I left Jinling in October last year and went to Beijing to escort the tribute silver. Now it has been half a year since I came back. Within half a year, I think about the situation in half a year, and I feel a little sad.

After Zhu Wuneng restored the throne, the most affected were the capital and Jinling City. After the old emperor ascended the throne, he cleaned and replaced Zhu Runze's power. As the saying goes, one emperor and one minister, and the change of emperors in all dynasties will be accompanied by a series of power changes.

During this period, the situation in the court has also changed a lot.

The first thing to be affected is the defeat of the Xie family.

Since last year, Zhu Runze visited Jinling City and invited Xie Shiting to come out to serve as the Minister of Revenue. In less than half a year, the Xie family quickly rose to become the leading family in Jinling City, leaving the Wang family far behind. However, Zhu Runze fell and Xie Shiting committed suicide and apologized. Although Zhu Wuneng did not liquidate the Xie family, everyone knew that the Xie family would not be able to get up after falling down this time.

The money fell on the tree and scattered, and the wall was falling on everyone pushed it.

Its rise is brisk, and its fall is sudden.

From the crowded city to the desert, it only takes a year to go.

Originally, the word "profit" was the first, and the forces in Jinling City, which originally depended on the Xie family, changed their sects and defected to the Wang family of another family in the city.

News also came from the capital, and news came from the court that the court had overturned the case for the former Minister of Revenue Shen Zhengdao. Zhu Wuneng complied with Shen Zhengdao's loyalty and courage, was loyal to the country, and was awarded the title of the Marquis of Loyalty and courage.

Shen Zhengdao's youngest son, Shen Yantong, was less than five years old when he was under the age of five in the empty seal case and escaped. This time he was rehabilitated and ordered him to give him a loyal and courageous man and give him a thousand acres of fertile land in Jinling City. It was a blessing in disguise and preserved a trace of blood for the Shen family. However, Shen Qianling, who was sold into the palace by an official back then, would never be able to see it.

The third change is the change in the officialdom of Jinling. After moving the capital to Shuntian Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture retained the functions of six ministries as a sub-capital capital, and its rank was consistent with that of the capital. After Zhu Wuneng came to power, in order to control the situation, he made major adjustments to the officials in the court. Thanks to this, several officials in the six ministries were vacant and transferred to the capital. Even if it was a horizontal transfer, one was the Qingshui Yamen and the other was a real-power department, and the status was incomparable. Several emerging family forces emerged in Jinling City.

The imperial power changed, the temple was in turmoil, and the world was also surging.

Wudang and Shaolin have always maintained neutral status. I don’t know if they have been under pressure from the capital and have begun to speak out. The two sects jointly published signed articles in "Xiaosheng Jianghu", congratulating Zhu Wuneng on his retake of the treasure, and expressed their loyalty to the court for the unshakable purpose of the sect for three hundred years. At the same time, the two sects take it as their mission to maintain the stability of the order and stability of the rivers and lakes and jointly build a harmonious rivers and lakes, and hold the bull for the martial arts world, ensuring the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, this is not the case. Unlike the major mainstream sects who are shrunk, after the League of Legends helped Zhu Wuneng ascend the throne, the status of the world became increasingly prominent in the world. He moved from behind the scenes to the front, and began to use the power of the court to set off a unified world.

Second-level forces such as the Jiangnan Wulin Alliance, Lingnan Wulin, Northwest Iron Blood Flag, Guandong Blood Owl Hall, and Shu Central Southwest Wulin Alliance have all risen up one after another, responding to the leadership of the League of Legends and began to respect the leader of the League of Legends. At the same time, they have also moved their businesses within their sphere of influence to the League of Legends, and the power of this League of Legends is growing.

League of Legends is growing stronger, but the identity of the leader of League of Legends is still a mystery. They rely on League of Legends leaders, but they have never seen the leader of League of Legends appear in public.

I also discussed it with Zhang Youqian, and even thought that the controller behind the scenes of the League of Legends was Zhu Wuneng. However, I quickly denied this conclusion. League of Legends was the spokesperson of the underworld in the human world. Although they were on the surface to establish the unified martial arts world in the Central Plains, they were actually against Qin's three views and preparing for the underworld to enter the Central Plains.

Zhu Wuneng used them to regain the throne, but led the wolf into the house and threw the Central Plains martial arts world into the fire. He knew this, but he had to do so. From the fact that he forced Shaolin Wudang and other major orthodox sects to speak out after he came to power, it can be seen that he also began to guard against the League of Legends.

South Gate of Jinling City.

Last year, the Japanese riots, the people of Songjiang Prefecture besieged Jinling City, and several civil unrest occurred. Several people were instigated and an accident occurred that hit the Jinling City Gate. Although it was quelled, the Jinling City Gate was ragged.

Later, the imperial court allocated funds to rebuilt the Jinling City Gate. After more than a year of renovation, the Jinling City Gate was completely renewed.

Zhang Youqian and I were mixed together during the trip, waiting in line to enter the city. We were on the six gates and could have taken convenient procedures to enter the city, but after we discussed it, we decided to sneak into the city first and understand the situation in the city first.

When it was our turn, we only handed over the road sign, but not the official sign. We thought we could get into the city, but soon we were invited to the side room at the city gate for tea.

Last year, our relationship with the Jinling Garrison Army was very stale. Especially the garrison general Bai Youcai had a very unpleasant quarrel, but if he couldn't afford to offend someone, he would hide, and he didn't have much interaction with him. Did they recognize us and want to take the opportunity to take revenge?

Someone went to inform the city gate, and the garrison lieutenant was drinking tea in the side room. This person was the one who was detained and blackmailed by Xu Ruonan when I and Xu were out of Jinling that day.

The lieutenant said, you are a big shot from the capital. The garrison commanded that if you want to see Mr. Su and Mr. Zhang enter the city, you must report it as soon as possible, so please both of you here to have tea. There is no good tea here, so please don’t dislike me.

Tea leaves are sparrow tongues. They are brewed with amber cup with boiling water and float in the cup. From the outside, the tea leaves are standing upside down like needles and shaped like sparrow tongues, which is named after this.

Zhang Youqian took a sip of tea and said, this is the authentic Jintan Mingqian, and the entire Nanzhili produces only 180 kilograms a year. The lieutenant is such a good treat!

The captain said that if Mr. Zhang likes it, I will give you two pounds to try tomorrow.

Zhang Youqian waved his hand. I can’t afford to drink such precious tea!

The captain said, Mr. Zhang, don’t criticize me. If anyone knows that you are the son of the richest man in the capital today, and you will soon... The captain knows that he talks too much, so he quickly changed his words. In the future, he will have to rely on Mr. Zhang’s care in Jinling City!

I sighed in my heart that this top-quality golden pagoda, dozens of taels of silver per pound, even a businessman who is in business, could not afford to buy it for drinking. However, a city gate captain who guarded the gate of Jinling City had a monthly salary of only one or two taels of silver, and he could drink such expensive tea.

The seemingly inconspicuous positions of the city gate officials, each person who enters the city has to pay taxes, ranging from ten cents to a few taels of silver. How many are they paid to the treasury, and how many are they embezzled and occupied?

I heard from Old Sun that these city gate officials also do some "road-buying" business. Some thieves committed crimes in the city and chased them all over the city. Once they escaped the limelight, they could find the city gate officials through the middlemen and pay a considerable amount of road purchase fees, thus escaping the heavens. It’s really a cat’s way, and a mouse’s way!

I said, this general, do you still remember me?

The captain hurriedly bowed, saying that he was humble and said less than the official, how could he dare to make friends with adults?

I laughed and heard that during the Japanese riots last year, Japanese pirates sneaked into Jinling City. Did you ever collect that person’s money to buy the road and help the other party escape?

The captain's face changed drastically. Sir, he is unfair to his humble position!

I said, the leader of the ronin seemed to be named Wang Heng. After escaping, he also appointed you as an official, called Langhuo. Your name has been included in the Japanese pirates' names. Do you still say it is wronged?

The captain seemed to remember something, his knees were sore and he fell to his knees on the ground, snot and tears, and started to cry.

Oh, the young one is really wronged. The Japanese pirate put the knife on my neck and forced me to collect money. He forcibly banned me. How dare I ask for it? The young one has an old man above, a young girl below, and a three-bedroom concubine at the middle. You can make the decision for me!
Chapter completed!