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Hu Guang, who was far away in the capital, immediately entered the chat group to understand the situation after waking up early in the morning. After all, in the past few days, the inspection of Shanxi merchants was a top priority, and it was almost related to the implementation of all subsequent national events.

Among the Dongchang working group, Lu Ruipeng, the Dongchang fan who was sent to Xuanfu, has reported that a large amount of grain, gold, silver, jewelry and other objects have been seized in Xuanfu yesterday. They are still counting. middle. Today, Marshal Qin will personally lead 500 cavalry troops and 3,000 infantry troops to Zhangjiakou.

This arrangement was also planned in advance. The Baigan Army must first control the center of Xuanfu. Then the second target is Zhangjiakou, and then others. Qin Liangyu protected Xue Guoguan and continued to be in charge of Xuanfu.

Seeing that the harvest was great, Hu Guang switched to the work group again and saw that Zhang Fengyi also left a message, saying that they had already escorted the prisoners and would arrive in the capital before noon.

He was in a good mood. When he saw that Mr. Liu Wang in the Jinyiwei working group also had a message, he switched over to take a look. In the past two days, almost everything he did revolved around Shanxi merchants. Not to mention the elementary group, even the Jinyiwei working group didn't care much.

"Guan Ning's army sent General Cao to Jiao to inspect the grassland and found a messenger sent by Fan Yongdou from Jin Dynasty to Liaodong. The content of the letter is as follows... He and the letter have been sent to the capital."

Hu Guang was furious. You Fan Yongdou sent the capital's current information to Liaodong so quickly. You are so proactive! So is Huang Taiji your father or your mother?

Thinking of this, Hu Guang suddenly felt that relatively speaking, he knew nothing about Liaodong. Even if Gao Yingyuan is here, his level is too low. He is sent to Liaoyang and can only know a little bit of information about Liaoyang.

That Qian Fugui is in Shenyang, but this guy has already embraced Hauge's lap. He has no integrity at all, and there is no way to rely on information from Shenyang. It would be great if there were more people in the chat group and more members like Gao Yingyuan so that he could control all the information in Liaodong!

With this in mind, when Hu Guang was about to take a look at the junior group, he suddenly called Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, asking for an audience. Before he could give the order, he reported to the First Assistant Wen Tiren and asked for an audience.

Yes, hard work! Hu Guang sighed in his heart, then drove to the Wenhua Palace to receive his ministers.

Not long after, Wen Tiren saw the ceremony and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the cabinet received thirty-two memorials early this morning. They all asked the Shanxi merchants and captives whether there was any solid evidence for the cover-up by Han Xu and others? Your Majesty, is it okay to have the evidence? public?"

Hu Guang did not reply immediately, but nodded to express his understanding, and then turned to look at the commander of the Jin Yiwei.

When Liu Xingzuo saw it, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, we are inspecting the residences of Han Xu and other prisoners. Preliminary statistics show that the gold, silver, jewelry and valuables total about 6.75 million taels of silver."

When Hu Guang heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised and said: "So few?"

"Your Majesty, according to the general's speculation, the property in their hometown will be even more. The capital has 6.75 million taels, which are valuables that have been discounted. The cash silver is actually less than half." Liu Xingzuo quickly explained in detail.

He is not afraid of auditing the accounts. After all, several parties are jointly involved in the audit. After he made a report here, the other two parties would probably come to report it as well.

Compared to Hu Guang, Wen Tiren was surprised when he heard this, and said with a bit of surprise: "Your Majesty, the capital alone has seized as much as three million taels of cash. This is the imperial court's tax revenue for a year!"

When Hu Guang heard this, he came back to his senses. It seemed that he was indeed a little greedy, so he no longer cared about it. He looked at Liu Xingzuo and asked, "What else is there?"

Liu Xingzuo immediately reported again: "The common people in the capital heard that Shanxi merchants were colluding with the captives, which caused heavy damage to the capital, and the people were furious. General, do you think martial law should be implemented today to prevent unexpected events?"

According to the plan, today is the day to escort those Shanxi merchants to Beijing. If martial law was not enforced, Liu Xingzuo would be afraid of an accident based on his monitoring of the people in the capital.

After Hu Guang listened to what the two courtiers reported, he thought about it and then ordered: "Let's do this. I will let the Beijing camp send troops to guard the main streets and isolate the people. In addition, although the prisoners are imprisoned in the Jinyi Guard Prison, they must be sent to three The department and factory guards will review together, and the people will be allowed to observe."

The Shanxi businessmen's affair with the captives was an ironclad fact, and there was a lot of evidence. Under such circumstances, as a later generation who traveled through time, he immediately thought of a public trial.

If the court wants to re-establish its prestige and implement its policies, both the officials and the common people must support it, so that it can get twice the result with half the effort. With such a good opportunity this time, how could Hu Guang miss it?

After instructing this matter, Hu Guang explained to Wen Tiren: "Drawing up the decree, the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty that I mentioned before can be established. The Yamen will be built next to the Liubu Yamen, and it will be built with cement."

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Time passed quickly, and it was almost noon soon. The escorting troops led by Ma Xianglin could already see the tall city wall of the capital in the distance.

Of course, Fan Yongdou and others could see it from the prison van. Suddenly, they, who were depressed, suddenly cheered up one by one. When his eyes glanced at the back of Ma Xianglin, who was riding in front, he could burst out with anger.

You, a southwestern barbarian, who mistreats the Ming Dynasty’s civil servants, military officers and Ming squires so much, just wait until you enter the city and be attacked by the noise from the capital and the civil servants and military officers!

Ma Xianglin seemed to feel something. He looked back at them and saw them looking at him with hatred in their eyes. He immediately curled up his mouth with disdain on his face. I can’t kill you with my own hands, so let’s just enjoy the moment when you enter the city!

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came. Ma Xianglin heard the sound and took a look, but there was a flying horse riding from the direction of the capital. Looking at the clothes, he seemed to be a royal guard in brocade.

As we got closer, it turned out to be the captain of the Imperial Guard. The man came to Ma Xianglin, reined in his horse, and said loudly: "My lord, please ask Ma Xuanwei to put helmets on these prisoners."

"Why?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Fengyi raised her eyebrows, anger appeared on her face, and asked loudly without waiting for Ma Xianglin's reply.

When Ma Xianglin heard this, he was also very dissatisfied. I just want to make these scum look stupid. How can I make a fool of myself if I can't see their faces even though I'm wearing a helmet?

Looking at their expressions, the Imperial Guardsman guessed a thing or two, and immediately replied: "The situation is fierce, and if there is an accident, it will be difficult for the Xuan Comfort Envoy to do his job! This is a kind reminder from my master, farewell!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and turned back to the capital with a "driving" sound.

"What does Liu Xingzuo mean?" Ma Xianglin was a little angry, "I don't care, just let them impeach me, I just want them to make a fool of themselves!"

When Fan Yongdou and others heard this, their faces were determined. They seemed unwilling to wear helmets, but they were willing to go all out to make Ma Xianglin offend the public!

Thanks to Longyang Universe for the reward!