Cao Huachun not only did not say good things, but also wanted to take advantage of the situation: "Prince, when I went to the Marquis of Wuqing, I met his village visiting the capital. I gave several pieces of silver, but I was afraid there would be more than 10,000 taels of other coarse and fine grains, various poultry and animal husbandry, and there were several thousand kilograms of meat alone. Living things were filled with the yard, and there were pheasants, wild rabbits, deer, and big deer. To put it bluntly, our palace was afraid that there would not be so many good things during the New Year."

When King Xin heard this, his chest fluctuated a few times and said, "The state is difficult, and my emperor's brother is still frugal. These old families rely on their ancestors' merits to enjoy themselves. They borrowed thousands of silver from him and pushed them like this..."

King Xin had even more ugly words to say. Then he thought, Li Guorui was his cousin after all. According to Confucian creed, there is a saying of "kissing". He should not be too mean or disrespectful to his elders. Therefore, he could not continue to say unpleasant words, but this matter was like a thorn, deeply rooted in King Xin's heart.

"By the way." King Xin finally remembered something and asked: "Haji has a large business in the capital, and it is said that there are many detailed works in it. What is the situation there now? Does anyone know?"

Cao Huachun went out to run errands and went to the Hutchison Store. In fact, he felt upset and knew that Hutchison had many stakes and could not be provoked easily.

In the past, Hutchison was quite polite to the big guys. This time, the soldiers and horses invaded the border, who knew if something would happen in the capital? When passing by, he deliberately added some caution and did not dare to get too close.

When I arrived at Zhengyangmen East Street, I realized that the carriages and horses in front of the Hutchison Trading Company were scattered. It seemed that it was the impact of the ban, but it should not be the case. It is probably because of Hutchison Trading Company that the Hutchison Trading Company was sparsely populated...

Cao Huachun said it truthfully this time, and it was important, and he didn't dare to make up random things.

"This shows that the people's morale is available." King Xin said enthusiastically: "A businessman has a bad intention and really wants to rebel. It depends on who is willing to interact with them."

This judgment was basically accurate, but Cao Huachun felt that things might not be that simple, but he didn't dare to say anything, but answered quickly, with a smile on his face, as if he was really happy for the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time began to praise Xin Wang Yingming. Xin Wang liked to listen to these words very much. The young prince sat back on his chair and listened with a smile. It seemed that all the problems could be solved easily, and the current sinister situation would be easily overcome.

...

"Cangchang Minister Lin Zai did not leave Beijing after returning to Beijing to report his work. He still lived in his residence in the capital. After being on guard, he went to the meeting with the minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Bi Ziyan. After the meeting, he returned to the house and met with six guests. Two of them were fellow villagers. They should have gone to the mansion to fight Qiufeng. The four were court officials, all of whom were from the same year or from the Ministry of Revenue, and there was nothing special about it."

Xu Xiaoqi stood in front of Wang Faxiang and reported everything. Wang Faxiang listened to the report in a very monograph, his face was very calm and he could not see any special expression.

"After the Minister of War, Cui Chengxiu, went to the Wei Yin Mansion and talked about leaving before and after the second update. In addition, one of the two ministers was at home. Because the left minister was also assistant to the Rongzheng of the Jingying, he patroled from Deshengmen to Guangqumen. The right minister Huo Weihua went home before and after the third update. Each doctor, the chief officer, and the official, all the family was as usual. Before the dark, there was no other move."

"The masters of the cabinet came out of the palace from 3:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon and returned to the residence. The chief assistant Gu Bingqian met the Marquis of Zhenyuan and talked for two quarters of an hour, talking about the sacrifice to Emperor Zhen of Guangzong. The emperor did not go in person, so he asked the Marquis of Zhenyuan to go on a sacrifice."

Wang Faxiang smiled at this time and said, "It's a chore, this heaven runs towards Changping, especially at this time."

Xu Xiaoqi also laughed and said, "The Zhenyuan Hou always had a bitter face. He looked unhappy when he left, but what can he do? This is a matter of the cabinet that has already planned to be a ritual and a big deal. He has to leave the city as usual. The Ministry of Rites has produced a doctor who has gone to the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion to discuss matters about leaving the city and worshiping the tomb. The Ministry of Revenue has also sent an official to the Hou Mansion, as well as Taichang Temple and Guanglu Temple, all of which have officials involved in this matter."

"It seems that the court attaches great importance to this matter."

"Yes." Xu Xiaoqi said: "I haven't had a decent sacrifice tombs for several years, and the emperor is afraid that others will gossip."

Wang Faxiang said with a plain face: "This is the proposal of Gu Bingqian, Ding Shaoshi, and Feng Quan and others. Is the major affairs of the country in the country? Is it possible to fight in the Ming Dynasty now, so I can only go to worship my ancestors."

Xu Xiaoqi looked respectful and said, "Brother Wang, you really know everything."

Wang Faxiang smiled faintly. He couldn't say these words even if he was beaten to death a few years ago. He had been in the capital for a long time and had entered the affairs of the official court. He knew what those adults and gentlemen were usually busy with. In fact, the most important things in national affairs were financial and wars, but the people in the court seemed to have no real way to do this.

Treat headaches, feet pains.

The rest of the disaster relief, river work, road construction, financial planning, armament, and armament are regarded as unnecessary tasks and are not taken seriously.

Usually, I should drink and listen to operas, and I am very concerned about operas, writings, poems, songs, and calligraphy and paintings. What new paintings Dong Xiangguang has produced is something worth talking about. The cabinet masters were ridiculed as clay carvings and wood. This time, a large-scale sacrifice to the tomb of Emperor Guangzong was also a manifestation of the cabinet... Sacrifice to the ancestors and Fengxian Hall was indeed a major event, but a group of cabinet masters took action, which also gave people a very funny feeling.

Especially now, the capital is under martial law and Ji Town is under the threat of war. These big figures are still busy with sacrifices, which shows how little they care about military and national affairs and how free they are.

This is also a unique state in the late Ming Dynasty officialdom. Civil officials want to pursue and have many things worth pursuing. After the opening of the sea, the people became increasingly rich, and many good things from outside were pouring in together. All kinds of enjoyable things were quite developed. The collection of opera, poetry, essays, antiques, calligraphy and paintings entered a peak period, and these officials were not very interested in state affairs and were unwilling to take responsibility.

What they care about is not only enjoyment and wealth, but also party struggles, because party struggles can protect these things they like.

As for the military and national affairs, if you can, you will never easily take it on yourself.

Except for a few responsible ministers, the officialdom was so bad that it could not be worse. From the performance of Li Zicheng's officialdom entering the capital, it can be seen that except for a few fleeing south, more than 90% of the ministers chose to knock on the city gate to welcome the Dashun army into the city.

If Li Zicheng's political ability was a little stronger, it would be no difficult to unify the entire Ming Dynasty, because except for the relatives, I'm afraid no one would be willing to serve the Ming Dynasty, let alone bleeding.

"These things must be sent out of the city tomorrow morning." Wang Faxiang said to Xu Xiaoqi: "Can you do it?"

"A small thing." Xu Xiaoqi said: "Even if I go out in the middle of the night, it's not impossible. If I have any connection, I can go straight to the city and just use Dianlan to put people down."

"No need," Wang Faxiang said: "Don't be too loud. There are still many people staring at us now."

"Then I'll send someone out of the city tomorrow morning."

Wang Faxiang nodded, knowing that this was not a difficult task.

The Military Information Branch has been in the capital for many years and has been in operation for a long time. It is just a small matter to send intelligence out of the city, and it doesn't take him to make it difficult to arrange it.

At this time, the barking of dogs came from the long street. Wang Faxiang walked to the window to observe and saw that there were shadows shaking in the darkness on the east and west sides of the street. He smiled slightly and knew that it was the Jinyiwei or the Dongchang fighter.

The court's precautions for Hutchison are becoming more and more obvious, which has led to many merchants not daring to come directly. They write notes for whatever goods they want to buy. Anyway, if people don't come, they will be delivered to the location on time, and the quality and quantity will not be bad.

In other words, under the suppression of the court, Hutchison's business became bigger and bigger, which is probably something that those high-ranking masters cannot imagine.

Hutchison's transactions are to put it bluntly a typical monopoly practice. Through dumping and low prices, it completely occupys the market, and lacks contenders. Whether it is accounts, carriages and horses, or iron and cloth, Hutchison has completed its exclusive monopoly.

Once this kind of business is recognized by the public, Hutchison can only dominate.

In fact, this situation was also happening in the United States for a period of time. Railway and oil business were cut off by a major chaebol. Fortunately, they quickly issued an anti-monopoly law and forcibly split some companies with no disputes. Otherwise, the United States would become chaebolized like South Korea and Japan, and the country's economic lifeline was completely controlled by several major chaebols. Although this would develop quickly, it would easily lose economic vitality and bring a lot of economic and political troubles and disadvantages.

Hutchison is a super trust, and no one in the Ming Dynasty had an anti-monopoly awareness. The court's targeting was more about military and political considerations, and had never considered what impact and impact a large economic giant would have on the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire national level.

Even those who remember themselves may not be able to understand how important it is.

Simply put, Hutchison has already controlled the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty, and is at least the economic lifeline of most parts of the north...

A team of soldiers from the Five City Military Command passed by. They paid great attention to the cars and horses that were parked by the roadside, and they also knew more about the parking lots in the Hutchison Courtyard.

Today, the capital began martial law, and I am afraid that these chariots and horses would not leave the city again. The people from the Five City Military and Horses looked at Hutchison with curious eyes. In the night shadows and under the lights, the huge building complex was pitch black. Many people could not see any movement when they looked at it, but everyone's eyes were full of awe and various complex emotions.

The last time the martial law in the capital was during the Longqing period. It was more than fifty years old. Many elderly people over 60 years old remembered the events of that year, and their memories were quite vague. No one expected that this famous merchant in the capital not only recaptured the grassland, but also threatened the court after a moment of hand. The capital was martial law. This huge business still existed safely in the capital. The court did not seal the place up immediately, but ordered the five cities of the military commander to patrol and guard the guards. At the same time, they sent a large number of Fanzi and Jinyiwei who were fighting in the East and West Streets of Zhengyangmen were covered with factory guards, which scared ordinary people to pass by.

But the people who remembered were at peace and opened and closed the door as usual, without any influence.

As they passed by, the soldiers and soldiers had to make them feel a sense of respect and fear of being mixed.

At this time, Zhang Han and Hutchison were already like enemy bodies, and the folk comments on Hutchison's rebellious behavior could be seen. At most, some people scolded Hutchison and ignored the overall situation and acted in a split manner, but a lot of people also talked about the court's reckless behavior... It was originally. Hutchison's boss had returned to Xinpingbao and voluntarily gave up military and political power. In the eyes of ordinary people, he had suffered a lot of grievances. However, the court pressed step by step, which was a bit too much.

There may not be no contribution from the Hutchison Propaganda Department here, and public opinion can be controlled. At least Zhang Han hopes that his image will not be too bad. It would be too bad to get Yuan Chonghuan to be eaten alive by the people in the capital like this.

Wang Faxiang simply pushed the window and saw that an official from the Bingmasi was shocked. People thought that the name of the Bingmasi was all military officers, but in fact, it might not be the case.

As soon as Wang Faxiang saw his eyes, several military officials were shocked. Wang Faxiang made an attempt to go out. Several officials immediately ordered that dozens of soldiers immediately changed their steps and walked backwards. The officials rode their horses and left quickly as if they ran away.

"Interesting, interesting." Wang Faxiang confirmed his thoughts and couldn't help laughing.

Xu Xiaoqi blinked and watched, not sure.

"You can write this out in detail, and hand it out together when sending the information tomorrow." Wang Faxiang ordered: "Hurry, don't delay, and hand it over to Zhengshi Sun of Grassland before the evening of the next day."

"Do you want to copy a copy of the newspaper to Mr. Yang?"

"Nonsense." Wang Faxiang said: "Of course, the intelligence system and the political affairs hall cooperate. We heard that we were directly in charge of our superiors, and then Mr. Zhang. I only said this once. If you don't understand it, it is not suitable to continue working.
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