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Han Shengcai said with a serious face: "That's Ningxia Ma Shilong!"

"Ah..." When Cao Huachun heard this, even though he was very smart, he couldn't help but be surprised.

You know, today's Ma Shilong is the Prime Minister of Northwest Qin Wang Dajun, and was given the Shangfang Sword by the former Emperor Chongzhen. He also has a very good relationship with Sun Chengzong, and his influence almost extends to the entire border army.

Hu Guang inherited the memory of the former Emperor Chongzhen, so he naturally knew this Ma Shilong. After a moment's recollection, I suddenly realized that Ma Shilong really seemed to have divine help. His rapid promotion was nothing short of a miracle.

Han Shengcai was afraid that the emperor would not believe it, so he explained in detail: "Ma Shilong was born in martial arts and was a capable person. Therefore, when he served as a guerrilla in the Xuanfu, he was favored by them and became their representative in the army. Therefore, he , he is already in a high position at the age of 34."

Hu Guang nodded. Ma Shilong's promotion was indeed a miracle in Ming Dynasty. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he did not have any particularly great achievements. On the contrary, Liuhe's disastrous defeat did not have much impact on his official career. Even if he lost power for a while, he could quickly regain his power. If there wasn't an interest group supporting him behind this, no one would believe it!

When Han Sheng saw the emperor nodding, he believed in the big news he had revealed, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, so he continued: "This Ma Shilong is indeed a capable person, but your majesty can have people investigate, but he has made no achievements in the war against the captives. , just because he is the representative of Shanxi merchants in the military."

These words were similar to what Hu Guang had thought just now, and he nodded slightly. It was indeed true! If Hu Guang had remembered the history of later generations, he would have further confirmed this idea.

In the original history, Ma Shilong claimed to be ill and returned home soon after the war, so he did not appear in the war against the captives. However, he performed very well in the later war against the Mongolian Tatars.

Moreover, Ma Shilong's family got along very well after the Manchus entered the customs. A large group of general military admirals and the like were highly regarded by Kangxi.

Hu Guang suddenly thought of a very serious problem, his face suddenly became serious, and he immediately asked: "Where is Sun Chengzong? Sun Chengzong also strongly recommended Ma Shilong at the beginning. Is there any problem with Sun Chengzong?"

If Sun Chengzong also had problems, it would be a big deal, because almost all the military power outside the capital was controlled by Ma Shilong and Sun Chengzong. Compared with Ma Shilong, Sun Chengzong has greater influence.

Fortunately, Han Sheng shook his head after hearing this and said, "No, Mr. Sun appreciates Ma Shilong's talents, and there is no interest relationship between the two. The common people remember that Shanxi merchants once paid filial piety to Mr. Sun, but he rejected him!"

When Hu Guang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. It must be that he is too nervous. Sun Chengzong has been fighting on the front line against the captives, so how could he be from the Shanxi merchants?

If he had remembered the details of Sun Chengzong's willingness to die rather than surrender to the rebels and his heroic sacrifice in the end, he probably wouldn't have been as shocked as he was just now.

After hesitating for a moment, Han Sheng then spoke again: "Actually, Ma Shilong is capable, but his strength is actually reflected in the fact that he has many elite servants. And the money for maintaining his servants is provided by Shanxi merchants."

Hu Guang nodded after hearing this. The servant system in the late Ming Dynasty was indeed strange. If we want to revive the Ming Dynasty, this military system must be changed.

It seems that it is worthwhile to come here today, this Han Sheng is very good. Thinking like this, Hu Guang said to him kindly: "What you said is very valuable and you did a good job. I am very satisfied. Don't leave out what you know, even the details. Tell Cao Daban."

"The common people obey!" Han Shengcai quickly agreed. When he reached this point, there was no way out.

Hu Guang turned to look at Cao Huachun and said to him: "Daban, you have to protect him and not let outsiders know that he is in Dongchang for the time being. This matter is of great importance, do you understand?"

"I know this. I will definitely not let anyone know about it." Cao Huachun obviously understood the importance and responded immediately.

Hu Guang was still a little worried. After thinking about it for a moment, he called half of the guards present, including Chen Er, to Cao Huachun and asked them to personally guard Han Shengcai.

After arranging these things, Hu Guang stood up and prepared to leave. But he quickly remembered something, turned around again, looked at Han Shengcai who had been helped up and said: "The name of the ticket number is too narrow, I don't want to use it."

As soon as he heard that it involved a field he was familiar with, Han Shengcai immediately concentrated on listening to the emperor's words.

"I have thought about it. From now on, the one controlled by the imperial court will be called the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty. The bank of silver is the bank of 365. The business involved is not just the ticket number. Well, it will also distinguish commercial banks. The content There are quite a few, I will talk to you again after you recover."

Hu Guang thought about it. For now, if we want to start a bank quickly, professional talents are indispensable. At present, if people from Ming Dynasty are familiar with banking business, others are really not that good. Only by training bank account practitioners who have the prototype of a bank can we get twice the result with half the effort.

Indeed, as Hu Guang said before, Han Shengcai was very interested in finance, so when he heard what Hu Guang said, he couldn't help but feel very itchy. From the emperor's naming, he could feel that the emperor attached great importance to this content, and it seemed that the emperor was also proficient in this aspect. At this time, he wanted to know what the emperor would do to this bank.

However, the emperor is the emperor after all. He, an imperial prisoner who has just been turned into a tainted witness, is not qualified to let the emperor tell him all his thoughts. The only way is to take good care of your health as soon as possible and cooperate with the emperor to get rid of...the Shanxi merchants.

When he thought of this, Han Sheng couldn't help but think of Han Fan. What should he do?

Let’s not talk about how entangled he was. After Hu Guang returned to the palace, he stayed alone in the imperial study room to consider and digest the news he heard.

To be honest, Hu Guang has indeed considered that Shanxi merchants have a community of interests. If you want to seduce Shanxi merchants, you must do it all. But what he didn't expect was that Shanxi merchants would be so powerful. It seems that in order to get rid of Shanxi merchants, we must make a decision before taking action. The favorable situation at present is that those people do not know that they are planning to take them down, and they are in a state of openness and covertness between the enemy and us.

When it comes to actually taking action, you must have an army in hand that can shock the local area. The prerequisite for this army is loyalty. But now, it seems not.

Hu Guang took a deep breath to calm down his somewhat impatient mood. This must be done slowly and cannot be rushed!

While he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a report from the chamberlain that Wang Dehua, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, requested an audience.

After hearing this, Hu Guang knew that something was coming to him, so he sent a message to summon him.

After a while, Wang Dehua personally came in with a bunch of memorials and reported to Hu Guang: "Your Majesty, the General Affairs Department sent a lot of memorials this morning. Basically, they were handed over by officials at all levels in Beijing. They are all the same."

Thanks to Mu Yiyinkou and Shui Banqing for the reward!