"Interesting! It's really interesting! I didn't expect that there were such a wealthy figure in this small Xuanfu rule. In addition, I was a little surprised when I fought with the Mongols before, why were the Mongols so exquisite?

, no worse than my Ming soldiers. It turns out that these people are making weird!" In the private room on the top floor of a tall restaurant in the north city of Wucheng, Zhengde was drinking while looking at the mansions below the high-rise building, namely Fan Yongdou and others

The home.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei of these Shanxi merchants has been found out. These Shanxi merchants led by Fan Yongdou often trade with the Tatar royal court, and a considerable number of goods traded are weapons and armor.

There is the food that is urgently needed on the grassland in exchange for the Tatars' acquiesce to their business on the grassland!" Qian Ning stood behind Zhengde and was reporting to Zhengde with an excited look on his face.

Speaking of which, since he came to Xuanfu, Qian Ning rarely saw Zhengde. After all, he was just an Jinyiwei, not a soldier in the war. Instead, Jiang Bin could hang out with Zhengde every day. This time he finally seized the opportunity.

Of course, he had to show off his performance in front of Zhengde, so he almost found out the details of Shanxi merchants like Wucheng.

"Very good! I almost died last time on the weapons made by Shanxi merchants. However, compared to my luck, the soldiers who died in battle are really unfair. Has Shanxi taken action?" Zhengde heard Qian Ning

He reported the news and said with a cold expression of hatred. If Zhou Chong had not discovered this, he would have been kept in the dark.

"Don't worry, your Majesty, Wang Xun personally led his troops to wipe out the families of these eight major Shanxi merchants. It is said that these Shanxi merchants not only have weapons workshops at home, but also have a large number of thugs in the hospital, and they also bribed the local area.

The officials made these Shanxi merchants have long become local tyrants. However, as long as Wang Xun's army arrives, these Shanxi merchant families will not resist. If they dare to resist, hehe, the Datong soldiers under Wang Xun may be rich.

!” Qian Ning reported with a sinister smile that this time he dealt with these Shanxi merchant families was out of his plan and received the approval of Zhengde, so he had no scruples when using the army this time.

"It's done well, but you ask Wang Xun to restrain the soldiers of the border army. I don't ask them to give them a penny, but the eight major Shanxi merchants are all rich in enemy countries. Their wealth is of great use to the Ming Dynasty, so most of them are

If there are too fewer ones, he, the general of Datong, shouldn't do it!" Zhengde also knew that he would use the army to search the Shanxi merchant family. In the end, some of the benefits would definitely fall into the hands of the army, which is also a common problem of the army.

At least it is impossible to change it now. It’s just that Zhengde wants these ill-gotten merchants to have great use, so he ordered Wang Xun to restrain himself.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have asked some Jinyiwei and the people from the East Factory to go to Wang Xun's place to supervise. I believe that no matter how tempting the wealth of the Shanxi merchants is, Wang Xun dare not take it!" Qian Ning really sold his strength this time

He thought about the whole matter very carefully. After all, it is rare to seize an opportunity to show off. If Zhengde does not take care of himself again, then his position as the commander of the Jinyiwei will not be able to be saved sooner or later.

"Haha~, OK, Qian Ning, you did a good job. Now only the smart people from Shanxi merchants such as Wucheng have not been arrested yet. You must be careful and never let one go!" Thinking of the end,

Zhengde couldn't help but feel relieved that he could eradicate the cancer of the Ming Dynasty. After receiving the information sent by Zhou Chong a month ago, he immediately asked Qian Ning to prepare to deal with these Shanxi merchants, and all the actions were in the top secret.

It seems that the effect is good now. At least these Shanxi merchants have not noticed the abnormality now, which shows that Qian Ning has made great efforts.

"Thank you for your praise. I have mobilized a large number of Jinyiwei from the capital and have now surrounded the entire Beicheng District. And we have received the exact news that today Fan Yongdou summoned seven other Shanxi merchants to the Fan Mansion to discuss matters, which happened to be

A good opportunity to catch them all in one go!" Qian Ning heard Zhengde's praise and reported again with a hundredfold spirit.

"Very good, I'm just sitting here, watching you capture the eight Shanxi merchants. I want to see if these people are all black-hearted and dare to do such a thing as a foe?" Zhengde

At the end of the story, a hint of anger appeared on his face again. If these Shanxi merchants had not secretly provided weapons and food to the Mongols, the Ming Dynasty would not have faced the pain of the Mongols going south every year.

"Your Majesty, I'll catch people now!" Qian Ning said as he turned around and was about to leave, but before he could walk out of the restaurant's private room, he didn't expect that a leader of the Jinyiwei suddenly rushed in outside.

Then he whispered to Qian Ning, but Qian Ning's eyes became brighter the more he heard.

When the leader reported and stepped down, Qian Ning turned around and reported to Zhengde: "Report to Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei just received the news that the eight major Shanxi merchants were discussing how to deal with the court's relaxation of the ban on grassland trading.

Finally, these people reached an agreement and wanted to invest in supporting the horse thieves on the grassland, so that these horse thieves could rob passing caravans, thus scaring away those caravans that had newly entered the grassland and keeping their monopoly on the grassland business!"

"Shameless!" Zhengde slapped the table again with a qi. This was the first time he had seen such shameless and life-losing behavior. "Go and arrest all these people for me and execute them!"

Zhengde was really angry, and he even felt that these Shanxi merchants were even more hateful than the Mongols on the battlefield. However, after Zhengde got angry, he strangely found that Qian Ning was still standing there, and it seemed that he had something to say.

He said, Zhengde asked angrily: "What, Qian Ning, what's the problem?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the reason why the Jinyiwei has so clearly controlled the whereabouts of the eight major Shanxi merchants is that some of the eight major Shanxi merchants secretly surrendered to the court, and it is precisely because he has constantly conveyed the movements of the eight major Shanxi merchants to us.

Only then will I know what they just discussed. Although this person has sold weapons to Mongolia and should be executed according to the law, he has made contributions this time, so I don’t know how to deal with this person?” Qian Ning bowed and reported.

Originally, Qian Ning wanted to catch everyone before reporting this to Zhengde. The reason was that he took the money from that person. After he caught all the people, Qian Ning would give some credit to that person.

, and then use these merits to protect that person's life, but now he is so righteous that he wants to kill everyone. If Qian Ning doesn't plead, he may have to be executed. After all, you don't have to joke. Wait until the imperial edict

, it is unlikely to change.

Zhengde was also stunned when he heard Qian Ning's words, but he quickly spoke with a stern face: "Being able to surrender to the court at this time shows that this person is still aware of the current affairs. Let's do this, this person and his family.

You can let it go, but all the property must be confiscated!"

"Your Majesty, I will do it now!" Qian Ning heard that Zhengde finally agreed to leave the man's life, and immediately stepped down with joy. Speaking of which, although Qian Ning was unbearable, he had

One advantage is that if you collect money from others, you will work hard to help others. This also makes him have a much better reputation in the officialdom than Liu Jin before.

Just when Qian Ning mobilized people to catch Fan Yongdou and others, the Fan Mansion was in peace. After the eight Shanxi merchants agreed to support the horse thieves to attack other caravans, Fan Yongdou immediately ordered people to prepare a banquet. After all, they rarely gathered.

Let’s go together, taking advantage of today’s solution to everyone’s big trouble, we will naturally have to have a good time.

The merchants in the Ming Dynasty had a low status. In the early Ming Dynasty, merchants were not even allowed to wear silk clothes. However, by the Zhengde period, most of the bans in the early Ming Dynasty had been very relaxed. Merchants, especially some wealthy merchants who could compete with the country, were

The luxury of life is beyond the imagination of later generations. The cost of a banquet is often as high as tens of thousands of taels, which can support a small-scale war.

The eight major Shanxi merchants gathered together, and the Fan Mansion naturally brought out the highest-level banquet to entertain him. In a huge pavilion in the back garden of the Fan Mansion, the eight major Shanxi merchants sat opposite each other, and the dancers and singing girls from the Fan Mansion were performed.

, In addition, there are beautiful family prostitutes accompanying each other, and the dishes on the table are extremely luxurious. Seafood from all over the world gathers here. Even fresh seafood that is rare inland is served by Fan Mansion to make delicious dishes.

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With singing and dancing, beauties accompanying you, and with the delicious wine and food in front of you, the eight Shanxi merchants led by Fan Yongdou were very happy to drink. Even young people like Wang Dayu were even more unrestrained and attacked the prostitutes around them.

When he moved his feet, these prostitutes were originally used to serve others, so Fan Yongdou didn't care at all.

However, as the saying goes, extreme joy leads to sorrow. Just as the eight major Shanxi merchants were drinking and having fun, they suddenly heard a noise in the front yard of the Fan Mansion. Then the entire Fan Mansion shouted and neighed, as if suddenly it turned into a battlefield.

"What's going on?" Although Fan Yongdou drank a lot of wine, he said angrily when he heard the strange noises at home. He never thought that anyone would dare to break in at his home, but he just thought it was the mansion.

There may be problems with the horses raised, which leads to the noise in front of him. Moreover, he is having a banquet here. If this kind of trivial matter disturbs everyone's interest, his face will be unfavorable.

However, just as Fan Yongdou finished speaking, the noise in the front yard had begun to spread to the inner house of Fan's mansion, and there were even many screams of female members. Then they heard a burst of rapid footsteps outside the garden, and then a team of people came.
Chapter completed!