them ten," Man Tong's tone was full of contempt: "If the adults really feel that the troops are not enough, Wu County doesn't still have soldiers, Wu County's Zhou Jun is much stronger than Lu Qi, is there anything wrong with the Zhou family this time?"

"It's hard to say, you have to read the account books of the Jiangnan Society to know that you have a good relationship with Zhou Jun?" asked Liu Han rhetorically.

Man Tong shook his head grinningly: "I've seen it a few times, this person is very straightforward, he is a general, this time the Zhou family has something to do, this Zhou Jun, it's a pity." ”

Liu Han didn't say any more, and he didn't mention the transfer of troops from Jiankang, this time, in order to keep the troops, he just moved the water division and the Cao Gang, and asked the Lu family and the Yu family to provide some private soldiers, with a total strength of about 3,000 people.

The sky is getting dark, the moon jumps from the east mountain, the river slowly laps the boats, making a rattling sound, and the windproof lanterns are hung on the boats in front, one on the bow and one on the stern.

The speed of the ship began to slow down, Man Tong made tea, invited Liu Han into the cabin, and several people sat down to drink tea and chat.

Man Tong apologized and told Liu Han that everyone, including himself, was forbidden to drink alcohol after getting on the boat, Liu Han didn't care, on the contrary, he was very interested in the ship.

"This ship can't go to sea, it's okay to walk around the inland rivers and lakes, but if you go to sea, you still need a lucky boat, and this ship will capsize when it reaches the sea. ”

"The Fu boat is now only built in Ningxian and Yuhang, not in Jiankang and Yangzhou, if you want to benefit the ship, you can only go to Yuhang and Ningxian, this sea ship is different. ”

Man Tong said, unconcealing his regrets, disappointments, and yearnings.

(End of chapter)