Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

"Interesting, there is an unexpected gain." Zhu Han looked at the beating report sent by Jin Yiwei and joked with a smile.

No one thought that a seemingly kind-hearted old monk was actually a martial arts master.

And he is not an ordinary martial arts master. He is a spy who can send rebels like the White Lotus Sect to Datong Mansion as undercover agents. He is a master who can kill instantly with one shot.

"What do you think?" Zhu Han tilted his head and looked at Liu Shenhong beside him: "Is there anything wrong with this old monk?"

Liu Shenhong was so confused that he seemed to have swallowed a sour orange: "Your Majesty, I don't know this either."

"Deng Yun said that Gao Fei feels that Abbot Huici has nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect. Otherwise, there is no need for him to expose himself at this time."

"It's just... we have no way to confirm whether this is a trick on their part."

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Shenhong suggested: "How about we lock it up first? Let the people be released after the White Lotus Sect incident is over?"

The more Liu Shenhong spoke, the softer his voice became. Obviously, even he himself felt that this proposal was very unreliable.

Huici is not an ordinary monk, his prestige is quite high in Datong Mansion.

Even if there is such a thing as a fake stone Buddha, there are still many believers who firmly believe in Huici.

When Jin Yiwei was arresting people, many people were pleading, hoping that Jin Yiwei would release them.

If He Fengyu hadn't come forward and repeatedly assured the people, Jin Yiwei would never harm Abbot Huici. It might not be that easy for Jin Yiwei to take away the monks from Ci'en Temple.

It's probably a bit unjust to catch such a person for no reason and keep him in jail without any evidence of guilt.

It would have been fine in normal times, but the situation in Datong Mansion was already very tense.

If something like this happens again, which can easily arouse suspicion, it will only make Datong Mansion more chaotic.

Zhu Han pinched his eyebrows hard: "This old monk is really not easy to deal with."

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Han decided to let him go.

After hearing his prince's decision, Liu Chunheng suddenly said worriedly: "But prince, Huici's identity is suspicious. If he really has anything to do with the White Lotus Sect, wouldn't letting him go be like letting the tiger go home?"

Zhu Han gave him another roll of his eyes: "I just asked you to release the person, but I didn't say that you would not care about anything after you release the person."

"Before they are released, check all the monks in Ci'en Temple for me. Especially in the past five years, no matter who they come into contact with or what they do, we have to keep track of them. clear."

"And this old monk, no matter what he did before, let me find out everything."

"If there are no problems in the investigation, we will release him."

"Also, even if you let me go, you can't think that everything is over. I still need to send someone to keep a close eye on Ci'en Temple to avoid any accidents. Do you understand?"

Liu Shenhong suddenly realized it and quickly flattered him: "Your Majesty is wise, why didn't I think of such a simple thing?"

Zhu Han was about to kick him: "Didn't you expect that? Don't think that I can't guess your little thoughts. Why are you playing tricks with me? I will let you build the city wall."

With the exact order in hand, Jin Yiwei can free up his hands and feet to work.

Although they were not locals from Datong Prefecture, with the help of the local head catcher, they quickly found out the origins of these monks.

Most of the monks in Ci'en Temple are ordinary local monks.

Before becoming a monk, I was a local, so it was very easy to investigate.

Basically, it didn't take much trouble to find out their origins.

A small number of monks who place orders are also formal monks with certain rules. They only need to follow the pictures to find out.

However, there are also some people here who neither have Dudu certificates nor are locals, so it is more troublesome to check.

Of course, these people are not a big problem, because they are not formal monks, and their status is not particularly high.

Therefore, we can temporarily detain him and investigate slowly.

Moreover, Jin Yiwei also made some unexpected gains while investigating.

Surprisingly, another spy from the White Lotus Sect was found among those people.

It's a pity that this spy's status is too low, and he knows very little information.

What he knew, Zhiming also knew.

"Those bastards from Jinyiwei have really good noses, and they found out a hidden clue so quickly." Tang Wenlu cursed through gritted teeth.

But he randomly explained to Chen Xueying with a smile: "But please don't worry, Your Majesty, we were planning to abandon that hidden line."

"So we have cut off all contact with them in time. Even if everyone on that line is caught, they will never be able to sign contracts with us."

Chen Xueying nodded slightly: "I always feel at ease when you do things."

"By the way, is there no news from Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Tang Wenlu smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I have been working hard to investigate, but there is still no news about Zhu Yuanzhang."

"In order to avoid being discovered by the dog court, we don't dare to move too much."

"It doesn't matter! Just keep confidentiality as the top priority and then do your best to investigate."

"Whether Zhu Yuanzhang's whereabouts can be found depends on God's will." But then Chen Xueying said: "But I need everyone to do their best to do what they can."

"If I know that someone is trying to fish in troubled waters, I will make him regret being born in this world."

When saying these words, Chen Xueying did not look at Tang Wenlu.

But Tang Wenlu felt cold all over her body. She couldn't help but swallowed her saliva and felt her neck was chilly.

He didn't want to waste too much time on Zhu Yuanzhang. Although he had been following Chen Xueying's orders, he had no intention of disobeying him.

But after all, he didn't try so hard, but he didn't expect that Chen Xueying would see out his little thoughts.

He knelt on the ground in a panic: "I will do my best not to let the prince down."

Chen Xueying stared at Tang Wenlu for a while, then waved her hand and said: "You don't have to do this. I just hope that you will take this matter to heart and don't be careless. Get up."

She said that she didn't need to worry about it, but she still made Tang Wenlu kneel for a long time. Chen Xueying's intention was clearly revealed.

After being warned like this, Tang Wenlu did not dare to be careless anymore, and quickly urged her men to search for Zhu Yuanzhang's whereabouts.

In the south of Datong Prefecture, most of the people gathered here are businessmen.

Therefore, even in the midst of a drought, this place looks extremely prosperous and seems not to be affected by the drought at all.

Only from the high prices of the goods sold in the surrounding shops can we see that the current situation is indeed not particularly good.

But for these businessmen, even the high price is nothing.

After the drought, not only food prices continued to rise, but the prices of other daily necessities also remained high.

It's just that under the deliberate guidance of Han Han, the prices of those things are far less outrageous than the prices of food.

As a time traveler of later generations, Zhu Han understands very well that some things cannot be suppressed by suppression alone.What determines the price of a product is never the true value of the product, but market demand.

Even a piece of rag can easily be sold for the price of gold where it is needed most.

The only good thing is that the current Ming Dynasty is still based on the small-scale peasant economy of the traditional feudal dynasty.

For ordinary farmers, they can be self-sufficient in most commodities, and there is not that much demand for the circulation of goods.

And the big consumers are basically businessmen, and businessmen are not short of money.

This also leads to the fact that the higher the price of goods, the more merchants come to sell goods, and the more masters there are, the more things they buy, which in turn promotes economic development to a certain extent.

Of course, this abnormal development cannot last long, and Zhu Han has never relaxed his supervision here.

As long as the drought passes, he will immediately find ways to stop this false prosperity, return prices to normal as soon as possible, and prevent the bubble from bursting and causing greater harm.

At this time, several fat middle-aged people in luxurious clothes were welcomed into an ordinary residence in Nancheng.

If anyone knew them and saw these people, they would definitely be shocked from ear to ear.

Because these people are almost all influential figures in Datong Mansion.

Among them were grain merchants, cloth merchants, and a man who started his business by selling groceries. He looked a little skinny and hurt. This man's name was Ma Fu, and he owned grocery stores all over Datong Prefecture.

Originally, his business was just mediocre, but he made a fortune through the drought in Datong Mansion and suddenly became a famous businessman.

But these businessmen were extremely respectful to one of them.

If Zhu Han were here, he would be able to recognize that person at a glance. It was Zhang Fengnian who contracted the Yanjing Project, accidentally obtained the formula of the famous cement, and then started his career with the help of patent law.

At this time, Zhang Fengnian looked much richer than before. It was obvious that he was living a very good life now.

As a minority, official Liang merchants were able to traffic grain from other places directly to Datong Prefecture.

The businessmen around him were very respectful to Zhang Fengnian, and their words were full of flattery.

"Boss Zhang, this Taoist priest is definitely a great master. As long as we have his guidance, our business can reach a higher level."

"We know that Boss Zhang is a man with great hands and eyes, but in front of this Taoist priest, let's not go too far. We need to be better."

The words were said euphemistically, but they were actually reminding Zhang Fengnian not to be too arrogant in front of this person.

Zhang Fengnian said with a smile on his face: "Thank you, Boss Ma, for reminding me. Zhang is here to ask for advice with an open mind, and I will not make things difficult for you."

Although their current net worth is different from that of the past, the combined net worth of these businessmen present is probably not as rich as Zhang Fengnian's.

But in front of these people, Zhang Fengnian didn't show any pride at all.

Instead, he behaved very kindly, as if he was close friends with these people.

Doing business is about being friendly and making money, and Zhang Fengnian obviously knows this well.

"You can bring me to see this expert. It shows that you regard me as one of your own. Zhang is very grateful. If you need Zhang's help with anything in the future, please feel free to ask."

"As long as Zhang can do it, he will never refuse."

The surrounding businessmen all laughed when they heard what he said.

"I won't bother Boss Zhang anymore."

"Boss Zhang, please take care of our business."

These people are like Ming Jing in their hearts. What they say is just for the occasion and no one needs to take it seriously.

Zhang Fengnian's words were sincere, but if you think carefully, you can understand the key.

He set a premise for these people, that is, they can do it.

This kind of commitment is very flexible.

Maybe if you ask him to borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver, it's not a big problem.

After all, for Zhang Fengnian now, this little money is really nothing.

It's not like when they contracted imperial projects in Yanjing before, tens of thousands of taels of silver had to be put together painstakingly.

But then again, if Zhang Fengnian didn't want to help, even if he had to pay ten taels of silver, he could just say that it was inconvenient now and there was nothing he could do to help.

And what those businessmen said about taking care of them was actually just normal business dealings.

It's just that these are all-rounded people who can talk very warmly even about ordinary things.

When everyone came to the door of the house, Ma Fu was the first to step forward and gently knocked on the courtyard door.

Bang bang bang!
After the unhurried knock on the door, Ma Fu put down the knocker and waited patiently.

After more than ten breaths, a lazy voice came from inside, impatiently remembering: "Who is it?"

Ma Fu held his fists respectfully and said loudly to the people inside: "Excuse me, Ma Fu, and come to see Taoist Chongyunzi."

Soon, there was the sound of pulling the door bolt from behind the door, and with a creak, the wooden door was slowly opened.

A boy about fourteen or fifteen years old, but with a proud face, walked out of it.

This person wears a pair of buns and a red dot between his eyebrows.

Although the clothes are not luxurious, they give people the feeling of a spiritual master.

Facing this young child, Ma Fu really didn't dare to show any slightness.

He respectfully sent his greeting note: "I, Ma Fu, came here to pay homage to Taoist Chongyunzi today. I would also like to ask you, young master, to convey a few words."

After saying that, he calmly handed the little Taoist boy a piece of silver.

Although their actions were relatively secretive, Zhang Fengnian still saw them clearly.

Although it was only a fleeting moment, looking at the size of the piece of silver, it was at least about five cents.

This surprised Zhang Fengnian.

Zhang Fengnian knew Ma Fu relatively well.

One of the biggest characteristics of this person is that he is stingy, and he is not even willing to light candles at home.

Among the group of people who brought him here today, only Ma Fu was dressed the shabbiest.

Although compared with ordinary people, his clothes are already quite luxurious.

But if you look closely, you will find that there are patches on the clothes in many places, and the color has even faded after washing.

Even so, the other party did not change into new clothes, which shows how stingy this person is.

But for such a stingy person, he actually rewarded a little Taoist boy who opened the door with five silver coins.